Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11
WELCOMED TO THE CITY
Mr.. GUIDE Tells Delegates the Capt.
tai Is Literally Theirs.
IN FOR A GOOD TIME
Sightseeing Trips on the Program
for Today, With Business Ses-
sion and Banquet Tomorrow.

The first session of the fourth annual
convention of the Social Order Of Moose,
which met at the Ebbitt House this
morning, was given over to welcoming
addresses and the appointment Of COM
nittees by the supreme president. The
session was opened by Harry D. Hayden,
general chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by the Washington herd to take
| care ofrthe visiting delegates. Mr.. Hay
den introduced William F. GUIDE, presi-
dent of the Washington Chamber of
| Commerce, who delivered the address of
welcome.
| At the conclusion of Mr.. GUIDES adj
dress, James H. McGilton. president of
| the Washington herd. extending the
| greetings of the local Moose to their
| brothers from other cities. He was fol-
| lowed by Charles A. Gadd of Detroit,
who complimented the Washington herd
upon its rapid growth during the year
| it has been in existence.
Mr.. Guides Welcome.
1T gives me the greatest pleasure"
| William F. GUIDE said in his address, Ito
welcome your distinguished and popular
! organization to this your capital It is
difficult to express the precise word of
| welcome to the conventions coming to
! Washington, inasmuch as it is quite as
much their city. in the real sense of
| the word, as 1t is the city of any of us
who happen to live in it the year round.
| For Washington is the city of every pa
| triotic American citizen, your show town
| for every foreign-born visitor, and the
| home for many months in each year of
your representatives and senator's. under
! iC inc
| city of which we may all be proud.
Your city is ready for you, gentlemen:
examine its beautiful federal buildings,
its parks and reservations with the feel
ing that they are yours, and yours the
duty to urge on our Congress. through
the representative and senator of each
delegate here. the duty of keeping the
capital of our country in the condition
which warrants our national pride in
having the greatest capital of the greatest
country in the world
"As caretakers. we bid you welcome to
the city for you. and ask you to make
yearly Inspections
Business Sessions Tomorrow.
The delegates and their families will be
the guests of the Washington herd this
afternoon for an automobile tour of the
city. Before starting they will pose for
a group photograph on the steps Of the
| Treasury. Tonight Charles A. Gadd. SUI
| preme president. will hold reception at
! the Ebbitt. beginning at O'Clock. To-
morrow will be given up to business SEES
sions. The visiting ladies will be taken
on a sightseeing tour by their Washing
| ton hostesses while the men are at work
Tomorrow night they will all enjoy an
ella borate banquet and ball at the Old
| Masonic Temple, 9th and F streets. The
convention will end Wednesday afternoon
with the election of officers for the en-
suing year.
The committees appointed by Supreme
President Gadd today were as follows:
Credentials. H. McGilton. c. B. Gard
ner and Herman Hempel. Finances
Harry Hayden. Ray Parrish and J. J.
OConnor Appeals and petitions. Z.
Weiser, F. D. Bitz and H. J: Hunt. Con-
| stitution and laws-H. J. Hunt. Joseph
Crowley and J. NJ. Surtman. State of the
order-W. F. Sullivan. T. H. Kramer and
| Walter Hempel.
The Supreme Officers.
The Social Order of the Moose was
founded In Detroit. September 8. 1903. 1t
numbers seventeen herds The supreme
l officers are: Past president. Peter ].
Drexelius. Detroit. Mich; president,
Charles A. Gadd. Detroit. Mich. first
vice president, B. r. Bronson, Toledo,
Ohio: second vice president. John F.
Boiler. Buffalo, N. Y; recording secre-
tary. A. L. Rafter. Toledo. Ohio: finan-
Il Clal secretary, lneO. j. DelOr. Detroit,
| Mich: treasurer. Harry ]. Hunt. Buff
/ falo, N. Y; marshal, Joseph ]. Crowley,
| Washington: chaplain Rev. Edward Col
Inns. Detroit. Mich: inner guard. Joseph
i Solomon, Detroit, Mich; outer guard, r.
i G. Raynell. Rochester. N. Y.
j The supreme trustees are: Graham Par
sons. Rochester, n. Y: Harry Hayden,
| Washington; Samuel McKeown, Buffalo,
n. Y; F. D. Bitz. Monroe, Mich; Thomas
H. Therritt, Detroit, Mich.
| On Local Committees.
| The entertainment of the visitors will
be provided by a committee composed or
E. S. Schmidt, c. H. Kramer, ]. H. Nc
Clifton, ]. ]. Crowley, Harry D. Hayden
and S. H. Talks, all Of Washington Herd,
| No. 8.
The official delegates from Herd No. 9
of this city to the convention are j. H.
McGilton, F. H. Kramer, C. 3. Gardner.
J. j. Crowley. Harry D. Hayden and j.
j. O'Connor.
| An attractive feature of the convention
lis a program and guide book, published
by the Washington Herd, No. 9. It con-
| tains not only an accurate program for
| the guidance Of delegates, but also hand
| some half tone pictures and much valu-
able information concerning points of in
| terest in Washington.