The National tribune., 1883-09-06

perishable words of justice, will seek near this !
spot to relate to the world the deeds of those |
unconquered heroes who gave their lives /
TO their country in order that the power OF the
fiat Thus for shalt thou 60 and no further
might be proven to be in things temporal. as IN
| things spiritual, the will of 0mnipotence."
The address occupied about hour in its |
! delivery and showed marks of deep research |
and careful study. The monument is solid |
piece of granite, about seven feet high, taken |
from Devils Den, only one side being polished,
| the other three being roek-iaced. On the top
| is q knapsack and on the dressed side is a
| bronze tablet giving the loss of the regiment
and brigade. 1t is by far the handsomest of
the many tablets erected.
Owing TO the absence of so many comrades
| from camp attending the dedication of the
| Seyenty-second tablet and visiting various
spots of interest, the dress parade dispensed
| with on Monday, and great game of football
was started on the parade ground and kept up
heartily until dark. From o'clock the band
gave a fine concert of choice selections, and, as
on the previous evening, itwas largely attended
! by ladies. During the evening Chaplain Say
ers continued his lectures on charity to large
and interested audience of comrades.
Tuesdays Incidents.
| Tuesday was given up entirely to fun and
! frolc, and right heartily did the comrades
/ enter into the spirit of mischief that regned
| throughout the day-aye, and the night, too.
| Fantastically dressed parties rigged out in all
! the colors of the rainbow, in garments of the
! fashion OF days long gone by. and wearing
every conceivable species of head gear, paraded
/ through the streets of the town and camp.
! Mock courts-martial were held, which SEN
! fenced their victims to the most unheard of
punishments, that were strictly carried out, and
! burlesque dress parades, and stump speeches
were delivered; in fact, the fun loving COM
/ rades made themselves as ridiculous as they
knew how land that is saying great deal} TO
| the great enjoyment Of the visitors, the ladies
particularly, who were highly amused at their
| strange antics. Games of foot and base ball
| were played N which all hands took part, and
the ball few around at lively rate throughout
the day. In the evening the usual dress parade
was held, and the band gave another of Its de-
! lightful concerts. The crowd of visitors on this
evening was simply immense, the large majority
being ladies,who most heartily entered into the
general spirit of enjoyment. During pause in
the music Comrade Thomas J. Stewart an
nounced from the platform that on the follow
ing evening grand Campfire would be held,
for the success of which, as he grayely stated,
many weeks of thought and labor, attended by
an enormous expense in securing frst-class tai
ent, had been spent. Comrade Thomas VAN
dersliee was to appear in his renowned charac-
ter of Father Watkins as presented before
many crowned heads; Comrade Ii. G. Williams
in his lightning drill; Comrade VIM. Bartram,
once the leading singer of an opera troupe,
would give the Sailor Boys Dream;" Com
rade Z. 6. Seller was to tell what he did during
the first three months after he came home
from the war, while Coulrade Smith d. CoZens,
would relate his experiences during ten days In
BARI room. After Comrade Thomas G. Semple
had told what he knew about the faults of the
press, Comrade George B. Thatcher would tell
the public what small married man could do.
followed by Comrade Nick Wilson, who would
relate what large married man had done.
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bass drum and symbals, accompanied by the
band. The programme given as it was in
Comrade Stewards humorous manner, was re-
ceived with shouts of laughter and applause
During the day an excursion came In from
Reading and Harrisburg, adding its numbers
to the already assembled thousands.
REGIMENTAL REUNIONS.
The only matter of interest outside of camp
sports on Tuesday was the Reunion of the
| Iwenty-eighth and One Hundred and Forty
seventh regiments o. v. and Knapp's Battery
Association. At ? o'clock business meeting
was held in the county courthouse, at.which
| about eighty members assembled presided over
| by Sergeant j. George 0rth, first vice president.
1t was decided to raise about $500 for the pur-
pose of erecting three tablets on the battlefield
10 mark the positions held by each of the COM
mands, and acommittee was appointed to collect
the amount needed. An election of officers was
then held, resulting IN the choice of the follow
| ing to serve Tor the ensuing year: President,
Thomas Munroe, Twenty y-eighth; Vice-presi-
dents, j. Fred Volk, battery, and George w.
Leer, Twenty eighth; Captain Thomas Hamil-
ton, One Hundred and Forty-seventh. Secre-
tary, Col. j. 2. Nicholson; Assistant Secretaries,
ibeing one from each county represented in
the several commands Capt. Geo. ID. Hammer,
: J. ID. McCiain, Capt. w. Il. Jordan, NJ. b.
Schroyer, J. o. Fries, Jesse H. Lippncott, Rob-
ert E. Thompson, George Burdt, James Davis,
The names of five members OF the association
who had died since the last Reunion were an
nounced. The flag under which the Twenty
4 eighth first marched, and known as the De
Kerponay flag" was exhibited and received
with three rousing cheers. The next annual
D Reunion win be held at Gettysburg. at which
1 time the tablets will be erected. After the
e adjournment Of the meeting the Association
s headed by the Fayetteville band and accom-
: panied by a large number of comrades from
5 caElp, marched to Culps Hill, where the com
mands held position during the BATTLE for the
{ purpose Of marking the spot with stakes. On
\ reaching the ground the band PLAYED dirge
e prayer was offered and an orarion delivered
n by Captain Joseph Lumbard, which was quite
U eloquent and received with well-merited tokens
: | OF approval. Photographs were taken of the
n group as they stood on the ground occupied by
r them twenty years before under such vastly
:, different circumstances. In the evening at
: O'Clock the Association partook of a fine banquet
= in the dining hall of the Eagle Hotel, anC
Y about one hour was devoted to the good thing;
of the table. President Munroe what an ole
time, familiar name that ISL then called the
= gathering to order in few appropriate words
- introducing J. l.. Cornet, of the Twenty-eighth
manager of Scout and Mai, who delivered an
= address on The Twenty-eighth at Antietam.'
y Comrade Cornet said: :" / was influenced in my
: choice of subject upon which to address yot
:, by four considerations: First, it was our frs
really great battle second, it was the battle il
? which we lost the greatest number of men
= third, 1t was the scene of our greatest glory, a
there we captured, as / believe, more flag
Z than in any battle by any one regiment
- fourth, at Antietam our regiment consisted o
I the fifteen companies that mad originally beer
r enlisted as the Twenty eighth regiment Penn
l. sylvania volunteers" After giving a highl,
? Interesting sketch of the work done in thi
Z battle by the regiment, the speaker conclude,
2 ? his remarks as follows: We went into th,
!, ~ action with 675 officers and men, and lost
: total Of 266 killed and wounded. We capture,
six stands of colors and one battery ant
silenced another battery. We at times sup
,s ported Knapp's battery, which lost one gur
= afterwards recaptured by us. The Adjutant
a. General writes me that the Twenty-eighth los
w more men in killed and wounded than dit
re any other regiment on either side at Antietam
"A and, more than that, lost a greater percentag
-. than any other in that fight. I'm address an