Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
" The Camp Fire. "

IaA.- &c GACGl u lllC lOAlOh Ink III IGII-
u ton to the great camp fire and re-
ri union Of old soldiers held in that city
N on February 22d:
TIE GRAND CAMP FIRE
u of c. c. Washburn Post No. II, G A.
N r, as held last evening at the Lake
81 City Guard armory, and proved most
n thoroughly successful, the large room
II being crowded to its utmost capacity
" by the old war boys, their wives, sons
and daughters. The armory pre-
scented rather unique appearance,
A as seen before the ADVENT of the
crowd. The speakers stand was fes-
tooned with
THE TATTERED CoLoRs
s of the old I'd and 23d Wisconsin
a volunteers, while the floor was rend
cred interesting by reason Of the pre-
parations for the feast, if such it can
be termed. Fifteen large tables ex-
tended in three rows the entire
length of the hall, and at each table
were seats for twenty persons. The
tables were set with tin plates, cups
to correspond, spoons, knives and
forks, hard tack, and coffee, and last,
but not least, pork and beans, Of
4 which about 500 persons partook.
THE ESCORT
AT 80 O'Clock in the evening the |
members of the post and all other old |
soldiers who desired, fell into line in |
the rotunda of the capitol, and, under
comrade A. II Hollister, post com
manner, assisted by ComraGe Geo. b. !
Carter, adiutant, headed by Comrades
G c. Chittenden and John H. Mich |
OILS, with fife and drum, marched out
of the state house in double rank, 200
strong, eseorting the speakers of the
evening, who had assembled in the
executive department The line of
march was out the east portal of the
capital gate, then up Main street to
THE ARAIoRY.
Here a great crowd had assembled,
and in a very short time the hall was
crowded, every seat of the 800 which |
had been arranged being taken by
the soldiers, their wives and children.
At o'clock, order was commanded |
by Comrade A. II. Holister, and
INVOCATION
was asked by Comrade J. H. Whit
ney, OF Baraboo. The company |
then fell to and for the next three
quarters of an hour the attention of
all was divided between the steam
ing pork and beans and coffee. The
bareback was found to be more
yielding than that of the days of
Co.'S, but Just as dry, while the
coffee, if bette in quality was no
less black in appearance.
THE FIFE AND DRUM
interested the concourse with their !
martial music upon the close of the
repast, and then the post com
mander arose aud delivered the
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
saying, in substance, that C.C.Wash-
burn Post No. II, g. A. r., rendered
the supper which had just been par
taken of, and that the welcome ex-
tended to all was soldiers welcome.
coMRADE PHILIP CHEEK, JR
of Baraboo, department commander,
was then introduced and made fit
ting response, saying that the wei
come extended by the c. Q. Wash
burn post was most heartily appre
ciated by all. The speaker had
heard of the heroic age, but he
thought that the heroic age of this
world was from the ear $50 to that
of '65. He referred to the Grand
Army of the Republic and said that
it was an association, the only quail
ifcation required to become a mem
Der of which being t. have been
soldier, sailor or marine, and after
ward honorably discharged. No
politics or religion enter into the In
stitution, whose motto was "Frater-
nitv, Loyalty and Charity" and |
whose object was to attend to the
wants of members and their families
in case of sickness or death, and |
to renew the friendships formed in
the days of the war.
THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC |
was then rendered in an excellent
manner by the choir, composed of
the following gentlemen: Comrades
f A. Parker, acting as leader, }. +. |
Bruce, C.L.Billings, Charles Wher
mann, II l.. Farr and Geo. Is. Car
ter. The assemblage Joined in the
ch rus and the song was sung with
refreshing spirit and vigor.
CoMRADE j. NJ. RUsK
responded to the toast, Wisconsin
in the War, but prefaced his re-
marks with the affirmation that he
felt entirely incompetent to do the
subject JUS ice, and would, therefore,
contine himself to a plain statement
of actual facts. He saw about hun
not only soldiers, but orators as well,
aud ba vuonld leave to them t. fit.