Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
PLAN MEMORIAL DAY AID TO FOREIGNERS
Grand Army Committeeman
Hold First Meeting.
PROGRESS is REPORTED
Funds Solicited in Departments.
Rates to Arlington
Sought.

preliminary arrangements for Memorial
day, May 30 were discussed at the first
meeting of the memorial executive COM
mittee of the Department OF the Poto-
maac. G. A. R.. last night at It's hall,
1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest j.
D. Bloodgood, department comma nder
presiding.
Announcement was made of the COM
plete membership of the committee xhich
includes the department officers. past de-
partment commanders, past senior de-
partment commanders, past junior de-
partment commanders. post commanders
representatives of the United Spanish
War Veterans. the Regular Army and
Navy Union. Army and Navy Union of
the United States. and body of repre-
sentative citizens of the District.
Progress was reported in the work, but
not until the meeting next Saturda V
evening will results be announced.
Seeks Special Rates.
b. f. Chase, chairman of the transpor-
tation committee, reported that ii is now
negotiating with the various traction
companies for special rates to Arlington
and the various cemeteries visited by the
veterans on Memorial day. Dr. j. III.
Gleason. chairman of the financial COM
mittee, reported that the committee has
placed subscription blanks in each of the
government departments, while DR..
Thomas Calver, chairman of the music
committee. is organizing choirs to sing at
each of the cemeteries. and the special
meetings to be held under the direction
of the department.
The complete membership of the memo
rial executive committee is as follows:
Department officers: j. D. Bloodgood
comma nder. Thomas II. Mckee senior
vice commander; Rev. y. H. Miller ju-
nior vice commander: DIR. Thomas Calver,
medical director; Rev. n. II. Holmes,
chaplain; Osborn Fl. Oldroyd, assistant
adjutant general: Francis l.. McKenna,
assistant quartermaster general
Past department commanders-A. II. G..
Richardson. George +. Corson, Harrison
Burdett, Newton NJ. Brooks, Jerome b.
Burke. William S. Odel. j. NJ. Pipes. A.
+. Dinsmore. S. f. Faunce, Nathan Bick-
ford, John McElroy, Thomas 8. Hopkins.
Arthur Hendricks, Calvin Farnsworth,
George H. Slaybaugh. Israel w. Stone.
B. F. Bingham, /. G.. Kimball A. Hart.
A. P. Tasker. B. P. Entrikin, Newton
Ferree. John S. Walker. E. H. Holbrook.
H. A. Johnson, George c. Ross
Past senior vice department COM
A. F. Medford. J. H. Hewlett. B. r.
Chase. E. A. Keller.
Past junior vice department COM
manders: c A. Fleetwood. ]. H. Jochum.
Alva S. Taber. B. T. Janney, J. E. Nc
Cabe. Richard Bennett, A. B. Cromwell.
Past commanders and representatives
Horace II. Brewer, John Finn. Post
No. /; Adolphus b. Bennett, E. r.
Grant, Post No. 2: w. II. Raymond
George M. Rowe. Post No. 3; Charles
H. Mcclure. w. r. Ramsey. Post No. 5;
Stephen F. Hamilton, p o. Lawrence.
Post No. 6; William NJ. Potter, Thomas
Calver, Post No. Z: DIR. j. X. Gleeson
III. B. Moulton, Post No. 8: Benjamin
Young. Joseph s. Johnson. Post No. 8;
John Shaw, George R. Cook, Post No. 10
]. Tyler Powell. Lawrence F. Callahan
Post No. IL: A. B. Frisbie. Thomas j
Putnam. Post No 10: John ]. Stretch.
Edward Webster. Post No. 10; William H
Anderson, William M. Jones, Post No. II
Edwin j. Sweet. j. F. Stone. Post No 20;
Charles r. Douglass. E. G. Brooks, Posi-
No. 81.
Maryland Division. Sons of Veterans
E. r. Campbell. past cOmmander-in-chief:
Lincoln Camp. No. 2. James w. Lyons,
commander; Our Flag Camp, No. II. E.
II. Grove. commander; William B. Cush-
ing Camp, No. 30 c. O. Howard, COM
United Spanish War Veterans-John J.
Knapp, department commander: j. Ligon
King. department adjutant: Camp No. /.
Chris Hintenach, commander; Camp No
:, SOuflCIs tOIlHldIoCl SdHl
No. ,, Allan NJ. Russell. commander
Camp No. 4, Edwin NJ. Lawton. comman-
der; Camp No. 6, G. Leyburn Shorey,
commander; Camp No Z. Joseph P. Nc
Crink. commander.
The Regular Army and Navy. Union,
Gen. ]. NJ Schofleld Garrison. No. 1,
Emil Walter, commander.
Army and Navy Union Of the United
States of America. Department of Column
bia-Thomas A. Green. department COM
mander: Admiral David D. Porter Gar
rison, No. 6, c. r. Daley, commander:
the Presidents Own Grriason, No. 1O4,
Lewis Robson. commander: Gen. Guy V.
Henry Garrison. No 8, John II. Thorn
ton commander: Gen. James A. Buch-
anan Garrison, No. Ill, John .R. Hays,
commander.
CitizensCuno II. Rudolph. District
Commissioner; Louis p. Shoemaker, Will
liam F. GUIDE, Samuel B. Hege. William
" Cox, Samuel Hart, NJ NJ. Parker. John
Joy Edison and George Truesdale.
subcommittee made up OF the men,
bership of the executive committee
were also appointed. They consist of
the following committees: reception,
press and invitation, finance, trans
portation, decorations and grounds,
music, auditing isolated graves, Ma
tional Soldiers Home cemetery. Con-
gressonal cemetery, Battle-Ground"
national cemetery; Glenwood. Pros
pect Hill and st. Mary's cemeteries.
Mount Olfvet cemetery, Oak Hill and
Hollywood cemeteries, St. Elizabeth ceme-
terry. Harmony and Northeast Arlington
cemetery.