The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-11
gen, APPLETON Is
REGIMENTS GUEST
Gray Jackets Of the Seventh
Cheer Their Old Colonel
at Dinner.
WANT TO GO TO MEXICO

Everybody in the grand ballroom of
the LIotel Aston last night understood
| why Col. Dan Appleton's voice choked in
his throat and why he wasn't able to
start his speech for a minut. or two. The
whole Seventh Regime mt. loo Gray
| Jackets, active and retired. were on their
feet waving little American flags and
! giving a yell that had "A lot more thar
| mere noise in it. Col. Dan had been their
| commanding officer for twenty-seven
years and they hated to see him out OF
the regiment.
OF cours. 1t Is Major-Gen. Daniel Ap-
pleton now. by virtue OF Gov. Whitinan's
act when the veteran Colonel retired a
few days ago because OF the age limit.
| but TO the men of the SIEVE nth II will al.
ways be Col. Dan. They went TO the
| Aston last night determined to make the
distinguished guardsman officer under
| stand the depth Of th.i r loyalty and ad-
miration for him. No one who was there
! doubted the success Of their effort. When
the Gray Jackets we're not cheering In a
| S'ill t'ty lh'N N'l' Slu"'
J pas, the guest table. more or less csre-
m%oniously saluting the straight backed.
square jawed veteran. or they were sing
ing songs built esp, cially for the occa-
sion.
Perhaps the possibility OF war with
Mexico had something to do with making
the Seventies dinner to Major-Gen. APP
pleton So enthusiastic. The 200 marched
into the banquet hall keeping time TO a
sort of chant:
Mexico Mexico
send us to Mexico
And every time the couplet was nm
ished there was a roaring shout. The
idea was that the seventh Is not only
keen To- be called into aCtiy. service.
but that 1t realizes its efficiency for ac-
tive service is due largely to the uT-
firing efforts of the man who was being
honorcd at their dinner The rumors II
war afforded only an extra special oI-
portunity for Appleton enthusiasm.
Lieut. -Col Robert Mclean, temporarily
IN OF the Seventh. was thc
toastmastcr. He called on many speakers
10 testify as TO the military ability and
personal worth OF Gen. Appleton Sergt,
Griswold Il Daniel of Company Is
spoke for the First Battalion Private
Burger DStcrhout OF Company 7. for tn.
second Battalion, and First Srrrt
George II. Chichester Of Company II for
the Third Battalion, Major Charles y
l.ydcckcr responded for the Depot Eat
talon. and the other speakers wee
Major-C;en. John +. ORyan. commanding
the National Guard division Brig -';en
Louis W. Stotesbury. Brig Gen. GeorC,
x. Dyer. George T.. Wilson. Col. william
q. Bates of the Seventy-hrst Regimen:
Capt. William r. Baker. L. ;. A.. ard
L!eut.-Cot Willard {. FISK.
Others ~ the guest table were Capt
Giosyenor t.. INV nssnd. I. :. A.. MaJoi
James Z. schuyler OF the seventh Reg
ment, col Thomas birnonI. president OF
the Seyenth's Veteran Association
Richard II. Halstead. Lieut.-col, William
II kim Iieut-Col John j. Ryrne, rom
r handing the Ninth Coas, Artillery Capt
, Richard u. Greene, Major Francis {;
Landon OF the seventh. Major Roher
, Mizet Of the seventh and Capt. John l.
Roberts. l.. :, \
, Just before Gen Appleton responded
Gen. b'Eyan presented 10 him on beha!
IT the commanding officer OF the divlsio'
= and the division staff a gold c!gare't
Ease embossed with the arms OF the req
m"n'
II s.S announced nv the corridor
- wl!il. the dinner was going on that hun
- die.ls Of former officers and enlisted me'
Of the regiment had sent in Their name
= begging for n chance of reenlistment I
cas-. the seventh was called 10 Mexico.