The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-13
In CAMP AT ORANGE.
Survivors of the Army of
the Potomac in BiVouac
Once More.
ADDRESSES AND A PARADE.
Memories of Mcclellan Recalled by
the Reunion Near His Old Home.
Special to the Jersey Ctr Ne,cs.


ORANGE, June 12, 18S9.-The drums
were beating, the brass bands were blar-
ing and the National Guardsmenand veter-
ans We're filing past on their way home.
Justin front of them.as if for them to pass
under, was the grandest kind of an arch;
but nobody succeeded in getting under II.
1t was perfect rainbow, spanning Main
street, Orange and more or less of New
Jersey. The rainbow would have been
more welcome several hours earlier. AS
1t was, 1t formed pretty incident for the
after dinner orators to talk about at the
banquet which wound up the first days
festivities of the twentieth annual re-
union of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac.
The rainbow having been late in arriv-
ing, the paraders and the decorations had
a hard time of it with the rain which fell
all day. But the spectators did not seem
to mind the weather at all. Not only did
all Orange turn out and the railroad cars
deposit hundreds, but farmers from miles
around drove into town with farm wagons
iammed with red checked girls and boys.
THE CORPS AT WORK.
The business in the morning was the re-
union of the various corps. Each one met
separately, talked over ancient and mod
ern times and elected officers. General
Daniel Butterfield dragged himself from
a sick bed to the meeting of the Fifth
Corps to present a gold badge set with
diamonds to General Fitz John Porter.
The elections resulted as follows:-
First Corps , General r; R.. Dawes,
president; Charles J. Chatfield, vice presi-
dent of First Division; Secretary of War
Redfeld Proctor, vice president of Second
Division; Charles L. Coon, vice president
of Third Division; General Wainwright,
vice president of Artillery Corps; Captain
J. M. Andrews, recording secretary; H. o.
Clark, corresponding secretary; Florence
Donahue. treasurer; j. FL. Stine, his
torian.
Second Corps-President, General John
d. Billings; vice president, J. w. Kay;
vice presidents, o. d. Thatcher, Mime
sofa; DR.. William Carroll, Philadelphia;
H. G. Duryee, Goshen, n. T.; Executive
Committee, George w. Hopper, New
York: John Finn, Ohio; G. B. Wright,
New York; w. d. Robinson, New Jersey.
Third Corps-Vice president, General
G. II. T: Coils; secretary, Captain A. c.
Richards
Fifth Corps. President, General Fitz
John Porter; vice president, p A. Oliver;
secretary and treasurer, General f. T.
Lock.
Sixth Corps. President, General J. A.
Wheaton; vice president Colonel w. A.
French; corresponding secretary, Lieuten-
ant F. L. Buckalew treasurer, Colonel s.
Truesdall; recording secretary, Captain
George B. Fielder.
Ninth Corps. President, Colonel r. III.
!. Goddard, Of Rhode Island, vice presi-
dent, Major c. L. Bracket of New York;
secretary and treasurer, General c. H
Barney, of New York.
Twelfth Army Corps. = President
GO1onal M n EOY. Soaratoru Gouaral r
]. H. Love; vice president, Colonel Lewis
r. Stegman.
Nineteenth Army Corps President,
Colonel Richard B. Irwin; first vice,
General George L. Andrews; second vice,
Colonel o w. Leonard; third vice, Captain
John w. Handren; fourth vice, Mayor J..
Langdon Ward; secretary, Thomas Odell,
and treasurer, William II. Jewell
Cavalry Corps.-President, General S.
E. Chamberlain; vice president, Brigadier
General L. G.. Estee. secretary, l.. A.
Barney; treasurer, G. |. Whitehead.
At the meeting of the Ninth Corps a re-
port was presented that some progress
had been made in raising the $1,000 for
the Reno monument.
IN THE RINK.
The Park Rink was prettily decorated
with flags and Chinese lanterns when the
general meeting of the society was held.
The veterans occupied seats on the floor
of the hall, while the galleries were filled
with ladies. The old soldiers were
tremendously enthusiastic, the stand
ard bearers of the various corps
vieing with each other in waving
the corps flags on the slightest provoca-
ton. Generals innumerable sat on the
platform, or in the ranks on the floor
Among them were General Joshua l..
Chamberlain, of Maine, with big grey
mustache,- the president of the society;
General Horatio G. King, the secretary,
who proved mine of resolutions later
on; General Edward Jardine, crippled,
but active; General Abner Doubleday,
General o. 0. Howard, with one sleeve
turned up and his black beard turning
white; Ex-Governor John F. Hartrauft, of
Pennsylvania, who was mistaken for the
poet, Will Carelton; General J. M. Nc
Mahon, Colonel I. HI. Locke, Colonel
Meredith Jones, General Sickles and Gen
eral ]. d. Robinson
Others present were Captain r. Sey-
mour, of the Thirty-seventh New Jersey
Volunteers, better known in Jersey City
as ex-Judge Seymour, Corporation At
torney under the old charter; Lieutenant
j. J. Toffey, of the Thirty-third New Jer-
Toffey, State Treasurer; Collector Love,
Sergeant E. +. Mcdonald, who has
achieved fame in the government of Hud-
son county; Brevet Major General John
Ramsey, Of the Eighth New Jersey. Vol
unteers, and Colonel G. w. Fuller, of the
Seventh New York.
Among .others from Jersey City who
were present, unofficially was President
Z, r. G. Young of the First Nationsl
Bank. who was the invited guest of Gov
ernor Green and the Committee of
Arrangements. Ht
The First Regiment Band began by
playing ''The Battle of Gettysburg"
medley of war music which was i'm
mensely enjoyed, and then the Rev. DIR.
Hickok made the opening prayer. Mayor
Hartford, of Orange, welcomed the society
to town and referred to 'sthe beautiful
suot on yonder mountain where your be-
loved commander, George b. Mcclellan,
passed away"
GOVERNOR GREENS WELCOME.
Governor Green made short but effect
i've address of welcome. He said:-
stTwenty-five years ago at Gettysburg the
Army Of the Potomac rolled back the tide
Of misfortune and disaster that threat
ened the nation Twenty-Five years ago
next April, at Appomattox, you virtually
settled the question OF the Integrity Of
orr union and the support of the national
Government. The society now looks down