Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-06-11
SOLDIERS REUNION.
Preparations for a Grand Time.
SATURDAY, Nav so, 1874.

SATURDAY, May so, 1874.
At a meeting of the Soldiers of the
State of Ohio" held at City Hall, Wash
ington C. H., Ohio. on the above day. it
being an adjourned meeting of the one
held at Greenfield last fall, Col Garis took
the chair, and stated that the purpose of
the meeting was known to all, he sup
posed, but as there might be few pres
ent who did not understand it, he would
state that it was for the purpose of making
arrangements for a grand reunion of the
soldiers of the State at this place on the
goth day of August next.
On motion, the following gentlemen were
then elected as officers of Fayette county
for the year: Col. Garis, President; Col.
johnson, Viee-President; Col. S. N Yeo-
man, Treasurer; NJ. Blanchard and W. A.
Beasley. Secretaries; and B. H. Millikan,
C. j. Bell and Jared Millikan, Correspond
ing Secretaries.
1t was then suggested by Col Yeoman
that it would be good idea to have the
entire number of soldiers of the county en-
rolled, and as the idea was considered
good one by all present, it was. upon mo-
ton, adopted to have an enrolment, when
the following persons were appointed as
said enrolling committee for their respect
i've townships:
Madison township-Maj. Cook, ]. T.
Burke.
Paint township--Cart. Jones. Capt.
| Mccoy, NJ. Squier.
Marion township--G. NJ. Ustick, John
Cesler.
Jefferson township--L. D. Crow, Thos.
Williams, Louis Jones.
Concord township-I. N. Rowe. Vim.
Mcclellan and s. P vanPelt
Perry tOwnship-E. Welsheimer and
Jacob Cockerell.
Wayne township-Johnson Mallow
Robt. Scott and Judson Mccoy.
Green township--L. n. Smith, Ripley
VAIN.
Union township-Capt. E. B. Updegrove,
Capt. I. J. Vance. Capt. Hinkle, Jacob
Louis, Simon Doron and R. N. Stuckey.
Jasper townships. C. Storer, Sam'l
Hamilton and Anderson Blue
The next business in order being that ol
the appointment of general committee to
make all the necessary arrangements to
| carry out the wishes of the meeting, upon
motion Of Col. Yeoman it was agreed that
said committee should consist of seven
| gentlemen and seven ladies, fourteen in all,
and that they should be empowered to
make all the arrangements necessary tc
the carrying out of the wishes of said
body, when the fol lowing persons were
appointed as said committee:
Gen. S. B. Y conan, A J. Lewis, Capt
Updegrove, Amos Thornton, Mrs. S. N
Yeoman, Mrs. A. w. Black, Mrs. Chas
Bell, Capt. w. A. Beasley, Simon Doron
Capt. Vance, Mrs. N. Garis, Mrs A. C.
johnson, Mrs. M Willard, Mrs. Allen
Hegler.
On motion, the officers of the Associa
ton were added to the above committee as
members ex-officio.
The suggestion being made that sale
committee should meet at as early day
as possible, and that the earlier the bet
ter Gen. S. B. Yeoman stated that the
committee be notified to meet at the com
mittee room at City Hall on Monday, June
9Th, and that notice to that effect be pub.
lished in the papers.
There being no other business before
the meeting. on motion, adjourned, sub.
| ject to call Of the President.
On motion, it was unanimously carried
/ that all the papers in the country be re-
quested to publish this notice or so much
| thereof as possible.
| M. BLANCHARD,
| w. A. BEAsLEY,
| Secretaries.
At meeting Of General Committee
on Monday. Messrs. Bell, Willard and
Vance were appointed a committee t.
adopt a programme and explicit instruc
tions in regard to the duty of each commit
tee to be appointed by the General Com
mittee for the purpose Of carrying out tn,
details of the arrangements; their report t,
| be submitted to the committee for annro