Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-05-25

hSAu Ldlneu woman WHO can give ner
entire time toward drilling US in Home
Economics in order to produce the food for
our sons who must 90 across the seas.
You hear of the Red Cross and the Navy
League, and their work is commendable
to make comfortable the well and wounded,
but all must eat. and it is up to us to feed
them. Our women have the courage and
the vim to undertake this part. and know
our men are coming to our assistance.
The Confederate Veterans And
Sons June As Reunion.
The reunion will be held in Washington,
D. C. An inspiring and patriotic program
has been arranged. Notable speakers,
stirring songs dear to Dixie, mingled with
the most wholesome patriotism. will be
the predominant tone Of the great gather
ings in the beautiful and ever-interesting
capital.
All Washington awaits with sincere in
terest the reunion reveille. Programs are
being announced, the details of the great
parade, nothing similar to which any past
reunion can offer, are complete. trips to
Mount Vernon. to Arlington. the r. E. Lee
home, near which Fighting Joe Wheeler
sleeps, and other shrines dear to the South
and to the Nation are arranged The vet
Grams will be housed and fed. in so far as
they desire. at the city expense. in COM
Portable. conveniently located houses. They
will be safe and secure against weather
conditions, and placed by departments and
States as far as possible. Both the Sons
and the Citizens Committee will meet all
trains. and nothing will be wanting for
safety. comfort and enjoyment.
On the afternoon of Sunday, June 8,
will be held the annual Confederate Deco
ration Day ceremonies at the Arlington
National Cemetery. The President of the
United States has been invited to attend
and is fully expected to address that meet
ing. Other speakers of national promi-
nence are also on the program. The music
Of the programs exceptionally appropriate.
The strewing of flowers on the Confederate
dead buried in Arlington will conclude the
exercises. Thisis always touching part of
the exercises.
The program of the opening night, June
4. under the management of the Sons and
Confederate Veterans. by long custom, is
most splendid feature Of the public exer-
cises. 1t will be held at the Arcade Hall,
14th street and Park Road. OF the notable
speakers who will be heard that night,
Major E. W. R. Ewing will interest both
Veterans and Sons No man OF this gen.
Grafton. competent critics agree. has con-
tributed more to the South's historical liter
AZURE. He will deliver the principal address
Of welcome. Those who have read his
famous books delineatine various phases
of our American government. dealing with
the legal and constitutional questions in
volved and focusing the whole into prac-
teal application Of those principles. will
be eager to grasp this opportunity to hear
his eloquent welcome to those for whose
cause his pen has been busy these years
Veterans will recall with pleasure his
numerous early works on the causes of the
war, which was warmly endorsed in one
of their open meetings. AS a result an
entire edition was consumed in a few
months. and the work is out of print Both
Veterans and Sons and students Generally
will recall his even more scholarly work,
Legal and Historical Status of the bred
Scott Decision" which seven or eight uni
versities North and South have been glad
to add to their reference curriculums, and
which is widely and warmly endorsed by
judges. lawyers. and leading journals 1.-THE
Hayes-Tilden Contest, THE Pioneer Gate
way of the Cumberlands," and sketches
and few short stories from his pen add
substantially to the South's contributions
to letters and history.
Major Ewing volunteered in our war wit h
Spain; and. though over military age, his
unconditional offer of service in our war
against German militarism is now in the
hands of the Governor Of Virginia, his
native State.
For two years he has conducted the
Chatauqua historical course given during
the winter by Washington Camp. Sons Of
Confederate Veterans; and with DIR. Mat
thews Page Andrews. OF Baltimore, another
author Of note. and A. H. Jennings, of
Lynchburg. Va. is writing The Gray Book.
This book is being prepared under the
auspices of the general organization of
Sons Of Confederate Veterans. and will
present concisely the South's part in Ameri-
can history.
Other distinguished speakers who will
deliver addresses on the opening night are
Senator Duncan u. Fletcher, Mayor Mitchell,
of New York. both Sons of Confederate
Veterans, and Hon. Richard !. Manning.
Governor of South Carolina.
Camps, divisions and departments of the
Sons organization, like that Of the Veter-
ans, will be represented by official ladies'.
under the titles of maids Of honor. sponsors
and matrons. Those who will represent
Maryland. as far as announced. are Miss
Alice Wilson. niece Of the President. and
Mrs. James 7. Dennis.
Home And School Associations.
The annual meeting Of the Montgomery
County Federation Of Home and School
Associations will be held on the afternoon
Of the first Tuesday following the close Of