The Washington times., 1905-01-24
MASONIC VETERANS
HOLD A BANQUET
Made Up of Men Twenty
one Years in Order.
TWENTY-SEVENTH ASSEMBLY
Toasts on the President and Other
Topics Call Forth Much Wit
and EIoquence.

Wit and humor flowed with good wine,
and were wedged in between excellent
food last night at the twenty-seventh
annual banquet of the veterans OF Ma
sonry, men who have served more than
twenty-one years in the order, WHICH
was held at Freunds-
There were present more than a hum
dred men prominent in the affairs OF
Washington and the nation The ofhclai
title of the banquet givers is the Ma
sonic Veterans Association of the Dis
triet of Columbia.
A Business Meeting.
Prior to the banquet last night there
was business meeting at Scottish Kite
Hall. at which routine business was
transacted. and a number Of new MEM
bers were elected.
President George Gibson presided at
the business session, and at the banquet
until presented with a huge maIiet with
which to keep order.
Then he was succeeded by the toast
master of the evening. James A. Sam
pie The affair was arranged by Stew
ards G. Y AtLee, Frank H Thomas. and
A. H. Van DeuSen.
Most of the success of the anair is
due to the efforts of Mr.. Thomas, who
is The captain general of the grand en-
campment knights Templar-
Letters of Regret.
After the banquet had been disposed
of the music and toasting began with a
solo by Charles w Hancock. past COM
mander of Columbia Commandery. Pres
ident Gibson then read letters of re,
gret from James W. Brown. Of Pennsyl
vania; NJ B. v. Davis, of Pennsylvania
John NJ Carter, of Maryland; Thomas
n. Davis, of Virginia; Charles w. Hub
bell, H W. Greenland, of New York
Senator j. H. Gallinger. Jacob D. Bar
ron, Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, E
G. Davis. Adams Gadis, G. w. Cham
berlain. of st. Paul, Mimi; ]. II. Arm
ington. of Rhode Island; Gen. G. w
Balloch. Representative Irving F. Wag
ner of Pennsylvania; Simon Wolf, ant
Fred webber, one of the founders of tn
association.
Toasted the President.
w. e. Andrews responded to the toast
ssThe President and delivered an ad
dress describing the power of the place
at the head of the nation, and iliustrat
ing his remarks with descriptions of tht
doings of Washington, Lincoln, Cleve
land and Roosevelt that have made his
tory
The Rex. DR.. U. G B. Pierce. pasto
Of All Souls Church. followed Mr. An
drews, in a very witty and philosophica
speech, and Lurtin R. CHM. gran'
master of Masons of the District, re
sponded to the toast, The Gram ran
Freedom of the West and c. c. 1saacs
of Baltimore, past grand commander o
Maryland masons, made an address OF
Masonry in that State. b. w. Murci
concluded with hPautifft dissertation
upon Women.
During the evening 1.-The Masonic Vet
Grams Song. the roster Of the dead wa
read, and other rites CARED out.
The New Members.
The new members elected were:
Charles B. Bayley, Frank L. Campbell
Gabriel Floyd Johnson, Charles Kreime,
Henry S. Tichan, George Newton, An
drew w. Pentland, Joseph Stetson Rey
noids, William R. Shedd, Samuel W
Stinemetz, Bartholomue T. Smith, A
b. Hayes, Benjamin F. Murch
Among others present were:
W. Z. Andrews, S. NJ. Ryder, Gen. "
A. Hall, Walter H Klopfers C. c
Isaacs, w H Hahn, Alexander Grant
H Yerkes. Victor Montgomery, ]. F
Trezzare. Fred NJ. Webster, Capt. ]. F
MeGrew, Jesse Lee Adams, Char Ie
mour, 6. Yorke AT Lee, George "
Baird, John D. Bartlett, George T. Bas
sett. Conrad F. Bennett, Isaac Birch
Asaph L. Bliss, Ellery ]. Burt, Jane
Henry Ryrau, Edward r. Campbell
Henry P. Cattell, George e Corsor
James H. Mcintosh. Daniel J. Macarty
William B. Marche, Henry Morgan
George J. Mueller, Lewis l. O'Nea
Warren II. Orcutt, Henry H Parmen
ter, Isaac Pearson, John b. Davis, HaT
rison Dingman, David q. Dixon, Rober
b. Donaldson, George w. Evans, AlbeT
C. Floyd. Henry Franc. Abram Frey
r. E Fugitt. G- II. Gaddis, j. r. Garri
son, George Gibson, William H. Griffin
John r. Hammond Charles w. Han
cock, John j. Narrower, Benjamin T
Queen, Henry A. Robbins, Richar
Ro:hwell, James S. Roy. James A
Rutherford. James A Sample, Nathan
iel Shatswell, Frederick E. Sherwood
benjamin Sinsheimer. Francis II. Smith
James d. Smith, William Il. Smith
Abraham Hart, Theodore HausmanI
Augustus Heimer, Warren /. Hind!
John p HinkeI, Allen w. HodgmaT
William T. Hutchinson, Albion B. Jam
eSon. William VI. Jones, James Is. Lam
HE, James LaDsburgh, Arson S. Taylor
Frank ii. Thomas, William b. ThomI
son john A Travis. James II. Trimb1t
Burnett T. Trueworthy. William T. TuI
pin, Albert II. Van Deusen, John \
Walker. William T. Walker. HuyIer Z
Wells, John f. Wild, L. Cabell Wi
liamson. Edward NJ Willis Edward "
Woodruff Edmund S. Woog, Georg
Wright John Y. Wucdetnan, John
Yoeckel, and Nicholas E. Young.