Evening star., 1914-11-10
isting among residents of this city.

isting among residents of this city.
said:
For the war of 1912 the citizens Of
the District of Columbia paid war
tax of $4,000. at the same rate as the
| states; they raised volunteer fund of
| $4,000. and gave it to the President
| for the defense of the nations capital;
erected building for Congress, when
| the Capitol was burned. and then ten
dered loan of 100000 to rebuild the
public buildings, which Congress au-
| thorized the President to accept.
For the Mexican war the District
furnished it's full quota Of volunteers,
and the gallant deeds of some of her
sons rendered their names household
words. Who has not heard of May and
his dragons?
'Tn the civil war the District paid
$4,000 special tax, at the same rate
as the states; and while but seven of
the loyal states filled their quotas, the
District filled hers and 1S1e per cent
more, thus eXcelling every stae in
, the Union-and that, too, without the
payment Of a dollar of bounty.
The very first volunteers sworn into
the service of the government were
citizens of the District. and they fur
nished their own equipments.
In the war with Spain the District
furnished more volunteers in proper
| tion to population than any state in the
Union.
they and the nation should feel proud.
In peace as well as in war the citi-
zens of the District are subject to the
same taxes and burdens for the sup
port of the government as are the citi-
zens of the states and territories"
Committees Announced.
T. r. Pirtle, o. H. Booth, Timothy
Hanlon. Martin McHugh and S. Murphy
were elected members of the associa-
tion. President Tucker announced
committees for the ensuing year as fol-
lows:
Executive committee-Evan H. Tucker,
chairman; DR.. Ii D. Walter. DIR. Starr
Parsons. Roscoe Jenkins. W. G. Lang.
A. H. F. Holster, w. S. Bransom, Will
liam J. Frizzell, Prof. Percival Hall,
James NJ. Wood.
Committee on legislation-Evan H.
Tucker, chairman; William J. Frizzell.
Arthur Cowsill. DR.. L. D. Walter. DR..
Starr Parsons. Frank P. Madigan, Prof.
Percival Hall. DR.. E. NJ. Gallaudet, Prof.
Thomas E. Will.
Committee on publicity and mail serv-
H. F. Holsten. G. H. Aschenbach, Glenn
ents Geibel, B. F. Rover, T. Hollander,
NJ. Sheehan, William NJ. Bailey. J. T.
Broadfoot, Thomas P. ODea, Harry
Williams. D. a. Yeatman. Harry w.
Taylor, ]. II. Walsh, George p. Pen
nington.
Committee on streets, avenues and
alleys-W. G. Lang. chairman: Fred
erick Kraus, D. D. Bowen, G. H. Brah-
Ter. Harry Boesch, William Cramer.
e. Burdick. W. W. Deal. T: Z. Diggle.
David S. Geumpf. H. r. Howenstein,
George C. Voneeff, Samuel Oliff, John
kindle, Vito Luzopono.
irrI,t
ers-A. H. F. Holster. chairman: ]. B.
Harrell, +. ]. Mcdonald. August Weber,
]. C. Ewald. D. H. Ballauf. James F.
Kelly, H. L. jenkins. C. E. Brawner, A.
W. F. O'Brien. Martin McHugh. Leo
pold Birkle, w. H. Sardo, Frank NJ.
Lanham.
Committee on assessments-W. S.
Bransom. chairman; W. 6. Lang. George
b. Rose, w. G. Dunno. Charles p. Peake,
H. w. Roughly. John T. Roberts.
Luther F. Hall. w. A. Hettinger. Thorn
as Holmes. ]. NJ. Annadale. Robert Jen-
kins. J. w. Weber. c. H. Scott and
David ]. Evans
Prof. Percival Hall. chairman; Edwin
L. Schrack, Robert Aaron, D. A. Full
ton, William Donaldson. Gustav Hartig,
H. e. Day. DR.. A. 3. Fay. DR.. Edward
A. Fay, Dr. Lyman Stead, F. H. Wal
pole, George F. Hoover, James a.
Early and NJ. J. Flaherty.
Committee on schools-Dr. Starr Par
sons. chairman: George W. Morgan. J.
P. Hawkins: Robert Bowdler. Thomas
Regan. DIR. H. r. Schneider, NJ. L. kor-
man. James W. McChesney, G. b.
Spence, George F. Thorn, Joseph o.
Bardroff and William Levy.
Committee on sanitary affairs-James
NJ. Wood, chairman: DIR. L. d. Walter,
p. ]. ODea, DR.. Z. A. Laddon, A. W. !
S1ererling, S. T. Simonds, NJ. +. Ready, |
DR.. w. E. Bradley, Capt. Emil Walters.
Hugh A Kane, c. Stutzman, A. Maizel, |
George o. Lewis and 5. Murphy.
Committee on public utilitis-Roscoe
Jenkins, chairman: G. b. Rose. George
CARL, c. Regain, Charles J. Kropke, W.
H. Lanham, Samuel Thomas, Fl. Nell
son, Pasquale Vesco. Timothy Hanlon,
Henry L. Sheldrake and Prof Thomas
f. Will.
Committee on police and fire depart
ments-Dr. l.. D. Walter, chairman;
William J. FrizzeH. William Newman,
W. II. Burcn, NJ. j. Collins, ]. F.. Broad
foot, c. B. Matthews, q. NJ. Patten, Fred
j. Spindler, o. H. Coffin and ]. NJ. Burns |