New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-10
THE VETERANS IN LINE
MILITARY EsC0RT-ADDRBssEs

tlclpate. For II must De supposed tnaL lneh
who were able to take part in oentest that
happened ffty-six years ago, have now ar
rived at the extreme Limit of human life.
In fact, so far as we could learn, the young
est of the veterans assembled to celebrate
the anniversary of the great battle, had
fully completed his three-seore years and
ten The majority were beyond that age.
The arrangements were that the veterans
were to assemble at Economy Hall, and
that from thence they were to be escorted
to Mechanics Institute by the Second Regi-
ment Of Louisiana State Militia, under the
command Of Colonel James Lewis; that
after appropriate ceremonies and addresses
by two of our State Senators, they were to
return to Economy Hall under the escort of
the Second Regiment, and there partako Of
the civic dinner with which the annual
ceremonies have always been crowned.
There appears to havo been some misun-
derstanding as to the appointed time of
meeting; for the veterans, having waited
over two hours at Economy Hall for tho
military escort, at length proceeded tC the
Institute.
On arriving there, it might have been ex-
pected that the hall of the House Of Repre-
sentatives would have been crowded to the
utmost; but we regret to say that the at
| tendance was in no way commensurate with
the interest which the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans ought to excite in
the mind of every man who has at heart
his eountry's welfare. We we're gratified,
| however, to find full attendance of the
veterans, with the exception of three or four,
whom indisposition and the infrmities of
age prevented from participating in the eel
ebration.
| The following are the names of the
/ veterans present, together with their re-
| spective ages:
j. B. Noble, aged seventy: +. TOrvalon,
seventy-four; j. d. St. Herman. seventy
four; j. BOnseigneur, seventy-three; B.
Croker, seventy-two; j. N. Rouzan, seventy
ak; F. Pascal, seventy-cight; P. Monnetto,
seyenty-hve; NJ. Moreau, seventy-six; A.
Escott, seventy-three; +. Testou, seventy
| four; f. Robert, seyenty-ive; Anthony
Fernandez, seventy-6vc; Judge Thomas
| Curry, seventy-twO; l.. Ducare, seventy
three A. villeF, eighty-twO; NJ. ST. Ger
main. seventy-three; J. Bachemin, seventy
fvei Louis J. DesPOrtes, seventy-five.
In addition to the above nineteen, seven
Of the veterans were absent, the whole
number of veterans yet living being, so far
as known, but twenty-six.
We noticed among tue invited guests
Colonel C. f. Todd, aged eighty years, from
Kentucky, who had visited New Orleans to
be present at this anniversary. Colonel
Todd was in service during the whole Of the
war of 1872, having served as aid-de-camp
to General Harrison, and participated in tire
battle of the Thames, in Upper Canada, and
in all the battles fought by that dis
tinguished soldier. 0ctOgenarian as he is,
Colonel Todd looks more like a man of fifty
! five or sixty. His dark hair very slightly
tinged with gray, shows but little evidence
of extreme age, while his address to the
assembly was made in a voice yet strong
enough to thunder forth the wOrdof com
mand on the battlefield.
The proceedings at the Institute were
opened with prayer, and then the election
Of officers of tho Association of Veterans of
1914 and 1915, for the present year, took
! place.
The venerable Anthony Fernandez was
chosen President, Judge Thomas Curry and
Colonel C. f. Todd. yice-Presidents, and
j. d. St. Herman, Secretary.
Addresses were then made by several of
the veterans present, beginning with that
rather Young old man, Jordan b. Noble.
Mr.. Noble gave some interesting reminis-
! cenees OF the war of 1912; of the sufIerings
of the troops in marching through wild
and uninhabited country, where no supply
or comfort could be obtained. Fierce and
destructive as were the battles of the recent
war, the now cultivated state of the coun-
try and the facilities for transportation
exempted the Union troops from much suf-
feFiug, such as fell to the lot Of those who
were in the field of 1925, to repel British
aggression and Indian outrage.
Mr.. Noble was followed by Judge Curry
and Colonel F. Todd, both of whom related
some very interesting incidents OF their per
sonal experience during the war. short
address was also delivered by Mr.. Fernan-
dez, the newly elected president. 1t was
both thrilling and affecting to listen to the
fine old man, warming up as he fought his
battles over again, until forgetting his load
of seventy-twO years, he concluded with the
emphatic declaration that "if an enemy
should again invade our shores, tce again
will be prepared to meet and repel him"
BY this time tho second regiment, under
Colonel Lewis, had formed Oh Canal street.
The meeting in the Institute was adjourned,
and the veterans, under tho escort of the
military, marched through streets lined
with spectators. to Economy Hall, where
q smptuous dinner awaited them. II was
long walk for men so DID, but they stood
it branely, and arrived at tho hall fully pre-
pared for the duty that was to follow.
Tho festivities were participated in by
number Of prominent citizens. We mo-
ticed, among others, Messrs. Delassize and
Lewis, Of the city administration Recorders
HoughtOn aud Staes. Senators Campbell
and Pinchback, Judge Heistand Lieutenant
Governor Dunn and Hon. Mortimer Carr.
AS the repast subsidized, the following
regular toasis were proposed;
''The Day we Celebrate ''The United
States.r " President Grant" "The State
of Louisiana" "The Memory Of jackson
and the Brave Men. Officers and Soldiers Of
the Eighth of January "The Governor Of
The State Of Louisiana" aThe Lieutenant
GovernOf Of sho State. Equal Rights to