Evening star., 1909-04-23
NAMED
Preparing for the Observance
of Memorial Day.
OCCASION TO BE NOTABLE
Orator at Arlington to Be q Man Of
Eminence.
MUSIC TO BE OF HIGH ORDER
Announcement by Department Com
mander Of Those Who Will Be in
Charge Of the Exercises.
[UsIC TO BE OF HIGH ORDER

Committees for the Memorial day OBJ
servance of the Department of the Poto-
mac, G. A. r., have been announced In
general orders signed by Col. Edwin III.
Holbrook. department commander. and
countersigned by Capt. o. H. Oldroyd,
assistant adjutant general.
Announcement was also made that the
first meeting of the general committee
having In charge the exercises at Ar
Iington will be held In Grand Army Hall,
Saturday evening Col. Holbrook and his
staff have planned to make notable the
exercises Of May 80. and the grafton at
Arlington will be delivered by q man OF
eminence in the councils OF the nation.
The program Of music will be of high
order, and will be arranged by a COM
mittee of which DR.. Thomas Calver, medi-
cal director OF the department, is chair
man.
General Committees.
The general Memorial day committee
has been appointed as follows:
Department offlcers-Edwin H. Hol-
brook, department commander: Henry A.
Johnson, senior vice commander; George
c. Ross, junior vice commander; DR..
Thomas Calver, medical director; ]. D.
Bloodgood, chaplain; 0. III. Oldroyd, as
sistant adjutant general: Francis L. Nc
Kenna. assistant quartermaster general:
Past department commanders-A. II. G.
Richardson, George E. Corson, Harrison
Dingman, Charles C. Boyce, Samuel 8.
Burdett, D. 8. Alexander, Newton NJ
Brooks. Jerome B. Burke, Charles P.
Urell, j. M. Pipes. A. F. Dinsmore, 8. E..
Faunce, Nathan Bickford John McElroy.
Thomas 8. Hopkins. Arthur Hendricks,
Calvin Farnsworth, George HI. Slaybaugh
Israel w. Stone, B. F: Bingham, l. G.
KimbalI, A. Hart. A. P. Tasker B: P.
Entrikin. Newton Ferree John s. Walker.
Past senior vice department command
ers-L. P. Williams. A. ]. Huntoon, A. F.
Medford, hiram Buckingham, ]. II. How
lett, b. F. Chase, B. F. Graham
Past junior vice department command
ers-J. E. McCabe. Alva s. Taber, c. A.
Fleetwood, B. T. Janney. w. w. Cham
bers, Richard Bennett. A. B. Grunwell
j. H. Jochum.
Post commanders and representatives
Post No. l. Samuel r. Stratton, John
Finn; Post No. 2, John Middleton, Robert
E. Grant; Post No. 3, A. B. Chatfield, W..
H. Raymond; Post No. 8, William c. Ma
son, Charles Matthews; Post No. 6. Bur
ton r. Ross, NJ. NJ. Lewis; Post No. Z,
Post No. 8. William Emmerson. ]. W.
Andrews: Post No. o. r. D. Goodman.
Charles H. Shorter: Post No. 10. A. F.
Dinsmore. George r. Cook; Post No. II,
IL. A. B. Frisbie. T. J. Putnam; Post
No. IA, Charles NJ. Robinson, p. o. Law
renee; Post No. 10. Joseph L. Langham,
Edward Webster: Post No. II, Charles II.
Preston. William M. Jones; Post No. 10.
r. E. Duval, Walter B. Sebastian; Post
No. 20. James F. Stone, E. J. Sweet; Post
No. q, E. G. Brooks, C. A. Fleetwood.
Maryland Division. Sons of Veterans
Edwin c. Irelan, division commander;
Theodore A. Steeger. division secretary;
No. 30. Milton W. brennan. captain.
United Spanish War Veterans-C. e.
Rausch. department commander; John
Lewis Smith. department adjutant; Camp
No. 1. I. N. Dolph. commander; Camp No.
2. c. v. Sayer, commander; Camp No. 3,
r. H. Wood, commander: Camp No. 4,
Richard Lamb. commander; Camp No. 6.
j. 8. Zimmerman. commander: Camp No.
Z, c. N. B. Nicholson. commander; Camp
No. 8, Charles g. Piper. commander.
son No. /, John G. Maynard. commander.
Army and Navy Union-D. D. Porter
Garrison. No. 9, c. w. Blush. commander:
w. F. Barry Garrison, No. 26. C. 8. Wild
IA, A. F. Broacker. commander: Presi
dents Own Garrison, No. 104, J. c. Jorg-
ensen, commander.
Citizens of the District of Columbia
Henry b. r. MacIarlanu, DlStrlct COM
missioner; Louis P. Shoemaker, William
F. GUIDE, Samuel G. Cornwell, William v.
Cox, j. Walter Mitchell.
Subcommittees Named.
The subcopmittees named by Com
mander Holbrook are as follows:
Reception-S. 8. Burdett, past COM
chief, chairman; John 8. Wal
ker. past department commander, vice
chairman: c. E. Rausch, department COM
mander. U. 8. w. w.. second vice chair
man; I. G. Kimball, Jerome B. Burke.
Press and invitation-S. E. Faunce,
chairman; John McElroy, vice chairman: !:
Thomas 8. Hopkins. J. Walter Mitchell.
]. NJ. Pipes, Edward Webster, Robert E.
Grant.
Finance-B. P. Entrikin. chairman;
Israel ". Stone, George II. Slaybaugh,
Nathan Bickford. Samuel Hart, Francis
L. McKenna. Osborn H. Oldroyd, A. P.
Tasker, L. p. Williams. w. w. Cham
bers. B. F. Graham. B. I. Janney. /. N
Dolph, Newton Ferree, c. 8. Wilder, John
Middleton, John Finn, A. B. .Chatf1eld