The National tribune., 1883-09-20
REUNION NOTES.

The Reunion of the Fifth Indiana cavalry
will be held in George III. Thomas Post
hall, on north Delaware street, opposite
west entrance of the courthouse, IN the city or
indianapolis, Ind, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, October 10 and Ii, 1883. This date is the
twentieth anniversary of the battles of Hen
derson's Mill and Rheatown. The first meet
ing of the Reunion will be called 10 order at 2
o'clock p. IN. on Wednesday, October 10, and
the afternoon devoted to organization, election
of officers, sc. A Campfire viii be held in the
evening, begiRning at 1880 o'clock, when rem
iniscenceS and incidents of the time when we
rode together in the cavalry viii be in order
The final meeting will be held, beginning at
$50 a. m, on Thursday, October II, when a
permanent organization will be completed,
time and place for our next meeting decided
upon, &c. That the history of the regiment
may again be brought prominently to our
minds, the following papers viii be prepared
and read at the meetings and discussed by the
members "The Morgan raid" by L. ". Mem
augh, company E The East Tennessee cam
paign." by G.. III. Russell, company II; The
Georgia campaign" by Adj Jas. Roberts; The
Stoneman raid, and why it was failure" by
Col. Thos. I'll. Butler; q Cur prison experieees-
the officers" by Mai. Mel SOper; . Our prison
experiences enlisted men," by w. Fl.
Dougherty. company B. Comrades should
send their address to Frank Patten, Co E.
81 E. Market street, Indianapolis. The COM
mittee of arrangements is as follows: John
Halfaker, company f; W. III. GoOding, COM
paDy G Thos. I'll. Butler, company III Sey-
mour l.. Pearce, company C; ]. K. Gowdy,
company L, and Frank Patten, company B,
At the ninth annual Reunion of the Twenty
eighth and One Hundred and FOrty-seyenth
regiments and Knap's battery, Pennsylvania
volunteers, held at Gettysburg, August ., 1883,
committee appointed to request contributions
for the purpose of erecting upon the field Of
Gettysburg three memorial tablets, showing
the positions of the commands during the fights
A large number of the organizations who parti-
cipated in the battle have designated their lines
and it is to be hoped that the association, which
represents men whose deeds deserve recognition,
will succeed, through the generosity of the
members, in erecting within short time some
enduring mark at that place. The committee
consists of John Craig, John P. Nicholson, JOS
NJ KNAPP JOS L. Goodman, Fred Volk, J. III. Lip
pincott, aud w. E. Sprague. Contributions
should be sent to Aaron Lazarus, treasurer,
227 Church street, Philadelphia.
The Reunion of the old soldiers and sailors Of
Washington county, Kan, at Hanover, on the
9th and 9TH insts., passed off very pleasantly.
The weather was fine and cool, and, barring the
dust quite comfortable. The first days attend
ance was not quite SO large as anticipated, but
the second day the crowd was swelled to large
proportions. The exercises closed with dress
parade on the commons west of the depot, wit
messed by an immense concourse Of people.
The army dinner of pork and beans was ON an
elaborate scale, there being an abundance left
after all had satisfied their hunger. Johnson
Post, and the citizens generally, were given q
vote of thanks for the hberahty extended TO
the old soldiers and sailors during the Reunion,
and all seemed to be well pleased for the man
ner in which they had been treated.
The Reunion of the veteran soldiers and sail
ors of Greenwood county, Kan, was held at
Eureka, in that State, on the 9th and 7th insts.
The occasion was one of interest and pleasure
to the gray headed veterans, who marched TO the
grounds and began an old-iaShiOned camp-life
Many stories were told of their thrilling expe-
riences in camp and field during the late war.
Music, stories, and addresses were the chief
features of entertainment. The address of
welcome was delivered by Hon. ii. L. Sumner
Other address were made by J. w. Terghen,
Gen. G.. @. Rogers, Comrades Harlan, Thatcher,
Riley, Hart, Hunter, L. A. Edwards, Hillyard.
Grimes, and others.
At the seventh annual Reunion of company
K, Seventh Connecticut volunteers, Danielson-
vile, Conn, August so, the following officers
We're chosen for the ensuing year: President,
Geo. G. Chamberlin; vice president, Colonel
Edward p. King; secretary and treasurer,
Major Charles Burton. Speeches were made
by Lieutenant Seward, Fourteenth cavalry
volunteers, of Putnam; William Britton, w.
H. Oatley, DR.. T. A. Bliss, Major Tourtellotte
and Major Burton. The time and place for the
meeting for 1884 is left with the executive
committee.
The old veterans belonging to the Tona-
wanda band of Seneca Indians, numbering
twenty-six, held a Reunion on their reserva-
tion in Genesee county, New York, on the 4th
and 9th insts. Ample rations were on hand,
and general good time was had by the dusl>y
warriors. They organized q company and
joined the Genesee County Veteran Association.
becoming company L of the battalion, Off
cered as follows: Captain, Peter Snyder; lieu
tenant, Erastus Printup; quartermaster, VIM.