The record-union., 1894-12-31
MILITARY BANQUET.
rendered to Governor Markham and
Governor-elecJ Budd.

rendered to Governor Markham and
Governor-eIecU Budd.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.-The National
Guard Officers Association rendered a
banquet last night to Governor Mark
ham and Governor-elect Budd at the Cal
itornia Hotel. 1t was $50 o'clock when
Governor-elect Budd, on the arm of
Governor Markham, and escorted by
Brigadier-G eneraI Dickinson, descended
the stairway OF the California and entered
the banquet hall. The officers of the as
sociation and their guests filed in after
the GoVernOr-elect. Brlgadler-GeneraI
Dick inson acted as toast-master.
Governor Markham made brief ad-
dress, expressing his pleasure at meeting
so many officers OF the National Guard.
His relations hao been SO pleasant
with the militia that he almost
wished he had run for Governor
again and defeated his success
sor. He believed in the National Guard,
and although the records showed that he
had vetoed more appropriations than any
previous Governor, he had never drawn
the veto pen through an appropriation
for the National Guard.
Governor-e!ect Budd responded to the
toast, The state of California" having
been introduced by Brigader-G General
Dickinson as Our Commander-ln-C Chief
without any recount" The Governor
elect was greeted with hearty cheers. He
declared that when he accepted the nom
ination for Governor he did so with little
expectation Of being elected, but he did it
with the belief that the greatest of all
States needed n government on strictly
business principles.
The other toasts and responses on the
programme were as follows: The Regu-
lar Army" Brigadier- General j. w. For
syth; The Navy" Rear-Admiral l.. A.
Beardslee; The National Guard j." Major
General W. II. Dimond; The Neterans,n
Colonel W. Il. Smedberg; The Press"
Brigadier- General /. w. Sheehan; The
Ladies'" Colonel Thomas +. Barry.
one of the features Of the evening was
the presentation to Adiutaut-G General Al
len of a handsome testimonial engraved
on silver. The resolution and the expla-
nation accompanying it was as follows:
''AJ meeting of the National Guard
Officers Associations held at San Fran
cisco, December l, 1894, the undersigned
were appointed a committee TO assure
Adjutant-General Allen Of the high ap-
probation in which his services on be-
half of the National Guard are held bv
said association. The committee was also
instructed TO forward TO him an engrossed
copy of the following resolutions adopted
at said meeting:
''ReSotUed, That the National Guard
Officers Association recognizes in Adiu-
tant-General Alien a competent, efficient
and Jealous officer, and he is hereby ten
- dered our earnest and heartfelt thanks for
his uniailing courtesy and close and con-
tinued attention to the best interests of
the National Guard of California during
his term of office
I'VE do hereby tender the best wishes
of the National Guard Officers Associa-
ton to General Allen in whatever new
field OF duty he NAV enter feeIinp as wa
do, that he will continue to manifest the
same interest in the welfare of the Ma
tional Guard as he has always done in the
past
''T. w. Sheehan, Brigadier- General
Fourth Brigade, y. q. c.; j. ". Guthrie,
Colonel Second Infantry. \. G. e.; Ii.
Weinstock, Lieutenant GoloDel and AS
sistant Adjutant- General Fourth Brigade,
n. u. {.