The Washington herald., 1915-09-23
C. A. R. to Number 100 in
Ten Years, Pension Figures Show
More Than 10000 Veterans Die Yearl-Only 396,0OO
Survive 100000 Who Enlisted to Fight for Union.
Coming Encampment May Be Last

the other high schools will be station
ed at other stands.
Headed by J. NJ. Snyder, commander
Of the Department of Illinois. members
of the G. A. X. from that department
are expected to arrive on Sunday at
the New Ebbitt where they will make
their headquarters during the encamp
ment. One hundred members from
! Rhode Island are expected to arrive
at the New Ebbitt the same day. Dele
cations are also scheduled from
Wyoming, Maine and Colorado. The
last named party is to be headed by
G. Williams. Tickets for the Court
| of Honor observation stand are to be
placed on sale at the Ebbitt. The
citizens committee authorized this yes
, terday.
Commodore Sherburne G. Van Tas-
sci. comma nding the flagship of the
National Association Of Naval Neter-
ans. has issued final orders for the
reunion to be held here next week.
The sailor veterans will arrive in the
city Sunday night. The principal fea-
ture of the reunion will be the dog
watch. which is to be held at Camp
Emery Shipmates who were on the
Monitor in the fight with the Merri-
mac: shipmates who were on the kear-
sarge when she sank the Alabama;
shipmates who served Porter up the
Mississippi and Admiral FarraGut on
the Hartford at New Orleans and Mo-
bile Bay and others who served in the
squadrons along the Atlantic coast
will be present and spin sailor yarns.
Naval Pageant Promised.
Twelve warships will be anchored in
the Potomac during the week and will
be open to inspection by visitors during
the day. They will be illuminated at
night and will have searchlights playing
ers have been ordered here by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels. They will give
searchlight drills Tuesday and Friday
nights OF next week from Q to $50
o o'clock. The destroyers ordered here
are the Perry, Monaghan. Perkins. Ster-
rett and the Wake. The mine layer
Dubuque also will be on hand and will
give demonstrations. Arrangements
have been made with launch owners to
have fifty small craft plying between the
I, shore and ships. carrying passengers at
10 cents each Jitney lines to the river
front will be established.
DR.. Peter Lamb, of st. Cloud. Fla.
who was a drummer boy in the van of
the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteers when
the regiment responded to the call of
President Lincoln I'm 1861, has arrived
and will march in the parade next We'd
hesday.
Approximately GOO members Of the De-
partment of the Potomac will march in
! the parade. according to Col John Nc
Elroy, editor of the National Tribune.
Gen. Edward w. Whitaker will receive
on next Thursday at the Raleigh Hotel
the comrades who served in the war
with him in the First Regiment Connec-
ticut Infantry Volunteers, First Regiment
Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers. and the
Second Regiment New York Cavalry
Volunteers.
A reunion of the survivors of the Iron
Brigade will be held next Tuesday aft
ernoon at 2:3o o'clock at Camp Emery.
Will Instruct Volunteers.
Members of Col James S. Petit Camp
No. 3. United Spanish War Veterans who
have volunteered for duty at Camp Mat
thew G. Emery. have been requested to
meet at the old Census Building. First
and B streets northwest. at 4:30 o'clock
tomorrow for instruction in their duties
Capt. George J. Lawrence Post. No II.
Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. R..
will stop at the National Hotel during
the encampment. There will be twenty
five veterans in the party, II. II. Spayd,
member of the group. Is state delegate.
Members of the Bucktail Brigade, in
cluding the 143rd. 14sth and 150 Pennsyl-
vania regiments. will hold a reunion next
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at Camp
Emery.
Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young. former COL
onel Of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
has accepted an invitation to attend the
reunion of the cavalry boys on Friday
night of next week. He has addressed the
following to Capt. A. 3. White, chairman
OF the Cavalry Corps:
1T will afford me great pleasure to
meet with the veteran cavalrymcn. whose
splendid work in our great civil war
founded the principles on which cavalry
operations on foot or mounted against
infantry surprised the military students
of Europe, even though 1t required two
or three decades for them to realize the
greatly increased advantage of the COM
bination Of cavalry operations on foot and
on horse against all arms"
Assistant Inspector General P. d. Ken
yon. of Oklahoma, has reached the city |
and announces that possibly 100 veterans
will come here from his state. He is a
resident of Oklahoma City. He was cap I
tain of Company c. Fifteenth Illinois
Regiment. and was IN command at the
battle of Acworth. where he was cap |
tured being retained as a prisoner for
five months.
Sixth Corps Reunion Planned.
Plans Tor the reunion OF tne SiAtH |
Army Corps at old Fort Stevens. in |
Georgia avenue. were announced yes |
terday afternoon by John NJ. Kline. |
chairman of the committee on arrange |
ments The exercises will be held next |
Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock. Ad- !
dresses will be delivered by Mr.. Kline.
Mai. Gen. G. Warren Kiefer veteran |
of the civil and Spanish wars: John r.
King past commander-!n-chief OF the |
G.. A. r.: Col. Andrew Cowan. president !
OF the Society Of the Army of the Po-
tomac. and W. T RAY. president OF the |
Society of the Sixth Army Corps. It is
probable that Col. John McElroy Will
attend and speak.
A letter has been received from Maj.
Gen. L. A. Grant, Of the famous Yer
mont Brigade. expressing regret at his
ina abilty to attend the reunion.
Next Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
veterans of the Sixth Corps will visit
Arlington National Cemetery. where
they will place n floral tribute on the
grave Of Gen. II. G. Wright. the old
comma pder of the cOrps Rose Wright |