St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-15
VETERANS OF THE WAR
Feet 20 TAX Over Their Cam
paigns.
OLD MINNESOTA REGIMENTS.
sto-iss and Speechmaking Make a
Rainy Day Pass Pleas
antly.

October morning in 1861, when the Sec
ond regiment of Minnesota volunteers
landed at the upper levee, after muster
Ing in at Fort Smelling, and paraded the
principal streets of the city before en-
barking on the steamers Northern Belle
and KeOkuk for the scene of action in
the South. Their enviable record for
four long years-at Mill Springs, Perry
vile, Tullahoma, Chickmauga, Mission
Ridge, Atlanta, Savannah and Ben
tOnville-is too well known. to
need recounting. The Second regi-
ment as it departed that morning, UNI
der command of Col. Ii. p. Van Cleve
numbered 1,0l5 men. About $50 men,
beers of that noble band survived the
long siegeS of the war and the twenty
three years intervening, but at their re-
union in the hall of the chamber of
commerce yesterday it was evident that
their patriotism had not decreased in
the least.
The assembly was called to order by
the president of the society, Gen. j. w.
Bishop, and the muster roll of surviv-
ing members called by Capt. A. r.
Kiefer, secretary. Judge Wilkin, of
st. Paul, whose brother, Alexander
Wilkin. was the first major of the regi-
ment, responded to a request TO deliver
a short speech. In his opening re-
marks he said: Il remember very
distinctly the days when the members
of the company reported at Fort Smell
ing for duty, and that they were as fine
body of men as ever went to the front,
every member of the regiment fit to be
colonel. Those men at that time came
forward in response to their cOuntry'S
Office to do their duty as American citi-
Zens, and their record in that conflict is
part of the history of the country, and
will always be
POINTED TO WITH PRIDE
Gen. fl. p. Van Cleve, of Minneapolis,
the first colonel of the regiment and
Mrs. Van Cleve occupied seats on the
platform, and the old commander was
the next speaker. He spoke in feeling
terms of by-gOne days and the hard
ships passed through. and it was with
deep regret that he noticed that but a
good sized company-perhapS two COM
panieS-were the only survivors of the
gallant LEGO men who marched away
with him. At the close of this address
three cheers and a tiger" were given
with q will.
In response to hearty invitations from
all over the hall, Mrs. Van CleVe, so
well known from the prominent part
she has ever taken in works of charity
throughout the state, delivered brief
address, in which she stated that she
had probably been a soldier as long
as any one present, as she was born
under the stars and stripes at gov
eminent post in 1919. when her father
Col. Clark, was in command. In her
talk she briefly recOunted the trials
those who stayed at home passed
through in their anxiety for those at
the front.
Capt. A. H. Reed, of Glencoe, also de-
liVered a short speech, and was followed
by Maj. John b. Davis, of Rock Island,
H., who enlightened the audience on a
subject which has caused considerable
discussion i'll army circles during the
past year. This was as to the reSpOn-
Sibility of the commander ordering a
sofa on the first day at Chcka.
manga, an order which undoubt-
eddy saved the day to the Union
and prevented the annihilaGiOn of the
regiment. The major stated that on
that day, Sept. 10, 'G3, he had charge of
the left wing of the regiment in the
woods, and noticed the enemy making
a flank movement on the left. He
called the attention of Col. George, in
command, to the movement of the
enemy, but that officer was reluctant to
give any command without orders from
his superior. Mai. Davis seeing the ne
cessity for such action, gave the order
on his own responsibility, directly con-
trary to all rules of army discipline, and
had he not been successful i'll saving
the day his name would have gone down
on the pages of
HISTORY IN DISGRACE.
Gen. Bishop. with an assistant from
each company, was appointed editOr-in-
chief to prepare complete history of
the regiment, after which officers for the
coming year were elected as follows:
President, Gen. Ii. Y. Van Cleve; vice
president, Gen. J. w. Bishop; secretary,
Capt. A. X. Keller; treasurer, John IL.
Gibbons.
The veterans in attendance were as
follows: Michael Allen, Hastings; W.
ID. Angrews, Spring Valley; Flaur
Austin, Martelfe, Wis; James Ii. Bur
ger, st. Paul: j. w. Bishop, st. Paul /;
c. Z. Burdick, Dodge Center; John d.
Burr, Geneva, Neb.; J. u. Barncard,
OwatOnna; III. NJ. Bayliss, Concord; F.
A. Buckingham, Rockford, ILL.,; Thomas
Bravity, Montgomery; X. d. Chase,
j. 'Clum, st. Paul; j. NJ. Cartwright,
Claremount; E. st. Julien Cox, st. Paul (;
Charles COrlies, RevilO, OAK; II.
Cummings, De SOTO; William
Debson, Minnetonka; Thomas Downs,
Minneapolis; j. c. Donahower,
st. Peter; John B. Davis, Rock
Island, ILL.,: NJ. r. Dresbach.
Dodge Center; Z. V. Dickey. Appleton /;
i. A. Evarts, Battle Lake; ThOS. Fitch,
MilUank, Oak; ID. ID. Farrell. Fountain ;
Frank FOrStin, NOrcrOSs; John Geutgen,
Shakopee; j. II. Gibbons, st. Paul /;
JnO. Gaskill. Aberdeen, OAK; DR.. q.
L. Gates, WinOna; d. He'll. Mankato;
II. A. Harrington, AnOka; NJ. Hahhah,
Mankato: Merriam Pills, Lake City;
NJ. Hover, Union Hill; l.. n.
Holmes, MankatO; S. H. Hilton,
st. Clair; Andrew Horner, Fit.
Dodge, To-; Lewis Horst, lie Sueur
Gus. ). Hughes, st. Paul; a. NJ. HOuth-
rem, Irwin; Amos Hanson, Andover,
Oak: b. L. Irwin, ST. Paul; S. p. Jen-
nison, Red Wing; Nels johnson, Mar
tell, Wis; Win Kemper, st. Paul; A.
Il. Keller, st. Paul; Jno. l.. Kinney,
Bird Island; g. Koppeman, st.
Peter; T. o. KelbOrn, Washington
Martin Kelihier. Shieldsville; c. j.
LANCE, st. Paul; Charles Latham, st.
Paul; c. b. Layman, Minneapolis;
Isaac Layman, LIE Roy; Thomas Nc
Donald, Hastings; James Mccoy,
Oil City, Pa; E. a. McNeely,
ST. Paul; James Maxwell, Chas-
ka; John Mara, Watertown;
Walter Mara, Watertown; Charles
MetZgar, Minneapolis; w. T. Mills,
Mankato; James Newton, West New
ton; Charles Healey, Newmarket, n.
H.; Warren Osborn, YanktOn, Oak.
John Parker, White Bear; I. II. Pender-
CAST. DaSsel; w. c. Preston, Minneapolis:
S. NJ. Peasley, Minnehaha Falls; r. &.
Rhodes, Saltwater; II. Y. Rumohr,
Wyoming; w. Raider, Delaro; A. II.
Reed, Glencoe; ID. B. Rossiter, Dodge