Evening star., 1940-02-04
Annual 'Wal|ow' Held
By Military Order
Of Carabao
Speaker Bonkheod and
Wodsworth Address
Annual Affair

HtIIlOOB Vuboh
An Army bugle sounded mess
call, and members Of the Military
Order of the Carabao and their
guests started on the run for the
annual "Wallow" last night in the
main ballroom of the Willard Hotel.
AS soon as all hands-about 600
were assembled. "the days Of the
empire" four decades ago, came
to life in song and skit memories.
Despite the inroads of time on
their thinning ranks, the veterans
of the war with Spain and the in
surrection in the far-away islands
roared out their traditional chan
ties, led by the Sing Table chorus.
Guests of honor who addressed
the officers of the United States
Army, Navy and Marine Corps were
Representatives James w. Wads-
worth of New York and Clifford
Woodrum of Virginia, the latter
substituting on the program for
Speaker William B. Bankhead, un-
able to attend due to illness.
At the outset of the dinner,
massed colors of the services, in
cluding the Coast Guard, were pa
raded by color guards:
Thunder of drums, blare of bugles
and the field music of the United
States Marine Band brought the
diners to their feet in salute as
the only toast of the organization
was proposed ITO the command
er in chief, the President"
Marine Band Plays.
After the audience had sung "The
Star Spangled Banner" the colors
were trooped off stage and the
Marine Band, in full strength, swung
into the strains of John Philip
Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes For
ever"
A medley of soldier marches, to
which members of the order had
paraded or hiked long ago, set toes
tapping. Then the "Wallow" got
down to business.
First order of the, night was the
installation of the new grand para
mount, Col. Henry H. Sheen, a
solemn ceremony conducted by the
grand lead and wheel carabao, Col.
Joseph M. Heller.
After the installation, Col. Sheen
made a brief address.
In a corner of the ballroom stood
the most cherished possession Of
the order-a stuffed carabao brought
over from the islands years ago and
from which the organization takes
its name. This old carabao, stuffed
and mounted has been at every
banquet of the group in Washing
ton. Though it is moth-eaten and
rather sad of eye, the old animal
is still able to stand-but not for
too long. Usually under the care
of the Smithsonian Institution from
one banquet to another, the carabao
is refurbished each year and brought
to "the Wallow."
As part of the ritual of the order,
repeated last night, Miss Carolyn
Manning stood beside the symbolic
animal and sang THE Carabao."
Words to the song we're written by
the late Maj. Archie Butt.
Comdr. Young Installed.
A high light of the evening was
the installation Of the unique func-
tionary of the order, the bombinero.
Comdr. William B. Young Of the
Navy assumed his duties amid great
applause.
Bernard Fitzgerald led the "sing
table" in another old Carabao ia
vorite, Along the River Passan-
Jan" DR.. William Thornton Davis
showed pictures of old command
ers and many scenes in the Philip
pines.
Officers installed last night, in ad-
dition to Col. Sheen, were: Brig.
Gen. A. Owen Seaman, councillor,
and Col. Joseph M. Heller, grand
lead and wheel carabao, reelected
for another of his many terms.
Decorations for the "Wallow"
were in charge of Col Charles G..
Mortimer; music, Comdr. Robert w.
Clark, and Col. Harry F. Cunning
ham, director of the fiesta. Maj.
Gen Frederick w. Boschen was
chairman of the Dinner Committee.
List of Guests.
The guest list for the event fol-
lows:
Agnew, Comdr. w. Allen. Col c. c.