Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-29

| the big granite building housing those
departments Is open from am. until
| pm. in order that visitors may see the
special G. A. R. exhibits in the corridors
| near the entrances to the offices OF the
| three Secretaries. That action was taken
| by Col. W. w. Harris. superintendent OF
| the building.
| Mrs Jennie Smith. Mrs Cordellia
F, RUSSELL Mrs. Anna Frominwiler and
| Miss Mary L. Leitch, members of the
w. r. C. and Daughters of Veterans,
| are guests at % Iowa circle during
| the G. A. R. encampment.
! There was camp" fire night in the
lobby of the Raleigh last night, which
taxed it to its capacity. illinois" was
sung by James b Brown of Quincy. ILL.,.
member of John Wood Post, No. 96.
]. w. Stebbins of Norfolk, Va, past de-
partment comman der of Virginia North
Carolina, also sang a SOLO He IS az
f1liated with Warden-Newel Post. NO. 20.
| J. w. Hank, national and department
chorister, G. A. R., Of Jackson, Ohio, sang
| 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" and THE
| Old Flag Never Touched the Ground
| Others also sang.
| A veteran officer of the Confederate
| army, in an old uniform of gray, wendell
| his way among 800 boys In blue at a
dinner rendered West Virginia veterans
by the West Virginia Society of the Dis
As he entered the banquet hall a num-
| Der of We. Grams crowded about him, shak-
| ing his hands, intent upon making him
| feel at home
Former Gov. George W. Atkinson of
West Virginia delivered an address of
| welcome. in which he thanked the local
West Virginians for their hospitality.
| Then followed series of what the vet
Grams termed "rapid-fire talks by dis
| tinguished ''old boys present Charles
I aod prr, Ill
of West Virginia, G. A R., spoke. Nathan
B. Scott was POSTMASTER.
| Inc committee on arrangements con-
| sisted of George W. Atkinson. chairman
Gen. w. w. Scott. vice chairman; Col C.
! Brooks Smith, secretary and Col Edwin
| Frey. Capt. James E Pipes. Capt. James
A McCauley. Capt. J. E. Hart, Capt h
c. Duncan. Capt. J. F. Stone, Henry S.
Baker and A. B. Wells.
, The New Hampshire Society Of Wash
| ington held reception in honor of
visiting veterans from New Hampshire
! at the barracks of the 1st Field Artil-
lery, District National Guard, LIST street
and Indiana avenue northwest, last
night.
Miss Hattie E Abbott, president of
the society. headed the receiving line
| Others who welcomed the visiting dele
| cation were Judge and Mrs. Hazleton,
DR.. and Mrs. c. H. Bowker, Mr.. and
/
George Boswell.
The G. A r. delegation from New
| Hampshire numbers about 200 veterans
and their wives and daughters. and ha 8
| its headquarters at the National Hotel
Gen. Battle is in command.
| John A Rawlins Post. No. /, Depart
ment of the Potomac, held a campfire
| last night in the postroom, in G. A. r.
headquarters, 1412 Pennsylvania ave-
| nue..
| Comrades Augustus W. Mennig, Dan
| iel S. Gerhardt, Charles Krause, Jane s
! B. Stuber, all of E. b. Young Post, No
/ 81, of Allentown, Pa, and Joseph
! Matchelle of Fuller Post of Catasauqua
| Pa, are "camped' at the home of their
| friends, the Misses Braulick, at 1873 d
street southeast.
| Maj Burk. past commander of Robert
! Anderson Post of New York, $ among the
| New Workers attending the reunion In
| former years Maj. Burk was known in the
theatrical world the original lightning
drill artist He appeared at the National