The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20
BANQUET no ADJT. HAYWARD.
Members OF General Alfred III. Terry
Command, Union Veterans Union,
Have an Enjoyable Time.

event to the members and friends OF
General Alfred II. Terry Command
No. 8, Union Veterans union, occurred
at the conclusion of their regular
meeting last Thursday evening at Vet
erans' hall
A large number of old battlenlen OF
'61-65, with their wives and daughters,
had gathered, with baskets and boxes
of good things, determined to take cap
tive the genial adjutant Mrs. Eliza
beth Plat in behalf of the officers and
members of the Veterans union and
the Women's Veteran Relief union, No.
3, presented Adjutant Hayward with a
handsome gold fountain pen. Mrs
Platt's remarks We're as follows:
! heard you say. Now this is true,
If anybody had in view
A great surprise they'd like to spring,
1t seemed to YOU 'twould be the thing
To give a timely notice clear
TO the presiding genius here.
Now, Adjutant, l speak to you.
This Is the thing ! have to do,
To make you open wide your eyes,
And spring on you great surprise
And, furthermore, to keep the peace,
And your establishment increase,
/ am empowered to charges make,
And our revenge on you to take.
The sisters Of Encampment Eight
Have sundry bad complaints of late.
They say-and "They Say" always
knows
When bleak and cold the wild wind
blows
You shut off every ounce Of steam
When mild and fair the moonbeams
CLEAN,
1T seems you'd roast them on the spot,
You make the room as hot as hot.
To other orders-Maccabees
You are as sweet as sweet can be.
Now these are charges true and grave.
If you your character would save
Refute them here; for I must add
I've something more that's quite as
bad
The mayor says that it's true
He spoke at length compelled by you;
And in the course of his first speech,
! trust your conscience it will reach.
He said he was compelled to speak
OF your unmitigated cheek.
We all know well that as q rule
The animal we call a mule
Has more Of this, his well known trait;
Then other beings ask of Fate,
He said, and I believe tits true,
THAT to compare the mule with you,
The mule would lose points ninety"
nine,
You'd come out victor every time
don't expect, with your good sense,
hat %,x, ao1ro Joeo
This very night; you need some time
To get your stray thoughts into line.
would suggest you take this plan
And write out all your mind; then
When we're all assembled here,
Read it to us both loud and clear;
You might then tell us, what we
know,
That you a better record show
OF what to us is very clear;
You've brought more members to the
Than any one in the command.
We know that we have you to thank
For many members high in rank;
For Sperry and Mayor Farnsworth,
too,
Judge Cleveland, Bishop Shafter new;
Burwell and Dickerman to boot
We've no doubt others follow suit.
Have we performed the startling feat,
And is our last surprise complete?
A fine banquet was served by the
ladies'. Among those present We're De-
partment Commander Fred s. Snow
and number of his staff General w.
e. Morgan, Colonel Timothy Whittel-
sey, Comrades Caffrey Benjamin,
Hurley, Wilson, Golden, Taylor, Lee,
Tyler, Phelps and others. Among the
ladies present were Mrs Mary Burger
meister, Mrs. A. E. Hubbell, Miss Ida
Caffrey, Mrs. S. L. Hayward, Mrs. Sa-
rah Feear, Mrs. Fred S. Snow, Mrs.
Linden Eckert, Mrs. s. j. flight, Mrs.
James r. Burnes, Mrs. X. j. Bradley,
Mrs. Timothy Whittelsey, Mrs. Chas.
o. Hayward, Mrs. w. j. Hubbell. Ad-
jutant Hayward acknowledged a com
plete surprise.
Tickets are selling rapidly for the
grand entertainment and concert to be
given by General Terry Command, I'm
ion Veterans union, which takes place
at Veterans hall next Thursday even
ing, March %, at o'clock.
During the business meeting Thurs
day evening George A. Tibbals was
in as an honorary member