The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-16

!,
and thought that he had again been
touched"
BEANS, BEANS, BEANS!
G. A. r. Veterans Gather Round the Old
Camp Fire and Tell Their Experiences.
There's spot that the soldiers all love,
The mess-tent is the place that we
mean;
And the dish that we like to see there
Is the old-fashioned, white army bean.
TITS the bean that we mean,
And we'll eat as we ne'er ate before
The army bean. nice and clean;
We will stick to our beans evermore.
Now the bean in its primitive state
Is plant we have all often met;
And when cooked in the old army style,
It has charms we can never forget.
The German is fond of saur kraut,
The potato is loved by the Mick;
But the soldiers have long since found
That thro' life to our beans we should
stick
Beans for breakfast,
Beans for dinner,
Beans for supper
Beans! Beans.i Beans!i!
The above song brings to the G. A. r.
veterans "reminiscences of the days of
81. Every year these old veterans of
the civil war give their annual banquet
ana entertainment, and a man who has
never been present at one of these
spreads has missed a treat and he
wants to quickly accept the invitation
a ha al fIo1 t1c farx H.
receives it.
Saturday night had been set as the
date of the banquet and entertainment
OF George G. Mead post No. 16. 1t was
also the occasion of the public installa-
ton OF the officers and at the hour an
nounced for the opening there were
more than 100 present in the Matte
block hail.
The evening opened with the installa-
ton OF the officers by P. P. G. Wisner
The following We're installed: Com
mander, w. N. Wright; S. V&C., John
Caravan; j. V, c., H. Smith; surgeon,
l. M. Rockefeller; chaplain, Eber Gold
er; quartermaster, Roger Edwards; Of
ficer of the day, H, G. Smith; officer of
the guard, HI. Rode; appointed officer
adjutant, 7. O'Leary; S. M, A. Dildne;
@. nj. s., Il. A. Waterbury,
the hall had been profusely decorated
with the stars and stripes and with the
scenes of the camp fire and the stack
OF arms the appearance of the hall was
magnificent. After the installation of
the officers the guests retired to the
dining room, where an excellent lunch
con, composed for the most part of
Beans, beans, beans,' was served.
During the luncheon those who CHANGED
to be seated at the side of a G. A. r.
man were treated to some of his ex-
periences during the days of '61 After
luncheon some of Captain Hallahan's
now famous Manila cigars were passed
to the guests and they We're largely in
evidence in the Manila smoking room,''
to which the gentlemen retired
The following literary and musical
programme was rendered.:
Songs, by all present, Marching
Through Georgia" and 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" recitation, Miss
Grace Wisner; recitation, Miss Edna
stephens; song, Miss H. e. Wright;
speech on the G. A. r., by Elmer Wis
ner; recitation, poem by Mr.. Water
bury. George E. Elston gave very in
teresting exhibition of flag raising on
board warships
At the conclusion of the regularly ar
ranged programme the comrades were
informed that there was in their midst
an ex-confederate soldier. He was
quickly found and escorted to the plat
form, where it was learned that he is
Chill Turner, formerly a member of
Company G, 18th Arkansas infantry,
Col. r. G.. Shafer's regiment, Gavin's
Cleburn's division, c. S. A. AS
soon as he was introduced to the old
soldiers in the room there were loud
cries for speech. Mr.. Turner re-
sponded to the invitation in a few
words. He said that for once, at least
he was compelled to admit that the
Yanks had taken him by surprise. He
spoke In terms of eulogy of the soldiers
Of the North, who had saved the cause
Of the union. There is but one flag
now, said Mr.. Turner. and it is the flag
Of the South as well as of the North,
There is room under its ample folds for |
all. The South has shown herself ready |
to defend that flag in the late war with |
Spain, and she will ever be foremost |
n standing for "Old Glory
Mr.. Turner's remarks were greeted |
with loud and prolonged applause.
Comrade 7. c. Davidson was then
called upon for speech. Mr. David |
son criticised the policy of those who
were opposed to the retention of the
Philippine islands. The flag, said Mr. |
Davidson, has been raised over those
Stands by the strong arm of the United |
States and should never be hauled |
DOWN.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Davidson's |
a resolution was adopted by |
he assembly declaring it to be the
sense Of the gathering that the Phil
ppine islands should be retained as a
of the United States.
The pleasant evening was brought to |
l close at IL O'Clock by the singing of
patriotic songs.