The Washington herald., 1915-09-27
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| a publication Of mankind. For righteous
| ness must: come before theye will be
peace. We should not lose sight Of the
| fact that peace frequently is the mill
| tant accomplishment of what ought, to
be.
! I'VE are permitted to enjoy tho bless
I ings of this country only because of the
| sa crifices made by the veterans who are
assembled here in annual encampment
Not without their struggles would this
! nation have lived"
Bishop Harding Presides.
Right Rev. Alfred Harding. Bishop of
Washington, officiated, assisted by
| clergymen Of the Washington diocese.
The salute to the flag was given by the
women Of the Womans Relief Corps, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Mary Van Ness
| Fauth, department patriotic instructor.
Music was furnished by the Cathedral
choir. assisted by a section Of the Ma
| rine Band.
Nearly all Of the churches Of the
city yesterday held special G. A. R.
| services, either in tine morning or at
! night. Appropriate sermons were de-
| livcred by the pastors and some of
the churches had special patriotic
music.
Palmer Arrives Today.
The crest of the influx of veterans
and other visitors will be reached late
today, according to officials Of Union
Station. David j. Palmer. commander
| in-chief of the G. A. r., will arrive
| this morning at s:45 o'clock on the
| red. white and blue special" which
| is coming from Chicago in three sec
tons. carrying more than 500 per-
sons. chief Palmer will
make his headquarters at the Raleigh.
| Camp Matthew G. Emery, headquarters
Of the G. A. R.. will be formally opened
this morning at exercises commencing at
| 9 o'clock. The presentation of the build
| ing to the citizens executive committee
| for the functions Of the G. A. r. will be
| made In an address by William Van
Zandt Cox. representing the Emery heirs.
The acceptance of the building will be by
Chairman William F. GUIDE. Of the citi-
zens' committee. Director General Harry
Standiford then will be formally placed
in charge.
Addresses will be delivered by Theodore
w. Noyes, president of the Oldest Inhabi-
tants' Association. and Col. John Nc
Elroy, acting commander of the Depart
ment Of the Potomac. Women in WASH
| ington in 1861" will be the theme Of an
| address by Mrs. William. E. Andrews.
| Simon Wolf also will speak. The flag
| over the building will be raised by Miss
|
Zandt Cox. granddaughters of Capt. Mat
thew G. Emery. for whom the camp is
named.
Other members of the family who are
to attend will be, Mrs. Clara X. Henkle
| (nee Emery, widow of Gen. S. s. Henkle:
Mrs. Juliet H. Cox (nee Emery, wife of
w. " Cox; Mrs. Mary A. Hannay (nee
Emery, wife of William NJ. Hannay;
Mrs. Helen Emery Shaw. widow Of NJ.
G. Emery, jr,: Emery Cox (grandson); ;
Mrs. Emery Cox, and Theodore S. Cox
(grandson).
| Twelve navy vessels will come up the
Potomac this morning and anchor in
Georgetown channel. near the Highway
Bridge, just west Of Potomac Park, about
| noon. These vessels are the yachts May
flower, Sylph and Dolphin, the torpedo
boats Bailey. Barney and Biddle. the tor
pedo-boat destroyers Sterrett. Wake.
Perry, Perkins and Monaghan, and the
mne-laying ship Dubuque. These boats
will be open to- inspection by visitors
| each day from 10 to 11:30 a. m. and from
to $50 D. m.
Searchlight Drills Planned.
There will be searchlight drills tomor-
row night and Friday night from 9 to
$50 o'clock. Jitney lines will run from
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and from Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue to Potomac Park.
More than sixty motor-boats will there
be in readiness to take visitors to the
navy vessels for ten cents a passenger.