Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-14
The Militia Contingent.

| Headed by the Bird District of Colum
bia Infantry Band. the guardsmen in
cluded that regiment. commanded by
Col. G. B. Young; the 1st Separate Bat
taIlion, commanded by Maj. James A.
| Walker; Battery A. Field Artillery
| commanded by Capt Louis c. Vogt;
Battery B, Field Artillery. commanded
| by Capt George A. Wilson; the 1st
! Company of Coast Artillery. command
| ed by Capt. W. w. Burns; Troop A,
District of Columbia Cavalry, com,
| manded by L. A. Smith; the signal
| company, commanded by Capt. Oliver
c. Terry: the hospital company. com
manded by Maj. Warren A. Fales, and
the Naval Battalion. commanded by
! tail from the artillery batteries, consist
| ing of one platoon. fired the national
| salute at the Monument Grounds later
in the day. All troops marched dis
| mounted and all wore field uniforms.
The Military Service Legion, com
posed of men formerly in the various
organizations which were amalgamated
| into the present guard, including vet
Grams of the civil and Spanish wars, led
| by Col. R. D. Simms. and headed by
its own band of fifteen, followed the
| present guardsmen.. In its ranks were
| former members of companies dear to
the hearts of the older generation of
| Washingtonians, including the National
| Rifles, Washington Light Infantry.
Corcoran Cadets, Emmett Guards, Ma
| tional Fencibles, etc, to the number of
about a hundred.
A feature of this section was the
presence of some of the old standards
| of these organizations, including the
colors carried to the Spanish war by
| the LIST District Infantry Regiment in
| 1898.
The Grand Army of the Republic and
| it's allied organizations gained the GUS
tomary applause, with perhaps an
added Zest due to the fact that these
men had personally experienced the
evils. finally overcome, of the lack of
preparedness of 1861.
Two Hundred Veterans in Line.
Two hundred veterans of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, escorted by half
that number of Sons of Veterans. and
led by Cushing Camp. Sons of Veterans,
Drum Corps, composed of thirty sons
and grandsons of veterans. were COM
manded by Department Commander A.
]. Huntoon. who was attended by his
staff
The allied G. A. r. organizations,
dressed in white and numbering 125,
were led by Mrs. Jennie T. Thompson
department president of the Womans
Relief Corps Among her aids were
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, Mrs. Mary
Acting as mounted orderly for Mrs.
Thompson, the president. was Miss More
Elizabeth Buckles. Members of the
different organizations wore their re-
spective badges and were headed by
martial music. These included the
Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R., Cush-
ing Camp and George H. Thomas Camp
auxiliaries. Mckinley. George Beck and
Lincoln circles. Ladies' Auxiliary No.
and the Legion of Loyal Women
Among the leaders of the units were
Mrs. Jennie L. Hamilton, Mrs. Clara
Avery and Mrs. Rose S. Rutledge.
Heading the Legion of Loyal Women
was a carriage containing Mrs. John A.
Logan, widow of Gen. Logan, and Mrs
Mary S. Lockwood, one of the founders
of the D. A. r. The legion itself. num-
bering about fifty, was headed by Mrs.
Ada Weiss, the president. and members
of her staff.
Heroes of the Confederacy.
More than $50 former wearers Of the
gray marched in Camp III of the Con-
federate Veterans Fred Beall was their
commander. with James e. Payne as
adjutant. and there was no stint in the
applause which greeted them along the