The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-28
HOODS HEROES,
WARRIORS OF THE WILDERNESS
Tho Sur,iV of u iaurrl"d Hast Ia h"-
unlon-Dallas Doe, Her nniN -
sprcohes, irasiins and
Good Time Gcnoralls,

Brigade, held their 18th annual meeting
In this city yesterday. The attendance
was not as large ~ Il would have been
otherwise, owing lo the fact that within
the past few DAYS the date WAS changed
from the 18th TO the 9Th, day earlier
There was fair attendance, however,
and the reunion WAS "A success. \ meet
ing was held In the forenoon, ut the
transacting business connected with the
The officers of the association are;
President, w. n. Martin, Fourth rcgi-
ment; Nicc-prcsidcnt, Val q. Giles,
Fourth regiment; secretary, Robert
Burns, fifh regiment; Treasurer, j. 4.
Nagcl. Mr.. Martin II resident OF
Athens, Mr.. Giles of Austin, Mr. Burns
OF Houston, and Mr.. Nagcl of Austin.
Mai. Martin. the President of the assoc
citation, presided.
The proceedings were opened with
prayer Ly the Rev. Mr.. Smith.
An invitation was extended To all those
who fought on the Federal side during
the war and To the soldiers of the MoNi-
can war, to occupy seats ON the plat
form.
Mrs. Winklor, wife of the late Judge
Winklcr, who was an officer of the
brigade, was invited To scat ON the
platform, Ia when Snr WAS c~coflcu ny
Ex-Governor Lubbock.
The Secretary began reading the min
utcs of tho nth reunion held last year at
Crockett. but a motion to suspend the
same was unanimously carried.
Mayor Cabcll was introduced and In a
brief speech welcomed the visitors and
extended to them the hospitality of the
city.
An invitation from Capt. W. q. Veal
Ia "a Tho tnatnlar- A lInpI's hrinuIg
to meet with the survivors of Parsons
brigade ut Ilillsboro, was accepted.
Cant. Laughridge, of Corsicana, placed
the name of Hon. j. VI. Riggs, of Cor
sicana, in nomination rs honor
ary member of the association
and narrated the following incident ass
his reason for so doing. Mr.. Riggs had
placed his son lobe, u lad, In his charge,
who was shot down by him nj the battle
of Chicamauga. As the lad went down
he shouted above the din of battle,
"Captain I'm killed, what shall | do?"
"Recalling how his father and mother
6 Shd ! asked the me CAPTAIN io care td bHI
him what thought they would
have done. TO put his faith in Christ, for
he loves the brave and the imam who
does his duty. He died. but his father
lives, and let MS make him, In his de-
clining years for his boy, "our comrado.'
The incident, rs related, was touching,
and there was scarcely Il dry eye in the
house when the vote was put and
unanimously carried. An inquiry was
made by some ofthc members concerning
the whereabouts and condition of Gen.
Hoods children. Some one stated that
the two eldest were attending school IN
Germany. II was proposed to bring the
children To Texas and educate and raise
them, but IL occurred that this step was
Ia N hpNn hnln nInntHn
by others. A motion prevailed to have
them attend the next reunion on June
y, 1855, ut Cameron, the place chosen.
ROLL GALL.
The following answered to their names
at roll call:
7. \. Wynne, Company a, Fourth
Texas.
J.C. Griffith, Company j, Eighteenth
II. s. Nchbit, Company Il, Fifth
Texas.
r. u. Rock, Company ID. First Texas.
j. w. Taylor, Company \, Fourth Ala
bama.
John u. Stone, Company \, Fourth
Alabama. 49,,
II. c. Turnham, Company q, Fifth
Texas.
w. II. CASTOR, Captain, Company IL,
First Texas.
John stevens, Lieutenant, Company
ii, FIRST lcNas. - -. %,
. c. l.. Taylor, Company II, Fourth
Texas.
r.. Newsom, Company q, First Texas.
il. Watts. Company q, First Texas.
4. j. Chambliss, Company q, First
Texas.
.Jofl Claison, Company +, Fifth Texas.
J.C. Jones, Surgeon, Fourth Texas.
j. w. Mccoy, Company X, ruin Texas.
n. Pomcroy, Company \, Fifth Texas.
= Iassitcr, Company &, First Texas.
Ex-Goycrnor Frank Lubbock.
Mrs. c. NJ. Winkler. nam,
II. NJ. Bright, Company o., rum
Val c. Giles, Company 3D., Fourth
j. \. Henderson, Company E.' Fifth
Texas. 80.
w. Il. Handy, Company b., Fourth
Texas. ,,,.
w. q. Jackson, Company l., Fourth
Texas.
j. Smith, Company X, Fourth Texas.
sc. Perley, Company f., Fifth Texas.
w. c. Walsh, Captain, Company b.,
Fourth Texas. ,..,
j. Il. Anderson, Company c., Fifth
j. ii. Asian, Company l, Fourth
W. A. Jones, Company {, Fourth
j. Ratican, Company b, Fifth Texas.
J. c. Grinith, Eighteenth Georgia.
:. j. Adams, Company A, Third
Arkansas.
NJ. l.. Harmon, Company *, Third
Arkansas.
j. G. Soggins, Company q, Fourth
l.. 4. Danan, Company q, Fourth
Texas.
w. III. Martin, Major, Fourth Texas.
j. NJ. Burris, Company j., First Texas.
II. NJ. Davis, Company I, fourth
s. ii. Chambers, Company T., Fourth
Texas.
j. w. Durcn, Company j, Fourth
q. w. Foster, Company l, Fourth
Texas. 90.
A. l.. Casland, Company 1, Fourth
.Texas.
y J. o, Cox, Company c, Fourth Texas.
>mes Downcy. Company a, Fifth
-. leasing, Company b, Fourth
Littveheld, Company +, Fifth
wm Company E, Fifth
i tton, Company Il,