Inauguration Dinner of the Ypres League
in New York.
THE YPRES TIMES
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The dinner at which Major-General
J. F. O'Ryan presided on March 19th
at the Hotel Roosevelt was a brilliant
function, most of the officers wearing
uniform. Music was furnished by the
18th Infantry Band.
Standards of the American, Belgian,
French and British nations were borne
by colour bearers from the 107th
Infantry National Guard Regiment of
New York.
Impressive speeches were delivered
by Major-General Hanson E. Ely, com
manding the II Corps Area; Bishop
William T. Manning, Brig.-General
Cary F. Spence, of Knoxville, Tennes
see, Col. Maurice Fitzmaurice Day,
Military Attaché, British Embassy;
Viscount de Lantsheere, Charge
d'Affairs, Belgian Embassy; Major
Emanuel Lombard, Military Attaché,
French Embassy; and Capt. R. Hender
son-Bland, representative of the Ypres
League.
members in Brooklyn, New York, for
many years. His recruiting of new
members from the 105th Regiment,
U.S. Infantry, who served in the Ypres
Sector, still continues with vigour, and
he deserves our sincere gratitude for
the loyal support which has been im
mensely appreciated and valued since
1922.
Owing to the sterling work of our
influential promoters, the interest in
our Association is growing rapidly in
America, and large numbers of Ameri
can Comrades who fought at Ypres
are being welcomed as members of the
Ypres League.
The special thanks of Headquarters
are due to Major-General J. F.
O'Ryan, Major-General Edward M.
Lewis, Major-General George W.
Read, Col. Edward Olmsted, Col.
George W. Burleigh, Col. Franklyn Q.
Brown, and to our indefatigable repre
sentative, Capt. R. H. Henderson-
Bland.
We would also like to place on record
the great individual work of Capt.
Henry Maslin, who has been estab
lished as one of our corresponding
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CAPTAIN R. H. HENDERSON-BLAND.
Through Captain Henderson-Bland, Field
Marshal Viscount Plumer requested Major-
General J. F. O'Ryan, whose 27th Division
served with Lord Plumer's 2nd Army in the
Ypres Salient, to inaugurate the Ypres League
in America.
The inauguration has been an outstanding
success, and we offer Captain Bland our heartiest
congratulations.
