Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-19

welcome. lie referred to tho duty selected
for the rennion-thc anuisery OF the battle
ct Chickamauga, referred to the oam paipn
aud battles of the Army of the Cumbcr-
land, paid tributes to the gcnoralship Of
| Thom@ ard R0senIa aus and then
addressed his comrades as follows:
My comrades, II gives mo great pleasure
: tn welcome you here on this auspicous
ocoaSior, after having been separated for
50 many years. Twice only have we
met in twenty ono years A generation
has come and gone since tho muster roll
that marked tho limit of our appreutios.
ship to tho nation wore died for thu last
TIM 9, amid tho records OF the war OH 90 ut
Washington. There is high oomradery
which buds men together who endured
common tolls, common privations and
common dangers IL Is a boud Of sympathy
that many of us understand but may
not explain. 1t deepens with time aud
strengthens with years. Ii 10 said g the
gTaVitation oi matter which directs rivers
| IN their courses Is q feeble agent oomp pared
with the grayitation Of love which directs
all the streams of human society,"" This
friendship OF ours, constituted In the cause
OF humanity and csmontsd in the baptism
OF fire which continues to ripen through
| life and which will only be ended by death,
let us cherish 1t, and upon every occasion
| like the present, prove It's sinextinguishable
oharaoter. Aud although by the bounty
| OF God our lives may bs heightened to
tho greatest amplitude OF human ex.
| lstenoe, soon, too soon, alas there will
| be not even one of "the Lancaster
| county regiment left to revive thes
rccollections whioh commemorate here to
| day. There arv vacancies in the ranks
sin1Csl3st we gathered aud thcre will be
more ore We assemble agau. In the
mythology of the anoients there existed q
tabed river which encircles tho earth. on
| the other banks Of which Charon the grim
| terryman waited to take back mortal souls
in its turn, from the shore of time to that
OF eternity. BY the sort of irony of fate
the Indian word Chickamauga translated
into English means the river of death. "
| So, these CT our comrades who fell on that
fateiul day by the banks Of the sluggish
waters OF Georgia but typiilsd the fate of
| us, who sooner or later must make our
| bed by the river of death that enciIoles all
human existeuce. Lst US then, comrades,
SO dsmeau ourselves, that the mysterious
| cement which binds our souls together
| here, shall not be weakened by the cares
OF life or destroyed by the crowding infu-
encc of time
| congratulate you that VIC are per
mitted 10 witness the unexampled career
of happiness and prosperity upon which
| Que beloved country has entered. Time,
with healing on rs wings scarcely permits
the sun of the droadfuliy wounded past to
remain % the body polite. We seem to
stand TO day ain0ug the uations of tue
earth uuder meridian Eplendor. Let us
reyerently thank God for all His GOODNESS
and deyoutly hope tho happiness We have
helped to secure to this age and generation
may be firmly entailed upon ever enlarR'
ing generations Of our fellow conItrymen
Again bid you we'c1ue 70 this reunion.
At tho conclusion OF Mr. Martins
speech, iette. from Gu Jas s. Negley,
who formerly commanded tho brigade to
which the 10 h was attached, WAS received,
In which he regrets his inability to attsr
the reunion.
Then the vets - sat down to an ex
cellent collation., spread on long tables IN
the shady park. Toasts were drank, songs
were sung, anecdotes aud Incidents of the
Old campaigns were reoited aud good
time generally was INDUCED in. as We
go to press the old boys are still enjoying
themselves, recalling pleasant and un
pleasant incidents of their soldering.