Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-16

Junior Vice Commander.
mander Holbrook said he would be the
next department commander. Col. Hol-
brook said Lincoln Post was named for
one OF the grandest characters in history.
I'D that there is no better post in the
Department of the Potomac. In electing
90. w.; kcf as the head of the department
and thus honoring him the post had hon
ored itself The speaker described Col.
Walker as "a God-fearng Christian"
who is credit to both the organization
and the community.
AT the outbreak of the civil war he
concluded patriotism was a foot deep on
the ground and hung from every tree.
Mexican war veterans drilled the boys
Who volunteered. and Old Glory was car
ried in 5000 battles on land and sea. The
flag was grand in battle; majestic in
peace
Indians Pathetic Address.
Eufaula Harjo. the Indian orator o. the
Creeks. Chickasaws. Cherokees and Choc-
taWS, was the next speaker. He began
by saying, through Interpreter Gray:
The Great God is above us and We are
under the sun. Our Great Father, the
Maker, put us on this continent and the
United States government promised when
We signed the treaty of peace to protect
US and treat us right. Our Indians have
shoudered the gun and fought for the
Union and TO protect the flag, and many
of us were killed in battle
He told of the hardships endured by his
people and of the influx of white non-resi-
dents into Indian Territory. now a part of
Oklahoma, and then turning his eyes
toward the White House. asked in tremu-
lous tones:
My father. my rather what are you
RI fnr nyn
Ject me?
Junior Vice Department Commander
Johnson followed in a patriotic address.
after Capt. McCabe had given the war
time song Rally Round the Flag"
Capt Johnson sand Lincoln Post has a
splendid personnel. and declared he felt
honored in assisting the post to honor its
distinguished memter. Department Com
mander Walker, whose administration
promises to be an ideal one. He spoke
of tie work the G. A. r. is doing for
the widows and orphans. and to- incul-
cate the principles of patriotism and love
of country in the young.
Past Department Commander Entrikin
told of the arduOus duties of a consci-
entious department commander. and said
Commander Walker lis as good as gold
all the way through
Adjt. S. W. McElderry sang the Battle
Hymn of the kepublc.'' the veterans
joining i'm the chorus. and Past Depart
ment Commander j. Walter Mitchell OF
the Spanish War Veterans spoke in
praise of the grim and gray old vet
Grams of the SIXTIES, and told of their
heroic march through the rainstorm at
the last national encampment at Sara
toga.' He praised the Christian com
radery of Commander Walker and re-
cited an original composition, Taps;
Lights Out
Soldiers and Sailors Home.
Col. Chase predicted that the bill for
a new temporary soldiers and sailors
home will be passed by Congress. as also
the provision for an amphitheater at Ar
lington He praised the work of Judge
kimball as acting chairman of the ma
t:onal committee on legislation of the
G. a. H., and said the committee had
accomplished wonders.
Past Department Commander Israel w.
Stone also spoke in praise OF Commander
Walker and his work, and predicted the
passage of the temporary home bill.
Walker and Oldroyd is a strong team"
he concluded and will handle the de-
partment matters up to the dot.
Past Department Commander Newton
Ferree spoke of the new department
commander who succeeded him as IAN
honorable. reliable man, and one it will
do to tie to- He will not disappoint the
me mbers of the department with his ad-
mnistration. He also praised the work
OF Judge kimball and the legislation
cor mittee.
Department Adjutant Oldroyd gave a
patriotic talk and eulogized the depart
ment comma nder a man of action and
sincerity. Past Department Commander
b. + Bingham said Col. Walker. has
been honored as he deserves by the large
gat he ring under the auspices of Lincoln
Post He will remember this occasion
in the years to come as one of the
hri phteSt OF his memory DictureS,' Col
Bingham concluded,
Army Rations Served.
At the conclusion OF the speaking the
veterans fell to- and enjoyed the army
rations and other good things that We're
set before them. and social hour fol-
lowed. Among those present were Sergt.
Edward McDermott. veteran of thirty
three years continuous service in the
army. and who was several times COM
mended in orders for gallantry; A. b.
Chatfield George r. Ferguson, w. d..
Webster Archie Burgess. A. E. Johnson.
w Fl. II. Warman. l.. p. Williams. j. F.
McCabe, w. A. Moore and William r
Seville.
The entertainment committee was COM
posed of p. F. Chase, George K. Fergu-
son, A, II. Feathers. Hazard Wheeler.
Abram Myers. G. NJ. Rowe, E. &. Hughes.
AlphOnso Patten. Fl. II. Martin. w. >.
Seymour. Samuel Morton and officers or
the post.