The times., 1898-11-04
TO IT'S SOLDIER BROTHERS
Elks Honor Those Who De-
Tended the Nations Flag.
FIVE LOYAL SONS IN ARMS
banquet to Urem, O'Brien. Beatty,
Boyle, and Burr-sps eehes by Mai.
Gen. Miles, Hon. Simon Wolf. Cor
poral Tanner, and Others-COi.
William Dickson Tonstmn.ter-
Happy Gathering.
For Freedoms battle once begun
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son.
Though baffied off. is ever won.


Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son.
Though baf1ed Oft. is ever won.
The spirit of these lines of the poet,
forming the basis OF the toast Our
Heroes responded TO by Major General
Miles. commanding the American armies,
perhaps expresses Ia the most fitting man
ner the feelings and sentiments of those
who assembled at the banquet board at
the Maison Rauscher last night to pay
tributes of honor to those members of the
local lodge of the Brotherhood of oiks who
volunteered in the Hispano-American
war.
The soldiers thus honored and toasted
with the fullest flow of wit and eloquence
were Major NJ. Emmett Urell. who COM
manded the first battalion of the District
regiment of volunteers; Maj. Richard A.
OBrien. who commanded the third bat
talon of the same regiment; Capt. Samuel
A. Boyle. jr., of the Philadelphia City
Troop A; Capt. Charles A. Beatty. of the
Tenth Volunteer Cavalry, and Richard r.
Burr. OF the American navy.
The occasion which was the means Of
bringing about so brilliant assemblage OF
guests was one that will long remain fresh
in the memories of those who were for
! tunate enough to be present, witnessing
as they did, such manifestations of pat
riotism and such evidences OF devotion to
the typical American soldier as have
seldom marked any similar gathering in
this city.
As expressed in the toasts of one of the
speakers, the gathering was not intended
TO idolize the heroes 10 whom the affair
was rendered. but rather to show their
love Tor those soldiers of America OF
which there are so many, and of which
the hve soldier brothers were types.
Msny Distinguished Gup.sts.
The lower lobbies and corridors of the
Rauscher establishment were throrged
with those who We're invited to partici-
pate In the event long before the hour
appointed for the assembly in the banquet
hall. Elks were numerous as a natui al
| consequence of the fact that the dinner
| was given by the members of the local
branch OF that order as a compliment to
| FIVE of its most prominent members.
| In addition to them. however, We're sew
eral score of distinguished guests, repre-
| senting the National and District Gov
ernments, the press and clergy. and rep
resentative citizens of this and other
cities.
| Shortly before s o'clock two of the
heroes of the evening, Majors Urell and
O'Brien. arrived. accompanied by Col.
| William Dickson. Major Richard Sylves-
ter. John Burkhart, and others. and their
appearance was at once the signal for All
| outburst of applause and a hearty round
of handshaking by those who haa already
assembled Immediately thereafter the
new arrivals entered the hosiery and
| were ushered TO the waiting room on the
second floor, where they were introduced
| to the distinguished guests of the even
ing, among them being Maj. Gen. Miles.
Hon. Simon Wolf, Edward P. Hay. Gsn.
! Arthur Hendricks, Gen. A. W. Barrett.
of San Francisco. Hon. james Tanner.
Rev. Howard Wiiber Ennis and others.
| Capt. Beatty, Corporal Boyle and Rich
| ard Burr were not present, one being In
Porto Rico the other at Lexington, KY.
and the third at Philadelphia. engaged IN
the service of their country. but they
were remembered very appropriately at
the hour of II, when the customary II
! o'clock toast TO all absent brothers was
drunk.
A Patriotic Gathering.
The assembled guests entered the BAN
|
ply but tastefully decorated with fes-
tooned flags and profusion of flowers.
In an alcove in the northeastern corner
of the room loomed huge elk, the en-
blem of the order, from bank of palms
and tropical plants. Music was furnished
by a section of the Carroll Institute Or
chestra stationed at the western end OF
the hail.
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the manner in which many of the yiands
and other articles of the menu were
! served to those at the tables. As a COM
pIiruent to the Elks. the ice-eream was
served in the shape of battieships fully
equipped with tiny wooden guns and
| other paraphernalia. Other dishes were
! served on platters, in the center of which
| were large elk's heads built out of candy
and ices.
During the banquet one of the most
impressive features was the playing OF
the "Star-Spangled BANNER" which was
| the signal for the rising of the entire
| assemblage to its feet to join in the
| chorus. Gen. Miles was the first to stand
and he was almost simultaneously follow
ed by the rest of the gathering. Another
impressive feature of the evening was
| the drinking of the toast to the absent
members, dead and alive.
4 A i d
sounded through the hall from an adj
Joining room, striking that hour. Wher
the striking ceased the gathering &rose
and exchanged sentiments and frank The
toast to the absent brothers This was
followed by the singing Of IL verse ol
.Auld Lang Syne."
/ Soon afterward, at the sound of the
gavel. In the hands of Joseph A. Burkart
the chairman of the evening, silence was
called and the toasts were begun. The
chairman. in an address of welcome,
prefaced his remarks with an allusion to
the fact that the country Is now peace
fully concluding war which had been
prosecuted in the broad and liberal mind
| of humanity.
The Address of Welcome.
Other countries had the credit of pre-
cipitating wars with US. America had the
credit of winning them. The time was
then a fitting one in which to be jubilant
and to welcome and honor those who by
their assistance in bringing about such a
glorious end had honored their order and
their flag.
He congratulated the guests and BROTH
ers of the Order of Elks, in their behalf,
Majors Urell and O.Brien on having sue
cessfully weathered severe campaign
and on their return comparatively well
and thoroughly happy. He concluded
with the following tribute to the heroes
of the order:
ITO you, Brother Urell, exalted ruler
soldier by birth. hero of two wars. the
grand old man of the First District Regi
ment, proud possessor of the medal o.
4 honor conferred by the Congress of tn,
United States, which the man doesn't, liv,
who would dare insult, we are indebted
for a military record equaled by few anl
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