Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-21

The Washington Society of Engineers
was the host last night in honor of
Gen. Bixby. the chief of engineers of the
United States Army, and his predeces-
sors living in Washington, at a dinner
and reception in the Cosmos Club. The
occasion was notable one. Close to
three hundred and fifty persons attended
the reception and afterward the dinner.
Senator Burton Principal Speaker.
Theodore e. Burton. United States SEN
ator from Ohio, delivered the principal
address of the evening. Responding to
call from Marshall l. Leighton, president
of the society, who was POSTMASTER. Sen
atOr Burton sounded the praises Of the
army engineers, describing them as among
the most valuable of the army organiZa-
tons. To the engineers. Senator Burton
said, must go the credit of the engineer
ing feats performed In constructing the
Panama canal and the great and master
full harbor improvements along the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts. They stand as silent
but significant testimonials of their abili-
ties. The speaker traced the history of the
Engineer Corps since its organization a.
West Point in 1862. 1t possessed record
equaled by none of its rival OrganiZa-
tons in either the army or the navy
List of the Guests.
The following is the list of guests:
Walter H. Allen. Morris L. Abrahams,
Raymond E. Adams. Walter c. Allen.
Albert l.. Baldwin, D. II. Baldwin, Asa
c. Baldwin, H. L. Baldwin, jr.. Louis A.
Bauer. C. c. Bassett. Paul Bausch, r.
II. Blain, Henry L. Beck, Harry A. Bel
c. Boggs, Francis G. Boswell. William
Bowie c. r. Bradbury. Mark Brooke,
Oswald E. Camp, c. A. Carlson. Clarence
F.. Carpenter. ]. A. Chamberlain, John s.
Conway, Charles E. Cooke. Thomas l..
Costigan. William Crozier. brigadier gem
eral, T. S. A.: R. H. Dalglish, Joseph w.
Dare, Edward w. Deakin, William l.
Deming, William F. Dennis. Albert p.
Dietrich. r. B. Dole. l.. s. Dotem. P. l..
Edward NJ. Douglass, William
F. Huntington. David w. Eaton, Harry
c. Eddy, Charles G. Elliott, Clarence E.
Ellsworth, Mordecai T. Endicott. Richard
Won Ezdorf, Robert L. Faris, George L..
Flower. Owen B. French. Felix Freyhold,
Franklin S. Gardner. L. N. Gill!ss. Ber-
nard r. Green John B. Gordon. Hender-
son B. Gregory, w. Granville Guss. Nor
ris Hacker, John H. Hanna. vice presi-
dent; Frank w. Hart, Daniel l.. Hazard
Edward c. Head, John P. Healy. Will
liam H. Heron. Frazier c. Hilder. Joe
s. Hill. Howard l.. Hodgkins. Rear Adj
miral r. c. Hollylay, Lester NJ Hold, d.
w. Holton, George r. Ide, Frank H.
Iden, Howard ]. Jackson, L. n. Janson.
Carl F. Jeansen. Elwood Johnson, c. R.
Jones. Capt. E. n. Johnston. George w.
Jones. Charles S. Kimball. BENJAMIN P.
jr.. Marshall o. Leighton,
president; George w. Littlehales, Capt
A. F. Lucas. William H. McCaully. w. A.
McF arland. Charles A. Mc1SSnney. John E.
McGrath. Van II. Manning, Robert B.
Marshall, Edward r. Martin, Oscar A.
Mechlin. John G. Mathers, Arthur b. LIE
p. Mesney, Walter r. Metz. r. L. Mid
dleton. Edgar Y. Miller, Elton W. Miller.
Charles A. Miner. Frederic D. Owen.
Walter T. Paine, Frank K. Patterson,
Frank w. Perkins. Asa E. Phillips,
Minott E. Porter. Arthur NJ. Poynton.
Roy w. Prince, George r. Putnam, Paul
L. Reed. William E. Schoenborn, Andrew
j. Schwartz, w. s. Sheets, John B. Shinn,
William +. Sicard. C. H. Sinclair. Glenn
s Smith. Ernest J. sommer. Charles F.
Sponzler. Harold 3. Stabler, Herman
Stabler. F. Charles Starr Guy c. Stevens.
Harrison Stidham, Frank Sutton, Roger
c. Rice, Walter I. Swanton, Sledge Tatum,
William 3. Upton, w. Irving Vinal. AL
bert NJ. Walker, Gilbert s. Walker, John
P. Walker, George Warrenton. James
A. Watson, Francis r. Weller, Francis
B, Wheaton. William H. Wiley. Horace
Mop Woodward, Ray 4. earle, Frank
Chew, Capt. Amos A. Fries. Wallace, NJ.
HsN. Horace p. Hunting. Thomas j.
Maher, Charles A. Mouress, Clifford G.