The Washington times., 1912-05-23
VETERANS APPEAL
FOR FUNDS TO HELP
DECORATE GRAVES
For First Time In Fifty
Years Soldiers Need
f. Financial Aid.

For the first time since Memorial Day
began to be observed the old soldiers of
the District make appeal this year for
subscriptions to defray the cost of dec
Grating the graves of the patriotic dead
in Washington. Their request issued to-
day from the office of Department Com
fiander j. d. Bloodgood and Assistant
Adjitart General o. II. Oldroyd, makes
clear why aid must now be asked. The
appeal reads as follows:
The Drpartr,.en: OF the Potomac
Grand Army Of the Republic, makes
sens .9f washinston for ecniriSutions
e help defruy the expenses of decora-
ting the 5hcD or more graves OF sold
iers and sailors of the ci>i' war. and
spanish Amnriean war. whose remains
arc Inferred in the Arlington National
Cemetery. and other cemeteries In the
district Of Columbia, on Memorial Day,
NAV 30. 1912. .,.
js"Hsretofore the department has de-
ptndtc almost entirely upon the con-
ttlbuuonS of its ')wn members. those
OF other patriotic organizations. the of.
fcials of the general Government and
OF the municipal government, properly
to carry out this sacred and important
work. but as the receipts from these
sources for the past three wears have
sary TO arpeGl.tD the citizens generally
especially in view Of The fact that the
number of graves has increased greatly
each year-to help the department with
snch contributions as they NAV be
nleascd to give. so that proper honor
may be shown to the men who freely
save their services and their lives, 20
preserve the Union.
Amy surplus, after paying the neces-
sary expenses incidental to Memorial
Day ceremonies, is used for the relief
their widows and orphans, who apply
to the relief committees of the depart
rnent for financial aid. These commit
tees are, in foct, auxiliaries to the AS
sociated Charities organizations of the
city of Washington.
contributions can be sent to the
Assistant Adiutant General. G. A. r.
headquarters; Alfred Wood, at the
WASHINGTON Loan and Trust Company
| the Park Savings Bank. Fourteenth
street and Columbia road; DR.. H. A.
Johnson, room 4, war Department. vice
Chairman; Francis l.. McKenna, treas.
urer, g. A. r. headquarters. 141:
DR.. j. K. Gleeson, chairman finance
committee, 1451 Harvard street north
west.
Exercise sin honor of the memory oi
General Grant will be held in the Capi
tn Ell. S. Grant Circle. Ladies of the
D. A. r. Standing beside the statue OF
the great commander in the rotunda
. Col. B. F. Bingham, past commander
Department of the Potomac. G. A. r.
win deliver an address on Genera
Grant. These ante-Memorial Day exer
cises are in general charge of Patriotic
Instructor Dora B. J. Hendrix.
The president of the circle, Mrs. A
Traphagan. will place a wreath OF
I, flowers on the statue and the Rev
Charles P. Miles will offer prayer.
solo will be sung by Miss Viola Ship
pert.
Memorial exercises at the cemeter.
of the Government Hospital for tn
Insane will be conducted by Gen. Mel
son A. Miles Camp No. /, S. w. v.
under Commander c. Hintennach. TIL,
exercises will conclude in time for tn,
Camp to reach Arlington Cemetery t
attend the general exercises there.
Thomas H. Mckee, senior vice com
Snander OF the Department G. A. n.
! will be in charge of the decoration o
the graves at the Soldiers Home Gene
terry, and H. II. Miller, punior vice com
rnander, at the Congressional Cemetery
Gushing Camp, Sons of Veterans, will
direct the exercises in Oak Hill ant
Holy Rood cemeteries. Lincoln Camp
Sons of Veterans, has been assigned t
Mt. Olivet Cemetery and George II
Thomas Post No. Is, of the G. A. r. t.
Glenwood.