Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-28
SPANISH
WAR VETERANS
HOLD BANQUET
General Hine POSTMASTER.
Roosevelt and Mayor Send
Their Regrets.

The spirit of patriotism, union and
brotherly love prevailed the banquet
room in Iroquois Hall last night, where
the thirteenth anniversary of the call
for volunteers to the Spanish american
War was celebrated by $50 diners. The
banquet was arranged by the D.. d.
Mitchell Camp No. 10, United Spanish
War Veterans. and from every point
of view was a success. The veterans
of the Civil War as we'll as those Of
the Spanish Wal were among the
speakers, and the keynote of the
speeches made by the g. A. r. men
was a sort of verbal bequest that the
young men take up the work of their
older brothers In keeping alive the spirit
of patriotism.
Regrets from Roosevelt.
Despite the disappointment caused by
the reading of messages of regret from
several invited guests, among which
were those of Theodore Roosevelt
and Mayor Haussling, enough brilliant
speakers were present to arouse the
diners to enthusiasm n good fellow
ship. General E. w. Hine, N. G. N. j.,
was tHe lOdclifldSpcT ana WAS intro
duced by Captain c. Albert Gasser.
Captain Gasser's introduction Of the
general was we'll received, and when
the Chautauqua salute was called Tor
every man in the room rose to his feet
and honored General Hine. After u
few remarks the POSTMASTER intro
duced General E. Burd Grub, COM
manoer of the Soldiers Home, at
Kearny. = The general. in a brilliant
speech, full of wit and humor, re-
viewed part of his experiences as a
soldier and in%cidently mentioned the
fact that he was a colonel at Il and
a major-general at 20.
He spoke with pride of the young
veterans and of their work in 1893, ana
said that in carrying On the work of
the G.. A. r. men they went one step
further. inasmuch as they were solldi-
flying the North and the South. He
declared that the time was coming
when the G.. A. r. would put aside its
work and leave it for it's successors,
the Spanish War veterans. He urged
that the young men keep alive the OBJ
servances of Memorial Day and do all
in their power to make the North and
the South a unit in the full sense of
the word.
Greetings from New York.
Maurice Simmons, past department
commander of New York, and affiliated
with the national aid, was the next
speaker, and extended the greetings of
the New York department. as also those
of the national headquarters at Seattle,
Wash. He told of the formation of
Spanish Wal veterans camps in
Alaska, Panama, Philippine Islands
and Hawaii, M said that today the
sun never sets on a Spanish War but
ton. He said that these camps In the
various parts of the United States were
the sentinels on the frontier of Ameri-
car life.
Bernhard Wall, senior vice depart
ment commander of New York, among
other things, said that the building of
the Panama canal is a result OF the
Spanish war. as was also the Peace
Conference at The Hague.
Uriah Seely, patriotic instructor of
schools in New Jersey. tool for his
subject the comradeship between the
old and young veterans, and said that
those of the last war were the legitl-
mate successors of those thai fought to
preserve the union.
At CHESTS Table.
Besides the speeches the diners were
entertained with songs and recitations.
Those at the guests table were: Gen
eral Hine, General Grub, Uriah Seely,
Colonel W. H. R~yerson, a confeG crate
veteran; Colonel Henry Alters. Colonel
William S. Fighter, Major Isaac Sheen
fAol pnrn1ord NMoJ AIattr;ao C;o.ro1p-
Captain C. Albert Gasser. department
commander of New Jersey: William O..
Kuebler, Joseph Hoch, Captain Carl j.
Schultz, Department Quartermaster
William C. Klein and Department Ad-
jutant Henry Ruck.
The reception committee comprised
William o. Kuebler, chairman; Captain