Telegram-herald., 1890-10-09
The BRAVE OLD BOYS
The Twenty third Michigan Infsn-
try Volunteers.
HOLD THEIR ANNUAL REUslOS
Hoa- 4 ~ Bates Delivers the or2tion
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I.aas Al the BridEe-st. House
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The annual reunion Of the Twenty.
hrst Michigan Volunteers WAS held IA
thls city yesterday. and large number
Of the brave old boys were about ths
streets with their Acorn Corps badges
prominently displayed. Ia the after
noon Company ks armory Was the
rallying place, aud here the business
meeting was held. Col. VIM. h. Nc
Creary was reelected president and
COmrade Eber Rice Was elected secre-
tary and treasurer. The business OF
the year having been disposed OF, Hon.
T.. y Bates, of Moline, delivered the
annual grafton. He called attention 70
the fact that the day Was the twenty
eighth anniversary OF the battle of
Perrysyille, the first engagement ia
which the regiment took part. That
on December 81 and January /. '63, the
battle of Stone River was fought. The
regiment did good service IN the battles
Cnickamauga, Mission Ridge, and all the
fighting about Chattanooga and Look
out Mountain, and proceeded from
thence 10 Atlanta, and marched with
Sherman through Georgia 10 the sea.
It's last engagement was IN the ambus-
cade at Bentonyllle, when ninety men,
including seven officers. were left on
the field. Neither of the elected ofti-
GERS were present at the meeting, Col.
McCrcary, the president, being the pres
ent United States Minister 10 Chill, and
Secretary Eber Rice is in California,
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In the evening the veterans, with
their wives and children, met at the
Bridge Street House to enjoy their an
nual banquet. Grace was said by the
old chaplain, l.. y. Earle, and the good
cheer was chen rapidly disposed of.
Capt. Wyman acted as toast master,
and the following toastS were eloquently
responded to:
"Why We Meet Today" by Comrade
Dlllruback.
1.-The Tariff" by Hon. Allen B.
Morse, OF Ionla. He said the tariff he
alluded 10 was not the one now dis
cussed by the people, but the tariff of
flesh and blood that was levied upon
this country in 1861. THAT tariff, y
said he, "was n tax, and it drew the
best blood of the country" His re-
marks were full of patriotic enthusl-
asm. and were frequently applauded.
"Our First Christmas" was responded
TO by Comrade A. jackson, OF Lowell
The first Christmas III the service was
the day when the army broke camp ut
Mill Creek and substituted the shelter
tents for the old and cumbersome
Sibley tents. 1t was an era IN their
war experience, rs, instead of having
thirteen baggage wagons 20 carry tents
as before, one wagon cOald carry the
baggage. Without the shelter tent,
the march to Altana and the sea would
have been well nigh impossible The
comrade said the only thing he found
IN his stocking on the Christmas morn
ing was a grayback.
THE Homeward March," written by
Lieut.. Sanford W. Lyon, and read by J.
Mckinley, was one of the best efforts OF
the evening.
Then followed Lookout Mountain, -
by DR.. Goodale; "Martha's Vineyard, -
10y Hon. Cornelius Van Loo; "Exper-
ience With Suffers" VIM. f. Thornton;
Soldier CongTessmen, Hon. Charles
f.. Belknap; "Who Gets Pensions -
Rev. Charles X. Gibson, and finally,
"Soldiers' Wives" by Hon. A. b.
Cheney.
The toasts were interspersed with
delightful music furnished by Mr..
Wurzburg and Miss Bessie Walker and
two lady viollnists.