THE delegates and friends from California started for Washington in a special car on Wednesday, May 3. In this party are Elder W. C. White and his wife, and Sister E. G. White. They planned to stop a day or two on the way, and to arrive in Washington, Thursday morning, May 11, the opening day of the conference. AMONG the first things to occupy the attention of the conference will be the recommendation for creating a medical department, and for electing the members of this new department as delegates to the conference. This action will be suggested in order that the medical work may have a larger professional representation, although there are already twelve physicians among the delegates. FOR several weeks the builders have been working overtime in order to complete the dormitories of the Washington Training College before the opening of the conference. During the last ten days an extra force of helpers has been employed in clearing the grounds, pitching the tents, and putting the camp in readiness for the delegates and visitors. The weather has been favorable, and willing-hearted workers have labored faithfully so that everything should be prepared in good time. The surroundings are all that could be desired, and there is every reason to believe that the experiment of holding the General Conference in camp will work out in a most satisfactory manner. ON the program of the cantata “Saul, King of Israel,” rendered at one of the Washington churches last week, there appeared the following paragraph with reference to the Takoma Park Chorus, which formed a part of the large chorus: “A number of Seventh-day Adventists, who have recently settled in the Park, have become identified with the work, adding greatly to the size and effectiveness of the chorus, which at the present time numbers upward of fifty.” The Washington papers have already begun to publish articles concerning the General Conference. The Evening Star of April 6 contained an article occupying nearly a full column, dealing with the general features of the conference. The same paper in its issue of April 30 contained a statement of the plans for the erection of buildings for the use of the Review and Herald Publishing Association and the General Conference. It is expected that the city papers will give regular reports during the session of the conference.