The Washington herald., 1915-12-25
ALL READY FOR
SCIENTIFIC MEET
Barrett Completes Final De-
tails Of Caring for Army
Of Learned Men.
CADETS WILL BE AIDS
Sessions Will Open Next Monday
Morning with Exercises in Me-
moral Continental Hall.
CADETS WILL BE AIDS

Plans were completed yesterday for the
entire program of the second pan-Ameri-
can Scientific Congress. which convene.
here for thirteen days on Monday, and
concludes with 4 fve-days' tour through
BALTIMORE Philadelphia, New York. New
Haven and Boston
With headquarters and Offices estab-
iished at the New Willard and scattering
delegates from various parts OF the
Western Hemisphere filtering into Wash.
fngton. much of the preliminary discus
sion was outlined yesterday. John Bar.
rett. director general OF the pan-Ameri-
can Union, and who has planned and
carried through all arrangements for the
congress, was kept busy whipping final
details Of arrangements into an orderly
schedule. Mr.. Barrett declared that he
believed the congress would be of even
greater Importance than the pan-Ameri.
can financial congress of last summer.
Cadets VIII De Aids.
Arrangements for the care and con-
veniencc of the delegates. American and
foreign. have been worked out in sys-
tematic detail. Commissioned and non
High School cadet companies have vol
unteered 20 act as general aides.
CARRIED in their blue uniforms. looking
every inch the COLDER details Of cadets
have been stationed as follows:
Union Station-Alden. Tallman. Siegel.
Shcults. Moore and Wilbur.
Pan-Amcrican Union-Bickford and
Stokes.
Shoreham Hotel-clark and cissel.
Ebbitt House-Day and Wolf.
Raleigh Hotel-Reichgut and Stimson-
New Willard Hotei-Beauchamp. Jones.
Belcher. Dewhirst. Pakofsky. Hendricks.
Flood. Needs Greenberg. Harbaugh.
Rennets. Stein. Randall and Protas.
Upwards OF 100 delegates and invited
guests are expected. Approximately 100
Of these have been officially designated
by their governments. and the remainder
have been invited. as representing edu-
cational and scientific institutions In all
parts of the Americas to participate In
the discussions. Including the women
and other members Of families OF visit
ing delegates. It is estimated that In the
neighborhood of 5000 visitors will be
drawn to the Capital by the congress.
Women on Committee.
Under the secretaryship Of Mrs. @. I.
Swiggett the following will serve as
delegation aides for the women visitors:
Mrs Francisco J. Yanes. Miss Estrelle
Amores. Mrs. G. L. G. Anderson. Miss
Catherine Birney. Miss Amelia Cespedes.
Miss Hortensia Coronado. Miss Isama
Cortina. Miss Bertha Cuervo. Mrs. Louisa
Dawson. Mrs. Mercedes Godoy. Mrs. Jo-
seph Hampson. Mrs. Alfredo Monsanto.
Mrs Ely Palmer. Miss Adela NJ. Rivero.
Miss Adriana Soriol. Miss Maude J.
Scruggs. Mrs Robert Vorfeldt, and Mrs.
Harold Walker.
The men who viii act as aids are as
follows: George AEnew Chamberlain. c.
7. Chandler. Ignatius John Costigan.
William Dawson. jr.: John Heath. Will
lam Heimke. John B. Henderson. r. s
Reynold Hit. Samuel ". Honaker. Stew
art johnson. Julius Klein. Boaz W. Long.
Mahlon c. Martin. jr.. William Henry
Robertson. ]. L. Rodgers. I. F. Scheeler.
A. G. Snyder. Henry p. Starrett Arthur
r. Thompson. Harry W Van Dyke. and
Walter d. Wilcox.
Others possibly available II necessary:
Phanor J. Eder. New York City: Capt.
Granville Fortesdue. DIR. Constantine E.
Mcclure. and Charles NJ. Pepper.
The opening session. in the auditorium
of Memorial Continental Hall. will be
called to order ny Director General Bar
President Marshall will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome for the government and
Secretary Lansing for the Department Of
State. The Chill IN Ambassador will re-
spond as president Of the congress and
VIII be followed by representatives OF the
Latin-American states in alphabetical or
der. The congress will be in session
every day except Sunday. January 2, but
the only general sessions will be New
Years Day and Januarys. 8.