Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1892, Page 1

a THE EVENING STAR PUBLIHED PALLY, LXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. TROL Penssyivania Avenue, corner Lith St. by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. & RA MANN, Pres’t, Mew York ifice a) Potter B ding, Che Ge A: mail soeer'ptons monet be paid in advance Rates of advertiene cate inown et appli-ation. Vo. 81, No 20,371. pening Star, WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1892. 1/9 the nineteenth Ubi held «4 business mea) owing and reunion at Senator Manderson’s (| vouse and elected him president of the associa- On their appearance in the tent they were sreeted with cheer after cheer. A} A MTED! HOW UY, “4 c7\ wien that word rag 1 {means to men who| : a iq Cer fuere closely axso- | 7] “Ky ‘cinted in times of Y peril and who sepa- Jeers ago to meet again y for the fist | ime, men who marched by side, who wat | eroand blazing mparative com- | fort or under a the rain ex-| changing domes who the new baby resembled most: who shared the teothsome products of foraging expeditions | @r went hungry together; who t wide by Side, who doctored each others’ little ailments, who encouraged each other on the skirmish line, who jostied elbows in the charge: or who oceu- pied adjacent cote in the hospital. During all the years that have elapsed since the clove of the war there has been no such great gathering Of veterans as is now in progress here, co the opportunities for reunion have necessarily been limited, but at mpmant every induce- ment and arrange has been made to bring the soldiers and sailors and marines into touch with their fellow fighters of thirty years A spacious park has been set apart for their use and around its edge ure tents enough to ac- ¢ommodate all who will use them. In the central space is the working model, full size, of the 1. Marion T. Anderson called the meeting to order and introduced Gen. David Stanley, who made a brief speech and was very warmly received. Col. Anderson then introduced Senator Man- derson and invited the color bearers to bring the battle fags upon the stand. Senator Ma: derson gave the commund and the color guard | marched to the stand with the battle flags, the crowd cheering as they advanced. Before the ussemblage was called to order there .| "ana loud report down by the monument and the heavens were vivid with a glow of red. roe minutes later there was but one man in the tent and he was straightening up the chairs on the platform. The rest had gone to view the freworks. ON THE KEARSARGE. Old Salte Entertatn Some Distinguished Company. This was naval day on board the Kearsarge and only old talts with their wives were al- lowed the freedom of the decks. Four bella! and the nor'east gale prompted “ Michael to ‘bring her to” and east auchor with | starboard side to the blow. Jack Tars are ac- customed to watery spray and the lively drip didn't prevent them from swarming over the sides of the black hulk, like pirates boarding a prize. The quarter deck and main deck were full manned with a voluntary crew in short order and meanwhile “Admiral” Osmun called for volunteers to spread the main deck and side canvas. The crew needed no piping to “splice the main brace” in accomplishing this, probably out of deference to the ladies and the Marine | band, which ascended tho taffrail and ensconced | itself under the canvas aft, ready to render the best in its musical repertoire. The nor'éaster was “so damp that the ‘scuttle butte” lost | none of their contents, although Potomac water was their only attraction, and Jack waited until | | “8 bell” on dry land before looking after the | signal piping aft to splice the ‘‘main brace,” | which, being interpreted, means an unlimited | quantity of sailor grog. It was announced that the President and cabinet would be abonrd at 7 bells or 11:80, 80 Volunteers were again talled for to man the de- stroyers aft the fo'castle, to cast loose the star- board and port batteries and fire a salute of forty-two guns while the distinguished visitors of the morning wore coming up the starboard Grewas. Seth B. Kinney, an old sailor of the issiasippi squadron of war days, was assigned Kearsarge. Here the shell-backs are meeting nd greeting, enjoying themselves as they never did before. Many that they and hundreds of their « together for the last time on earth @njoying the rounton featare to the full. THE TWENTY-THIED COKrS. Gen. Schofield Elected Chairman at the Meeting this Moraing. Mende tent was crowded this mo: “reunion of the twenty-third army corps, and the meeting was a success in every way. The epeakers were all bright and at times thrilling, end several times rousing cheers were given Shen some favorite speaker or tori: mas an-| familie to Chop i ke Bounced. Those who made speeches were! He i jourth corps Gena. Styles, Heslenon, Foster (who pre-| Fialmost the history of the rebellion, and, sided), Schofield, Clinton, Col. Jas. Brownlow, | *ithout reviewing that hixtory, be wroused his 7 | hearers by asking thera if they remembered Judge Temple and Gen. Brady. Gen. Spauid-| this and that and the other victory, touch- While Senator Manderson spoke the color guard stood behind him with the tattered em- biems of many a great victory. Theassemblage simply went wild with enthusiasm. Waen the cheering had partly died away Senator Mander- | son marle a speech full of eloquence, awakening | the enthusiasm of his hearers by references is at the ing and “Doc” Williams told humorous! ing upon the brilliant achievements Stories. Mrs. Sherwood brought a message from |0f the corps. He asked them if ber busband, colonel of hy i | they remembered this and that _privation, @leventh Obio. and Mise Eliz | the tight places they were in, the suffering they Irving of Ohiv recited » poem wr | brave deeds performed and the glori- Bherwood. Gen. schotieid to bis howe and partment between 10 and 12 wees. np dor oe putcome of their cournge. Speaking of a: the War De- (heir officers who had won fame here and there | m. any day this | nd everywhere that great fighting was done, he To. | awoke ani enthusiasm that made the tent poles he unfurling of the old battle flags vith three cheers and a tiger. | es of Gen. O. O. Howard, Gen. Rosecrans, Gen. Thomas and Gen. received with cheer on cheer. GEN. WHIPPLE. Senator Manderson was followed by Gen. Whipple, assistant adjutant of Gen. Thomas’ staff, who made but a brief speech of greeting | to the com! of the fourth corps, and was | given a warm wi | Gen. Gib mm a . the tall and lank, rough Idier, whom every one seemed und whose red, white and blue elo- | et with a cordial response. GEN. SCHOFIELD Gen. Schofield was introduced, not as a mem- ber of the fourth, but as one asociated with them. He congratulated the old veterans on here and on the success of their grand s, which he said was one of the greatest | sin the history of the country since grand review at the close of war. The country owed them much. | They had performed (heir duty well, saving the | nation from dissolution,but their services would | not now be atanend if there were need for | them in arms. If this country should be as-| ed it would be these old veterans upon whom the would depend for ber defense. They would be in the front line. The cali for them would come one day, and they would form an organized army the next day. They needed no i nections, no drilling. It would all come back to them. eonstitutic eur vier vente! t ing aed fiver nak ng. nts for states: T low; Kentucky, ( Chas. Hi.” ¥ Henderson; Michigan, & lay Ohio, Gen, J. D. Cox: M Gol A. B. Nettleton; New York, Hon. M: Curtis. Historian, J. Fraise Richards of Ohio. GEN. 0. 0. HOWARD, Gen. 0. O. Howard appeared on the platform shortly after Gen. Schofield finished his speech. “Howard! Howard! Howard!” was the ery ept up until he came forward to speak. | “Fey received him ae en old commander | should be received. He made a happy speech in a familiar vein, renewing briefly his associa- tion with them in'their marching hardships and Victories, from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta. ‘Thos. 'H. Kay of Post 51 of Phil of Washing After the THE FOURTH CORPS. Am Enthusiastic Tims in the Grant Tent This Morning. assembled joined in the chorus. iets . The meeting of the fourth corps at Grant | Gen. Gibson proposed three cheers for fent this moruing was very late in jeskentheo | loyal women of the land and got them with a Iwas to have been called to order at 9 o'clock. | i“. aioe get hires choses Soc ‘At 10:30 there was about thirty persons, mostly prank sith - | Mas an, the stand, amdascattering crowd in| pn, resentative Farquhar of New York, << OSS was the next speaker. He spoke to the “com- c, t be, was @ sound pid tec: mon soldier.” sion Ridge was fought and won b; | soldier. Hooker's battle of the | victory of the common soldier. of | music, t = hy the Chas. Manderson oe marched into the tent heade: the common was the | loud iadeiphia | then led in singing “Prom "61 to "65," ‘and all| He said that the battle of Mis- | hold to duty on the starboard gun and Gustave E. Vallet of the old south Atlantic squadron went on duty at the port side. comMODORE MICHAEL. ‘Then all twas in rendiness for the expected officers to come alongvide, and the crew, which now numbered quite eight hundred souls, had the time of one bell to «wap yarns of narrow escapes from rebel privateers and the terrible fights which took place in Hampton Roads with the Merrimac in 62. Austin Guinby of Salem, Mass., was quite a hero on the quarter deck. je was the gunner that fired the first three aud last shots at the Alabama, during the Kear- varge’s engagement with her, and not the least romantic feature of the impromptu deck re- union was the presence of Arthur Sinclair of Baltimore, Md., who accompanied George G. | Ames of Fitchburg, Mass., an old salt from the Steamer Chesapeake, which was captured by | mutinous rebel passengers off Cape Cod in The captors boarded the Chesapeake in disguise and Lieut. Ames bears marks of the fight, which | sulted in capture early one. December’ morn- ing up on the Massachusetts comt. Mr. Sin- clair came by invitation of his friend and was able to tell some thrilling tales avout that famous sea battle off Cherbourg. He was on board the Alabama then, and surely the war is ended in spirit now as in fact when old salts can congregate in this way. Fred Willey of Portland, Me., was spinning a yarn about how he dove out of a port hole on the Cumberlarid when eunk by the Merrimac, bat managed to swim to Newport News, after being in the water several hours, ' when above the roar of the nor'easter came the command to clear the port gangway, and a squad of marine guards under cominand of Lieut, Fillette marched aboard just before chee” DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. A refeption, or anything of that character on board a man-of-war is nothing if not prompt to the time set forth in the ship's log. And it just as the bell in the fo'castle tapped th al which prepares the crew for dinne: Just before taking an observation as to the sun’s altitude that Lieut, Vanneman, who was on duty at the starboard gangway, cailed the order to clear that ‘tion of the deck. The Secretary of the Navy had just come alongside. The marine guards fixed bayonets and the drum beat its roll just as Gen. ‘Tracy trod the quarter dec! In- stently the command was given from the forecastle, and the batteries rang out their salute. Hardly had the bo'swai: whistle piped its shrill notes when Vice President Mor- ton was announced, and amid the thunder of the guns and tremendous cheering by the old sailors the two distinguished visitors were con- ducted to a duis, which had been prettily decor- ated, by “Commodore” Michael and Chairman Edson. Here they were met by Capt. Hubert Winslow, a son of the rear admiral command- ing the Kearsarge during her most famous bat- tle. The Marine Band rendered “Hail to the Chief” and all the old salts uncovered as ““Com- modore” Michael rose to introduce the Vice President. It was some minutes before Mr. Morton could speak for the cheering, and in & graceful address the President of the Senate said his duties on this interosting ocea- sion would come to. close wpen he introduced Sccreiary ‘Tracy. This was @he signal for an- other outburst of cheers, which Gen. Trac witty allusion to the rain storm as natu: sympathy with a echeme to run a shi on dry land perceptibly heighten The Secretary thought there was not mi in the sympathy, however, because it the storm continued the Kearsarge model would soon float, Tu: to @ more serious vein, Gen. Tracy made an eloquent ora- tion on the close relation of the navy and a Prosperous merchant marine. ‘The was near at hand, he said, when the nation that rules the sea’ would rate the world. and the States could only hope to her position of influence by rebuild- ing the navy and in * ite commercial interest. He the commit- George H. Thomas aud the common sol- diere won the battle of Sa. b reer that he gave every great general bis cred ap Semniod Soe tattered boii ngs, wih | Nein eee Prien Gos emeretens aoe . ‘A i an in all else. “were carried in the battles of Mich Mountain, were his auditors, responded heartily to his “Bbiioh, Corinth, Peach Tree Creek, Sioue River, | compliments, they weat in with 440 mussets and had — killed or wounded; Chickama’ drum corps of Louisville, Ky., eseor fing Senator Manderson, their old comrade and hero of many batties. fennel ee space nog bappy effort of prod: the Kearsarge as a feature of this ne saree fe would undoubt- | edly have a strong ence and aid any | Secretary of the ideas about naval Navy who held progressive | the affaire. occurred. The interesting address containing a com; review of the 8 history, her eruew and the perilous cruise which ended practically when the Alabama had been | swept out of existence. The old sailors fre- | quently interrupted the effort with applause as some familiar incident was recalled, and it was long after “eight bells” when Mr. Charles Cromley of Philadetphia closed the day's cere- | monies in & short but humorous he | Then the crew was piped to. quarters and the | Sisitors were allowed to inspect the ward rooms. | This closed the reunion of tho marines and the Kearearge was in shape to raise her auchor. THE SECOND CORPS. A Distinguished Gathering of the Officers and Privates of That Organization. Four or five hundred of the second army | corps met for a reunion in the Grant tent | shortly before 1 o'clock. They were a distin: guished assemblage of several officers and | | Veterans of the ranks who had) endured long marches and fought | hard battles in company. Col. M. E. Urell| called the meeting to order and, after prayer by Chaplain Stevens, introduced Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who delivered an address of welcome to the veterans of the second corps and took the chair to preside over the meeting. He/ was followed by Gen. John R. Brooke! Gen. John Gibbin, Gen. 8. 8. Carroll, Quarter- master General Batchelder, Gen. A. H. Embler, Gen. James D. Bradv, Gen. John Ramsey, Gen. Nathan Kimball, Gen. D. F. Burke, all of whom delivered brief addresses | touching upon the deeds of the second corps, | reviving the memory of incidents in camp and | | battle and giving words of praise to the veter- ans and the great heroes of their battles, Two ged and bullet-rent fiage were planted’ on the — platform and there was a great demonstration on this | Leingdronght into view. During the speaking | there were repeated demonstrations of enthusi- asm, and they fought their’ buttles over in memory. An ode to Gen. Han- cock by Lawrence Reynolds, surgeon of the sixty-third New York, wae read by Col. F.C, Jones, and an original poem was inal ps G. "Hl, Lillibridge sang ““Tenting On the Old Camp Ground,” and the veterans Joined in the chorus. Among those on the stand participating in the reunion wore: Gen. 0. 0. Howdrd, Ma}, James Ross. eighty-second Now York, and daughter; Civil Service Commissioner Lyman, Co OT. W. thant rend by Capt. H. ©. Kirk. ee . Lyser, Col. Na Church, Col. Alexander Sweene! Cor mander David MeMoniglee and wii Lieut. Wm. Palmer, Lieut. Thos. McKee, Mrs. Gen. Thos. Smythe, Miss Mary Urell, Mrs. | John Larner and daughter, Mr. Lyman and Mrs. Finn. THE EIGHTEENTH CORPS. A Reunion Held Today in the Sherman Tent. The eighteenth corps held their reunion in the Sherman tent, Grand Army Place, this morning at 10 o'clock. The rain prevented many of the comrades attending, but the num- ber present bad social time and listened to some good war tales and experiences. The reunion was called to order by Ma: Houghton of the District, who is chairman of the eighteenth corps reunion arrangements. He introduced Brig. Gen. Clay of the fifty- eighth Pennsylvania volunteers as chair- man. Gen. Clay is a happy talker, and told a number of good war’ stories and experiences that flied the tent with laughter and some eyes with happy soars was fol- eee en ee aoe a, ennsylvania, . wi a ley of Veonge,’ the. audience joing in the chorus In the foll made ¥ Col. DeForest, eignty-first New York; Gen. Theo. Lehman, one hundred and third Pennsylvania; Major Mallet, eighty-first New York. : In conclusion, he called ont various regiments from the platform and succeeded in bringing many comrades together. The regular speakers for the occasion fuiled to appear, the review of yesterday having wearied them so that they were taking much needed rest, ‘ THE FIFTH CORPS. \ Gen. Butterfield Present at a Meeting of the Third Brigade. The third brigade of the fifth army corps met at 10 o'clock this morning at Thomas tent. Gen. Butterfield, their former commander, was present. The object of the meeting was the resentation of a corps flag. Capt. Graham presented the flag, saying that he exceedingly regretted the absence of the donor, Mr. George P. Siddons, who was sick. Gen. Butterfield made a pleasant little address of acceptance, OE. BUTTERFIELD. Col. Edw. E. Hill then reada very interesting paper, the history of the corps and brigade, showing that the men who sat before the plat- form had been no play soldiers, but men whose deeds deserve to be blazened on the shield of fame. A committee was appointed to draft a reso- lution of thanks to Mr. Siddons for the fia ‘The tent leaked badiy, but fully 200 le attended the meeting, including several 8. TALES TOLD BY ENGINEERS. A Gathering of the Corps at Camp Alger ‘Today. é He had come all the way from Nebraska to be Present, and there he sat, with his hand to his ear, drinking im every word Capt. Davidson was saying. Twenty men had passed him by without recognizing him until Maj. O. E. Hine entered the tent. Twice he looked sharply at this interested spgctator and then, walking over to him, said: “Comrade, don't I know you?" “T'reckon you do, major, for I drove your cook wagon for a long time.” , This is only one of the many similar meot- ings which took place at the reunion of the en- gineers’ brigade held in the tent of the en- fincers’ corps at Camp Alger Ct r Though sightscers and the number of those prosent Lieut. Rensselaer said that asa rounion of those who had not met since thé close of the war this meeting was the most successful ever held. Men who had not left their homes for years Haposed ef an goby us poombie tote of as as at ry Jolted "im what might meeting.” iri i l a é 33 No one Was prevented from telling wl jaembered of this or that fae : feakee ik a i an | Elmira, Maj. 0. E. Hine of Vienna, Va., and plete | Capt. Perwonius of Brookton, N.¥., were au- thorized to engage a historian who should write dred guther engineer bri- his band, listened toa few pairiotic remarks Secretary the Partook of an ample Innch organization for his excellent management of C#tidate of the republican pa his office the business mecting was adjourned | S0¥ernor of Connecticnt and his comrades Jibes and jokes fol- ® complete history of the . After extending to Samuel B. Williams the thanks and then the fun began. lowed ench other in quick succession, and though the rain poured ontside the spirits of | pe the tent was not dampened for an in- stan’ A history of the engineer brigade will form a | Atty Place, this Wednesday The experiences of O'clock. The following men were dangerous and thmilling; their which has been arranged: most interesting book. they faund their old Heutenant, Col. F. W. eney, waiting to receive them. ered about the old veteran and shook that were received with cheers then they Col. Cheney is the y for lieutenant he is wure to be clocted. The Third Corps, The third corps, Army of the Potomac, will | hold their reunion at the Meade tent, Grand evening at 7:30 is in part the program a positions were always uncomfortably warm, for Music. Prayer by Dr, Staekley, pastor to them belonged the duty of clearing the way | First Baptist Church. Music, Address by Maj. for an army's progress. Outin the front cutting Gen, Daniel E, Sickles. Music, Address by from before them the trees to cross the Rappahannock on the 12th of De- cember, 1962, the killed averaged forty-two out of every’ hundred men. Not until the Union battery of 240 guns opened on the cit; did their efforts meet with success, * ax ivrerestixa INCIDENT. Maj. O, E. Hine recalled an experience which Le witnessed, and which Taz Stan printed sev- eral years ago. The engineers were constructing | held a signal tower, which was to be 150 feet hight. It hud reached 110 feet, and on the platform, four feet square at that height, stood Sergeant. Helm. Those on the ground were suddenly thunderstruck to discover a drunken soldier | 0! imbing ke u cat toward the top. They feared me , the encounter which would surely follow if the drunken man reached the platform. Likeasquir- rel he continued his ascent at one pace, crossing avix-inch beam without support. He finally got to the top. Sergt. Helm appreciated the situation, By his main strength he forced the soldier down, but in the struggle the latter lost his hold ard fell headlong. Here aud there in lily descent he grasped the structure, but con- tinued to fall. “Like many accidents to drunken men, the fellow was unhurt,” enid Maj. Hine. “Yes," remarked Capt, Rensellaer, “I re- member the sight myself. It was » ‘terrible Among those present at the reunion were R. H. Warfield, past department commander of | California; Lieut. Hulse of Canandaigua; Lieut. L. Canfield of Geneva: Lieut. Pollard of Maine, N.Y.; Lieut. 8. E. Taylor of La Porte, Ind.; Capt. Wm. V. Van Rensellaer and Lieut. Col. Jas. H. MacDonald of Seneca Fails; Capt. Joseph Burdin of Lodi: Licut. Sam. B. Williams of Rochester, and Lieut. George T. Dudley of this city. Conipany E of the fiftieth will go to Vienna, Va., tomorrow to dine with Maj. 0. E. Hine as his guests, AT CAMP FARRAGUT. Some of the Scenes and Incidents of Camp Life. . Life at Camp Farragut is passing pleasantl; ANGrand Army men east of Ohio are signed to this camp, which is composed of ix barracks, with ®% total of 11,808 bunks, of which, however, only s few over 10,000 are — occupied. The camp is pitched in Garfield Park, New Jersey avenue south of the Capitol. and, like Camp Alger, has ite hospital. post office and other conveniences. When a Stan reporter visited the place today an animated scene presented iteelf. A good many of the men have left the camp and returned home; they are, how- ever, but e small portion of the inhabitants of the camp. The space at tbe ends of the bar- racks was usurped by the dusky belles of Africa, who had spread before them an array of things good tocat. Some of the more enterprising with tables, whicb were co hes, inviting the ad of the which hungry men. Ont wore smoldering fires, were tin utensils the above of ‘every doscription. Washboilers, which probably were used by some of the “aunties” in the laundry, were filled with pans, frying pans and anything which could be utilized were brought in to be used for culinary purposes, ‘As the reporter wended his way through one of the barracks he heard sounds of music at the other end. Proceeding there he found the oid soldier boys in the height of their enjoy- ment. A dance was in progress, and it was surprising to wee with what agility some of the men moved around. CASES IN THE HOSPITAL, The branch of the Homeopathic Hospital which has been established here has been doing considerable work. Last night fifty-seven cases reported, three _of which were rent to the Citizens’ Hospital. The principal ailment seems to be cramps, but still more verious ones have been reported. ‘The clerks at the information office have been kept vei y,and thoy state that they have had but little sleep since Inst Friday, and never ‘a full meal since that time. Although they have been hard worked, the hardships of their | position are relieved by the humorous side of camp life. Shields’ Divistor The reunion of Shields’ division in the Meade tent, Grand Army Place, last night was a suc- cess, both in point of numbers and enthusiasin. The gathering was called to order by W.S. Odell, president of the Shields’ Division Asso- ciation, who announced that the presiding officer for the evening would be Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball. Gen. Kimball, who is now an erect old gentleman of seventy ‘vears, made an interesting opening address, reviewing the bat- tle of Winchester, at which ‘the division gained their greatest fighting reputation, and urging that fraternal feelings for the foe of '61 be culti- vated and that ‘one country, one flag” be the motto for the future as it had been in the past. He was followed by Brig. Gen. 8. 8. Carroll, who gave a history of the Shields division and some personal reminiscences of te valley cam- paign. ‘The other speakers were Maj. M. C. Welsh of the seventh Indiana, Capt. Cole, sixty-ninth New York; Capt. David E- Beem. fourteenth Indiana, and Gen. John E, ftolier and Col. J. ©. Marquis of Stonewall Jackson's forces. The Presence of the two last named gentlemen was @ pleasant incident of the reunion, as they are the committee sent by the people of Harrison- biirg, Va., to extend to the Shield division the hospitality and tervices of the citizens of that place on the occasion of the division excursion to the valley and the Winchester battle ground next Friday. It, was accepted eat a royal in antic: a tim jpated. Shields’ division feel highly honored in be- ing allowed a place in Grand Army Place b; the reunion committee of the G. A. R., it being the only division so favored, ith their expep- tion, nothing but corps being recognized. Shields’ division is composed of the following and regiments: brigade—Brig. Gen. Nathan’ Kimball. Fourteenth Indiana, Col. Harrot Col. J. 8. Mason: mast Fourth :g Wing Hi ize Y\of honor voted by that formed Mnj. Gen. J. W. Keifer. “Music. Ad- their own protection, and often without arms dross by Maj. Gen. Jas. i. Carr. Music. to defend themselvesthey threw bridges across Address by Corporal Tann ‘Ad streams and rivers while under the direct fire dress by Brig. Gen. Chas. Music. of tho enemy. At Fredericksburg the Address by Maj. Gen. W.J. Sewell. Music. loss in the ‘engineer brigade amounted Origingl poem. Music. Other addresses. |to @ slaughter. In their attempts Music. | The Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cum- Derland. The survivors of the regular brignde four- j teenth corps, Army of the Cumberland, com- | posed of the fifteenth, j and nineteenth United States infau battery H, fifth United States art their annual meeting in Sb tent at 10 a. m. Business perti to the occasion was transacted and the following offic David Lakin, hio, president; V Mu In tenth infan tary and treasurer. T ent hteenth infantry J. Carson, vice presiden! Columbus, Ohio, see ecutive committee was appointed as follows: Geo. W. Hughes, Galena, Ohio; J. F. Mohr, Prospect, Ohio; Phi e Canal, Winchester, Ohio, and J. Hf. Haight, Brotherstown, Wis. Speeches were m Cordes, Crosby, Hugh This organization is actively | ing for Indianapolis as the ne: | grand encampment. The Columbus Celebration, Tho President gave an audience of a few minutes this mozning to a committee from New York which came here to invite him to attend the Columbus day celebration in New York city. | The committee which called was composed of | Edmund C. Stanton, Gen. Horace Porter, Lispe- | nard Stewart, William Sulzer, Howard Carroll, | Garde; mas, Robert J. a Columbus, enth in- B *. G. F. Wahle, jr. They prese: magnificent invitation gotten up in Tiffany's best tyle. The President was deeply affected as he told the committee that in the present condition of Mrs. Harrison's health he could not make any engagements ahead, but should her condition permit, he would try and be present with them on the occasion. GRAND ARMY PERSONALS. Col. and Mra. Bunker of Toledo, Ohio, will | be the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Walbridge. Mr. Charles B. Rohan, military editor of the Boston Globe. is here with two assistants to “do” the encampment. Col. Carl N. Bancroft and wife, Mary E. Bancroft, past department president W. K. C., of Columbus, Ohio, are quartered at Mrs. Arnold's, 1312 G street northwest. Past Post Commander Col. Joseph W. Brackett of the John Buford Post,G. A. K., Rock Island, IL, is the guestof his brother, Col. A. G. Brackett, United States army, at No. 1726 Q street northwest. Rev. 8. D. Paine, chaplain-in-chief of the G. A. R., is stopping at hester, corner of G and 13th streets. Col. John McFall and wife ato guests of their son-in-law, Mr. Richard Sylvester. Col. Me- Fall is chairman of the city republican commit- tee of St. Louis, anda member of Frank Blair Post, G. A. R. The tallest man in the Grand Army is William P. Bayne of Greene county, Pa. He stands seven feet in his stockings, Among the visitors is Capt. 8. V. Stillings of Post 113 and the Kearsarge Naval Veterans of Boston, who is a native of this city and was the | youngest of the mar-hals on the occasion of | the inauguration of President Lincoln in 1861. As an engineer he was detailed from com- pany A, Washington Light Infantry, to the steamer Mt. Vernon on April 21, 1861. ‘The Mount Vernon was fitted out at the navy yard to reconnoiter the river, and from whose 32-pounder (April 23) the firet cannon shot was fired at the enemy. He received a warm wel- come from Capt. M. P. Fisher and other mem- bers of the infantry on his arrival yesterday. He will be the guest of Kit Carson Post on Wednesday and of some of his old friends, military, naval and civilian, during the week. He is stopping at 78 I street northwest. There is a good deal in the stature of Mr. Joseph Shelton of Fredericksbu vi he towers above the average man nearly one foot andabalf. Mr. Shelton measures six feet five inches. He was in the parade. THE W pOTTE HERE. Many Visitors Go Aboard the Monitor at the Navy Yard. ‘The monitor Wyandotte is now lying at the navy yard. Visitors are weleomed and can see areproduction of the original monitor that whipped the Merrimac. The Wyandotte was built at Cincinnati du; ing the war and cost $600,000. She has a single turret and two big guns. Several thousand people visited the navy yard today tosee the war ship Dolphin and the @ynamite cruiser Vesuvius, ‘The big forty-foot steel cannon, now build. ing in the gun shops, were also points of at- traction. ‘The whole yard is thrown opon to visitors, ee Captured a Battle Flag. Capt. H. P. Boon of company B, first West Virginia cavalry, now a resident of Washing- ton, Pa., says that Tae Star's accownt of the battle flags captured from confederate troops ‘omitted the mention of one he himself cap- tured at the batile of Ve, Ay 6, tenth was and the fact is mentioned in the official report of the engagement by Gen. Custer, command- ing the division of which the first West Virginia cavalry was a part. Boon wears a medal yy Congress for his try in that battle. The captain says it Lieut. Tom, Custer, brother; of Gen. Custer, captured two confederate flags—one at Sailor's Creek and the name of the other battle Ralf a bun- re-elected by acclamation: | by Comrades Game, | Beacl TWO-CENTS. MRS. HALRISON’S neTUrN. She Bore the Journey to Washington Sar- prisingly Well. IT WOs A SAD SIGHT, HOWEVER, WHEN stE Was LIFTED OUT OF THE AMBULANCE AT TRE THRESHOLD OF THE WHITE MOUSE THIS MORN- 1x, The President, accompanied by Mrs. Har 4- sion, arrived thi morning from Loon Lake. The train. which was a “special,” made exce: lent time. It left Loon Lake at 12:20 yesterday reot station this morning. Not and Mrs, Harrivon, ¢ to ait up, withstood ney remarkably well, % the President and wife were her son, Mr. Russell Harrison, her daughter, Mrs. Mckee, and Mr. McKee, Lieut, Pat ker and wife, the McKee children, Private Sec- ry Halford and Mr. Geo, W. Boyd, assistant eral passenger agent of the Pennsylvania cad Company, who hid charge of the ock rixteenth, eighteenth | PLACED IN AN AMBUEANCE. An army amb: din waiting and the train was stopped just outside the station uilding and the distinguished invalid gently lifted from the bed on which «he had lain dur- ing the journoy and carried to the Preside: and accomp | in the ambs ¢ ambulance, himself superintending the task his wife with Dr. Gardner nee. Mra. Harrison was evidently pleased to got back ones more to Washington. Her face lighted up with a smile when she was told that the journey was at end and she would in a short time be within her own chamber at the White | House. The President has marks of the hours of anxiety through which be had passed, and though much fatigued he carefully looked after every detail of the transportation from the train to the amb: ming greatly re- | lieved when the undertaking was accomplished without accident or serious discomfort to the invalid. To those who saw Mrs. Harrison when she ft Washington the change in her condition almost painful to note. She managed, notwithstanding her weak; however, to e her hand to those who had accompenied her on the train, and who now were to left behind as she was borne to the ambulance. A LOOK OF BATISFACTION. Thore was a look of the utmost joy and satjs- faction on her face, and those who watched ber fervently hoped that the change from Loon Lake to Washington wor initio eit Everything pertaining to the arrival was kept as quict as possible and scarcely any one who saw the atabulance passing rapidly toward the White House realized w tion where the train stopped knew of the ar- follow the vehicle and ite distinguixhed occu- pants, Mrs. Harrison was extremely nervous and the President feared that the music of passing bands and the cheers of squads of parading Veterans would be almost too much for her when so weakened, but, on the contrary, she bore up under the strain in a way that greatly reassured the President and Dr. Gardner. ‘The remaining members of the party on the pecial train followed to the White House in carriages. and a big baggage wagon was loaded with trunks for the same destination. ARRIVED AT THE WHITE ROUSE. At the White Houss most of the work for the reception of the President and his family, and most of all for the invalid, was yor terday. Steward MeKim had all the carpets put down in the private rooms w) irs, the curtains hnng at the windows and all the u«ual changes made to put the house in it's familiar winter look. The stairs and halls were all car- peted, xo as to deaden every possible #01 from those moving about. Even down stairs the west end of the house is in complete array. The state and private dining rooms are ali ready for any demands upon them. Mra. Rus- sell Harrison has been basying herself the past two days in putting the finishing touches every- Rheroand expecially in Mrs. Harrison's cham- er, so that ever possible thought of hers might be gratified. =" as EXPECTING THR INVALID, About 8 o'clock a force of policemen cleared the mansion. The gardeners then gdt to work in the front gardens and cleared away all the debris that gathered there vesterday | ing-up touches ther verything was tidy and freshened up when Secretary and Mrs. Foster, the first of the Pres- ident's official family, arrived. They came to make inquiries and to offer any assistance, Sec- retary Foster has just returned from Loon Lake also. Attorney General Miller came over a half hour before the party arrived and re- mained there to see the President afterward. THE PARTY ARRIVES, The crowd of people who had gathered around the gates increased every minute, but it was a quiet crovd, and when the tirst carriage load of the family drove in there was no trouble for the policeman to open a roadway. In this car riage were Mr. Rusell Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Mcitee aud their children and nurse. Each of the party carried an armfal of light baggage. Mre. MoKee, in response to the many inquiries made of her, said that ber mother had stood the journey remarkably well. Mrs. Russell Harrison was waiting at the vesti- bule door to welcome the party. The ladies all went upstairs together, followed by Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Dimmick, who came up in the vecond carriage with Lieut. Parker, ‘The next carriage load added three more gentlemen to the waiting group on the portico, Private Secretary Halford, Postmaster General Wanamaker and Col. Ernst. Miss Davis, who is Mra, Harrison's nurse, and Josephine, her maid, came up together, each of them bur- dened with medicine baskets, wraps, &c. Marshal Ransdell joined the gentlemen on the Portico just before the iron gates swung back again and the ambulance ing the invalid came slowly up the drive. and Dr. Baumster of the army. Slowly the Little cortege came up the drive. Every man's head was bared asfaras one could see. The waiting group of cabinet ministers, friends and he | of her home might be undisturbed by « strange Presence. No word was spoken, and the silence with the : fection, the ‘and sympathy it em- ‘bodies was tribute enough. No was ever enacted in front save that Hl Te é 3 iF | twas taking place. | Only those who happened to be outside the sta | rival, consequently there was no effort made to | | Monday the visitors passed thr | and makes a con | out again to the street over the bridge from Trodean that the } | che hs wonderful vite’ | ber terrible | Dr. Gardner wae he reached here an: ~— strain. © " said of each mombe the ead events thr pare ng aire, Hi 1 con here ix ne question to- and con with his ec | Washingion News and Gossip TO ADVERTISERS, The advertising patrons of Tae Stam | are respectfully notified that advertiae- for insertion during encampment week must be handed tm the day befare that on which publiea- tion is desired. Unless this is done ip fsertion canuot be guaranteed. THE ENCAMPMENT STAR. | No richer souvenir and no better record of the great gathering in Washington this week of veterans of the war can\be obtained than the an, Every number will be filled with illustrations and letter prem of the most interesting character covering the | historical evente, nemories of which will be re- ¥ived by the great reunion, as well ae the hap- penings of each day graphically reported. The Papers issued during the week will form a com- plete history of this memorable gathering. If Fou cannot come to the encampment, the next | best thing you can do is to subscribe to Tum | Stam for the week and the encampment will be brought to you as vividly as pen and pencil can bring it If you are coming to the en- campment you will want Tux Stan for the week to take home with you as a most interest ing, accurate and complete record of thescenas | which you have witnessed in the national capi- | tal. Tw Stan for the week beginning Monday, September 19, will be mailed, postage prepaid, | to any address in the United States, outside of Washington, for fifteen cents. onmessnsiinoapeliahel ‘Order “The Star” for the Week. Tux Evexrvo Star for the week will be mailed to any address in the United States free of postage for 15 cent. Orders may be given atany time during the week and the back numbers will be mailed with the new is sues. —_— Postage on The Star. ‘The postage on asixteetor twenty-page Stam | is two cents, Papers not having fall postage on them will not be forwarded by the Post Office _ Department. Disraict Parexrs Issvxp.—Patents have {been iasued to citizens of the District as follows William R. Zeigier, coin and vend- ing machine, and Olive “ht: Hochtmnan, eer ‘vescent beverage. pend Vierrons at tax Ware Hovst,- ‘The White House has been visited by hundreds of thon- sands since last week. Saturday, Sunday and all to 8 at night in one broken oe Dinsmore made « plan which has worked ad- mirably. It keeps the procession in ¢ circle of each room the corridor window. hong Better Sewerace at Fortress Monroe. The possibility that cholera might obtains foothold in this country bas caused the officials Inside | Fetary of War, in aw the mansion Mr. Dinsmore directed the ciean- | Fen him by an act of Congress, dated | 1865, will compel the cigizens | were accorded seats on the of the War Department to inquire closely into the grounds of the people who even at that | the sanitary condition of the various army gar- carly hour had congregated in the vicinity of | risons. The sewerage of the citizens’ quarters at Fortress Monrge were found to be ip a very defective and dangerous condition. The Sec. ‘dance with the residences or hotels on the gov ut reservation at Fort Monroe to comply with the request of the en- Emeers regarding sewerage or his order will be carried out and the houses removed. There is from four to five million dollars worth of prop- erty on the reservation owned by citizens, eee Meeting of Army Nurses. The army nurses held an informal meeting this morning at their headquarters in the court house. There were about fifty ladies present, | Many of them, despite the number of years | since they were nursing the soldiers in the hoe | pitala, look qui Dr. Susan Fi wus reported that senting nearly eve: tered at 401 sth ing most hospi forty-seven nurwos, repre part of the Union quar et northwest, were be- ¥ entertained; thet they stand in La- fayette Square to view the procession and there was nothing bat praise tor the manner in which they had been entertained. A vote of thanks was given Col. Wright for his courtesies, Col. Wright has tendered them conveyances to Arlington and Soldiers’ Home on yy at 10 o'clock. The association will hold a busines meeting at 10 clock tomorrow. Postponed by the Storm. ‘The disagrceable weather of today has caused @number of changes in the arrangement of entertainments on the tapis for touight. The campfire propoved to be held at Cumup Bison on Capitol Hill has been postponed to hour tomorrow night, the projectors ex- pect Uncle Jerry Kusk vili have exhausted bis stock of rain now on baud.