The National tribune., 1882-10-12
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Stray Shots from Our Comrades in Various Sec
lions.
The Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers
will have Reunion at Lebanon on the 2Sth
inst
The First Massachusetts, cavalry have their
annual Reunion at the Revere House, Boston,
Wednesday, October %.
On September 18th the survivors of the
Thirty-seventh Massachusetts volunteers held
glorious Reunion at Westfeld, Mass.
Company E, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania
volunteers, will hold a Reunion at Catasauqua,
October 23d. There We're sixteen pairs of
brothers in this company.
The Reunion at GAINESVILLE, Iowa, was an en-
joyable affair. A prominent feature was the
original poem written and read by Mrs. @. c..
Lewis on the occasion.
A soldiers Reunion began at Macon City,
No, on Tuesday, and will continue during to-
day and tomorrow. An account of the festiv-
tiles will appear in our next issue.
Major VIM. NJ Piatt, Col. j. c. Kintner, Major
II. W. Bardwell H P Carter, Dr. Z. F. Avery,
and Capt. Simeon Briggs, of Wyoming county,
were among those present at the soldiers Re-
union at Plttston, Pennsylvania.
soldiers Reunion was held on the ID, Sd,
and 4th insts. at Dexter Springs, Dallas county,
Iowa, at which speeches were made by Gen.
Given, Capt. Lucas, and Major E. 81. Conger.
The Reunion was a great success.
grand shooting contest, open to members
of the G. A. r., commenced on the 9th inst,
at Camden, n. J., under the auspices of Thomas
Mckee Lee Post, No. 8, and continued for
three days. The various Posts of the State of
New Jersey contested for the prizes.
The seventh annual Reunion of the Massa-
chusetts Union of Survivors of Rebel Prisons
will be held at the United States Hotel, Boston,
on Thursday, October 10. Business meeting at
1 o'clock, dinner at $50 p. N. All survivors of
rebel prisons are invited.
The ninth annual Reunion of the Twenty
sixth Massachusetts, regiment will be held at
the United States Hotel, Boston, October IS.
Among the guests expected to be present are
Gov. Long, Gen. B. F. Butler, Carroll D. Wright,
Gen. n P Banks and Department Commander
Patch of the G. 4. Z.
The following are the members of Post No.
1O2, established at Shelby, Nebraska: ]. E.
Fosbender, Peter Weser, J. T. Dunning, Peter
Matter, ]. A Farble, J. II. Anderson, John Fox,
c. Delent, I. Paisby, Theo. COwen, I. NJ Barn
house, T. w. Blake, E. Burrell, N. Kinsey,
Thos. Lechard, and w. w. Maxwell.
The survivors of the Tenth Illinois cavalry
had their Reunion at Camp Busey, near Sidney,
ILL.,. September 22d and 23d. About 100 ex-
soldiers were present, under the command of
Capt w. H. Coffman. 4 regimental organi-
cation was effected, with Col. d. Wickersham
as president. The next Reunion will be held
at Sprinfield, September Goth and 21st, 1888.
John G. B. Adams, the president of the asso-
citation, has issued the call for the seventh an
nual Reunion of the Massachusetts, survivors of
rebel prisons at Boston, October 10Th. Matters
of great Importance to every survivor of rebel
prisons" will be introduced at the meeting, in
Guiding the ratification of the action of the
National Association in regard TO pensions for
survivors.
The survivors of the Sixty-ninth Ohio vol
untaers held their Reunion at Columbus, Ohio,
Sept. 9th. The meeting was presided over by
Col. C. n. Gano. Capt. Oglevee delivered the
address of welcome in behalf of the citizens
and Col. Gano responded IN an interesting ad-
dress. The old officers were reelected and the
next meeting is to be held at the Soldiers
Home, Dayton, the last Wednesday in Septem-
Der, 1883.
The contemplated Reunion of the veterans
of the Union and confederate armies en-
gagged at Cups and Cemetery Hills, Gettys-
burg called for the 18th and 18th instantS, has
been postponed until next year. The late
officers of the One Hundred aad Fiftieth Penn
sylvania volunteers, Gen. Langhorn Wester,
colonel; Gen. II. S. Hindekoper, Heutcnant-
colonel; Gen. Thomas Chamberlain, major,
and Gen. Il. L. Ashhurst, adjutant, have for
warded to Col John 3. Bachelor, at Boston,
Government historian of the battle, a series of
diagrams representing sixteen successive posi-
tons and movements of their regiment at that
battle.
At the Soldiers Home Xenia Ohio, two new
buildings are being completed which will be
used as wards for the insane, the hospital being
crowded with invalids. The board has author
lied the construction of q new dining hall, to
be built in the rear of the present one, which
will do away with a serious Inconvenience of
having to divide the men into three squadrons,
which has been done for years. More than
$500 men are fed in the dining-room. The
new Home avenue leading to Dayton is almost
completed, and will be a valuable means of
access to the Home. The T. c. and st. L. Rail-
road viii at once erect a handsome depot on
the grounds. \ great many soldiers are being
transferred to Milwaukee and Hampton, the
central Homes being crowded to its utmost
capacity.