Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-21
BROUGHT TO A CLOSE
Patriotic Sons at Special Ser
vice Yesterday
AT EPIPHANY CHURCH
BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT AT
NEW WILLARD HOTEL.
Addresses by Distinguished Guests
French Ambassador Responds to
Toast-Those Present.

A special religious service at the Church
of the Epiphany yesterday afternoon
brought the triennial meeting of the Sons
of the Revolution to a close Saturday
night the delegates to the convention as
sembled at the New Willard for the trien-
NAL banquet. These two gatherings, in no
sense intended as regular sessions Of the
conclave, followed an unusually successful
business meeting at Mount Vernon, fully
reported in previous issues of The Star.
The banquet was remarkable as one of
the most brilliant gatherings Of that ma
ture during the current season. 1t brought
together distinguished company, which
included the ambassador from France, the
commanding officers of both arms of the
American regular service, many eminent
scholars and men of letters and a great
number of other persons of notable ances-
try and worthy personal achievements.
The whole number Of guests was about
225. These persons, all in evening dress,
| including Admiral Dewey and Gen. Miles,
stood and talked together informally about
half an hour before the banquet began.
When the doors were thrown open they
passed into the banquet hall on the tenth
floor Of the hotel in a long double line, for
mer Gov. John Lee Carroll of Maryland,
president of the national society, In the
lead with Ambassador Cambon on his arm,
then Mr.. William Carey Sanger assistant
secretary of war. arm in arm with Admiral
Dewey, and Gen. Miles walking with Mr..
R. M. Cadwallader.
Those Who Sat at Table.
President Carroll sat between Ambassa-
dor Cambon and Mr.. Sanger. In the next
seats were Gen. Miles and Admiral Dewey.
These five seats formed the middle of a
long main table, from which the others
branched. and the other seats at this CEN
trail board were filed by the following:
M. Jules Boeufve, Admiral Terry, Sen
ator Teller, Col E. d. Dimmick, Col Re
Der, Col. Simpson, Col. Lewis, Admiral
Franklin and Messrs. ]. w. Caldwell, ]. A.
Gable, G. E. H. Vroon, r. M. Cadwallader,
P Barrow, j. M. Montgomery. w. Han
Harris, H. Cadle. c. r. Henderson, A. Hop
kins, c. H. Jones. w. D. Haywood, III. II.
Dodge, r. Voorhees,, W. B. Wilson. w. r.
Smith, w. c. Sanger, Edmund Wetmore,
G. A. Cabell, c. A. Kaufman. s. E. Tar
kington, M. Rudd, c. H. Campbell and Rev.
Dr. Thomas E. Green.
For about two hours the assembly di-
vided its attention between an exceptional
feast, delicious and rare wines, appropriate
music. in which many of those at the ia
bles Joined, and a very beautiful menu
card. The menu card consisted of three
sheets of heavy white cardboard, the first
bearing a handsome picture of Mount Yer
non. the second a symbolic design and the
sequence of viandS which were to comprise
the dinner and the third the list of toasts,
as follows: Address of Welcome" former
Gov. John Lee Carroll. president general
of the Sons of the Revolution; George
Washington" to be drunk without an adj
dress; presentation of a punch bowl to
former Gov. Carroll, Mr.. James Alaston
Cabel; 1.-The South in the Revolution"
Mr.. Joshua w. Caldwell; THE Army"
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A Miles; 1.-THE Navy,
Admiral George Dewey; Our French AL
lies NJ. Jules CambOn; The Day We
Celebrate, April 80. 1775,' Mr.. Edmund
Wetmore.