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r. H. HENDERSON,
DEFENDS FAMOUS TITLE
Original Drummer Boy Of the Rap.
pahannock Will Prove His Claim
to All Challengers.

Backed with pile of documentary
evidence TO settle for all time his
claim upon the title of the Original
Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock,"
r. H. Hendershot of Oak Park. ILL.,, is
attending the G. A. r. encampment. He
received silver drum from Horace
Greeley for bravery at Fredericksburg,
and this drum, which he has beaten
for years at many entertainments. he
will beat on Pennsylvania avenue to-
morrow during the parade.
For years, according to this young
est" soldier, for he entered the ranks
at eleven years of age. persons have
been challenging his title of the Orig
inal Drummer Boy of the Rappahan-
mock" But now he is going to settle
il for all time before the silver drum
plays the dead march for him. His
documents, or some of them, for he
says they are not all, have been printed
in handsomely illustrated circular
which will be distributed to the vet
Grams at the encampment, and he pro-
poses to all those who doubt that he
is the only one having the right to the
title 10 come forward Immediately and
challenge his right to the title.
War Record of "the Drummer Boy"
II viii give you in short my war rec
ord in the sth and 9th Michigan In
fantry." he says in the circular. In
part:
81 went to the front with the 9Th
Michigan Infantry from Fort Wayne,
Mich. October IS. 1861. Two months
before ] was eleven years Of age.
was mustered in Company b, Novem-
Der ], 1861, at West Point, KY. I was
captured at Murfreesboro. Tenn. july
ID, 1862; was paroled and sent to Camp
Chase. Ohio. where J received my
honorable discharge from the 9th
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5000 PERSONS THRONG
ABOUT GRANT MEMORIAL
Tributes Paid Distinguished Union
Leader at Exercises in Bo-
tanic Garden.

More than $4,000 persons entered tho
Botanic Gardens grounds around the UNI
finished U. S. Grant memorial last even
| ing. where twilight services We're held
I'm honor of the distinguished Union leader
Speeches eulogistic of his services were
made by old comrades, who have since
held honored place in the G. A. II. organ
izaton.
Many old soldiers who fought immedi-
ately under Gen Grant were there. and.
gathered in a group, they cheered each
mention of his name.
The Marine Band was stationed on the
base of the monument and contributed a
lengthy concert.
Powerful searchlights lighted up the
Capitol dome, and were flashed on the re-
stored Bartholdi fountain, making a beau
tifuI picture as the dozen or more jets
of spray surrounding the main fountain
were bathed in the bright streams of
light
As the throng WAS leaving the grounds
veterans of the Signal Corps Association
stationed Oh the dome of the Capitol
flashed a greeting of Peace on Earth
to the Grand Army guests. making q
striking picture.
On the other side of the Capitol dome
the largest flag in the world, brought by
Mckinley Post of Canton. Ohio. was.
spread out and viewed by tens of thou
sands of sightseers.
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Camp Matthew G. Emery, dedicated
10 the service of the jubilee uses of the
Grand Army Monday, which now
houses the activities of the veteran
host, and which last night welcomed
the President of the, United States as
ne came to greet the thousands of
delegates to the national encampment
of all the allied patriotic organizations,
is named in honor of the last mayor of
Washington. captain of the first COM
pariy of volunteers to arise In defense
of the National Capital.
In tribute to these Minute Men of
Washington 1t has been contributed
by the heirs of Capt. Emery, to be oc-
cupied by the Grand Army while cele-
brat ting their semi-centennial reunion
in Washington. the home city for the
entire nation
Guarded Public Property.
capt. Emery's company guarded the
public buildings of Washington and
we're camped in the public parks. ana
even in some of the government build
ings They picketed all approaches to
the capital, by railroad, bridge and
pike. They stood on the firing line for
several days with no other defenders
for the seat OF government lnterpOSeu
hetW cen them and the attacking force.
Many monuments to Capt. Emery are
standing in Washington today, reared
by his own hands. He erected the
former Post Office Department building
on I, street. built much of the Capitol,
worked on the Treasury building. laid
the corner stone of the Washington
Monument, and executed the extensive
renovation of the White House, under
Franklin Pierce.
camp Emery, formerly the old census
building, is the only place in Wash
ington which was fitted to shelter the
many organizations and conven1ences
necessary for the comfort of the vet
Grams during their national encamp-
ment.
EIaborately decorated throughout
with more than 1000 flags and 1000
Yards of garlands, with priceless pic
lures of old warrior heroes and treas
ured battlefags: fitted up with more
than 1000 tables and 5000 chairs. 1t is
a veritable little city for the Grand
Army-a city for a week.
Arrangements in Building.
The lower floor of Camp Emery is
given over to meeting halls, rest rooms.
hospitals. fire and police headquarters,
registration booths and administration
officers. The gathering places for the
various. corps are on the second floor
and they are grouped according to
armies.
Distinguished guests of the encamp-
ment have teen allotted the large
room at the corner of and LIST streets,
next to which. either side, are the
rooms reserved for President Wilson
and the chief of the
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Of Company B. I'd West Virginia Cav
airy, and when he marches down the
Avenue tomorrow in the parade he will
wear the red necktie which he wore
fifty years ago during the grand re-
view. He will pull the little cannon
he will fire a salute to the President
when 1t reaches the reviewing stand.
When at home Orderly Trax gives
the cannon the place Of honor In his
parlor, whore 1t Is always an object
Of interest to the townspeople.
He also possesses the flag which the
Sd Cavalry Division carried through
many battles Of the sixties. The flag
will be carried in the parade by his
little granddaughter. Lizzie Trax.
Composition Of the Cannon.
The articles which went into the
making of this cannon were four
pounds of brass buttons, three division
bugles. four regimental bugies. two
brass drum rims, forty-four United
States infantry buckles. thirty-sfx
United States buckles. cavalry; two
brass KEYS Of the Ford Theater. Ave
spears Of infantry flags, three eagles
taken from cavalry and artillery
tags. two eagles of division nags, nine
pairs of Confederate spurs, twenty
four pairs of Union spurs, twenty-four
copper cents captured at Lexington.
104 Spencer carbine cartridges. thirteen
brass percussion caps. four pounds Of
buckles from artillery harness. fve
sleeve buttons, five white metal watch
cases. sixteen army spoons, three gold
army dollars. one COW bell. one B. & o:
brass lock from Harpers Ferry and
a twenty-pound piece of a bell picked
up at Charleston, W. Va.
During the encampment the little
cannon Is kept at the south door OF
Camp Matthew 6. Emery. where 1t Is
always surrounded by scores of the
veterans, some OF whom fought under
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Commodore commanding National As
sociation Of Naval Veterans.
The naval war veterans who served
on the ships of Uncle Sans navy dur
ing the days of wooden ships and
iron men" have arrived in large numbers
Many of them are wearing the uniforms
in which they manned the ships in the
civil war days. The uniforms, say the
veterans. are about the only things that
haven't changed since the days when they
manned the ships when they had the
first revolving turrets.
Naval headquarters in Camp Mat
thew G. Emery is fitted out in unique
style, with pennants of the ships of
the navy as a part of the decorative
scheme. The walls are lined with pic
lures of the little ships which fought
bravely for the United States in those
days
Commodore Van Tassel on Bridge"
Commodore S. c. Van Tassel. com
handing the flagship of the veterans.
was on the bridge" today receiving
drafts of men who will man his force
of ships during this rendezvous. Com
modore Van Tassel was engineers
yeoman on the monitor Mahopac dur
ing four years of the war He has
with him a picture in his jackie uni
form taken on Pennsylvania avenue
the day President Lincoln was killed
in old Ford's Theater.
Plans are being perfected by the fiap
officer for the assembling of his fleet
for a reunion tomorrow evening.
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CORP. TANNER HOST.
Entertains Lew Benedict Post, d
Which He Was Charter Member.

Thfrty-flve members OF Lew Benedict
Post. No. s, of Albany, N. r. are at.
tending the eucampment, having
reached Washington late Monday aft
srnoon, under command Of Commander
James Mullen.
This is the post Of which Corp. jaime.
Tanner was q charter member while
he was serving as sergeant-at-arms Of
the New York stats senate. Corp
Tanner was host to tho members Of the
post Monday night at his home on 18th
street northwest, being assisted by his
two daughters.
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Phil Sheridan's scouts" who are said
to have been more at home in the Con-
federate uniform than they were
in the blue of the Union troops, had
lone representative in today's pa
rade. He is Col. ]. E. McCabe
of Beaver Falls. Beaver county. Pa.
Col McCabe and Henry Christman of
Middletown, Va, are said to be the
only survivors of a scouting force
which originally numbered sixty-five
men.
Col. McCabe has brought with him
to Washington an interesting collec-
ton of letters bearing the signature Of
Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Sheridan and
other famous leaders of the Union. He
also has the passes which he used
when dressed in a gray uniform and
supposedly member of the Confeder-
ate force and those which he used in
passing through Union lines to carry
information which he had gathered on
scouting expeditions to his commander
One of the passes reads as follows:
Headquarters. NJ NJ Division
April 2. 1856
Guards and Pickets:
VIII pass bearer, J. E. McCabe, head
quarters scout. through the U. s. Lines
at all hours. day or night.
This pass expires May 80, 1865.
p. H. SHERIDAN,
Maj. Gen., U. $. A..
Commanding.
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Jute to Replace Cotton Irvine.

Cotton twine Is to be replaced with
jute in the postal service during the
year beginning November 1. The con-
tract for furnishing jute has been
awarded the Ludlow Manufacturing
Association Of Boston, Mass, at SO
cents a pound. the lowest bid for
either cotton or jute submitted to the
department. Cotton is being used this
wear at a cost of 1928 cents a pound.
During the year 100000 pounds of
jute Irvine will be used by the depart
ment.
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Pass Used When Disguised.

That used by Col. McCabe. when dis
guised as Confederate is signed by s. J
C. Moore. adjutant general, in behalf OF
Gen. Early, who is best known in this
locality as the commander of the forces
which attempted raid on the National
Capital July IL and IL. 1864. 1t reads
as follows
December 1, 1864.
Pass Thomas Cassidy. scout at these
Headquarters, through the lines at any
point BY order of
LIEUT., GEN. EARLY,
S. j. c. MOORE, Adjutant General.
Both passes now are yellow with age.
tn nreserye them Col. McCabe has mount
ed them on cardboard.
Col McCabe also has brought with him
to this city a letter which he cherishes
above all others in his possession. Ac-
cordjng to the colonel, it is worth mil
lion dollars" 1t is a letter from Gen.
Sheridan, dated November 80. 1887. in
which he speaks Of the meritorious serv-
ices rendered by Col. McCabe and his
scouts.
Col McCabe Is a member of Union
Veteran League. No. 4. Of Beaver Falls
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Z Aided Disabled Soldiers.

During the war Mr.. Emery was treas
uEer Of the New Hampshire Soldiers Aid
Association in Washington and took
charge OF the sick and disabled soldiers
from his native state. In connection with
ihese duties he visited Gettysburg and
"tEer battlefieids. During the first year
.. the war he lived at Emery place,
Srightwood. A portion of his country
property adjoining Fort Stevens was
seriously injured before and during the
engagement there Of July II and IL,
1854. but no claim has ever been pre-
scented for damages, Mr.. Emery saying
that IL the soldiers were made comfort
sole by his loss he was amply repaid.
Early in the war he gave up his Bright
wood home to the use of the officers of
the Union army. Being the highest point
OF land In that part OF the District. 1t
was made signal station and many
messages were transmitted between it
and the dome Of the Capitol. Marks Of
the occupation Of Emery place by the
soldiers shown by depress.ons and raised
piateaus OF earth used for the flooring Of
tents are still visible and are preserved
with patriotic pride.
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EMERY LAST CAPITAL MAYOR:
ONE OF CITY'S GREATEST MEN

organized the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Washington: for thirty-two
years until his death he was chairman
of the board of trustees. He was one
of the founders of the Young Mems
Christian Association. He was regent
of the Smithsonian Institution and was
| for a long time trustee of Dickinson
College at Carlisle. Pa. He was one of
the fncorporatorS and for ten years a
regent and treasurer of the American
University.
For many years he was director and
the treasurer of the Associated Chari-
ties.
Built Present Camp Emery.
When Congress was unwilling to ap-
propriate sufficient funds for construc-
ton of a building to house the census
of 1900. Mr.. Emery bought the ground
and in four months erected the build
ing which is today known as Camp
Emery, the rendezvous of the old SOL
der host, covering $4,000 square feet.
The home of the Emery family in
Washington is in row of three spact-
Gus houses built in 1860 by these emf
nent statesmen - Stephen A. Douglas.
John c. Breckenridge and Henry II.
Rice. These buildings were not entire
out and were taken possession of by
the government for hospital purposes.
After the close of the war they were
completed. The Beckinridge mans on
at 2O7 street, was for a short time &C.
cupied by a relative of Gen. Grant and
was shortly afterward bought and
presented to Gen. Grant by his friends.
Here he lived until he went to the
White House as President. The house
was then purchased and presented by
friends to Gen Sherman and was his
home until he moved from Washington
to ST. Louis in 1875. 1t then came into
the possession of Mr.. Emery, where he
happily passed the last years of his
life.
During the sixty years of his resi-
dence he saw the population of Wash
ington grow from 10000 to 2S5,000 per-
sons.
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in action at Gettysburg, during which
battle Bigelow's 9Th Massachusetts
Battery lost fifty horses killed and fif-
teen wounded. At Cedar Creek the list
Maine Battery lost forty-nine horses
killed in harness. and at 1uka the 18th
Ohio Battery lost forty-two horses.
The Confederacy had 100000 effec-
tive men from the eleven southern
states. and these same states also con-
tributed $4,000 men to the Union army.
The Confederacy lost $4,000 killed.
p, 800 wounded and $1,000 by disease.
At Gettysburg the 26th North Carolina
Regiment lost 700 men out of the 500
engaged. They were confronted by the
151st Pennsylvania, which sustained a
loss of 335 killed, wounded and miss
ing The 1st Texas Confederate Regi-
ment lost 80 per cent of it's number in
the battle of Antietam. These are but
a few of the casualties which occurred
! during this sanguinary struggle.
UNION LOSSES N THE GREATEST BATTLES
OF THE WAR.
KILLED. WOUNDED AND MISSING.
Battle-Date. Losses.
Shiloh, April 81. 1862 ......~....... 1901
Seven Days battle, Va. June 2s-July
Second Bull Run, Va, August as-septem.
Ant as Nd September il. 1852. i24io
Fredericksburg Va, December lila, 1852. r. 653
Stone River, Tenn, December 81. 1862. 10. 249
Charlottesville Va. May 1,3 1853. 17.2sS
Gettysburg Pa. July 1-3 1868. q OO1
Chickamauga. Ga. September 1920, 1863. 16 179
Wilderness, Va, May ST., 1854. II 66S
Spottsylvania. Va May Sis 1s64...... Is ss9
Cold Harbor, Va, June LA, 1854. ....... II 1871
Petersburg. Va. June 1919, 1854. II. 1856
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Last Mayor of Capital.

Mr.. Emery was three times elected a
member OF the board OF aldermen of
Washington. In 1870, after a memorable
struggle he WIS elected mayor. the last
mayor the capital ever had. AS the "c,i
zens' cand date While mayor he in
.tllgursted many improvements, the be-
cummings Of new Washington. lie laid
'hc iirst asphalt pavement. He collected
the taxes, bui1t new schooihouses in
Guiding the Franklin. Ssaton, Jefferson
ana Sumner buildings. paid old debts. in
Guiding those due the school teachers
vhV had received no pay for many
months. ~ ~ ~
In 1872 he retired from the building
business in accordance with q pledge
mat he wouid continue In that business
only thirty years. For the remainder
Of the sixty years he lived IN Washing
Aion he was identified with many In
urance and banking businesses which
yrospered. ----.
He was one Of the seven persons who
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Grand Army ana Tor the L. A. n. Coih-
mittees.
Registration Booths.
The registration booths are at the
I'd street entrance. with the lunch
rooms adjacent
Campfires, army reunions. dog watch
and sailors and marines reunions are
to be held in room IS.
Citizens reception and business SEES
sions of the encampment are to be held
in the largest hall of the building,
room 81, at the LIST street entrance.
The Information bureau, post office,
railroad Office and souvenirs are to be
in room 10, facing the street entrance.
The womans rest room is in room 8.
The veterans rest room and hospital is
in room and the operating rooms are
in room Z.
corps is room IS, at the right of the
C street entrance.
At the left of the street entrance,
room So is headquarters of the Loyal
Legion, and other army headquarters
are: Army Of the James in 81, Army Of
the Tennessee in 80. Army of the Poto-
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The executive committee and recep-
ton committee have room Al. The
police headquarters will be In room ~
and fire headquarters in room 49,
Corps Quarters.
The corps quarters on the second
floor are allotted as follows: Army Of
the Potomac, corps s and Q. II and IL,
in rooms 16 and II, with the cavalry
corps in the next two rooms, 10 and Is.
The LIST and 5th, I'd and Sd corps are
quartered on the first floor next to the
executive committee.
Army Of the Tennessee, corps 16 and
IT, 10 and Is are in rooms % and q. In
room 20 are the headquarters of the 7th
and sth corps. armies of the Tennessee.
with the Transmississippi and West
Virginia corps. In room 81 will be the
22d and 2sd corps, the latter being OF
Ohio. Army of the Cumberland, corps
4, IA and 20 and the cavalry, are in
rooms g. Is and rs. Army Of the
rooms II, 10 and IS. Army Of the Gulf,
18th Corps, is in room 81.
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Custer. The firing piece IN danked on
either side by two Of the naval land
ing guns Of modern type. such as
Uncle Sam uses in equipping all Of his
battleshfpe
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Walter \. simmons, thirty-five. was
found dead in bed at his home in Balti-
more. He had been suffering for some
time with BriSht's disease.
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LITTLE BRASS Cannon
MEMORIAL: TO. CUSTER
Man Who Fought Under Famous
I, General Brings Unique Relic
to Encampment.

Clusters memory IL being perpetuAted
by one Of the men who stood by him
during the thick and thin Of battle,
the means employed being little brass
cannon about two feet high and about
three feet long. It was cast OF relics
Of the war from every state in the
Union. and was turned out at Fort Pitt.
near Pittsburgh, Pa Two brass door
keys from Ford's Theater here were
In the casting.
It weighs 252 pounds, has been ex-
hibited at thirty-two national encamp-
ments, twenty-six reunions and ten
state encampments. It is engraved
with likeness Of Gen.. Clusters shout
der straps, aand the date and place OF
every encampment Of the q. A. n
since 1888. 1t has been to every one
since that date.
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RESTORATION Of AM|TY
BETWEEN FORMER FOES
Letter Typical of Fraternity Be-
tween Union Men and Confed.
crates of Civil War. d.

Typical of the feeling of comradeship
now existing between veterans of the
Union and Confederate armies is a let
ter just received by Lieut.. George Carr
Round. president of the United States
Veteran Signal Corps Association.
The letter was in response to one
from Lieut. Round to the Garland
Rodes Camp, Confederate Veterans. at
eanization the general invitation to at.
Text of the Letter.
The letter follows:
"Lynchburg, Va.
september IS. 1915.
Lieut.. George Carr Round, chairman
of NJ N J. of Peace:
Dear Sir-I received yesterday aft
ernoon your invitation to the 'Confed-
crate Camps of Lynchburg, Va to at
tend the Jubilee of Peace which Is
to be celebrated at Manassas Septem-
Der 80, from 10 to II am.
"As the adjutant of Garland Rodes
Camp, Confederate Veterans. 1 desire
to thank you heartily for your kind
invitation. Our camp, L feel sure, VIII
equally with myself appreciate the
spirit that prompted you in extending
the invitation.
Old Differences obliterated.
The old questions that formerly sep
arated north and south no longer ex-
ist Should We unhappy be en-
broiled in war with Mexico or a Euro
pean nation the south will do its full
duty.
"Our commander, William s. Greg
DRY, served a considerable time in the
Signal Corps. and possibly he might
attend. Again thanking you for your
invitation, and bidding you Godspeed
in the good work of restoring frater-
nal relations between the northern and
southern sections of our common
country, 1 am, yours sincerely.
THOMAS c. MILLER,
Adjutant Garland Rodes Camp. c. ""