The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-28

ada, but is here" [Laughter.l Treasurer A.
M. Lunt said that the reason he had not gone
TO Canada was that the balance in the treasury
had heretofore been the wrong way, but that
the comrades Of Co. c had made up the deficit,
and now he had 80 cents which still was not
enough TO buy his ticket. The following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: Pres,
Charles +. Shaw; First V.-P., c. ID. Nash; Sec
ond Y.-P., C. c. Rowland !; Sec, b. +. Kelly;
Treas, A. VI. Lunt; Historian, George w. Pow
ers; Co. A, William A. Tarbell; Co. b, III. C.
Hobbs: Co. G, J. l.. Bickford; Co. ID, A. s.
Byrnes; Co. f, John Carnes; Co. +. G. S. Rus
sell; Co. g, Charles Young; Co. II. James III.
Parker; Co. /, David Clark; Co. X. III. Z. Alb
bOtt. Speeches We're made by Comrades Geo.
w. Powers, C. ID. Nash. Comrade Flynn, J. C..
Wellington and Col. Taylor. After singing
Aud Lang Syne" the association adjourned
for year.
MICHIGAN.
The annual Reunion of the surviving men,
bers of the 10th Mich was held at Lansing on
the 10Th inst. About $50 veterans were pres
ent. At 2:45 in the afternoon the veterans
formed in front of the Hudson House and
headed by the MINIS Band, of Ann Arbor-
the old martial band that headed the regiment
during their entire service-marched to Rep
resentative Hall, where Capt. II. b. Carpenter,
the President of the Regimental Association,
began the bushes meeting with a brief address
of welcome. Chas. M. Jones. of Charlotte was
elected President, and VIM Spicer, of Eaton,
Secretary. In the evening a grand banquet
was held.
NEW YORK,
The annual Reunion of the s1st N Y. was
held at Oswego Falls, and the following officers
were elected: Pres, Z. s. Cook LIST V.-P., z.
A. Cook; I'd V.-P., Henry Squires; Sd V.-P,
A. b. Smith Sec, James Hane; Treas, s.
Zimmerman Chap, James ]. Butler.
OHIO.
J. H. Goddard, Ravenna: Battery I, LIST Ohio
Art, held its annual Reunion at this place Oct
10. Officers for the ensuing year: Pres, J. III.
Oakly; V-P., Il. Purdey; Treas, Hugh
Buckley Sec, ]. B. Russell. Executive Com
mittee, /. w. Hallock, T. p. Hunt. ]. ID. King
The next Reunion will be held at this place the
second Wednesday In October, 1887.
The Lamoille Veterans Association held
their first annual Reunion on the fair grounds
at WolcOtt on the 18th and 18th inst, proving
a success beyond the expectations of all. Tues
day, the first day, opened favOraby, with fine
weather and good number arriving at an early
hour. The day was pleasantly spent in renew
ing old acquaintance and In social intercourse
between old comrades. The enrolling of names
of veterans attending, under the head of the
regiment in which they served, was also done
on Tuesday. and Camp Foster was successfully
inaugurated, with NJ. J. Leach, of Wolcott,
President of the association, and Capt. Frank
Kenfield, of Morrisville Officer of the Day.
Company and regimental drills were partici-
pated in by large number of veterans, and at
o'clock an excellent dress parade was carried
out. The Morrisville Cornet Band furnished
good music. drum corps was also upon the
ground. adding much to the spirit of the day.
Foster Post, of WolcOtt, had headquarters in
handsomely decorated tent. The wooden
structures on the ground were used for the
accommodation of veterans who remained upon
the ground over night, of which there were
large number, and the old time campfire scenes
were gone through with. The camping places
on the following morning would indicate that
the boys had not forgotten their old weakness
for chicken flesh. Wednesday was the day, and
a large number were in attendance and the
program of the day successfully carried out.
The annual meeting of the association was held
In the forenoon, with President Leach presd-
ing. Geo. w. Doty, Of MorTisyille was chosen
President for the ensuing year; Chandler
Watts, of Stowe, Secretary; and Austin Will
kins, of Cady's Falls, Treasurer. The assOcia-
tion Is not 10 be confined TO Lamoille County,
but will welcome veterans and Posts from all
surrounding towns, and with this end in view
Vice-Presidents were chosen, one from each
Post represented. 1t was decided to hold the
next Reunion at the same place some time dur
ing July next. The closing feature of the day
was an excellent dress parade, when the bat
TALON marched TO headquarters and disbanded.
AT q meeting of the Second Brigade, Second
Division of Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland,
held at Dayton recently, IL was decided to form
an association to be known as the Second Bril-
gadc, Ohio Cavalry Association, to be composed
of the LIST, Sd and 4th Ohio and I'd KY. Cav
Regiments and the Chicago Board of Trade
Battery. Col. NJ. III. O'Neal, Columbus, o., was
elected President, and j. w. Chaplin, Columbus,
o., Secretary, to serve until the annual meet
ing, to be held at Columbus, o., the first We'd
nesday after Sept 10, 1857. At a subsequent
meeting of the LIST and 4th Ohio Cav. il was
decided that these two regiments have their
annual Reunion at the same time and place
PENNSYLVANIA.
On Thursday, Oct. IA, at the Fair Grounds
at Elwyn, the soldiers and sailors of Delaware
County held their first Reunion, which was q
decided success in spite of the threatening as
pect of the weather. The affair was under the
direction of the five GAR. Posts of the County
viz: Bradbury Post, No. 149, of Media; Wilde,
%; Phillips, 81 John Brown, 1871, of Chester
and Gutenberg, 49, of Clifton flights. Among
the regiments represented were the Goth, 2Sth,
124th, 47th, 97th Pa, and list Pa. Reserves, LIST
and 9th Pa. Cav. and AndersOn's Zouaves. At
IL o'clock a. IN. the assembly was sounded and
the exercises were opened in the main hall, |
which was gaily decorated with the Post flags
etc. Ogelsby's Band, Of Chester, was In attend
ance, and discoursed several National airs
Chairman w. c. Timm, of the Committee of
Arrangements. then introduced Capt Albert
Mcguire, who delivered the address of welcome
The address was one which touched the hearts
of the asSemblage and the speaker was heartily
congratulated at its conclusion. After dinner
call the afternoon was spent in various sports,
including "a gO-as-yOu-pleas race" between
one-legged veterans, wheelbarrow races, sack
races, tugs Of war between teams Of the various
Posts, q race between the five Post Commanders,
in which Commander Hall, of John Brown
Post (colored), was victorious. The afternoon
program wound up with cOurt-martial, which
consumed the best part of an hour and pro-
voked great deal of merriment. After supper
a rousing Campfire was held, at which ad-
dresses were made by Department Commander
j. L. s. Goblin, Adj't-Gen. Thomas j. Stewart,
Capt. Albert Mcguire John l.. Grim, John B.
Robinson and John Edwards. Over 5000 peo-
pie were present, of which a large proportion
were ladies.
The l49th Pa held a Reunion at gettysburg
on the Goth and 2lst inst. On the second day
the monument Of the regiment was dedicated.
IL is located on Chambersburg pike near the
Mcpherson barn, and where Gen. Reynolds
fell.
The 18th Pa. Cav. held Reunion on the Goth
inst at Gettysburg. Col. Darlard was elected
President. The Reunion next Fall will be
held at Lebanon.
The surviving members OF the 18th Pa. held
Reunion at Freeport OH the 10Th inst, which
was largely attended, and was thorough sue
cess. The town was decorated with flags, Chi
nese lanterns and wreaths, which were dis
played In magnificent and endless profusion.