New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-10
IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS
OFFICERS OF THE 1sr AND I'D BRlGADES
IN BROOKLYN.
,.,>rn At THE HAMILTON CITB-GIOw
ING Tributes TO THEIR WORK DCKlN"
TIN, DECENT STRIKE


THE RECENT STRIKE.
.r,o commanding officers of the First ana Secohu
,rgades of the National Guard who were on duty
- Irooklvr during the strike met last night arouhu
+ba tables in the dningrooms OF the Hamilton NIu"
~ Brooklyn. The dinner was in recognition oi 'i,1
orvices of the soldiers. At President Mchee"
,oble which was beautifully decorated with pluSh
nses sat James McKeen. president OF the Ham
r.on Club; Brigadier General James Meier brls-
,,or General Louis Fitzgerald. the Rev Dr. y. D.
7, Rehrends Colonel Frank V. Greene, list fegl-
rent: Charles Hamlin. Captain +. l. Leigh zap
tan Frank ~ Bell, 18th Separate company anu
,,oior Charles F. Roe. Squadron \, and Corporation
nnso, NcDonald who represented Mayor Schieren.
o,or ofscors present were Colonel Daniel Appleton.
I'm Regiment: Colonel William Seward CooheI
herman Dowd, 18th Regiment; Colonei Johh l.
Camp 22d Regiment Northumberland George VI.
smith It'll Regiment commanding @tn bat'ahoh'
,foior Henry Chauncey. il. 9Th Battalion; captain
7 onis Wendell 1st Battery Captain David wilson,
Of Eattery; Leutenant-Colore William L. watson
,2th Regiment: Colonel Harry W. MltcheH' '4'h
regiment; Colonel Alexis c. smith, $50 REGIMENT
Colonel John c. Eddy. 41th Regiment; captain
-. : Easouin 80 Battery, and William c. Wal
t. Indigo Advocate-Cicneral Among WeIl-knoWn
Brooklynitcs present were William ii. NlcHois' W.
u Maxwell W. L. ogden, Colonel j. ~ faruldge'
General J. b. woodward. r. Il. WOODWARD r. W.
Wurster. Thomas II. Wagstaff, Henry 1onse' Eu-
cena G. Backford. a. c. Barnes. J. G. Dettmar' H.
e. D,val Henry Hentz William V Hester and II.
4.
J. Morse. 1900.
President McKeen said that the daytime ami
versarv Of Appropriateness hitting occasion LOT
bonoring the officers of the First and Second
Rrqades of the National Guard. Whatever ulher-
ence of opinion might exist as to the eNpediehcF
80 prescribing the drastic remedy of calling out
the troops there unaminlty OF ieelihS III re-
card TO the magnificent conduct OF the cIup
CHESTS and the troops they commanded FOR hiii
eo,f he believed the remedy had been rightly pre-
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.,rco words IN condemning the corporation
which Through their aggrandizinG methods COM
,cit,ed wrong" He also criticised the oVerreachhs
tendencies of labor organizations when cufta!leu
the rights of the citizen
CORPORATION Counsel Mcdonald welcomed the SOL
diers speaking for Mayor Schieren, who was de-
.atrod NJ home by illness He said he was glad
that this was Tuesday and not CAssembymahp FIJI
dav Qaughter) He reviewed IN peasant man
ner the honorable parts taken in the tate uhp'eas-
antness by the officers present naming many OIL
them He said he was satisfied the presence OF the
soldiers was essential for the preservation OF order
The experience which was had was Naiuaoie' pe-
cause it demonstrated that when it was necessary
the National Guard could be assembled III the
course of a few hours to protect the IVES MONIES
and property of the people of Brooklyn
The Rev Dr. 4. J. +. Behrends followc! anu the
assemblage remembering his ringing 0ei~hce Oh '"e
soldiers and administration during the STRIKE gave
him an enthusiastic reception. The Doctor SAID he
"Down with the soldiers! meant as well Down
with the policer' 1t was high time that the Seal
list condemnation Of the soldier be met WIN IN ~
game ganc government'' said he, without its berg
based upon the military" The STRIKE Cotlh'''eers
report. like the income tax, straddied the ~.
had no good word for anybody eNGep. d! rhtS Sue
gestive silence for Sonmey am aor' was The mai
Conclusion that no legislation couid ne uCN,S'u "
guard agaqsi ana FsPet eiIz 9r and aTpycr ne
repudiated that report 1ApplsusT - The W5rst
kind THE tramp of the soldiers over me b'Iuse
that Monday morning. ne Went On the h5r.ts
Sos was an oratorio Of preservation CApp!auss2
The National Guard alone saT9d US ron ctons Of
The spirit Of the times There. was fashion at
/, deyiIed ham out Of turkey and and calling Il de-
viled turkey. and there was SORT OF deVlie5dd -
time had not vet come when the swords could ne
beaten into ploughshats ne Geieyed d ,9eL W?u}
the paid soldier prevented from coming II Woui
triotsm Il don't believe in firing in the air, d.
clared he. If any firing is to be DOM i,ed e,
done in the most effective way Less lives VIII DC
Three cheers were given for Or. Behrends 90,
mis- health was drunk standing. He expressei the
gratitude felt by himself and his men fqr thg coy
pleasant compliment and regretted that he didn't
The cs3 81 his of
splendid reception accorded him and MS assocaie5
tween eighteen and twenty-five subject 10 mill
tary duty. The statute provided him an equipInent
OF a 'r1e and frelock sufficient bayonet, TWO
extra fints and a quarter-pound horn OF powder
This law, he said, had never been repeaed Ger
militia during 1861. OF the trouble IN brooklyn ASi
winter he said the extremist wanted inc mop ht Tea
upon at the outset. But, gentlemen saId ne.
"hrng upon a mob means dead Iner, means
widows and orphans" The people. he SAID, were
slow 10 awaken to the necessity or any suGh
necessity. because Of their sympathy with me
strikers Notwithstanding a justification Tor H.
said he, "the soldiers did not shoot to klll.
The health OF Colonel Appleton was drunk stand
ception OF a few minutes when they were stoned
by rioters at Halseyst, and spat at by rev
young rufians, he and his men had pretty good
time In Brooklyn" -
Colonel Francis V. Greene, Of the list Regiment
spoke briefly and followed by others
About lc0 sat down dinner and the occasion
was one long to be remembered.