Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-06-26

and sympathies of the pest house. The time
VIII come when the last man of the lit.
tie company will sit himself down alone,
wondering that he is indeed the last man.
But the occasion is not entirely one Of sor.
| row. Memories are awakened that quicken
the soul and invite kindly feeling and joyous
congratulations. We look into these familiar
| faces and grasp the hands of those who were
| with us in the common peril. Those who
| dld not go to the war cannot understand the
feeling that binds US together; they cannot
look down into these hearts and know the
| emotions that stir us, as we meet to recount
the scenes of the past On such occasions
we can afford to pity the men who might have
| gone to the war, but who did not.
AdJutant Fox then gave a detailed and alb
eorbingly interesting history Of the regiment
from the time Of its organization to its dis
| charge five years later, presenting
the ludicrous SIDE of its experience
and the thrilling events through
which it had passed; speaking feel
ingly and pathetcaly of the thrilling scenes
down the house repeatedly, as the events
were narrated in which SO many present
bore a part.
In continuing, Adjt. Fox said that we gath.
er to day with rank and distinction thrown
aside. Let each one remSmber what is best
in each. He spoke in high terms Of the brief
but valuable services of Gen. Caldwell; and
under Col. Plaisted, with all his faults, the
regiment not only became stronger in tao
tical point of view, bnt he ins,iled into Off
GERS and men that discipline that made the
tactics available, and the regiment efficient in
service. The names of the honored dead
were pointed TO proudly as the jewels of the
regiment. They have made their bivouac for
the last time on the other side of the eternal
hills. Their living comrades sometimes grow
sick and tired of life, and long for their rest
ing places in the peaceful graves of the
South.
In closing, he would say of the men who so
long and bravely fought us-God sends his
rain and sunshine upon northern hill and
southern vale, and from the mingled dust of
those who fought noby for the right and
those who were led on by a false idea, springs
the violet and the jassemne. God is gener-
Gus alike 10 friend and foe, and shall we re-
fuse them our charitable remembrance? Let
Us remember that which was brave in friend
or foe, and join hands with good men of ali
sections striving for the common good, and
the preservation Of hat we fought to make
common country. Let the season be re-
uewal OF our devotion to country and home,
and be twined with the garlands brought from
the cherished gardens Of our homes.
The Grafton was model one for such an
o0-"''o"' al" v as ieeti'eu WIZ" 'i'' h'"''eS'
demonstrations OF approval.
Teams were in waiting a. the close of the
nycrc;see tn carry comrades T., ~, ,i,oes IF
interest about the city.
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Closing the exercises of the day, was held
in the evening at the Mansion House. the
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