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Lord Dundonald at St. An drew's Banquet Makes Suggestion Important Gathering of Scots men Honor Commander in Chief Among the various social functions in honor of Major General the Earl of Dundonald, during his visit in Winnipeg, the banquet at the Com mercial club on Saturday night was probably the most brilliant and suc cessful. The general was the guest of the presidents, vice-presidents, past and present, of St. Andrew's Society, and some fifty guests sat down to a sumptuous dinner, THE GUESTS. Hon. Hugh J. Macdonald, K.C., as past president of the society, occu pied the post of honor at the head of the long table, with Lord Dun donald and Sir Daniel McMillan on either side. Harry Sandison occu pied the chair at the other end of the table, and with him sat Col. Den ny, Capt. Newton, Lieut. MaeAlis ter, Rev. Dr. Bryce and J. P. Rob ertson., Among the other guests were; Hon. Colin H. Campbell, C. ©. Chipman, Col. Evans, C.B., Ald. Rus sell, Ald. Barclay, Ald. Gibson, T. W. Taylor, M.V.P., M. Fortune, H. Cam eron, D. W. McDiarmid, William Clark, Alexander Dawson, D. W. Tel ford, Dr. Macarthur, I. Pitblado, A. Macdonald, John Aird, Wiliam Geof geson, K. Mackenzie, G. W. Murray, John Leslie, William Harvey, J. M. Chisholm, J. W. McRae, J. G. Morgan, H. Paterson, David Horn, John Love, W. W. McMillan, J. H. Lud low, J. McDougall, W. J. McLean, R. Young, Thomas Clouston, Db. R. Ding wall, J. D. Speirs, J. I. Campbell, John MecKechnie, C. A. Young, Alex ander Black and W. Grassie. An excellent menu of twelve cour ses was presented by Mr. Mercer, steward of the Commercial cuit, and the dinner was served from 9 to 10.30 o'clock. Little time was left for the programme and toasts. Bar rowclough’s orchestra was present and dispensed sweet music during the evening. Various Seoteh airs were well rendered and elicited warm applause. Jackson Hanby contrib uted the only number on the musical programme, as time did not permit the hearing of the other numbers. TOAST LIST. The first toast on the list was “The King,” which was honored by the singing of the National Anthem and three hearty cheers for His Majesty. In proposing the next toast to “Our Guest, the chairman, on be half of ‘St. Andrew's Society, ex tended a most hearty welcome to Lord Dundonald. In a splendid speech he paid a compliment to his already distinguished career, and spoke in eloquent terms of his il lustrious ancestors, of his father and grandfather, who were closely con nected with Canada in the early days of strife. The ‘toast was re ceived with much enthusiasm ,and honored in true Scottish fervor, the touching of glasses and singling “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow.” The Major-General in rising to re spond was greeted with another burst of applause. He thanked the St. Andrew's Society for the wel come, and also the chairman for the cordial references to himself and members of his family. Continuing his speech he paid an eloquent com pliment to Seotechmen all over the world. In Manitoba, as everywhere else, he found them holding high po sitions in every walk of life. They achieved fame in peace and war. Speaking on military matters, the General said that Manitoba had, dur ing the South African war, contrib uted contingents of horsemen that did heroic work. Lord Strathcona, in sending his regiment of horse to South Africa, had done a signal ser vice to the empire. SCOTTISH REGIMENT. Probably the most important re mark in Lord Dundonald’s speech? was in reference to the forming of new Scottish volunteer regiments in Canada. Several new regiments were being organized in the East, and he trusted that before his next visit to Winnipeg a Highland regi ment would be formed here. With the number of Scotchmen in the large and rapidly-growing popula tion of Winnipeg he could see no reason why such a regiment could not be maintained. He hoped the St. Andrew's Society and all Scotch men in the West would give the scheme their best support. In econ cluding his remarks Lord Dundonald again thanked his hosts for the cor dial reception and resumed his seat amid voseciferous applause. President Sandison then thanked the guests for accepting the hospi tality of the society. He hoped they would all be guests at the approach ing St. Andrew's dinner and knew all would be pleased to hear that Lord Dundonald had accepted an in vitation, and would again honor their banquet with his presence. The function then terminated with the singing of “Anid Lang Syne.” BIDS ADIEU. The Major-General, accompanied by Col. Denny, Capt. Newton and Lt. MacAlister, left last evening for the Wort, where he will continue his tour of inspection. His next inspec tion will be at Prince Albert tomor row, after which he will visit Ne gina, Calgary and Edmonton, and then proceed to the coast. He is ex pected back in Winnipeg about the end of the month.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Nov 23, 1903
Page 17
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