The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
RECALL birth
OF FEMANCIPATOR
Societies and Veterans to OBJ
serve One Hundred and
Fourth Anniversary.
SERVICES FOR TO-DAY
Department Of Potomac, G. A. R.,
Plans Exercises at First Congre-
gadoaal Church.
SERVICES FOR TODAY

The 10th anniversary Of the birth of
Abraham lincoln will be fttingly cell
ebrated by patriotic societies of WASH
ington. Although the great emanci-
pator's birthday is next Wednesday. the
Department of the Potomac, G. A. r,
will hold services.
At First Congressional Church on
Tuesday evening. members of the Unit
ed Spanish War Veterans, Woman's Re-
lief Corps. Army and Navy Union, and
other patriotic societies are invited to
attend Col John McElroy, chairman,
VIII preside.
A feature will be the "troorIng OF the
colors'' by Union veterans of the civil
war. and the salute to the nag" with
music by the United States Marine
Band. As the coiors are saluted the
drums will be ruffied and the trumpet
ers will sound q fanfare, as in civil
war, times.
The programme follows:
Patriotic selections the organ By VIII T.
Taber beginning at 80 O'Clock .. m Invocation,
Rev n. II. HOLMES. department chaplain Intro
dArtnry rnHrtS. Department Commander J. ID.
BIoodgood. Ceremony. Iressntation Of the Dag, by
Color Seryt. Hazard WheeIer. TO the Coldrs, !"
United States Marine Band Trooping the cplOrs.
rine Band accompanied BY Mr.. Taber on the
organ Solo. The Star snangied Banner Mrs.
B. n Smart. accompanied by Mr. Tsber; audience
to Son in the refrsin. Remarks Col John Nc
Maj Thomas H. Mckee Battle Hymn Of the
Republic Mr.. B. H. smart audience to join in
the refrain. Addresses on Abraham Lincoln. by
Senator Reed smoot Of Utah: Lieut.. Gen. Nelson
A. Miles. U. s. A, retired: Representative X. NJ
To~ner Of Iowa: Representative Frank Lester
Greene Of vsrmont Patriotic airs United States
Marine Band Selections frum Linnnln's second
inaugural address. Past Department Cnmmsnder
bN ha
encr led by Mrs Smart.
Some of the Committees.
The committees ia charge of the event
are as followsS
Officers Of the department OF the Poto-
mac. Grand Army OF the Republio-J. D.
Bloodgood. commander: Thomas II. Nc
Kee, senior vice commander; Rev. n. H.
Miller. Junior vice commander; DR..
Thomas Calver. medical director; Rev.
N. H Holmes chaplain: Osborn II. Old
royd. assistant adjutant general; Francis
L. McKenna, assistant quartermaster;
Charles F. Benjamin, Judge advocate;
Charles NJ. Robinson. chief mastering
officer: Z. d. Godfrey, inspector: A. S.
Perham, patriotic instructor; Charles r.
Douglass. assistant, and B. F. Chase
chief of stan.
General committee - John McElroy,
chairman: George II. Slaybaugh. S. E.
Faunce. Thomas NJ. Mckee, o. II. Old
royd, II. a. johnson. Thomas Calver.
Jerome F. johnson, n. NJ. Brooks, Ar
thur Hendricks. Z. r. Campbell, c. O.
Howard J. Tyler Powell, Gurnon r.
Scott, ]. X. Cleeson, and c. II. worden.
Reception committee-N. NJ. Brooks,
chairman; A II. @. Richardson, George
f. Corson. Harrison Dingman, Samuel
s. Burdett, George II. Slaybaugh. A.
Hart, Newton Ferree. Ivory G. Kimball.
Jerome B. Burke. William s. Odell, J. NJ
Pipes. A. F. Dinsmore, Israel w. Stone.
A p. Tasker, John s. Walker. s. Z.
Faunce, Nathan BIckford. John McElroy.
Thomas S. Hopkins. Arthur Hendricks,
Calvin Farnsworth. B. F. Bingham. B.
p Entriken. Edwin II. Holbrook, George
c. Ross, and II. A: Johnson
Music committee-Dr. Thomas Calver,
A. p. Tasker. and S. Z. Fsunce.
Committee on press and invitations
Col John McElroy and George II. Slay-
baugh.
Decorations committee-O. II. Oldroyd
Jerome +. johnson. and c. II. Worden.
Committee on seating audience-Arthur
Hendricks, chairman: Gurnon r. Scott,
vice chairman, and the following MEM
bers of Lincoln and William b. Gushing
Camps, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A: s.
s. Culbertson. S. l. Daugherty, W. E.
DobIe. NJ. W. brennan, a. B. Goodrich,
c. w. Grinstead. George A. Howe, u
H. Jenkins. Emil A. Lang. J. W. Lyons,
o. A c. Oehmler, c. NJ. Overacker, ].
W. Pearson. II. W. Rutledge, I. s
Taylor. Charles Van White. and W. F.
Wolfe.
Other Celebrations.
Senator William o. Bradley OF Ken
lucky will be the principal speaker at
the Lincoln Day observation at the Ma
tional Training School for Women and
Girls this afternoon at o'clock. A
programme of solos and choruses by the
students OF the school has been ar
ranged.
The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. an orgsni-
zation composed of both races, with
branches in some fifteen American cities,
will hold a large mass meeting at the
Metropolitan A. NJ z. Church, Wash
ington, February IL, at p. M. to cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the
emancipation proclamation The chief
speaker will be the president of the New
York branch, DR.. ]. E. Spingarn, former
iy professor of comparative literature in
Columbia University.