Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-16

He (the speaker) assured the wounded
soldiers that they would be looked on
with pride and respect.
He gave the following brief sketch of
the ia3l@
TWENTY-FIVE REGrNExr. sees
go Mustered in August 19, 1861; removed
to St Louis; thence to Jefferson City;
thence to Georgetown; thence to Spring
field; thence TO Otteryille; thence to War
rensburgh; captured 1900 prisoners;
guardsd them to St. Louis; thence to
Cairo; thence to Fort Henry; thence to
Fort Donelson in the battle; thence to
Pittsburg Landing; thence to Corinth;
In the Battle Of Shilo; thence to Holly
Springs; thence to Memphis /; thence to
Bolivar to P3cahontss IN the battle of
Hatchie; return to Bolivar; TO Lagrange;
to Davis Mills; in battle; to Memphis;
provost duty 10 mouths; to Moscow; in
battle; 70 Grand Junction; thence to
Eolly Springs; thence to Vieksburg; to
Meridian; back to Vieksburgs from
Yieksburg home on veteran furlough;
to Cairo to Decatur; to Marietta; in the
Atlanta campaign; in Jonesboro battle;
through Georgia through the Csrolinas;
to Washington; to Indianapolis and mus
tered out of the services. Mustered in
I,040; mustered ont q little over 400
strong 7-' i@ las H ~ -A3
After thanking the audience for the
kind attention aud good order shown
the speaker retired, when Col Nash Ia
troduced Col. Richard Owen, who spoke
as follows: ~ =.
COLONEL OWENS REMARKS rsa,
On behalf of the officers and soldiers
of the 25th, Goth, 91st and 65th regi-
ments of Indiana volunteers, and the
Ist Indiana cavalry and 9Th Indiana
battery, laswell as for portions of other
regiments and batteries here represent
ed, / take pleasure in fulfilling the
duty assigned me of thanking, most
cordially, the speaker who has iust
enumerated the services of the reei-
ments, and also for making our grateful
aeknowled yments to the citizens who
have honored the returned soldiers Of
our county By this public reception, and
graced the occasion with their presence.
b It is true that many honered citizens
- ~ ACAtw0AL 3 AOAA0 tlEAA 9NIb
in a distant land; but they died having
the satisfactory feeling, as their last con
soling thought, that they had she'd their
blood for the benefit of their great and
gloEious country; that, thus dying, they
bequeathed their names and their friends
70 9 grateful nation, one which would
see that neither should suffer. And their
friends and relatives have the satisfac-
ton OF seeing that that coufdence was not
misplaced. Ii is also true that (thanks
to Almighty God, our returned veteran
soldiers are usually strong and healthy
yet many who survived have reached
home with shattered health and others
with maimed limbs, rendering it imprae-
ticable for them to obtain livelihood,
as before, by the labor Of their hands.
But a grateful country is ready to meet
ell those wants and exigeneies. Ample
pensions are provided for the disabled
and also for the widows and orphans OF
those who died ia the service, whether
By wounds or disease, if the latter vas
contracted ia the diseharge of duty.
Add to this she provision being made in
our State for the disabled soldiers and
| sailors, who have no homes,
20 repSse in q comfortable asylam
and to spend their latter days in ease
and in the eompanionship Of their mill
tary comrades. .-..s.... .lf..4
It was most cheering to The soldier,
when away from his friends and his
home, TO learn that he was ever rsmsm.
bered, that the relatives and frieudF,
about whom he felt most anxious, we're
kindly cared for, IL need should be, by be-
nevoient ASSOCIATIONS, so that, If bis pay
was delayed1or lost, the loved ones ai
home should not suffer; and 70 know
also that usually the bounty and the pay
are ample TO sustain, in comfort, the
soldier and his family; thus forming q
striking contrast to the miserable Dit.
tance doled out to the hirsling Of Mon-
archical powers.
| 1t is most encouraging to the return
ed soldier to feel not only the Appfoba.
ton of his own conscience, in having
aided TO protect the best of Govern
ments, and IN having contributed 70 re-
store law and order; but also to End, on
returning to his home, that (if disability
cripples his owe resources or preciudes
bis own exertionsl hiswants are amply
provided for; that be is welcomed
wherever be goes, as the patriotic de
fender and preserver of his county
welcomed by those who from age, ser o.
.othef circumstances, wege assigned bom'
duties, often equally as important q,
military force in bringing the war sue
cessfuliy TO a close. p" -
4 1t vas necessary that lsgislstion, edd
I ~ e. - :
20 on it was required that many shpulC
produce the articles Of food, clothing
camp aud garrison eqdippage, stock
&C., needed in those vast armies
amounting, when peace closed their la
bors, TO . total of one million and
quarter. Il was also incumbent tha
I many should see 10 the widows and or
plans, should frequent the mum
arous home hospitals and care fol
the returned sick and wounded. Hos
, uobfy this duty was fulfilled !
amply attested by the records Of on
Soldiers Aid Societies, Of our Sanitar
\ Commissions, and our Christian Assc
}. ciations, who administered. mental an
, mora comfort as well as physical 81
honor TO the benevolent souls who ID
bored in these glorioas works. The val
With the thousand horrors which mus
always be attendant on hloodshed, an
. particularly on civil war, has yet, in th
mercy Of God, brought about much good
Il has shown how great and Peseefu
nation, when necessary eau becon
eminsntly warlike;, how many thou
ssnd benevolent hearts can responl
vixen duty calls; and it has solved th
! problem which seemed to4dsfy the effort
Of cur most patriotic statssmea--ita hz
emancipated from slavery over foar mi
!, lions Of human beings, and has remove
from at least eight millions of thsi
> white masters the temptation to be .
rsnnical and aFistocratie. d -TsTof
Z Perhaps may be permitted 10 ava
myself of this occasion (Eithout uttel
ing word which can arouse sections
or party feeling) to meution briefly th
= high and responsible duties yet remain
ing to be performed, and to point out