Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-21
IIylIIA|NELOCAL COMMITTEE MEN SLOW TO RESPOND
Executive Committee on Camp Ac-
tivities Sets Date for General
Mass Meeting in This City.

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plans are being perfected daily 1ol
the meetings of the executive brancf
Of. the army camp activities recently
appointed by Governor Henry Z
Stuart which will begin in this city
next week. Sessions of this commit
tee will begin upon the arrival OF
the visiting committeeman the latter
mart of next week and will be held al
= the home of Mrs. Kate Waller Bar,
rett, member of the executive com
mittee.
In addition plans have been mapped
out for general mass meeting
81 which will be held in the Sunday
school auditorium of the Westminster
Building next Friday night, August
81. at 8 o'clock. A general citizens
committee from this city has been
invited to cooperate in the work OF
the executive committee iE outlining
work in connection with the army
camps now located and soon to be
located in this State.
A call has also been extended to all
public spirited citizens, both men
and women, besides the ones who
will represent the various organiza-
tioris enumerated below to attend the
meeting and assist in outlining the
work. s.,
Following are the organizations Of
this. city which will be represented
and the representatives appointed:
Chamber of Commerce, Robert S.
Jones; Retail Merchants Association,
Samuel w. Pitts; Laymen's League,
Robert E. Knight; Elks, DR.. Thomas
B. Cochran; Odd Fellows, William
Latham; Masons, Edward Shinn;
Maccabees, George X. Bender; Royal
Arcanum, Charles Hellmuth; Red
Men, Kenneth w. Ogden; Trades I'm
ion. w. R. Hamilton; Mems Club OF
St. Paurs Church, Emmett c. Dunn;
Alexandria Sunday School Associa-
tion. John Herndon; Mems Bible
Class of Christ Church, Judge Louis
C. Barley; Hebrew Benevolent So
ciety, Leopold Ruben; St. Vincent de
Paul Society, William Desmond; Par
ents- Teachers Association. Mrs.
William ]. Morton; Red Cross, Miss
Rose Mcdonald; Visiting Nurses As
sociation, Mrs. Taylor Burke; Play
ground, T. C. Howard; Moving pic
lures, R. A. Steele; Boy Scouts,
Harry A. Rudd;. Salvation Army,
Captain Herbert: Young; Eastern
STAR. Miss. Cora Cochran; $;;> Equal
Suffrage League, Mrs, Louis IN.
Dufey. y ;I,l
Second,. Presbyterian Church, Rev.
DR.. John l.. Allison NJ. E. Church
South, Rev. DR.. E. v. REGISTER; First
Baptist, Rev. Dr.: E. B. Jackson;
Second Baptist, Rev. Owen P. Lloyd;
Trinity Methodist, Rev. A. E. Spiel
man; Methodist Protestant, Rev. R.
w. White; St. Paul's Episcopal, Rev.
DR.. P. P. Phillips;, Christ Episcopal,
Rev. VIM. J. Morton; Grace Episco-
pal, Rev. Edgar Carpenter; st. Marys
Catholic, Rev. Louis. Smet; Syna-
gogue;. Lutheran.
Representing;:church societies will
be: Episcopal, Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis;
Mrs. William Camp
L bell; Methodist. Mrs. George r. Hill;
Baptist. Mrs. E. B. Jackson; Jewish,
Mrs. Rosenberg: Catholic. Mrs. 1T.
Marshall Jones; the Epworth League
and the Brotherhood Of ST. Andrew
will also be represented.
Besides the above organizations,
various departments of the munich
pality will be represented by the var
ious city officials, and representing
Alexandria county will be George
Washington Lewis, Paul Kester, and
Mr.. Prosseth.. From Fairfax county
will be George B Willis and Walter
Roberts.
The executive branch of the gen.
eral state committee on army and
navy camp activities which will 'ar,.
rive in this city next week is COM
posed of the following: Rev. DR.. W.
F. Drewry, Petersburg; Frank w.
Darling, Hampton; J. T. Mastin,
Richmond; George Floyd Rogers
Lynchburg; Albert L. Roper, Norfolk;
w. P. Allen, Hopewell, and Mrs
Kate Waller Barrett, Alexandria.