The Washington herald., 1913-07-06
SANTlAGO'S FALL
TO BE OBSERVED
Spanish War Veterans Plan
Outing on Fifteenth Ami
versary Of Event.
RIFLE CONTEST FEATURE
Oath Of Allegiance to Flag VIII Be
Renewed-New Officers Of
District Department.

General orders, stating the plans OF the
! United Spanish War Veterans of the Dis.
| trict for the celebration Of the fifteenth
| anniversary of the surrender Of Santi-
ago Cuba, which will be held at Chesa-
peake Beach Thursday, July IL, were
pre- Ilgated yesterday.
The features of the day will be. rifle
contest and a baseball game. In addi-
ton. a reunion of the First District of
Columbia Volunteer Infantry will be held
on the boardwalk at p. m. Chief of
Staff Comrade Richard ]. Donnelly will
be in charge of all details and issue all
instructions for this occasion.
Comrades OF the several camps of the
department will assemble at o'clock p.
m. at the dancing pavilion on the board
wa on the evening of the excursion for
the Purpose of publicly renewing the oath
of allegiance to Did Glory.
The legislative committee and all past
department commanders will be the re-
ception committee on this and all other
occasions.
The New Officers.
The new District department officers
are Jere A Costello. Miles Camp, No.
/, commander: Henry c. Wilson. Harden
Camp, No. ., senior vice commander: Col.
Charles A. Williams, u. S. A, Lawton
John F. Cassidy. Harden Camp. No. .,
inspector; John Lewis Smith, Miles Camp.
No 1. judge advocate; Samuel L. Han
non. NJ. D., Miles Camp. No. /. surgeon:
William A. Bowling, Harden Camp. No.
2. chaplain: Henry L. Hubert, Petit
Camp, No. 3, marshal.
Delegates at large to the national en-
campment are H. B. Coulter. Harden
Camp. No. .: Joseph ]. Harvey. Harden
Camp; Sigmund Dirnfeld. Miles Camp.
No. l: T. A. Green, Lawton Camp, No.
4. Alternates. Charles j. P. Weber. Miles
Camp. No. 1: Albert E. Smith. Miles
Camp. No. l; NJ. D. Mettee. Miles Camp.
No. /, and John Murphy, Urell Camp.
No. 3.
The following appointments are an
nounced: Chief of staff. Richard J. DON
nelly, Dewey Camp; adjutant. Albert E.
Smith, Miles Camp; quartermaster, Will
lam W. Fentress, Petit Camp: historian.
John Murphy, Urell Camp: assistant adju-
tant. James E. Maynard. Harden Camp:
assistant quartermaster, James B. Peat.
Lawton Camp; mastering officer, G. Ley
burn Shorey. Aston Camp: color bearer.
Loring c. Wood, Harden Camp.
Aides de Camp. P. E. Shomette, Miles
Camp; Harry c. Bonault. Harden Camp;
Allen NJ. Russell, Petit Camp; Bernardin
P. Rickenbacher. Lawton Camp; John E.
Hogan, Aston Camp; George A Joynes.
Dewey Camp; Charles l.. Brockway, Urell
Camp.
Members Of Committees.
The committees are:
Relief-Senior Vice Commander Henry
C Wilson (Harden Camp. chairman:
Chris Hintenach miles Camp, R. B.
Leach Petit Camp, W. p. Davis Iaw-
ton Camp, E. A. Fenstead (Astor Camp.
Henry c. Porter dewey Camp. NJ L.
Turner Crell Camp.
experimentation Vice Commander
Col. Charles A. Williams, U. S. A. -Uaw-
ton Camp, chairman; Gustave E. Rausch
miles Camp, Daniel v. Chisholm CHar-
den Camp. R. l. Longstreet Petit
Camp. Frank McCarron castor Camp.
Joseph P. McCrink dewey Camp, J.
Brainard Clarke CUrell Camp.
Legislatures. Clifford Cox nawton
Camp, chairman; John Lewis Smith
miles Camp, James E. Maynard CHar-
den Camp, H. V. Shurtleff Petit
Camp, c. Layborn Shorey castor
Camp. Richard P. Hobson dewey
Camp, John Murphy Urell Camp.
Press Commttee-James E. Maynard
Harden Camp. chairman; j. Walter
Mitchell miles Camp. John Murphy
Urell Camp.