New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
D.. K. E. IN WAR AND PEACE.
THE FRATERNITY HOLDS A REUNION AND
DINNER-COLLE0E YELLs AND
SPFECHEa

After q lapse OF four years the Delta Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity held another Of its reunions and
dinners last evening at Sherrys. The dinner was
to some extent celebration OF the recent achieve
rlents OF members OF the fraternity both in war
and in civil life. More than two hundred members.
representing about thirty chapters. were present.
Tho spirit OF the occasion asserted itself early IN
the evening through college yels and songs. in
which the older members well the young took
part.
Before the diners took their seats grace was said
by the Right Rev. l.. l.. Knsoving. the recently
appointed Episcopal Bishop OF Brazil.
The POSTMASTER was Charles II. Beckett and
with him at the table of honor sat Bishop Kin
solving. Hilary A. Herbert ex-Secretary OF the
Navy; Alexander Mcneil. president Of the d. X.
F. Club OF this city; David B. King. A. w. Glea-
son. c. F. Mathewson Justice William Rumsey.
Charlton T. Lewis. Assemblyman Frank D. Pavey.
General Wager Swayne and John De Witt Warner.
Before introducing the speakers OF the evening
Mr. Beckett read telegram from John d. Long.
Secretary OF the Navy. saying that public affairs
made II impossible for him to attend the dinner
Letters from Whtelaw Reid Major General But
Ter and Captain Peyton March, who commanded
the Aston Battery in the Philippines. were also
read
Ex-Secretary Herbert who was the first speaker
responded TO the toast. THE D. X. E. in the Span
ish War" He spoke OF membership in the D. X. E.
at the University Of Virginia.
And as IL was there, ne SAID. experience mas
taught me It was elsewhere. Choice spirits were
gathered into fraternity. The tests OF mem
bership which we applied were n guarantee that the
whom fraternity sought were destined TO
illustrate the virtues OF American citizenship. AS
n consequence OF these tests II has followed nat
urally that for heroism In the day OF battle we
may proudly challenge comparison with any or
ganiZation In the land. In the CIVIL War, North
and South. ID. X Els were among the first In the
field. and side by side with the foremost in the
fight
ut is proudly recorded that the D. X. f. sent
than fifteen hundred OF her sons into the
Civil VARIES TO the Union Army and 125 to the
Confederate Army. 60 per cent Of all the names on
her rolls.
Among the men in the House Of Representa-
Massachusetts, 1t so happened that this OF
war with Spain began He had no military train
the issue OF the depended mainly upon the
possession and control Of tho seas"
Mr.. Herbert also spoke OF the career OF Governor
Roosevelt the time when he United
States Civil Service Commissioner. Here was a
d. X. E. he said. whose civic and military virtues
had elevated him to the Governorship OF the En-
pire State OF the Union.
He also spoke Of John Addison Porter the presi-
dents private secretary. and General Stewart L.
Woodford, ex-Mnister TO Spain.
Justice Rumsey spoke on The d. X. e. in
Peace" C. F. Mathewson on The Spirit Of the
p. X. E." General Wager Swayne on The Parent
Chapter-Yale" and Andrew Gleason on THE d.
x. r. in New-York."