Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-20
OLD BOYS IN BLUE
The Sixteenth Infantry and
Seventh Michigan Cavalry
HELD THEIR ANNUAL REUNIONS
Yesr-sday-Ons Had a Banquet al the
Eagle Hotel and the Other AT the
Bridge Street House.

The headquarters of the Seventh
cavalry was IN the Bridge Street house
where Landlord Rec made the vel
Grams very much al home. The busl-
ness meeting Was held al o'clock ia
A. .. Hall on Ottawa street. There
were present at THIS reunion the follow
ing persons; j. q. A. Sessions, Com
pany d, Ann Arbor; George Ii. Prem
tee. Company II. Lswton; Andrew
Westcott, Company /, \ rth Adams;
George Herring. Company ID, Kalama-
ZOO; Col. A. {. Litchteld, Petoskey;
William o. McMurpny, Company q.
saginaw A. j. Mccain, Company Ct.
Eyart; Adelbert Kent, Company ID,
Paris; William ii. Fisher, Company A,
Detroit; George w. hill. Company G.,
Detroit; Daniel McNaugton. Col. Geo.
CT. Briggs, Grand Rapids; Maj. George
h. Newcomb. Saginaw; Clark NJ.
Beardslee, Company r. Marcellus;
Roy Streeter. Company A, Mar
cellus; Chancey Reynolds, Company ID,
Newaygo; Byron Stevens, Company |,
Fremont; L. K. Hayens, Company |,
Lansing; William Hawthorne Company
b, Big Beaver, Oakland county; Charles
Chtf, Company +. Birmingham; Ralph
DIsbrow, Company ID, Grand Ledge;
DAVID Foote, Company Ii, Mason; Os-
car Reynolds, Company Grand Ledge;
George Payne, Company ID. Evans;
Isaac Hess, Company b, Dlamondale;
Nathaniel Space, Company F, Grand
Ledge: W. w. Raymonds. Company +,
DansvIlle; Daniel l.. Hale, Company ID,
Hersey; Adds Il. Knight. Company l..
Milton; Horace IL. {. Ewing. Company
A, Center L. o.. Eaton county; Evan
Henderson,. Company b, Grand Rap
lds; Arthur LaEgman, Company Ii
Fulton; William c. Borden, Company
q, Battle Greek; William A. Griifen.
Company /, Augusta; +. NJ. Searls,
Company X. Orsngeville; A. III. Dick
inson, company f, Munsing, Alger
county; James NJ. Edwards, Company
A, Belmont, Van Buren, county. DR..
A. b. lshsm of Cincinnati, historian of
the regiment, is registered at Sweets
hotel; Col. William ID. Mann of New
York, first colonel of the regiment, is
at the Morton house and is accom-
panied by his daughter. This is his
trst meeting at any reunion o. the reg
Iment.
Found the Old Camp.
In the morning at 10 O'Clock the regi-
ment visited the old camping ground
near the present site of the u. B. A.
home. The whole territory from
Prospect street east was a Wild hay
patcn when the camp was pitched there
and some of the veterans found diff
Guilty in locating the exact location of
their tents, though few were tolera-
bly, certain that they found the exact
spot on which they slept thirty years
ago.
Most of the afternoon WAS spent in
the A. y. Ii. hall listening to DR.. A. B.
Isham read the history of the regiment.
mis- treatment Of the subject. At )
elected: President, w. d. Mann, New
| York; secretary, j. Q. A. Sessions,
Battle Creek; historian, DIR. A. b.
Isham, Cincinnati. The vlce-presidents
were elected one from each company
and were not announced. The execu-
| tive committee Will be appointed later.
| n
the Seventh Michigan cavalry assem-.
| bled IN the dining room of the Bridge
| street house at $50 last night to par.
| take OF banquet. President w. b.
| Mann of New York acted as chairman.
He opened the proceedings with
| the statement that he could not speak
at that particular time aud that the
most interesting thing he could say was
Comrades fall too" After the ban.
| quet cigars were passed around, and
Colonel Mann briefly addressed hi:
| comrades on the work of the associa-
ton in preparing a history of the regi.
ment. He urged each member to as
slst IN the work and At the meeting tC
be held next year an interesting his
tory could be read.
| Colonel Briggs as Toast Master.
| At the conclusion OF his speech the
colonel called on Colonel Briggs oil
this city to act as master of cere
monies. The colonel was greeted with
| cheers when he arose to address hi.
old comrades. He created consider
able amusement by his reference K
the incidents of army life.
Albert Crane was called for and said
he could remember a good many Incl
dents connected with the old Seventh
cavalry and particularly the colonel
lie paid brOtberly tribute to tue gal
lantry Of Colonel Briggs.
General Litcnfield of Petoskey re
ferred humOrOusly to the relation o.
the army officer aud the private.
Colonel Briggs SAID he would cal
upon DIR. lshsm to tell how it felt to b,
| shot. The doctor SAID he was shO
twice during bis service IN the army
The first time ne was shot IN the aJ
domen. lie thought be had receive,
a mortal wound aud bis whole If
came up before him like a panorama
From the excitement he suffered httl
pain bat when the fever set IN he sui
fered excruciating pain.
Other TuaSts
| Major NewcOmb responded TO tn
sentiment, ''Our Absent Comrades.
tie said II the absent comrades mean
those who were alive and not presen
ou that occasion. ne felt sorry for then
for not being there. II those who weri
dead we're meant. ne knew not what q
! say. Their lives had been an eNSmpl
Of usefulness TO TIE rising generation
At the suggestion of Colonel Mana IN
party arose and WITH bowed heads pal,
silent tribute 10 their comrades wht
hsd passed over the river.
Secretary J 3. b. Sessions then re
/ sponded % How II Seems not % h
SuOt. lie ssld be was glsi
that ne was able 10 resp d,
I 10 that sentiment. The usare.
he ever came 20 beng shot was whe
I he vas passing through tield with
b5g wblte felt nat Inc hst was shO
from hs head and he never saw
/ sfterwsrd.
Captain Fsner spoke OF Tsllyin
around tie staff officers.
Private WescOtt vas called upon {
slng Marching Through Georges.
[ winch hs did, tie assembly Joining