Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-22
A DAY OF REUNIONS
Among the, Old-Timers, Who
Meet and Greet and
Elect officers.
UNION VETERANS In IT
With a Parade and an Annual En-
campment of Their Own.
SYMPATHY FOR THE SORROWING,
Marine Corps Day Aboard the Kearsarge,
and an Enjoyable Time.
THE WOMEN MEETING AND GoSsIPING.

avenue. General s. s. Yoder, commander
in chief of the Union, and large staff,
rode at the head of the procession, and
General Yoder, dismounting, reviewed the
parade from the grand stand near the
Treasury Department General Green Clay
Smith had command of those in line. There
were about /, 200 members of the q. v. o.
in line, comprising posts from Ohio, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Con-
necticut and Michigan. Their dress was
neat and uniform, and they presented an
excellent appearance.
After the parade members of the Union
Veterans Union met in annual encamp-
ment at Harris Theater, which was hand
somely decorated for the occasion. General
S. S. Yoder, commander-in-chief, delivered
his annual address to this, the seventh an
nual encampment of the U. V. U. Out of
his private funds he had advanced sufficient
money to procure books and enable the af-
fairs of the order to be brought into sha pc
and its interests advanced. During the
year there was S2,563 received from all
sources, and 81, 40 spent The order in
creased 25 per cent during the year. He
advised change by which the Office of
commander-in-chief will be one-term
office.
Sympathy for the Sorrowing.
General Green Clay Smith offered resolu-
tions, which were unanimously adopted, re-
citing that the Union had heard with pro-
found sorrow of the serious illness of Mrs.
Harrison, and expressed the sincere SYM
pathy of the battlefield soldiers with Com
rade Harrison, and their sincere prayer that
health and strength be granted her, and
that she be restored in health to her family
and to her place at the head of the nation.
A committee, of which ex-President
Hayes is a member, was appointed to take
measures for the establishment of an in
dustrial home for Sons of Veterans. Vari-
Gus reports from officers of the order were
received, committees on credentials and
preliminary business appointed and per-
manent organization effected, after which
an adjournment was had until tomorrow,
when active business will be transacted.
The Twenty-third Army Corps held its
reunion in Meade tent this morning and
after speeches by Generals Styles, Hender-
son, Schofeld and Foster and Colonel
Brownlow, which brought up old recollec-
tions to the veterans present a permanent
organization was effected, as follows: Gen.
era1 J. NJ. Schofeld, Chairman; Stanton
Weaver, of Illinois, Secretary; General o.
L. Spaulding, Treasurer; Colonel j. B.
Brownlow, of Tennessee; Colonel T. H.
Hobson, of Kentucky; General c. Fl. But
terfeld, of Indiana; General r. j. Hender-
son, of Illinois; Colonel II. S. Raymond, of
Michigan; General j. d. Cox, of Ohio;
Colonel A. B. Nettleton, of Minnesota, and
Representative NJ. N. Curtis, of New York,
Vice Presidents; j. Fraise Richards was
chosen Historian.
A Jolly Time in Grant Tent.
The Fourth Corps had a Jolly time in
Grant tent, where several hundred persons
assembled. General Howard, General
Thomas and General Rosecrans each be-
longed to this corps. Senator Manderson
was escorted to the reunion by Manderson
Post, of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Regiment
The sight of two old tattered flags of the
corps, borne by the post, aroused enthu-
siasm. Colonel Marion 7. Anderson called
the meeting to order. General o. O. How
ard made speech and speeches were also
made by General David Stanley, Senator
Manderson and others
On board the Kearsarge it was Marine
Corps Day, and the old salts aboard joked
the land lubbers. The crew, consisting of
sailors, gunners and others who had served
in the Kearsarge in war times, went through
naval maneuvers regularly. Captain Her
bert Winslow, son of the rear admiral who
commanded the Kearsarge, delivered an
address. Vice President Morton and Secre-
tary Tracy visited the ship and were re-
celved with salute from the att deck. Mr.
Morton spoke briefly, and Secretary Tracy
made an address in which he spoke of the |
need of a strong navy by the United States.
The ceremonies closed with addresses by |
Paymaster A. j. Smith and Hon. Charles |
Cromley, of Philadelphia, after which Com |
mander McMichael gave the order to pipe |
the crew to quarters
The Engineers Brigade met and author |
lied committee'to employ historian to |
write the history of the corps, and the date I
of the annual meeting of the brigade was
changed to the third Thursday in August
An Invitation From the South.
Brigadier General Nathan Kimball pre- |
sided over the meeting OF Shields Division, |
and General S. S. Carroll read a history of |
the division. The most pleasant feature of |
the reunion was fraternal speeches from
General John E. Roller and Colonel j. c. |
Marquis, of Stonewall Jackson's forces, who
an Invitation (Which was accepted) |
on behalf of the people of Harrisonburg, |
Va, to visit the Shenandoah battle fields
and be their guests
The Sixteenth Maine Regiment held a
campfire in ST. Paul's Lutheran Church.
A large meeting of the survivors of the
Twelfth Army Corps was held this morning
at the Sherman tent on the White Lot.
General Charles Candy, who commanded
the First Brigade, first division, presided,
and Milton s. Lyttle, of the One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
acted as secretary. General Candy del1v-
cred touching address, congratulating the
comrades on the privilege they had of meet
ing again. While he was speaking Major
General Henry w. Slocum, the corps COM
nander, arrived, and he was greeted with
applause and cheers He spoke
eelingly and briefly to his old soldiers, and
1t the conclusion of his remarks he was
saken warmly by the hand by all of them.
Rev. Father Elliott, who was member of
,he Fifth Ohio, offered pra yer. A large
number of the members of the corps were
,alled upon for addresses and responses
we're made by Colonel r. L. Fitzpatrick, of
he Fifth Ohio; Colonel j. f. MITCHELL
Sixth Ohio; Rev. Father w. Elliott, Colonel
J. P Nicholson, Twenty-eighth Pennsylva-
lia; Captain Hugh Coleman, Fifth Ohio;
Colonel E. Haynes Twenty-ninth Ohio,
Captain Asbury Oerlund. One Hundred and
rwenty-ffth Pennsylvania; j. A. Lumbard,
)ne Hundred and Forty-seventh Pennsyl-
7ania, and Milton S. Lyttle, One Hundred
md Twenty-tiith Pennsylvania, historian
If the corps. The speeches were pathetic
md humorous by turns, sadness and laugh
er being strangely intermingled.
The Pennsylvanians Elect Officers.
The election of officers by the Pennsyl-
vania Reserves resulted in the choice of
Governor A. G. Curtis for President of the
ssociation, and Comrade Mccormick, of
for Secretary.
The First Pennsylvania Rifle Reserves,