Evening star., 1909-05-14
TO MUSTER IN the PRESIDENT
PARTY OF G. A. r. MEMBERS
COMING FROM NEW YORK.
Mr.. Taft Will Ahaliate With "Asso-
ciate Society" of Farnsworth
Post Of Mount Vernon.

A party made up Of members Of various
Grand Army posts of New York city and
Mount Vernon, N. Y, will arrive here at
o'clock this evening. Their object is to
make President Taft an associate MEM
ber of the Grand Army of the Republic.
A few years ago, when the Grand Army
found that its numbers were decreasing
with alarming rapidity: that the veterans
were growing too old and infirm to longer
attend post meetings. and that for lack
of funds many of the posts would have
to surrender their charters, a movement
was started to form associate societies"
of those men who desired to be Of assist
ance in maintaining the posts. They could
do this in two ways. One is by financial
help and the other by keeping alive the
interest in the Grand Army, which must
naturally die out as the members age and
lose active interest themselves. 1t was
supposed that the associate societies
would be stronger In the great west,
where the members live SO far away from
the places where the posts meet that It
takes a days drive to go and come. and
to have younger men associated with the
veterans would be an inspiration and as
sistance. Many of the large city posts
now have equally large associate soc1e-
ties.
1t is as member OF the associate So
ciety" of Farnsworth post, Mount Yer
non N. Y. that President Taft is to be
mustered. President Roosevelt was made
an Associate Society member when he
first became President.
Ceremony Tomorrow Afternoon.
The delegation will have its headquar-
ters at the Ebbitt House and will call at
the White House at 1890 O'Clock Satur-
day. The ceremony will take place in the
east room at 80 o'clock. Gen. Horace
Porter of George Washington Post. No.
10S, will be mastering g-officer-in-chief.
The party will consist of nine members
of Farnsworth Post. No. 10, q. A. r.;
twenty-five members of the Associate
Society Of Farnsworth Post. six members
New York city. and sixteen members OF
other New York posts. The muster will
be witnessed only by the members of the
Associate Society and those members OF
the Grand, Army of the Republic who
represent the posts named, and two or
three invited guests from this city, all
members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. Maj. Frank e. Butts. retired,
who was for many years member of a
New York city post. is making the ar
while here. Col. Arthur Hendricks. Dep
uty Commissioner of Pensions Daven-
port and Col. John McElroy are the In
vited guests from Washington.
Personnel Of the Party.
Those who are coming here from Farms
worth Post. No. 10, Mount Vernon. are
Commander David NJ. Doremus, DR.. E. F.
Brush, Capt William H. Cox. Joseph j.
Hoffman. Henry Lilly, Lafayette w. Lord,
Howard Schenck. Herman c. Weiss and
Capt. William Wilson, jr.
From the Associate Society,". Mortimer
Bell, A. w. Bertine, s. w. Bertine. DIR.
L. M. Boynton. Frederick w. Clark, Fred
erick H. Denman. James M. Grimes,
James p. Hayes, e. II. Hufnagel, Charles
n. Lovett, Minot c. Kellogg. Mason T.
Matter, George Maclean. r. r. Ross. w.
F. Sleight, Thomas l.. Paskett, Frank r.
Taylor, DR.. w. r. Throop. w. A. Water
man and John G. Wintjen.
From George Washington Post, No. 1O3.
New York-Gen. Horace Porter, Maj. A.
Noel Brakeman. Maj. G. d. F. Barton,
Maj G. w. DeVovoise. Mai 7. w. Hus-
ford and Maj. w. S. Hubbell.
From John A. Dix Post, New York
Gen. M. w. Day. Col. A. w. Caldwell, Col.
George f. Dewey and Lieut. E. p.
Wooley.
From other posts-Gen. e. D. Dimmfck
Gen. Ed p Ripley, Col. Frank NJ. Kelley,
Mai Frank A. Butts, Mr.. James L. Dav-
export and Col. Arthur Hendricks.
Other guests will be Assistant Q. M. G.
William F. Kirchner. G. A. r.: Col. A. D.
Ostrander, Edward M. Morgan, postmas-
ter of New York city: John Whalen and
Willet H. Olmstead, all Of the Lloyd AS
ninwaIl Post of New York.