St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-06
The Minnesota, Commandery of the Loyal
Legion Inaugurated.
Eminent ex-Army Officers inAttend-
ance by the Score.
The Sengerfest Opens With Great
Eclat--City Briefs.
THE LOYAL LEGION.
The Minnesota COmmandery Organ
lied with Fitting Ceremonies.

Der of Visitors. prominent officers during the
war, and as a rule more or less we'll known
in civil life, arrived in the city at o'clock,
anfwent at once to the Metropolitan no.
tel where an informal lunch was served.
The-viSitors comprised the following list:
Philadelphia-Capt. p. d. Keyse, Col }. F.
Nicholson, Col. s. Goodman, Capt. H. Z. Pat
ter, Fred Schober, }. Z. Davis, Maj. Il. w.
Coffin.
Chicago-Capt ]. G. Ernest Gen. A. L.
Chetlain, Col. \. T. Stevenson, Capt A. IL.
Adams, Gen.. II. H. Thomas, Capt. 6. NJ.
Farnham. Capt. \. G. Andrews, Maj. G. g.
Roper, Col. W. B. Kuhr, Capt. c. F. Matteson
Col. G. X. Danchv, Col. c.. ID. Wickersham,
Maj. E. n. Blodgett, Capt. q. w. Seton, capt.
D. V. Puringten, Capt. Joseph Clapp, Mr..
James j. Wait.
Fairmont-H. NJ Blaisdell.
Fort SiSSeton-J. Wander Horck.
Stillwater-J. y. Reed.
Minneapolis-Hon. E. NJ. Wilson, Capt. d.
M. Gilmore.
Madison-Gen. L. a. Fairchild.
Mafshfield-NIaj. W. H.sUpham-
PottSville-Capt. ". X. Interviewer.
Virginia City,. c. Deimling-
After lunch they were driven about the
city visiting the principal places of interest,
among other places going to klttsondale
and looking over Commodore KfttSon'S
horses. The remainder of the afternoon
until the exercises of the organization was
spent in the rOtunda of the hotels or III their
rooms.
THE FORMAL EXERCISES.
Shortly after S o'clock the visitors and
members in the city and the candidates for
election met in one of the parlors of the
Metropolitan and the doors were closed
Col. P. D. KeySer of Philadelphia, COM
mander. with Recorder-in-Chief Nicholson,
occupied the chair. The twenty nine mem
beYs whose applications for membership had
been favorably considered were then
elected in due form and vested with the
ribbon of the order. a somewhat elaborate
regalia in the national cOlors, worn around
the neck The members elected were the
following:
Capt. Edward Simonton late Fourth q. s.
infantry; Col. and Brit. Brig. Daniel Leasure,
100 Pennsylvania infantry; Col. Glover Perm,
assistant surgeon general U. ). A; capt.
Charles Kittelson, Tenth Minnesota infantry;
Capt. Edward Corning, captain assistant quar-
ter-master. U. S. volunteers: Lieut. Cushman
kellogg Davis, Twenty-eighth Wisconsin in
fantry; Captain Harvey Officer, First Min
nesota artillery; Capt. John Wander Houck,
Veteran Reserve corps; Col. and Brit. Brig
Gen. w. r. Marshall, Seventh Minnesota in
fantry; Lit. William Fl. Dixon, Second q. S.
p colored artillery; Lieut.. H. NJ. Blaisdel,
!, Twelfth L. S. colored artillery; Brit. Maj.
; John Kelliher, Z. S. army, (retired);
; Mai. Frederick Won Baumbach, Thirty-ffth
q Wisconsin infantry; Lieut.. Col. William Il.
Gentry, Twenty-fifth e. S. infantry; Capt.
Chester G. Higbee, Twelfth Wisconsin; Capt.
!. D. N. Gilmore, Third Pennsylvania cavalry;
: Maj. J. H.-Murphy, surgeon Eighth Mime
sofa infantry; Capt. E. Mel. Wilson, First
= Minnesota mounted rangers; Col. Charles ID.
y Kerr, Sixteenth Illinois infantry; Col. and
BRIT. Brig Gen. r. n. McLaren, Second Mime
ESOta cavalry; Mr.. Charles S. Gilbert, son OF
s1the late Col. Samuel a. Gilbert, colonel Forty
;. fourth Ohio infantry; Lieut.. Alfred B. john
: son. lieutenant Twenty-ffIh g. S. infantry,
son of Companion Brit. Maj. Gen. r. W. john
son, Z. S. A.: Gen. H. H. Sibley, Gen. S. APP
? .pleton, Gen. W. Smith, Capt. H. A. Castle, w.
4 r. Brown, Rev. Clay McCauley, Capt. ]. A.
s Reed.
All were present except Gov Hubbard,
eX-Gov. Davis and Maj Won Baumbach.
After election to membership the following
y officers of the Minnesota commandery were
" elected for the ensuing year:
THE OFFICERS.
Commander, Brit. Maj. Gen. John B. San
90 born, q. S. v; senior vice commander, Brit.
Brig. L. f. Hubbard, Q. S. v; junior vice
commander, Brit. Brig. Gen. J. W. Bishop, U.
S. V; recorder, Brit. Maj. George Q. White,
:. q. S. A; registrar. Capt. c. W. Hackett, ..
Ii S. V; treasurer, Lieut.. Albert Scheffer .. S.
& V; chancellor, Maj. G. w. Baird, e. S. A;
Z chaplain, Chaplain Edward D. Neill U. S. v;
4 council, Brit Maj. Gen. r. w. Johnson, Z. S.
: A.; Brit. Brig. Gen. S. P. Jennison, Z. S. v;
: Brit. Col. Charles Bentzoni, q. S. A; Maj.
Charles J. Allen, q. S. A; Capt. WV. Bra
den, U. S. V.
d The entire exercises lasted not more than
three-quarterS of an hour. and at the close
the entire company, headed by Maj White,
marched down to the dining-room, where
banquet was served.
THE BANQUET.
In I'M, ho1 hoa 1ix-i1o 1 infO
two parts by line of flags that formed a
sort of curtain up and down the center of
the room. The tables were arranged in the
form of three sides of a parallelo-
=. gram. and beside the visitors
2. and members-elect enumerated above
Gen. Terry, Col Alden and Capt. j. A.
/, Reed, were among the guests. A we'll
3 selected orchestra rendered patriotic airs at
> intervals, while the elaborate menu was be-
ing discussed. This occupied something
= over an hour. After cigars were passed
= Commander Sanborn raped the company
- to order and made few remarks introduce
: tory to the post Drandials. During the
!. course of his talk he read kilograms and
x letters of regret from the commander-in-
chief of the order, W. S. Hancock,
Gen. Joseph r. HaWley, Rear
Admiral jenkins. Gen. Stewart Van Vliet,
Gen. NJ. G. Meigs, Gen. S. P. Halabird,
AGen. Charles S. Henderson, Gen. o. NJ.
Poe, Wisconsin: also from the commander
:: les of Massachusetts,, by Charles r. Cod
man of Boston; the cOmmandery of Ohio
Shy its commander, r. 3. Hayes, and from
the commandery Of New York, by its COM
mander, Gen. U. S. Grant. When the lat
ter name was read there was loud cheer
{; ing, the guests rising in their
: seats, swinging their napkins and
giving three times three cheers for
the old commander. The telegram from
Nh. Hayes called out some merriment. The
ex-president had wired congratulatory
message ''to the baby and proposing a
bumper i'll honor Of the occasion. Every
body laughed, and taking the message at
the word, raised champagne glasses.
THE TOAsTs.
Gen. A. l.. Chetlain of Chicago re-
sponded feelingly to Our Invited Guests,
saying that he was one of them and was
honOred to be such. In closing he eX-
pressed the belief that no state commandery
had started with so many men of charac-
ter, ability, influence and power in general
affairs as the cOmmandery of Minnesota.
Hon. E. NJ. Wilson of Minneapolis re-
Sponded to 1.-The President of the United
States" making one of the best speeches Of
the evening. He expressed the belief that
Mr.. Cleveland would be satisfactory
president to every one, and as far from a
partisan president as any one since Wash
ington. He believed he would be such a
president as would make the citizens of the
United States respected in every country
Oh the globe. He paid fitting tribute to
the memory of Gen. Grant and the Loyal
legion, saying that it must have been the
influence of this order that had lead him to
to put the word hummer into his telegram