The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-09-12

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Frsnkenbcre; Treas.. uamos Dillon; sec, Ed
win B. spooner; Historian, VIM. J. Carlton
Brush seresant.at-A Tas, VIM. !. Mcdowell.
The I'd N. Y. n. A. will hold . Runion si
Little Falls. Sept. 81.
| VIM. E. Quincy, Vice-President, PouEh-
kespsie-Reunion l5oth N. Y. at POughkeepsie,
| Oct IL.
OHIO.
s. Davis, Mt. Cory. writes: "Recently
Battery II, 1st Ohio Art, held Reunion at
had. and one feature of the occasion was the
good appetite the bsys yet retain for chicken,
| pies, pork and beans, etc. Although the faces
| are wrinkled with half hundred years and
the head, frosted. the dear old boys look natural
| and SO good. Turn out, boys, next year.
| The eighth annual Reunion Of the Goth Ohio
was hold st Cotton, Aug. 81 and %. Camp
fire was held in the evening, and the boys
seemed young again while they told of their
| experience in the war. This regiment be.
longcd to Burnside's Corps, and saw hard serv-
ice in the Wilderness campaign. The follow
ing officers were elected for 1896: Pres, Daniel
Hartnett; First V.-P., S. NJ. Baker; Second
N.-P. Mrs. E. d. Lehman Sec. and Treas, t.
T. Armstrong; Historian, +. w. Fsrrsn; Asst
Chap, w. s. Hopkins; Regimental Jester,
John w. Logan. Tho next Reunion will be
held at Wilmington, o., on Wednesday and
Thursday of State Fair week, 1867, 7.
ARMSTRONG, Secretary, Hicksville, o.
The 22d annual Reunion of the 18th Ohio
was held at Worthington Aug. 20. Seventy
two members of the regiment present.
G. A. Pingree President, called the organiza-
ton to order. The Secretary reported the fol-
lowing deaths during the year: Gen. John G.
Mitchell, Capt John w. kiie, Capt. c. D. Par
ker, OF Minnesota. Maj. J. II. Hamilton, of To-
ledo. was the speaker of the day. After par
taking of an excellent dinner, furnished by tho
G. Z. and Ladies' Circle, the association held
the business meeting and elected officers as fol-
lows: Pres. Capt James N. Laid; V.-P., E. J.
Carlisle; Sec. and Treas, John w. Ingram, Mt.
Sterling. The next Reunion will be held at
Alexandria in October, 1896.
The Reunion of the 135th Ohio at Pataskala,
July Is and IA. 1895, was success The COM
rades were called to order by President Joseph
Atkinson prayer by W. +. Laport; address
of welcome by. s. Backus; response by s. ].
Ewing; interspered with songs and short ad
dresses. BY motion the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Pres, j. +.
Flower; First Y. p, E. II. Allen; Second V. p,
c. T. Dickinson; Sec. and Treas, l.. J. Demar-
est; Historian, w. ]. Althouser. The follow
ing comrades were appointed as Corresponding
Secretary for each company: Co. A, ID. Warner;
Co. b, T. s. Hays; Co. c, G. II. Dickinson; Co. |
ID, b. +. Elliott; Co. T. J. G. Hancock; Co. F, |
J. c. Frampton; Co. G, II. M. Single; Co. III,
w. III. Baldwin; Co. j, JAG. Leinard; Co. K, |
W. E. Cahoon. At 7;30 p. m. met at Campfire |
at Rink; interspersed with songs. short |
speeches, ETC.; fine time for all present.
A Reunion of the 14th Ind'p't battery was |
held at the home of Judge J. b. Borrows. the |
former Captain OF the organization, at Paines-
vile, o., Aug. 81. Many of the comrades were
accompanied by their wives and children.
The usual picnic dinner, which causes so much |
worry to the wives of the veterans, if not to
the veterans themselves, superseded this
year by an elaborate dinner, served by the
W. re. of Dyer Post. Co. NJ also assisted in
making everything pleasant for the 14,h bat
terry at the home of Capt. Burrows. The 14th
battery had an enrolment of 300 men, most of
whom were young when they entered tho serv-
ice, and IL is claimed that 60 per cent. of them
are still living. At this years Reunion 81 of
the boys were present Hon. John NJ. Stull
entertained the comrades with an account of
his recent trip to the Holy Land. Others
spoke during the afternoon. Officers were
elected as follows: Pres, /. s. Childs Sec,
George Hurlbut; Treas, l.. g. Taylor. The
battery accepted an invitation from Capt. Bur-
rows to meet at his home next year.
Mai Gen. Franz Sigel was present at the Re-
union of the Phiadel ph in Turner Battalion of
the 29th n. Y. the other day. The occasion was
made more memorable by the presence OF num-
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New Jersey, Maryland. Delaware, and from
the interior of Pennsylvania. At the banquet
held in the afternoon Victor Kack, President
Of the Philadelphia Battalion, presided.
Speeches were made by Gen. Sigel, DR.. George
kelner, of tho German Demokrat, Prof. Joseph
Herzog, and President Kslck, and the chorus
Of the Turngemeinde sang during the banquet.
Gen. Sigel is an honorary member of the organi-
zation, and in his address referred proudly to
that fact. He congratulated the organization
upon its loyalty to the regiment, and said he
was glad to be again in the city, which he had
not visited since 1879 on the occasion of the
National funniest. In 1861 when the Penn
'ylvania troops had been filed up, the call
,ame from New York for volunteers, and be-
tween 300 and 400 German American Turner's
IF this city went over to the Metropolis to en-
ist. They joined the Goth n. Y, and made
/ body Of three companies. In both battles at
Bull Run they did some hard fighting, and
went all through the Rappahannock campaign
with Sigel and Pope. Their term of service
expired after the battle of Chancellors-
Vile. There are now some 60 or 20 survivors
II Philadelphia of those three companies, aud
hey make up the Turngemeinde Battalion.
The officers are: Pres, Victor Kalcl;; First
Y. p, Edward Thiery: Second V. p, Peter
Schumacher; Sec, Herman Roll; Treas, John
kurtz; Directors, Henry Graebe ]. Han
laussr, Joseph Hilbert, John Knopp, J. P.
,teffens, and Fl. Viereck.