Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-16
ARTILLERY BANQUET.
Honorary Members Present a Handsome
GuidOn to the COMPANY.

Oermanla park was brilliantly
illuminated Monday night, the oc
casion being the presentation of 6
handsome silk guidon to the Bren
ham Field Artillery. The hall was
we'll filed with the company and
their invited guests, and at 8 O'Clock
the company was formed across the
hall and Mr.. 81. Miller in brief
speech presented the company, in
behalf of the honorary members,
with the beautiful silk guidon, as q
token of their high regard and es,
TEEN, which he believed their courage
and patriotism would always protect
and keep from dishonor. The
donor INDUCED the hope that they
would never have occasion to wave
it DER fields of strife and bloodshed
but that it might wave triumphantly
at the approaching competitive drill.
Capt. Abe Harrison, in behalf of
the company, received the flag and
thanked the donors for the mark of
esteem they had shown him and the
company he commanded in
thus rendering the superb and
elegant guidon. He said, although
this company was organized June 2,
1887, as yet we have seen no active
service, but if the time ever comes,
which God grant it may never do,
when hostile foemen in battle array
shall invade our native land, we will
wave this flag in the front of battle,
and though dimmed with smoke and
| pierced with bullets, we will en-
deavor to guard its honor and save
it from disgrace. He closed by
saying: II am bold enough to state
that we have endeavored to win the
| good will of all grades and classes,
yet modest enough to assure you
that this gracious superb and totally
unexpected offering so effects me as
to leave me poor i'll speech, but rich
in thankfulness and gratitude"
The company broke ranks and
were seated with the guests at a
row of tables across the hall, with
Mr.. E. Reichardt at the head as mas
ter of ceremonies, and with glasses
filed up he proposed a toast to the
Brenham Field Artillery, to which
Col. D. G. Giddings responded in
his usual able manner, giving the
company some sound advice as to
their duty at the approaching en-
campment. he warned them that it
was not frolic that they were go
ing into, that they had arrived at the
mature age when the novelty had
worn off and that if they accom-
plished anything now it must be by
real work. He charged them to al
ways obey orders which was the
highest duty of a soldier. His
speech was replete with good advice
which was appreciated by the COM
pany as evidenced by the hearty ap-
plause that followed.
The ''U- S. Army" was next pro-
posed and responded to by Lieut.
Dryer, who spoke of the relation
ship of The .. S. Army to the Ma
tional Guard, which he said was
much closer than many supposed.
''Our City, Brenham," was pro-
posed and Lieutenant Herbst called
upon, but he refused to respond to
the toast, claiming that he was not
citizen-that he lived in Silkville,
but he went ahead with a speech re.
viewing the history of the Field Ar
tillery, which was entertaining and
heartily applauded.
Capt. Harrison was called out to
respond to the same sentiment, and
started off by saying it was one of
the few subjects very near and deer
to his heart, and like the subject of
home, awakened fond "reminiscences
that brought pleasure to his memo
ry." He went off into poetical fig
ures that so entertained the repor-
ter that he forgot to take notes and
consequently can not reproduce his
speech, but suffice it to say that it
was one of the best of the evening.
At this stage of the banquet Cap
tains Byrnes and HEARTFELT, of the
Light Guard, arrived with the Light
Guard band, and toast was at once
proposed by Mr. Miller to the Light
Guard, to which Capt. Byrnes re-
sponded. He SAID that as an hon
orary member of the Artillery ne
had received an invitation, and as
captain of another military company,
consequently on the double invita-
ton he was entitled to eat and
drink twice as much as any of them
and speak only half as much, and
amidst the applause he was seated
at a we'll filed table.
The Light Guard band discoursed
some sweet music and a toast was
drank to them and Prof. Browning
called upon to respond. He ex-
cused himself with the remark that
he was only good at blowing" a
cornet.
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