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said, and the keynote of his address bore
what he characterized as the duty Of all
comrades of the old line to enter the ranks
OF the g. A. r. and wear the little bronze
button Of the order.
Commander Brown spoke Of one incident
Of the civil war when the boys in blue and
the boys In gray, composing the hostile
armies. encamped CT opposite shores Of a
river one night Joined in one grand chorus
of Home, Sweet Home" when a lonesome
Vermont soldier boy on picket duty started
the inspiring refrain.
give you, as the supreme thought of
the Grand Army of the Republic, the Amer
lean home for which we all fought" the
speaker said in conclusion.
Appearance Of Color Guard.
Led by Drummer Springsteen, one of
the youngest veterans of the war, the color
guard, composed of details from the various
posts In the District, swung into the hall
at the conclusion Of Commander Browns
address and marched completely around
the tables until they came to rest before
the commanders chair. The flag was car
ried by D. NJ. Goodacre and he draped its
folds behind the seat of the guest of honor,
while John Tweedale read Daniel Webster
apostrophe to the flag:
when my eyes shall be turned to be-
noid Ior the last time the sun in heaven,
may l not see him shining on the broken
and dishonored fragments Of once glori-
Gus Union; on states discovered, discOrdant
oeingerent; on land rent with civil feud,
or orenched, 1T may be. in fraternal blood!
Let their last feeble and lingering glance
rather behold the gorgeous ensign Of the
repuoilc, now known and honored through
out the earth, still full high advanced, its
arms and trophies streaming in their origin
al iuster, not stripe erased or polluted
not single star obscured, but every
where, spread all over in characters of
hving light. blazing all its ample folds
as they noat over the sea- and over the
land, and In every wind under the whole
heaven. that other. sentiment dear to every
american heart-liberty and union, now and
forever, one and inseparable"'
Scene Was Impressive.
Inc scene was impressive when Chairman
Hopkins read the following lines to Our
Dead Comrades
All quiet along the Potomac tonight
Wa 40 sound Jun. save the rush of the river;
The pfckct's OF duty forever!
Soft signs the winds of heaven DER their grave.
While the mournful drum rolls,
Ana the bugles song cOndOes
Singing glory to the souls
AS he finished reading the lights in tho
softly played the air of '"renting Tonight
on the Old Camp Ground" The veterans
joined in singing the chorus. Taps" was
sounded by bugler.
Cumber of North Dakota, Gen. Horace Por-
ter and Representative Lfttlefield. Senator
William Warner presented to Commander
in-chief Brown the gold pen with which
the McCumber bill was signed
Spanish War Veterans Recognized.
Col. Hopkins. the POSTMASTER, then an
nounced that the department had as one
of its guests Capt. J. Walter Mitchell, and
spoke of the strong fraternal feeling that
has grown up between the venerable vet
Grams of the COS and the younger soldiers
of 1898 He said Commander Mitchell had
requested that Gen. J. Warren Keifer. rep
resentative from Ohio and the first COM
mander-in-chief Of the Spanish War Vet
Grams, should speak for that organization.
Gen. Keifer declared that the war with
Spain was unique: that it was the only
one in the annals of the world that was
fought purely humanity. He lauded
President Roosevelt and the late President
Mckinley and paid tribute to the grim
old fighters Of 1861 to 1865.
There were cries of Tanner" Tanner"
and in response Corporal Tanner late COM
mander-in-chief Of the g. A. R., addressed
the assemblage along patriotic lines. He
said the widows of civil war veterans should
be given pension of $50 per month.
The assemblage adjourned few minutes
after midnight. Gen. Brown left this morn
ing at an early hour for New York.
Names of Those Present.
The guests present were Senior Vice
Department Commander Graham Jas
per Dean McFall, B. F. Barnes, j. Walter
Mitchell, department commander Spanish
War Veterans; E. B. Stillings; Charles A.
Stillings, public printer; Senator McCumber,
Gen. s. s. Burdett, Senator Dick, Gen,
Shallenberger. Quartermaster General Bur-
rows, Senator Spooner. Charles E. Little
field, Charles r. Flint, Gen. Horace Porter,
Thomas S. Hopkins, Department Comman-
der Entriken, Commander-in-Chief Robert
B. Brown, Vice President Fairbanks James
Tanner. Senator Warner, Senator Foraker,
Speaker Cannon, Capt. John r. King,
Senator Scott, Commissioner mcfarland,
United States pension agent; Gen. John c.
Black, Commissioner Of Pensions Warner
Maj. Loeffler. U. 8. A.; Junior Vice De-
partment Commander Walker, L. D. Alden,
w. H. Bayly. H. w. Barr. ]. E. Benzinger,
James H. Blodgett. ]. H. Bradford. N. NJ.
Brooks Fl. H. Bunyea. E. J. Burt, frank
A. Butts. R. NJ. Calhoun, Henry Casey. W.
w. Chambers, A. H. Chase, w s.
Chase, d. " Chisholm. j. s. Clarke, c.
c. Clements. j. f. Clifford. w. c. Coulson,
]. M. Dalzell. j. L. Davenport, A. F. Dins-
more, E. e. Doughe IL +. j. Drake, j.
NJ Edgar, W. w. Eldrdge, H F. Entriken,
s. s. Everett Solomon E. Faunce, Newton
Ferree, Sheridan Ferree, c. r. Flint, Rev.
C. w. Gallagher, E. d. Godfrey, D. M.
Goodacre, B. F. Graham, NJ ]. Hull. G.
w. Hanna, C. E. Hartung, G. E. Heffner,
H. O. Hight, ]. ]. Hill. ]. w. Holcombe,
W. p Huxford, H. E. Jacobs, r. G. jerks,
T. H. jerks. H. A. Johnson, c. F. Kecfer,
Judge |. G. kimball, J. Q. Ladd, M. M.
Lewis, w. w. Ludlow, ]. E. McCabe, G. H.
McCarty N. N. Mccullough, 8. w. NIGEL
derry. T. II. Mckee, ]. r. Nickel
vey F. L. McKenna, ]. NJ McLachlan,
G. A. R. McNeir. George Mackay, W. A.
MacNulty, ]. H. Malees, Charles B. Mat
thews A. A. Maxim j. G. Maynard, j. J.
NEEDING, r. B. Murphy, George Newton, c.
T. Nutze, o. H. Oldroyd, w. A. O'Meara,
M. M. Parker, Levi H. Patterson, ]. H.
Randolph, Robert Reyburn. Charles Rhodes,
D. L. Rice, A. H. G. Richardson, John
Riley. c. M. Robinson. W. p Rogers, G. C.
Ross L. P. Seibold. A. R. Server, R. W.
Shoppell, William Small, Ellis Spear, A. F.
Springsteen. e. ]. Sweet, l. B. Thatcher.
William Tindall, c. H. Turner, John Twee-
dale R. W. Tyler, Col. M. E. Urell, c. E.
Waggaman. Edward Webster, B. C. Wheel
er, L. p William and ]. NJ. Young.
The banquet committee consisted of
Thomas S. Hopkins. chairman: H. B. Moul-
ton, secretary; II. L. Johnson. treasurer:
John McElroy, A. p. Tasker, A. Hart. c.
M. Robinson L. P. Williams. A. Hendricks,
c. H. Slaybaugh and E. H. Holbrook