Evening star., 1917-06-04
Activities of Confederate
Veterans Told in Brief Form

headquarters. and are making eIabo-
rate preparations for the entertainment
OF the visitors at all hours. providing
place for them to register and to
rest and meet their friends from all
parts OF the state.
The women who will be In charge Of
Headquarters will be Mrs. James Y.
Mccormick. chairman; Mrs. G. v. Pet
II. Brinker. Mrs. c. NJ. Clark. Mrs. b.
P. Harrison, Mrs. w. w. Venable, Miss
Lillian Chenoweth and Mrs. Cutting, as
sisted by other ladies OF the society.
On the star Of Gen. George P. Harri-
son. commander-in-c -chief, U. C. ". is
Col. Winfield Peters. Baltimore. assist
ant quartermaster general
On the stan Of Lieut.5 GenrsL. Thopp-
son Brown. comma anding the sArmy OF
Northern VirginiasDepartment c. ",
are Lieut.. Col William F. Wheatley, as
sistant adjutant general. and Lieut. Col.
of Baltimore. According to present
designs, these officers will be on duty
at respective headquarters during the
reunion.
Arrivals of Confederate veterans from
Norfolk on the Norfolk line steamer
this morning added about $50 to the
throng already in the city, and several
from the river counties of Maryland
and Virginia aboard the steamers from
lower Potomac points. The Norfolk
line steamer to arrive tomorrow morn
ing will bring additional veterans from
the vicinity Of Norfolk. and belated ar
rivals are scheduled to come in on the
river steamers arriving here Wednes-
day morning. Many of those coming
to the reunion from the counties along
the Potomac are attending their first
one. They come prepared to enjoy
themselves.
Maj. J. Ogden Murray. from Charles
Town. w. Va. leader of "the immortal
Chahles Town. Is here for the reunion
and has established headquarters at
the Hamilton Hotel. 14th and K streets.
He says that of the Immortal Six Hun
dred about hfty-two survive.
Robert N. Harper. chairman of the
citizens committee arranging for tho
comfort and entertainment of the
veterans. estimates that more than
$500 of the old soldiers are here for
the celebration; Rsiir1sd enneials
ington more than $4,000 persons for the
reunion week.
The average OF the veterans is
seventy-eight years. and the ranks are
thinning. 1t Is estimated, at the rate
Of 14th per cent yearly.
Miss Mary Custis Lee. the daughter Of
Gen, Robert q. Lee and sponsor-in-
chief for the south, Is at the Shoreham
Hotel. where she Is the guest of Mrs
Mrs. Bushrod of Washington. who was the
wife of George Washington's brother
Miss Lee attended the memorial serv-
! ices at Arlington yesterday. She
monument and others on the graves Of
her grandparents, George Washington
Parke Custis and Mary Custis. Miss
Lees escort was composed of Ernest G.
Baldwin of Roanoke, Va, commander
Forrest of Biloxi. Miss. adjutant In
chief, and DIR. Clarence j. Owen of
Washington, past commander-in- chief,
s. C. v.
A reception and tea in honor of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will be
given on Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock by the District branch of the
National Woman's Party. In the re-
heimer. president general of the U. D.
c.: Mrs Richard Wainwright and Mrs.
William Kent.
Most of the sponsors. maids of honor
for the southern states, matrons and
In charge of the registration booth
for the daughters in the gridiron room
of the New Willard Hotel are Mrs
Walter E. Hutton. chairman. and Mrs
Wallace Streeter. vice chairman. As
sfsting them yesterday were Mrs, Frank
Morrison, Miss Emma H. Bulloch, Miss
Key Compton and Miss Margaret Lee
Dorsey.
Among the attractive young women
who are here in an official capacity al
the reunion headquarters Is Miss Betty
Gilpin. who has been placed In charge
of selling programs.
Maj. George Cowen of Louisville, KY
is given credit for being first to sug-
gsst that the Confederate reunion Be
held in the National Capital.
Large wreaths, the gift of President and
Mrs. Wilson, were placed at the foot of
the southern memorial in Arlington ma
ticnai cemetery at the memorial services
yesterday.
One Of the first trains to arrive was the
"Tom Greene" special from the cotton
bolt, bringing delegations from Memphis,
Pine Bluff, Texarkana and vicinity. Other
specials brought crowds From Ansusta.