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At a subsequent meeting of the General Committee, after a full discussion, it was unanimously resolved to tender a Banquet to Mr. Schurz on the evening of his birthday, which would afford an opportunity to his friends to tender their personal congratulations.
A Committee, consisting of the following, was then appointed, with power to make the necessary arrangements:
| Gustav H. Schwab, | Hubert Cillis, |
| Charles Stewart Smith, | Wm. Jay Schieffelin, |
| Wm. Bayard Cutting, | Arthur von Briesen, |
| Charles C. Beaman, | George Wilson. |
Delmonico's, Fifth Avenue and Forty-fourth Street, was decided upon as the place for the Banquet. The decorations of the Hall were simple but tasteful, consisting of the flags of the United States and the German Empire, intertwined, and the coats of arms of the two nations. The tables were profusely adorned with American beauty roses and smilax.
The menu card was illustrated by an engraved portrait of the distinguished guest—which forms the frontispiece of this volume.
Three hundred and seventy-three gentlemen attended. A large number were deprived of the privilege of doing honor to Mr. Schurz because of the limited capacity of the Hall.
