Regulars of the 5th U.S.Artillery lined the stairway leading from the lobby to the reception hall.

The General, reaching the club-house at eight-thirty, was met by James Otis, J.
Seaver Page, and General S.Van Vliet, and, between the lines of soldiers at present arms, conducted to a place beneath his own portrait.

There, surrounded by President Depew of the Club, Secretary of the Interior John W.Noble, and General Van Vliet, he greeted the six or seven hundred invited guests.

The gathering included representatives of the army, the navy, the bench, the clergy, as well as business, professional, and political life.

The Vice-President of the United States, Levi P.Morton, was there, and Secretary Noble, Senators W.M.
Evarts and Nelson W.Aldrich, Generals Schofield, Howard, Porter, and Breckenridge, and foreign diplomats from Russia, Chile, Brazil, and Peru.