Evening star., 1919-10-07
'LAYCORNERSTONE
OF WAR MEMORIAL
Prince Georges Folk Gather
at Upper Marlboro in
Honoring Heroes.
UPPER MARLBORO. Nd. October

UPPER MARLBORO. Nd. October Z.
The official program for the big
welcome home memorial and recep-
ton exercises at Upper Marlboro today
IN honor of the sons and daughters of
Prince Georges county who answered
the call to service in the world war
is prefaced by these remarks:
Prince Georges county in grateful
acknowledgment of the splendid
achievements of her sons on the field
of battle and in the armed camps of
the country during the great war of
15l1-191S. and in recognition of the
service performed by the living and
the. sacrifice of the dead, has deter
mined to erect by popular subscrip-
ton a betitting monument. To the boys
who went from among US. and from
the other counties and cities of the
Union, all honor is due and it is most
desirable that the shaft here begun
should forever stand as an imperish-
able token of that esteem, which the
citizens of the county, in these cere-
monies. seek to express"
The first event of the program was
a parade which formed in the fair
grounds at 10 o'clock.
Lay Corner Stone.
At noon the corner stone of the COM
memorative fountain was laid under
auspices of the Centennial Lodge of
MasonS and their guests. The corner
stone box contains the names of those
who served in the world war; copy
of each county newspaper: copy OF
the official program. coins. etc. The
platform of the fountain will be of
Maryland granite. five and one-taf
feet square. the pier and basin are to
be of limestone The shaft will be
five and one-half feet wide and twelve
feet high. The face will bear bronze
relief seven by four feet. and on the
reverse the tablet to those who lost
their lives.
Invocation was given by Rev.
Francis E. McManus. rector of Trim
ity parish. The address of welcome
was delivered by Judge Fillmore
BealI of the circuit court.
An address to the service men was
delivered by former United States
Senator Blair Lee. Other speakers
were Gordon c. Bailey of the Army.
William b. Clagett of the Navy and
Van Doren of the marnes. An
address by United States Senator
James E. Watson followed by the un-
Yelling of the tabet to the dead took
place. Benediction was pronounced
by Rev Francis Loughran. pastor of
st. Mary's Catholic Church. Upper
Marlboro.
Those Who Gave Life.
The Prince Georgians who made
the supreme sacrifice are Albert N.
Baden. Henry Harrison Boswell. Her.
man Elmer Burgess. Clarence But
Ier. Vincent Genger Cooey, Harry r.
vim Dennison. James Cooper. Matthew
Curtin. Wilmer Aubrey Disney. Jo-
seph Benedict Edelen, George w.
Farmer, Thomas Motley Fenwick. Ed
ward H. Fletcher, Joseph Henry
Ford. Ernest o. Garner, Thomas Ed
ward Hawkins, Frank Holmes, Henry
Lewis Hubert. Charles F. Huntemann.
Milton E. Hartman. William Lee, Es-
sci Monshuer Maxwell, Clarence Nc
Parker, James Francis Quisenberry.
William Redman. Frank Richmond.
Robert Curtis Rusk. Theodore Roch-
ester. Harry Preston Robinson. John
Henry Seaburn, Edward Shouts. AL
bert Smith, Maurice Benjamin Snyder,
John A. Sprigg, Kenneth Pearce
Strawn. Pierce c. Stevens. William A.
E1zie Ellis Turner. Her
bert Page ToIson. Herbert J. White.
Walter Ernest Wilson, Herman Win
.er. Ernest Pendleton Magruder. The |
committee which arranged !
The program consists of Judge Fill !
more Beall. chairman; T. Howard
Duckett. secretary; H. ]. Patterson,
D. Pyles. T. Van Clagett,
Mrs. H. J. Patterson. George W.
Waters. jr.; Oliver S. Metzerott
Chairmen of the various other COM
mi1tees are: Finance, William S.
Hill: refreshments, Mrs. W. T. Davis; .
program, A. T. Robinson; music. T.
P. Littlepage: decoration, Mrs. r. |
Irving Bowie: publicity, C. L. Opper-
man; parade and pageant. E. s. Bur-
roughs, and invitations, NJ. Cary Nc
Nab.