Evening star., 1909-05-13
TALK OVER WAR TIMES
Veterans of the War With
Spain Hold Reunion.
ANSWER TO THE ROLL CALL
Served With Company G, 1st Dis
trict Volunteers.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING
Present major" Urel With
Shoulder Straps Of His Retired
Rank of Brigadier General.
ANNUAL MEETING

/ Good fellowship prevailed last evening
at the eleventh annual reunion of Com
pany G. Morton Cadets. 1st District OF
Columbia Infantry. United States Vol
unteers. War with Spain. at Freund's, Slo
10th street, northwest. The company
was mustered into the service of the
United States May -, 1898.
The principal guests were Major NJ.
Emmett Urell, 1st District of Columbia
Volunteers, and Lieut.. Col. Samuel E.
Smiley, adjutant general, District OF
] Columbia Militia. Capt. F. s.. Hodgson
i was POSTMASTER, and, after cigars had
been passed around, called the company
to Attention and made a brief address
of welcome. He paid a, tribute to
Major Urell, who was recently re -ed
in the National Guard with the RANK of
| brigadier general, and presented him with
a pair of shoulder straps of his new rank.
He referred to the recipient as the COM
straps remarked that with them went
the esteem and affection from as fine a
body of boys as ever lived.
| Major Urell spoke of the excellent
material of which Company G was COM
posed and the willingness with which the
members performed every task assigned
them. While every company In the regi-
ment was good. the speaker said, ne
1st Battalion. and also of the regiment.
i The company never had a man in The
guardhOuse, he continued, and was always
the quickest to respond when call was
companies, he added. because the ma
jority of the members had just left
school He complimented the officers OF
the company, saying they were good Of
ficers and consequently helped to make
a good company.
..Thev have nut me on the retired list
to wear these shoulder straps, but feel
as young tonight as / did eleven years
ago tonight the speaker concluded.
10 Other Officers Speak.
Adjutant Gen. Smiley was next intro
duced He represented Gen. Hauies,
Il who was out Of the city. He referred
to the excellent conduct of the District
boys. as related to him by Gen. Bates.
He spoke of the disappointment of those
who were unable to reach Cuba by rea-
4 son of the brevity: of the war. which he
described as not enough to go around
First Lieut.. d. V. Chisholm, THE Big
Lieutenant as he was called. responded
to- the call of the toastmaster. who al
luded to him as an officer who always had
i deep solicitude for the men sof the COM
pany. He favored the holding of an
nual reunions and spoke OF the good fel-
i lowship which exists among the members
of the company, all of which had grown
out of the brotherly feeling and affec-
tion displayed eleven years ago.
1T is something to he proud of" he
said, land as for the personnel of the
i company. it speaks for itself. All of
| those we can locate are progressive men
l today, and taken all In all were the
best body of men with whom l ever as
sociated.''
THE Little Lieutenant" Second Lieut..
Leroy w. Heron. the next speaker. ex-
planned that he was necessary ad-
"h hA h0c IN
do things the other officers would not
do" After paying tribute to the memory
Of the two members of the company who
have died since the war. he called atten-
| ton to the fact that the District regiment
had a clean record. according to the War
Department. as far as desertions were
| concerned. which was not edualed by
any other volunteer regiment In the serv-
| ice.
Addresses by "Non-Coms."
Addresses were also made by Sergts. ].
A. Chisholm and C. I. Dawson. Corpls. ].
F.. Hodgson and c. l.. Smell. Privates +.
D. Yoder. H. w. McCauley. S. Bliss, l.. B.
Heinline. F. Bethune and H. M. Manning.
Sergt. Dawson was present for the first
time last night, having spent several years
in Porto Rico and Cuba. Private Man
ming for the last six years has been
quarantine officer in the Philippine
Islands.
Eulogistic remarks were made Of Corpl.
George F. Shilling and Private Socrates
Maupin. who died at Montauk Point and
| in Cuba; Private George B. Graves, who
died in a Chicago hotel fire few years
ago, and Harry F. Scott, whose death
occurred last year in this city. The
graves of the deceased will be decorated
May 80.
/ 1t was decided to give ladies night"
| November 20, the anniversary of the date
of the mastering out of the company
| The reunion next year will be In charge
of the non-commissioned officers.
Roster of the Company.
i The company was lined up in the
q spacious banquet hall and Sergt. j. A.
/ Chisholm called the roll. those present
responding to their names. The original
roster of the company as read last night
was as follows: Oficers-Fred s. Hodg-
son, captain; d. V. Chisholm, first lieu
tenant, c. v. Sayer, first lieutenant; Le-
roy W. Herron second lieutenant; John
A. Chisholm, Z. Barbour, A. w. Shilling,
j. F. Brewer c. i. Dawson, E. c. Dutton.
sergeants; Fred Kimmell. H. F. Patter-
son, j. NJ. Petty, G. F. Shilling (deceased),
C. l., Smell, w. L. Lowe, ]. F. Hodgson,
corporals; G. Winans, G. Eichelberger,
musicians; c. B. Hart, artifcer; c. ].
Amber, wagner.
Privates-A. B. Adams, &. Allen, q. H.
Beebe. j. F. Bethune, J. M. Bird, S. Bliss,
c.. Brown, A. H. Chase. P. e. Chamber
lain, c. v. Church, r. S. Claiborne, J. w.
Clark ] s. Cornish c. f. Cross, O. b.
Curtis. w. Driver, d. Davenport. b. Fifth
ian, E. A. Ferris j. p Gaddis, q. ii. Gill
man. NJ E. Goring. 6. b. Graves (de-
ceasedD, j. L. Harmon, l.. b. Heinline,
IN l.. Hoffmaster. H. w. Hurst. T. A.
Kerr E. E. Landon. w. II. Lockwood, H.
NJ Manning, 4. Marshall. A. j. Mathews,
J. w. D. Maupin, Socrates Maupin (de-
ceasedD, II. w. McCauiey, J. McHenry,
,IC. C. Matthews, C. j. Neis, n. L. Nor
man, F.. c. Oldham. j. ii. Ontrich. I. 7.
Page. E. NJ Phelps, c. S. Pittman w. A.
Reiss, b. F. Reamy. b. A. Reynolds. T..
Richmond Lee Ross. IL. F. Scott (de-
ceased), H. A. Shinn. E. F. Smith, G. +.
Thurston, II. B. Waldron, IL. O.. Weiss, q.
L. White and f. d. Yoder.
Those present at the reunion were Capt
r. s. Hodgson, Lieut.. ID. " Chisholm
Lieut. Leroy w. Heron, Sergts. ]. A..
Chisholm. c. /. Dawson and E. c. Dutton:
Corps H. F. Patterson. c. l.. Smell and
II r. Hodgson; Privates j. F.. Bethune.
j M. Bird, s. Bliss, c. v. Church, j, s.
Cornish. B. Fithian. l.. B. Heinline, III. NJ.
Manning. H. w. McCauley and H. o.
Weiss.
12 Houses Burn at Primers Point.
NORFOLK, Va, May 13.-Fire shortly
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