Daily Republican., 1889-09-18
THE REUNION.
THE ECHOES OF SOLDIERS
DAY.
What Captain Peter II. Ayars Had ts
say-ChapIain Mccoy Remembers
the Ladics--A Flag Surprise
I,usiness Meeting and AItor
Dinner Speechcs-Ihose
Who Decorated.

NV kTeht rtuuiOn Oi veteran 60lulere
yesterday still remains the leading topic
OF conversation on the street 10 the homes
and wherever people congregate. IL was
q hearty ovation TO the veterans, visitors
and visited, enjoy ed by oil, even by those
VINO quarter ol century ago sneered
at them rs lipcoln's hirelings." No
body eeemed TO think about that yester-
pay and'the old flag that come would not
hang out during the war held the day.
The REPUBLICAN closed It's reports OF
the occasion at the close OF Mr.. Cloward' q
solo OF the Dying Buglerr and resumes
t1'day with Commanders Peter d. Ayars'
most excellent aud patriotic address oi
welcome on bthaif Of DUPONT Poet, Ons
OF Captain Ayars'. coat sleeves hung BY
ces in tho ilcld. He said he wa thankful
him to membership In tho @. A.. n.
II afforded him the greatest pleasure to
welcome the visitors on behalf OF Du.
Font Po3t. There were Zone lett now
who did not honor the soldier. As ]
have listened TO these addresses Of well
come to-day am reminded OF the story
Of tho man who was kicked by govern
mont mule. His father telegraphed for
are no renains."
inform the l24th regiment OF an incident
In tue battle Of Antietam, Of which per-
haps some Of the members Of that reei-
ment knew nothing. "You remember -
said Mr.. Ayars, ''As you charged In the
baltic OF Autietam in the face of that gal
ling fire, when your gallant colcn.l went
tlaf Inn nt
lett and bravely aided you. That regi.
ment was the gallant First Delaware.
Side by side they fought and received
taeir baptism Of fire. The ground wa,
stained by many q soldiers life blood"
MIR. Ayars related several other Interest.
ing Incidents sni was loudly app auded.
The Rcv. David Tulley, OF Nj dia, wal
tho next speaker and said: "After al
that has been said 1t will lie b I'd any
OF us chsplains to Ind any thing to say.
| believe in calling things by their right
names. When a person fires on the flas
Of his country he ls rebel. The beresy
/ of State rights may have teen the eau Q
but people must understand that q gov
ernmcut 10 gov, rnmpnt. That wa
| what the q. A. Il. fought for. All til,
great rivcrs, all the INC uutain ranges, rui
north aud south. We could not afford I,
allow another country toown the mouth
| Of all rivers. and the G. A. II. savet
them. We thank you for tho welcom,
we received"
Chaplain James Mccoy, of DuPon
Post, made q pleasant speoch. 1h,
grandeur OF the nation, he said, had beer
alluded to and the Governor had repre-
/ sented the greatness Of Delaware, an,
noibiug seemed to be left for him to d,
than to speak OF the greatness Of Du pon
Post. But who would ev bsv6 though
that the gallant Governor would hav
forgotten The ladies oi Deliwaref
| He never done so before. This allusIol
brought down the house, and the Cover
nor joined heartily In the laughter tina
sudceed. d. Proceeding, Chaplain Me
Coy said that the One Hundred snt
Twenty. fourth Regiment has capturet
the State, the city officials and DuPon
fost, but we will capture you at Dime
| to-day, srd when you 20 home you WI
| ell re paroled men. have known tt,
| Governor since was a boy, and know
La means all he said in his magnifcen
| address OF welcome. Let us ali be trt,,
to our country, TO ourselves, ard to III
ladies. We welcome you to our post
and TO the dinner which cur brevet cor
poral. Z. L. James, and Ladies' Auxil.
liary Corps have prepared.
The Rev. Joseph 8. Evans, cha plain q
the One hundred and Twenty -fourtt
pennsylvan'a. responded:
IL think will make one oi tie bes
speeches ttat has been made In cne re
spect, and that is brevity. | am taker
at a disadvantage. We thank you fo
your welcome and we surrender,a as Chap
lain Mccoy has demanded"
The solo a. d chorus, ''Ba.tle Hymn o
the Republic" was then sung.
A grand eurprise was here sprung upor
the members Of DUPONT Post. The Kew
David Tulley appeared with a hardsom,
elk flag bearing the inscription, "Fron
the One Hundred aud Twenty -fourtl
Pennsylvania to DUPONT Pest, @. A. r >
"unter this dag" eaid the speaker, "i
man eau find all God designed him Il
have. take lea.ure in presenting It tt
DUPONT Pest, No. 2, G. A. R., OF Della
ware"
Post Commander Joseph Duffy, over
| whelmed with surprise at the unexpected
present, looked around for come one L
receive 1t, and seeing Senator Higgini
called him out,
The senator was suffering very mucl
frcm throat trouble, ard said lie exp
renced the greatest pleasure 10 receiving
this flag on behalf OF DUPONT Post. Thi
| Nag is The emblem oil law end religion
and under It a man can find all the bene
fits given by God. That was the flag tha
was fire upon at Sumter, and the insul
was. resented by the gallant mon befor,
me and around me. There was but or,
war which was as worthy as the one II
| AL. t,h nd hat ba
OF the revolution that gave US that flag.
There were none at the end OF that
war who were not glad OF the results
there are none now who are not GLAD
you fought for that flag under Abraham
Lincoln. We owe the men who fought
for It a debt of gratitude that can nevel
be paid. The nation will not allow then
10 sink Into pauper's grave. Thrii
path will be smoothed by The govern
ment's bounty, aud they will live amids
the plaudits OF the nation.
The Gong "Rally Round the Flag" wa
sung aud the audience dismissed will
the bensdiction by the Rev. j. D. T.
Hanna.
Immediately after the exercises at th,
Opera House the One Hundred art
Twenty-lourth Regiment proceeded tt
DUPONT Post headquarters, where they
went into business session.
President Joseph w. Hawley presided
Officers ior the ensuing year were elected
as follows; President, Joseph w. Haw
ley, OF Meiia; vice president, Charles
W. Roberta, Goshen; secretary, Char!ei
P. Kcets, West Chester; treasurer, Joe
Hollingsworth, Of Wilmington. Presl
dent Hswley made the following ap
lpoiniments: Chaplain, the Rev. Josept
B. Evans, Of West Chester; historian, G
n NJ p,oomau of Media 0Hford Pa,