Evening star., 1909-03-14
ARMY'S HARDEST FIGHTERS
That's What They Told Each Other
Last Night.
MEN OF PEACE ALSO THERE
Stories of Antietam, Gettysburg,
Cold Harbor, Appomatox and
Scores Of Other Fields.

| 1ngtOn Dy an dSSOCiaIiOn OF veterans WHO
! have won distinction on the battlefield
and in the quieter pursuits OF peace, met
at dinner last night at Rauscher's. 1t
WAS the seventeenth annual banquet Of
the association. There were men present
who have heard the hum of bullets, who
have helped capture big guns. who have
| fought desperately to keep the colors of
the corps intact and safe from capture or
| disgrace. and many OF them told about
| their days in the ranks, while their com
| rades listened. interested, interrupting fire.
| quently with bursts of applause.
The Second Army Corps-the members
present last night were reminded more
than once-was the hardest fighting corps
| In the army, according to letters now in
| the possession of the War Department.
| 1t fought through the war from Yorktown
at Antietam. Gettysburg. Cold Harbor.
Appomattox and score of other engage
! ments and all these were brought to
mind last night.
In addition to the men OF war there
were present several men distinctly of
peace. Justice David j. Brewer and Justice
Anderson were two of these. There were
also present as guests men who were too
young to enlist during the civil war. but
who spoke feelingly and appreciatively of
the opportunity to sit at the feet of the
old warriors and listen to the tales of
campfire and battle line. Commissioner
Macfarland and James T. Dubois were in
this latter class.
Justice Brewer Stirs Veterans.
The speech Of Justice Brewer was ap-
| plauded frequently, especially the sem
| tence wherein he declared that the grandest
| sight he had even seen was the parade
OF the veterans down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. when the Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie, meeting here in convention, was re-
| viewed by the President Gen. Miles
| spoke of the corps as having the strongest
! comradeship upon the face of the globe.
| He also gave some very interesting figures
| showing the ages at which boys enlisted
| for the civil war. and said the records
showed that in a single day the corps had
| captured more guns, colors and men than
| they lost in the entire war.
Commissioner Macfarland expressed
his appreciation of being there to hear
| the war stories and likened 1t to sitting
at the round table listening to the tales
of prowess and valor Of King Arthur's
time. He told the veterans that Wash
| ington, as the National capital, is the
| monument to the efforts and success of
| the soldiers OF the war. Corporal John
Finn told a series Of real old-time camp
tales that were laughed at and applaud
ed with the greatest interest.
James II. Dubois told several after-din-
| ner stories that brought laughter. and
then followed them with a glowing trib-
ute to President Lincoln.
Tindall Was Toastmaster.
William Tindall is president of the as
ISOLATION and acted as POSTMASTER last
night. Commissioner Macfarland took
occasion to pay a high compliment to
him in the course of his speech, saying
that Mr.. Tindall constantly maintained
the standard OF the government by high
personal service
A feature of the dinner was the reading
of the names Of the men who have died
since the last annual dinner. They are
DR.. Franklin r. Howe and Dewitt c.
Sprague A bugler sounded taps after
their names.
The reception committee was composed
Of II. G. Magoon, A. II. G. Richardson
and G. A. Armes. The vice presidents
are Nathan Bickford. NJ. L. Urell. " NJ.
Brooks: secretary, Orville Dewey Thatch-
er: treasurer, James s. Wyckoff: exec
utive committee. Charles F. Humphrey,
w. w Davis, William p. Seville, Charles
Lyman. John Finn; sergeant-at-arms,
Josephus Perry. Those present at the
dinner table were:
Those Who Were There.
Col. George A. Armes. Gen. James y.
Aleshire, Judge Anderson. Alexander H.
Bell. T. w. Bradley. II. c. Bradley, Mai.
N NJ Brooks, Justice u. j. Brewer, Harry
Bingham. Gen. John c. Bates, Gen. John
c. Black, Maj. j. NJ. Carson. Commits
sioner Cosby. J. T. Dubois. Judge Deane.
Gen. George q. Davis, Capt. W. w. Da-
Wis, II. B. Davis. John Joy Edison, Col. A.
NJ. Embler. Capt. A. Ebert. John Finn.
Mr.. Finn, D. L. Garges. Mr.. Goodspeed.
Maj. Hoag, Gen. c. f.. Humphrey, Ad-
miral Hichborn, Maj. w. =. Huxford,
Capt r. S. Hopkins, Maj. J. r. Hayes.
Capt W. r. Hillyer, Aretas Hall, Maj.
IT, l.. Hawkes.. Capt Theodore Horn Gen.
Johnston Capt. H. A. Johnston. Hyland
- Kirk. Col. Lyman, Capt. L-illebridge,
Gen. Miles. Commander Macfarland.
Ornsby McCabe. Willis Moore, Capt. ].
w. McCabe. II. c. Magoon, j. Macgona-
gle. g. Fl. Mccarthy, Col. John McElroy.
Capt w l.. Meyers, Capt. A. II. Nixon,
Josephus Perry, Ralph Potter. Capt. j.
w. Palmer James l.. Parsons. Col. w. w.
Price, Maj. A. r. Quaiffe. Cuno II. Eu-
dolph Cen W. B. Rogers. +. a. Richard
son. w. r. Richards, Maj. A. II. G.. Rich
ardson, Col. Symons. w. Sulzer &c. Sny-
der, Gen. Ellis Spear. Capt. l. w. Stone,
Col w. B. Thompson. Mr.. Thurston. Maj.
r.. w Tyler, c. II. Taylor, Col George
Truesdell. Z. II. Thomas, Capt. o. d.
Thatcher, Alonzo Tweedale. Col. Urell.
Judge Wright, Gen. q. w. Whitaker. A.
s. Worthington Capt ]. S. Wyckof, l..
c. Wilson, G. W. White and w. p. Sc
vile.