Evening star., 1902-03-12
THEIR GUEST OF HONOR
MACCABEES BANQUET SUPREME
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER.
Address of Welcome by DR.. Junghaus-
Addresses by Prominent Mem
bers-Those Present.

hnlghtS or the Maccabees Of Washington
gave banquet at the Riggs House last
night In honor Of d. P. Markey of Port
Huron Mich, supreme commander of the
order. Every one Of the ten tents in the
District was represented. Nearly 200 mem
bers gathered about the banquet board.
The guest Of honor was seated at large
table in the center of the hail. with D. W.
Gall. state commander Of the District Of
Columbia, and Gen. w. H. SletZer Of
Cleveland. the adjutant general of the uni,
formed rank. X. o. T. U. DR.. John H.
Junghaus, chairman Of the committee on
arrangements, delivered the address of
welcome and introduced Commander Gall
as toastmaster of the evening.
i. Commanders Address.
Supreme Commander Markey was the
first speaker called upon, and he took oc-
casion to thank his brother sir knights for
the compliment which had been extended
him as the head of the organization. He
| talked about Maccabeeism and discussed
the objects of the order. He said that here,
in the capital of the nation. 1t should be
strong. and he was glad to see that it was
growing. The chief duty of a Maccabee.
ne said. is to be loyal to the country, its
knights are pledged not only to be loyal to
the country. If necessary, but to give up
their lives in its defense. A man cannot
be good Maccabee, he said. unless he is
true to his country, and he must also be
true to himself and his loved ones, and
true to his fellow man. He closed by wish
Ing success and prosperity to the local
tents.
Fraternal Organization.
T. NJ. Robertson of National Tent follow
ed with an address on "The Power of
Fraternal Organizations, while James w.
brotherhood" Mr.. Frank H. Hosford,
who served in the legislature of Michigan
with the supreme commander, was called
upon. and he took for his topic THE Fra
ternal Press. He took occasion to refer
to the early life Of Mr.. Markey. Our
Country was the subject on which P. r.
Pulliam Of Golden Rule Tent spoke. while
Thomas NJ. Rogers, Ii. B.. of Mount Yer
non Tent. spoke to the toast. Home, the
dearest spot on earth" Other toasts re-
Brghtwood Tent, Am l my brothers
keeper? D. F. Finucane. Georgetown
Tent, Our guest" Ferdinand Breslan
District Tent "Fraternal duties;' Henry
Dresser, CAPITAL Tent, "Astram castra, neu-
men lumen."
The committee Of arrangements was as
follows: John H. Junghaus, chairman: E.
D. Thompson. NJ. D., secretary; o. w.
John McPhaul, NJ J. Holmes, MD; w. P.
Armstrong. P. r. Pull:am, ]. W. Trumble.
S. S. English. sThomas NJ. Rogers, LII. B. !;
G. B. Heinecke. MD; Edwin Perry, E. J.
Ayers, A. E: Bethel G. W. Thomas. Julius
Holzberg, r. A. Estep. A. A. Provost, J.
Engel, w. III. Newman. G. w. Petit, ].
Melnicore, p T. Rickenbacher, John b.
Burgess. George r. Lee Turberville. DR.
James E. Douglass, Thomas ]. Yates and
Thomas NJ Hayes.
Those Present.
Those present were d. P. Markey, Adju-
tant General w. II. Sleitzer, State Com
mander D. w. Gall, Commander o. N.
Hammond, Commander DR.. ]. H. Jung:laus,
Commander DR.. E. D. Thompson, Com
mander D. F. Finucane. Commander John Nc
Phaul, Commander Edwin Perry, Commander
A. A. Provost, Commander George w. Petit,
Provost. Commander George w. Petit.
Commander Z. G. Wagner, Commander
James F. Douglass, and Messrs Frank H.
Hosford: Guy E. Padgett, Julius Holzberg:
Rickenbacher. E. P. Rickenbacher. w. A.
Coombe, William Mace, Noble j. Walker,
w. B. Grove, H. Ketchum, L. Loubernisky,
G. A. Rinehart. F. McDermot. J. s. Arnold,
George c. Taylor, G. w. Shoemaker. A. E.
Bethel, P. v. Hough, John F. Martinez,
M. Wickes, Joseph F. Dentz, H. Hagemann.
]. L. Wilmeth, H. NJ. Dean, Charles 1. Grif-
Hannah, g. F. Canniff., w. B. Ramsey, H.
G.. Knohr NJ. Zirkle, C. H. Jenkins,
w. R. Brouner, H. E. Glotzback. J. l..
Levy. B. Ferman. J. A. Clark. J. w. Trum-
ble W. II. Hessick. r. A. Thomasson. C.
A. Bladen, Alexandria. Va; John Swift,
W. N. Newbold, W. H. Newman record
keeper: s. S. English, D. NJ. Oliver, record
keeper: l. Neuman H. U. Burke, Norris
Gusdorf William Brown, ". T. Morgan,
R. G. Pullam. E. c. Vissett E. F. Mudd.
D. S. Lewis, w. J. Thorowgood record
keeper: NJ. Riley. Charles Peake, Joe Katz,
John I. Brown, James Searle. A. j. Schip-
pert. I. Caruso. s. r. Carver. DR.. T. j.
Robertson. j. F. Sexton, w. G. Gardner,
c. NJ. King. J.-W. Whitten. j. l.. Whiteside.
T. H. Sturgis, l. Poston. H. L. Smith, E.
E. Moore, j. Klein, b. Schmidt, A B.
Goodman, NJ. Greenberg, !. J. Hughes H.
Kirk. A. C. Luber, Thomas d. Griffith. 8.
V. Gusack. l.. Ball, Ellis Myers, l.. O.
Knowles Edward Satterley. James B. Pro-
ser, ]. B. Mccarthy. A. c. Gibbs, ]. 8. Rob-