Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-30

He enlisted in 1864 at Williamsport.
Pa, becoming member OF Company
F, 93d Pennsylvania Veteran Volun-
teers, and was wounded in an engage
ment at OpeQuan creek, near Winches-
ter. Va, some months later.
Hulburt was about to be discharged
from the army on account of his IN
jury. but. being DESTROYS of continuing
in the service, he wrote at once to Gov.
Curtin of Pennsylvania. who succeeded
in having him placed on light duty.
Later, in 1865, in Harrisburg, he was
| mustered out of the service. He is now
sixty-hve years of age and is attached
to the hospital department of the
United States Soldiers Home at Hamp-
ton, Va.
Pennsylvania members of the G. A. R.
at meeting of the Pennsylvania So
ciety of Washington Saturday evening
at o'clock in the Perpetual Building
streets. E. S. Arnold is chairman of
the entertainment committee.
A reception to the members of the
45th Pennsylvania attending the GA.
r. reunion will be held this evening at
| the residence of Mrs. Roland c. Cheese
| man, No. 4419 Georgia avenue. Mrs:
Cheeseman's husband was a major and
commanded the 45th Pennsylvania at
the battle of Petersburg, Va, where he
| lost leg.
Past Commander in Chief James
Tanner has been holding open house at
his residence, 1910 10Th street, to Grand
Army friends and especially to his fell
low-members of y. s. Grant Post. NO.
321, Brooklyn, N. Y. honorary escort in
| the parade yesterday. He and his
daughters. Misses Ada and Antoinette.
have as their house guest Past Com
| mander- Chief and Mrs. Weissert of
Wisconsin, Past Chief
and Mrs. John E. Gilman of Massachu-
sets. Mrs. Gilman is past national
Longfellow of Minneapolis. whose
father is past national patriotic in
stractor. and many other prominent G.
A r. officials.
Corp. Tanner and his daughters held
a reception Monday evening at which
more than 500 Grand Army comrades
were their guests. among whom were
Commander-in-Chief Palmer, Adj Gen.
Cole, who are close rivals for comman-
der-in-chief in the election to be held
tomorrow.
Walker before she was captured by the
Confederates in Georgia in 1864 was
| Robert NJ. Mccain of the list Ohio
Volunteer Cavalry, according'to story
he told today.
II was on outpost duty in Georgia
during ga when all of sudden one
fine morning a woman dashed up
mounted on a splendid horse" he said.
Il halted her and she quickly said:
I am DR.. Mary Walker and am on an
errand of mercy
at once I lowered my gun with the
suggestion, You should leave your
horse here
However, she said she would not
and rode from our lines. ] think it
was about two minutes thereafter be-
| fore she went into the Confederate
| taken and then DR.. Walker went off
prisoner. 1 think she was held for at
| least year. At least it was a year
afterward when I saw her in Tonnes
see"
Mrs. Belle W. Bliss of Baraboo. Wis.
national senior vice president of the
Woman's Relief Corps, has been men,
| a quarter of century, during which
| time she has held many Offices Mrs.
Bliss is the wife of a G. A. r. veteran
of the 18th New York Regiment.
Mrs. Laura I. Smith of Attleboro.
Mass. who has served during the past
year in the capacity of national pa
! triotic instructor of the w. R. c., has
| ganization for twenty-four years. She
was elected president of the w. r. c. in
her home city in 1894. serving four
years, and was again chosen as it's
addition to being one of the founders
of the Bristol county association she
was its secretary for several years and
also president.
| Mrs. Ada G. Mohr of Brooklyn, N Y,
who is president of the w. R. c. of
New York, is the pianist for the thirty
third convention of the Woman's Re
| lief Corps. She has been connected
with the order since 1888 and many of
| fees have been held by her She is
also a member of Gouverneur K War
rem Corps. and her husband, A1onza d.
Mohr, is a past commander of the same
G. A. r. post.
Mrs. Rose E. May, who has been con-
nected with the w. r. c. for twenty
at Detroit, national press correspondent
OF the w. X. c. She is past depart-
ment commander of Connecticut Mrs
May is the wife of the assistant adju-
tant and assistant quartermaster gen.
eral of the G. A. R. of Connecticut. She
resides in Meriden, Conn.
The gates of the Botanic Garden were
locked yesterday morning while the
parade was getting under way. but
they were Immediately unlocked when
the parade had passed, and will be kept
open for the convenience of Grand
Army visitors. Thousands of these old
soldiers and their friends visit the gar
den each day. Supt. George W. Hess en-
tertained a party of friends on grand
stand within the iron fence at the Sd
street corner of the grounds for the
parade. Among his house guests are his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Hess
and the mother and sister of Mrs. Hess,
Mrs. Margaret Davidson and Miss Anne
Davidson.
w. P. Hurley, governor of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at Togus, Me-,
who previous to his appointment was
judge Of the municipal court at Rock
land, was one of the popular veterans
in the parade.
Comrade Hurley is an old shipmaster
of the old deep water" square-rigger
days. There are now only two boats
fourteen voyages around the world He
was in the navy for three years. The
year after the war he was in the navi- |
cation department at the Portland |
navy yard. |
Gen. Joseph Smith, governor of the |
Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va, is one |
of the veterans here for the semi-cen-
tennial reunion. |
Many of the older citizens of Wash |
fngton have recognised and welcomed |
Comrade H. w. Berthrong of Arlington, !,
Mass, member and past commander of |
Post SO of that city. He was formerly |
of the Treasury for many years before |
he was transferred to the customs serv-
ice at Boston. He is an artist of note
and has furnished portraits of presi- I
Dental candidates to political campaign |
managing committees on both sides