New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-25
THE FEsTIVITIEs OF THE EYENING,

There was somewhat Of o unique gathering last
evening at the 9TH RegrnenVs old armory where
the officers Of the regiment were entertained In o
most hospitable way by the members of the nom
commissioned staff which contains several OF the
men who have been longest In the regiment. The
affair was held In the officers room, and the
measured tread Of the veterans who were drilling
in the hall overhead, in preparation for the parade
tomorrow, could be distinctly heard. The enter
tanment was for the purpose OF allowing the OIL
GERS to say "gOod-by" to the old armory, in which
many Of them have spent so many pleasant hours
within the last twenty years.
OF the officers tho following were present; Colo"
mel Emmons Clark, Colonel Pond, Of the Veterans
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzgerald, Major Smith, Quar-
termaster Weed, DR.. Stimson, Acknowledgment
Weld Captains Allison, Steel, Pollard, Kipp, Bar
rett, Abrams, Leuteuants Wyckof Rhodes, Jones,
Darlington, Hyatt, Hatfield, Haight, AmOry and
Conover. The non-commissioned staffp who gave
the entertainments and all except one or two Of
whom were present, consists Of SerGeant-Ma1or 90
veil, Commissary-sergeant Clark, Hospital-SteW-
ard Freeman, Ordnance-Sergeant Livingstone
Drum-Major Smith, Right General Guide Coughtry,
Left General Guide Langly, Color-Bearers W. ID.
Gibson and P. D. Braisted, Quartermaster Sergeant
Burrell, and Band Master Graffula.
During the evening there was an abundant flow
of punch and eloquence. Some Of the speakers
expressed their regrets at leaving the old
armory, While others said they were ready
and glad to go. After the punch had
been declared excellent and the salads
had been pronounced safe, sergeant-Major Coveu
raped for ORDER and in the course of his brief re-
marks read the following interesting list Of the
members of the 7th Regiment who were in the or
ganization when the old ArmOry was first occupied
in September, 1s6O tho dates showing when the
mon Joined the regiments
Sergeant p. D. Braisted, June, 1916.
Sergeant HYDE. January 1s46. ,. ,o,,
Com. +. b. RAIDER, November, 1854.
Quartermaster H. NJ. Weed, August 1865.
Colonel EmmOas Clark Clark, January, 9u0y ,asg 1877
IieutenantCOlonel Fitzgerald, December. 1857
Sergeant W. II. Gibson, July, 1888.
Chapain S. II. Weston, February, 1853
Captain J. Lenlhor, March, 1850.
Captain d. .. Pollard, May, 1850.
Sergeant-Major Covel then called upon Colonel
Clark to respond TO the toast "Our Beloved Regi-
ment"
1T Rives mo pleasure" snid Colonel Cark, Ito
respond TO this toast and inasmuch AB this is the
last night which we shall spend socially IN this
armory it is natural for to refer to the past and
TO the history Of the regiment in this building.
can simply say that we were glad to come in here
and / believe that we are glad TO leave it. For
many years ago when we entered 1t We conerat-
Mated ourselves that our regiment would have q
long career OF prosperity, account Of the facilities
for drilling and because of its other cOnvenences
These We have had. Previous to that time room
even like this would have been regarded as
Ualatial
"The twenty years that We have been here have
been important once in our history. We have seen
many pleasant aud many tedious hours here-tedi-
ous because of the long periods OF guard duty dur
inp tho war and OF other times. That the future
of tho regiment will be oven more pros
per6ns than the past has been is the
wish of us al. For myself, am glad to turn my
bnck on this building aud to 90 into quarters that
are 80 commodious, and thab will consequently
help us to make the regiment better organization
than it has been heretofore"
Other remarks complimentary TO the well"knOWn
hospitality Of tho nOn-cOnml6Sloned stan ana re-
ferring 10 the new obligations which tho regiment
would take upon itself In entering the new armOry
we're made by Lieutenant-ColOnel FitzReTald,
Major Smith, Captains Pollard, Abrams, Rpp,
Steele aud Barrett, Hospital Steward Freeman and
Lieutenant Hyatt. 49,
Toward the end Of his speech Captain Kipp was
somewhat disjOinted aud fragmentaTy in his re-
marks aud Lieutenant Hyatt made on amusing
address, Tho enter ralnmont, which all the even-
inn had been OF social ana entirely
informal character. was brought to close
by a song Farewell. old Armory,n the words
OF which were written by W. i, Farnlham,
md which was sung by Charles l.. Gum, an hon.
orary member of the On-commlSsioDed staff to the
4una Amid i,OnQ SVne,O