Evening star., 1901-02-11
RECEPTION AND BANQUET
COMMANDER-IN-CHI OF THE G. A.
n. AS GUEST.
Function at the Ebbitt House Under
Auspices of Potomac Depart
ment-The Speeches.

Senefiii Leo RaSSieur, cOmmander-in-ch'e
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic. was
! the guest of honor a banquet given last
| Saturday night by his comrades of the De-
| partment of the Potomac. The affair took
| place in the large banquet hall of the Eb-
| btt and about one hundred participated,
| Just prior TO the feast a reception was held
| III the red parior, and for upward of an hour
| the veterans passed in review before their
| commander-in-chief. and grasped his hand.
| After the reception the march to the ban
! quet hall was taken up, Commander in Chief
Rassleur leading on the arm of Department
| Commander George ii. Saybaugh Rev.
| Wilbur G. Davenport invoked the blessing
and the banquet opened. A stand oi colors
| was brought in by guard o. honor amid
the strains Of The Star-Spangled Banner
and placed behind the chair of the distin-
guished guest. 1t required a dozen tables to
seat the guests. The beautiful arrangement
and tasty decoration attracted the attention
| of every one.
After the viands had been disposed ~
Thos 5. Hopkins, past department COM
mander, assumed the role of toastmaster
ana did IL 10 the satisfaction OF all.
The first speaker of he evening was Rep
resentatve X. w. Tayler of Ohio. who re-
sponded to the patriotic toast, American
ism, the Might!est Force In Modern CiviI,-
zation' THIS was the toast assigned to
Senator Burrows. who was unable to be
present Representative Tayler handled his
subject with consummate ease, and during
the course of his speech referred to the
brilliant victory of Admiral Dewey and the
effect of his trumphs
A letter was read from President McKin-
ley expressing his regret at not being able
to be present. 1t was an autograph letter
and at the conclusion of its reading the
banqueters gave three hearty cheers. A
toast TO the President was drunk standing.
Response by Lieut.. Gen. Miles.
When the POSTMASTER announced the next
speaker. Lieutenant General Niles, the COM
rades welcomed the distinguished soldier
with cheers and waving napkins. The
American Soldier was the toast assigned
him, and he did It full measure Of justice
in happy speech, in which he said no
poet or orator or artist could do justice to
the American soldier. His speech was IN
tensely patriotic, and at the conclusion OF
his remarks the room rang with vocirerous
applause.
Admiral Dewey sent letter of regret
illness prevented his attendance. He was
booked to respond to the toast 1.-The Ameri-
can Sailor" Representative Gibson OF
Tennessee took Misplace and did ample jus
tice to the assignment. During the course
Of his remarks he referred to our recent
victories on the sea, and expressed the be-
lief that our sailors will never go down in
defeat.
While muffied bugle sounded taps tho
comrades rose and drank a toast to tho
honored dead"
The Grand Army.
| Commander-n-Chie Rassieur was the
last Of the speakers to respond to formal
toast. His was "The Grand Army of the
Republic" and right royalty did he handle
the subject. He spoke of it's glorious his
tory, and after paying his respects to
"Comrade Mckinley" closed by saying his
visit to Washington was to get from Con-
gress recognition for the widows and chill
dren Of the comrades who had joined that
great army on the other side. Others who
spoke during the evening were w. L. An
drews auditor for the treasury; F. +. Ritz
man. auditor for the War Department;
Wm c. Meredith. director Of the bureau OF
engraving and printing; Brig. Gen. John NJ.
Wilson, Commissioner John b. Harlow,
Frank w. Palmer, Corporal James Tanner,
Joseph Kay. past commander of New
York; Commissioner Bnger Hermann, Ma
jor Richard Sylvester. Gen. s. s. Burdett,
Henry A. Cooper of Wisconsin, George w.
Ray of New York, r. w. Miers of Indiana.
Washington Gardner OF Michigan, Capt.
Daniel " Chisholm, Richard Bartholdt OF
ST. Louis and ]. D. Bowersock of Kansas.
Those Present.
Among those present were: Commander
in Chief Rassieur, Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Commander L. P. Williams. Past Comman-
der Thomas S. Hopkins, Representative ].
D. Bowersock, Commander Israel w. Stone,
Robert w Miers, Albert D. Shaw, Major
Richard Sylvester, Assistant Adjutant Gen.
B. T. Chase, w. E. Andrews, Q. }. Rick
etts, N. NJ. Brooks. Brig. Gen: John M Will
son, Past Commander-inC Chief s. s. Burdett,
Commander G. II. Saybaugh, Joseph w.
Kay of Brooklyn, NJ Y: Quartermaster
General Charles l.. Burrows, William NJ.
Lee of Brooklyn, N. Y; Simon Wolf, S. E.
Faunce, A. Hart. Auditor F. E. Rittman,
Gilbert NJ. Heusted Dr. Thomas Calver, w.
A. Calderhead. A F: Dinsmore. Richard
N-l % Ac-
sistant Controller L. P. Mitchell. George
w. Kay =. NJ Kelley. NJ. e. Mill, Calvin
Farnsworth. c. NJ. Robinson. C. M. Robin
son. jr. Capt Charles w; v;in,ri Parker s D; v.
ell. ELL L. vanderhoof. Nathan Bicksford.
Charles S Loeftier; Capt; s. g. Parker.
Brown, Maj William Howard Mills, Ed
ward M. Dawson, NJ. NJ. Leurs A. B.
Kimball. William Gibson. W. $. Chase. D.
C. Chase of Syracuse. N. Y; A. S. Bryan,
DR.. Lawrence Wilson. DR.. J. w. Abel. e.
c. Johnston, Robert E. Grant, ]. L. Daven-
Geek, R. NJ: Calhoun. w; Scott Smith Alya
S. Taber, E. r. Campbell. Samuel Cross. r.
W. Shoppell, Capt. E. r. Black, Maj. Jo-
siah Pierce Represen,atlye Marov Henry InGn
Harlow. NJ. A. Weigle. Charles 7.
Lowell. Daniel NJ. Gordain. Lewis I.
O'Neal, Lyman +. M. Cushing, A
H G. Richardson. William H. Norton.
Newton Ferree. C. G. Bollinger. John S.
Garrison, H. A. Cooper, j. e. McCard, DR..
J. R. Hayes, DIR. A. E. Johnson, b. f.
Bingham E. NJ. McFall, H. c. Bradley, Maj.
Urell, E. A. Curry, Charles Matthews, e. A.
Wiber, Robert H. Marcellus II. A. Kelly
Of Tennessee. N. N. Mccullough and Oscar
c. Fox of New York.
The following composed the committee on
the banquet: Thomas 8. Hopkins, c. NJ.
Robinson, John McElroy, II. l.. Johnson.
Lawrence Wilson, Nathan Bickford, Abra-
ham Hart, Calvin Farnsworth, l. g. kim
ball, l.. P. Williams, israel W. Stone and
Hiram Buckingham.
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