The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-21
REUNIONS.
Annual Meetings and other Matters Pei
tanning tai Various Organizations.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
CO. +. 53l Mass, held their annual Reunion
ut Barre. Dec. 7. There was "A large attendance
of the members and their friends.
The annual Reunion of the survivors Of the
59th Mass. was held at Boston last week. Some
with arms missing, others minus leg and still
others who were only able to see with one eve,
were gathered about the tables. The affair was
presided over by Capt. Henry 4. Smith, and
Capt. S. K. Goldsmith acted ~ Secretary.
At the conclusion of the dinner DIR. William
ingalls,, who was the regiments Surgeon during
the war; CAPT. Il. +. Barnard, Capt. Henry A.
Smith, John L. Hunt, w. Wallace Davis, Chap
lain Skinner. and Moses Farnham retold the
history OF the regiment in entertaining
manner
A letter Of regret was read from the daughter
of the regiment. Miss Florence Lake, who was
unable To attend.
PENNSYLVANIA.
AZ the 23i annual Reunion of the 1lith Pa,
Philadelphia, Dec. -, was present one of the
most remarkable figures of the war. She is
French Mary" now the wife of Dick Leonard.
of Lower 81. Clair Township She first went
out as avivandiere April Is, 1861, with the eth
Pa, her husband, Bernardo Tebc being "A MEM
Der Of this regiment. She did excellent work
nursing, but left the service and went to Pbila-
delphia. She later joined the 1l4th Pa and
met her husband just AS he died Oh the Gettys.
burg battlefield. Later she married Dick
Leonard, and for some years has lived in Lower
ST. Clair Township. She was discovered by the
publication Of a story of troubles she had with
her husband.
The members Of The National Encampment
to be held in Pittsburg in 1894 will wear rs
their official insignia badges made ont of one
of the guns which were ordered TO be sent
South by Secretary of War Floyd just before
the war. 1t was about being shipped to a point
where it, with the others, could be used by the
enemies OF the Nation against their Govern.
ment. When the citizens Of Pttsburg learned
OF the movement they seized the pieces and
transferred them from the boats TO the Arsenal
again. Congress. at the instance Of Representa-
tive w. a. Stone in the House, and by the inflH-
ence of Col. Quay, in the Senate. gave the can.
non to the citizens Of Pittsburg for the purpose
| of being melted and made into the badges OF
! the delegates TO the Convention.
| Sixty la les and gentlemen mostly six
| teeners." graduates of Soldiers Orphans
| Homes in Pennsylvania, surprised n FORMER
| military instructor and his wife, Comrade and
! Mrs. Spicer. of the United States Mint, Phila-
| dcphia, by holding Reunion at his home on
| Park Avenue last Tuesday evening The occa.
sion was the Majors 49th birthday. Among
! the institutions represented by the visitors
were the Soldiers Orphans Institute of Phila-
delphia, Mount Joy, Lancaster County; White
! Hall, Cumberland County; and Chester Springs,
! Chester County. Among the friends present
were Mr.. and Mrs Elmer f. Brown, Mr. and
| Mrs. Frank w. Smith, OF New Jersey Mr.. and
| Mrs. Thomas d. Hooper, DIR. and Mrs. Louis
| l.. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gerhart, Mr..
and Mrs. Wberry. Mr. and Mrs. William Ulmer,
| Miss Jennie Hartn. Miss Annie Hartin, Dr.
Oscar f. Fegley, Mr.. John ID. Konold, Mr.. Ed
| ward 7. Taylor, Profs. S. f. Il. Kinsloe and
| Edward j. Holden, Miss Crcsswell. The Sol
diers' Orphans Band of the Northern Home
was present, and among the incidents of the
evening were the presentation of gold
headed cane to Maj. Spicer. who for upward
of 20 years mingled professionally with the
orphan sons and daughters of veterans.