The Red Cloud chief., 1886-09-17
VETERANS.
Eighth Annual Neesisg ef the Old ~"!d'sss
sttrs.a Isis.a-C.,arsdes ef . gssst~S


Eighth Annual Nees,sg ef the Old >"sd'ss
ttrsaa Isisnd-Cssnrsdes at . goast~
ut Ce"tnry AZ. Again seshe uA"as-
Tbs eighth annual reunion 81 the o.
Il, Department, Of Nebraska. TIA; con
nencei NJ Grand Island August -. an
continued several da,s VAS veil attend
al ~ tie veterans o: State. oes,des = ccn
:insrai from the regular army. Cam
Irani presented avery military appearance
ln-Fc wcr- over one thousand tents fof tn
Is. y. y, besides ihns- useSi by the rc<1iai
troops I'll. S,cooa lnfaniry from For
omaha wN REPRESENTED 10y Companies n
I, - and III. with dc:achmrats from Com
jssDy +, under Command 81 Major Butler
The ~Twrn;y-hrs, Infantry from Fort Sd
rey with is band wa< under cosnnstsd al
Gencrai Morrow. and the S~coni Arilsrf,
FROM Fort L-avenwor,h Mas under com
mand of COloa-l Hodrug. Grand Island
was handsomely decorated for the occasion,
every business h0u>c. mo matter how
small or how pac,ru'tous. displaying
bunting IN prufu>.on- The regular ;roP,
We're under Command of General Morrow
HE address q! welcome vas dc.ly-Erd ~
ten--a. ihaycr.
Ihc aust Interesting feature OF The 'hiri
day WAS TIE assembly of colnTair> and all
e1-so'diers 10y States At ou- o'clocs. \
nuint~f at states had q very large repre-
>eniaiion ia !u,-. Illinois having about
seven huffdr,-i. The States ncN, In or,i-f
We're Iowa, with nearly n mans, Indiana
Ohio and WISCONSIN. After a short parade
these squads az veterans form~i into hollow
squares ahd the ioii ot regiments was
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happy scrne> a. tie COMRADES >trppr-i oct
aud found Old friend, WHOM. In many IN.
stances. they had not seen ior a quarter
OF u century.
TT" following State ASSOCIATIONS me; and
elected officers:
Iowa William :. Randall, m.hrid,
president; n. &. Russell. Schuyler. wee
president, Harry lio,chki>>. Lincoln. Sec
ictarN; Captain Ire. pNfo.d. TREASURER.
fciin>yi'an.a-WilIia Spade. Jun,ata,
president; }. {. /uiLy. Fail, CIV. s.rf,~
tafy NJ. III. Human. Fremont treasurer,
:. Jones, N"ud River. historian.
~ joel Hal. M.uden. presi-
driit; - ID. DAVIS, Wilbur. SECRETARY, u. W.
Evans, Spring Ranch, treasurer. Grneral
Mand.rsnn, at tor.
New ioik-W. III. Webster Central civ.
president, I. IL. liur,h, Shelton. VICE pt->l.
dent, r. j. ONe,ll. Iawncc City. TREASURER;
l. ID. Stii>on, I"tk. secretary; l.. II. Els.
worth. D"nlphan. as slant SECRETARY.
liiin"is-S. j. Shirley. Sidney. president.
q. r. Whitman. Oxford. secretary: II. =.
ii"aSiand. WaNcTiy. treasurer: Geo. Flruch.
Bradshaw, color bearer.
lndiana-W. J. Harris. Lincoln. presl.
dent; j. \. Anur>s. Beaver City: :. n.
Mcclure, Fullerton; :. VI. WEIGH. Seward:
MA" l'ohcIt>"n, Elw"o.i. Vic-pe,d-n,,.
-. 4. Bell. Lincoln. secretary; h. Tracey.
Boone County. treasurer.
At three o'cl,Ick occurred the attack an
Fort Sntt''i. An Immense crowd gathered
ln "A scmi-circIe around the grounds, the lin.
Of spectators being several miles in length.
The fort consisted az II woodrn s,ruci..i. u,
the center of tir grounds. Mt winch, de.
iaclicd pieces oi battery stationed In ia.
Fort htr'i NJ Intervals. while a vessel OF VA
.Haneuvercd over Imaginary waters. In.
booming al rannnuS and the -Npualiug al
shells ntt'i' 'h" All fcsuuud with the IN ni
The engagement until sumter cap.,usaisl.
IL Is estimated that The crowd on ~,
ct"unhN numbered - oQJ pcppifn .,.n..i
to- stirring >I,rscl,c~ Gpn cumta'Irs. Wiul'
these Were ~ progress a large crowd met
IN the grand pavilion To witness ti- pies
tNtstiiflE ~ wv taNi u ~ A"f ' Nv
States senate previous 10 the williira~sl oi
the scces~ ON leaders. II was a spirited
drama. and many prominent citizens t""s
part IN the cas-, of characters. TIE grand
parade commenced forming - one o'ruuc-.
IN. column foim.d IN tire" grand dNIS
ions on Hancock ayruur. and marched oui
Of ttr camp H. ihe following oIJrt t~it
rIal Ths,cr. O. mnaudsr, an hiv staff aud
oib,r officers Lead ~ ihrVco, umn. com
posed at the Fast and Issnty SECOND lex
ular infantry and Ivcniy second sTt.i
lerv. with eish; p"rrs; mounted
~ the stai"d Army.
the shelton /"uayr company, aud the Grand
Army y.,risn, Ly States. with Dying tan
urrs am! u larg" nTil:ss uf biass bands nj
intervals la the column. Ia" ru'un,n reach
.i Ia tlr city aul furnished INSPECTION 'o y
LARGE crowd. \ number az women were
,e-n in The column. sharing the fatigue oil
the parade with tt,"ir husbands.
At three o'clock the General Tyler gave
an .xl,ibtton oi her fighting g'iai.t.s auai
was ~Ri.lfuIiy IIaRiie-i by her crcN unieI
the direction al the follow ng corp> of ori-
Gers. Executive officer. J.. W. Hs-;iugs.
riloi,. Jacob abb and II. II. Nark'"Y:
chief engineer. BENJAMIN B-fry. AMI mai".
4. Richter. \ ,luIi 10y the /ouaye
aud dress parade by the regular
wrr. follows 80! a~',srytr, IN the .veniu. by 'hs
naval engagement. triye~n the tongf.ss
aud ,I.,riusr. Whit. excited i;4isusr iIieF-
es'. \ pl.a.au: i.aiuf- 81 the day va. th'
presentation az q bunting Tag ." 10" asSo
cia,nu az West Ntrgpa soldiers by Hr-.
LYDIA ~. Halliday. 81 Nl.rliss. NJ se.i
lady Of cigilty-u,e yeats. ~ho mad" ti'~ iisz
entirely with her own hsnd- To" pgs'~-n
iatinn xa~ msdr through Mr.. Boshiu. -:
,,tand Is.srd. 20 Captain j. n
Weaver. O.. tie association. and tie 70
.Is,ns. wa happily made TO- trugr~ssmar
I,nrssy. who WAS an officer 10 3 e~t Var
rinia regiment. Daring Ia. DAB IN. New
England association selected Tho ~oll"Si ma
officers: &. II. Eirhasds"D. Ia iayTa. pT.sf
dent: VIC. president. ". i. ibp.s-, Clark.
New Hampshire. l. ID. For~liaFs'. hsaTn"y;
Vermont. George a.. IsIdr-. Srruh h~ni:
Na@-acltusti~. -. \. BoEL~li. Junisi2.
rh..lr Island. l. :. Nuilehan. insk. Con
,,.e,,ru;. <. II. i.-uu.ii, Shelby; SECRETARY
aud treasurer. Coloi... Beaver sBd c-pfss
" Saith. k~s:D.s Chaplain. Rev. George
" Mo. "a. K-4Tn~y. I'm ~stisHdsnc~ va
.-ttn,z,s4l a, 5000. Tl- Woaasbs' Belief
Corn. VAS nHmsfouSiy represented by "a.
,..,i ,u- ladies ~ the towns haylHs organic.
a;1ops.
The even: ~ Frida- vas TIE SCAM latte.
which ~as quite r-s istsc and v.tB,ss~t by
tlo.sands. Ia. eighth Triuiun vas rnssi-
p.-;- succ@ss. 1b. register Of Stsi-s
brought, ~ a ihTsr sBmt-r Of res nans-s "f
veterans. ntany uf waosn a,i.ssis.i Tie STAT
Ten, ol fog the Er~: tine. L. -nss~ reg
m-ur- it-f~ xa~ a.asos; a oom.asis change
n feyr-s.n atom
italian D~es ar -olt a. Eve dDila-
. colory rs part Of Georgia GheF