The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-12
BANQUET TO GENERAL MILES
GIPEN IN NEW YORK AT THE
 WALDORF-4STORIA

ANN"iieu HI briiiiancy the Great B0n-
 quet Given In Honor of President Mc.
 Kinley Last Year-Governor-E Elect
 Roosevelt Royalty Wclcomed-Gen-
 eraI Miles' Address s-Members of Gov-
 ernOr's Foot Guard of New Haven
 Present.
 New York, Nov. 1.-The compliment tary banquet given to Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the Unit ed States army at the Waldorf Astoria tonight, in point of numbers, extensive preparation and brilliancy rivalled the great banquet given last year in honor of President Mckinley by the Mer- chants and Manufacturers club. Sev- en hundred and fifty guests were pres- ent, including many of the leading pro- fessional, military and business men of the country. The banquet hall itself has marvel of beauty. The menu cards were bound in velvet, with a DOT trait of General Miles and pictures rep resenting scenes through which the General had passed in his military ca- reer, scenes in the civil, Indian and Spanish wars.
 At 7:30 o'clock Hon. Joseph H. Choate, the toastmaster, took General Miles by the arm and after a brief le- wee in the ballery headed the process sion to the banquet room. MT. Choate and General Miles entered the dining room as the orchestra struck up 'sHail to the Chief" Soon afterward cheers were heard as Colonel Roosevelt ap- peared. There was much cheering, ev- eryone rising to his feet, the ladies in the boxes enthusiastically waving their handkerchiefs at the colonel. He was escorted to the place made vacant by the illness of General Shafter who sent regrets at the last moment Colonel Roosevelt shook hands with General Miles and this was the occasion for more cheering.
 Among those who sat at the guests table, presided over by Joseph H. Choate, were Major General Miles, at his right and Rear Admiral Henry B. Erbin at his left; Governor Roger A. Wolcott of Massachusetts, Govenro- elect Theodore Roosevelt, Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, Major General Dan- iel D. Sickles, Hon. Benjamin F. Tracy, Commander Francis Higginson, Hon. Addison Brown, ex-Governor Levi P Morton, Rev. Dr. A. B. Kittridge, Cap tain Arthur Paget, Rev. Dr. w. A. Will son, Major General o. o. Howard, Hon. w. J. Wallace, Hon. Seth Low, Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Hon. Roswell P. Flower, Hon. Chauncey M Depew, United States Senator William J. Sew ell, Governor Lloyd Lowndes of Mary land and Rev. R. J. Lewis. Half a doz- en of the Governors Foot Guard of New Haven Conn.,, were present.
 After brief speech by Mr. Choate in which he warmly eulogized the guest of the evening, General Miles was giv- en an ovation.
 Speaking of the war, General Miles said: This last war was in the in- terests of humanity and in behalf of a heroic people who for many years have been struggling against cruel atroci- ties, oppression and the despotism of a decaying monarchy. It has been most remarkable in many respects The American soldiers and sailors have been true to the principles and tradi- tions of their fathers and maintained the honor and glory of the American arms. One great blessing to the coun- try in this brief but decisive war has been to firmly unite in bonds imperish- able all sections of the United States. It has also given us reason and oppor- tunity to appreciate our oblizations The future opens the doors to greater responsibilities, and I trust to greater progress and prosperity. We can no longer confine ourselves to the narrow Iimts that governed us in the past. The graver responsibilities of the na- ton are too great to be contaminated by personal, partisan or sectional inter- cSLo. we dIC SOtttliS tO tiiot tAiAiC WiOh we will require not only the ablest men but many of them in every department to protect and administer the affairs of the nation. The important questions that had to be met and have been de- cided during the last few months have had broadening influence upon the great mass of our people. We have been enabled to give freedom to mill lions of oppressed people,
 A letter from President Mckinley was read and the presidents health was drank standing. General Nelson M. Curtis proposed three cheers for General Miles, as also did member of the staff of Governor Bushnell of Ohio, and they were given with will. MT. Choate then in a tribute to the navy introduced Rear Admiral Erben. He was received with cheers as he rose to speak, He said: q thank God that I joined the navy when I was fifteen years of age and that I am in it yet.' (Applause). He stated that the success of the navy began with Mir. Chandler. followed by MT. Whitney. but the one man to whom the most credit was due, he declared, was Mir Tracey. MT. Tracey was sitting at the guests table and when he smiled at the allusion 1oud cI,aer hroka o1t and he arose and