The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-11

friends, how can the tr,loGrecord OF
1 that struggle ever bc writteiiE except
1t DO throngh III, tho ,.co-opcratiSh,, Of fie
survivors themselves. Particularly
with this Regiment 'oro tho difficulties
very great. we were scuttcFcd at diff
fcrcnt points oven before we knew oul
| officers. ,Yet, under suol difficulties
the Regiment maintained Its orgapiaa.
| ton, and showed its devotion to duty
| by rc-cnlistment under circumstances
in Which all considerations of q selfish
character were against tho act. There
Seelpoa. indeCQ to be one controlling
tincehtivc--the couDtry's need. The
trials to which yon were then subjected
| tested your patriotism far moro thar
tho fiery:,0fdeal of battle. When ]
meet tho tncn who have stood every
test ,0f manhood aud patriotism, and
who arc bound to me by such G&traor.
dinary ties, cannot but DO moved.
1t is our duty TO preserve the record
of our Regiment. How else can jus
ticc be done to tho men who served
under our colors~1inan WHO, rwith a
tcnacity Of purpose that could not be
shak ken, met hardship with iibo and
jeer and smile, and with an endurance
that was simply heroic? My friends,
we owe it to ouridcad, to ourselves
and to those who are to como after us,
that some lasting record of tho career
of this Regiment should be madc-to
truce it's course on the field and ontho
march. trust that at this meeting
steps may be taken to this end. ..
l have now tho honor to introduce
the orator of the day, Major Il. W.
Woodward. : !,
Major Woodward was greeted with
loud cheering, and stepped on the
platform of the Clerks desk. This
would not suit tho Majors auditory.
They insisted that he should "gct up
highor"; so, amid some merrimcnt, he
stepped up behind tho Judges desk.
lie was again received with applause.
Major. Woodward then proceeded to
deliver historical address. on "The
Sixth Sonth CAROLINA Regiment from
its formation to the Battle of Dranesv
villc". We regret that Circumstances
prevent us from publishing this ad-
dress in our present issue. We shall
do so in our next. 1t was most adj
mirable production and was received
with repeated cvidenccs of apprecis-
ton on the part of tho auditory.
At the close Of Major Woodward's
address, Colonel Rion announced that
it was arranged that "Ingomar" (M. S.
Lynch) should read poem. Calls
were made for the poet, but there was
no response.
Loud calls were now made for Col
oncl Rion, but that gcntlemap pleaded
surprise. This did not suit the crowd,
however, and General Brattor settled
the matter by saying: F.Comrades,
introduce 70 you tho Grst colonel of
the Sixth Rcgiment". IA voice:
"Come oil, Colonel, you've never gone
back. OH us before, and you can't do it
now."] Colonel Rion then spoke in
substance as follows:
This is not is not exactly fair-to
make me pitch in whether am pre-
pared or not. But | wont back out.
Allusion has been made to my separa-
ton from tho Regiment. The manner
ordinary. There was certainly no feel
ing OF luminosity i:s It. AZ Summer
vile l told the Regiment that | hoped
they would get as commandcr not
one who would"tryv harder but who
would succeed better. 1 said to them,
"Whcrevcr you may go, my heart will
go with you". These were my real
feelings. Why not? There was noth-
ing to mortify. iihe in the action Of the
Regiment. When the vote on my
resignation was taken, there were only
five companies who had eyer received
an oral command from ino---those who
J were stationed:.at Fort Pjckens. Out
of these Ave companies tweuty-sevcn
inch voted against me. The Boyce
Guards, composed Of men who knew
me personally, voted for me unani-
| mously:'" Every company that knew
me and had q chance to judge me,
| voted for me. On the next day after
the vote, I was assured that had only
two enemies in the Regiment, and that
if the vote could be taken over the
result would be very diff rent. When
| raised q new command, for the wal
many members Of the Sixth Regiment
joined me-and they kept coming to
me. Before l was promoted there
were 40 men in my new company,
and Of these more than a hundred were
from the Sixth Regiment. At all times
Of the war l had Fairfield men with
me, and wo were always inquiring for
the Sixth Regiment. In Virginia,
when the two commands met, mine
gave three cheers for Bratton's Brig.
adc. My men said, to me, "Colonel,
get the General to let us join .BrattonS
Brigadc". :There was one time when
Ilagood's Brigade dsheN to charge
They were always ready, but this time
they asked to charge. They wanted
to go to the support of Bratton's Brig.
adcl Loud cheering. "Dixic" by
the band.] ,..,
Calls were made for Captain Gail
lard, but that gentleman did not re.
spond. After more calls, he said
"Fhis is my speech and iii proceed te
read it,. lie then read tho minutes
of tho proceedings Of tho last annual
reunion, which were confirmed.
Colonel Rion reported that tho
executive committee Ind invited sew.