CHAPTER XXXVIII

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HONORED BY DEPARTMENT OFFICERS. PATRIOTS' DAY. MEMORIAL SERVICES. REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., ORATOR. DEDICATION OF STATUE OF GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER. THE THIRTYFOURTH ANNIVERSARY. MINOR EVENTS. SKETCH OF COMMANDER GEORGE E. HENRY.

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY NATIONAL SENIOR

VICE-COMMANDER

WILLIAM M. OLIN, OF POST NO. 26, ROXBURY, ASSISTED BY PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOHN E. GILMAN

(AUGUSTINE SANDERSON, from July 1, vice KENDRICKEN resigned.)

T the first meeting sixty-five members and fifteen visiting Comrades were present, including Department Commander Blackmar, Department Senior Vice-Commander Judd.

and Assistant Adjutant-General Preble. It proved a very lively and enjoyable occasion.

PATRIOTS' DAY

On Sunday, April 19, the Post, by special invitation, attended the unveiling of a portrait to the memory of Rev. John Lathrop, the Revolutionary preacher of 1774, at the Second Church, Copley Square, and were selected to represent the Soldiers of the War for the Union; other organizations were also present or represented at the services.

MEMORIAL EXERCISES

Preparatory to Memorial Day the Post attended the First Universalist Church, Roxbury, Sunday, May 24, and listened to an admirable address by Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton, the pastor.

The usual addresses were made by members of the Post at the patriotic exercises held at the public and parochial schools in the city during the week. On the 30th the full programme of the day was faithfully carried out.

At the Temple, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D., delivered an address of remarkable thought and force, which many considered one of his best efforts.

DINNER

At the afternoon reunion at Young's, the entertainment consisted of music by Daggett's Orchestra and speeches by guests and others. Commander Henry presided, and Comrade Rev. Edward Anderson made a rattling Toast-master, whose bright, crisp, breezy sayings and stories interspersed throughout the postprandial exercises proved a highly pleasing feature of the occasion.

Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief William M. Olin spoke in his customary happy vein; Post Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton paid a sympathetic tribute to the memory of the late Admiral Belknap. Hon. James J. Myers, Captain J. Stearns Cushing, Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Captain John Read, U. S. Navy (retired), Past Department Commander John E. Gilman, Rev. Frederick

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W. Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel Paul R. Hawkins, Commander of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans, spoke pleasIt was a sympathetic and enjoyable meeting of

antly. Comrades.

HONOR TO GENERAL HOOKER

The 25th of June marked a memorable day for the city and the Veterans of the Civil War, in the dedication of the beautiful equestrian statue of General Joseph Hooker, a statue petitioned for by Post No. 113 six years before. It was erected by the Commonwealth on the State House grounds, fronting Beacon Street. The military and civic parade composed of the M. V. M., Veterans of the War for the Union and Spanish War, Sons of Veterans and patriotic societies was of unusual interest and was witnessed by a vast concourse of citizens congregated for miles on the streets constituting the line of march and upon the Common and State House grounds. Commander George E. Henry had the great honor of leading the members of his old regiment, the 1st Massachusetts Infantry, wearing the same uniform that he wore as an officer of that regiment forty years before. Comrade James Leatherbee carried the regimental Flag and Past Commander George A. Sawin the corps flag of the Army of the Potomac. The Post also had representatives in numerous other bodies that took part in the parade. It was a notable occasion and fittingly commemorated the valuable service of Massachusetts' great soldier.

At the exercises in the evening at Mechanics Building the Post and its colors were present, and our Honorary Life Associate, General Charles P. Mattocks, delivered the Oration. Past Commander Thomas R. Mathews was chairman of the committee on the grand banquet of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, held at the Hotel Somerset on the evening of the 26th, at which many of the Comrades of the Post were present.

THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY

On Saturday, November 21, the annual banquet was held at Young's Hotel. Commander Henry presided, and Past Department Commander Blackmar officiated as Toast-master. The evening was one of rare enjoyment, good comradeship and elevated sentiments. Among the speakers were Mr. Justice