The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-07
CRAYS ENTERTAIN
 CAPTAIN CRUENER Presented With Gold Watch by Company He Com
 manded. LONG MILITARY RECORD Served Twenty Years Con tinuously and for Six Years Was at Head.
LONG MILITARY RECORD

The New Haven Grays, both the | present and graduate members, united | last night in giving a Dutch lunch to former Captain Edward o. Gruener, | now a member of Colonel Geddes' staff | The affair, which was one of the jolli- est the Grays have ever had, took place in the banquet hall over Heublein's cafe and was attended by about 15O Former Captain Gruener sat at head table, fianked by notable Grays, past and present, and beamed upon the as- sembled members as the roar went up in honor of him:
 For he's jolly good fellow,
 For he's a jolly good fellow,
 For he's a jolly good fellow,
 Which nobody can deny."
 The lunch was typical Gray repast, the frankforts from Frankfort and the sauerkraut, as well as the bottles of ginger ale and sarsaparilla which decked the tables, calling to mind many past outiggs, preserved, not on the rec ords of the company, but only in the minds of its members.
 Captain Fox, who succeeded MT. Gruener in command of the illustrious company, had charge of the informal post~prandial exercises, and Lieutenant Nathan Fitch, as chairman of the com mittee on arrangements, was responsl- ble for the general good time. Captain Fox, on behalf of the Grays, presented Mir Gruener with handsome gold watch inscribed: Captain Edward O. Gruener, from the New Haven Grays, June 6, 1907"
 Captain Gruener was surprised. Peo- pie in whose honor such parties are given generally are surprised when they are presented with some little tes- timonial He thanked the Grays, spoke of his long and enjoyable service with them, and told some stories, new ones, about which rising politicians took the principal points to use in the campaign next fall, when they will face audi ences, not less ct tarsf, but perhaps not so up to time
 Captain GrGsner in his brief address, and other mem 'ars of the company when called upon, referred to the raid at Mantle some summers ago, when , four bottles of sarsaparilla were dis covered in tents of the Grays. Mir. Gruener said he was mortified when. the bottles were discovered as he supposed the members of the company knew enough to conceal their bottles Alder man w. Perry Curtiss responded later with some dignity that none was found L4 sk,, ha ho Of the night before
 Pleasant trips of the Grays to differ ent localities were talked over, and corn-cob pipes were smoked until the party looked like one of genuine sol- diers. Ex-Lieutenant Dam, ex-Lieu tenant Smith and Gustave Gruener spoke during the evening.
 Credit was paid to Captain Gruener for the service he had rendered the company in developing marksmen, a line of work to which before his time little attention was paid, and which at times has been called one of the prin- \ cipal qualifications of a soldier
 The songs last night were very en- joyable, the solos in the Grays' operas being particularly so. Joe Sutherland sang his "Geisha" song about the Chi- naman, Mayor Studley and the police chfefship, and Frank Hamilton made another great hit by singing "The Mighty Deep" his deep bass voice be- ing well fitted for the selection. Both were roundly applauded and cheered
 Captain Edward o. Gruener enlisted in the Grays' company in August 1886, and served for twenty years. a record which few men have, He occupied all the positions in the company. Tn 1898 he became second lieutenant and in 1900 captain, which position he held until about year ago.