The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
FLEET BANQUET TO
COST $40 A PLATE
Two Hundred Honorary Guests
and Speakers Only to Re-
ceive Invitations
Committee Will Grant Other
Applications Until 400 Are
Received

Arrangements for the state banquet
to be given by Governor Gillett and
his stan TO Secretary of the Navy Met
calf. Rear Admiral Evans and the COM
handing offio%rs of the Atlantic fleet
MAY ! have been completed to a point
which insures that the function will be
a magnificent one Headquarters have
been opened at the Fairmont hotel. in
room A. and a STAFF Of clerks is en-
gagged in attending TO the preliminary
details of the affair under the direction
Of Frederick II. Celburn, the executive
secretary.
The matter Of distribution of invita-
tions and provision for guests was
finally settled at an important meeting
OF the executive committee last night.
No invitations viii be sent except to
the 200 honorary guests and speakers.
The Norman cafe of the Fairmont, in
which the banquet viii be held, has a
seating capacity of geo, and TO make
the gathering truly representative the
Committee will not undertake TO decide
who may or may not participate in the
festivities. but viii issue invitations at
$40 per plate to the first 400 applicants.
MANY ARE TNQUIRING
On account Of the great number of
inquiries already received from nota-
hles in all parts of the state it is feared
by the committee that il viii be forced
shortly to begin the unpleasant task Of
refusing tardy requests for reserva-
tions. Tickets may be ordered at once
from General J. B. Lauck. room A,
FairmOnt hotel and applications will
be registered in the order they are re-
ceived.
In difference to the plans Of the citi-
zens' committee. which has arranged
for reception at which ladies will be
present. no public reception will be
held in connection with the governor S
banquet. though an informal reception
Immediately preceding it win afford
the foreign consuls and others present
an opportunity to meet. the guests of
honor
The executive and reception commit
tee appointed by Governor GiIiett con-
isists OF Brigadier General J. B. Lauck
chairman: Colonel J. A. Lundeen, L. s.
A; Commander Il. Z. Capehart L. S n:
General George Stone, Colonel Thomas
Wilhelm, Colonel F. z. Beck. Colonel
George II. Pippy Lieutenant Colonel H.
D. Loyeland and Lieutenant Colonel J.
II Hendy.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
The subcommittee appointed by the
executive committee 10 have charge of
the various details Of the banquet are
as follows.
Committee on banquet-General
George stone, Lieutenant Governor W.
r. Porter; Rear Admiral Henry Glass,
L. s. y; Colonel }. A. LuRdeen. u S.
A; J. Q. Kirkpatrick. A ". Foster. p.
\. Lilienthal. Fred 5. .Stratton. Charles
C. Moore. Joseph 5. Tobin. James Hors-
burgh 5r., T. ". Van Sickien. Wakefield
Baker, Rudolph Heroid Jr, Wellington
Gregg Jr.
Menu and printing-Colonel F. E.
Beck, Lieutenant Colonel III. G. W.
Dinkelspiel. Lieutenant Colonel r ).
Amweg, Lieutenant Colonel George NJ
Perine. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Gier
Music and decoration-Coionel J. A.
Lundeen, L. s. A; Colonel George H.
Pippy, Colonel Winslow Anderson, Lieu
tenant Colonel Robert Wieneke, Lieu
tenant Colonel +. II. Johnson.
peakers-Lieutenant Colonel H. D.
Loveland, Commander z. Z. Capehart,
L. :. X; Lieutenant Colonel W. c. Rails
ton, Lieutenant Colonel ". J. Barrett,
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur ". Fos-
Ter Jr.
Carriages and transp ortati0n-Colonel
George II. Pippy. Lieutenant Colonel ].
II. Hendy, Lieutenant ColoneI P. NJ. Nip
pert. Lieutenant Colonel r. II. Smith,
Lieutenant Colonel F. ". Marston.