The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-07
REUNION OF Co.'s H. and |.
Of the SD w. u. |. at the Resi-
denCe of COmrade Geo. Hale.

Gay, August 0d, at the residence OIL MT.
Geo. Hale At his invitation twenty-five
members of those companies gathered for
quiet time to talk over old times and re-
new the ties of friendship formed twenty
five years ago amidst the trying ordeals
Of army life 1t was delightful day
and was enjoyed to the full by every one
there Mr.. and Mrs. Hale received the
heartiest thanks of the boys for their hos
pitality and enterprise. About 10 o'clock
the boys gathered in the shade of a large
tree out in the yard and proceeded to
business.
1.-The meeting was called to order by
Sergeant Sherwood, of Company H., Ser
geant Major Allen Higgins, of Sturgeon
Bay, was elected temporary chairman,
and comrade Sherwood secretary. After
the preliminary organization was effected.
the veterans took few minutes for a
talk Sergeant Sherwood exhibited Il
confederate ten dollar bill which he cab
baged' while on march across the State of
Mississippi, when the Madison and Mo
bile & Ohio r. r., was destroyed for
seventy miles. Also a piece of the regi-
mental flag which was torn from it by Il
piece of shell at Tupelo. Sergeant Drom
then related his experiences while priS-
Oner in Andersonville This was listened
to with the closest interest by the entire
gathering, and as he related some of the
II,
eyes of many of the listeners, and one old
vet remarked ''listen to that, and then
they ask us to forget, we can forgive, but
forget, never
Capt Hale, the first orderly Sergeant,
of Company H., then called the roll Of
that company, and Sergeant Pierce, LIST
Sergeant Of Company l., called the roll of
that Company. OF Company H. there
was present, Capt. Chancey, r. Thayer,
Geo. Hale. JAS z. Drom, JAS. NJ. Eddy,
Matthias Gales Allen Higgins, Thomas
Karnes, julius Kiddar, III. A. King, r.
W. Sherwood and c. w. Smith; of Com
Danv l.. Harley e. Benedict Geo. Bristol.
A. A. Carter. Capt. Cook, Sam'l Cropley,
Richard Fellows, JAS. Gardiner, Lyman
Newell David Pierce and JAY Tymeson.
Unaccounted for, Company H., 35, dead.
80; Company |, unaccOunted for II, dead
80 1t was then moved to proceed to
proceed to effect a permanent organiza-
ton. Capt. Geo. Hale was elected PreSi-
dent, and S. b. CrOpley Secretary and
Treasurer On motion the President APP
pointed an executive committee Of three
members, the president to be chairman Of
the committee and the secretary to be
| their clerk The president then appoint
ed as such committee, Chancey Il. Thay-
err, of Sturgeon Bay, Thomas Karnes, Of
Chicago, Richard NJ. Fellows Of Bristol.
| The President then appointed commit
] tee of three to draft resolutions Of respect
for the dead comrades. The committee
reported the following resolutions, which
were adopted
Mr.. President and C0n1rades::
Your committee on resolutions Of re-
spect to the honOred dead of the cOmpan
les III" and Il" Of the 33d Wisconsin
Infantry Volunteers, would respectfully
report as follows:
PREAMBLE.
AS this is our first meeting as a cOmpa-
nv or detachment Of the 33d Regiment
| Wisconsin Volunteers, we deem it but
| Just and proper that we, the surviving
members Of the companies III and 81
here assembled, appropriately express our
regrets, our love, and our remembrance
for those of our companions and comrades
who fell in battle or who died Of disease,
who Welded up their lives, gave their ALL
willing sacrifice on the altar Of cur
cOuntry's liberties that our government
might live as nation, untarnlshed and
honored among the nations Of the earth
a glory to all who might call this their
country and their home, the most free and
foremost, the proudest and grandest OF ali
the earth. Therefore, be it
Res0lced: That we, the surviving MEM
bers of Companies III" and 'I'' here as
sembled tender to the friends Of the de
ceased members of our companies our
heartfelt regrets at their seemingly I'M
timely end; that we honor them that
Welded up their lives for their cOuntry's
good: that we deem it the will of an all
wise and ruling God who rules NOT only
men. but nations; and to him we humbly
| bow in meek submission to his holy will,
as our guide, our benefactOr and our pre-
server.
Res0Iced. That we regard those Of our
companions who lost their lives in the
Great Rebellion as among the nOblest
patriots and martyrs of the earth, for they
died in defence Of and to maintain the
noblest principles that can animate the
soul of man. Be it further
Res0Zced. That in rendering these reso-
| buttons to the friends of our deceased COM
rades we but express the sentiments which
animate the greater portion of the Ameri-
can people, That we but express the
patriotism and love of country and home
which animates the heroes Of rs and 81
and the defenders of liberty in all ages OF
the world, and therefore be it
Resolced: That we shall hold the mem
DRY of our deceased and loved comrades
in great remembrance to our latest BREATH
that our prayers ever shall be: God be
with you and them forevermore.
E. w. SHERWOOD,
ALLEN HIGGINS,
SAMUEL CROPLEY,