Evening star., 1914-05-05
Al ALEXANDR|A AFT AIRS
War and Navy Departments
Will Send Representatives
FOR TABLET UNWILLING
Washingtonian's Suit Against Steam
boat Company Begins-Hospital
Fund Now S22.S05.

Special Correspondence Of The S;ar.
ALEXA NDRIA, Va. May 3.-The war
Department and the Navy Department
Will be officially represented at the un-
veilin; Of the tablet on the city market
building. erected by the Colonial Danes
of America in the state Of Virginia. to
commemorate colonial events connected
with the hostiry Of the city. The cere-
monies will take place at 40 O'Clock Fri
day afternoon. The orator of the occa-
sion will be Col. Robert Z. Lee of Ra-
vensworth. Fairfax county, Va. Music
will be furnished by the 9Th Cavalry
Band of Fort Myer. Va.
Invitations have been accepted by the
Society of Colonial Wars. Mayflower'a
Descendants, Sons of the Revolution and
other patriotic organizations 10 partici-
pate.
The War Department will be repre-
sented by Capt. Duncan Elliott. and Com
mander MacDousall will represent the
Navy Department The reason for the de-
partments taking cogHiZancc OF the hn-
veilin" is because III connection Win the
navy in the year 1776 there was brilt at
flemings shipyard in -Mexandria. under
the direction of George Mason, the
Aerican Commonwealth and two gal
leys for the defense of the IotonaG
AGAINST Dunmores fleet. In connection
with the War Department, Gen. Brad
docks army started out on its memorable
march from Alexandria
To Retire After Forty Years Service.
After having served for forty years
as field deputy collector of internal
revenue Capt. Fountain Beattie of this
citv. with offices here, viii shortly he
succeeded in that position by some one
else owing to the change of admins
tration. Just who viii succeed him has
not vet been announced.
cant Beattie entered upon this posi-
| ton in 1874, and was out OF ofhce Only
once under the late Grover tteEelahd'
| Augustus II. A.new. as stamp deputy,
| it is also announced. VIII be shcceehe"
| by some one vet to b" designated.
| Taking Of testimony in the suit OF Nora
Barker. a Washiugtonian. against the '"-
tonac and Chesapeake Steahb"at e"tn-
pary, Seeking to recover daifiaESs ~ 'iie
sum of slp,Do@. was begun IN the circat
court today before a speclai july 'uu7e
Thornton presiding.
| The plaintiff alleges injuries 10 nave
| been sustained While passenger on
! board ihe company $ steamer oulS o.
1872. as the result of the TAN oil an ;tWh-
;,.r I,laintiff is represented by Attorney
e Vernon Ford aud K. Gordon fInney.
| 4ttornev% + T. and II. 4. taton repre-
SEM the defendant company.
Tor Confederate Memorial Day.
| r. f. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans,
~ lis meeting last night completed ar
rapgemet4ts for its annual memorial day
| EXERCISES. which will be held the after
| noon of May %.
! Committees were named TO decorate
/ me graves of Confederat"s IN the vari-
| ntIs cemeteries as follows: ST Mary $.
| p f. German Il. NJ. Latham and Lew
| Hurdle; ivy liill, Col. Arthur Herbert,
George Wise and DR.. =. VI. Blackford,
cemeteries nearby. j. w. hammond, L..
Morgan Davis Z. g. Graham. Samuel {.
/ f.oush, John NJ johnson. Booker &. Hall.
! John Z. Zimmerman. T. H. . Efleh, II.
4 Ir.mp ard 4. g. Nyckof. The
camp appropriated SO for the hospital
| building fund.
| An invitation was accepted to attend
| the uuyeiling of the tablet OF the Colonia!
Danes on the market building Friday
With less than 300 contributors to the
| hospital fund the total amount sub
! scribed to date is $22,9o5 Contributions
handed in last night follow: Through
Capt ". II. sweeney, secretary. and NJ.
| Ahern, treasurer of the st. Vincent de
| Paul Society. $50: r. f. Lee Camp, Con-
| federate Veterans, S15: Oriental Court,
! No 10, o. f. A., ST..
During the absence of Messrs. Brockett,
| Williams ana iSalienger from the city,
| attending The I. T. "A. convention in Nor