Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-12-14
WHOLE NO. 24l3
THE 24TH REGIMEN MEETS
Ahe Young SOIhirE's of '62. now
Gffzzied and Gray Mees m
Annual Reunion.
WEDNESDAY DEC. 10.

Annual Reunion.
WEDNESDAY DEC. 13.
The 3lst anniversary of the battle of
fredericksburg occurs to-day. This
day will be reIneD bered In this city as
the re union OF the 24rh Regt, N. ;.
Vols, which is held in the Court House
here.
The veterans of the regiment, to the
number of about $50 men marched no
from the depot on arrival of the GAS
train to the tap of the drum, Up
Pearl street they marched to Com
merce ST. eet, and out Commerce to
! Franklin and then to the Court House
into which they filed.
The Court House was appropriately
decorated with fl 4gs and bun ing.
Postmaster and Comrade W. NJ.
Hewitt, President of the association
presided, and the reunion was opened
by Rev. J. F. Heilenman.
An address of welcome was made bv
Mayor j. Dubois, in very appropriate
terms, in which he extended the
privileges of the city.
Those were accepted, and the adj.
dress responded to very neatly by
President Hewitt.
Vice President B. T. Bright, occu
pied seat at the right of the Presi--
dent. Secretary Clarence Ogden, read
the minutes of the last reunion which
were approved.
The next move in the program was
the passing out of dinner tickets which
was done through committee of one
from each company. Whiie the dls--
tribution of dinner tickets was going
on, there was a general interchange OF
congratulations among the boys; CON-
splcuous among them and receiving
the congratulations of their old army
associates were Captain J. R. Hosg-
land and Lieutanent j. J. Reeves,
Lleutanent Col Frank Knight, and
Lum Harris of Philadelphia, and Capt,
}. 8. Torton, of Pennsgrove; Quarter.
master Samuel Fithian. A number OF
| ladies' were also present
Mrs. Robertson, the widow of Col.
| WIN. +. Robertson, the Col. OF he "a b
Regt. was present, and many were the
comrades who gave her a friendly
greeting.
Private j. d. Hendrickson, OF 1913
Poplar street, Philadelphia, was among
the old vets.
The roll was called by companies.
The Executive Committee reported
1ne inmates OF their meeting, which
related to the arrangements for TO
days union. Report received.
| Secretary Ogden made his report
he said that in sending out notices for
this meeting, he had been unable to
ind the addresses of but one hun.
dred and forty one members of the
regiment.
The committee of monument to the
memory of Col. Robertson, reported
the cost and procurement of the monu.
ment erected to his memory in the
Camden cemetery.
A communication from Mrs. Robert
son, widow of the ColoneI, thanking the
committee for the cree ion of the mon
ument was received. Both the report
and Mrs. Robertson's communication
were received and ordered to be placed
among the archives of the Reunion
Association.
The Committee on Neurology re-.
ported the death of two comrades
since last reunion; they were Wm.
Mason, of Co. g." and D. F. Han.
cock, of Co. "A.n The report was re-
ceived.
Treasurer B. T. Bright made bis an
nual report which was adopted. A bal.
ance of $46 10 was found to be in
funds.
The report of the monumental CON-
mittee showed that about $1SS had
oeen the cost of the monument erected
o the memory of Col. Robertson, and
that but about $165 35 had been col-
'ec ed. lt recommended the transfer
1f $l7 IS from the regimental fund to-
the monumental fund for settlements
Of the account. The report was ae-
cepted.
nominating committee was aps
pointed anl Ene re-union adj burned rC
be lf-p,e ',,ook 10 the Geand Asmy
Hail for dinner.
Before acj >urnment, however, Mrs.
Robertson, who had come on from
Washington to meet the regiment
which her husband had commando d,
was presented by Lieut.. Reeves to the
Association and received by the Asso-
citation rising.