Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-18
LAST TOUCHES GIVEN
TO RECEPTION PLANS
General Committee Hears Finan-
cial Report And IS Told OF
Medals Arrival
UNIFORM or CIVILIANS

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Though the attendance at last nights
meeting 81 the home coming general
Fcommitiee Mas moi large i included
many of those who have been most ac
tive ana efflcient ii the various
phases 81 the preparation, and some
important finishing touches we're
made Mayor Strange presided. and
The business was transacted promptly.
so that Adjournment Was had d about
Is o'clock
Mrs Robert r strange, chairman 81
tac supper committee. announced the
agreement of her committee upon
point which brings about d distinct
change III the arrangements, as they
had been understood Mrs Strange
stated that The members Of her com
mittee felt that ii would he better moi
To attempt h supper m The open. 50 II
was agreed that Il would De held IN
side lhe Bladen 81 Armory The Ii
dies we're moved to make i his deeision
because of The facilities for preparing
5and seryIus file supper which the Ar
m0ry Afford and also because there
.is likely b BIZ confusion III clearing
away the tables and chairs for the
dancing II soon as supper is over,
the crowd viii adjourn to the ST
Johns campus for the reception and
dancing
The definite arrangements for the
evening of the 26th. next Thursday,
have therefore been made Supper
will tie served at $50. and i band eon-
cert win occupy tlle time after supper
until the general reception at 7.30
Immediately after this dancing will
start, and Will end we'll Il Will end
when The service men get tired Of it.
Chairman james 4 Walton. o the
finance committee. made q highly sat
Isfactory report oil the condition of the
committee treasury He said that the
sum of S2.7S2 had been collected In
cash, and the National Defence League
was expected to add ai least 5000 to
this. The expenditures already made
amounted to s35S. 10 that tie sum of
over 81 500 would be available for the
reception and other purposes,
Iii this connection. special praise
was due I'd Miss Eva NJ. Clark and
#those who assisted here HI the sale
.of the welcome buttons This pro-
#dueea about $1,000, and cost
hui ss7, and II Was the unanimous
aaliae or the meeting that these young
ladies had made 4 splendid success In
their efforts
a motion devOtlng any surplus that
may be had to the erection Of the
permanent memorial 10 the service
tinen. vas pissed unanimously II
will be deposited On interest until
needed
Chairman Winson G Gott was pres
enf with one of the medals which will
he presented 10 the service men and
Red Cross nurses from this county
sIt was noted some days ago III The
Capital thai these had arrived, and
the medal described. The medal was
passed around, and was generally ad
mIred
Several important matters we're.
brought np By different persons pres
5ent and discussed II was suggested
that some Of the men would not care
ito wear their uniforms. on account
of the heat A motion vas passed
stating that All the service men we're
welcome To come IN the attire they
wished whether uniform or civilian
clothes
It was also noted that there vas
some misunderstanding as tp those who
were invited % the supper and who
would receive the medals. II was
stated on authority that these would
Include any member og any branch Of
the Army, Navy OF Marine Corps or
any Red Gross nurse whose home had
been In this county or who Joined the
service from ii and who served during
any part of the period Of the war, and
this applies 10 those in the service At
present or out of it.