Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-27


Admiral Dewey will be held at Ills
New Hampshire avenue northwest to-
morrow evening at o'clock.
/ Miss Mabel Short of Leavenworth.
! Kans., delegate at large for the Ladies
of the G. A. R.. who is secretary OF
Circle No. 8, arrived here last night;
She is a past president of Circle No.
| of Leavenworth.
Mrs. Cora Grantham, department
Kansas. is in Washington for the en-
campment. She mas long been 1dentl.
fled with G. A. K. work, being past
president of Circle No. 40 of Winfield.
kans.
Colorado's veterans have established
headquarters at the New Ebbitt.
Mrs. W. Bowser. from Indianapolis,
is the granddaughter of Gen. Lew Wal
ilace. She is member of the Ladies
also of the Woman's Relief Corps and
other patriotic societies.
! Mrs. Sarah Ann Fletcher a Washing
| ton woman, is taking an active interest
| in the G. A. r. festivities. She did val
liable work during the civil war. Her
home at 233 9th street northeast was
used as brigade headquarters curing turing
/ the war and she helped nurse wounded
soldiers. At the second battle OF Bun
Run she nursed the wounded on the
field and in tents. She nursed the sex
and wounded in Kalorama Hospital,
Carroll Hospital and at the 2 street
Baptist Church, then used as hospital.
Department of New, York, arrived yes
| terday afternoon. forty strong, with
twenty other persons in the party.
| Junior Vice Commander ThaddeuS Is.
| In cooperation with officers of the
| Soldiers Home, Henry Wilson Post, No.
| II. James Adams, commander. will en-
| terrain at the home during the encamp-
ment.
Capt. l. n. Johnson of Pleasantville,
. KY, is one of the five remaining men
who opened the tunnel at Libby prison,
through which 100 Union prisoners of
| war crawled to freedom. but of which
] number So were recaptured and re-
I turned to confinement.
! Capt. A. b. White of the 4th Penn
| sylvania Cavalry. a resident of this
| city. is the only local survivor of the
| ffty-seven who escaped. There are but
! five living.
| Capt. Thomas H. Mckee. secretary of
! the Loyal Legion. was in the reception
| line at. Camp Emery yesterday. renew
! ing acquaintances with his comrades
| officer present at the encampment of
| the LIST Virginia. There were seventy
! officers in~this outfit, but four of whom
| are living.
The Raleigh was busy place today.
| Department headquarters have been es-
i tablished there by the states of Cali
! fornia. Indiana. Iowa. Massachusetts,
| Pennsylvania and Vermont. Accommo-
| dations have also been provided there
! for the committee on credentials. The
Woman's Relief Corps has also estab-
| 10 n6 hnr Il
/ be found the officials from Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri.
4, New York. North Dakota. Ohio and
Vermont. The Daughters of Veterans
! of Massachusetts and the Ladies of the
G.. A. r. from Indiana and New York
/ will also meet there.
recital was given last night at the
First CONGREGATIONAL Church by Will
! liam Stansfield. the organist. The fea-
/ ture was descriptive piece entitled
The Storm" depicting a day in camp
| on patriotic holiday, with bugle calls.
stirring martial music, patriotic songs
and the approach and passing of a
storm. Other selections were "Toccato
| in G" Dabois). "Andante Cantabile'
lDethier). The Lost Chord (Suliivan),
/ rHumoresque" (Dvorak) and Scotch
Fantasia" (Macfarlane).~ A large num-
| Der of visiting G. A. r. veterans at
tended.
Chairman eIsaAG Cans of the decora-
tons committee is receiving many con-
gratulations today on the thorough
ness with which Washington has be-
decked itself in patriotic colors for the
Grand Army festivities. In the opin-
ion of many of the old inha bitants
there are more flags flying in the CAPT.
tai today than have ever been strung
out here at any inauguration.
Tonight three strong searchlights will
| be turned on the dome of the Capitol,
and the dome will be thus illuminated
every evening during the encampment.
| This feature has been arranged through
Elliot Woods. superintendent of the
Capitol building and grounds, in CO.
man of the citizens subcommittee.
| Mrs. Alice n. GilIeland of DETROIT.
Mich. national chaplain of the Daugh-
ters of Veterans. is the guest of Miss
NJ. G. Spencer, at the Sussex.
Many old colored veterans attended
fist Church yesterday. Rev. Simon T..
w. Drew welcomed the colored veter-
ans. He paid tribute to Abraham Lin
coin and the late Senator John Il. Hen
derson, who drafted the thirteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
| Warren c. Bickford of 2511 X street
northwest. an employe in the Treasury
| Department. was the messenger to Lin
| coin when Richmond fell, and took the
| first tidings of the event to the Presi-
dent. He has many interesting anec-
dotes. He is grand tiler of the Grand
Lodge, +. A. A. NJ, of the District.