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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
23
President Taft ambassador Von Bernstorff and Representative Bartholdt among speakers. Army to join with German societies in great parade. Weather will be no bar.
An executive order dated December 6 1910 from The White House waives duty for members of executive departments and independent establishments in the District of Columbia who belong to organizations participating in the December 7 1910 unveiling parade for Baron von Steuben.
Secretary of War Dickingon will preside and President Taft, Count von Bernstorff, Richard Bartholdt, and Charles Hexamer will address. The ceremony honors Major General Baron von Steuben with a 1:30 PM unveiling, a 2:05 PM parade, and a 690-voice chorus, despite weather. Miss Taft to unveil. a 13-gun salute will honor von Steuben, followed by a Taft review of 6,000 German-American participants and affiliated singing societies arriving from multiple cities.
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived in America to aid the Revolutionary cause, joining as a volunteer and reforming discipline, training, and logistics. His methods, inspired by Prussian practice, turned disorganized regiments into a unified fighting machine, boosting Washington's forces at Monmouth and Yorktown and earning broad praise before his resignation in 1785 after a wartime career.
Captain C B Moore was appointed by Secretary Meyer as commandant of the naval training station at San Francisco. He succeeds Rear Admiral J B Mitton who retired in October. Moore has been serving on the naval examining and retiring board and will depart for his new post shortly.
Famous pianist Josef Hofmann appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at its second concert of the season amid a snowstorm. Beethoven’s concerto in G major No.4 showcased Hofmann’s brilliance and tender depth, earning extravagant applause from a capacity audience. The afternoon featured Dvorak’s New World Symphony and Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration, with Fiedler’s sympathetic conducting and superb orchestral clarity. The Berlioz opening, Roman Carnival, opened the program with academic proficiency.
In police court Judge Push heard a case by George T Wells University Park owner who refuses tuberculin testing for his cow used only for his household. Health official Dr Hubert Young and Agriculture expert Dr F L Woodward argued the regulation applies. decision due December 16 pending.
Mary Baker Glover Eddy will be buried at Halcyon Lake in Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge site chosen by friends three plots bought tomb construction to begin in spring near lake north corner across from graves of Holmes and Lowell services set for Thursday at Chestnut Hill home with brief rites then transfer to cemetery for mausoleum. Church directors Archibald McLennan Stephen Chase Allison Stewart John Dittemore and Adam Dickey assume full control of church affairs as a self perpetuating body. George W Glover son of Eddy arrives in Chicago to attend funeral and says he waived all claims to her estate explaining estrangement while mourning.
Leaves of absence are listed for Capt Earl C Carnahan and 2 Lt Isaac E Titus. Newly promoted officers receive assignments across cavalry, infantry, and staff. dates include April 9 1911. Officers travel to New Orleans Fort Riley Albany Hot Springs and the Philippines for duty with various commands and duties referenced.
Retired Admiral J B Milton returns home while Captain Moore assumes naval training station command in San Francisco. Other officers receive duties or home waits as naval vessels sail between Guantanamo, Newport and Santiago de Cuba. Admiral Vreeland bids farewell in Cherbourg after transferring command duties.
Ernset H Walker a fireman of the battleship Kansas was convicted by a court martial of causing the death of Patrick J Fitzsimmons a water tender of the Louisiana. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment the crime not being premeditated. Fitzsimmons died after a free fight between white and negro blue jackets from the second division of the Atlantic fleet on November 18. The court martial held on board Rear Admiral Vreeland s flagship Louisiana. Verdict announced today.
Copenhagen December 6 The agitation for selling the Danish West Indies to the United States has revived as islanders present an address urging negotiations. The cabinet is unlikely to initiate talks to avoid a possible defeat by rigsdagen opponents. Queen Louise, a strong philanthropist in the islands, opposes ceding them to the crown.
New Haven and New York report Col Theodore Roosevelt and Gov elect Simeon Baldwin exchanging letters since the November election. Mutual friends seek to reconcile after Roosevelt criticized Baldwin over workingmen's compensation remarks. Baldwin pending a public statement before accepting Roosevelt’s invitation to address the New Haven Chamber of Commerce banquet. Roosevelt confirms correspondence but offers no details.
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