Daily Republican., 1889-09-16
VISITING VETERANS.
PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS TO
MEET DELAWARE VETS.

Campfire and Bivouao Talk by Those
Who Wore tho Blue--Irang Out
the Banners--A Grand Time
Expected To-Morrow.
Tomorrow will be sred-letter day
among the veteran soldiers of Pennsyi-
vania and Delaware. The One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Veteran
Soldiers Of Pennsylvania, ,containing
quite number Of Delaware soldiers, will
vlsp Wilptpgtor, md will be the guests
Of Admiral 8. +. DuPcnt POSI-, No. Q, @.
A. r., though all Grand Army men and
veteran soldiers and sailors are invited
TO participate. The g. A, X. poets OF
this city are to meet at DUPONT Post
rooms at s.ao a. M, and march from
stopping at the City Hall on the way for
the Mayor and the Oity Council.
The visitors are to arrive on the $50
o. n. train. AT the station they will be
Joined by Governor Biges and staff, and
The line Of march being formed with the
| visitors accorded the post of honor the
following route will be followed: Front
to Market, to Tenth 10 King, 10 Eleventh,
to Market, to the Opera House. Colonel
| A. j. Woodman will be marshal aud
Charles e. Moser and y. E. Frismuth
| aids.
Professor N. Dushane Cloward Will
have charge of the music, assisted by an
able quartette and 7. Leslie Carpenter as
accompanies. They will render the fol-
lowing selections; Solo and chorus,
1--WE Old Boys" solo. quartette and
chorus, "Marching Through Georgia, F"
in which the audience Will unite; solo,
the 'Dyipg Bugler," ClowArd; solo and
qusrtette and chorus, In which the aud
fence Will join, "Battle Hymn OF the Re
public;" solo and chorus, "Rslly Round
the Flag" in which the sudieDce win
unite"
It was expected that Department Com
mauder Thomas j. Stewart Gf Pehnsyl-
vania would be present, but yesterday
Chairman James received the following
letter OF regret:
EDWARD +. JAMES, ESQ.,. Chairman.
etc., Wilmington, Dsl.--DsAR SIR AND
CoMRADE: The cordially Of your invi-
tation as contained In your LITTER Of the
7th instant is most highly appreciated,
and regret exceedingly thxt1 am conn.,
PEELED to say In answer thereto that II
will be utterly impossible, for me to be
present on the occasion referred to. On
that day the Board Of Parnons of this
State, OF which / bm q member, will hold
Its monthly meeting and, being the frst
meeting after the summer vacation, the
list for hearing is an unusually long one
containing Two or three murder case
which will require all the members OF
the board to be presentin order that the
cases may be heard Ne,hing but the
most presting public dnty would keep
me away from gathering that will be &C
enjoyable ss will the reutiou OF the
One Hundred aud Twenty Fourth Regl.
ment havo been at their reunions be,
fore; ] knLw the character and kind o.
men they are; know tlieir history and
record In the war, AID kno v what good
genial, whole-souled men they are Il
! peAce. would ike u have been ther,
} ana gone over the history OF the ON
, Hundred and Twenty fourth, as hav,
learned 1t.
Say to tho members Of DUP ont Post 81
we'll as the gallant boys Of the 124th
that II their enjoyment Is one-hAlf a
great as my disappointment, their. re
union will be one of the most elorlou:
, the regiment ever had or ever will have
Say allo to the members OF DUPONT Posl
for me, as department commander, tha
nowhere within the rapls of the Grand
Army have / ever seen o more genuine
spirit oil fraternity peryade the wlaror.
OF the bronze badge, than among tn,
men and in the ranks Of their Lost.
T0snk.ng; you for the honor conferred
upon me by your invitation, am,
Very sincerely yours,
-- THOMAS j. STEWART.
Tee exercises at the Opera House will
commence at 1880 O'Clock. Tickets ol
/ adj m aaf. m ha pr0astr,H ~ ann fnat,,
Der OF the committee As the doors will
be thrown open to the public at 10.1d
O'Clock, ali holders Of tickets should be
in their seats before that hour The
doors will be op for the admission OF
ticket holders al 0 o'clock,
1t Is especially desirable that citizens
should hang out their banners on The
outer walls all along the route of parade
and make whatever patriotic demonstra-
tion they may desire. The house without
flags tomorrow should be the exception.
TITO exercises at the Opera House, 4. is
expected, will be over a. y o'clock. All
guests invited to dinner will eet the
committee on reception at the offlce Of
Judge Ball. No. SSS Market street, at
Las O'Clock to proceed to Institute Hall,
where dinner Is to be served. LEI every
citizen who appreciates patriotism, turn
reception.
Tile Durell's Battery Association,
which is composed of the Ringgoli
Artillery military organization in
Reading bsloro the war, which was re-
ported to Governor Curtin In Harrisburg,
Pa. for duty fully Uniformed, armed
and equipped, not only with cannon on
flat cars, but also with sabres and re-
volvers, will participate In TO morrow 3
demonstration celebrating tic annIyer-
sary of the Battle Of Antiet am, in which
several of its members were wounded,
, one fatally. This association will join
the parade at the railroad station and
wear the usual red badge of the assc-
citation.
There is but tattered aud grizzled
remnant left There are but three men,
bers now living 10 this city: w. 8. Nc
Na.r, pres dent CT the b3srd OF managers;
J. Davis Sisler, of the Wholesale grocery
firm Of Harvey g. Sisler, and Charlus q.
b rg, a carpenter, The majority of the
members live in Reading, whence tue
battery made Its first start and passed
through Baltimore before the Sixth
Massachusetts, Regiment was mobbed in
the streets OF that city. Ex-LieuteDsnt
James L. Mast, one of the originals, 10
tho president of the association, and
Horace d. Boone Is secretary. There are
many members living ip Philadelphia,
Montgomery, Berks and Chester Coun-
ties.
The battery served In the three months
service al the United States Arsenal at
Washington, 1t reorganiZei for three