The Washington times., 1895-03-14
HANCOCK Wis Their HERO
Second Army Corps Association
Gives Its Third Banquet.
ENJOYABLE ANNUAL REUNION
Distinguished Guests Present, Eloquent Re-
sponses to Toasts, Abundance of Good
Cheer-Tables Decorated with Roses from
White House Conssrvatory-Co John
Hancock in Attendance.

Hancock in Attendance.
The Second Army Corps Association,
composed OF grizzled Union veterans of
the civil war whose pleasure and pride it is
to name as their old commander, Gen w S.
Hancock, "the superb gave its third
annual banquetlast night at the Hotel Page.
The inauspi cious weather prevented
many from attending, but there were many
more than enough to establish headquarters,
supply the picket lines, and maintain the
dignity and discipline of the camp.
There were two business sessions. At
the first, the minutes of the previous meet
ing were read, Comrades John Joy Edison,
A. d. Swigert, and w. NJ Keefer were
elected to membership and it was ordered
that committee OF three be appointed-to
consist OF Comrades o'Driscoll, Seville,
and Jones-te confer with the members of
the Third Army Corps Association TO ar
range, if agreeable, for a joint banquet
one year hence.
AT the second meeting it required more
! time to discuss details, but the details were
not SO dry, and the business, strictly adj
hered to for several hours, cons isted
principally in disposing OF the yiands with
an intellectual display as a finale.
ENTERED IN DOUBLE COLUMN.
The members and guests entered the BAN
quet hall in double column President
Brady and Civil Service Commissioner Ly-
man escorting National Commander Tan
ner, of the Union Veteran Legion, in ad-
| vance.
The room was prettily decorated with
American flags, and on the tables rested
huge bouquets of superb roses sent from
| the White House.
a portrait OF Gen. Hancock the old COM
mander, faced the guests as they filed into
/ the tables, above the head appearing a
! large red trefoil, the corps badge of the
! First Division color AT other places
were suspended picture of each of two
other of the corps commanders, Gems.
/ Warren and Humphreys, ana one also of
/ the Father of His Country" 1t was the
intention to get portrait of each of the
other commanders, but that proved TO be
/ impossible.
| A pleasant incident was the enthusiastic
reception given to Col. John Hancock, a
brother of the general, who served through
the war as a member of his staff. Capt
/ G. f. Troutman gave Col. Hancock an in
! PRODUCTION and requested him to stand up
and give the boys a chance to count
him." He blushingly complied.
There were some present on crutches,
some whose fnfirmities would seem to have
required the use of crutches, others from
the SUBMITS of whose heads the hair had
departed with the vanishing years, and
silvered locks and grizZled boards Were
the rule.
Gen. James d. Brady, president of the
= H.. o. a
| also officiated as toast-master, while the
onerous duties of conducting the session of
the first house" devolyed principally
upon the broad shoulders of Major Dennis
O'Connor, second division vice president.
Before the association took its flight upon
its intellectual wings to the realms Of
thought and erudition Gen. Brady took oc-
casion to return his thanks to his comrades
for the honor they recently conferred upon
him by electing him as their presiding Of
ficer, which he did most gracefully and
eluquently.
He then in behalf of the association ex-
pressed its grateful acknowledgements for
the handsome flowers which it had tho
honor to receive from the White House for
the decoration of the banquet tables, NAM
ing the President and Mrs. Cleveland as
the donors and Private Secretary Thur
ber, who was instrumental in calling the
event TO their attention.
ELECTED ELOQUENT APPLAUSE.
The toasts embraced a variety of topics
and elected eloquent responses. There
were frequent references, as may be
naturally supposed, TO the heroes of the
Second Corps, and each name was greeted
with applause.
Capt William P. seviile's was the
Second Army Corps" Col. Charles Ly-
man, Civil Service Commissioner, talked
fxF I'D 1s-, sFa.F IN
Charles Smart, Z. s. A, of '0ur disabled
comrades" Capt. Lawrence Z. Cannon
responded in song with THE Star
Spangled Banner Col. N. Emmett Urell
paid tribute to THE Grand Army of the
Republic" and Commander Tanner dis
cussed in his eloquent way The private
soldier"
The comrades one and an voted the
affair to be in all respects one of the most
pleasant events in the history of the asSo
/ citation. It was in charge of the follow
ing committee The president, the execu
tive committee, and Gen. Joseph Smith
Col Lyman Major Charles Smart, U. S
A. Major 0'Connor, Capt. Seville, Majol
George a. Armes, U. s. A, and Capt
Franklin C. Jones.
President Bradys official colleagues
all of whom, with himself, were elected
at the annual meeting held in January, are
Major Smart, Major O'Connor, and Col
|
, Finn, secretary; Major Alfred R. Quaiffe
treasurer; Chaplain Henry s. Stevens
historian, and Capt. S. G. Jones, Majo
Armes, Sergt. Henry G. Bradley, Corp
Edward r. Gunson, executive committee
Besides those enumerated there wer'
present Capt. P. gO'Ferrall, Joseph Muir
ray, Sergt. Major Michael Duffy, S. R
Whitney, J. S. Erly, Charles w. Filler
Capt. c. E. Froutman, Col. W. P. Davis
DR.. G. T. Ribble, w. w. Davis, "a. F. Rugg
Brigade Surgeon j. r. Hayes, w. w. Bal
loch, Major B. J. O'Driscoll, John d
Brady, John E. McElroy, W. E. Keefer
Gen. Joseph Smith, of Bangor, Me-; 2. J
Gallagher, Major A. II. Nickerson, Jane
Plant, Capt. John O'Neil, W. 81. Maxwell
Gen. NJ. X. Morgan, who belonged to Gen
Grants staff; Leonard Mackall, Gen. NJ
. R. C. Wright, Adjt. Gen. U. V. Lee, ByroI
M. Cutcheon, and James McGrea.
Photographer Rice took snap shot a
the banquet-room just after the guests
wereseated and againat the close ofthe feast
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