Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1892, Page 6

‘THE EVENING ROGRAM OF EVENTS. Tateresting Occasions That Will De- mand General Attention. ENTERTAINMENTS TONIGHT. The Great Reception in the Rotanda of the Capitol—National Campre tn Judiciary Square—Several Corps Reunions at Grand Army Place. The detailed program of the events of each day is as follows: This Evening. Council of administration, Ebbitt, 7 e'clock; national reception to W. R C., Ladies of the G. A. R. and other organizations of pat- riotic women and the G. AR. at the rotunda of the Capitol by the ladies’ citizens’ committee, | 8:30 to 11:90. National campfire, Judictary Square. Campfire Sheridan Post, Congregational | Church, | Fourteenth corps, Grant tent; twenty-second corps, Meade tent; quartermasters, Thomas tent; twelfth corps, Sherman tent. TUESDAY, THE 20TH. Mérning —Grand parad Afternoon, 3 o’elock—National council of ad- | ministration, W. R. C., Ebbitt. Reunion sixteenth Connecticut regiment, 1907 | Pennsylvania avenue, 4 to 6. | Evening— Fireworks, monument grounds, 7 to § o'clock. Reception at Calumet Place, corner Clifton and 13th streets northwest. Mra. Logan. to the John A. Logan United States, the departments of | West, on B street south, and will continue the } W. RK. C. of Iitinois and others, #:30 to 11:39. Reception of the Department of the Poto- mac, W. RL C., A. R...W.R. C. and all hivsired organizations eet, $ to 1. National a, Grant eleventh Thomas teers, St I streets, Eighth ‘® Lutheran Church, 1th and I the ladies, W tional Chureh, 8-11 < Department of Massachusetts Ebbitt, 5 to &. spay, Tue 21st. Morning—Meeting of encampment at Al- bengh’s, 10 o'clock, convention of W. Kh. C., parade of the Union Veteran Un Bons of Veterans, followed tional encarnpment at Harris’ Th: tion army nurses, City Hall prisoners of war, City Hall. 10 +. m.; ., ard friends, Congrega- oy me conv Street Bapt h of Veterans. Foundry Church; Guards, Lemon building tent corps, Mea: reunion Veteran Signal ¢ Behool building. E« Sickles’ New York Stevens, Brigh | Convention army chaplains, Congregational | Chareh. 9:30. Afternoon Grant tent 12:30 to 3 p.m. second 30 to 6 p.m.. sixth corp th corps. Thomas tent: teenth corps, Sherman tent; seventh Meade tent. Concert by consolidated bands, Monument nds, 5:30. Parade of Pi reet and Fi ning — National jaare: campfire Departm: - R. C., Congregational Church: mal Ladies tel Randall, | Wimod wughsis, 1328 I street, reception to the erans, $ to 11: reception La- dies” Aid Association Aux : ee corps, « corps, serves from 1333 | Jndiciary the Potom: ion to | First corps. Grant tent: third corp + twenty-fith corps, Thomas tent, and Army of Kanawha, Sherman tent. TuURspay, Tar 22) Meeting of encampment, G. A. R. National encampment Union Veteran Union. Morning, 9 a.m. to 12 m. ational Ex-Prisoners’ Association, Thomas ten Grant tent; cavalry Army of Potomac, Meads tent; cavalry western armi erman tent; artillery. Sheridan t omer 0 war, Thomas tent. Kew atternoon, 12:30 to 3 p.m Grant tent; fifteenth corps, Sherman tent; thirteenth corps, Meade tent: nineteenth corps, ‘Thomas tent, and provisional corps, Army of Camberland, Sheridan tent. 3:90 to 6 p.m.—Army of the Tennessee, Grant tent; United States colored troops, west of the and east of the Mississippi, Meade tent. | i Reception to encampment at pen- | sion office by citizens’ committee. | National campfire, Judiciary Square. Reception to Michigan people, Elks’ Hall, 7 to Reception at Red Cross headquarters, corner Vith and F streets northwest, at $:30,to the sur- 7:30 p.m.—Ninth corps, Grant tent, FRIDAy, THE 23D. 9:30—Sons of Veterans, Grant tent. Excursion of Union Veterans’ Union to River View, where all-day campfire reunions will be Evening—-Reception tothe W. R. C.,Ladies of | the G. A. R., &c., by the ladies’ citizens’ com- mittee, Church, 8 o'clock. ONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS. ‘This evening—Reception Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Johnson, 114 5th street northeast, to sixteenth | regiment, New Hampshire volunteers. Obio Republican Association reception, head- quarters G. A. B. Hall, to Ohio people, 7: Secretary and Mrs. Noble and the ladies of the family will receive this evening, Wednes- oo Sto 7, and hope to see will en- visiting comrades at Army Club, Connecticut avenue and I | thence on B street north, turning into Pennsyl- | Yania avenue on the north side of the Peace | monument. Thence it will continue th | street north th | at 4th and B streets northeast. 7 ment of Vermont. Will form on Massachusetts | setts avenues. | avenue, on 3d | ment of Nebraska. Wiil form on C street | 2d a Mi THE GRAND PARADE. ‘The Order in Which It Will Form, March and Terminate. There have been parades before which have been called “big parades,” but none of them have deserved the title in such a di as the parade which starts from the neighborhood of the Capitol at 9:30 tomorrow morning. GENERAL ORDERS. The parade will be massed on the streets tadiating from the Capitol grounds, and in that vicinity, in the position and order as indicated in the following schedule: Guxenat Hrangvaatens. Grand Army Battalion of Albany. Comacaxpen-rN-Cutey. Junior Vico Commander-in-Chief. Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief. Oficial Staff of Commander-in-Chief. mp to Commander-in-Chief. Escort to the Grand Army. Firat Defenders. Sixth Massachueetts. U.S. Veteran Signal Association. The head of tho column will move at 9:30 m. from the corner of Ist and B streets south- march on Ist street east to B street porth, and march to 15th street, and by a right wheel into 15th street, then by left wheel into Pennsylvania enue, and thence past the reviewing stands to Washington Circle. THE FORMATION. ‘The formation will be as follows: Department of Ilinois, to follow general headquarters. Will form ‘on 434 street north- west between Maryland and Pennsylvania avenues and on Maine and Missouri avenues between 434 und 6th streets. Head of column at 45¢ street and Maryland avenue southwest. Department of Wisconsin, to follow the De- partment of Illinois. Will’ form on Sd street west between Maryland and Pennsylvania ave- nuesand on Maine and Missouri avenues be- tween $d and 434 streets. Head of column at Maryland avenue and 8d street southwest. Department of Pennaylvania,to follow Depart- ment of Wisconsin. Will form on south side of Maryland avenue southwest and on B, C and D streets and Virginia avenue, Carroll avenne and Canal street southwest and on Ist, 2d, 3d, 45g and 6th streets southwest, betwoen Marvianc and Virginia avennes southwest. column at Maryland avenue and Ist street | southwest. Department of Ohio, to follow the Depart- ment of Pennsylvania. Will form on South itol street, Delaware avenue and Cxnal street southwest and on C, Dand E atrecta southwest, between Sonth Capitol street and | Ist street wouthwest; also on Garfield square | West of Int street southeast. Head of column dB streets, of New York, to follow the De- Ohio. Will form on New Jersey €, D and Ivy streets south- ath Capitol and lat streets street southeast be partment avenue southeas! east of Ist street sonth- east: also on adj atreets between South and . inclusive, ceded, Head of column at New Jer~ e and B street southeast nt of Connecticut, to follow the : Will form on Ist B street and North and on Carroll, C and D t between Ist and 2d. Head of ni Ist streets southeart. tts, to follow the Will form on B h streets and | nd 6th streets southeast be- Head of column at B and Let | Department of Connecticut. street south -ast between Ist an on 2d, 3d, 41 tween Band I ast. | The department was organized in 1887. Head of | ——— STAR: WASHINGTON. ‘D. c. MONDA - Y. SEPTEMBER 19, 1892. DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA. Veterans From the Far South to Be in Line Tomorrow. ‘The George A. Custer Post, No. 1, of Ala- bama, the G. AR. post expected from that state, arrived today and are quartered at No. 914 12th street. The post is commanded by the Alabama vetorans, swelling their number to about a hundred. This post, thongh not large one, is remarkable in that its members, though natives of Alabama, fought for the Preservation of the Union. ‘WILLIAM SNYDER. William Snyder, commander of the Depart- ment of Alabama, is fifty-six years old, having | been born in Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa., August $1, 1896. At the breaking out of | the war he was living at Greoncastic. He en- listed in the one hundred and twenty-sixth rogiment Pennsylvania infantry and wus first | sergeant of company H. Having served his | term of enlistment he returned to Greencastle and engaged in business until 1887, when he | moved with his family to Birmingham, A where he has two sons in business. DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, Tt Wil Have a Representation campment. The Department of Arizona will also be rep- resented in the parade and tho encampment. Itnow includes nine poste, with a membership of 282. The officers are af follows: Edward Schwartz, commander; Geo. W. Sines, senior vice com- mander; J. Guthrie Savage, junior vice com- mander; Hicl Hale, chaplain; W. A. Hyde, medical director; Chas. Belden, assistant adju- tant general; John Gray, assistant quartermas- ter genoral; L. C. Hughes, judge advocate; W. F. Bradley, inspector; W. A. Rowe, chief aid- de-camp; James Wiley, chief mustering ofiicer. the En- DEPARTMENT COMMANDER SCHWARTZ. ——— Chambers, Cox, Pierce. Thomas, Shepherd, Farwell, Milton, Vincent and Judd. 4 A HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT. The Department of California, ranking tenth in seniority, effected its permanent organiza- tion and held its first annual encampment at San Francisco February 21, 1863. Its territo- rial limits now comprise the states of California and Nevada and the Sandwich Islands. For- merly n, Washington, Idaho and Arizona were attached to this nepartment and posts or ganized in each, but these have since or- ganized into separate Departments and the posts transferred. For several years after its organi- zation the department struggled for existence, and in 1877 it numbered but three posts with membership of less than 100. At this time the tide began to turn and increased interest was shown in the work of the order and gains began to be made. It now numbers 115 «6,295 members in good standing, representing nearly 2,000 regiments and batteries and 125 ships cn- gaged in the civil war, and every state and ter- ritory that furnished troops, while its disburse- menis in the way of charity compare favornbly With departments much stronger numerically than this one. Present officersare: J. B. ler, department commander; E. C. Seymour, senior vice commander; (. J. Boskowitz, Janiot vice commander; T. C. Masteller, asalstant ad- futant general; Engene Wiegand, assistant quartermaster general; Dy. P. J. Aiken, medi- cal director; Rev, A. B. Morrison, chaplain George A. Crali, inspector; J. M. Walling, judge advocate; A. W. Durrett, mustering offi- cer; George W. Suteliff, senior aid-de-camp. COLORADO AND WYOMING. A Far Western Department Which Has a Large Delegation Here, The Department of Colorado and Wyoming has a large delegation hore, with headquarters at the Hotel Oxford. The latch string is on the outside and the paseword 18 “Beans,” which will admit you into the jolliest crowd of Grand Army boys that you have met siuce “Jobnny came marching home.” i := GEN. JOUN C. KENNEDY OF COLORADO, Gen. John C. Kennedy, commander of the Departpont of Colorado aud Wyoming, is a native of Dlinois, having been born in Elkhorn | connty in that state in 1843. His early life was | t the age of seventeen he | villeAcademy,near bersburg, Pennsylvania, and was there when the war began. At the outbreak of the war ive | immediately returned to. his home in Illinois and enlisted as a private in the thirteenth [lli- nois cavalry, commonly known as Bell’ ment of Chicago, und passed by regular pro- motions to the command of company G in that | regiment, He participated in all the c paigns, expeditions and scouts of that famo: regiment, He was appointed oue of the twel assistant commissioners of patrol to assist Gen, Kilpatrick th of Gen, Kirby Smith, which was finally accomplished about the middle of August, 15 Cumden, Arkan- | E. Schwartz of Phenix, commander of the Department of Arizona, is a native of New York, having been born the 19th of February 1842. When President Lincom made his call | Department of New Jersey, to follow the De- partment of Massachusetts. Will form on East between Ist and 6th streets and h and 6th streets sontheact | Head of | column at East Capitol Department of Maine, to follow the Depart- | ment of New Jersey. Will form on A street theast between Ist and 3d. Head of column at A and Ist streets northeast. Department of California, to follow the De- | partment of . Will ‘form on A street | northeast between 34 and 5th. Head of column | at A and 3d streets northeast. Department of Rhode Island, to follow the Department of California. Will form on Mary land avenue northeast between Ist strect and | Stqgton square. Head of column at Maryland and Int street northeast. Department of New Hampshire, to follow the | Department of Rhode Island. Will form on B| t between 3d and 6th streets. Head of column on B street and Maryland ave- nue. ‘Department of Vermont. to follow the Depart- ment of New Hampshire. Will form on 4th street northeast between B street and Stanton s#quare—on the south side of Stanton square— and on 5th and 6th streets northeast between | ware and Bstreet. Head of column | | Department of Virginia, to follow the Depart- | avenue northeast between Sih street. Head of colum: corner of Stanton square. Department of Maryland, to follow the De- | partment of Virginia. Will form on C street | northeast between Stanton square and 9th | street and on 7th and 8th streets northeast be- | tween Band C. Head of cBlumuns on the south- east corner of Stanton square. Department of Nebraska, to follow the De- | partment of Maryland. Will form on 3d street northeast between Maryland and Massachu- | Head of column on Maryland | treet northeast. Department of Iowa, to follow the Depart- tanton square and | at the southeast | northeast between 3d street and Stanton square and on 4th, 5th and 6th streets north- east, between Staunton square and G street. Head of column at C and 3d streets northeast. Department of Michigan, to follow the De- partment of Iowa. Will form on 2d street north- east between Maryland avenue and G street and on D, E, F and G streets northeast between md 4th.’ Head of column at 2d street and -yland avenue northeast. (The following departments will form on streets occupied in the morning as ubove indi- cated and vacated.) Department of Indiana, to follow the Depart- ment of Michigan. Will form on Ist street south- west and B street south, between Ist street southwest and North Carolinaavenue southeast, Head of column at the Peace monument. Department of Colorado and Wyoming, to fol- low the Department of Indiana,” Will form on ‘ew Jersey avenue southeast between B and C streets southeast. Head of column at New Jer- ment of Colorado and W. jew Jersey avenue sout streets southeast. Head of column at New Jer- sey avenue and C street. Fver ile and L | national encampm« for 75,000 volunteers Mr. Schwartz promptly | offered his services, enlisting in the eighth New | York. His company was at once ordered to the front and fought in the first battle of Bull Run, After his three month enlistment had expired he re-enlisted in the fourth New York cavalry rerving with distinction until the close of the war. Mr. Schwartz entered the army as a common soldier, but was pro- | moted for gallantry on the field to major, captain, and when = mustered ont in 1865 was the major of the company. Several years after the close of the war Mr. | Schwartz went west, eventually settling in Phenix. He was a delegate to the first t of the G. A. R., and wi elected junior vice commander of Arizona. ‘Two years ago be was elected department com- | mander and was re-elected at the last depart- | ment encampment. Mr. Schwartz is the city recorder of Phenix. DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. A Good Representation From the Pacific Coast—Ihe California Delegation. The California delegation Rrrived yesterday morning by way of the Baltimore and Ohio. It came along way, stopping en route at Salt Lake City, where it was handsomely entertained by the Loyal Legion, and resting a few hoursin Denver. The delegation is thirty strong, and is accompanied by twenty-seven guests, in- cluding representatives of the W. R. C. and Woman's G. A. R. of California, It was decided at the state encampment held in April to send delegates to this encampment without regard to posts, and the delegation is called the Culi- fornia delegation without regard to the posts to which the delegates belong. The badge is a handsome silk ribbon of old gold, with fac- simile of the big tree Wawona stamped thereon. A metallic bear serves as a pin to hold it on. Department Commander J. B. Fuller of Cal- ifornia has long been identified with the Grand Army. He has been junior vice de- partment commander, was an aid-de-camp on Gen. Alger’s staff and was delegate at large at the Detroit encampment, His army service is aconspicuous one. At tho first call for troops in April, ‘61, he applied for permission to raise a battery of six guns, but received word, “No artillery wanted.” He again applied, and in two days after received word to go ahead, | ested to a consider: sax, In the latter part of 1865 he was mustered | out with his company and regiment at Spring- field, Nhnoi Returning to the home of his childhood, he engazed in merchandising and | the manufacturing of floar, with his prineip: office at St. Louis, Mo., in’ which business he contmued until 1490, when, owing to the health of his wife, he removed to the state of Colorado, since which time he has been engaged in th newspaper and publishing business and iuter- ble extent in mining. At present he is the adjutan® general of tho state of Colorado, He was commander of a post of e G.A. R. in 1866, known cs Elkhorn Encamp- ment. He was one of the early members of Frank P. Blair Post. No. 1, Department of M xouri, and was transferred from that post to A. Lincoln. Post, No. 4, Department of Colorado and Wyoming. From that post he was given a transfer for the purpose of organizing Farragut Post, No. 46, of that department, and was its first commander, 66 he was a member of the council of tration of the Department of Colorado nd Wyoming, and two years later he was a dclegate to the national encampment. In 1889 he way elected senior vice commander of that department and im 1892 was elected commander of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming. JONN L. HANDLEY, John L, Handley, assistant quartermaster general of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming, G. A. R., was born in Sheffield, Eng., and bronght to this country whe He was brought up in souther studied nfedi which position and ay acting awistant surgeon he remained until the end of the war and was honorably dis- charged in July, 1865, when he returned to Wayne county, Illinois, and resumed the practice of medicine, ‘In 1868 ke was elected clerk of the Wayne county circuit court and re-elected in 1872. After 1876 he was appointed master in chancery of Wayue county. which position he held until the health of ‘his family required a change of climate. In 1887 he removed to Denver, Colo.. where he occupied the position of superintendent of carriers in the post office. He 1s now lieutenant of the health department and has control of the sanitary condition of the city. He has been twice elected commander of Reno Post, No. 39, G. A. R., and at the last de- partment encampment was appointed assistant uartermaster general of the department by mn. John C. Kennedy, department comman- Tr. The Department of Colorado and Wyoming embraces more territory perhaps than any one department in the Union, and was originally led the Department of the Mountains, Dr. B. F. Bancroft of Denver was the first depart- ment commander. In 1882 the name of the de- partment was changed to Colorado and in 1890 was in changed to its present title, Colorado and Wyoming. There arg now eighty-threo posts in the de- partment with a total membership of 3,000 com- fades, reprosenting every state in the Union, almost every nation in the world and every battle of the late war, whether fought upon the land or upon the sea.’ ‘The reports just in show ‘an increase of 106 members during the first half of the preseat year. The lange number of old soldiers who go from the east to the west in quest of health and wealth and fail in both make tho demand upon the relief fund of this ing and from Stone river to where his battery lost fiv department very heavy; but with the assistance of that noble organization, the Woman's Relief , all worthy calls are promptly m department was honored with the na- tional encampment in 1883, it being held in | enough mi | THE corps i 'NIONS, Exercises in Grand “Army Place. More interesting to veterans than any other feature in the encampment program will be the reunions that have been planned to take place the veterans have had much trouble in finding comrades who served with them during the war. Once ina while men from the same regi- ment would accidentally stumble across each other, but there was no effort made to bring them together. {Wobn McElroy, chairman of the committee on Teunions, Las worked incewantly, assisted by an energetic corps of equally enthusiastic veter- ans. Their efforts have resulted in transform- ing the ellipse into one of the most in- teresting camps ever established. The work has been systematiéaily done, and so simp any one can understand the arrangements, The army corpsare divided into four grand sectious—the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the James. For the ngval reunions there is the Kearsarge, now almost completo and so much like a United States old- time man-of-war that no one who is acquainted with the grounding proc! is at all surprised to see her high and dry on the grave. Mark large tents union “meetings will In the center of what will after Monday be rand Army Place is the hage flagstaff, sur- rounded by the platform from which speech will be made on Monday. rmal_reuzons in big re- te Lot, In previous encampments | ‘Yo supply this deficiency Maj, } ten are already taking place, but real busthess will ypt open up until Monday. Here is the pro- tam for the week: pode: -ptember 19, 7:30 p.m.—Fourteenth corps, Grant tent; twenty-recond corps, Meade [ tent: quartermasters, Thomas tent; eleventh, twelfth and twentieth corps, Tuesday, September 20. 7:20 p.m. armies of West Virginia, Gr. Ids’ division, Meade tent; Sherman tent; teenth corps, Thomas tent. Wednesday, September 21, 9 to 11:30 a.m.— corps, Grant tent; tenth corps, Thomas tent; eighteenth corps, Sherman tent; twen third corps, Meade tent; engineers, Sheridan it. ‘12:30 to 8 p.m.—Secona corps, Grand tent. 8:30 to G6 p.m.—Sixth corps, Grant tent; twenty-fourth corps, Thomas tent; seventeenth © Sherman tent; seventh corps, Meade a - 1:30 p.m.—First corps, Grant tent; third Corps, Meade tent; twenty-fifth corps, Thomas tent» Army of Kanawha, Sherman tet. Tharsday, September 22, 9am. to 12 m.— Fifth cory t tent; cavalry Army of the Potomac, Meade tent; cavalry western armies, |Sherman tent; artillery, Sheridan tent, and | prisoners cf war, Thomas tent, 33:80 to 3 p.m.—Army of the James, Grant tent; fifteenth corps, Sherman tent; thirteenth cofpe, Meade tent; nineteenth corps, Thomas tent, and provisional corps, Army of the Cum- | berland, Sheridan tent, | 3:80 to 6 p.m.—Army of the Tennessee, Grant | tent; United States colored troops west of the | Alleganics and east of the Mississippi, Meade | tent. | Ninth corps, Grant tent. day, September 23, 9:30 a.m.—Sons of Illinois infantry, in March, 1862, and partici- pated in the eampnign under Gen, Pope, which resulted in the capture of New Madrid, Island No 10. and Tiptonviile, where ut the latter place the tenth and +ixteenth Illinois regi- ments captured 6.000 rebels and hed barely to guard them after the capturi He took part in the advance on Corinth, in the fight at Farmington, Miss, and other ekirm- ishos and aswults ‘which led up to the final evacuation of Corinth by Beauregard. He was at Nashville, Tenn.. during the time that Bragg ard Buell were making their raid up into Ken- tucky. The Department of Florida. The Department of Florida was organized at Pensacola June 19, 1884, all posts in the state, wen in number, being represented. F. Wicker was elected department commander, but he was not in the state at the time and failed to qualify. On December 4, in compliance with instruc- tions from national headquarters, the senior vice department commander assumed command and convened the council of administration to meet December 15, At this meeting T. 8. Wil- marth was elected to fill the unexpired term. In 1885 Comrade Wilmarth was re-elected. In 1886 G. H. Norton was elected department com- mander and was followed by E. W. Henck, Wm. James, J. W. V. R. Plummer, F.8. Goodrich, J. H. Welsh and J. Do V. Hazzard, the prosent commander. The dqpartment has twenty-two posts and over 500 members. Some Well-Known Commanders. D. F. WYATT OF OKLAHOMA, D. F. Wyatt, commander of the Department of Ukluboma, claims Ohio as his native state, having been born on a farm near Amesviile, Athens county, Ohio, October 11, 1838, There he lived until August 12, 1861, when he en- isted at Marietta. Ohio, in company B, t ixth regiment of infantry, Ohio volunteers, under Col. George Crook. He participated in all skirmishes and battles which bis regiment was il throughout West Virginia, during the first year, then the regiment was ordered east, where he was ever to the front iu the hotly contested battles of Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, where he was shot through hi right arm; he was, then taken to Columb: College Hospital, thiv city, where he was dis- charged two months later. ‘The commander then went back to Ohio, where he finixhed his education, He removed to Topeka, Kan., m 1879, where he served as city weigh master and deputy U.S. marshal ‘until 1889, wheu he was sent to Kingfisher be- fore the opening of Oklahoma as deputy U. 8. marshal. He was the first sheriff of Kingfisher county ands now deputy U. 8. marshal. He orga: ed the first Sunday school in Kingfisher. also as instrumental in organizing the first G. A. A, post at that place, was elected com- mander of the Kingfisher Post one year azo and raised the membership from 60 to 171 in that time. ‘He was elected department commander May 20, 1892, aud since his election has mustered cight new posts, Col, d it Dol, Wyatt is energetic in the eause, old soldier ever asked of him a favor empty away. He feels proud that be helped inion and the flag, though it did cost him the use of his right urm. Denver. The campfires throughout the de- partment are burning brightly, the spirit patriotism grows warmer with the advanci years, while fidelity to the three great prin ples ‘on which the order rests—fraternity, charity and loyalty—is unfall present department commander, Gen. sh capable leader ‘and « county, Ark.. upon which be lived until he was elected and inaugurated governor of that state | in 1808, In 1871 he was chdsen United States | Senator for the term of #ix yeurs, at the ex- Piration of which time he took up his resi- | dence in Little Rock. where he lived until 1882, when he moved to Eureka Springs, THE DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA. It WiN Present the Old Andersonville Prison Grounds to the Encampment. The Department of Georgia was formed in 1888 by order of Gen. Warner, then commander- in-chief, G. A. R., by special order No. 6, dated Kanens City, Mo., December 11, 1833, By request of six posts, which were then at- tached tothe Department of Tennessee and Georgia, Comrade A. E. Sholes of Augusta, Ga., was appointed provisional commander of the Department of Georgia and Alabama. On Jan- uary 25, 1889, at Atlanta, Ga., the first encamp- ment was held and the following officers were elected: Comrade Gen. John R. Lewis, depart- ment commander; Comrade A. E. Sholes, senior vicecommander; Comrade David Porter, junior vice commander. The department consisted of fix posts, numbering 212 members. In this department there are nearly 40,000 Union dead, distributed in the national cemeteries at Mai Andersonville, , Beaufort, 8. C., and Florence, 8. C. THOMAS F. GLEASON OF GronatA. The Department of Georgia is presided over by Commander Thomas F. Gleason. Com-| mander Gicason was born at Albany, New York, im 1845, and was one of five brothers who wore the bine. At the tender age of seventeen years Commander Gleason enlisted at Albany in de- fense of the old flag, entering the army asa private in company C, twenty-fifth New York volunteers (second three months’ term), on the Slat of May, 1862, On the Sth of the following September ‘he was discharged as regimental it, In less than one week's time he had again offered his life and services in behalf of is country, re-enlisting September 13, 1962. a8 a sergennt of company C, one hun- dred and seventy-fifth regiment New York vol- unteers. He served with his regiment until discharged on the field at Cedar Creek, Va.. on a surgeon's certificate of disability. When dis- nder Gleason had reached the jieutenant and acting adjutant. He was a modest, brave soldier, obesed ali orders, promptls performing whatever duty be was calle’ upon to do. and is ready to go forth again in defense of his country whenever the necessity arises, Commander Gleason is an active G. A. R. man and was ono of the cha ter members of W. 8. Hancock Post. No. Savaunab, Ga,, organized there in 1836. Served as post commander in 1887, 1888 and 1889, and ws assistant adjutant genrral of the Depart- ment of Georgia during 1890 and 1891, He was alvoa member of the national council of ad- ministration during 1891. Commander Glea- son as department commander has been most energetic in his duties and expects to increase the membership of his department at least 200 daring his term. ‘As has been announced in Tue Stan, it is the intention of the department commander to pre- sent to this national encampment the Anderson- ville prixon pen property, wh ch was purchased by the Department of Georgia from moneys re- eoldiers of 1861 to 1865, ceived fromthe old with the hope that each state will erect a monu- ment cn the grounds in memory ‘of those who died for the preservation of the Union. ‘The officers of the department are as follows: ‘Thomas: F. Gleason, commander; James O. Ladd, senior vice commander; Willian iH. Kim- ball, junior vice commander; Geo. H. Stone, M. Di, "duedical direotors Win, Pease, Heury Burns. ass't adjutant general; A. age't quartermaster general; R. E. tor: Inge Beckett, judge advocate; -Rich- W. White; chief mustering officer. ASSIST. ADJUTANT GENERAL BURNS, ‘When Ass’t Adj't Gen. Burns was asked for a sketch of himself he enid: “I wore the blue chirt of the navy and served inn, rst | Hes VESUVIUS AND DOLPHIN. ‘Two Vessels Reach the Navy Yard and Are Viewed by Thousands, The navy yard is a Mecca to the tourist even at normal times. Just now, bowover, the yard is black and blocked with hmankind. A living current surges through the gates ail day. The gate guards estimate that five thousand visitors did the yard yesterday and the tide of People still rising. High water mark has not been reached. Museum, gun and gun carriage shops. relic weapons, forge shop, rolling mill, Shell foundry, ship house, training ship Dale | are all open and thronged with sightseers, THE VESUVIUS ARRIVES. e The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius was sighted over the Buena Vista tree tops at 2:40 yeater- day, and steamed safely along the crooked and lumpy channel and made dock at 3 o'clock. Her arrival was the signal for an ovation, Every nook and cranny of the graceful, gallant craft was soon crowded. The officers’ quarters were inquired into and their personal affairs shared the fate of the quarters. ‘The crew patiently questions, Her trip up was witho Of note. navigated by char., Schrveder the bed of infringed upon at any poir Her officers are as follows: Captain, Lieut, Seaton Schroeder; executive officer, Lieut. G h officers, Lieut. H. M. Dom- Hubbard: Chief En- argeon W. C. Braisted, Crow consists of sixty-four men. WHAT THE VESUVIUS Is. Tho Vesuvius is a torpedo boat, and when @ full head of steam. can make about twenty-one miles on hour, the average speed of an accommodation train. The length of the vessel over all is 252 feet 4 inches; breadth, 26 inch 7 14 feet 1 displacement, is armed with guns of 10% feet 5 inches; depth, mean draught, 9 fe tous. The Vesuvius pneumatic dynamite caliber. ee inch These guns throw shells containing 200 pounds of dynamite a distance of more than a mile, and each gun is capable of being charged once intwominutes. The cargoof pro- jectiles consists of ten for cach gun. Torpedoes THE DOL PHIN. | cas be red at any range between 200 yards and fone mile by varying the amount of compressed air pumped into reservoirs. guns are fixed so that to sight them on any object | the ship must be turned, butas she bas twin | screws this is easily accomplished. To insure the safety of the crow while handling the thetix and while loading aud firing the gune « light protective deck has been built. Each of | the guns ts fifty-four feet long and they are lo- | ented by side on the forward part of the vessel. Shells fired from them have fuses which ignite which ignites on being wet, explodes after the shell sinks below the surface of the water. In addition to the torpedo guns | the Vesuvius bas a power(ul secondary | consisting of two three-poundors, one punder, two revolving cannon and two Gat- fogs. Motive power is furnished by two triple expansion engines, developing 2,300 indicated horse power. | ARRIVAL OF THE DOLPHIN. | The dispatch steamer Dolphin, in command of Lieut. Buckinhorn, is up. She hung in the Eastern branch channel off Poplar Point a ebb je yesterday and got off at flood. She «tuck twelve feet of water, Her trip was without ident. She is being visited by thousands. A DISPATCR BOAT. The Dolphin is not much of @ terror in the way of @ warship, as modern warships go, but sho is a serviceable and useful vessel. She bas made one trip around the world, and has carried the flag with credit into many distant waters, She made this trip to refute the statement | that she was structurally weak, and succeeded in demonstrating & com The Dolphin built-at Kone! wer all is 265, Her armament consists of two 4-incls breoch- loading rifles, two 6-pounder rapid-fire guns and four revolving cannons. Her crew com- | Prixes ten officers, eighty men and eighteen ap- | prentices, She ‘was built for a dispatch boat and is now used by the Secretary of the Navy in his formal and official visite to navy yards and upon the occasion of naval reviews and satherin, SHOOTING STAKS. THE PROCESSION. As mighty and resistiess flows The ocean, vast and blue, The mighty sea of veterans gocs Along the avenue. Thongh roughly were its currents cast Where storms swept far and wide, The Ship of State rides calm at last On its majestic tide. “He doesn’t secm to have much energy.” No; but he did one good for his country during the war.” Vhy, he wasn't a soldier.” “That's it. He didn’t getin the men’s way when thoy were fighting. mat crown. “Father,” said the little boy as he gazed at the crowd, “are there people underneath us on the other side of the world?” es.” Yell, I'll bet they will be around here kick- ing pretty soon because the world’s getting top- ela] “Yoh kain’t allas jedge @ man’s achiove- ments,” eaid Uncle Eben, “by de "mount ob noise he makes erbout ‘em. De cannon ain’ makin’ er soun’ now, but de bess drum am jes’ ez talkative as eber.” “Comrades,” in its song form, though* very numerous, hides its diminished head in the presence of this great G. A. R. occasion. A red nose, white features and a general case of blues in the morning do not constitute ap- propriate patriotic decorations. The man who sighed, “Oh, for s lodge in some vast wilderness,” had probably had some dificulty about slseping accommodations dur- ing a G. A. R. encampment. The following was overheard on a cable car: “My young friend, you don’t eeem to have much regard for age,” was the remark of an old gentleman without a seat to » youngster with one. “You wouldn't sit in a car and let your father | stand beside you, would you?” “Betcher life I would’t. I ain't ridin’ in no car with ghosts.” Tam the Stars and Stripes! Whoop! There have been. other stars, While the assortment of multi-colored stripes That antedate my day Is more than man can number; ‘Yet they are not in it With me. Tam a patriotic paradox: Within the range of common vision, Yet there are those who say T'm “out of sight.” Mars bas been running a Stellar monopoly for some moons past But now he fails to draw ‘And every eyo (Including some that eannot see) Is turned in my direction. The “vet” who gazes on my face today when He gazed at me some thirty years ago, But be who looks at my blue field in anger Had best beware! Perhaps he'l. see more stars ‘Than old Copernicus or Tycho Brabe e'er sa in visions— Can count a greater aggregate of stars than ‘Mock and modest nations shall Inherit all the earth; But that will be at least @ year or two Bevond the time When my estate shal?be Administered upon. Tam the Stars and Stripes! Whoop! SOCIAL MATTERS. | Mrs, Jno. D. L. Sheehan has returned after e | three weeks’ visit to her ts, Mr.and Mrs KH. Kingsley, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Mrs. M. D. Lincoln (“Beasie Beech”) will be at home on Wednesday evening from § to 7. Mr. Zohn W, Hutchinson, of the famous + Hutchinson family: Walker Ki . “Tenting | Tonight of the Old Com "and Miss Elia Kirk, daughter of Capt. Kirk of the fourth New York heavy artillery, will «ing during the evening. | Misses Carrie and Rosalie Schwars left for Chicago and Milwaukee for the winter to visit their grandparents and aunts, Mrs. Isaac Cutter of Boston is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.J. Harrower,of 1858 Corcoran street. Mr. J. J. Harrower and family of 1853 Cor- | coran street have returned from e visit to Mas sachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Wood of Atlanta are guests of Mrs. 8. E. Chandler, 213 Ostrect southeast. Mra. Lecoington of San Francisco is @ guest | of Mrs. M. D. Lincoln. Beside being a grest traveler and a gifted writer, she is one of the two women who are the largest fruit growers in the world. | Miss McDermott has returned home afters | delightful trip to New York, Boston and Phile- delphia. Mr. E. L. Saxton of Boston is spending «few days with his parents in this city. | Ex-Prosident RB. Hayes is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stead. Mrs. Gen. Charles Ewing has returned to her home, 220 I street. | Miss Bertha Frank of Helena, Mont,, ts visit- | ing Miss Edith A. Street of 1417 6th street north- west. Misses Flora and Maude Shinn returned yes- terday from their eummer sojourn in Weet Vir- ginia, accompanied by Mise Mattie Cochran, who will remain with them for some time, mic aa Not « Nuisance. To the Raitor of The Evenine Star You are eometimes imposed upon by conett- tutional grumblers, to the very great detriment and annoyance of the District government, and particularly so to the overwrought officials at this particular seasqp. This was palpably the case in a false complaint of negligence by the health department relative to nuisance (?) on lote at the corner of F and 224 streets north- | west. Every item in the charge was pably false—no dumping as stated, as the sre several feat higher than the sidewalk, there fore imy ic to vehicle dumpage, weeds might be thought unsighty, Dut they were odors as stated, wholly void of such Dr. Avexe. Dowpam FOR THE G. A. BR. A Handsome Souvenir Cane to Be Found for Sale at Most of the Stores, ‘This cane is made of malachi, -”