Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-22
ZOOS REUNION.
Afternoon With a Few of the Surviving
Comrades of Springfeld's First
Volunteers.
A Bounteous Feast and Annual Election
of Officers and Transaction of Bu~iness
-Addrcsses by Judge Miller. Dr.
GotwaId, Judge Todd and Others.

After an enjoyable hour spent ABOUT ule
festive board, so bOunteouSly supplied by
the wives and daughters of the company, a
business meeting was held, at which Col
King presided.
The secretary and treasurer read their
reports.
Under election of officers Col. King was
elected president for life. Judge Todd and
W. II. Hamilton were elected vice president
and treasurer respectively. c. 5. F"rgy
asked to be relieved, and Isaac kindle was
elected secretary.
On motion Of Hamilton the place Of re
union for next year was fixed at the Sol
dierS' Home in July.
Thanks were returned to the city papers
for favorS, to the ladies for their kindness,
and to the officers for their faithful work.
Adjourned for ten minutes TO give the
ladies time TO finish their work.
ReasSembling, with the ladies as auditors,
DR. GotwaId opened with prayer. To the
roll call by the secretary seventeen re-
sponded to their names. Judge Miller de
liyered the address of welcome in his hap
pieSt vein. The judge had been member
of the old company, and he delivered the
address of welcome on the return of the
boys from the three months, to which he
feelngly referred, rs he did also to the
scenes and incidents OF their departure.
His closing sentence was: THE last grim
vissge OF war smOothed its wrinkled front and
YOU returned to your homes to enjoy the peace
for which you had labored and striven, and
the best words OF welcome | can give you
on this occasion are, May God bless you for
what you were willing to suffer and risk
for the preservation of the union"
Judge Todd made responses in very
pleasing and appropriate manner.
Letters of regret We're read by exSecre-
tary Forgy from +. q. Squires, La Grange,
ILL.,: Gen. Robt c. Schenck now up in
Maine for the summer; q. 4. Pets. New
York, and Rev, J. b. Brant. St Louis. \
telegram TO Colonel King from Isaac G.
Poetry. dated July II, was read; also a let
ter from Col. Phil Kershner, Detroit; J. S.
Ostrander, Richmond, Ind, and Capt A.
II. Mattox, Cincinnati.
X. d. Evans being detained at home by
sickness in his family, there was no address
by that gentleman, but DIR. Gotwald was
called out and charmed his audience with a
short lmpromptu speech.
MesSrs. Nichols. FoOS and Frey were
called for remarks but excused themselves
as they had to leave TO meet members of
the board of directors looking up site for
the soldiers home.
The formal exercises having been ended,
Judge Todd suggested that the roll be
called and each one be requested to respond
with few remarks. This was heartily sec
omded and the secretary called Colonel
Kings name as the head of the list. but the
colonel excused himself As having been
speaking all day.
c. 5. Forgy said as he had commenced
speaking at the first reunion and kept il up
ever since, he had about used up his mate
rial for speech making. HO feelngly re-
ferred to the dead, whose list is steadily in
creasing from year to year. OF his own
mess of thirteen majority were still living,
six being dead and four of the living pres
ent today. He hoped an earnest effort would
be made 10 have every member possible
present at the next reunion. He stated
t rat some were unable to attend on account
of misfortunes and hoped plan might be
devised for bringing all such back, and
asked the different messes to action.
John Clark here bobbed up under the i'm
preston that his turn had came, but as he
shut off so much front view, he was imme-
diately called down by those in rear.
Chris Fried said he never made speeches,
but that his forte was getting together
something good to eat. Thereupon one of
the boys" took the starch out, by giving
Mrs. +. credit for that part
John Osborn had no speech. but was
glad TO be present at this, the 25th anniveT-
Sary, and third reunion, and would always
try to be present at each future gathering.
Judge Todd said he had made his speech.
There are different kinds of reunions.
Some of pleasure. Some mingled with sad
ness. As Forgy referred TO his own mess,
he felt sad that now nearly half were in
their graves. The cloSeness of their aSso
citation, seven occupying tent scarcely
large enough for six, bound them together
with peculiar ties. He seconded the Sug
gestiOn or the eX-secretaTy 10 make every
effort To have a complete roll of all the
living members. and said lie. for one, would
be happy to aid in bringing any one less
blessed with worldly goods than himself to
the next reunion. Although they should
a-ow smaller and smaller in numbers they
would be bound closer and closer. He would
be glad to have a history of the old company
to hand down to their children, who would
cherish it,
when he couldn't speak. One was when he
was eating. the other was Immediately after
dinner. He hoped to be present again next
year.
Nose Wilson, though urged, declined. |
Some of the boys, speaking once for Nose
and six times for themselves, said he should
be excused.
Fin Cummings said he noticed they al |
ways divided off into two factiOns-a few |
who would do the speaking, as F0rgy, Todd, |
King and himself, and the Others
who We're too full for utterance. He re-
terred to the joy of the first reunion. and
said each succeeding one was more joyous.
He was glad to meet them all, and was al
ways glad TO run across them.
Bill Hamilton said helearned few days
ago that something had really got away
from them when at Lancaster, Pa. when
hey had camped adjoining President Bu-
,hanan's farm, and incidentally referred in
business letter to Z. T. Frame, of that
place, about the chickens they had gathered
Ii from that farm. Frame faid he was glad
lis attention had been called to the matter.
Is they had had a chicken the day before
hat had evidently belonged TO that LOT and