Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-19
ITS ANNUAL REUNION
Union Soldiers Alliance Meets
for the 28th Time
OVER THE BANQUET BOARD
Large Attendance of Members and
Their Friends.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES MADE
In Response to the Toasts - Rear
Admiral Sigsbee's Tribute
to the Navy.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES MAI

of the Union Soldiers Alliance which took
place at the Ebbtt House last evening,
| brought together upward of fifty members
| of that unique organization and large
| number of invited guests. The tables We're
| handsomely decorated with flowers. and the
| menu all that could be desired Schroe-
| ders Orchestra furnished the music, and
| appropriate and patriotic selections were
| played during the dinner and at the reg
ular toasts.
President Lewis X Brown called the as
semblage to order and carried the exercises
on until the banquet was finished and the
| speech-making began, when he resigned
| the gavel to Lyman F. w. Gushing, the
newly elected president for the year 1897.
| The invited guests were as follows: Rep
resentatives John F. Lacey and Joseph A.
| Goulden, Gen. Andrew s. Burt, u S. -, re-
| tired; Admiral E. B. Rogers, Rev. DR..
Abram Simon, Mr.. William E. Andrews,
| Mr. TheO. Brown, Maj d. G. Coleman, late
of the confederate army; DR.. w. P. Young.
| late of the confederate army; Messrs.
| Charles P. Montgomery. r. w. Zarr. Clay
G. Collette, II. r. Perdue, Maj. W. P. Rich
| ardson, T. S. A: John ]. Howley, James
| Kennedy, B. ]. Price Capt. Joseph E. Hart
Walter H. Klopfer, Capt. John R. King.
| Maj. A. Won Houke, Maj. w. Cranch McIn-
| tire, late of the confederate army; B. F.
| Cole Maj. John T. Clements, William e.
| Williams and +. T. Howe, jr.
| The Speechmaking.
| President Cushing announced the first
regular toast, Our President" which was
| drank with enthusiasm. the band playing
| Hail to the Chief" The second toast, Our
Country" was intended to be responded to
| by Gen. Burdett but he was unable to be
| present and Auditor w. E. Andrews was
called on and acquitted himself in an elo-
quent manner which elected prolonged and
| frequent applause. Our Army brought up
Capt. Geo P. Davis, who told in glowing
| terms of the valient deeds of the American
army from the days of the revolution up to
| the present. Our Navy found a fitting
| representation in the person of Rear Ad-
! miral Chas. D. Sigsbee, who told of the
| progress the navy had made and was max
| ing every day and paid high tribute to the
| personal characteristics of the American
sailor as he is today. Capt. James NJ. Ed
| gar spoke of Our Women-Loyal and De-
voted to Their Country's Cause" and then
| the last regular toast, Our Departed Com
| rades,' was drunk in silence.
Resolutions paying tribute to the late
| Henry c. Burch. who was a warm friend
| of the alliance, were adopted by a standing
| vote.
| Representatives Lacey and Goulden were
then called upon, and made brief and witty
| talks, as did also Gen. Burt and Rabbi ST.
| mon the former of whom told many hui
morous stories of army incidents, and the
| latter, in eloquent and picturesque language
! tAplesSeu Ills dC DelnS present.
| The following also made brief but effective
| addresses: Admiral E. B. Rogers, Mr.. &. j.
Price, Mr.. w. G. Colman, Capt. John R.
King, Maj. W. Cranch Mcintyre, Mr.. James
| Kennedy and DR.. w. p. Young
| The dinner committee consisted of: Abra-
| ham Hart, chairman; Newton NJ. Brooks
| Alva s. Taber, Frank S. Sprague, Alexander
| +. Mcmillan, A. II. G. Richardson Howard
l.. Prince, George f. Corson George H.
| French; Lewis X. Brown. ex officio presi-
dent: John L. Heupel, ex officio secretary.
! Alliance Members.
! =, The following are members of the alli-
| ance. most of whom Were present last even
! ing Those marked with an asterisk ca are
| the incorporators.
! *William p Seville (pres., 1870, *John l..
Heupel, Newton NJ Brooks pres., 1880,
Harrison Dingman (pres., 1SS1-'S2), James
NJ Edgar A. F. Mcmillan iaop res.; 1s9D,
Hart Spres 1880, Edgar i' h klem aaal,
| Robert S. Lyle Henry B. Bennett, Frank
lin T. Howe (pres., 1880, Charles D. A.
Loeff1er, Charles E. Coon, Martin Hoyber-
ger, Delavan w. Harrington, Samuel S.
! Burdett Dres.. 1880, Amyne Fl. G. Rich
ardson, Augustus S. Worthington. S. Will
| lard Saxton, George H. French, Lewis K.
ney (pres., 1899, George U. Rose, William
! Howard Gibson, William j. Johnston.
Frank A. Butts. Frank H. Sprague, Charles
Lowell, Edward R. Campbell (pres. 1900,
| 8,
| James l.. Davenport, Elnathan Meade,
| Alva S. Taber (pres., 1900, John R. Col.
| lette, Charles p. Lincoln (pres., 1922
| Henry A. Robbins tpres., 1S9I, John NJ
| Young, Levi p. Wright, Albion B. Jameson
| George H. Lillebrdge (pres 1902, Andre "
J. Huntoon (pres., 1890, John ]. Narrower
| (pres., 1899, George E. Corson (pres.. 1891
Albert F. Brooks. Fred Bracket, Samuel C.
| Mills, August Donath, William Irving,
i Henry Casey La Fayette Knapp. Howard
| /. Prince, Joseph K. Kirkley, John NJ :
Elroy, James S. Dougall, George p. Dav 8
| (pres., 1904, John r. Young. Lyman F. w.
| Gushing, Augustus S. Bryan, Cyrus
| Hardaway. George c. Ross (pres., 1901,
! Melbourne NJ. Lewis. Edward A. Kredler.
| George H. Slaybaugh l.. Wilson, John II
| DeMeritt, Thomas r. Marshall Albert III
| Van Deusen, Stephen Rand, William H.
| Decker, Gilbert NJ Hustled, Frank L. Camp
| bell, Luke Kelly, Robert E. Grant, Samue
| b. Roane, Charles D. Sigsbee, John III
Kline, Benjamin F. Leighton. Charles \
| Shields