The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-30
MILL PAY TRIBUTE
To MAINE HEROES
ANNIVERSARY or BATTTEsRIres
DESTRUCTION BE OBSERVED
FEBRUARY 18TH.
ARLINGTON is SCENE
PRESIDENT WILSON, HIS CABINET
AND MANY OTHER PROMINENT
MEN WILL RE INVITED
TO EXERCISES.
ARLINGTON IS SCENE

WASHINGTON. Dec. ss-The arss
meeting 81 the cat;leship Maine me-
Fnerfaa committee. recently named in
general orders BY National Command +
er II. o6en Lake. q the = rruy and
Navy a-ien. was held Saturday after /
n0cs n the oSi7ceS OF Colonel John +
McE1roy. IN the National Tribune {
building Fourteenth and + streets,
northwest. Preliminary arrange +
rsents were made for properly opeerv- 4
anG ths sixteenth a1 ntversaFy OF the +
destruction ef the Maine February
1Sth. TIE services viii 90 held as
heretofore IN the Maine section of
Arlington National cemetery
General orders Ne. from the
Army ard Navy union headquarters at
Philadelphia. announcing The follow /
ing appointments as members q the
memorial committee. were read /
Chairman, Colonel John McFlrey. ma
Hs4al ald-de-csmr; ice-chairman. {
Colonel John y elem. United States
army, national aid-de-camp. secra-
fary, ], Walter Mitchell. national aid
de-camp: John c. Daley. department
commander. District Of Columbia:
William II Roach. national council Of
administration: William T. Ccnray. ma
tional council OF administration.
Commander Joseph Dempf command
or District o. Column naval militia
national aid-de-camp; Colonel If. A.
Winter. national abide camp. Coienel
n. J.. Rice. national aid. de camp and
II. G. Gaibraith. national aid-de-eamp
A communication was read from
Iasephus Daniels secretary of the
navy. stating that II will be imprae-
tfcabie - make detaF of sailors and
marines from the League Island navy
yard to escort National Commander
Lake and the Army and Navy union
garrisons from Philadelphia to this
city on the occasion Of the ohserg-
snce.
Iseady to- Aid Otherwise.
f'However" Secretary Daniels
wrote. I vii. be very glad to facilitate
the memorial exercises as fer az pos
sibie by having present details Of
sailors and marines from the Wash
tngton ravy yard and marine barracks
IL may be that there will be some
email naval vessels at the Washing
tom navy ward which can send their
quotas Ct men for the exercises"
The committee gave Secretary
Daniels vote Of thanks anG decided
to request him to detail :he Marine
hand. ar L. GaEtlna Of iL-1ar- the Maine
observance. II Was also decided To
request Secretary Garrison to make a
detail % troops from the forts aud
posts ii aud about Washington.
Upon motion Of Colonel John l..
Glenn il waa decided To invite as guests
81 the eeEfa iatttea President Wtinon
and the members Of his cabinet, the
Cuban minister, the committees on
naval affairs Of the house and senate.
the assistant secretaries OF navy and
war, Admiral Dewey. Lieutenant Gem
erals Miles Bates and Young, Major
Generals Wood. Humphreys Wother-
spoon and Aleshire, the officers and
members Of the Loyal Legion. De
partment Commander Thomas Fl. Me
Kee ard posts of the O. A r., Com
rnander-in Chief John Lewis Smith.
Department Commander Jere A. Cos
te1io and camps Of the United Spanish
War Veterans. and other patriotic or
CARNATIONS
Mrs Isabel worretl Rail. who is at
the head Of the Ladies' auxiliary TO
the Maine memorial com mftee, Will
invite the members of women's assoc
Citations and the widows and relatives
OF the men who went down TO their
deaths with the Maine.
Sigshee to BE Invited
Colonel McFlroy, chairman, Will ex-
trnd special invitations TO Admiral
Eiasbee who commanded the Maine.
and Rev. Father Chadwick. who was
her chaplain al the time Of the dis
aster In Havana harbor. He viii also
request president wilson IN the name
cf the Army and Navy union to issue
an executive order excusing from duty
veterans in government service here
who t.esire To attend the exercises
February 18TH Such orders were Is
sued by former President Roosevelt
and Taft, II was stated
The president also will be asked
40 eend a floral decoration from the
White House conservatory to be
placed upon the big anchor OF the
Maine, which stands at the entrance
10 fhe Maine section at Arlington.
The fact that the mainmast Of the
Maine is to be placed in position at
Arlington shortly as n permanent me
mortal to the men OF the Maine will
add Interest to the observance, 1t Is
believed.
The rst Maine memorial exercises
were held at Arlington February t5,
1905, by about Fl dozen patriotic men
and women, including Mrs Isabel
worreii Ball and j. Walter Mitchell.
THE CAV was n stormy one. there be-
ing steady fail Of rain and sleet in
combination. From that small be-
ginning, the event has grown into one
Of national interest. AT the last OBJ
servalce 1t is estimated that nearly
s,Gfle persons were present. The next
meeting Of the Maine national memo
rial committee is scheduled for Jan
nary 9Th.
Hara1us of