Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
CLOVER COHORTS
FACE HOT FIRE AT
NEUTRALITY BOARD
Bombardment Fast and Furi-
Gus Maintained Through
out First Engagement of
Famous Dining Club.

They left the Bcllevue-Stratford early
this morning. about 100 strong. imbued
with the spirit Of peace and hospitality
always evident after dinners of the
Glover Club 1t might have been mid
might or little after that the Glover
Club members would have got away,
but Frederick r. Chandler and some
other singers held the elevators to- join
those who waited outside In singing the
last verse OF THE Darby Ram" and all
10 verses Of ITS a Long Way to Tip
'perary." So the departure was delayed
a long time
They called il a neutrality banquet
but even the rules of war buckled and
broke when 1t came time for the
hecklinz. Shots from all over the great
east garden exploded about the heads
of the speakers, and the defenders Of
club tradition smashed every sally Of
the allies
Sometime Governor Bum. formerly of
Idaho. who sat with the General Staff
near the front, banged his gavel hard
enough to be heard, but any one VINO
came to the neutrality banquet expect
ing TO tell the Glover club anything went
down in the elevator after it was all
over with his desire unfulnled
WELL SITUATED FOR SIEGE
The Neutrality Banquet was the first
meeting and dinner @, tn" year. It WAS
held in the mysterious northeast garden
OF the Bellevue stra,ford, where ;ne
vaulted roof throws sou-ds around 81
that no one can tell whore they come
from. 1t vas Just the place for Clovee
Club banquet Resieged speakers who
thought to answer questions always turn
ed their fire the wrong way and finally
retired in disorder
There was long entertainment known
a. the head table, where Governor
Bum ana A. : l. Shields. Of the General
STAFF. were stationed F'Iankins it on
both sides were the ri:ht and let wtn-s
running all the way down the room ~
the field music. which played throughout
the engagement The battle SONG was
that used ty British soldiers now fighting
in Europe. ITS a Lons Way TO Tip
perary." When the field music began
playing the battle song and the diners
Joined in the chorus no speaker had a
chance.
Two circular tables in front of the Ger
ieral Staff's entertainments we're the turret
forts. which replied through Col. Lewis L.
Beitler and other heavy artillery TO any.
thing that looked like a determined
speech. War correspondents sat near the
General STAFF and turned over their dis
patches to James S. Mccartney, the o.
ncial Censor and Chief of Staff.
FORTIFIED FOR THE FRAY.
General Mccartney mobilized the
Glover Club about o'clock. All day
the battle flag. a great four-leaf clover
on a white field had hung outside the
Bellevue as a warning to non-combat-
ants Before going into action the
Glover Club had dinner at the trenches
as Governor Bum and the General STAFF
said they agreed with Napoleon-a
soldier marches on his digestion, or
something like that
1t was very good dinner and
ranged that all the allies and even the
enemy were represented. j. Edward
Murphy. William Findlay Brown, and
David ]. Smyth, of the commissary de-
partment had menu which included
Russian" caviar, Austrian" oysters,
"Servian' snapper, English" turbot,
Irish" potatoes, American" chicken
brussels sprouts, French" peas,
German" asparagus, italian" dressing
Japanese" ices and Turkish coffee.
Two recruits had their baptism OF fire
during the battle. They were Thomas j.
Meagher and President Judge Charles
L. Brown of the Municipal Court, whose
uniforms, large red and green BABY
Bibs," betrayed them as rockies.
HEAVY VERBAL FIRE.
The heaviest fire came from the front
where Frederick T Chandler was sta
toned near the field music He had the
Clover Clubs silver grill before him and
reduced most OF the speakers with a few
sbcts. Mr.. Chandler was the only
soldier who had a real weapon. His
verbal lre was effective all through the
first part of the engagement and ac-
counted for Or. Charles 9. Turnbull and
several others who fought to be heard.
but towards the end when the room
crashed with the heavy FIRE directed by
the General STAN and the pounding OF
Governor Bunn's gavel. he unimbered A
revolver and put Judge Howard Carrow.
o. Camden, out Of the engagement. Mr.
Chandler fired twice and scared even his
allies.
What's that?' cried Governor Bum.
"A Zeppelin, sir replied a. S L.
Shields, who was seated near him.
searching the yaulted roof with a pair of
ina ginary field glasses. Two more shots
sounded and gray cloud which Colonel
George c. Pierre said was "a pail of
smoke hanging over the battlefield"
spread over the tables and hid the
Chandler trenches from view.
When the battle opened Governor Bum
said they would hear the experiences Of
those who had been I'm the war zone He
called on Judge John NJ. Patterson as
soon as Colonel Pierre had sung the
Darby Ram" which always precedes
the Glover Clubs sessions. Judge Pat
terson said he hadn't seen very much
ef the war. and A. S L. Shields replied
that he didn't know then why Patterson
should go on talking. Judge Patterson
said he would go on when A. S. L.
Shields had finished. Finally he did.