, 1879-03-18

NtW fork-Tho Htv. /. I. hchWemhetks
aECf)ND REGiMENT,
Far trom tho halls Of 1nn!rinll
va meat In 0*e to .iltuht
Some ui tho Acasterea Clnn.na.(ihci
With srirfts warm and bright.
--Wn'il prnutfty plnnt tho Irish prcen
Above The English red.
The brave men of the Second ,l.eg!mcnt, and
fa!r woncn In tho pcrsons Of wives AMI sweet
hearts, together wth "thr,r sisters, ,,,l their
cousins, and their aults," wound up tho icstIy-
tics Of tho day With banquet and l,all q. the
Palmer House. The entertainment OF this mill
tary organization proscd marked feature Of
st. pntTlcks Day last year, md thu gathering ri
last night. while, perhaps In p0int Of numbers,
II did not equal tlie one Of ls7B, was fully up to
It's high standard Of excellence IN MI other cs-
seniial points. The tabtus were laid for hbollt
3o1 guests, n1ul something like 200 entered tho
dlnlllE.room md partook Of the edlblcs which
had l'ccu prepared under direction Of the hotel
steward.
The lat1us wcrc locatgd In tue main dining
hall, whIch magnificent saloon vas unadorned
savr Mt Its southern crd, where WINS RAGGED the
tablo occuplgd hY the master Of ceremonies,
Lieut.. Col. ". =. Rond, of tho Sccaud Hegi.
inet1t, sHl officers Of other military oreanlza-
ttons. The clergy, afd thu, several gentlemen
to the t9asts. 1t was 10 o'clock When Iii,
guests, who had gathered IN tl,u parlprs uul
6rs,al halls OF The hotcl, moved To tic dining.
hall, and, Without preliminary ceremony, THO
ruurscs, aud creating bavoc aInonrst tho
s9"s eean For 'aui :" hour there p4 was nauxSt St
to distract ,he attention OF thc hungry ESCORTS
for another kiss,,i or On atlIititnal "snoun,lll
uf ,llat chicken snlad.ti it Wus In t,,r inuiu a
very Temperate party, loo, for, with tue exccp-
tioi Of Tic fuw WIN occupied tic table of hot,ur,
cing Kr.Ee with Which to brace in for lie most.
nrnntIIj cxrrcfses ti,r,n wns np,jrli ,,rank Int
ili.i,iy cufrue n,,ll lininebrlating tea,
At'u u'rIock
,,.,.r -c,, ,,r.r,
.t. 1., l'so..soL' w. "sSn,
h'ter Voch' ee'cetton ny 1,N' Iost-OIacc quar-
iette, ar1 Icy strains ol instrumental illlslc
~ Io4nus u nfeHestIa, nslnouhesa lhe afst foasl,
-, liz ,,.!, DaT Me Csehrate' nu maae rcsponse
10 tl,e io'inws.a. elisgt:
~ wns h!s agreeable dnsy to extend 10 the IN
sltea a!lestn lIe.rty alnl SINCERE welGoAne. The
Tes;neh. I warmly weasoinea INC members " tlle
tleiart. HE representatives o. Tie press, nlil
tIs ins;!'s'era u The CITY Government: lMy MI
rctoleed 10 seo lhele so hany OF ti!elr military
friends nnu ncailaintnnCest betwcen wiam n1'ti
tls sceoh4 Mcg1tnent tAere existed bond of
lIatsrnal M irellng, growing out Of ~ knowledge
mon eansc OF turrnlsh!nE t!ler services whe!!-
ever CALLED on ny the Stato evil or mill.
tary authorities, IN sustaining the laws n.'!
putting nowh armed tnss,rrccllui, nut! vialcnce.
III "1'r militia organizations a friendly, gou1-
natured sPlFlt ol rivalry might exist, but The
hnn!ic Saf depeha 0poi, u t,lnt thls rivalry
should nlHnys 10 pt q most honorable character,
nmd n, tlmt, whenever Tue emergency arose, the
Flrs!, NM ths steofu, h''. tlle olt,cr frgtlenfs
relied upnh 10 net as ohe regiment 1nd as onu
organization III Dcrleet accord, III perfect unity