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arrangements for the first annual reunion and banquet,
which was to take place at the Burnet House on
the evening of January 14th, and that the prospects were
for a delightful occasion and a large attendance.
The meeting then adjourned.
In accordance with the resolution passed at the annual
meeting in October, 1875, the first annual banquet of
the Society was held at the Burnet House on the
evening of the second Friday in January, (the 14th)
1876. The Executive Committee had charge of the
entertainment, and the result of their work was a grand
success. The supper table was laid in the small
dining room of the hotel, and at 8 o'clock about fifty
members of the Society sat down to enjoy the
substantials and dainties with which the board was
heavily laden.
The supper room was handsomely adorned with living
plants, entwining vines and bright flowers.
Pendent over and in front of the mirrors, which stood at
either end of the room, in large letters, made of
evergreens, were the words, "THE ARMY," and "THE NAVY."
Baskets and pyramids of fragrant buds adorned the table.
Colonel L. M. Dayton President of the Society,
presided. Among those who sat down to the banquet
were:
General A. Hickenlooper,
Major Frank J. Jones
Captain Lewis E. Mills,
Dr. C. P... Wilson
Dr. William Owens,
Colonel H. E. Collins,
Lieut. E. V. Cherry,
Captain John H. Woodward, |
Colonel John Kennett,
Major William M. Este,
Captain Henry DeBus,
Dr. A. E. Heighway,
Major G. B. Fox,
Colonel R. M. Moore,
Dr. A. L. Carrick,
Major J. W. Mitchell, |
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Dr. H. Luddington,
Lieut. James K. Reynolds,
Captain G. B. Wright,
Colonel Hunter Brooke,
Captain J. M. Blair,
Major S. S. L'Hommedieu,
Colonel W. E. Merrill,
Captain J. O. Stange,
Captain M. Sussman,
Captain W. G. C. Jones,
General Burbank,
Captain W. E. Ludlow,
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Captain J. S. Wise,
Captain B. D. West,
General H. G. Kennett,
General Durbin Ward,
Major E. C. Dawes,
Captain E. J. Lukens,
Colonel C. W. Moulton,
Lieut. W. B. Stephenson,
Major W. H. Chamberlin,
Captain Griffin T. Miller,
Colonel James Van Voast,
Colonel A. E. Jones, |
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Captain Ludlow Adjones |
After ample attention had been given the excellent
bill of fare, the various toasts which had been
prepared for the occasion were responded to
interestingly and eloquently by the gentlemen
assigned to this pleasant task. The toasts and
respondents selected were as follows:
"The President of the United States - Ulysses
S. Grant," - -
- Gen. H. G. Kennett.
"The General of the Army - the Hero of the March
to the Sea," - -
Col. L. M. Dayton.
"The Army - Its
Brilliant Achievements," - Col. William E.
Merrill.
"Our Navy - the
Floating Bulwarks of the Nation," -
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- Col. C. W. Moulton.
"The Press - Its Power and Influence in Aiding our
Armies during the Rebellion," -
Major W. H. Chamberlain.
"Our Dead Comrads -
What we owe to their Memory," was responded to
impressively, gracefully, and in eloquent words by
Col. Hunter Brooke.
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PRESIDENT:
Colonel L. M. DAYTON
VICE PRESIDENTS:
Colonel Hunter Brooke,
Colonel H. E. Collins |
Colonel John Kennett,
Surgeon A. L. Carrick, |
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Captain
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the room, and at the south end of the room was a
cross table. At the end table, and facing the
members of the Society, sat, in the middle, the
Presidents Colonel L. M. Dayton. On his
left was General A. Hickenlooper, General M. F.
Force, Colonel Stanley Matthews, and General
Fred. W. Moore; General E. F. Noyes sat on his
right. The following named gentlemen sat down
to the table to the places assigned them:
Colonel L. M. Dayton,
General M. F. Force,
General Fred. W. Moore,
Lieut.. Jas K. Reynolds,
Captain J. O. Stange,
Colonel Samuel B. Smith, of Dayton Ohio,
Captain Smith Stimmel,
Dr. A. L. Carrick,
Major George B. Fox,
Major E. C. Dawes,
Colonel John Kennett,
Surgeon C. P. Wilson,
Colonel H. E. Collins,
Captain James Biggs,
Captain Prunty,
Captain Frank Ernst,
Dr.B. Stanton
Colonel Charles L. Gano,
Captain Henry De Bus,
Captain G. B. Wright,
Ensign W. S. Holden,
Colonel A. E. Jones,
Major S. L. Campbell,
Captain Thrasher,
Captain D. W. McClung, |
General A. Hickenlooper,
Colonel Stanley Matthews,
General E. F. Noyes,
Captain Carl A. G. Adae,
Major Frank J. Jones,
Colonel Hunter Brooke,
Captain J. B. Foraker,
Captain J. C. Michie,
Captain E. J. Lukens,
Captain W. F. Armstrong,
Colonel C. W. Moulton,
Major S. S. L'Hommedieu,
Captain John H. Woodward,
Captain F. F. Osborn,
Major George Vandegriff,
Captain Jacob W. Gano,
Lieutenant H. B. Terrell,
Dr. A. E. Heighway,
Major T. G. Benham,
Ensign Griffin T. Miller,
Captain Morgan Shaw,
Dr. John F. White,
Captain W. Hoole,
Colonel Ozro J. Dodds,
General H. G. Kennett,
Major W. H. Chamberlain. |
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The toasts responded to were as follows:
Our Country - The Land of the Free," - Col.
Stanley Matthews.
Our Army - Its Glorious Achievements," -
Gen. Fred W. Moore.
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NOTICE.
"CINCINNATI SOCIETY OF EX-ARMY AND
NAVY OFFICERS.
"The third annual Banquet and Re-union will be held
on "Thursday evening, January 17th, 1878, at 7:30
o'clock, at the
"Burnet House. The members of the Society can
procure their
"tickets of Major Frank J. Jones, Treasurer,
No. 24 Pike's Opera
"House.
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"FRED. W.
MOORE,
"S. S. L'HOMMEDIUE,
"E. C. DAWES,
"E. V. CHERRY,
"A. E. HEIGHWAY,
"Executive Committee." |
The gentlemen who had charge of the arrangements for
the banquet did their work well, and when the
members assembled around the festal board, they
found that their Executive Committee had left
nothing undone that should have been done for their
enjoyment and pleasure. It was in fact an
elegant, select and choice entertainment, attended
by some of our most prominent citizens, who had
honored themselves and their country by the part
they took in the war, which, in its termination,
forever crushed out rebellion, and placed the
glorious Constitution of the United States upon a
rock that will be as lasting as time. Lawyers,
judges, merchants, doctors, bankers and gentlemen
retired from the arena of mercantile life, who
fought for "a common cause," were there to assemble
around the joyous board, and to revive the memories
of the days when they were Soldiers of the Union."
The early hour of half past seven were announced as the
time at which the banquet would commence, but it was
nine o'clock before the gentlemen sat down
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