St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-08

William OGorman X George II. Curtss. A
Dan O'Brien. H David E. Cross. -. C
c. b. Petty ..... A William Garfield. C
James r. Pope. C Patrick Cudmore. H
+. l.. Starr. 49,. CIChris Connolly. -. X
Fred Smith ... CHI. G.. Chamberlain :. G
William Smith .... g William Daily. Is
William Sheehan =. X George Emmy. A
&. ID. Foster CIV III. Gibbs. ....... G
Henry Nipple Cl Arthur A. Harper. II
Charles IL. Horton d II. n. Thurston .....A
II. b. Whiting. CID. d. Winter .... d
solomon Young ClCharles Kittelson. Z
Letters were read from absent COM
radeS and from the wives of comrades
who have left human paths forever.
These epistles of greeting and rejoicing
were received from points in all sec
tons of the Union. and aroused at once
pleasurabe and sad memories IN the
hearts Of the gray-haired veterans pres
ent.
The Business Session.
Secretary III. A. McConnell's report
showed that the names and addresses
of nearly 400 members of the regiment,
scattered all over the Union.are known :;
and Treasurer Nj. r. PrenGergaSt re-
ported small balance in the treasury.
A committee Oh selection of officers
for the ensuing year reported the fol-
lowing, who were unanimously elected:
President, Col James II. Baker, Blue
Earth; vice president, Burke O'Brien,
Minneapolis; secretary. II. A. Neon
nell. North st. Paul; treasurer, Charles
Kittelson. Minneapolis; executive com
mittee, NJ. K. PrtndergaSt, James
O'Brien, st. Paul: Dan O'Brien, Hast
ings.
a committee on resolutions, of which
Maj. Z. c. Saunders was chairman, pre-
scented the following resolutions. which
were read, adopted and ordered spread
an the minutes.
Resolved, That we express our gratitude
20 Almighty God for the heightened life of
- many of the regiment in which we served,
and whose honors we hold as a legacy.
That we cherish the memory of our COM
rades who have passed to the great beyond
since our last roll call, and that we extend
to their wives and families our warmest SYM
pathv.
After the business meeting the vet
Grams gave themselves up to the enjoy
ment of living over again the days of
trouble, mixed with humorous Incl
Scents, which were plentifuliy inter-
apersed III the short talks, and added
greatly to the pleasure of the reunion.
Talks by Comrades.
Hon. George w. Walsh, railroad COM
missioner of North Dakota. entertained
Che comrades with an account of the
progress of members of the regiment, in
worldly way, in his state. and Incl
dentally admitted that the Republicans
have no show in the coming contest
since the fusion of the Democrats with
che Independents. He stated that while
the prospect of losing It good job was
not pleasant, he had about made up his
mind that he would be compelled to
hustle for something else.
Of fol If
all incident in the attack on Nashville
that, he said, forcibly illustrated the
predominant traft in Mr.. Walsh's char
acter, the desire to ''get there The
Dakota commissioners father and HIM
self were respectively sergeant and
corDoral in the same company, and in
the ascent Of hill to storm the breast
works the father was shot. almost by
the side of his son. Later on in the
fight Capt. Pickett ran against Corporal
Walsh and asked why he wasn't caring
for his father, when the future pOlit-
lcian and boomer CURLY answered: "Oh.
he's dead, l can't do anything for him, =
and moved on with his company.
Tributes TO LatIsrOp.
Capt. C. W. Hackett paid a tribute to
the memory of Lieut.. John Lathrop,
recently deceased. reviewing at length
the circumstances which embittered the
closing months of his life. and express
ing the conviction that in all his affairs
he was perfectly honest.
Gen. Baker enlarged on the subject
preached by Capt. Ilackett, and being
intimately acquainted with the matters
involved, his review of the dead com
rade's troubles was as much in the
nature of vindication as tribute to
his worth as man and a soldier.
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deceased, followed, and after touch
ing tribute to the honesty of purpose
aud the unselliShneSS of the deceased
he branched out into all earnest eulOgy
of the men who took part in the battles
of the war. dwelling on the pride they
must feel in being able to say of the
great Rebellion: much of this l saw
part OF this | was;
Lessons of The War
Maj. Saunders delivered an address
on the benefits to the cause of God and
humanity of the abolition of slavery
and in his earnest way developed many
of the great lessons of the war.
The glory of the citizen soldiery OF
the United States in every struggle
from the Revolution to the civil war
was the theme of Capt. MI. O'Connor's
address, and he entered into the spirit
of the matter in an enthusiastic. eX
haustive manner that commanded gen
erOus applause.
NJ. r. Prendergast caught the vet
Grams by the humorous talk of the aft
ernoon, relating many incidents not
hnly in his own career, but also in the
I9lreers of many of the members pres
ant, and for half an hour he kept the
meeting in commissions of laughter
Comrade Patrick Cudmore read &
paper on the subject of pensions and
land grants to soldiers, and several
others delivered brief addresses. On
the whole the seventh reunion of the