Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-10
'CARABAO' HAS A FEAST
Military Order Members Ca
wort in Banquet Hall.
MANY PUBLIC MEN ATTEND
Vice President and Speaker Of House
Among the Speakers.
GENERAL CROZIER PRESIDEs
Leonard Wood Expresses Belief in
War-Tribute to Army by Former
Adjutant General. =.


correspondent, rising from his chair to
say: I'VE have with us tonight" he would
have ratified off a list including Vice Pres
tdent Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon. Secre-
tary of War Wright, Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood, Representative r. +. Burton OF
Ohio, Mai. Gen. j. Franklin Bell. Gen. IL.
c. Corbin and Representative Sulzer OF
New York. Most o. them made addresses.
The speeches were Jewels in both mill
tary and civilian settings. The Vice
President received an ovation when he
spoke. making reference to warfare by
remarking that the Speaker of the House
Is a man who likes the smoke and rattle
OF conflict, so far as politics is concerned.
Then he limited broadly that the next
Speaker will bear a strong resemblance
to Uncle Joseph Cannon.
Uncle Joe and the Army.
Uncle Joe made the army feel good by
saying that the dove Of peace can coo In
comfort with unruffled feathers and with
some assurance of a steady job as long
as an adequate army is maintained
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood declared: Il
believe in war. think 1t is one OF the
great forces in civilization. and l do not
think 1t ought to be abolished 1t is a
safeguard for the progress of the race. y
Gen. Corbin made the principal address.
when the army was engaged in never
ceasing conflict to wrest the great plains
of the west from the red men. He out
lined the campaigns in the heat of a
desert summer and in the terrific cold OF
the winters OF the plains. He then paid
a tribute to the army, as follows:
Tribute to the Army.
Il often read in the headlines of the
newspa pers. What is the matter with the
army? ! will answer in the vernacular
Of the day, The army is all right The
doubters are outsiders, who have theories,
but who have never faced a condition of
service. and writer's who delight to essay
most about those things of which they
know the least.
II have read after SO many of these
entertaining gentlemen, Of the Spanish
war, for instance. that l have at times
almost been persuaded that the American,
and not the troops OF the proud and val
liant Spain, went down to defeat, and yet.
Notwithstanding all this, no army or
navy ever won such mOmentous victories
in SO short time and with so little cost
of life and treasure as We did in that
war.
Work in the Philippines.
Following the war with Spain, the
work done by you in the Philippines has
been SO varied and important that the
time allotted me only admits of bare men,
ton of it. Not only were warning factions
of large proportions suppressed, but the
foundation of civil government was laid
In the assistance given during it's incep-
ton.
THE China relief expedition under the
brave Chanee. was one of great moment
and of far-reaching influence. Operating
with the allied armies of other nations,
our omcers and men. by their soldierly
conduct. general efficiency and modern
officers and soldiers of other armies car
ried to their home country glowing ac-
counts OF the American army. This has
given us better standing with all Eu-
rope than We even had before"
Topics Of Other Speakers.
Brig. Gen. George B. Davis responded to
the toast 'War and Arbitration" Rear
Admiral I. c. MCLEAN spoke on 1.-THE
Responsibilities of Naval Command and
Maj. Gen. Franklin T. Bell on Some Re-
quirements Of the Defense of National
Interest"
Modern Methods of Naval Training
by Lieut. Commander l.. II. Chandler,
and War College Methods" by Brig.
Gen. w. ". Wotherspoon.
Names of Those Presnent.
Those present were =. r. Anthony. p.
F. Archer, W. T. Bingham, Rogers Birnie,
Jerome Bonaparte. F.. II. Brooke, ]. f..
Burke, r. E. Burton, Joseph G. Cam
non. A. B. Capron. Edward Carpenter, l..
II. Chandler. W. E. Clark, George Curry.
w. +. Curtis, G. 3. Davis. Q. X. Davis,
W. G. Denny. ]. A. Drain. Alexis Du-
pont W. B. Dwinnell, c. w. Fairbanks,
~ L. Francis. 7. S. d. Grasty, q. D.
Nice. Gray, F.. 8. Griffin, c. H.
Harries. j. w. Hart. Frank Heath
James S. Henry. F. 0. Horstman. Paul
Rowland. ]: A; 7. Hull II. G. Ide. w. f.
jerks, II. P. Jones: II: 3. Kane. E. l..
Keen. c. B. Lands. G. II Lauchheimer, r.
H. McKim, r. 8. Murphy, r. E. Murphy,
]. VanV O'cott. r. S. Oliver. r. NJ
O'Reiliy. r. Y. Oulahan. Herbert Parsons,
D. NJ. Ransdell. W. P. Richardson, Victor
lee. Reginald Schroeder. P. II. Sheridan,
Swagar Sherley c. r. Simpkins. r. c.
Smith. William Sulzer. Logan Tucker, w.
II. Walker w. II. Ward. F. E. Warren,
J. w. Weeks, Leonard Wood. l.. E.
James Allen, J. franklin Bell. F. c. Bieg.
J. r. Brady. p. s. Brown. H. V. Butler,
J. NJ. Cabell. Chandler Campbell. W. l..
Caps, b. +. Cheatham. B. T. Clayton. H.
G. Corbin. r. X. Crank, William Crozier,
-.
Denny. H. c. Dinger. A. F. Dixon. G. L.
Ede. c. r. Edwards. G. F. Elliott,
r. X. Evans. J.. NJ. Gulick. w. c.
Harilee, S. L. Heap, ]. NJ. Heller. B. w.
Hodges, c. w. Hobbs. r. s. Hooker, w.
f. Horton. c. r. Rowland. c. F. Hum
phrey. NJ w. Ireland. J. A: Johnston, c.
NJ. knepper, F. p. Lahm, II. r. Lay, C..
G. Long. Charles Lynch, FL. P. Mccain,
C. l.. McCawley. John McClintock, Will
liam Mcdonnell. r. c. Mclean. F. III. Nor
hart. ]. p Morton. Arthur Murray. W. c..
Neville. II. W. Osterhaust. j. A. Penn. IL.
L. Pettus, B. 4. Poore, D. D. Porter, J..
B. Porter, 7. c. Prince. 1. S. X Reeves.
c. r. Reynolds, j. II. Rice. W. P. Rogers,
c. Nick. Saltman, d. +. Sellers. Chauncey
Shackford, A. B. Shattuck. G. r. Shelton,
G. F. Shiels. w. r. Shoemaker, F. w.
Sladen, S. E. Smiley. w. s. Smith, c. O..
Squiers. p. F. Straub, G. T. Summerlin.
C.. Meg. Sweitzer, w. A. Wadsworth, c.
S. Wallace. Pegram Whitworth. w. w.
Wotherspoon and Nj. G. Zalinski
Two Iron Workers Killed.
NEW YORK, December 10-Two
sheet iron workers were killed and two
others slightly injured in East New York