Evening star., 1922-02-26
VETERANS OF 98
RE-L|VE CAMPAIGN
Society of the Army of San.
tiago de Cuba Dimes at
Army-Navy Club.

The spirit of the active campaigns
of '9S was invoked at the banquet of
the Society of the Army of Santiago
de Cuba last night at the Army and
Navy Club. More than fifty dis
tinguished Army leaders were in at
tendance and made merry over old
"reminiscences at their first success
full get-together function in many
years. Brig. Gen. Lloyd NJ Brett,
president of the society. presided.
Gen. Brett, leading a long list of
eloquent addresses. reviewed the
events leading up to the war with
Spain and declared thae the work of
the Regular Army on the frontier fol-
lowing the civil war was the great
est in history.
Gen. Miles Speaks.
Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. S A.
retired. next to speak asserted that
the campaign against Spain was
unique in many ways He gave as a
reason the fact that it was success
ful from start to finish, for which he
declared the personnel was respon-
slble. and that the move was always
forward. Not even rife. cannon
or soldier was surrendered to or cap
tured by the enemy. while you he
roes." he said. turning to the members
He also related many humorous in
cidents that occurred during the cam
paign and told of giving his ulti-
matum TO the commanding general
of Porto Rico and its capture later.
Maj. Gen. c. S. Farnsworth spoke
for the infantry. He stated that il
had the Army spirit which equals if
1t does not excel, the infantry spirit.
He narrated upon the development of
the infantry in the last few years,
calling attention to the Improvement
of the machine guns and rifles and
pistols. and the addition of tanks and
grenades in modern warfare.
Tells Of Sanitation.
Maj. Gen. Merritt W. Ireland, sur
geon general of the Army, spoke upon
the sanitation campaign, stating that
at the outbreak of the war with
Spain there were only III officers
scattered through the isolated parts
of the United States and Alaska He
described the tremendous advance of
preventive medicine in the last 100
years.
Brig. Gen. Edward J. McClernand.
who was at the time adjutant general
of the 5th Army Corps, described con-
ditions as he saw them from head
quarters. giving an interesting review
of particular points of the campaign.
Maj. Gen. George H. Harries. spoke
on the work of the volunteer regi-
ment in the Spanish American war.
and stated that it was the duty of
every one now to curb the wave of
pacificism and see to it that the Stars
and Stripes shall wave untampered
with.
1t was announced that other meet
ings of the society would be held in
the near futuer, Col. c. Fred Cook,
mittee. voicing his intention to have
the District branch of the society re-
organized.
Officers Who Were Present.
The list of distinguished officers and
men who served actively in the Span
ish-American war and were present
last night includes the following:
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. S. A..
retired; Maj. Gen. George H. Harries.
Maj. Frederick c. Bryan. Maj. Webb
~ Hayes. Col. Noble. Col. Charles A.
Williams. Col. William c. Brown. Mai.
Thomas S. McCaleb, Maj. Gen. NJ W.
Ireland, Col. James b. Jackson, Brig.
Gen. L. NJ Brett, Maj. George ]. New
garden. Brig. Gen. James T. Kerr. Col.
J. c. Gilmore, jr.; Frederick S. Hodg-
son. Brig. Gen. James H. Mc2ae, Mai.
Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, Maj Gen.
p. c. Harris, Col. Monroe McFar-
land, Col. William A Phillips.
Maj. Hollis c. Clark, Col. Albert
Z. Dalton, Col. Harrison j. Price, Col.
Thomas L. Smith. Col. George H.
Jamerson. Col. Briant H Webs. Col.
John w. Barker. Col James r.
Church. Col. Lorrain T. Richardson,
Col. George c. Shaw, Col William
R. Smedberg. jr.: Col. Kenzie w
Walker, Col. Russell c. Langdon. Col
Francis H. Pope, Col. Halstead Dorey,
Col. Lambert w. Jordan. Col. Charles
w. Exton. Lieut.. Col. c. Fred Cook,
Lieut.. Col. Edward Davis. Lieut.. Col.
Walter c. Jones, Lieut. Col. Consuelo
A. Sloane, Maj. John II. Adams. Lieut.
Col Andrew J. Dougherty. Lieut.. Col.
oliver F. Snyder. Lieut.. Col. William
B. Wallace, Maj. Charles w. Mason
and Kellogg X. V. Casey.