St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-05
THE BRAVE EIGHTH.
First Annual Reunion of the Uld
Eighth Regiment. Minnesota
Volunteers.
Large Gathering and an Exceedingly
Happy Time-Banquet at the
West Hotel.
Lauren Armsby, the Patriarchial Chaplain
The Recipient of a Handsome Testi-
moniai OF Regards.

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panied by their wives.
The business session was held
in Market hall and the ban
quet was held at the West,
which fact is all that is necessary to con-
mend the character Of the report.
At first II bad been decided 10 hold the re-
union on the 9Th. which is the Anniversary
OF the battle Of Murfreesboro, in which the
valiant Eighth faced Hoods formidable
army and captured two guns, and compelling
/ the enemy TO eyacua5e their WORKS. In that
desperate struggle the Eighth regiment
4 list ninety-hve men out OF the 900. But the
9Th being Sunday, tie date was changed TO
the Attn. The addresses of many of the
survivors are unknown TO the officers Of the
regiment, and consequently we're not in
sited. Hence the attendance was not so
large as IL would have been otherwise, vet It
waslquite large, as will be observed by per-
using the following:
i7as LIST or MEMBERS PRESENT.
q. A. Camp. Minneapolis, major.
DIR. j. II. Murphy, ST. Paul. surgeon.
Lauren Armsby, Council Grove, Kansas,
chaplain.
NdPtalu DuWtfLrlt. AnOka. W. 4.
Ives, LIST serg't, go. A, Minneapolis: +. ID.
Mason, AnOka; c. E. Mclaughlin, AunIA;
Gilbert Clough, 42S Fourth avenue south
east. Minneapolis; t. W. Morton, Lieut.. NJ.
V. Bean, J. II. Cook, F. /. Bird, Anoka:
Matthias Smith, Cambridge; A. II. Brown,
Red Wing; John Hunter, George VI. Small,
Orange Snow, james Sheppard (colored),
! Thomas Lee, all Of Anoka; Olaf Eastlund,
lsauti; j. c. Stile, Elk River; Z. w. Pratt,
Anoka; c. Ii. Hancock, Minneapolis; John
Cooper, st. Cloud; George A. Clark, A. A.
Merrill, Anoka.
VIM. Cochran, Monticello: Cornelius Dem
man, Northield; Miles HOLSTER, FIRST lieu
tenant, Santiago; Jonathan Morris, Anoks;
]. n. Anderson, John H.ll, Faribauit; w L.
I. Meyer. Wheeling; Joseph c. Mold, Fari-
baut; e. z. Patterson, Warsaw; w. S. Sny-
der, A. II. Ridgway Benz. F. Buck, Alonzo
Bureh, Morristown; David Reed. Patrick
Reardon, Faribault; d. c. Coates, J. A. Nor
gan, Warsaw.
d. W. GuptIl. Olivia; G. w. Elliott, Lock
wood, Pa; FL Johnson. White Rock, Moody
county; A. Parish, Holdings Ford.
CO. Z.
Joseph Perkins, L. L. Chaifin, Monticello;
II. w. Fuller, Wadena; Geo. TourtiHotte,
Elk River; c. Fl. Gibbs, ID. E. Collins, Clear
water; A. c. Fairbrother, Monticello; J. d.
Young, Delano; II. Markham, Clear Lake /;
j. Is. Paryin. G. X. Wedgewood, Monticello;
Holgate, Minneapolis; A. F. Barker, T.
Desmond, j. Swain, Monticello; II. A
Mitchell, Minneapolis; Hugh Recdy, Lake
City; Z. ID. Washburn, Monticello; c. W.
Merrill, Minneapolis; VIM. II. Houltou,
IL =
iow. +. Nj. Parcher, Minneapolis; Alphonso
y ckerson, A. II. Bertram, Alonzo rady.
Monticello; D. L. Kingsbury, st. Paul.
90. r.
Geo. L. Baker, Minneapolis; s. W. Matti-
son, Waterford; Z. Bogue, Castle Rock :.
Walter Strathern, Rich Valley; J. E. Wilson,
Cascade; J.K. Ives. Minneapolis; B. Stevens,
Pennington; r. II. Masters, Castle Rock !,
Samuel Harnden, A. A. Day, Caleb Smith,
Pennington; S. c. Davidson, East Castle
Rock; j. G. Cooper, Mortified; Alouzo Al
drich, Pennington; Leonard Aldtich, Currie;
Henry Pryor, Castle Rock; William Fowler,
Newport.
w. II. Hayes, Minneapolis.
co. /.
W. L. Silyis, Newport.
co. X.
Mike Smith, Minneapolis Henry Yeutsch,
Single Lake; l.. d. Brown, Minneapolis;
David Bies, Crystal Lake; d. W. Brunson,
ST. Paul; John RUM, M.snneapolis: Philip
Gross, West 81. Paul; 'tohn Downs, lTI5
Park avenue, Minneapolis; z. q. Rogers,
box 1875, st. Paul; John Kramer, Mime
apolis.
PROCEEDING TO business
After social reunion, Major Camp called
the meeting toOrder. He then stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting. explaining that officer
were TO be elect ed With a view 10 consum-
mating permanent organization, aud to
hold annual reunions. He COM
mended Use old patriots for
attending in SO large numbers
and for not falling TO bring their wives.
He sincerely hoped that bringing the wives
would be feature which shall characterize
each recurring reunion II is, lac said, to be
simply a reunion for good time. No formal
programme has been arranged, and Il Is not
necessary that one SHOULD be arranged. The
more informal and johy the better. No one
remembers more vilyiiy han do I that
was oft times the tbs nkful recipient Of hard
tack and coffee from your store, boys when
was hungry in the south, aud / wish to ac-
knowledge my gratitude, and repay you for
those fayors. have arranged TO give YOU a
banquet at the West hotel, which will occur
at bali past two today. want you sll 10 be
there, and TO epjog yourselves without re-
straint.
THE MAJOR AGAN.
Aftera committee on permanent organiza-
ton had bet.n appointed Maj. Camp, the
king of the day, was again called out He
made happy and timely speech. and was
quite frequently spplauded. He referred 20
incidents or tie war, and said be had been
an unrelvnt;ng and severe officer. He had
insisted that orders should be obeyed
His regime was Of the strictest kind, vet
when the boys were furnishing for food he
had gwen them the fullest liberties and
forging was the order. He had paid atten-
ton in detail 20 providing his men with all
possible com forts, and he believed they fully
appreciated it, aud so far AS the banquet was
concerned be rated IL as small and insig-
nihcant in comparison with the generous
favors which he had enjoyed in the held from
the hands of his generous, big hearted regu-
lars.
THE CHAPLAIN.
Lauren Arms5y, the chaplain Of the regi-
ment, was especially beloved by all his old
comrades. The reunion would have lost its
charm for them had he not
been with them. He was sent
for at his new home in Kansas, aud lie
journ eyed hitler to meet the boys whom be
had encouraged in days of darkness and
foreboding and TO whom he had given moral
food and scriptursl teachings. He was loudly
called for and he responded. he is gray
haired patriarch about sixty or sixty-dve
years of age, and when he arose from his
seat his cou nteaance beamed with smiles