The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-05
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE RE-
PUBLIC.
Installation OF Officers Last Wight
The supper and Other Pro-
ceedInRs.


The supper and Other Pro-
ceedIngs-
ARoUSD THE CAMP FIRE,
Our old camp fires still are burning,
By the hill and the river and shore.
To the past our thoughts are returning.
To the battle lit days OF yore.
We march again with the flag o'erhead.
That we carried clear down to the sea
From Atlanta's hills where our comrades
bled,
For the emblem that noats DER the free.
Again We stand where Mcpherson fell,
And by Vicksburg's blood stained heights;
When the midnight bomb and the shrapnel
shell,
Screamed death" through the weary
nights.
We camp again in the wilderness
By the red Rappshanpock's tide.
Where, amid the musketry's SETTLING curse,
Brave Sedgweck and wadsworth died.
We muster again on the Gettysburg lines,
Where battalllons 20 down In the charge,
And push to the front through the dark
Seven Pines,
Where the odds against us were large.
on shiloh's red field, where Beuregard swore
That he would the victory win.
And water his horse from the Tennessee
shore,
We stand, though our lines are but thin.
Once again We watch on the lone picket post,
And look for the coming foe,
And Are again To arouse the host
That is striking the Union blow.
In spirit. again. by the camp fires old.
We mingle In mlrth and song,
And wish the paymaster would come with
the gold.
And wonder what keeps him SO long.
It's all over now, the end has come,
Our foeman we clasp by the hand,
Their motto, with us, is our country and
home,
our flag for this unbroken land.
Let us not forget while the camp ores burn,
The thousands that march no more.
Shed a tear for the braves who will never re-
turn
From the crImsoned southern shore.
Who would heed not the scream ofthe burst
ing shell,
Nor howl otthe midnight bomb,
orthe long roll sound which they knew so
well.
Nor tap OF the morning drum.
VINO nave iought their battles forever,
And are waiting In southern lands
For II reveille's beat DER the river.
Not sounded by human hands.
W. p. CARROLL.
The mem beers of the John f. Rev
nolds post of the G. A. X. assembled
last evening at the Odd Fellows hall
for the purpose of installing the newly
elected officers of the post.
The vas a large attendance, nearly
every member of the organisation being
present.
AS the proceedings of the uueeting
were not of a public character, our re-
porter, who had been invited to meet
with them around the camp fire, did
not of course obtain admission to the
installation exercises, but had a substi-
tute there from whom the list Of Off
GERS and other items were obtained.
The following is a list of officers in
stalled by Judge J. W. Fisher, the first
u now part commander of the post:
p. C., j. X. Jeffrey o. V. e, j. H.
Goddard; J, V. c., N. j.. o'Briel,
surgeon, ). J. Quimby, chaplain, W.
O. Smith; sdjutant, T. M. Fisher; Q.
NJ, S. f. Lawyer; A. D., j. p. Julian;
o. G., B. H. Smalley: sergeant major,
S. A. Bristol; Q. NJ. s., D. F. Whip
pie.
The ceremonies we're both interest
Ing and impressive, and after they
were concluded the command, headed
by J.. K. Jeffrey, the new commander,
marched to Carroll's opera honse res
%taurant, where a most elegant repast
was awaiting them. The supper was
one of the most elaborate and splendid
that has been set before a company in
this city for a long time. One of the
attractions was what the soldier always
bankers for - bean soup. Short
speeches, or rather remarks were made
by Messrs. Jeffrey, Fisher, O'Brien,
Whipple, Junk, I. NJ. Fisher, Lawyer
and others. Altogether it was a grand
affair in every respect, but lack of space
and the lateness of the hour when the
ceremonies were concluded, precludes a
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