The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-06
VISITORS PLAY PART Of
HOSTS At BANQUET
Ancient and Honorable ARTILLERY
Entertain With Lavish
Hand.
CLOSE OF MEMORABLE DA,
Visitors From Boston VI With Rich
mond In Demonstrating Hospitality.
Close Relations Between Two Com
nlonwvaIths.

Closing with the annual banquet of
the 2Tsth Fall Field Day of the An
cient and Honorable Artillery Com
Ipany OF Boston, Massachusetts, in the
auditorium OF the jefferson Hotel last
mig ut, the second day of the stay OF
the visitors in Richmond was one
which will be long remembered, The
banquet, one of the most elaborate
ever given in this city, was marked
/ BY the presentation of the most elo-
quent OF speakers representative OF
! the two Commonwealth. and their
words were united In the reatfirming
\ of the long existing close relationship
between the Old Bay State and the
/ Old Dominion.
/ The Ancients Entertain
The banquet was the AFFAIR OF the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery,
which. wherever 1t goes, insists that
II shall entertain as well as be enter
tained. The visitors entertained last
night and evening scores with Virgin
ians. who have already entertained
them during this visit to Richmond.
But Richmond. as represented by the
municipal government In the sdvertis-
ing committee of Council. will have
another inning today. giving the New
b
old-time Virginia luncheon at Lake
side Club, Lakeside Park. The func-
ton Will continue from IL A NJ to
+. NJ.
Tonight the Richmond Light Infan-
try Blues will entertain with ball
at their armory.
Yesterday was given over to various
entertainments given by local individ
/ uals to those who are their acquain-
of of hpr nfh
! ions as well as of this. The members
| OF the visiting company, some fifty per
/ cent OF whom are members OF the
| Shrine were entertained by Shriners
of Acea Temple. Some were enter
tanned at the Country Club of Vir-
| ginia. Both the westmoreland and
/ the Commonwealth Clubs held open
house in honor of the Bostonians.
Visit Soldiers Home.
I A feature OF yesterdays program
was the visit of a large body of the
Ancient and Honorable organization
TO the Soldiers Home. The delegation
was accompanied by the A. & II. A. A.
band, and a musical concert begin
ming with Dixie" and closing with
The Star-Spangied Banner" was
given, much to the delight of the vet
Grams Of the Confederacy living at the
Home.
made by Colonel ]. Frank Supplee,
member of-the company now liv-
ing in New York. and formerly Col
onel of the Fourth Maryland Regi-
ment, infantry. Captain John Lamb.
of Richmond, also spoke. Captain
lamb was followed by Major George
II Maynard, who won Congressional
medal for vaior at Fredericksburg in
1852. Major Maynard spoke interest
ingly of the visit OF the Ancient and
Honorable to London In 1912, when
the Congressional medal attracted at
tention OF King George. who declared:
4 1T means TO the American soldier
what The Victoria Cross does to the
Briton.' Burton O, Wetmore one of
the noted soioists of Boston, snng
The Rosary for the veterans and
sang Maryland, My Maryland" The
trip to the home was one of the
most splendid features of the present
: fall field day in the estimation Of
many OF the vi.itors. AT the colse
: Of the impormptu program, Confeder-
ate veterans and members Of the
= visiting company danced upon the
= Soldiers Home green.
' Visitors and Hosts
, The event last night began with a
4 reception by the Ancient and Honor
able to the people OF Richmond and
/. of Virginia. The function was in the
. eastern parlors of the hotel. At the
! head OF the receiving line were the
I commander. Captain Harry Hamilton,
First Lieutenant William NJ. Me
Y kenna, Second Lieutenant Campbell
. and Adjutant George r. Washburn.
The reception over the artillerym en-
! and their guests formed In line and
= marched to the banquet hall. the hotel
auditorium. Seated at the table with
= the commanding officers OF the mill
8 tary and the speakers Of the evening
: were Governor Start, Lieutenant
I Governor Ellyson, former Governor
0 Montague, Major Bowies Of the Blues;
Major Bright, OF the Grays: Captain
Myers. of the Howitzers: Adjutant-
. General Sale, Colonel Hill, chief OF
= Governor Stuarts staff
Among the visitors at that table
; We're Captain Harry Hamilton. Adju-
, tant Washburn, Lieutenant McKenna
: State Treasurer Charles T. BurrelI OF
! Massachusetts; General William B
Emery acting chief quartermaster-
general Of Massac husetts; Lieutenan.
. Campbell Nelson Pierce Brown, as,
sistant attorney general of Massa ch,i-
sets; Captain Charles p. Coady. chief
> of staff of the Governor OF Massa Gnu
= setts, Captain F. v. Mcconnell, for.
, merly of the Twenty-sixth United
states volunteers III the PntltppineS
and former commander Of the A. and
: II. A. A.; Captain Charles s. DamreIl
! and Rev. Adolph A. Berle. chaplain
of the organization
AdJutant Washburn, POSTMASTER.
was presented by Captain Hamilton.
after the invocation had been pro-
! lnounced by Chaplain Berle. Those
who responded and the toasts werea
Former Governor A. j. Montague,
The President of the United States;
Governor stuart Tho Common wealth
OF Virginia: Charles l., Burr!li, ''rhe
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts ;
w, II. Adams. The City OF Rich
mond": Nelson Pierce Brown, The
City OF Boston; President w r.
Reed. Our Richmond Hosts---Civic" /:
Major e. w. Eowles. Our Richmond
Hosts--Military" Rev. DIR. Berle.
'srhe Historic Fraternity of Virginia
land Massachusetts"
The banquet ended early this morn
ing, after q silent toast. proposed by
DR.. Berlc to Those Who Have Passed
Since the Gathering In Richmond
Twenty Years Ago"