Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-13
STANTON posT. @. A. R.
A very Pleasant Gathering Last
Night.


Good Templars' Hall was filled in
every seat lest night at the reunion an
nounced for Stanton Post, @. A. r. An
interesting programme had been pre-
pared and was well performed. The
ceremonies were opened by the old bat.
tie song, "Rally Round the Flag, Boys,
sung by the entire audience. Then fol.
lowed a paper entitled "Army Remin-
isoences, by Prof. J. NJ. Quinn, who
recounted many thrilling incidents Of
the "days that tried mems souls in a
manner which commanded the updi.
vided attention of every ear, and won
hearty applause from the old soldiers,
who thus fight their battles over again.
Hereupon Captain A. NJ. Thornton,
Mr. Brunson and George Mannon sung
n song, "Kingdom Coming" The au-
dience agnin Joined in the ringing ca
dences Of Marching Through Georgia.
Miss Nellie Thornton added greatly to
the pleasure Of the occasion by reciting
'The Battle Of Lookout Mountain"
A Mr.. Arbuckle, visiting here from
New York, was called on, and, as an
lmpromptu, gave a comic song, new to
all the audience and brim full in every
word of genuine humor. IL was done
in an inimitable manner, which shook
the house with laughter.
At this point a social hour was in
dulged in where all present met and con
versed as fancy led. At the end of this
the Misses Fitch and Eager gave a fine
piano dnet which was warmly applaud
ed. Following this, Prof. II. Oliver re-
cited an original poem, written specially
for the occasion by Mr.. i. Il. Mosher.
II was entitled "Army jim" and was in
Hank Wagoner's very best vein and well
reoited as it was by Mr.. Oliver, the fun
was fast and furious while II was on the
boards.
The next number on the programme
was very pretty bit of verse prepared
by Mrs. Il, A. Otis, as follows;
DAYS OF THE WAR,
Beneath this starry banners fold,
For which ye fought In days OF old.
What memories OF valor walt
For iong our land was des0late;
And long the tents stood thick aud white,
Like ghosts of cities to our sight;
And long the sentry's silent tread
Kept steady marchln TO and fro,
And watched lest every hillside tree
ShOuld hide the form OF stealthy foe;
And watched the rocks. and Erlpped his steel
HheneveI brea'h or shadow fell.
And watched amid the frozen storm,
When ul the world was dim rs death
And warmth was chilled In every breath;
And Nature lay MS In a shroud,
A frozen, misty, shrOud OF whltei
Aud watched in summers sultry heat,
:, hen all the sky seemed scorched with flame
And burned at morn and night the same.
Then came long marches over sands.
With white dust filling all the air
Like smoke OF some old Trafalgar;
The lips all parched with fever heat,
Yet pressing on the weary feet;
And all along the tiresome way
The patient horses sink and fall,
Aud pant amid the burning sand,
I'LL strength TO pant has passed away.
And then the battles front, and din
OF thousand cannon shot and shell,
Aud brave men fighting long and well,
And many "A white and upturned face,
And glazed eyes looking to the sun.
Aud many a CHASTITY, bleeding wound,
And red blood washing all the ground,
Aud still with arms as strong and true,
Unyielding as the sturdy oak,
Amid the Blood aud battle smoke,
Brave, patriot men, moved ever on,
bearing our Sthffy ring O1 bluet
The red and white stripes flaming through
The black and murKy smoke of war;
And where II led they followed on
unfalteringly and bravely fought
Like lover fighting for his bride,
And had no thought, no wish beside,
They pushed the hosts of treason back,
They made them bite the very dust,
And then they gave US Freedoms 5 trust,
10 keep and hold for freedoms land,
Aud they who bought our land anew,
Who gave their life sacrifice
And noon glory bright as stars
The rott stars from which they passed
From battlehelds through prison bars
Where immortality doth wait,
Aud Fame stands sentry at the gate,
They died to give n down.trod race
Mid Freedoms rightful heirs place;
They died to make each man king,
A mightier king than throne or state,
A monarch who should dare and do
All things for libortys dear sake.
And thus with this undying trust.
The years have come and gone for us,
Have come and gone, and found us true,
Not one star faded from the blue
OF the old flag for which we fought,
AS Freedoms bright. embodied thought.
Col. G. Wiley Wells was here called
on and gave a graphic and very amusing
account of the way the boys enlisted,
trained, went TO the front, met the en-
emy at Bull Run and Were theirs. The
Post then broke up, well pleased with
the few hours spent so happily and So
cially,