The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-07
CHAFFEE ONIHEARMY' SCREED
A SOLDIERIY SPEECH TO THE
SONS or ST. NICHOLAS.
The soldier Looks 10 the People as The,
to Him-Dr. Canfc;d speaks OF Con.
trasts In Patriotism and Dr. van Dyke
Tells . story Quaint Dinner setting.

Gen. Adna Chaffee was the principal
| orator OF a number who addressed pa =
otto speeches TO the members oil III" NJ
Nicholas society Of New York at their
annual dinner last night The dinner was
| served with all the quaint customs. relics
and regalia which have always made NE
81. Nicholas Society feasts the most pic'-
uresaue Of the public dinners OF New
York winter.
President Stuyvesant Fish wore his ir-
-igl ia of of1ice-,he orange surplice bards,
ard the big cooked hat and the great seal
of the society hung from his neck from All
orang e ribbon ard glittered Oh his *
pan-ive shirt front, Tho stewards came in
solemn procession to their places at table
bearing the ancient slaves and OTHER relics
which nave ever been their badges OF office
Tie wooden wealth, Icock, which once
surmounted the Stadthys Of New Am
sterdam vas placed on the table before
the president at the beginning OF the speak
ing and was duly reNerenced with cheers
and applause by the whole society. II Is
Customary for the president To turn the
, venerable birds beak toward each speaker
a. he is called upon. Last nighl 5 dinner
vas notable, among otirl thit"' ioi We
| fact that prominent cI'r!cal gG'sl q y
| not get Of his usual merry jest TO the en'C'
That therc " ere morn than one bird about
/ the festsI board.
Gen. Chafrn,'s speech had as its theme
I the reliance which the soldiers OIL the ne
public plaza upon the affection anu 'ruS'
of the p. ople Of the country. In the ie~
hundred words he spoke ne kept recurring
10 the moral support which Generals and
enlisted men alike. at HON. ard abroad, rely
upon as tho force which makes th'h
To- CnsNc, sn,aks Xix. n .olii.r He
-, 9TH on,nbosis ON ~.
ssST ' part Of " livery T scn,cnc% lis man.
ncr reminded his hearers OF an oi'lr'r HINlhS
careful command. to a picard squad Of
s"i1,iers lie mad, every word ell
80 ,,nI' 80, ,l,.,. = 9, eli
VII va Il" ''''iH 49,. w. n,i s,au aIiy
| ourtry lis OF Thee. II j. alN' = IAN u
say that Gen. tha'l"' Ia - 81 81 x hc
was quit" unconscious "i II, iol .i' g i'm
a. a. 49, hi,nn ~, :, vnIl a, lie hack
naSs winch huiS ~. " ".' "' ,,oro Co.,,
oi ne room, rr,', =, ,,r me-, nr nj. lirs as
he sang.
When t-o Prolonged anplauso and napkin
uayt,r and cleariHg witch introduced the
ing a''t ,', JI,J hr s,jI.
| 'rr' "' ~ ~ ~
F,om ,or,e'Tr ." AVE- Nv, GG eI 'ha t the y snmi f
| men o, "a" " y, h"ld> SOCIETY consider our
army TO h"a roru!ar part Of 2Mr free govern
: u.pr tn DO ip TIN, matter, because national
. ,r.Hv. to sucCc"d, Wn~t nay" ,lubn' conn
! where I have seen our soldiers employed,
| they h,y" ."-ircd 10 ~" to he conscious
| slvaN~ ~ ,hH,r OBLIGATIONS and du'i"s ~
! cn liens rd 10 b. fully alive 60 tn" value
70 theineelN"I OF "a" HpiTo"UyH '.rd q, in r
irn0T rMRrns 'n,nN oitEicrs ttn hs lar w.,
dnc tn the Fay, Ind tH"v have always fct that
they draw inspiration no, only from every
man but a. we'll. from every. woman OF IN"
nation, and to thor. conviction that thrir
military conduct must be a'''p''o'" 10 'he
people ,r,,, ,,, mos, d,s,robl, ~ ing T..