The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-14
Members Of Association, the Bat.
terry and Guests Enjoy
Elegant Dinner.
MANY INFORMAL ADDRESSES
Old Soldiers Lived Over Days OF
Long Ago and Young Ones
Enjoyed Recital.

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the present members Of that historic
artillery command. The dinner Itself was
elegant in an It's appointments. and to
menu a tribute to tire caterer who served
IL. Many OF the wartime members OF
the three companies composing the OLD
battalion were present TO testify person
ally their love and loyalty to the Old
command and 70 greet. with that broth
erly affection that c~haracterizes them
their old comrades. Men came many
miles TO again grasp the hand OF COM
rades Of forty-Odd years ago and 20
live over again in tender "reminiscences
the days that are no more.
In addition 10 the list OF visitors from
a distance who came. many old members
and distinguished guests sent their re-
srets. expressing their inability. for one
reason or another. 20 be present. Among
fais number We're Governor Claude A.
swanson. who was detained by q prior
engagement. Ex-Governor A. J. Montague.
Acknowledgement William A. Anderson,
a manned veteran OF the cause. CAPTAIN
W. Gordon McCabe. CAPTAIN John Lamb,
member OF Congress. Major a. r. Ven
able. who g. 81: Professor Walter Blair.
Acknowledgement Charles J. Anderson.
Alderman j. b. Wood and others. Let
tiers were read also from Comrade Julian
Mccarthy. now IN Stockholm. Sweden:
from Mr.. Charles Crane. OF Baltimore.
and others.
An Elegant Dinner.
The dinner was served by Caterer Cole.
Of Aiurphy's Hotel. and was elegant in
service and menu. The veterans and the
younger soldiers thoroughly enjoyed IL
all. and when the cigars were lighted all
wheeled their chairs into such a position
as would give them a focus on Captain
Carlton Mccarthy. Mayor OF the city and
president of the association. who pre-
sided as postmaster and acquitted him
SELF handsomely in this new role. His in
Productions and interludes We're bristling
with humor and merriment. y his jests
set the diners IN a roar time and again.
All tie speeches were snpromptu. but
several OF them were Or a high order.
The Rev. William Meade Clark was
called upon after n felicitous intr0duc-
ton, and made a most pleasing response.
He conteuded Tor the righteousness OF
the cause for which the Confederate SOL
der fought.
The next speaker was Hon. Daniel
Bur"cl, OF Norfolk. president OF the
Board of Trade OF that city. WHO ~
knowledged the honor done him.. ana ex-
pressed his pleasure and appreciation.
Mayor Mccarthy next called upon DR..
Iraveys Warwick. a member OF tho pres
ont Iowltzers. He proclaimed his pride
in the Organization and what it had
accomplished in war and in peace. and
expressed the pleasure Of the members
Of the battery.
I'm this connection he j~ohingly stated
that so anxious were the soldier bows 10
Doe present that when the armorv doors
were opened early in the evening there
were twenty-three men in line awaiting
the opportunity 20 answer dinner call.
The speaker sat down amid laughter and
cries OF "~Skiddoo.'
Address of Dr.. Dame.
Captain Mccarthy was at his best in
his Introduction Of the Rev. W. NJ. Dame.
Of Baltimore. the retiring president of
the organization, telling a number OF am
ecdotes OF his wartime comrade IN such
"a way as 20 evoke prolonged laughter.
Or. Dame, in his response. got back
at tie POSTMASTER cleverly. making some
telling humorous thrusts. Launching into
the serious portion OF his address. DR..
Dame expressed the belief that the men
Of the present were made OF
the same stuff. We're the sons of the
same sires who had made the rcputa-
ton Of the Howitzers in war.
Colonel j. C.. Dempsey. United States
Army. attached 70 the staff OF the Gov
ernor. briefly but very pleasantly ac-
knowiedged the compliment. and after
endorsing what the Mayor had said MS
to tile value OF education In warfare. he
told an incident OF his campaigning in
Texas.
Their Principles Right.
The Rev. George w. Mcdaniel was
called upon as n Texan who had recently
come tC Virginia. and made an eloquent
response, in which he traced the distip-
guished part Virginia had taken IN the
history OF Texas. Turning to the war.
Mr.. Mcdaniel denied that the principles
for which the Condolences fought were
wrong. and ably c-hampioned them. IIe
urged the people Of the South. who. he
SAID, had been busy making history. %
write ST.. and cited some specimens os
what was taught Southern children bv
Northern t~eXt-writcrs. denying tho accu-
raoy Of tho statements made i'm these
Histories.
Mayor Mccarthy then. in "a humorous
presentation. introduced Colonel William
hean. OF Louisa. an old Howitzer. who
made one OF the most eloquent. touch-
ing and appropriate addresses ever made
on a similar occasion. These occasions.
he said. always were tinged with sadness
to him. for every year Doc missed the
faces of old comrades. TIE paid "a beau
tiful tribute 90 those who had died in
battle and TO those who survived. Tho
speaker pathcucallv remarked that this
was perhaps the last reunion Of the bait
TALON he would ever attend.
Two dwellings.
This closed tho speeches. and Captain
Mccarthy called Tie attention of NOM
bers Of the association 90 The fact shat
the jefferson Davis monument and tle
7. j.. y Stuart monument were both 90
be unveiled on. june Q. 1907. during tho
jamestown Exposition. and that MANY
old soldiers and lIowlt2crs would visit
this CITY from all parts OF the country
then. lie suggested the appropriateness
OF some preparations 90 see that these
were p@roDcriy received and cared for.
advising SOME organization 90 look after
this work.
observation-disclosures J. TAYLOR Eliyson
moved the appointment by the chair OF a
committee OF three 20 look after the en-