The National tribune., 1883-09-20

Jones; first sergeant, Charles Doctor; color
bearer, Chauneey Loan
d. NJ. Calender, Kansas, wants THE Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE to reproduce the farewell adj
dress presented by Gen. i. r. Sherwood 10 the
One Hundred and Eleventh o. ". in printed
form, at the nIusteT-OUt in Cleveland, July is,
1860, and Y. Fl. Harris. Litchfeld, Minn., and
some Of the Wood county boys ask for the fare
well poem which appeared at the same time,
from the pen of Mrs. Sherwood. In Our account
OF the One Hundred and Eleventh Reunion. to
be held at Toledo, o., October 4, both viii %
given.
The surviving members of company G., Third
Illinois cavalry, held a Reunion on the far
grounds at Mount Sterling. H., ON the 3lst
ulf, and seventeen members responded at roll
call The company at muster, August %. 1861,
numbered 102, officers and men. thirty-fve OF
whom were mustered out at the close Of the
war. and thirty-two still survive. COmrade S.
}. Baker was elected president, and John r.
Means. secretary for the ensuing year. Tho
next Reunion viii be held at Clayton during
the second day Of the old settlers meeting.
Comrade Alfred Stenson sends us an account
of the soldiers Reunion held at Vermont H.,
on the 5th and 9th insts. The camp was sit
uated in q grove about half mile from town
and was thrOnged with both citizens and sol
dIeTS during the meeting. The most plentiful
rations were furnished and the boys INDUCED
in a good deal Of fun, playing some of their old
army prankS on one another. Ib was decided
TO hold the next Reunion at Pennington on
the first Tuesday and Wednesday of September
next
The old soldiers and sailors Of Washington
county, Kan, are making an effort to purchase
grounds for permanently locating their Re-
unions. A business meeting was held on the
afternoon of the 9Th inst, at which ID. NJ,
Evans was elected president, X. p Aldraeh,
treasurer, and S. III. Maunder, secretary. The
prospect was very good for securing funds, and
the probability is that grounds viii be pur-
chased, centrally located, for holding the Re-
union hereafter.
The old veterans of Stephenson county held
their annual Reunion st Lena, H., which was
attended by fully 5000 people. General Chas.
Wait presided and the Hon K. J. Oglesby de-
livercd the address. The association elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
President, General Charles Wait: vice-presi-
dent, j. Z. kleckner; secretary, w, w. Lewis;
treasurer, Philip AFnO. 1t was voted TO hold
the next annual Reunion at Lena, III.
We have received from Col Horatio c. King,
Secretary of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac. copy of the proceedings of the four
teenth annual Reunion Of the Army of the
Potomac, held IN the city of Washington last
May. The pamphlet is very neatly and taste
fully bound, and the eloquent and instructive
addresses it contains amongst the proceedings
are well worth preserving.
A three-days' soldiers Reunion began at OF
tawa, Ill., on the 1Ith inst. and was in every
respect a great success. The camp was IN
charge of General John MOrrell, with Captain
Thomas C.. Fullerton as Assistant Adiutan5
General. Delegations from some twelve coun-
ties were present and Mayor Allen welcomed
them in an appropriate address. which was re-
1aH ffb by-C TTo,, Hf,1T,
The Eighth Kansas volunteer infantry viii
hold regimental Reunion at Leavenworth, on
the second day of the State Reunion, Thurs
day, October IL, 1888, and it is requested THAI
all surviving members of the regiment send
their names and pOSt-otfice address to Charles
w. Rust, secretary Of the regimental Organiza-
tiOn Atchison, Kan.
There win be Reunion Of the members OF
old company /, Thirty-frst regiment, at Dart
ford, Green Lake county, Wis, on Friday even-
ing. November 9, 1883. For informationein re-
gard to transportation apply TO Lieutenant e.
II. Smith, 1I9 Washington street, Chicago, and
for further particulars to Captain III. c. Short,
Brandon, Wis.
The Ninety-third regiment Pennsylvania v.
v, which was attached to the First brigade,
Second division, Sixth Corps. viii hold q Re-
union at NOTristOwn, Pa, October %. The
Ninety-third was commanded by Colonel J. NJ.
/ McCarter, the eloquent Methodist divine, now
| q resident of Wilmington, Del
The Reunion of the Fourth Maine regiment
Of infantry and the Second Maine battery Of
light artillery viii be held at ROexland, Me-,
on Wednesday, September 26. The comrades
will meet at Grand Army Hall at 10 o'clock a.
m. Clam bake at noon. Campfire IN the
evening.
There was soldiers Reunion of the ex-soI-
/ diers of Clinton and Centre counties, at Heck
| mans Grove, near LOgansville, Pa, September
ii. Several bands and the G.. A. Z. Post Of Re-
bersburg were present.
The Reunion of the Ninety-third regiment,
Pennsylvania volunteers, viii be held at Nor-
ristOwn, Pa, on the 25th of October next. Col.
]. NJ McCarter, of Wilmington, Delaware, is
the president.
The Twenty-seventh regiment, P ", have
formed an association, and viii erect q monu-
meut on the battlefield at Gettysburg to mark
the spot the regiment occupied during the
fight.
The Corn Exchange regiment lone Hundred
aud Eighteenth p. " viii commemorate the
| twenty-frst anniversary Of the battle of Shep-
erdstown on the Goth inst, ia Philadelphia.
The eighth annual Reunion of the One Hun
dred and ThiFty-seventh regiment, New York
volunteers. viii be held at Ithaca, n Y, on
Tuesday. September %.
The Reunion of the One Hundred and Elev-
enth Pennsylvania V. /. viii be held at Erie,
September %.
There will be Reunion of the One Hum
dred and Eleventh Pennsylvania v. /. at Erie,
Pa, September u.
There Will be Reunion of the Thirty fourth
Indiana infantry, at BluitOns Ind, on the 9Th
of October.
The Seventy New York v T. viii hold
its annual Reunion at GrotOn, y. Y, October 4.
The Ninety-fifth regiment, P. ", win hold
Reunion at Germantown, Pa, October u.
There viii be a soldiers Reunion at Baxter
Springs, Kan, October 4th, 5th, and 9th.
Roster OF Reunions.
Sept 20-21-Tenth Ind battery Fowler, Ind;
FOrtieth Indiana, Fowler, Ind; Tenth Illinois
cavalry, Springfield III. old soldiers of JEFF
ferson county, Kansas, Winchester, Kan.