The morning call., 1890-11-13
LOYAL LEGION.
Veterans Out in Force to Wei.
come General John GibbOn.

About $50 members of the military ORDER
of the Loyal Legion Of the United States
and about half as many invited guests at
tended the quarterly meeting of the Gail
fornia Commandery at the Occidental dotei
last night. After the transaction OF rou-
tine business the members and guests
formed line and, headed by Brigadier-Gen-
eral John Gibbon, U. S. A., marched INTO
the private dining hall, where reception TO
the Commander of the Division of the Ia
cific was held. A tempting repaSt was mere
served, after which Acting Commander
Moore of the commandery introduced Gen
eral Glbbon and spoke OF that soidier
record in glowing terms.
General Gibbon made u brief but interest
ing address, in which he alluded to the ben
etiis derived from the civil war, and now IL
had caused the Union to become more gen
orally recognized all over the world.
quarter Of a century ago" he SAID, we haa
been engaged for four long. bloody years III
making history, and were absorbed IN tiilnk,
ing how grand these results we're. Then all
our thoughts and the thoughts of the whole
country were concentrated on the 1act tli'
the country was saved. that our doVsIh,
ment was no longer threatened by armed
forces, and that as Americans we could hold
up our heads and proudly proclaim tnat " .
were nation, and that the grand olu nag Oh
the stars and stripes, for the supremacy OIL
which we had strlven so long and SO 1altn-
fully, was now at last the only tn!ng Ameri-
can which bore stripes.
The speaker recited facts in support OF
his assertion that the war was blessing In
disguise, though few thought SO az the
time, and in conclusion declared: when
reflect upon the results OF our great revolt
ton | feel great deal more inspired with
the spirit OF spread-eagleiSm than do on
the Fourth of July. Fur it can be truth
fully said that the results of our war were
| felt throughout the world, and that the last
rippieS OF the waves of that revolution nave
not yet disappeared from the sea of history.
| Recall that at the close OF our war the
display of portion OF our army on the RIO
| Grande sufficed to compel the French En-
! peror to let go his hold upon the throat OF
| our sister republic of Mexico, and that his
| downfall few years later was known To
| have been due in a great measure to the as
| asters of his Mexican schemes, and that
upon the ashes of his throne arose the
| French Republic.
Recall the fact that the demonstrated
| ability of the American people TO MAINTAIN
| their free institutions even at the point OF
| the bayonet attracted the attention OF the
world, filled with the thought that with a
tremendous army on its hands 1t might be-
| come the willing tool of some ambitious ana
| successful soldier. Ours was not light In
which hired mercenarleS fired the bullets.
| 1t was war fought literally by the people.
| -DuIlnS tle evening Napiain " a "
ruff, U. 5. A., and others, made interesting
| addresses, in which the stirring events OF
twenty-five years ago were wildly por-
trayed. Among the members of the COM
mandery present were: Comrades Wood.
Moore, Lyon, Woodruff, Johnson, Irwin,
Blanchard Gage, Royce, Morton, French,
judd, klnue, Carr, Flint, Woodard. Bar,
| clay, Currier, Waymire, Halihan, Fraser
Stevens, O'Toole, Murphy, futile, Shelter,
Howard, Donnelly, Merriman, Warfeld'
NobIy, Wallis, Fisher, Wilson. Gould,
Tremany, Hawkes., Hull Please, Hooper
Whittemore, Allen, Hutchins and Wheaton.
Among the guests were the following
Messrs. Ouliff. SEVERN, Marion, lutte,
White, Lowering, Chandler. GIeeson, Gold
boro, Coultson, Thompson, Camp. Weed
Brundle, Medic, Stewart, Mcclellan, Jarvis
R1hs and CahalI