Evening star., 1923-02-06
BAY STATE SOCIETY
PLANS2 BIG NIGHTS
Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. to Be Honored
Thursday Evening.
CITY EXECUTIVES COMING
Governors and Mayors Will Hold
Forth Here on
May 4.

"Army-Navy- Marine night" will bt
observed Thursday evening at the
New Willard Hotel by the Massachu.
setts Society of Washington, wher
members of the three branches OF
the service will be guests of honor OF
the society. The program will be IL
charge of George l.. Cain, vice presi.
dent of the society, and chairman ot
the entertainment committee.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. S. a.
retired, and Brig. Gen. Edward p
King, u. S. A., will represent the
Army; Capt. Ernest l.. Bennett, L. S
n. and Capt Pleadwell, U. S. n, will
represent tho Navy, and Brig. Gen
Charles L. McCawley will represen,
the Marine Corps. All are natives OF
the Bay state.
Mayors Night Coming.
Nearly 1000 natives of Niassachu
setts living in the District are expect.
ed TO attend the event. the first OF
two big social functions to be held
this year by the Massachusetts, So
ciety The second will be the
Mayors night" reception at the Will
lard on the night of May 4. when the
Governor of Massachusetts and the
mayors of the thirty-nine chief cities
OF the state will be in attendance.
The meeting Thursday night will
be opened with an orchestra selec-
ton, following which Ross Farrar
soloist at the National Cathedral, will
sing Sanderson's Until"
Gen. Miles to Speak.
Gen. Miles will deliver an address
Remembrance, Massachusetts. MY
Homeland" The state song. "hfassa.
,hINc
be sung by the audience, following
which Miss Alice s. Morse will give
a reading. Mr.. Farrar will sing
Dawn" by Curran, and tho program
Will be closed with the singing OF
America" by the audience. Dancing
VIII follow the reception and enter.
tainment program.
Trees to BE Planted.
The reception to the Governor and
will be- one of the biggest events OF
its kind in the history OF the Ma
ttonal Capital, it is expected, the re-
ception forming part of the general
tree. planting at the Lincoln Me-
mortal.
The office Of public buildings and
grounds has assigned site TO the
Massachusetts SocietA on one of the
approaches to the memorial and there
the trees will be planted by the gov
erllor ana the mayors, each tree tC
be marked with a memorial
The governor and mayors are expect
ed to arrive on the morning of May 4
and, following a reception at Union sta
ton, will be conveyed to the Lincoln
Memorial, where the trees will be plant
ed at noon. Business organizations OF
the city will later entertain the guests
at luncheon.
The formal reception will be at Sis
o'clock at the New Willard Hotel on the
night Of May 4. The next day Presi-
dent Harding is to receive the visitors
following which they will witness a
cavalry drill at Fort Myer. A banquet
will be held in the evening.
VIII Go to Movies.
The next day a private showing will
be made of motion pictures taken of
the activities of the guests. A tour OF
the city will complete the program.
The tree planting will be conducted
with the cooperation of the American
Tree Association. The planting here
will be in effect an Arbor day cele-
bration.
Representative Frank w. Dallinger OF
Massachusetts, Is the president OF the
Massachusetts, Society; George A. Her
nan is secretary; George L. Cain, vice
president, and Miss Harriet NJ. Cheney,
treasurer.