Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

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Idaho will be the orator at the exer-
cises Memorial day at Battle Ground
National Cemetery at Brightwood. The
exercises will open with the sounding OF
assembly" at BIS o'clock by bugler
followed by the raising of the Stars and
Stripes and ssluting under the direction
of Capt. Herbert Turner.
The assemblage will sing 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" accompanied by the
Sd U. S. Cavalry Band, under the
leadership of Louis S. VasSel, after
which John M. Kline will read the or
ders of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. The band will render the Sc
lection, Operate Masterpiece" fol-
lowed by the introduction of DR.. Charles
" Petteys, past commander of the De-
partment of the Potomac, G. A. r., and
chairman of the exercises. by John
Clagett Proctor, vice chairman OF the
committee.
Elaborate Program.
Rev. Daniel L. Snyder will pronounce
the invocation, followed by the rend1-
ton of Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.
the Battle Ground Quartet, composed OF
Mrs. Thomas H. Mullenberg, Mrs. Will
liam w. Wallace, L. F. Randolph and
Edwin T. Boylen, accompanied by Harry
Wheaton Howard; recitation OF Ihe
Star Spangled Banner" by John. M
Kline. IT., Spanish War Veterans: duet,
Whispering Hope" by Mrs. Mullen
berg and Mrs. Wallace, and the recita-
ton of an original poem by John Clag-
EFT Proctor. After singing the selection
Beneath the Laurels," by the quar-
tet, Theodore Hardy will deliver Lin
coins Gettysburg Address" and l.. F.
Randolph will sing tenor solo, Just
Before the Battle, Mother"
Mr.. French will then be introduced
and at the conclusion of his address the
band will render Gems of Stephen Eos
ter and the school children will deco
rate the graves under the SUPERVISION
of Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr. The as
semblage will sing America; Rev. Will
liam L. Mayo will pronounce the bene-
diction at the flagstaff in the center OF
the cemetery grounds. Taps" Will be
sounded by bugler and the firing of
a salute will conclude the exercises.
The guests of honor will be Maj.
Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Engineer Com
missioner Col. William B. Ladue, Rep
resentative John C. Box, Maj. Gen.
John M. Glen, Capt. U. S. Daniels,
Mayor Ben G. Davis OF Takoma Park,
Md: Mai. Gen. Robert c. Davis, Dis
trict Commissioner Proctor L. Dough-
erty, Capt. Alonzo P, Fox, Senator Lynn
j. Frazier. Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd;
Prof. r. l.. Haycock, Col. Guy v. Henry,
Representative Ira G.. Hersey, Maj.
Gen. I. w. Ireland, Blair Lee, Maj. E.
Brooke Lee, Col. E. M. Markham, Rep
resentative Walter H. Newton, Theo-
dore w. Noyes, District Commissioner
Sidney F. Taliaferro, Brig. Gen. H. o.
Williams and Representative Frederick
N. Zihlman.
Petteys Is Chairman.
The G.. A. r. committee in charge of
the exercises is composed of DR.. Charles
v. Petteys, chairman; John Clagett
Proctor. vice chairman; DR.. ]. A. Bal
lard, Maj. Gen. John M. Glen, Fred
erick A. Dillon, DR.. Henry A. johnson,
John M. Kline, Capt. Frank Lockhead,
Col. John McElroy, Col. O. H. Oldroyd.
The executive committee is composed
of John Clagett Proctor, chairman:
Charles w. Ray. vice chairman: DR..
Charles E. Ralph, secretary; William
e. King. John M. Kline. Elmer john
son, Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr.; DR..
Charles v. Petteys. Washington Top
ham, Lucius F. Randolph and Harry
L. Slye.
The other committees for the exer-
cises are as follows:
Invitations-W. NICK. Clayton, chair
man; william M. Hannay, vice chair
man; l.. S. Cannon, George W. Chase,
Henry c. Clark, DR.. Guy S. Clinton,
DR.. George B. Heinecke, Fred L. Harries,
Herbert B. Hendrick, DR.. w. A. Hook
er, Hobart D. Lawson, r. D. Lille.
Frank j. Metcalf, Eugene Paravano,
S. c. Redman, Hugh E. Reppert, DR.. D.
boy
Stuart. H. T. Taft, Walter G. Whitney
Reception: Charles w. Ray, president
of the Brightwood Citizens Association,
chairman: E. B. Henderson, vice chair
man; William D. Wilson, secretary; DR..
r. S. BaSsler. Jesse Benjamin, Rev. F.
x. Bischoff, Thomas L. Blagden, Louis
d. Bliss, Mrs. Louis D. Bliss, Mai Carey
H. Brown, Col. Risley Brown, Henry L.
Bryan. L. B. Burdette, H. H. But
Ter, Allen c. Clark. Rev. Thomas
c. Clark, Arthur Colburn, Harry Gran
dali, George r. Dickson, Maj. w. w.
Dyar, Capt. Walter Emerson, Mrs. James
L. Evans, Mrs. Louis j. Fosse, DR.. c. C.
Galloway, B. A. Herman, M. H. Henri
man, Capt. Harry w. Hill. William c.
Hill, James F. Hood, William L. F. King,
w. A. Knoll, Rev. William E. LaRue,
Capt. C. P. M. Lord, w. w. Mathewson,
Charles E. Matthews. Mrs. Edgar B.
Merritt. Charles L. Mitchell, DR.. D. L.
Munger, Harry H. Nichols, r. w. w.
Owens. w. S. Parks. Lieut.. Col Barton
w. Perry, Wilmer G. Pratt, Ernest H.
Pullman. John H. Ray, H. E. Rogers,
E. G. Salisbury, Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
A. D. Spangler, H. G. Spencer, T. S.
Tincher, DR.. William Tindall. DR..
Thomas N. Vincent, Fred S. Walker
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, George Francis
Williams, Rev Christian M. Young and
o. w. Youngblood.
Finance Committee.
Finance-Elmer johnson, chairman;
r. T. Schriner, vice chairman: Allen
c. Haight, secretary: Charles Aufenthie.
]. C. Beard, William Bonar Bell Emile
Berliner, w. D. Brown, Herbert S.
Bryant, A. B. Caldwell, S. T. Cameron.
j. w. Carr, Charles B. Caywood, ]. Paul
Chauncey, Charles DietZ. John Joy
Edison, ]. L. Ergood, NJ D. Finch, Al
bert F. Fox, Albert S. Galley, George
Goodacre, Charles H. Cove, John Day
Green. Paul L. Grove, Robert N. Harper,
w. Charles Heitmuller, DR.. A. L. How
ard, Martin w. HySong, Thomas E.
FARRELL, Col. John o. johnson, Louis G..
Julihn, W. S. Kinney, Gregor Kramm,
Wilton j. Lambert, Henry B. Landgraf
Charles A. Langley, George w. Langley,