The sun., 1883-11-27
Of old Hundred"
DINNER AFTER THE DRENCHING.
A Quarter Milo OF Neglected Tables In the
Gardea-ssiiitsry lio.pitalIt,es.


The members of the Second and Fourth
Regiments OF Connecticut arrived in this city
very early yesterday morning and went to tho
Madison Square Garden. whore they had break
fast. When they left at o'clock the Carbon
was deserted with the exception of the coored
walters and cooks Nothing more was seen of
the soldiers until 8 o'clock. when few dozen
wet and bedraggcd men struggled in. They
found three long lines Of tables running up the
centre OF the Garden and on the uppcr floor
were more tables. the latter for the officers.
There was a quarter OF mile of tables. From
end to end they were generously covered with
great dishes Of cold turkey. ham. and other
cold meats salads. olives. celery. and coffee.
Ono of the chief etwaiters said that provision had
been made for 10000 men. Not more than
1000 turned up to eat it. and the result was
that an enormous amount of food remained
untouched. Most OF the soldiers when they
were dismissed from tho parade hurried homo
to change their wet clothing, and did not 20 to
or H in S more rh%re n
was u great demand for hot coffee. The men
who came eeionged to out town, regiments.
Soon after Z u clock tue last man had left the
Garden, and tho lights We're turned out.
The First IL IT,, ,penrEsylyania regiment were to be
moment they said they were not coming. Some
9f tho veterans the "ilisers and the drum e9rEs
in Lyric Hall BY the officers and drum corps of
tho Twenty-sccond;
Fourth conmeeicut Reeiment and they VI took oS
them to Major Dufry's ut Academy Hall. to
e"i The uhn Eeventh Regiment wore 60 Glad to got
II out q The rsir that they ala not stop think
fnat sl5o haa h been nppr@nriated for dinner
r, The Eighth Regiment entertained the Fourth
| Separate Company of Yonkers. and the Eleventh
| Hail. Sixth avenue and Forty second street At
the same place the Twenty second Regiment
entertained tho veteran corps OF the Thirteenth
| and Twenty third. BROOKLYN and OF the Ninth
seyenty-tlrst and Twenty second. Now York.
| and Company BFourth Regiment OF New Jer
the Uniformed Battalion offLe veterans of
| the Seventh Regiment entertained the Newport
| Artillery. l25 mon tho Rhode Island Light In
men. and tho Hartford City Guard. i5T0 g men n
where a handsome spread was prepared for the
dinner at the live long tables. The four bands.
divided into t%i iwo corps relieved each other Ia
ws hS s sG Of the eas in osr sdS
candle light, the Connecticut organizations
were S escorted 3{ detshmsnt @ Of the veterans
dence organizations remained over night at
hotels. and will he escorted by the Seventh vet
Tic v, veterans m Of 1912 and George Washing
tons coach brought up the rear OF tho First
the carriage continuing Gen. Abram Daily. w.
j. sumo. and Gardner Ilibrdgo Of the, veter-
The her n Sas SG.nf t ~ RS M GR the bS
gas senps I sm 9n hc hGx nrh W he wG %o%s
| rlcd in his pocket documents to prove the au-
thenticity of tho, flag. He Wore Commodore
Perrys old cooked hat and plume and cutlnss.
short visit to Washingtons headquarters in
Broad street tho Veterans went to tho Sturte-
About $500 persons attended the reception
ssgnng y the sySnn neg9mSp 81
to the scat" hsT %are osauS hs
we'll rs hundred or more chairs at
bsna and sa GfnnpnT ssTSnh Ne
Programn,es that looked like bail programme
officers Offering in full uniform. There
were no decorations in the ,Armory., and
whojoined in the endless string Of ,proIncngIers
who circled the hall were in full dress. All tho
throng continually poured through them. Mosl
OF the men wsr1 ln uniIorm, S9m"w We're cCcrsd
GOV. Gov cleveland started Al the heai Of tho PRO pro-
cession, followed BY Gen. Shnlcr Gen. Wyie
OF SS "sh hcH the h
md tSS a"'
Eghty-three members Of the old Knicker
booker families OF the city sat under brilliant
old china and silver. and bl9omed vi III 6oauti
sSns til" rs'rSs owsrs d''Hns in oas
wSTH drunk Rsna and ballad Was VA s, Tssd
were John Jacob Astor Stephen Van Rensse
laer Cruger, De Lancey Ncol Chauncey NJ
Depew. FREDERIC j. De Peyster, Paul =. Forbes
Allan McI.nne Hamilton William jay. Freder
lex !ihinelander Jones. Drake De Kay. Robert
y. Livingston, Pierre Loriurd. Gouyerneui
Morris. Jr., John Jay Pierrepont. Theodore
Roosevelt, John Austin Stevens. Gen. Varnum
and Isaac Moses.
Dahlsren Post. G. A. r., gave n ball In Wal
halln Hall, in Orchard street. in the evening
and @. ii. Kimball Post had "A celebration In the
| Lexington Avenue Opera House.
| The members Of Xavier Union held an Eyac
uation Day celebration in their rooms 20 Wes
| Twcnty-seyenth street last evening. Judge
Joseph f. Day and Mr.. Frederic II. Couder
spoke. and n dinner followed.
A member OF the Seventh Regiment said tina
at the beginning Of the parade the street wa
very slippery but after short time the rail-
washed away the mud and there was no fur
| ther trouble.
Thirty-fve ,drippina Park. policemen. VIII,
had been on duty since . A. M. assembled nca
the music stand In Battery Park AT ga o'cocl
In tho evening. They were there 10 keep in or
der the crowd that was expected to witness tn,
fireworks exhibition. A German immi gran
from Castle Garden and a reporter OF The SU!
| were also present. Sergeant England said h
was wa ting for the committee In charge Of tn,
pyrotechnics to appear. Att O'Clock the force
| evacuated the park.
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