The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-26
1900 FIGHTERSEAT
AT MOUNTAIN CLUB
DOughboys, Gobs and French
Bluejackcts Dine on Vic
tory Turkey.
AUSTRALIANS THERE TOO
Cabaret From Broadway Thea
tres Keeps Things Merry
Between Courses.

NV OONA bSps
Two hundred convalescent wounded
soldiers will start back into the West
to-day, whence they came something
like n year or more ago to demon
strate in France what an easy Job II
would be for a Pacific coast or Rocky
Mountain type of scrapper to finish
off the world war and get the boys out
OF the trenches for Christmas. Up to
yesterday each OF the men with a
wound stripe thought the war and his
experience quite the, dominant thing
and there was many thrilling story
all ready to take the lead in the first
conversation back home.
The war won't figure so prominently
now, for the wounded 200-and sew
eral hundreds of other soldiers and
sailors--dropped in at the Astor Hotel
yesterday and met the members of the
Rocky Mountain Club, men who al
have n reputation for having done big
tiiihbS Jul III AlldN IhlN Vi lht OOull-
try from which the Sunset Division
came.
Fed 500 Soldiers Last Year.
SO when the division came East on
its way to France last year the Rocky
Mountain Club members took them in
hand on Christmas Day and filled them
UP with turkey and the kind of real
Christmas cheer they would have had
back home. The Rocky Mountaineers
called it the Partition of Turkey al
Yuletide, and the 500 Of the Sunse,
Division men present and the clut
members present promised there would
be Christmas feast for Western men
in olive drab every Christmas while
the war was on.
Yesterdays dinner was larger in at.
tendance by a humping half. The
club had announced that a thousand
would be there. THE Sun man care.
fully estimated between 1900 and
1900, and you would have needed a
shoehorn to admit another man. Five
hundred in khaki hsd been invited
through Secretary Baker. Three hun
dred and fifty gobs had received their
bids by way of Secretary Daniels
British Consul General Bayley, who
sat at the table of honor and made a
speech, had collected. by request
about $50 Canadians and Australians
around town. From the Marseillaise
lying in the harbor came two tables OF
French bluejackets.
Sends ont for More.
This isn't enough" Numbered John
c. Montgomery, master Of ceremonies,
to his aids. Go on out and round up
some more" So they went out and
they rounded up more. and II anybody
rounded UP made fight to stay away
nobody heard about 1t.
They had oysters and turkey and
all that, as much OF 1t as they could
eat. They were entertained with a
cabaret procured from two or three
theatres. The cabaret held forth from
the da!s at the end of the grand ball
room, but now and then trickled down
among the tables
Major-Gen. David c. shanks-thar
whom no General living more COM
pletciy looks the part-wore the only
two star shoulders present. SO far as
could be seen he and THE Sun man
were the only two people old enough tc
remember and chuckle when "Therel
Re Hot Time" was played. Otherwise
this fine old hymn caught on we'll as
something new.
DR.. Manning of Trinity was 10 have
said the grace, but as he couldn't be
there Mr. Montgomery told all hands
to say silent one for themselves and
then pitch in. Some OF the members
and friends of the club, each playing
host at n round table, were William II
Page. Nathan Straus. a. $. Schafer
Daniel a. Welch. f. L. Carpenter
George o. Eaton. s. Ford Eaton. Sam.
uel s. Roscnstamm, *. G. Beaton and
lily Mayer. A portrait of Gen. Black
j. pershinC. said to be connected with
the army, presided from the gallery
and was cheered.
Bottled Cider for Toasts.
The toasts were in bottled swee,
cider. with a wicked hint on the souve-
mir menu that the club was doing rs
800 i'' S''b NliNtlr but Ilt IOSE PROB
ably would have TO wait till thev got
home 10 some dry State in the West
like Montana. The club president
John Hays Hammond, had sent an
appropriate greeting to the guests. II
was printed in the menu leafet, along
with this poem from MountaineeI
Senator Bert ". Fernald of Maine. He
wrote IL too.
Soldiers ell, q royal welcome
To the land you love so we'll:
You have captured Bill the Kaiser.
You have licked his Huns like Hell
We're indebted for your valor,
, For the bravery you have shown.
You have fought n heros battle,
You shall wear hero's crown.
Saddened memories will linger
OF those fallen in the fray,
Happy cordial. Christmas Greetings
TO you from old u, S. A.
Hall, o hail, ye valiant Sailors.
Following Uncle Sans advice
You have whipped the German Army.
Put old Kaiser Bill on ice.
All the nation joins in welcome,
All the people now are glad.
Wen remember in the future
Every husky Sailor lad
Secretary Baker had delegated his
task of providing some guests 10 Gen.
eral Somebody, who had passed II
along TO Colonel Somebody Else. and
so on till they put it up to Capt. r. A.
E7loo1 AZ Camn Marritt and l., d.