ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE SOCIETY.

The company around the tables numbered about one hundred and thirty gentlemen. President-General Gargan presided. An orchestra was stationed in the balcony. The decorations were profuse, and were artistically placed.

Grace was said by Rev. John J. McCoy of Chicopee, Mass.

At the head table, with the president-general and the chaplain of the occasion, were seated:

Hon. Thomas H. Carter, U. S. senator, Helena, Mont.
Hon. C. T. Driscoll, mayor of New Haven, Conn.
Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York city.
George E. Van Siclen, of the Boer committee, New York city.
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.
Hon. T. A. E. Weadock, Detroit, Mich.
Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York city.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York city.
M. E. Hennessy, Boston, Mass., and one or two others.

In addition to the foregoing, there were also at the banquet the following gentlemen from New York city:

Hon. Joseph F. Daly.
Hon. William McAdoo.
Hon. Joseph P. Fallon.
Hon. Wauhope Lynn.
Hon. James S. Coleman.
Hon. Thomas M. Waller.
Dr. J. Duncan Emmet.
Dr. William Donovan.
Dr. M. J. Tierney.
Dr. James Moran.
Rev. C. B. O’Reilly.
Rev. T. W. Wallace.
Rev. Wm. St. Elmo Smith.
Rev. Fr. McGolrick.
Col. James Quinlan.
Cornelius B. Mitchell.
Thomas Barrett.
Patrick Tiernan.
Thomas S. Brennan.
Stephen J. Geoghegan.
Joseph G. Geoghegan.
John Goodwin.
Myles Tierney.
John Crane.
J. J. Rooney.
E. H. Daly.
E. T. McCrystal.
A. E. Costello.
R. E. Danvers.
D. E. Lynch.
Thomas F. Fitzgerald.
William J. Bolger.
Stephen Farrelly.
James D. Murphy.
John J. Ryan.
John F. Doyle.
M. A. O’Byrne.
Pierce Kent.
Michael Callaghan.
Nicholas J. Hayes.
John F. Walsh.
Daniel F. Cohalan.
Francis C. Travers.
Vincent P. Travers.
A. F. Travers.
Daniel J. Quinlan.
Stephen J. Richardson.
James O’Flaherty.
Edward O’Flaherty.
James W. McCormick.
F. J. Quinlan.
B. Moynahan.
S. J. Dugan.
L. J. Callanan.
W. J. Mulcahy.
J. B. Manning.
E. J. Curry.
George E. Baldwin.
E. J. McGuire.
Michael Monahan.
T. A. Emmet, Jr.
Robert Emmet.
Charles N. Harris.
J. C. Tierney.
E. O’Meagher Condon.
T. St. John Gaffney.
James Curran.
John H. Cahill.
J. O’Donovan Rossa.
Joseph Kelly.
James G. Johnson.
T. J. Colton.
B. F. Coleman.
E. J. O’Shaughnessy.
Thomas W. Clark.
John O’Connell.
Richard Dixon.
Edward J. Dillon.
James Kearney.
John G. O’Keefe.
Philip A. Smyth.
William Temple Emmet.
John C. Sullivan.

Present at the banquet, from other places, were:

Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.
Hon. Franklin M. Danaher, Albany, N. Y.
Hon. P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill.
Hon. J. C. Monaghan, Chemnitz, Germany.
Dr. Philip Kilroy, Springfield, Mass.
Dr. C. J. Downey, Springfield, Mass.
Dr. James F. Martin, Springfield, Mass.
Rev. John Harty, Pawtucket, R. I.
Rev. T. P. Linehan, Biddeford, Me.
Rev. Thomas H. Wallace, Lewiston, Me.
Rev. Daniel Coffey, Columbus, O.
Rev. T. P. O’Neill, Westchester, N. Y.
Col. John McManus, Providence, R. I.
Col. J. P. Donahoe, Wilmington, Del.
James L. O’Neill, Elizabeth, N. J.
Edmund O’Keefe, New Bedford, Mass.
James B. Carroll, Springfield, Mass.
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Woonsocket, R. I.
John J. Cadigan, Boston, Mass.
Thomas J. Cummins, Albany, N. Y.
William P. Dempsey, Pawtucket, R. I.
James O’Sullivan, Lowell, Mass.
M. J. Harson, Providence, R. I.
D. D. Donovan, Providence, R. I.
John J. Moore, Springfield, Mass.
Patrick O’Farrell, Washington, D. C.
Edmund Reardon, Cambridge, Mass.
Joseph P. Flatley, Boston, Mass.
M. A. Toland, Boston, Mass.
Fred C. Murphy, Springfield, Mass.
William M. Sweeny, Astoria, L. I., N. Y.
P. J. Garvey, Holyoke, Mass.
Patrick Farrelly, Morristown, N. J.
S. C. Farrelly, Morristown, N. J.
J. A. Hart, Orange, N. J.
F. C. O’Reilly, Orange, N. J.

The after-dinner exercises were of great interest. Vice-President-General John D. Crimmins, who was at Palm Beach, Fla., for his health, sent a telegram regretting his absence, and adding:

“Our Society should flourish. The field is ripe, and so far the surface is only scratched. When in deeper furrows, forgotten history will be brought forth that will glorify the deeds of the Irish race in building our nation.”

Letters of regret at inability to be present were received from Mayor Van Wyck of New York city, Hon. Patrick A. Collins of Boston, Mass., and other gentlemen.