Evening star., 1923-02-09
THOUSAND ATTEND
BAY STATE PARTY
Army-Navy-Marine Night Gel
ebrated With Addresses by
Fighting Men.
DANCE AFTER PROGRAM
Massachusetts, Governor and Mayor
Will Come Here May 5 for
Tree Planting.

The Massachusetts Society of the
District OF Columbia gathered at the
New Willard Hotel last night to do
honor TO the country's three branches
Of national defense. II was the So
cietys Army Navy Marine night
and more than thousand members
AID quests were present.
Lieut. Gen Nelson \ Miles. L. ;. A..
retired and Brig. Gen. Edward T..
King, L. :. A.. representing the Army (:
capt. Ernest l.. Bennett L. =. ~. and
Capt. Pleadwell, {, :. ". represent
'ne the Navy, and Brig. Gen. Charles
T. McCawley representing the Marine
Corps. We're the guests OF honor Of
the evening. All of them hail from
the Bay state.
Gen. Miles. the principal speaker
OF the evening, recalled the Sreat /
achievements of his native state and
rhe many famous men who came
from it. He expressed his pride. at
being able to say that he was a
native OF "tha great commonwealth
Of aiassachusettS,' al wish the rest
ci The world was az peaceful. as
nrospsrous and as happy as the peo-
pl. Of tiic state Of Massachusetts are
tonight" declared Gen. Miles as he
conlpared the unrest in Cuina, the
financial difficulties and hatreds of
Europe and the hard lot of the ma
tireS Of Japan with the present state
of happiness in the Bay state.
Praises Home state.
Representative Frederick W. Dal-
lnSer of Massachusetts. president Of
The District society, also spoke on
the greatness of Ma ssa sachusetts.
"Massachusetts is sacred soil and
the place where American history was
born. and every day there are pill
grims from all over the country visit
ing such places as Concord. Ply
mouth. lexington, Boston and Bunk Ell
Hill.' he declared as he counted over
the names of the men from the state
that he represents. who had contrib
uted to art. science. history. lit"ra-
ture and theology.
The ballroom was decorated with
American and state flags and at each
end were two huge electric signs III
the form OF shields, one having the
Inscription "Massa chusetts My Home
land the other The Massachusetts
Society Of D. c.
Program of Entertainment.
A tenor solo, "Until." by Sanderson
vas rendered by Ross Farrar. So
loist at the National Cathedral: a
reading. "Oh. Monsieur" by Miss
AllC6 SlS" OTtu morse. MdSSdcnu-
setts, My Homeland by the orchestra
and members, and a reading, AT
the Telephone" tnegro dialect. by
Miss Morse composing the entertain
ment program. Following the sing
Ing of America" the remainder of
the evening was given over to a
dance
1t is the plan to have thirty-nine
mayors Of the state and the governor
visit Washington and plant forty
trees at the Lincoln Memorial, May
4, o. and D.
The Massachusetts Society will be
of trees at the Lincoln Memorial. 1t
will plant them 50 as to form an ap-
proach to the memorial that will be
known as Massachusetts avenue.
The program for the visitors, which
will be the largest event of it's kind
in Washington, will be Friday, May
6, the tree planting at noon, re
ception and luncheon to the visitors
by the various Washington business
associations, followed by a recep-
tion and ball at the New Willard:
President: calvary drill at Fort Myer
which will be followed by a banquet
and theater party. ON Sunday the
visitors will be entertained by a pri-
vate view of motion pictures dealing
With their activities from the time
they left Boston. a tour of the city
and suburbs will follow.
The present officers of the Mas ssa-
chusetts Society OF the District of
niger, president; George l.. Cain. vice
president: George A. Herman, secre-
tary. and Miss Harriet Cheney,
trea