St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-23
The GALLANT FIRST.
Remnant Of the Initial Him
nesota Regiment Has a
Reunion.
Wives and Families of the
Veterans Enjoy the War
Stories. :.
Work on the Monument Min
nesota Is Placing at Z
Gettysburg. ;
Matter Of the Formal Dedica-
cation Left to a Com
nittee.

The gallant Minnesota First, with it:
reputation for indomi table bravery, Oh
more correctly speaking the survivors
of the regiment. held their reunion al
the capitol yesterday. They gathered
about two hundred strong. This, of
course, includes the families of the old
veterans. Those present made merry
and enjoyed the annual gathering with
the accustomed felicity. Among the
more prominent amenities that the pro
gramme afforded, We're recita tions by
Misses Bryant, Marguerite and Princess
the charming daughters of the late
James Bryant, OF Hennipen county,
who was a member of the famous Mime
sofa First. Marguerite is the so-sty lee
daughter of the regiment, and has met
at the annual reunions each recurring
year since she has arrived at the age
old enough to contribute to the pleas
ureS of the occasion.
While the meeting as a whole was OF
the most pleasant character, as is usual
in any public gathering, all inadverteht
incident occurred to mar the pleasures.
1t seems that w. S. Reed, who partici-
pated, it is said. in the famous battle OF
Gettysburg, wherein the gallant Mime
sofa First suffered the heaviest sIaugh-
ter of any federal regiment in the entire
civil war. has the idea that no member
of the regiment should be entitled to
the full privileges of membership wi Q
did not~participate in that battle which
drove the Confederate forces back
across Mason and DiXon's line. He
accentuated this idea in little talk.
but the old vets" gathered had no
sympathy with his proposition. In
other words. the association held that
a inember who had actually done serv-
ice during the war was entitled to
full membership and privileges. So
they voted. Mr.. Reed was sat upon.
Answered the Roll.
The secretary submitted his report.
the association have died during the
past year. There are now living 80
whose names are on the membership
rolls. and those WHO answered to roll
call yesterday morning were: ~
SO1Ouci. w COlFliiC, oUl
geon, j. LIE Bland, Sioux Falls, 5. Dad
jutant W. b. Leach, MINNEAPOLIS; com
mander sergeant, w. F. Dickinson, Redwood
Falls. 351
Company A-C F. Hansdorf, st. Paul; A.
E. Meyer. st. Peter.
Company B-Samuel Bloomer. Albert Cap
latter saltwater; T. C. Hall, Atwater; A. e..
Hospes. saltwater; ". a. Morgan, Lakeland
T. L. McKusick, j. S. Moy, Adam Marty,
George Oliver Andrew Peterson, Myron
Shepard, Saltwater.
Company Cd. B, Gettman, Minneapolis
George Mortimer, ST. Paul; T. II. Presnell,
Duluth.
Company D-John Brown, Bloomington
Ferry: Adelbert Bryant, Elk River: E. II.
Chandler. Osseo; Archibald Curtiss. Osseo; {;
George Fuller. ST Cloud: w. II. Garyey,
Minneapolis; II. McAllister, II. 8. Mason, ".
j. Newton, r. A. Pummer, Minneapolis: G.
H. Smith, Osseo; Albert Taint, Milwaukee.
Company Flames Brenkey, Rudd. 10. !;
W. E. Cready. Anoka; W. R. Johnson, st.
Paul; George B. Kelsey, Minneapolis; II. E.
Scott, Excelsior: E. Weaver. Glencoe.
Company FL. II. Brown, Minneapolis;
NJ L. Bevans, Hamline; H. T. Beyans, St.
Paul; j. P. Davis, Battle Lake. W. II. Hoyt,
st. Paul.
Company &C. NJ. Benson, Morristown; s.
H. Johnson. Minneapolis; j. d. Logan.
Nichols, soldiers home; W. S. Iced, Ham,
line: j. NJ. Rohrer, MorristoWn; l.. Il. Rey-
nolds, Waterville
Company H-B. Il. soule, Morristow n
George Thorn, Brownton; c. NJ. Hoag,
Charles Leathers, F. j. Mead, C. W. Shulto.
Noah Van Valkenburg, Minneapolis.
Company I-R. L. German, F. McNight,
st. Paul; S. Soper. Elk River.
Company K-C. II. Andrews. S. W. Burgess,
Mankato; Harry Boyce St. Paul; j. NJ. Grif-
fin. Fond du Lac.
Company In Black. Minneapolis; Den
mis- Connor, soldiers home; j. B, Cheney. st.
Paul =
Letters of regret were received from
c. W. Winget. of Eau Claire, Wis; E.
&. Farstrow, Port Washington. Wis.
j. Fl. Pell. of New York city; A. J
Truesdel. Dexter, Kan; r. S. MoWry,
Olneyville, +. l.; r. II. Taylor, Harri-
sonville, Mo.
A telegram was also received from
Maj. Heffelhnger, in Chicago, regretting
his inability to attend.
The Minnesota Monument.
Another letter, that was received frem
Mat Marvin, related that he is now al
the scene OF the battle Of Gettysburg
He is engaged in the construction OF
the monument commemorating the
brilliant service done by the Minnesota
First at the battle. He explained that
the monument would be ready by July
l. if it be possible. He also stated that
New York has furnished free trans
portation to her veterans who partici
pated in the battle, and suggests thai
Minnesota do likewise. New York will
send from $1,000 to 10000 people to the
dedication. There are $50 monuments
already completed, covering drive OF
thirty-five miles. 1t is estimated that
the cost of the state and regimental
monuments will aggregate SS0,09O.
Secretary Lochren, one of the mosi
prominent members of the Minnesota
First, sent a very interesting letter in
which he advised that the dedictatory
ceremonies of the Minnesota monument
at Gettysburg be delayed until October
l, for the reason that the facilities fol
accommodating the public are iikelyito
be entirely used by the New York peo-
pie at the time of their dedication. ThiS
proposition led to deSultory discussion
resulting in submitting the whole mat
ter to special committee together with
the officers Of the association. gi6 |
1t was the consensus of opinion that
there will be very little difficultysin in
raising funds to provide for every sur
vivor of the First Minnesota who desires
TO attend the dedication. ei !,
Col. William Colville, who was the
colonel of the regiment at the time il
was mustered out of service, answered
to spontaneous call for an address, but
modestly took the platform and extend
ed his thanks to his old comrades fol-
this testimonial. DIR. Brazee, of Mime
apolis, then delivered short address
and exhibited the flag which was pre-
sented to the regiment by the state OF
Minnesota Immediately after the battle
of Gettysburg. 1t shows the scars of
many conflicts.
New officers.
Proceeding to business the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: COL C0iville. of Duluth, presi-
dent; Samuel Bloomer, Saltwater, first
vice president; j. r. King. OF ST. Paul,
second vice president; FL. Clay Whitney,
Minneapolis, secretary; r. L. German,
st. Paul. treasurer.
This completed the state house seS-
sion. In the afternoon the old soldiers
went to the Sherman hotel and partiei-
pated in the usual banquet This was
followed by sojourns about town, and in
the evening the visitors took trains for
home.