The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-18


6c, and beautifully fsstooned with flowers,
md The ~ audiencs were il raptures until
the next speaker came on the stand-Genersl
Croft. From the appearance Of his piece it |
~ It o.. Hn delivery was bad, his |
piece prosy, commencing, = il were, like an
old-fashionsd Pssshytssian niaissse's ssr-
.ss-6ssAlv, ord roaming 70 ssssntssnsAly,
q irsn IL bsginaisg Of The ssssa y The
basale e Draadywise. Crowds IN Ne hsass
during iss delivery, and ws did mot 10y 70
hear him out. He was followed By Cox,
Of Ohio, Who % reported TO have
delivered fac address, and By Cogsvsll,of
Massachusetts,, who made mosa happy and
eioqssst osaaioa without notes, aboandine
in brilliant witticism, making even Grant
smile in approval.
The Chicago papers sive the speeches, tie
details and tho incidents Of tho occasion,
which 10 not our purpose.
II is better than show" to be hsre and
see the animals. Some are with Uniforms on
Who have long ago been out Of the service,
but most of the officers and men have sense
enough not TO wear them.
Only think Of the plumber Of Gensrsls
and Colonela by actual rank and By brsvet
90 out 10 the hall Of IL Trsnont House
and say, General ssd half . dosen gentle
men look around, sach ens wondering Il i
10 him.
Ons involunssrily sAinks Of Artemns
Wards (s) Nacksrsl BEissde-all, Generals
except QUE sko sss . psivsss.
Here sss 0sssrals Who vess never hsard
Of, 20 many in fact, that We call every man
- mset Gessral, and " do not miss the
figure one time In . dcssn.
All the old fellows With great stomachs are
Cclonels. and the little dapper fellows with
sharp faces, are staf-oficers.
There 10 Sol Meredith, Of Indiana and
bis clothes hanging loosely about him, with
. srea, slouched hat and with figure about
- classic and symetricat u No. 10 brogAn
shoe. Just think Of = hog dIover from the
Wabash twenty years ago, in Indiana, on bis
winding way through muddy roads, and you
have Sol NJ eredith--not ~ General. Int Al
| be looks when he walks. Here too are
the celebrities Grant, Sherman, Thomas
Terry, Logan, with Scho6eld, Secretary Of
War, Irwin Mcdowell, with Lesgett, Giles
A Morgan and the old grey haired veteran
/ With spsctacles, 4. J. Smith, and no end tc
other Generals, Colonals, Majors, Captains
Lisussnaats and privates, With Gen. ''Toady'
Who 10 rushing to 80 and shake hands With
Grant, Sherman and Logan, while there is I
crowd, TOO, waiting bsfors the room door o
The Gsnsral. Nov goes Nh. Dick Oglnby
q Illins;s. The spiritsal msnifs1aAsien !
d sharing hands has zone on IN day yssser'
day and to-day, and still there seems 10 b,
no end to it. Some 20 from love of thsil
old commanders, eome from curiosity ant
. glory, snd others because the crowd 60, /.
be in the fashion. If you stop on the streets
!. 10 look in the show window Of . picture gal
lery. the crowd attracted stop too, as the fir,
Hy is lured by the light of fire. So goel
: the world.
The Re-Unicn has been grand success
, The "bummer y OF Georgia and the Caro-
, linas; the bully boy with the glass eye ans
wooden TOOTH with evergreen remsm
/, brsnces of "bard tack, y . SOW belly" am
! peanuts comes to shoulder his crutch il b,
has one and 6gAt his battles over again ant
saks . drunk Of comnisssry WITH his friends
Stories Of the war ars told end repeated
amid roars Of laughter. Oss which has sftsl
9 bssn told win Do y repeat. 1t Vas in rsla
: ton 70 The ofiginatioa ofths g bsdss" df th
18th, Logan's Corps. A short lsegsd lrisl
: ssiioe, from a Illinois regiment, fell IN Ii
rear Of his commsnd and was halted BY
soldisr Of The 2osh Cops. nssy Of tbt COL
|. were Easssss troops, Who put on great styl
4 and woss star y their badge. Hating o.
: Hibsrnian friend, Who vas tired, ragged %
dirty. he demanded 10 know whore his badg
> wasf [Ths 18th Corps then bad 10 badge
= Putting his hand on his cartridge box in Re
/ ply, be said hers's my badge, ~ 10 rounds.
; This was reported to Logan, who adopts
"always ready 40 rounds" on cart
. ridge box, - tie motto and "badge" Of hi
: Corps.
!. On another occasion m Inshnan usdl
: Asesrhouss had killed pig On Tie marcel
This vas aes;nst orders. The badgs Of thu
4 Cospe - n Asssa. The 0sossal saa
: aloae sAsss he pie - il 4yffos1s nortu.
i ~ lriGA solder seAsdiAe osss lin.
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