Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-23
LIST PARTICIPANTS
IN REUNION PARADE
Committee Officials Preparing
for ConfederateS' March
on the Avenue.
=
10000 EXPECTED IN LINE

The work of listing the various organi-
zations which are to take part in the big
parade of Confederate Veterans. scheduled
for June Z. has been started by George
R Linkins, chairman of the parade COM
mittee. Assisting him are Brig. Gen Will
liam E. Harvey. chairman of the military
section, and Melvin C. Hazen, chairman
of the civic section
Chairman Linkins has listed two camps
of veterans who are coming here from
Texas and one from California Confeder-
ate Veterans from Alabama are to come
here in special train which Will start
from Selma
Mr.. Linkins estimates the number of
veterans who will be in line between
1900 and $4,000, and there will be
equally as many Sons of Confederate
Veterans.
Among the floats planned for the pa
rade will be one symbolic of the union
of "the blue and "the gray" with fifty
persons representing the north and the
south grouped about central figures of
Gen. Grant and Gen Lee. Victor ].
Evans conceived the plan for this float
and has offered to bear the expense of
building II, according to an announce
ment made today by Chairman Robert n.
Harper of the reunion committee. 1t is
to be drawn BY siv imported horses be-
Committee Plans Souvenir.
An official souvenir program Of the
reunion is being arranged by COM
mittee of which Isaac Cans is chair
man. 1t is proposed to make it a
volume de luxe. and will have upon
its pages pictures of generals and
other officers of the Confederacy;
prominent members of the United Con-
federate Veterans, including Gen. Har-
rison and staff, also the maids of
honor, sponsors, etc The entire pro-
ceeds from this book will be applied
to the reunion fund.
Chairman H F. Cary Of the finance
committee announces additional sub
scriptions to the reunion fund since
the list published April Is, all of whom
reside in Washington unless other
wise shown.
List of Contributors.
The list Is as follows:
r. P. Andrews Paper Company. $50;
Charles Henry Butler. SO: Becker
Leather Goods Company, $40; Barber
& Ross. $50; Browning & Middleton.
Inc. s25: W. W. Bowie, IS: Bradstreet
Company. New York, $50: II. E. Bit
finger & Company. $40: w. L. Caps.
SO; Columbia Typographical Union, No.
101, $50; Christiani Drug Company,
800; Central Drug Company, IS: DR..
A. 2. Clark. jr., s25; Capital towel
service. So: w. d. Campbell, $25:
Richard Crane. SIS: J. E. Cunningham
& Co. SIS: Doubleday Electric Com
pany, $40; R. G. Dunn &c Co., New York,
s25: H Dingman, IS; j. A. Donogohue
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$40; W. C. Eustis. $50; Cornelius Ford.
= $40: PerAy $. Foster Piano Company.
50: Friedlander Bros, IS; William A.
Gordon. $40: ID. Gilman (Gilman drug
store. s.; Herman E. Gasch. SIS;
Alexander Grant. IS: Gardiner & Dent.
Inc. SO; George Goldberg, 50; NJ. Cold
berg. $50: A. T. Hardin. New York.
S1O: w. Charles Heitmuller. 50: Her
bert's Inn. $50; Hopkins Furniture
j E. Hanger. Inc, 50; William f. Har-
vey, So; Melvin C. Hazen. So; Hecht &:
Co. 500; Chris Heurich. $50; r. l..
Hunt. So: b. f. Keith's Theater. $50;
J. Leo Kolb. $40: J. Miller Kenyon. 50;
Lansburgh & Bro, 800; d. Loughran.
s.: John c. Let's. Co. s25; C. C. Leav-
ems. s25; p. T. Moran. s25: E. ]. MUIR
ply. $40; f. P. May Hardware Com
pany. $40; a. NJ. Mckenzie. So; A. M.
Nevins. SO: John H. Nelson, Manassas.
Va. $40. c. +. Nesbit. 81; Milton X.
Ney. 81; Thomas E. Ogram. $50: George
NJ. Oyster. 1r.. s25: Old Dutch mar
ket. 500: NJ Philipsborn & Co.. $50:
Arthur Peter. So: Charles w Rich
ardson. So: Royal Blue Line Company.
Inc. S25. Cuno II. Rudolph. $50: w. III.
Rapley. $50: W. F. Roberts Company,
S2J; Riggs-Lafayette Baths, Inc, So,
George Il. Ridgley. s.: Stone & Poole,
$40: L. X. Sands. 81; John Lewis Smith.
So. y. Il. Scott, 800: G. f. Schutt, 500.
l.. Sergeant, jr., 81; II. L. Thornton. 50:
George Truesdell, s25: b E. Trenis, SIS:
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