Evening star., 1936-09-19
c. A. R. VANGUARD.
BEGINS TO ARRIVE
FOR 10TH MEETING
Comdr. Nelson Greeted at
Station by Welcoming
Committee.
FIVE ALLIED GROUPS
WILL JOIN VETERANS
Memorial Services Are Planned
Tomorrow-Grand Review to
Be Held Wednesday.


Declaring himself "spry and ready
to co." 93-year-old Obey Nelson of
Slater, Iowa, commander in chief Of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
arrived in Washington today leading
here the vanguard of survivors OF the
Union armed host of 1861-65 to their
seventieth national encampment.
Comdr. Nelson and three members
OF his staff, all from Iowa, were well
coined at Union Station by a Civic
Committee headed by Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen and George w. Of
futt, chairman of the General Citi-
zens' Committee in charge of arrange
ments for the encampment.
Members of Nelson's party were
James w. Willett, judge advocate and
past commander in chief OF the G.
A. r., whose home is in Tama, Iowa !;
John P. Risley, adjutant general and
commander of the Department of
Iowa, from Des Moines; Mrs. Risley,
q national aide of the Woman's Relief
Corps, and j. C. Hanes, assistant ad-
jutant general, Department of Iowa.
Others in Welcoming Group.
The group was escorted to G. A. r.
headquarters, in the Mayfower Hotel,
by the welcoming group, which, in
addition to Hazen and Ofutt, in
cluded Thomas E. Lodge, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions; Joseph j. Malloy, immediate
past commander of the District De-
partment, American Legion; Robert
j. Cottrell, secretary of the Washing
ton Board of Trade, and Isaac Cans,
chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board.
The only event formally scheduled
for today was meeting of the direc-
tors of the Daughters of Union Veter-
ans of the Civil War at 1O:3U am. IN
the national headquarters, 1926 Eight
eenth street. Programs Of all six of the
simultaneous conventions will get un-
der way tomorrow with business ses-
sions beginning Monday. All six con-
venticls will continue through
Thursday.
Tomorrow special services will be
held at IL am. in many of the citys
churches in honor of the veterans and
the members of the allied organiza-
tions. Special patriotic services in
honor of the G. A. r. will be held in
Luther Place Memorial Church, Foun-
dry Methodist Church and Calvary
Baptist Church.
Various Groups to Meet.
At 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
there will be meeting of Federated
Patriotic Societies in the Chinese room
of the May1ower Hotel to be attended
by members of the Womans Relief
Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic, Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War and the Auxiliary to
the Sons of Union Veterans This will
be followed at $50 by banquet in
the same place for members Of these
four organizations.
The chief afternoon event of tomor-
row for the G. A. R. veterans will be
q special outdoor service in the Ma
tional Cathedral Amphitheater, Mount
st. Alban, at 3:45 o'clock. The service
will be attended by members of the
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Civil War.
All six organizations will join to-
morrow night at o'clock in annual
memorial services in the Government
Auditorium. Acting Secretary of War
Woodring will be the speaker.
To Hold Open House.
The Daughters of Union Veterans
will hold open house from 10 am. to
10 pm. tomorrow at national head
quarters on Eighteenth street.
At O'Clock tomorrow afternoon the
Daughters of Union Veterans will
dedicate a monument to the Grand
Army of the Republic at Fort Stevens,
Thirteenth and Quackenbos streets,
site of the only Civil War battle in
the District Of Columbia. The monu-
ment will be presented to the Federal
Government and will be accepted by
Arno B. Cammerer, director of the
National Parks Service. A musical
program will be provided by the 3rd
Cavalry Band from Fort Myer, Va.
The monument Is large bronze
tablet on mosaic base. It shows the
plan Of Fort Stevens as it existed dur
ing the war and is located on the spot
where President Lincoln stood under
enemy fire as the Confederate troops
OF Gen. Jubal Early were driven from
in front of the fort by troops of the
Union 9Th Corps, which arrived at
the critical moment from in front
of Richmond, Va, to reinforce home
defense organizations and armed con-
valescents from the military hospitals.
Will Make Pilgrimage.
Following the Fort Stevens cere-
mony, the Daughters will make a
at $3.50 pm. to the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldiers of the Civil
War in Arlington National Cemetery.
This pilgrimage will mar the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of dedication
of the tomb. Mrs. Agnes U. Boyce
of st. Paul, Mimi, national president
of the daughters, will direct the pro-
gram, assisted by E. Helen Temple,
past president of Ellen Spencer
Mussey Tent No. l of this city.
The encampment will reach climax
Wednesday morning, when the grand
review Of 1886 will be held on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. This may be the last
time the Grand Army of the Republic
will pass in review as an organization
on Pennsylvania avenue, where in
May, 1865, 10000 officers and men
of the Army of the Potomac and of
the combined Army of Tennessee and
Georgia passed in review before Presi-
dent johnson in what is considered
the greatest military pageant in
American history. The District public
schools will be closed that day.
Programs Of the Grand Army of the |
Republic and aff1liated organizations |
for tomorrow follow:
Grand Army Of the Republic.
II a.m.-Special Patriotic Services |
n Luther Place Memorial Church;
Methodist Church; Calvary |
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