Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-25

coed Commander-in-C Chief Edgar Allen,
jr., the present popular head of the or
ganzation. They are George W. Pollitt
of New jersey. Fred Bolton of Massa-
chusetts and Newton j. Mcclure of In
diana.
The election will be held during the
session that will be convened at $50
o'clock tomorrow morning. Each of the
candidates has optimistic friends who
can already see their favorite in the
horoscope as the next head of the Sons
of Veterans. Z. S. A. But the cool ones
say "the ballots will tell tomorrow"
At the session Of the encampment
which began at / o'clock this afternoon
the Sons got down to business in good
shape The recommendations of Com
mander-i chief Allen for memorial
building and peace monument In this
city were given consideration.
Allen Much in Earnest.
Mr.. Allen is very much in earnest in
his efforts to have both the building
and the monument erected here. He
pointed to the fact that while towns of
only a few thousands of inhabitants
have memorial halls for the use of the
posts of the G.. A. r. and other pa
triotic associations, the capital of the
nation has no such institution He
cited the city of GAINESVILLE, Ohio where
the citizens erected a splendid memorial
structure and presented 1t to the civil
war soldiers who went to the defense
Of the Union when it's life was threat
ened.
Commander Allen explained that the
proposed memorial building should be fit
ted I'D with stores on the first floor, which
can be rented, with meeting rooms ana
amusement halls above He said the In
come from these sources would make the
building of patriotism a Self-Supporting
fx01tN hot
sufficient sum of money to begin the en-
terprise can be obtained in short time
Conmander-in-Chief Allen is also very
much in earnest, he declared, In his sug-
gestion to have erected in TINS city a
peace monument a tribute from both
the sons and daughters of Union veterans
and the sons and daughters of Confed-
crate veterans. Such a memorial. ne ex-
planned, would be token that this coun-
try is united for all time and will pre-
sent solid front in the future to any
foe.
Maine Memorial Considered.
Col. John McElroy held conference
with the national officers of the Sons of
Veterans and succeeded in interesting
them in the work of the Maine Memorial
Association, recently formed in this city,
and of which Admiral Sigsbee is presi-
dent Col. NcElroy and Mrs Christine
Walton Dunlap, the latter secretary of
the Memorial Association, explained the
object of the organization. They said 1t
was to erect in this city a monument to
the men of the battleship Maine who went
down to their deaths with their snip In
Havana harbor in 1898. Action on The
matter will be taken late this afternoon
The delegates, accompanied by local
Sons of Veterans, were shown over Wash
ineton and its pretty suburbs in auto
mobiles this morning. Many of the visi-
tors went to Arlington, where their Ia
theirs sleep Others went to Fort Ste
yens and stood upon the only civil war
battlefield in the District Some of them
took positions on the well worn parapet
of the fort where President Lincoln stood
under fire as he watched Gen. Early's
men In gray forming Tor the attack In
the fields beyond.
The delegates will be photographed in
front of the Arlington Hotel at o'clock
this afternoon.
Reception and Ball Tonight.
The reception and ball will be held at
the Arlington, beginning at o'clock
this evening. In addition to Sons of
Veterans, members of the auxiliary and
Daughters of Veterans, there will be
many invited guests from other patri-
otto bodies.
One session of the encampment VIII
be held tomorrow, beginning at JoU
o'clock, at which. as stated. the annual
election of national officers will be
held. Many of the delegates will en-
bark on the excursion to Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Petersburg at 3:45
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans
is in session this afternoon. The prin-
cipal business is the reception of COM
mittee reports The annual election
will take place tomorrow. Both or
CARNATIONS will adjourn sine die Fri
day.
Campfire a Feature.
One of the principal social events of the
encampment, the campfire. was held last
night. Another. the reception and ball.
will take place tonight in the ballroom of
the Arlington Hotel. The campfire was
stag affair. The function this evening
will be participated in by Sons of Vet
Grams, Daughters of Veterans. members
of the auxiliary, G. A. R., veterans and
others.
Patriotism ran riot during the progress
of the campfire. Venerable veterans of
the great civil war in their Grand Army
uniforms of blue related "reminiscences
and urged the younger men to preach
and practice loyalty to their country and