Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-10

the motion naming Clayton as the des-
ignated place.
An invitation from A. l.. Robeson
Post, &. A. R., to visit their rooms on
Broad street, was, on motion, ac-
cepted.
Lieut.. Troutman suggested that
Mayor Dubois be elected an honorary
member of the Society The sugges-
ton was quickly acted upon and an
additional honor was thrust upon the
worthy Mayor in this the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-tive.
After adjournment in the Opera
House, the boys visited the Post rooms
on Broad street, and then the line of
march was taken up and the process
sion proceeded to the depot where IL
special train was in waiting for the
Regiment Thus ended memorable
day in the history of Bridgeton
The members of the Regiment re-
marked that the Twelfth Re-Unon
was more satisfactory than any ever
before held. They spoke in Il highly
eulogistic manner of the reception
rendered them by our people.
BY singular coincidence Mayor
Dubois and his brother, Robert, were
on the committee of reception last Fri
day. They performed similar service
turned from the war. These gentle
men have Il commendable weakness
for the Twelfth n. j. Regiment. They
went to the front many times during
the war and expended a great deal of
money for the boys in looking after
their comforts, etc. Their brother,
Col +. NJ BuBois. is an honored mem
Der of the organization.
1t was in the battle of the Will
derness, May 5th. 1864, that Captain
Frank Nj. Riley was wounded. A
ball struck him beneath the right
eye, (the scar of which is still visible),
went through into the head, and on
May 9th, 1864, the ball dropped into
his throat, and he coughed it up. The
ball he has in his possession to-day.
Capt. Riley was also in Libby Prison
for two months.
Sergt. Charles S. Padgett, a Bridge
! tonian, was wounded at Cold Harbor.
This battle extended from June 2d to
June 12th, 1864. The wound which
Sergt. Padgett received resulted in the
! loss of one of his limbs
Comrade William Haines. of Glou-
cester county, in his witty speech dur
ing the morning session of the Associ-
alton, gave the following interesting
incidents:-"On one OCCASION" said
he, when the regiment was drawn up
in line of battle, at Mine Run, expect
| ing every minute to assault the enemy
who We're intrenched in an almost i'm
pregnable position, one of the soldiers
big, stalwart fellow, began to trembe
and cry. As the tears rolled down his
face the boys asked him what he was
crying about. Oh" said the tremb-
L
fathers pig PEN" At this the boys
began to laugh, and the laughter was
still further increased in volume when
the soldier remarked that the reason
why he would like to be in fathers
| pig pen, was because it was so close to
| home that he could soon escape to
the house, and thus get clear of the
| battle. Later on in the war the sol
der died the death of a patriot on one
of Virgina's battIe-fi fields.
AT one time" remarked Comrade
Haines, when the regiment was en-
camped near Hatchers Run. Virginia.
| the boys wrapped themselves in their
blankets, andlay down upon the ground
and went to sleep. During the night
two or three inches of snow fell, par
TALLY covering the sleeping soldiers
In the early dawn of the next morning
| was the first man awake. When |
rose and saw the long rows of INV
snow-covered comrades, | said to my
self, is this yard? Is this res
direction morn, and am the first man
on hand at the opening of the tombs?
In few moments, however, the sleep
ing soldiers began to awake, shake the
snow from their clothes, and rise to the
active duties of the camp" This Incl
dent was greeted with applause by the
audience.
TAX RATABLES.