The Washington herald., 1911-01-10
SIX CAMPS INSTALL
Spanish War Veterans Hold
Joint Exercises.
WOMEN WITNESS CEREMONY
Members of Auxfliarfes Help COM
plete Record Attendance at Func.
tion Attended by Prominent Army
and Navy Members and Followed
by Music and Dancing.

A joint installation of officers last night
in Eagles Hall of the six local camps
of the United Spanish War Veterans.
with Rear Admirals Schley and Sigsbee,
Representative Miles PoindeXter. of
Washington, and Col. John McElroy, as
guests of honor, brought out the largest
number of members in the history of the
order.
The women'S auXiliarieS to the order.
which, included Mary a. Babcock AUX
iliary, Ida NJ Galloway Auxiliary, and
Edith X Roosevelt Auxiliary. and the
Lineal Society of the Spanish War. were
present as invited guests.
Resolutions were presented Mrs. S. G..
Mawson, wife of Past Depar rtment Com
mander S. G. Mawson. in recognition of
the beautiful standard colorS presented
by her to the department. The inStalla
ton ceremonies were followed by short
musical programme. interspersed with
short addresses by the visitors and sew
eral officers, and the exercises closed
with dancing.
The installation ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Department Commander d. ".
Chisholm, assisted by John +. Hogan,
senior vice commander; H. c. Porter,
junior vice commander; E. l.. Cogan. ad-
jutant: William Henderson, quartermas-
ter: Edward keegin, inspector; John Ma
honey, chaplain; G. Leyburn Shorey. mar
shall; w. X. Laughln. muster officer and
William B. Hudson, surgeon.
Officers at Camps.
The officers of the various camps were
installed as follows:
Gen Nelson A Miles Camp, No. 1, r.
F. Wallace, commander; Nolan A. Martin.
senior vice commander; P. E. Shomette,
junior vice commander; Theodore A. Lay
officer of the day: w +. Whitaker, Off
Ger of the guard; A. A. Chenay, chaplain
DR.. F. P. Machler. surgeon; ]. A. Thode.
adjutant; George w. Nairn, quartermas-
ter. and J. A. Costello, trustee.
Harden Camp, No. 2, Alex. c. Nickel
vey, commander; James P Greeley. Sc
nior vice commander: Wilson T. Kenner
junior vice comma nder: H. E. Coulter,
adjutant; Benjamin L. Tubman. quarter
master; Henry c. Wilson, officer of the
day; A J. Carroll, officer of the guard; !;
John A. Gallinger, chaplain; James Nc
Donald, surgeon, and Clarence V. Sayer,
w. ]. Sammond. and y. V. Brown, trus-
tees.
Col. John s. Petit Camp, No 3-w- B.
Hudson, commander; A. NJ Russell,
senior vice commander: A. F. Dreis,
junior vice commander; T. p. Polk.
chaplain; George West Byron, officer of
the day; A F. Callan. officer of the
guard; George Munzenheimer, trustee;
Joseph L. May, adjutant: ]. T. Simp-
son, quartermaSter, and Samuel Nolan,
musician
II. w. Lawton Camp.
H. W. Lawton Camp, No. 4-E ".
Jurgensen, commander; Thomas A.
Green, senior vice commander: II. c.
Davis. Junior vice commander; Emil
Walter. adjutant; z. NJ. I.awton, quar-
termaster: R l.. Lamb, chaplain; ]. NJ.
Heller, surgeon; J. L. King, officer of
the day; J. Carrigan, officer of the guard,
and DR.. c. l. G. Anderson, trustee.
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, No. G. s.
G. Sherey. commander: Patrick Conway,
senior vice commander; Villa. J. Ross
junior vice commander: Joseph Tusnski.
officer of the day; II. Zurgkia, officer of
the guard; Emil Fonstad. trustee: Will
lam Biener, adjutant: John f. Hogan,
quartermaster; John S. NJ. Zimmerman,
chaplain
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp.
No. 7-William j. Hannighan, command
er; James ]. Hearn, senior vice command
er; John c. KoontZ, Junior vice command
er; William Riley, officer of the day;
James B. Gately. officer of the guard: A.
Joynes, trustee; John A Browning adju-
tant; Henry c. Porter. quartermaSter:
Charles R Doran, chaplain, and Dr. J.
B. Trudgian, surgeon.