Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-10-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Echoes of the Late Reunion.

Echoes of the Late Reunion.
| One sailor in uniform was prominent
| figure in the great procession at Topeka
| during the late reunion.
The bows of the old Thirteenth Kansas
held a reunion every afternoon at regi-
ment headquarters at camp McCook.
The Loyal Legion Of Kansas rendered a
| reception to Major General Alexander
Med. McCook and General John Mcneil,
| of Missouri, ct the headquarters of the
commandery at eleven O'Clock ON Thurs
| day of reunion week.
The Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land held their meeting at Camp McCook
during reunion week. The officers elected
were: President, Governor John A. Mar
tin; vice-president, TT. Jackson. Newton;
secretary and ouartermaster, Theodore
Wisenan.
The ". r. c. had handsome headquar-
ters and reception rooms. The department
president, Mrs Ella Powell, was present
in person and was assisted by local COM
mittee. The most conspicuous object in
the reception room was banner made of
the first silk fabric ever woven in Kansas.
The Regimental Society of the Eighth
Kansas held their annual meeting during
the reunion in their big tent. Governor
John A. Martin was elected president for
the ensuing year, Lieutenant David Baker
vice-president, s. NJ. Lanham, secretary
and Captain Milton Rose, treasurer. 1t
was decided to hold the next meeting of
the society at Atchison on the 18th and
Goth of September, 1889, that being the
Twenty-sixth anniversary of the battle of
Chickamauga, in which the regiment lost
sixty-five per cent. of its force. There
We're ifty-eight members present.
William Waddell, veteran from Saline
County, dropped dead on the grounds while
talking to a comrade on Thursday of re-
union week.
On Thursday the Ex-Prison ers of War
Association of Kansas held their annual
reunion and business meeting and elected
the following officers: DR.. Henry w. Roby,
of Topeka, president; Hon. A. W. Smith,
of Mcpherson, vice-president; Judge G..
w. Cary, of Topeka, secretary, and Hon.
A. j. Felt, of Seneca, treasurer.
The Iowa soldiers held their meeting at
one o'clock Thursday in the Exposition
Hall. Colonel W. A. Gebhardt, of Els
worth, was elected president of the asso-
citation, and o. A. Mosier, of Emporia, Sec
rotary.
Michael Wicks, member of the Soldiers
Home band was taken sick Monday with
cholera morbus and died Wednesday.
4 number of prominent citizens gave
General McCook an informal reception in
the parlors of the Windsor Hotel on
Wednesday evening. which was one of the
pleasant features of the great reunion.
Hon. J. R. Burton, of Abilene, was chosen
master of ceremonies, which position he
filled to the satisfaction of all. Colonel
Rogers delighted the company with many
appropriate songs, and MIR. Burton recited
Shamus O'Brien in a most admirable man
ner.
At a meeting of the Indiana soldiers at
their headquarters Judge Daniel L. Brown,
of Concordia, was elected president, and
T. W. Durham, of Topeka, secretary.
Friday was great day with the veter-
ans. The three attractions were the regu-
lar army drill, the flambeau display, and
the ovation rendered Senator Plumb and
Major Warner. There were fully $4,000
people in Camp McCook in the afternoon,
and as many at night. The gate receipts
at % cents amounted to over $4,000, and
all old soldiers and their families were
admitted free. Commander-inCh Chief Will
liam Warner was received at the depot by
Department Commander Booth and staff
and escorted to the camp, where he was
introduced to the veterans. After brief
talk he was escorted to the dining hall
where an elegant banquet had been pre-
pared, he being the guest of Commander
Booth and staff. Exposition Hall was
crowded with people in the evening who
were addressed by Commander-in-C Chief
Warner and Senator Plumb, and a grand
camp fire closed the great reunion of 1888.