Evening star., 1915-09-13
PRESIDENT MAY GREET
! c. AR. WOMAN VISITORS
One of the Many Social Functions
Planned for Encampment
Week.

President Wilson and Miss Margaret
Wilson probably will receive the patri-
otic societies of women at the White
House some time during the Grand
Army encampment, according to ad-
vices from authoritative sources today
This is expected to be the most notable
of many receptions now arranged fol
the visiting women.
In the rotunda of the Capitol Wednes.
day evening at 9 o'clock. following the
G. A. R. parade, the national president
of the Woman's Relief Corps, Mrs
Sarah E. Fulton of Rochester, N. Y.
will tender a reception to the com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army
and his staff She will be assisted
in receiving by her national staff ant
past national presidents Mrs. Mamie
Palmer Dorsey, president of the De
partment of the Potomac, w. r. C., ano
Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball, past nationa
senior vice president, have been in
vited to assist in receiving.
Other Receptions Planned.
The same evening, and also in the
rotunda of the Capitol. the national
president Of the Sons of Veterans Aux
iliary and the national president Of the
Daughters of the G. A. R.. with their
STATS and the president of the National
Association Of Patriotic Instructors
u. B. Lewis, with his staff. will have
independent receiving lines and greet
all members of their organizations or
other patriotic orders.
1t is expected that the Marine Band
will furnish music. Supt. Elliott
Woods is doing all that he can to make
this one of the notable events of the
week. and is going to have the rotunda
beautifully decorated.
The public. as well as all patriotic or
ganizations, is invited to attend these
receptions.
Mrs. Mary A. Jameson, national presi-
dent, and the national staff of the La
dies of the G. A. r. are to tender re-
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army. in
the New Willard, 9 to 10 Wednesday
evening.
States to Hold Receptions.
Mrs. Mary Alice Tirrell, the New
York state president of the Womans
Relief Corps, has issued invitations
stating that the New York department
is to hold reception in honor of Com
mander-in-chi Palmer, his staff, all
departments and all comrades of the
G. A. r., the national president, all de-
partments and members Of the Wom-
ans Relief Corps, all national presi-
dents, national commanders and past
national officers, members and COM
rades of all auxiliary organizations and
all members of patriotic orders in the
Raleigh Hotel Thursday evening, Sep
tember 80.
Some fifteen or twenty of the de-
partments of the w. r. c. and several
Of the departments of the Ladies of the
c. A. r. will give receptions during
the week, among which will be that OF
the Department of Massachusetts, in
honor of their candidate for national
president, Mrs Lou Stewart Wadsworth
Of Boston.
The Department of Ohio is planning a
reception in honor of it's candidate for
national president, Mrs. Lois F. Knauff
of Cleveland.
The Department Of Illinois is ARA ngins
n reception in honor of Mrs. Carrie
Bahrenburg. it's candidate for the national
presidency.
Other departments which will hold re-
ceptions are Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kan
vas. Iowa, California and Nevada. Yer
mont and New Hampshire. These recep-
tions will be at the Hotel Raleigh, the New
Ebbitt, Willard and Shoreham, where the
departments have their headquarters.
FRATERNAL GREETINGS.