Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-20
VETERANS AT DINNER
ADDRESSES BY GEN.
JOHN C. BLACK AND OTHERS,

Veterans of the civil war who are now
| ond annual banquet at Carroll Institute last
| night. There were a number of notable
guests, among them vespasian Warner.
commissioner Of pensions. and Gen. John c.
Black, chairman of the civil service COM
mission and a former commissioner of
pensions.
1t was an enthusiastic gathering despite
the years of most of the celebrants. The
gathering was opened with the old war
song, Marching Through Georgia. and
there were songs fnterspersed through the
speeches and dining all through the even
ing.
Gen. Black said 1t would never be posi-
BILE to calculate the inestimable service
rendered the nation and the world by the
men who had fought to preserve the Union.
They had preserved to the world intact the
greatest country on the face of the globe,
and they had given to the world the herf-
tage Of a nation that was now foremost and
ever going forward in the march of prog
ress and civilization.
Commissioner Warner.
Commissioner Warner said it was fit and
proper that the old soldiers of the war
should serve in the pension Office. They had
been through the heat of battle and the
cold Of the winter campaign, the hardships
of the forced march and the scanty
fare of the camps. Time was passing, and
it was increasingly difficult for direct evil
dence of the hardShips and sufferings the
soldiers had endured to be gathered. But
he assured them that so long as he was at
would be given the old soldiers to put in
the evidence in their favor. and where d.
rect evidence was impossible to gather
they would be given the benefit of every
reasonable doubt.
The officers of the association, who acted
as the committee of arrangements, were
John T. Clements, chairman; e. H. How
ard, secretary Fred G. Peck, treasurer, and
Messrs. Hallam Noble Riley, Chase, Pow
ell, Hines, Whitney, Shannon, McCauley,
Moore and McElderry.
The invited guests were Gen. John c.
Black, Commissioner of Pensions Warner,
Capt. John R. King, United States pension
agent, and DR.. Frank T. Howe.
The singing was led by e. D. Tracy.
Judge w. w. Curry and s. w. McElderry
made brief addresses. and there were reci-
tations by Maj. ]. T. Powell and Harvey
Ellis. Capt. Kelly sang the song Illinois"
Some of Those Present.
Among the guests at the dinner were:
John H Cause, James Lawlor, George M.
Lockwood, w. w. Curry, w. D. Dodds, J.
B. Agate, NJ. M. Lewis Fred C. Peck,
Edward Howard, James B. Robinson, o. D.
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F. H. Sprague, s. H. Smith, Walter 1.
Hines, J. w. Archer, ]. E. Parker. ]. H.
jerks, Col. G. c. Kniffin, o. p Hallam,
]. Tyler Powell Abram Myers, Henry A.
Beach, /. B. Thatcher. Edward P. Elliott.
Otis A. Carpenter, Thomas w. Burke,
Theodore Livings, Norman N. Hill, P. N.
Coleman, c. w. Filler. N. N. Mccullough,
A. H. Frear, Charles Hanback,, Harry T.
Hutton, Harvey G. Ellis, c. B. Moore,
Thomas ]. Shannon. B. F. Chase, L. M.
Kelley. John T. Clements, John R. King,
E. Tracy, Graham b. Nichol Charles NJ.
Willoughby, ]. w. Davis, A. B. Hayward,
John c. Eversman, William Wilson. Horace
H. Brewer. N. H. Merrill, Albert H. Van
Deusen, Nelson D. Adams, Frederick
Tyers, w. NJ. Newell James P. Burrill,
John Middleton. William p Seville, John
A. Seller, F. ]. McGraw, H. c. Duncan, w.
L. Wright, John Riley, George Watkins,
George w. Fernald, Henry S. Hurber, Ed
win NJ. Clarke. Charles E. Lusby, John
Grinstead, S. P. Pearson. Charles New
burgh, James Hill, F. P. Gray. William R.
Eilyer, F. w. Mitchell. John G. Greena-
walt, H. G. Birmingham. w. s. Nicely, Levi
Maggie. w. A. Moore, George T. Bassett.
George w. Paschal, ]. s. Roy, N. De For
est, James Lackey, Stephen r. Whitney,
James McNabb. c. N. Spencer, 1. N.
Everett, ]. E. Hart, E. D. Godfrey, w. H.
H. Warman, MD; s. H. Elliott, W. N.
Paxton, ]. A. Hunt, E. Meade, Albert w.
Roome, Homer Riggs, William r. Davis,
B. w. Sisson, A. D. Albert, c. s. Wilder
and ]. H. Barnard.