Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-09-08
THE REUNION.
Continued from 1sf page.

lei the campers have u sample OF how
the veterans can march 30 years ant
better after the war.
AT 10 o'clock the Galena Fiiemen'
baud opened the ball ut the rudito
rum with music.
The first speaker was Hon. Il. n
Morrill,, Republican candidate fo
governor, aud the next Judge, j. ID
McCue, Judge Of this judicial district
Major Morrill's voice is not yer,
strong and he could not be- b ard Il
the outer circles Of the auditorium
Those who were IN q comfortable
position to hear, however, heard ont
of the lost sensible aud straighi-for'
ward addresses that has been deliver
ed on the grounds this year. Morrill,
was chairman of the committee on
pensions at The time Of the passage Of
the 1890 act, that gave u pension ia
so many worthy comrades. The bill
is known as the Morrill, Bill.
AT the conclusion Of Major Morrill's
speech Judge MrCue was introduced
aud spoke for about one hour. Judge
McCuc was a gallant soldier during
the war and it is said Of him Il very
resnlute one.
The afternoon camp fire was u
cork,r. being addressed ly NAV
who has the reputation "t mihs n'
thi, time, one uf the very great oraior'
of the country and the only man al
the the United States Senate, bei"r,
his retirement from that body, who
could fiji the chamber from II Ior Ia
gala when j. was understand that
he was going TO speak. senator In
gals has always been a good friend
of the Baxter reunions. lie spoke fo'
nearly two hours yesterday aud Of
course the people listened.
Hon. j. r Burton followed Mr.. In
gals in a speech oi over an hour, tha'
fairly electrified the audience. Yer,
few IN the great audience had rvel
heard Mr.. Burton aud were not pre-
pared for The treat that awaited them
Ingalls aud Burton, two of the mos
rlnqurnt MEN IN Kansas, ut the Same
meeting, was a treat that WAS ct cx'
prctcd ST. late. or IN the closing honr'
of the reunion.
The Association was very Kind II
giving ". these two greut SPEAKERS oi
" >'rrdav.
The evening camp fire last ni.h'
was after the oldrn times. when W.
assembled over on the north side "I
the city. II was 4 free fol all. go a.
YOU please affair. There were u,
speakers of note present from abroad
aud home talent was used.
Short speeches were make a. I
Hclligoss. of Joplin, j. I. Bnikin. OF
Galrna, +. n. Smith, of FL Dorado
DIR. Andrews. of Liberty, T.. w. Dan
irls, Capt. Bob McGregor, Col l.. {
Wcldy aud j. J, Friblcy, of Camp
Logan.
The meeting closed with the Mo.
does iav0riie bcnediclion song, 81
feel like | feel. like feel"
The dav IN brief was q very inter
esiing one. considering the brilliant
speakers OF the day.
SIXTH DAY.
Captain Blundcll's sunrise guu
will awake the people at Camp
Logan for the last time this morn
ing for the Thirteenth Annual
gathering of the Interstate Re
union at Baxter Springs. With the
going down of the sun this even
ing tattoo will be sounded for the
conclusion of the most successful
the most enjoyable and altogether
the most glorious and harmonious
reunion of old soldiers and their
friends, ever held on the grounds
This is not perfunctionary state
ment-a kind of an expected re-
mark TO be made at the close-but
because il is true.
The reunions at Camp Logan
have always been success, each
one being better than its predeces'
sor and all others before, and so
has this. Not in the sense that
there were double the number oil
campers and at least one-third
more people in attendance than in
the past, but in the line OF per-
sonal, social and general enjoy
ment, is where the Thirteenth Re-
union has surpassed all others.
From the start TO the finish, there
has been perfect harmony and good
fellowship throughout the camp.
Not only have the comrades touched
elbows and grasped each others
hands with a greater comradeship
than ever before, but their families
and friends came into closer feel.
lowship and social relations.
Camp Logan is cosmopolitan to
the fullest extent. 1t is ostensibly
a soldiers camp, but in the aggre-
gate the veteran forms small por-
ton of the immense throng and
great body of campers that gather
annually on these grounds. The
old veteran and his family, the
high, the lowly, the rich. the poor,
the learned and the unlearned, all
meet on a common level at Camp
Logan and mingle together in one
harmonious body for a week each
year. That such a great mass OF
people, aggregating perhaps for
the week, fully 10000 people, should
settle down and eat and sleep and