Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-11
VETERANS HOLD REUNION
EMACK CAMP, C. S. A., AT BELTS
VILE, MD.
Tribute to Man for Whom Camp
Was Named-Luncheon
on the Lawn.

Veterans of the Maryland Line. C.S.A.
and of other commands in the southern
army who fought under Lee and Stone
wall Jackson attended the eighth annual
reunion of George NJ. Emack Camp. No.
1471, United Confederate Veterans, at
Beltsville. Md. yesterday. The affair was
voted the most successful of the kind ever
held by the organization. Capt. Emack
in whose honor the camp is named, was
born at Beltsville.
A luncheon was served on the lawn adj
joining Grange Hall. which was managed
by the ladies Of Beltsville and vicinity.
The tables swere decorated with cut flow
ers. The committee of ladies who served
the luncheon and rendered warm southern
hospitality to the grim old vets who wore
the gray was composed of Miss Mildred
p. Parker. chairman; Miss Mollie Hall,
Mrs. Frances Hillary, Miss Jennie French.
Miss NJ. Whalen. Miss Whalen. Miss
Louise Fox, Miss Mae Tile and Miss
Beall Those who assisted in serving the
guests We're Mrs. Benjamin D. Candy.
Mrs. F. P. Smith. Mrs. A. G. Tolson, the
Misses U. B. and r. L. MacGregor, Miss
T. Gallant. Miss Anna Odenwald. Miss
Nan Tolson, Miss S. Magruder, Miss f.
Lauer, Mrs. S. w. Beall, Miss Margaret
Beall Miss Flossie Bendz and Mrs.
Charles Ridgeway. These ladies were as
cipal host.
Address of Welcome.
The reunion was presided over by Com
mander John +. Hickey of Hyattsville
and DR.. Fox made the address Of well
come. He said in part:
NO Drawer soldier than Capt. Emack
ever drew a saber and I am always glad
of the opportunity of meeting Confederate
soldiers, of feeling the thrill that the
sight of sacred and veteran soldiers must
always give to a lover of his country.
II hope the future of those of you who
are survivors of the civil war may be full
of the sweet calm and pleasures which
come from having done your duty to
your country and your fellow-men'
The following officers for the ensuing
year We're named: John F. Hickey.
Hyattsville. commander; G. NJ. Serpell
Norfolk. Va, first lieutenant: G. S. Park
er, Orange, Va, second lieutenant: G. s.
Woolley, Chesapeake City, third lieu
tenant: John w. Williams, Laurel, adju-
tant; DR.. Joseph A. Mudd, Hyattsviile,
termaster. and Miss Emily G. Hickey of
Hyattsville, sponsor.
General Reunion Planned.
The decision was reached to hold the
next convention at Laurel, Md. A COM
mittee was appointed to meet committees
from all the camps in Maryland and make
plans for general reunion of Maryland
and District of Columbia Confederate vet
Grams, to be held either in Annapolis or
Baltimore. The committee named is
composed of Capt. John T. Callaghan, DR..
Charles A. Fox and ]. r. II. Deakins.
Capt. Trippe delivered an address on
THE Confederate Soldier of Today and
Maj. ]. Mcdowell Darlington. commander
of the District of Columbia Camp of Con-
federate Veterans. spoke on The I'm
ence of 800 officers that were sent to
Charleston under command Of Maj. John
G. Foster, United States Army. and held
on Morris Island, under fire of the Con-
federate guns at Charleston, as retalia-
tory measure.
Commander John F. Hickey of Hyatts-
Vile gave an interesting history of the
camp and Edmund l.. Amiss of Mont
gomery county, sketched the doings of
Ridgeley Brown Camp.
Master Medford p. Candy of Montgom-
cry county recited News from licking
eral vocal selections.
Vets Give War Songs.
The old vets sang their war songs and
danced on the lawn to lively airs, played
by brass band.
The members of the camp present were:
A. G. Holland, John T. Callaghan, L. o.
Wissman. John w. Williams. John E.
Gibson, Edward o. Scaggs, John T. Dut-
ton, George s. Parker. John B. Hill. A.
c.. Tolson, D. Ball, ]. r. H. Deakins,
John F. Hickey and Joseph A. Mudd.
There were several hundred visitors
present from Washington. Baltimore and
Montgomery and Prince George counties
and other parts of the state.