Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09
Sons of Veterans.

| Col. A. E. B. Stephens, commander-in-
! chief. has issued a proclam ma ton. call
| ing up all camps and members Of
| the Order of Sons of Veterans, L. S. A.
appropriately to celebrate "Appomat
tox day April Q. this being the an
niversary of the surrender of Gen.
Lee to Gen. Grant, at AppomattoN
Courthouse. Va, Sunday. April ., 1863.
| Past Comma rin-chief II. Y.
Speelman has been appointed a dele
gate to the eleventh annual conven
| ton OF the Navy League of the United
states. which will be held at the New
| Willard Hotel. this city, April 1o-1",
inclusive. Col Speelman bears ere
| dentials from the National Association
| of Patriotic Instructors
| 1t was voted at meeting of William
| B. Cushing Camp. No. 80. Thursday
evening. to empower Commander +.
Albert Lang and the entertainment
Stevens. chairman: J. Clinton HIATT
| Theodore f. Marquis, j.. a. OMEN,
Arthur B. Barringer, John p. BROOKS
CLANCY o. Howard. J. S. Dudley, Dr.
Arthur J. Hall, William Rosser. o.
Sydney Hill and Maj. +. S. Hodgson. TO
i have entire charge of all open meet
| ings of the camp and also to designate
the evenings on which these meetihSs
| shall be held. These meetings VIII pc
devoted entirely to special programs
consisting of lectures. musical mum
bers, dramatic and other interesting
features. as well as social reunions.
The committee on revision OF consul
| tuition and bylaws of Cushing camp
| submitted its report. and it was re-
ferred to a special committee consist
| ing of f. Eugene stevens. chairman;
! G. Sydney Hill, J. Clinton Hiatt anu
Omar J. Veley for eNamin nation ana re-
re 1dn
A resolution was introduced protest
| ing against The Birth of a Nation be
ing shown in Washington Past Nom
mander O. A. c. Oehmeler of Lincoln
Camp, No. >. was visitor tushlns
Camp voted to join Lincoln Camp, 40.
., in comm morating AppomattoN Gay
tomorrow evening at the hall at nm
and + streets northwest at o. iock.
The camps will march in a podE
from their hall. 1412 Pennsylvania ave
nue. at 80 O'Clock pm, headed by
Gushing Camp Fife and Drum Corps
and T. Ernest Marquis as coloroeareI;
William F. Wolfe was elected TO ~,
the vacancy on the Terminal station
flag committee.
The new officers of Thomas Camp
Auxiliary were installed Thursday
evening as follows: Past president, MRS.
Julia f. Crown. president MRS. Anna
j. Marks: vice president. Mrs. Nellie e.
Nichols; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Nora B. Atkinson; chaplain. MIS- T..
Wolff; trustees, Mrs. Dora j. q; Heh-
dirk. Mrs Julia f. Crown and Miss
Edna Wolff Mrs. n. w Rutledge,
president of Maryland Auxiliary d.
vision, assisted by Mrs. Mamie r. Dor
sew and Mrs. Sadie 2. Volt. members
of Cushing Auxiliary, officlated.
Delegates to the World Court Con-
gress. to meet in Carnegie Han. New
York city. May "a, have been appointea
TO represent the Sons of Veterans, Z >:
nj "a 81 Comma
Charles +. Sherman. Past Commander,
in-Chief Barlow S. Weeks. PAST Grahd
Division Commander Raphael TOBIAS,
Division Commander Franz SiRel. a son
Of Cen Franz Sigel of New York. and
Arthur /. Nescelus. Paterson, ~ ):
This congress is to represent all So
cieties which desire peace ana not war
an international court instead OF IN
ternatonal conflict.
All camps of the Maryland division
are making ready to SEND large oele
cations to the annual encampment,
which will be held in Baltimore May
% and "a.
held by local Sons of Veterans organ
izations as follows: Lincoln Camp, NO
. tomorrow evening: Thomas camp:
No. II. Friday evening. April ~ ana
Gushing Camp. NO. 30 win Lincoln
Camp.
Programs appropriate to the occasion
are being arranged.
In an effort to advance the prospects
of the bill in Congress to extend TO
widows and orphans of Spanish war
veterans the pension privileges grant
ed to the families of civil war veterans,
Commander James J. Murphy or Richard
J. Harden Camp No. ., is preparing a
list of widows and orphans of deceased
members of that organization, to be
submitted to Representative Dyer.
commander-in chief of the order He
ia said to be asking aid in ma king the
list complete.
At the meeting of the camp Thursday
evening, the following recruits were
mustered in:
Cavalry: Patrick Judges. 3D. Field
Artillery. and Richard Skinner. cox
swain. l.. s. " all of Washington. and
Lieut. Ralph Fl. Chappell. assistant en-
gineer L. s s. Massachusetts, and
18th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
both of Kensington, Md. Resolutions
were adopted on the death of Col. Rlch-
ard 4. O'Brien.
A meeting OF the decoration commit
tee was called by the chairman. Junior
Vice Commander William II. Mockabee
at his home. April Is, to prepare Tor
decoration of the graves or deceased
comrades Memorial day. The report
of the special committee on the revl-
sion of the bylaws was received and
will he considered at a special meet
ing to be called by the commander
The commander requested assistance
in securing the names and addresses OF
all widows of members of the camp.
Patriotic addresses were made by
Past Department Commander Plummer
Of Maine and Past Judge Advocate Gen
eraI Price of California. Others who
addressed the camp were Commander
NcEwan of Astor Camp, w. L. Mat
tocks and w. J. SamInond.
Col. Frederick Won Schrader Dies.