Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-09-04

Czunos iSc described ssc ;sIEltse ezru-
es,nts. oS rc3ee- anG tie ,tnsIng, nar-
lsl Es,siesfr, pT,fs xhIefn .se audience
rendered she snIiowiug CHORUS
Hulrah Rucrah !, VIC brsng tbs Tu-
bilce-
Hurrah, Hunahr she flag chat
makes Us free
So We sang the chotAs from Addn-
EsJsa 20 the SEA
While We wete marching Farpugh
Georgia.
The meerfag organized witis IN. fol-
lowing offeers1 :
President-Hou David S Hooper,
of this city
Vioe-fesidents: - For Sullivan
county, Capt, Brantner: Macon. Capt
L. E. Shane Adair, S VI hclsler and
Andrew ellison Mercer, Capt. Nor
ris; Audrian, J. b. Douglas Schuyler,
G. d. Gray: Putnam, Lieut., ,Chas,
GrubbusfI.
Secretmy-J- c. Smith, of Kansas,
but late Of Memphis.
After the organization had been eff
fected, the Rev. !. ]. Bentley offered
an affecting and exceedingly appro-
pirate prayer, and the glee club sang ::
"My Country It's ofThee."
following which came the
ADDRESS
ofweIcome by Gen. Ben. NJ. Prentiss,
who said:
The present was but the first of a
series of reunions which would tend to
build up in this state Il spirit OF pride
and gratitude for the citizen soldier
To dar they were not soldiers but citi-
zens. the citizens of the great and
glorious republic. they had striven 10
uphold. beneath whose flag they were
met to say that this their common
county should remain undivided to the
end. On behalf of Adair county he wel-
coined the soldier citizens and other
guests. kirksville would do her best to
make their stay within her borders y
pleasant one. Albeit there might come
over the occasion shade of sadness as
the audience reflected on the honored
dead to whom and To those before
L., thn nt,-nl Il
existence to-day. Even as he spoke the
shades ofthe dead might be lowering
listening in their midst, and he desired
that they bear TO Heaven. the grand
anthem of praise that rose from CRATE
fnl hearts as those before him swore to-
day to uphold in all its purity and
strength the flag of the country for
which the dead had died. As the pear
" dew reviveS the beauty of the flowers
so he hopes the memories of the past
would rouse among the citizens. thos"
sentiments that would sustain the flag.
and promote peace and harmony all
over the country How proudly and
grandlv they oughtal u feel how will
lingly should they sink all trivial dif-
terences in the common reflection that
they had beed perm t e d
by a kind providence to
achieve the freedom OF the grandetst
nation on earth. Let each man do hi,
part, to continue the fruits OF his sol
der labor and at the end the great COM
mander Of all armies and worlds, should
say, as he once more said now. welcome.
For which oratorical effort the speak
er got three rousing cheers IN addition
to the applause that greeted sundrv
sentences during its delivery. The sol
dier boys We're in the mood to appreci-
ate anything that had the true union
ring. as they sat and listened while
floating over the camp tents they saw
the various colors they had
carried TO victory in the
years of civil strife. The next speaker
proved a text that made all their throats
hoarse. He was none other than
Gen. David Moore, of the 24th. Mo,
and he told how that regiment went
into the fight at Shiloh, only to be in
terrupted by Gen. Prentiss, who said
he would repeat the message sent to
him by Gen. Moore, after he had gone
out in the early motning with five COM
panies, and net foe numbering 4o,-
900 men. That message was: Gen
eral-1 have met the enemy. Send
me my other five companies and I'll
lick en- Tremendous applause
and cheers.
Other responses to the addresses
Of welcome were made by Captain
Hutchinson, of Sullivan, and Capt.
ID. B. Foster, of Macon. The singers
gave the familiar song, "Tenting on
the old Camp Ground" and Miss
Nellie Davis, OF Illinois, rccitcd Sheli-
dams ride, by Thos. Buchanan Read,
in way that brought down the house,
SO to speak, and earned her two rounds
of hearty applause. The meeting
then elected Gen. David Moore, com
mander Of the camp. and adjoined.
i Straw.