Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-02
10 his Old Comrades of The 42d
Ohio Regiment,
AT their Reunion at Ashland
Yesterday.
General Garield's REGIMENT.
THE i2p oHIo'S REUNION.
CLENRIANn Anr

ment-ot which he WAS The first Colonel
AZ Ashland, yesterday, is reported as fol-
lows:
FELLOW Cirl2ENs:-This If a family gathering
In military sense, for In war aresimcut IL to the
army what family IL q the whole CIVILIZED
community Hero portion Of the platform FEN R
military reunion without snme excitement ana
some accident would DO altogether % moncto-
nous aod tame to be interesting and IN this good
nstnrcd audience we can have a good many acct
dents Ike that and stan keep quiet and be happy
| 81 this ls = family regniou--Su assembly ~
the old Forty-scooud military family; and (, II
well for us 10 meet here. Nineteen wears s,o J
not crowd OF earnest citizens IN that couit room
above tht srsire. Your bell was ruur IN the
Town your people came out The teacher OF
your schools was among thum The bpy, of he
school were there and after we had talked 10.
sether n little while about our country and Ia
lmperilied lag, the teacher Of the school offered
himself to his country and twenty of his bows
WIN MN, they never went h,cS into the
school house again, bot ~ the dark DAYS ~ No.
Vember, 1851, they md enough other Ashland
county ooye 20 MAKE 100
WENT DOWN wIru NJ
to Columbus to ioin another 100 shat Mad yor.
before them from Ashland county and thesS Nh
of your children stood IN the center OF onr mill
tary family ana bore these old banners thar Won
see tattercd before you to-day. one OF than IVA.
gwen to oar family by the lsdIes OF HAND and
Company from Ashland carried It we'll It WAS
rlddled by bullets and torn by underhrush
FlRppcd by The winds of rebellion n came b,nk
taitered NJ you see II, but with never A stain on
| the fods and never touch OF dlshounr upon II
| anywhere And the other OF those banners waa
| gwen ~ ny the special friends OF Company A, In
| my od Town OF ulTam-the student company
| from tie heart OF the Western Reserve, aud Il
| also shared Ike its fellows the fate ana cam,
| nome 1vefud with tho glory OF tho coma ri o.
| were family say again, and we did not lot par
! usan pottice disturb IA then, and we do NOT Ict
| phfusRship enter our circle here to-day. We
did not quarrel about Controversies outrlde Of our
| great Work, We agreed 10 be
BRETHREN RON TUE USGoS
| under the dag against all II, enemies eyeryabpre
ana bro hers TO all men who stood with up under
| the Nag, TO fight for the Union, whaleyrr tier
| color oi rkln whatever their previous politics,
| Whatever their religion In that spirit We went
out; In that spirit We returned aud we are glad
| 10 be IN Ashland today. For IL is one OF The
! homes OF our regiment where we were we coined
! IN the beginning aud have always been welcome
since. We are gretetui fof this welcome tender
ed us 10 day by thls great assembly of our old
neighb,r- aud friends OF A-h and county
And, NDH, fellow citizens, u regiment like a
iamiy, MS right 10 boa little clannirh sud ex.
elusive. II does not deny tbs right of auy other
family to tue zane privileges, but Il hold, the
members OF lts own family little nearer and a
| lttle doaror Than any other family IN tho world
! and 40 the Forty second regiment has ALWAYS been
! band " brothers | do no, This day know
/ Forty second man who hates another Forty
| second man. Therc never was u serious auarrel
! lnsidc the regiment There was never a sarluus
ragfeement between its officers. The worst
things have heard -aid against II IL that all its
three Held officers came home alive.
AND THEY ARE All HERE
on this stand to-day. Il was perhaps, a uttlo
against as hat no one OF US had TIE honor 10 pet
killed or seriously crippled but wo hold that Il
was not altogether our fault, ard We trnsl that
rome day or other you viii have forgiven ~ n
not to day, and Tor being alive and all here 70.
gether.
want 90 ssy another thing about the soldiers
work | know Of nothing IN al the circle OF hu.
man duty that 20 uUites " as the common suffer
| ering and danger and strugRo mat war buugs
! upon = regiment You cant know a man 50
| thoroughly and 70 soou a. by tbe tremendous
| terts TO which the subiects bin. These men
! knew each other BY slight long before they knew
| each other by heart: bat before th,Ny got back
| tuey knew each other AS You sometimes say you
| know song, by heart ~ for they had been test
| od by Ere; they had been tested BY starvation.
| thoy had been tested by the grim presence OF
| death aud each knew that those who remained
| were Union meu-men that IN al The hard close
chances OF lie had the stun ia them that enabled
them to stsna up IN the very EXTREMIST peril aud
STAND UP READY TO DIE.
And such men, 20 true, and 80 acquainted,
never got over II, aud the rest 81 the Wur must
| permit them 70 be Just little cIAnnI-h toward
each other. Tue rest OF the world VIII not think
| that we are marrow when consider this pattic-
ular fault Of ours !te closer 90 u. than to any
| OF the rect Of The world IN amilitary way.
! Now, fellowc items, We are here 10 lJUk into
your iaccs, 20 enjoy your hospitality, 20 review
! our old memories OF the place; but Tar more than
anything else, ~ look !utp each others faces and
/ revive old meno.es OF great many places less
! ples-i 4 and uomelike than Ashland We hsYe
| been meetug together IN TINS way nGarly hitcen
years, and We have made pledge ~ each other
a. long az the c are two 81 us left to shake hands
| We viii meet aud greet the suiy y0r. some u us
! felts little hurt about ten years sgl when tho
papers spoke Of ne a. the Survivors Of the Forty.
! second regiment We " 10 SURVIVOR, II VAS
| true, bnt We ihOaght were 30 surviving that 70
need not be pat at us IS th0ugA
WE WE'RE ABOUT TO UIE1
| Now, don't know how Il Il WITH The rest Of
/ yOn. Most OF mankind grow old, aud YOU can see
/ u in their faces see here aud there I'D head
! Ike my own, or white one Ike Capt c lrdner's,
/ nut 10 ne, these men Will be boys I'LL they die.
I We call them bDys We meet them ANA greet
| them az boys, even though they b. come very old
boys; and IA tns spirit OF yo1ng hopeful, daring
/ manhood wc exp 81 to meet them 40 long as SO
! live. Nothing eau get as great way from each
other while we live. / am glad these mea acre
to-day
Here anoth, portion Of the platform
broke down, precipitstluk Genera. Gar
field and two or three Of the reporters 10
the ground
Continuing, he said:
was glad rlso that there was n body hur
when that broke and nobody made unhappy:
aud VIII C0uciude. All ] wanted 20 Say. more
than intended 70 say, was by adding this: These
men went out without one single touch OF re-
ycnge tn their hearts They went out 20 ulAiu.
tain this Union aud make It Immortal 10 put
their own lmmpftal- into 10 and 10 make IL possi-
bic thar the people Of Ashland shunid make thu
Noxo0RAM o. THE UslrgD STATES
as you see e mp there tpolnting to the monogram
on the buiiding) a wreath OF Union inside on
very Isrge ma capital N-that stands Tor Nation
e nation 20 large that II includes ~ sA
all the people Of the repub ic, ard vii. iuclnde IL
forevsrmore. That Is what We meant then, auA
Is ahal mean now.
And rss, fellow citizen. and soldiers 81 the
Fotty-seeond reg meHt (for | have been aikirx
mainly 70 you, aud II any OF THIS crowd hsy5
overheard, am not particularly 10 blame Tor 10
- gay, fellow citizens and comrades ! greet
you to-day with great satisfaction, and bid you
q card'A good