Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
POST TAKES AN OUTING
MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF
BURNSIDE AT MARSHALL HALL.
Planked Shad, oratory and Music
Features of the Afternoon-Com-
mittees in Charge.


anniversary of Burnside Post. No s. G. A.
r., and marking the forty-first anniversary
of the closing scenes in Washington in the
disbanding of the army to which the MEM
bers OF the post belonged the members and
friends of the organization. numbering over
200. went on their annual excursion to Mar
shall Hall yesterday afternoon. The day
was perfect and there was not dull mo-
ment from the time the party left the 18th
street wharf at about o'clock until the
excurslonists returned to that wharf at S
O'Clock. Plsnked sbad was the center of
attraction for time but later the Ciceros
and Depews of the party won the applause.
The trip down on the steamer Manchester
was occupied in renewing acquainta nces
and the swapping of yarns, all OF which. it
was declared were just new as they
were the day they were first told. Upon
arrival at the scene of the outing, the party
whetted their appetites by watching the
baking of the shad in the open by the big
bonfire, and the welcome summons to din
ner brought the members quickly from their
strolls about the lawns. Before the repast
was served Rev. j. III. Bradford asked for
the Divine blessing, and then an amazing
amount of shad rapidly disappeared.
After the post had been called to order
by Commander Lucus d. Alden. who acted
as the master of ceremonies, there was a
roll call of the charter members Eight OF
those on this honor list stood up In answer
to that roll call; others were marked either
as transferred, or dead, or absent without
leave.
The Speechmaking.
Col George C. Ross was called upon to
responded to toast in behalf of the post,
and In a speech that bristled with humor,
he mentioned some statistics of the post
and some of the achievements of the MEM
bers Some of the statistics were az fol-
lows: Number at organization 81: present
membership. 335; average age, thlrty-hVe
years; youngest member. twenty-three
pointing to himself; oldest member one
hundred: past post commander, twenty.
Later he mentioned President Roosevelt,
and in that connection he said;
But some day he will give up the eX-
ecutiye office voluntarily ana And tnen w we
will see the soldiers friend. William War
ner of Missouri. step into his place rms
evidently met the appreciation OF tnose
present, IT was greeted with VocleTous
applause. In closing, he asserted ina
burnside Post would be the last TO give
I'D it's charter in this city
Mr.. w f. Spear, secretary OF the span
fsh treaty claims commissions, was the
next speaker. He said In part:
at have the greatest respect for the Vo--
unteer of 1861. The state of the country pe,
fore April H. 1861, when Sumter was ~ Gu
, on WAS much like that of the year previous
Not one in a thousand of the people IN the
north on account of the slow metnods OF
communication, knew that South caroilht
seeded in December, 1860. Inc pioWInan
prinned the plow as usual. the clerk behind
4.
the counter dressed up the same as usual,
nobody was disturbed. But IN Aprh' an OF
a sudden, something came to the man at tIle
plow behind the counter, TO the lumpeIhah
and LAWYER and it caused his eye 10 iast'
his teeth to set. and set him trembling WIN
indignation. The rising of the north was
magnificent. 49,.
and the results We're the work OF the yolun-
teers. To my mind havs never found any
thing in that so-caled military strategy
do
sound bodies and sane minds. The greatest
military strategic act was your enlistment
and mastering in. The bivouac, the long
march, the firing line and the skirmlsh fol-
lowed as night follows the day. The vol
unteer fought the war and he made the
history Grant and Sherman were volun-
teers In the years they worked in civil
life they had time to forget what they
learned at West Point"
Concluding Exercises.
A recitation was given by Miss Grace
Ross, after which Mr.. George ii. Lillibridge
sang a solo which brought about call for
more. Representative CLANCY of Indiana,
who was expected to speak, was absent.
and the formal exercises closed with songs
by the glee club.
The officers of the post. who had charge
OF the arrangements for the anniversary
outing are as follows: Commander, Lucius
D. Alden; senior vice commander, George
Newton; junior vice commander, ii. l..
Dean; adJutant, chris Storm quarterInaS-
ter George T. Carter; surgeon, DR.. George
II. La Fetra; chaplain. NJ. l. Leonard Off
Ger of the day. William Emerson; officer of
the guard E. b. Gregg. The committee on
program was composed of Commander AL
den DR.. A. j. Huntoou and jerome F. john
son.
During the course of the afternoon and
on the returning trip the Burnside Post
Glee Club rendered several selections that
elected hearty applause. The glee club is !
composed of D. w. Beebe, W. G. Penny, D.
Nj. MacLean, George b. Ross II. F. Smith, |
J. F. Houchin, R. d. Gardner, A. A. Rowley |
and George Nj. Taylor. The Boys of the |
Old Brigade" and Flag of Columbia" were
among the most popular selections rendered. |