The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15

speakers there were ranged on either side
Rounsevelle Wildman, General Turnbull,
w. G. Burnett. J. L. Martel, Deputy Col
Iector of the Port 5. J. Ruddell, General
Theodore Reichert and o. F. Wiley.
The following survivors of the Mexican
war as officers and members of the associa-
ton were present:
Oficers-President, S. J. Loop; first vice.
president, Charles Long; second vice-presi-
dent, Colonel Joseph Stewart; secretary, w. L.
Duncan; treasurer, A. Mcdonald; marshal;
William G. Lee; chaplain, Rev. Douglas
O'Kelley.
Trustees-James Legion, J. c. Broderick, W.
Burnett, H. w. Kurlbuam, NJ. White
OF the above-named officers the following are
ex presidents: William L. Duncan, Colonel
Joseph Stewart and W. C. Burnett.
Members-Colonel Andrews, ex-president,
J. H. Adams, Fred Adams, j. NJ. Apgar, Peter
Bush, d. B. Bush, ]. Baumeister, j. f. Beckcart,
George Bingham, 1. M. Baker, F. H. Brown
John A. Cooper, w. F. Cooper, Theo Cranz, NJ
Corcoran. J. Cornwall, J. Cassion, Pierri Dray-
deni, Francis Dowd, Edward de Laney, J. #.
Felix. J. B. Frisbie, Myric Fulsome, Fred Gate
house, ]. Gottschalk, II. F. Gregory, G. Hardy
H. r. Hall. David Hall, Denis Harrigan, Ed
Johnson, ]. NJ. Jackson, James Kane, Oswald
Keny, James Kellogg, J. II. Lawrence, John
Murphy, J. L. Martel, F. w. Muleg, Kenneth
Mcdonald, ]. B. Moore, Charles Mullin,
J. w. McKinsey, George Mears, isaac G..
Messick, w. A. Piper, Francis Rooney,
w. L. Rose, George StilwelI, Samuel Sampson,
Frederick Schaupp, j. w. Stickler, Charles H.
Seymour, E. A. Sherman, Henry Schwartz, L.
sallinger, E. Straengal, Charles Steinmetz,
Jams, w. T. Wallace, ]. S. Ward William LIE
Grand Dickinson.
The association has recently added 240
honorary members out of the thousand or
more veterans scattered throughout the
State, many of whom sent their regrets
that they could not be present
When the dinner had been dispatched
and the cigars had been reached President
Loop addressed his comrades briefly on
the object of the gathering and introduced
Postmaster Frank McCoppin, who spoke
to the toast, "The President of the Uuited
States"
He said there were not nineteen other
men in the United States comparable to
the nineteen men who have been elected
Presidents Of this Union. He reviewed
the several Presidents, presenting features
of their administrations. To Polk he said
his hearers loudly applauded.
Referring to the work of Lincoln he said
that he never touched thing that he did
not adorn. His mention of the fact that
Commodore Sloat planted the flag of the
Nation at Monterey drew the applause of
the veterans. He concluded with tribute
to the greatness of Grover Cleveland, and
Hail to the Chief was played by the
band.
Senator George G. Perkins, speaking to
"Our Country" said that California owed
to the Mexican Veterans a homage.
He dwelt upon the great battles that made
the acquisition possible. He said he felt
that he stood on sacred ground in the
presence of the veterans who sat before
him. He said their gallant deeds would
never die from the memory of the people
of California, the brightest gem in the
circle of States. There is yet debt due
the veterans of the Mexican War-a PEN
sion for what they did for this Govern
ment.
He pledged them that the entire delega-
ton from California would stand for the
appropriation of the pensions due them in
the next Congress.
1t is not the great States and Territories,
the towering mountains, the rivers and
the broad plains, he said, that make
country, but people, ana each citizen is
sovereign of this great Republic.
Senator Perkins told a good story, illus
trating the extent of the greatness of the
United States. One man who had been
called on to speak to the toast, "The
United States" said it was bounded
on the north by the North Pole,
on the south by the South Pole.