Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27

The District department council of
administration at its last meeting adopt
ed the red carnation symbol as the
standard to be placed on the graves OF
every Spanish War veteran in Arlington
National Cemetery and all other ceme-
teries in the District of Columbia on
Memorial day, and the Memorial day
committee was authorized to proceed
with ths manufacture Of Suf1cient
number necessary for the purpose. The
action was taken on report made by
Past Comdr. Andrew J. Kimmei.
comprehensive report of the pro-
ceedings of the national encampment
at Denver was made by the delegates at
large, A. Eugene Pierce, Charles Z. Cur
rier, George F. Cook and William Q.
Ohm.
Department Comdr. Nelson an
nounced he was in receipt of a letter
from Commandment in Chief Fred w.
Green requesting the Department of the
District OF Columbia to take charge Of
the Maine memorial exercises at Airing
ton February Is for the national head
quarters. This action is due to the
transferring of the annual Maine me-
mortal services from the District de-
partment to the national headquarters
by resolution at the national encamp-
ment at Denver last September
The purchase of number of rosters
of the Department of the Potomac,
Grand Army of the Republic, and as
ISOLATED organizations was authorized.
In cooperation with the District of
Columbia Federation for Patriotic OBJ
ServanCe, the District Spanish War Vet
Grams will celebrate Navy day by plac-
ing floral tribute and conducting serv-
ices at the mast Of the battleship Maine
in Arlington National Cemetery at 1890
O'Clock am, October %. All Spanish
War veterans are requested to attend
these services. Similar exercises will
be conducted at the east front of the
Navy Building, Seventeenth and B
streets northwest, at 1880 o'clock pm
on the same day by the Federation for
Patriotic Observance
The bylaws of the department were
ordered revised by the resolutions COM
mittee to conform to certain changes
made by the national encampment at
Denver and be submitted to the coun-
Gil OF administration for action and rec
concentration to the thirty-first annual
encampment of the District for APP
prevail.
Comdr. Nelson announced the ap-
pOintment OF number Of committees
which will be issued to the officers of
orders next week. The members of the
committees and the camps represented
follow:
Resolutions committee-Harry F. Pat
terson of the Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell
Camp. chairman: George v. McAlear,
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp; Victor E.
Watkins, Richard j. Harden Camp;
Samuel Hubacher, Col. James s. Petit
Camp; Ernest r. Graves, Gen. Henry
W. Lawton Camp. and Eugene coleman,
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp.
Memorial day committee-Charles w.
McCaffrey, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
chairman: Clarence A. Belknap and A.
Eugene Pierce, Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp: Louis Under and Walter H. Mo-
Ian, Richard j. Harden Camp; Charles
A. Strobel and Allen M. Russell Col
James s. Petit Camp; Ed ard Con-
nelly and Ernest r. Graves. Gen. Henry
w. LaWton Camp: James E. Byrne and
Thomas F. Donovan, Col. John Jacob
Aston Camp; Bernard S. Buscher and
Andrew j. Kimmel, Admiral George
Dewey Naval Camp, and Robert E. Wal
lace and Harry F. Patterson, Gen. NJ
Emmett Urell Camp.
Good and welfare committee-Jere A.
Costello, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
chairman: George v. McAlear and Jo-
seph Atwood, Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp: James E. Wilson and William E.
Rink. Richard j. Harden Camp; Edwin
j. Robb and Samuel Hubacher, Col.
James S. Petit Camp; James l.. Daw-
SON and Richard l.. Lamb, Gen. Henry
w. Lawton Camp; John d. Patton and
Oscar Feldser, Col John Jacob Aston
Camp: Arthur H. League and George
B. Parker. Admiral George Dewey
Naval Camp, and Samuel Silverman and
Ivan V. Conklin, Gen. NJ. Emmett Urell
Camp.
Committee on raising funds-James
c. Yaden, Gen. Henry w. Lawton Camp,
chairman: Jere A. Costello, Gen. Nell
son A. Miles Camp, and James A.