Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-06-02
THE GRAND RALLY


encampment grounds with gas. was
taken by w. E. Goodman.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail
way company will run side track close
up to the reunion grounds.
Col. PIER writes from Fond du Lac
that the reunion roster is going off
rapidly. The boys are sending for 1t
from all over the west.
The veterans of Ozaukee county, who
will come 40 strong at least, are to have
their headquarters during reunion week
at No. 448 East Water street, Milwaukee.
HE finance committee have secured
subscriptions to the reunion fund aggre-
eating trife over $4,000. The appro-
pr1atlons thus far made from this fund
will reach the sum of about $4,000.
ON Monday evening, June 7th,. the
boys will begin to get settled in camp,
steal fence-boards and chicken-coops.
and build their little camp fires. Then
they will sit down on the damp ground
and tell big yarns and smoke till their
tongues are all raw. Then they'll 90 to
bed and have the only solid nights rest
they will get during the week. --Evening
Wisconsin.
Coop, wholesome, clean, plain cooked
GOODWILL be furnished at SO cents per day:
this, however, does not apply to hotels
and restaurants. AS to lodgings, COM
rades not accompanied by their wives or
children, by bringing blanket can have
good, warm, airy, soldiers accommoda-
ton for sleeping, without cost, either in
tents, barracks or halls, fitted up for such
purposes. Comrades accompanied by
their wives Or members of their families
had best report their number and wants
to some acquaintance in Milwaukee.
The badges for the reunion will be
ON sale at the headquarters. The
badge has been counterfeited, and
the spurious badge is much inferior to
the genuine. The spurious badge will
probably be ON sale at many places, and
the officers of the Reunion association
wish to remind their friends that the sale
of 10000 of the badges has been
guaranteed to the manufacturer, and
that the genuine badge will be on sale
only at the reunion headquarters. All
soldiers, and friends of the soldiers are
requested to buy their badges at the
headquarters, and refuse to purchase
anywhere else.
THE following is the programme for
camp life at the Milwaukee reunion:
Reveille. $50 o'clock A. M.
Peas On Trencher (Breakfast) 6 o'clock, A. NJ.
Adiutant's Call Guard mounting by National
Guard, o'clock A. NJ
Officers Call Orderly hour) 9 o'clock A. Nj.
The Assembly Form companies), $50 o'clock
Adjutant's Call Form hne), 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Roast Beef Dinner) - o'clock M.
The Assembly, o'clock P. M.
Adiutant's Call DRESS Parade by the National
Guard) $50 P. NJ.
Retreat o'clock p M. Supper Immediately
after retreat.)
Tattoo, 9:30 o'clockp. M.
Taps, 10 O'Clock P. M.
The badge for the famous ''Iron Brig
ade" is q very handsome one of heavy
black silk finished in red and gold. It
bears the name of the brigade and the
names of the companies compos1ngit. The
Second, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin,
and the Nineteenth Indiana and the
Twenty-fourth Michigan composed the
brigade, and many of the old boys viii
be present on the 7th of June to talk
over the many battles, also named On the
badge, in which they were engaged. The
dates of the organization and disbanding
of the brigade, August, 1861, and July,
1865, are given with other reminders of
the hard work done by this noted body
of soldiers.
The militia companies that have sent
word that they are coming to the re-
union in their full strength are the
Guppy Guard, Portage, 40 strong; Lake
City Guard, Madison, So strong; Gov
ernor's Guard, Madison, So strong; Uni
x1o1rc1fx Poffo11or, Ixxy0 Mad
ison, so strong; Beloit City Guard, As
Fond du Lac Guard, 60 strong; Bay
City Light Guard, Green Bay, 60strong;
Evergreen City Guard, Sheboygan, So
strong; Manitowoc Volunteer: Rifles, 45
strong; Ripon Rifles, go strong;:: White
water Guard, 65 strong;;; Milwaukee
Light Horse Guard, 80 strong;; M1lwau-
kee Cadets, IS strong; Sherman Guards,
Neillsville, 80 strong; Oshkosh Guards,
Is strong; La Crosse Light Guard, so
strong; Mansion Light Guard. These
companies will nearly all report June
eighth.
The turn-poles of the, Milwaukee
societies will be fitted up. on Thursday
and the best Turner's i'm the west will
give an exhibition of their leg and arm
drill without arms, for the entertainment
of the assembled army. The programme
will be as here given:
PART L.
l. Overture.
2. Pyramids and grouping on ladders by "a
boys of Turn Veren Milwaukee.
3. Dumb-bel exercises and grouping by 40
boys of the South Side Turn Verein-
4. Exercises ON the horizontal bar by the
champion class Turn Verein Milwaukee.
5. Indian club exercise and grouping by "a
boys and girls North Side Turn Verein.
1. Overture.
q. Gymnastic feats of senior class of the diff
ferent turn vereins of the city including the
champion class of America
a. Exercises On the kfhorse by the champion
class, Milwaukee Turn Verein.
b. Exercises on the parallel bars by the first
class, South Side Turn Verein.
C. Exercises ON the horizontal bars by the first
class East Side Turn Verein.
d. Exercises ON the parallel bars by the first
class of the North Side Turn Verein.
PART III.