Evening star., 1909-06-10
OBSERVING FLAG DAY
Preparations Being Made by
the G. A. R.
TO ENCOURAGE PATRIOTISM
Exercises to Be Held in the District
Public Schools.
SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
Instructions Issued by Col. A. S.
Perham and Charles 3. Douglass
for the Celebration.
SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

of the Department of the Potomac. G..
A. r., and Charles r. Douglass. assist
ant patriotic instructor. have issued the
following order for the observance of
Flag day:
BY the authority of the board Of edu-
cation of this District the members Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. their
friends and representatives, will on Mon
day, June IA, 1909, participate in the ex-
ercises incident to the observance of
Flag day in all the public schools of
this District.
They will assist the superintendent,
assistant superintendent, supervising
principals, principals and teachers of the
various schools in every way they can
in making the exercises a success.
Many Of our comrades who have visit
ed the public schools In former years
have gone to another world Many others
are unable on account of feeble health
and advancing years to longer address
our schools.
THE principals teachers and scholars
will be pleased il our representatives are
ACCOMPANIED by their ladies and friends.
In most of the school buildings many
OF the scholars are obliged to stand all
through the exercises. In all such cases
our comrades will limit their addresses
Where the entire school is seated the
length of the address will be subject to
the wishes of the school principals.
1T is the earnest desire of the COM
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic. H. NJ. Nevius. and of our
department commander, Edwin II. Hol-
brook, that the principles which our flag
typifies shall be SO clearly presented that
we may be able to implant in the minds
of our school children some lessons In
patriotism, love and respect for our nag
q higher reverence for our great nation,
and a sense of individual duty TO our
Eol
being"
The exercises at the high schools will
be held at am. The exercises at the
Jefferson School will be held at l pm.
The exercises at the school at Brightwood
Park will be held at 1890 am. In all
the other schools the exercises will COM
mence at 1 80 pm.
List Of the Speakers.
The following is list of the speakers
at the different schools:
High schools : Central High School,
Hosea B. Moulton and Brainard H. War
ner; Eastern High School, Henry n.
Copp; Western High School. George c.
Ross and N. D. Thistlewood; Business
High School, Edwin H. Holbrook and
Moses E. Clapp; Mckinley Manual Train
ing School, w. V. Cox and John c. Black;
Normal School No. 2. Mrs. B. X. Bruce:
NJ Street High School, Ralph w. Tyler;
Armstrong Manual Training School, A. s.
Perham.
First div:sion-Addison, William Tin
dali: CONDUIT road, Edwin j. Sweet; Cor
coran. ]. H. Shepherd; Curtis, Thomas n.
Mckee; Fillmore Charles Lyman; HYDE,
Hendricks: jackson. John McElroy; Res
ervoir, James NJ. Dalzell: Threlkeid, f. A.
Kreidler; Toner. j. Tyler Powell.
second division--Adams. Robert S.
Copeland Berret. DR.. James J. Purman'
Chevy Chase. A. L. swartwout; Den
nison, Hosea B. Mouton; Force. VIII
liam W. Brown: Grant. George {. lot
win; Johnson, Rev. DR.. Abram simon;
Morgan. Edward A. Keller; Ienley; Rey.
]. Luther Brenizer; Weightman, B. II.
Warner; Cooke. j. T. Clements.
Third Observation-Disclosures. Louis P.
Shoemaker; Harrison. j. H. Pipes; Hub
bard, Edward Webster: Monroe, James
Phelps. Rev. DR.. John Reid Shannon;
Ross. Mrs. Evelin H. Beiden; Takoma.
George c. Kniffin: Woodburn. Lewis c.
White; Brightwood Park Mrs. Laura
Fourth division-Abbot. Lemuel War
ner; Franklin. Henry n. Copp; presiding
officer, John Middleton, Gage, P. II. Bris-
DR.. ]. H. Bradford; Polk. Rev: Dr.: VIII
liam T. Russell; Seaton, F. V. De Coster;
Twining. DR.. James Mckee; Webster,
Jerome Johnson.
F11tn OlNlSlOn-AElnuI, "
Odel; Blake, J. G. Greenwalt: Brook
Land, Rev ]. d. Bloodgood Carberry,
Rev Nelson H. Miller; lexington, Mrs
Mary a. Dow; Emery. William A. Jack;
Gales, Edgar Allen, jr.; Langdon, Rev.
7. VI. Thompson.
Sixth division-Benning. Mrs. vina NJ
Calhoun: Blair, Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball; /;
Blow. James D. Vernay; Hamilton, E. X.
De Puy; Hayes, Hyland c. Kirk; Lud-
low Samuel r. Stratton. Madison. T. B.
Crisp; Pierce, B. p. Entriken; Taylor,
Fred Bracket: Webb. NJ. l.. Leonard; :;
Wheatley. Joseph Langham; Kenilworth.
Henry Sandford.
Seventh division-Brent. George c.
Round; Dent L. H. Patterson; Hilton.
DR. Thomas Calver; Maury. s. S. Yoder;
Peabody, Abram B. Frisbie; Towers.
Sheridan Ferree; Wallach. Mrs. Ellen
Spencer Mussey; Edmonds, Joseph E.
Hart.
Eighth division-Amidon. Rev. DIR.
Henry n. Couden: Bowen. James II. Blod-
gett: Bradley. Rev. DR.. S. H. Woodrow;
Greenleaf. Prof. w. w. Tracy: Jefferson
John C. Black. John S. Walker: Van
Ness, j. r. Webster: Potomac Mrs. Ada
III. Weiss: Smallwood w w Woodward.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Laura
v. Mccullough; Congress Heights, James
r. Matthews; Cranch, A. s. Perham
Lenox Rev. William G. Davenport: Orr
j. Walter Mitchell: Stanton. D. c. Foun-
tain: Tyler. Rev. Alpneus Davidson; Van
Buren, E. II. Ripley: ketcham. William
NJ. Potter: Bryan. Amherst w. Barber.
Tenth division-Briggs. DIR. John r.
Francis: Miner. W. L. Pollard: Montgom-