St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-11
The LOYAL LEGION
Fairly 0utdoes Itself in the
Celebration Of It's Fifth
Anniversary.
The Ladies Lend the Luster
Of Their Presence to This
One Occasion.
President Lochren's Graceful
Address and DR.. Tiffany'S
Grafton.
Those Who Participated and
How the Evening Was
Occupied.


seldom presented a scene more animated
than that given it last evening by the
presence of 200 or more members of the
Minnesota commandery of the Loyal
Legion, who stood converSing in groups
and listening to the inspiring melody of
Sousa's grand march, 1.-The Rifle
Regiment" In the parlor recess on
the second floor was arranged an
arti site niche for the orchestra. Draped
overhead were the national colorS,
which. indeed, were conspicuous every
where, as befitted the OCCASION. Trop-
zeal plants and evergreenS aided in pro-
ducing the generally artistic effect of
the decorations. In the lobby was sta
toned the Third Regiment band
under the leadership of Her
mann Schitfeal, selections being
given III the period before the
banqueters were seated, from "Er-
mimic" and other popular operas. The
overture ''Banditten Streiche" (Suppe)
called forth storm of applause and
was magnifcently played. A regular
meeting of the commandery had been
held in the afternoon for the purpose of
admitting three new members, and
thus obviating a necessity for the
presence of business feature in the
evening session which was social
one in every sense. Those admitted
were Capt. Timothy Doherty, formerly
of thesSiXteenth Indiana mounted in
fantry, U. S. A., now manager in st.
Paul of the North American Telegraph
company. William Baird Silvery, eligi-
BILE by inheritance as the son of the late
Brevet Lieut.. Col. William Silvery, U.
Nv 10 nf0r-y of
the Northwestern Land and Loan COM
KittlesOn, son of Capt. Charles Klttelson.
At $3.50 begun the reception in the hotel
parlors. There were present num-
Der of officers of the regular
army accompanied by ladies, in
in fact, the fair sex was represented in
nearly half the strength of the gather
ing. Those whose presence in the par
lors was noted we're:
Gov. and Mrs. w. X. Merriam, Gen. L. A.
Grant and lady, Col. c. G. Edwards and wife,
E. R. Frost, Lieut.. Sedgwick Rice, U. S. A,
Lieut.; F; P. Fremont, Cart. G. W. Il.
Jones. Lieut. L. w. Cooke, Lieut.. G.
W. Kennedy, Lieut.. George Bell,
Maj j. Bigelow, DR.. E. a. Mearns, Z. S. A.,
Chaplain j. F. Dolphin, Maj. G. e. Glenn,
Maj. W. A. Jones. Mrs. E. II. Gheen, y. S.
navy, u "a MOIiOIt SdpI q. H. SlOuIl. u y.
navy, Mrs. Gen. E. W. Gilbert Mr.. Gilbert,
DR.. g. R. Metcalf, Capt W. P. Allen. Maj.
Merritt Barber, U. $. A, Capt. C. Il. Benton,
Dr.. Alex T. Bigelow. Gen. j. W.
Bishop, Capt. W. R. Bourne Capt.
Capt. II. G. Coykendafl, Capt. j. N. Cross,
Capt. James Crays, Col. James H. Davidson,
Capt. S. Lee Davis, Lieut.. w. II. Dixon, Capt,
j. j. Egan, Col. James Gilfillan. Capt. S. w.
Groesbeck, =, S. A.. Capt. G. "; Hackett.
A., Maj H. G; Hicks Lieut.. T; J. Janney.
Capt. Charles Kittelson, joseph G,
Kittelson. Maj. II. B. Freeman,
u ent wi, A.; oe G0 G Cant B. 1 Va S1sR
Maj. Evan Miles q. s. A. Col. W. B. McCord,
Col. William McCrory, Capt. P. d. Mcmillan,
Rev. DR.. Z. D. Neill, L. E. Newport, Capt.
Charles A. Nimocks, Capt q. B. Page, Asa
Paine, Esq, Capt. j. NJ. Paine. Capt. John
M RHa9 John a. r s. R A G Gsp T. n A. R rTs
U. S. A.; Gen. John B. Sanborn
Lieut. Albert scheffer, Capt. James starkey,
Capt. c. l.. Sumbardo, Capt. ]. NJ. Shaw. Capt.
E. Simonton, Rev. Q. Fl. Tiffany, Lieut.. A.V.
Teeple, Lieut.. E. Terrence, Maj. George Q.
T. p Wilson, Capt. E. E. Woodman, Capt
Charles H. Woods, Capt. E. o. Zimmerman,
E. f. Zimmerman Esq, Capt T. NJ. Wood
ruff. .. S. A; Capt. 7. Doherty.
All the gentlemen were accompanied
by ladies, many of the costumes worn
by the latter being specially elegant.
Promptly at $50 the bugle sounded the
banquet hall, and the serious business
cussing the merits of more than
usually enticing menu card, and
listening at the head table sat
Gen. Kruger and Mrs. Gov. Mer-
ram, Judge and Mrs. Lochren,
Judge and Mrs. Gilfillan, Gen. L. A.
Grant and lady, Maj. White and lady,
Rev. o.. II. Tiffany and Miss Gilfllan.
In welcoming the ladies to their places
in the affairs of the order Judge Loeb
rem made very pretty little speech,
expressing also the honor he felt at
baVing been made chairman OH such an
occasion.
A quartette, composed of Mesdames
De Wolf and Erwin and MeSsrs De Wolf
and Colyille, sang Benedict's Rise,
Sleep No More" extremely we'll, after
which Rev. 0. FL. Tiffany, d. D., was
introduced.
He had seen the commandery here before.
The first time he met with them he thought
them a re markable body, and the second
time was still more impressive. His most
favorable impressions had come, through, on
this occasion when he saw with the soldiers
OF the legion, their wives and daughters and
mothers. He had not been soldier; had
never heard the rattle of musKetry or
always felt when Decoration day arrived
that he was bound to aid in adjusting
the decorations. 1t had occurred to him
many times that there were heroes of the
war, heroes who had never had an opportun-
ity to come before the approving eye of their
country. The greatest test of mans hero
ism, he thought, was in how he wlthstood the
hour of waiting for the battle, even more
than how he acquitted himself under
the inspiration of the bugle call and
SO long waited for. l take it that this
quiet waiting for the battle and per-
haps for death calls for heroism. Then if l
am right, call your attention-you men who
battles-to those who sit quietly at your sides
tonight and ask you if they, after all, were
not the truest heroes of the war. Could your
hearts have been more anguished as you
wondered over the battlefield and saw
among the dead your comrades of
wives, mothers and sisters-yes, and the girls
who loved you-as they heard the news of
a great battle and prayed fervently to God
that the loved one might not be among the
fitting toast can think of on an occasion
like this the sentiment, "Our Mothers, Wives
and Daughters"
Mrs. D. F. De Wolf sang exquisitely
the difficult solo, 10, Hear the Gentle
Lark" and was applauded in de-
servedly hearty manner. While the
glasses were still jingling in her
praise, Col. Charles d. Kerr
arose, and when silence had been
secured made short address
outlining the history of the order of the
Loyal Legion, and was followed by Mr..
Colville AMI Mrs. Erwin in the duet
"Love On" which was sung in man.
ner at once artistic and pleasing. Maj.
II. B. Freeman, in short address. said
that he had spent most of his time since
the war on a frontier post, and
curiously enough. had never seen
Memorial day exercises in city until
he witnessed the ceremonies attendant
upon the last in st. Paul. He stood on
the field at Chickamauga when, in the
very hardest OF the fight, and when
help had to come from somewhere, the
old Minnesota swung into line of battle
with step as firm as though they were
on dress parade and turned the tide of
battle.
stood on Third street the other day, he
said, and saw the old soldiers, the old boys /
call them, who shouldered oil the danger
when danger menaced the nation-I saw
these walking along haltingly, and with the