Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
MEMBERS TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO DEWEY
Washington Monument Society
to Hold Annual Meeting
Thursday.
ORGANIZED "a YEARS AGO

Society. which, under the Law, acts IN
an advisory and cooperative manner
toward the Secretary of War in the
custody, care and protection of the
Washington Monument. will hold its
eighty-third annual meeting Thursday,
washington's birthday anniversary, at
the residence of Theodore W. Noyes,
1880 New Hampshire avenue northwest.
The meeting will be presided over by
willis Van Devanter, associate justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, first vice president of the or
ganization, of which Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, Is presi-
dent.
The other officers of the organization
are: Judge William A. Maury. second
vice president; Theodore w. Noyes,
treasurer. and Frederick L. Harvey,
secretary.
Tribute to Admiral Dewey.
The meeting will take action. as a
mark of respect to the memory of
George Dewey, admiral of the navy,
who was a member of the organization,
and will elect a successor to him. Sur
geon General Francis NJ. Dunnell, u
s. N, retired; Brig. Gen. John NJ. Will
son. y. S. A. retired; Charles c. Glover
and Henry 3. f. mcfarland, members
of the association, have been appoint
ed as n committee to bring before the
meeting suitable resolutions in honor
of Admiral Dewey.
Following the meeting Mr. Moves
will entertain the members of the So
ciety at luncheon, and from 3 until 6
O'Clock he will entertain many promi-
nent Washingtonians in official and
private life at Il reception in honor of
the members OF the organization.
The society was organized in 1888,
and chartered by Congress in 1859.
The limited membership Of the or
ganization is as follows: William A
Maury, Frederick L. Harvey, Brig. Gen.
John NJ. Wilson, U. S. A, retired;
Charles D. Walcott, Edward NJ CAL
laudet. Charles c. Glover. Surgeon
General Francis NJ. Gunnell, U. S. N,
retired: Henry B. F. mcfarland, Ri
Rev. Alfred Harding, Theodore W.
Noyes. Thomas Nelson Page, Herbert
Putnam. William Corcoran Eustis,
Henry Kirke Porter, Justice Van De-
vanter, David 1. Mckee and James NJ
Johnston. with one vacancy, created by
the death of Admiral Dewey.
The governors of the several states
are vice presidents ex officio.
Famous Names on Rolls.
The rolls of the society contain the
names of many men who have been dis
tinguished in the history of the coun-
try. Among the number are John Mar
shall. James Madison, Thomas Carbery,
Commodore John Rodgers, U. S. N; Jo-
seph Gales, Peter Force Philip R. Fen
dall, Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, Gen. Wal
ter Jones, Walter Lenox, Commodore NJ.
i. Maury, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. John
Carroll Brent, Col. James Kearney w.
w Seaton, j. Bayard, H. Smith, w. W.
Goreoran, James NJ Carlisle. DR.. John
Grant, Peter G. Washington, Gen. Will
liam T. Sherman. Alexander r. Shep-
herd, James G. Berret, Edward Clark,
Walter S Cox, Rear Admiral Levin NJ
Powell. Robert G Winthrop. Prof. Jo-
eeph Henry, Gen. William Mckee Dunn,
Horatio King, Daniel d. Clarke, DR.. Jo-
seph NJ. Toner, James c. yelling,
George Bancroft, Rear Admiral C. R. p
Rodgers. Hugh McCulloch. John sher-
man. Justice William Strong, Gen.
Thomas Lincoln Casey. ]. c. Bancroft
Davis, Gen. c. c. Augur. Prof. Asaph
Hall. Rear Admiral S. R. Franklin.
Martin F. Morris. Gov. George S. Bout
well, Crosby S. Noyes, Samuel II. Kauff-
mann, Maj. Gen. John VI. Schofield. Rt.
Rev. John T. Keane, Bishop John F.
Hurst, Prof. Samuel P. Langley and
Henry A. Willard.
The society was organized as volun-
tary association at the city hall, in this
city. September 26. 1898, to erect at the
federal capital a monument, national In
character to the memory OF Washing
ton. The society resulted from para
graph in the National Intelligencer, the
then leading paper of Washington. call
Ing for public meeting OF the citizens
of Washington to take up the redemp-
ton of the resolution of the Continental
Congress adopted August Z, 1888
Unanimously ten states being presenD
~that an equestrian statue of Gen. Wash
ington be erected at the place where
the residence of Congress shall be
established" as amended and proposed
by John Marshall in the House of Rep
resentatives December %. 1893. on
whose motion the Congress resolved.
with other things, that marble mon
ument be erected by the United States
in the Capitol at the city of Washing
ton, and that the family of Gen. Wash
ington be requested to permit his body
to be deposited under it, and that the
monument be so designed as to COM
memorate the great events of his mill
tary and political life
Several Resolutions Failed.
The cal for meeting Of citizens was
cccasioned by the failure of resolutions
to carry the original resolution into effect
moved in Congress May 9. 1900, in 1916,
49,, and 1882.
John Marshall, the great Chief Justice,
then seventy-eight years of age, was
choS N the first president of the society
and Judge William Cranch. eminent as a
learned jurist and for the uprightness of
his life, was selected as the first vice
president. Other officers then chosen were
the mayor of Washington, second vice
president Cat that time John T. Van Ness,
formerly q representative in Congress); ;
". W. Seaton. third vice president; Sam
uel H. Smith, treasurer. and George Wat
terston, the first librarian of Congress-
secretary. At the same time a board of
managers was elected consisting of Gen.
Thomas S. Jessup, L. S. A: Col. James
Kearney, U. S. A: Col. Nathan Towson
z. S. A. Col. Archibald Henderson, L. S.
NJ. C.; Matthew st. Claire Clarke, John
McClelland, Thomas Munroe the first
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