Evening star., 1917-06-05


entire membership of the society Will
serve as a reception committee.
Dancing will be a feature. and there
| will also be a short musical program
The executive committee. OF which
Jesse Mercer is chairman, is in cnarge
Of the plans and every Georgian is
expected to attend.
Mrs, Ella X. Newson, who served as
a nurse and matron in hospitals at
Bowling Green. KY: Nashville, Mem
phis, Chattanooga. Corinth. Marietta,
FHrsyths he aaa many rsceving pshnF
many old friends at her home, 12l3 N
street northwest.
Several gray-clad negroes mingling mi
terest today. One of them. a familiar
figure at every reunion. Is Howard
Divinity, now eighty-eight years old. OF
Mississippi He went with his Young
county as a member Of the 18th Mis-
sissippi Regiment in 1851, and at the
battle Of Seven Pines the negro went
on the field of battle and carried his
wounded master to place Of safety eE;
declares that he Is still an unrecon-
structed Confederate.
Brig. Gen. w. A. Clark of Columbia,
S. c., brought with him a palmetto tree
from the coast of South Carolina, which
he will plant on Pennsylvania avenue
in front of the hotel where the South
Carolina headquarters are located.
Several of the camps are bringing
their battle-scarred flags, which will
once more float above them when they
march up Pennsylvania avenue in the
parade Thursday. That which will be
carried by the Washington Artillery OF
New Orleans was presented to the or
ganization by the women of that city In
&Ia
civil and Spanish-American wars, and
was sent to the border last fall with
the Louisiana troops.
One of the many interesting figures
at the encampment is J. H. Vernon of
the 18th Virginia Infantry. who was In
Pickett's famous charge at Gettysburg.
A long scar on his head and a bullet
wound on his arm testify to his having
! been in the thick of the fight.
IF l were ten years younger j wodld
be on the battle line in France" de-
clared the Dixie veteran.
Judge Edgar Scurry of Wichita Falls,
Tex, Is accompanied by pretty spon-
sors and maids of honor, whom he
proudly calls ''prides. of the prairie"
Members of Mildred Lee Chapter.
Children of the Confederacy, will be
guests of the Southern Relief Society
tonight at Congressional Library, when
| a reception will be rendered the vete-
rams of the Confederate armies and
navy who are in Washington attend
ing the annual encampment Of the
United Confederate Veterans. The
Children are requested to meet the di-
rectress Of their chapter at the library
sist Miss Mamie Randolph Heth. presf-
dent of the, Southern Relief Society. In
showing courtesies to the veterans and
the visiting United Daughters of the
Mrs Stephen Harrison Ford is hos
tess today at the Confederate Memorial
Home, in Vermont avenue. for the re-
ception to be given by r. E. Lee Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, to the visiting veterans OF the
Confederate states armies ana navy ana
the visiting Daughters and Sons. the
hours are from 10 am. to PM Mrs.
Walter Everett Hutton, president OF
the chapter, and a committee of ladies
will assist Mrs. Ford.
chief of the Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, in addressing the Confederate
Southern Memorial Association at Its
opening meeting last evening expressed
tion and cooperation given by the
women of the south to heroes OF 81
now may be given to the manhood Of
the new south, that they may live
true to the glorious traditions Of their
forefathers."
The Confederate choir sang this
morning at the opening of the meeting
at the Arcade. Tomorrow night 1t will
sing at the reception to the veterans
in the National Museum and on Thurs
day 1t will be on a float in the parade.
In the choir Is a sextet, composed of
Mrs. Fannie shreve Heartsill. soprano:
Miss Lillian chenoweth; Sontrslto;
tenor; F. P. Heartsill, baritone. and
Charles Moore, baritone. The sextet
will render selections at the various
public appearances of the choir. The
Soule Gantz, who will sing at the Sat-
urday reception to Gen. Harrison a
number of songs especially written for
the reunion.
Mrs. Mary n. Fowle. widow of a Con-
federate veteran, fell on 14th street
| near New York avenue yesterday and
was badly shaken up: She was taken
passing torlobile. after she had re-
| ceived first aid at physicians office.
II believe the sight of the Confederate
| uniform excited me and caused me to
fall" she remarked. Her husband was
| a member of Pickett's division during
| the war and died some time after the
war.
| In the big parade Thursday Gen.
9. F. Harrison. commander chief of
the United Confederate Veterans, will
be escorted by a detachment from the
I'd Corps Association. Army of the Po.
tomac, headed by its presiding off1cer.
Col. Myron M. Parker, who was n ueu.
tenant colonel in the Union army.
The Odd Fellows of the District ara
extending cordial welcome to ali vet
Grams at their temporary headquarters.
| on the southwest corner of 18th street
| and pennsylvania avenue northwest
Lodge meetings will be held each even
Ing OF the reunion, Grand Chaplain q. 8.
Petty announced today, to which ali
members of the order are invited.
The youngest United Confederate
veteran has arrived for the reunion.
He is Col. c. Mason Pendleton OF
staunton, Va. who is sixty-eight wears
and six months old. He entered the
Confederate army in the spring of '64
His father and three brothers were in
the Union army.
Veterans and their friends are BEING
welcomed at the Magnolia, 1921 M street
northwest, by Miss Ellie D. Bouldin,
Capt William H. Wilson, Miss Ami.
Wilson and Mrs. P. c.. Humason o1
Natchez, Miss, are reunion visitors.
The veterans and their families ar.
invited to visit the Library of Congress
this evening at 8:15 o'clock, when they
will be received by Librarian Herbert
Putnam, Supt. Frank L. Averill an6
representatives of the library com.
!, mittee of Congress. A committs,
of ladies' of the Southern Reliet
Society will assist.