The National tribune., 1895-10-31
REUNIONS.
Meetings and Other Matters Pertaining
to Various Organizations.

ILLINOIS,.
The roster and proceedings Of the SD annual
| Reunion of the seth Ill. held at Peoria, Aug.
| q and %, have been published in pamphlet
form. The present officers of the Association
| Adjt aud @. NJ, c. W. McKown, ellison, Ill. /;
Chap, Rev. Ransom Y. Hazard.
Fifty seven members of the 97th III. met In
Reunion at Vandalia. Oct. 2 and 3. Officers
were elected as follows: Pres, VIM. Burchteld;
V.-P., Jas. Irwin Sec. T. r. Hancock; Treas.
A. Ray. The next Reunion will be held at
Neoga
IOWA.
Robert Dcnbow. Secretary, Albion, Iowa,
writes: 1.-THE 18th Iowa Association met in
eighth annual Reunion at Wintersett Iowa, Oct.
10, and held one of their love-feasts, and, all
together, had the most enjoyable time of any
Reunion they have ever held. The citizens Of
Wintersett met the old boys at the train on
| their arrival at that place, and took them in
carriages to their homes and gave them the
best that the place afforded, and all free of
COST Wintersett is the home of I. +. Msrdis,
one Of the men who served during the whole
time the regiment was in service, and he. to-
gether with every one of the citizens of Win
tersett, is entitled to the highest praise from
the veterans of the 18th Iowa for the cordial
welcome and the entertainment. Oct. Is was
the day appointed for bareback and pork and
beans; and what jolly good time the boys
did have eating the dinner The Woman's
Relief Corps provided the dinner, and there
was no skimping. The old soldiers of Madison
County all turned out that day, and helped to
make the time en- oysble. Col. Cummings, Of
Wintersett, was the presiding officer at the
meetings The next Reunion will be held in
Leon. Iowa. Oct. 16 to 49, 1896, inclusive. All
the old officers of the Association were re-
elected. to wit: Pres. John w. Harvey; V.-P.,
T. +. Mardis Sec, Robert Denbow, Albion
Treas, J. w. Dolan. Miss Edwards, the daugh-
ter Of the regiment, was present.
The 18th annual Reunion of the Benton
County Veteran Association was held at Vim
ton. Sept. % and &c. Col. John o. Wnship. of
Cleveland. o.; Cold. B. Henderson, of Dubuque,
Iowa; Rev. Jesse Cole. of Cherokee, Iowa;
Capt. w. A. Hunter. of Des Moines, Iowa; Col.
Welcom Mowerv, of Elberon, Iowa; Gen. j. II.
stibbs, of Chicago, Ill., and Rev. J. C. Magee,
of Vinton, Iowa, were among the speakers. 1t
was estimated that over 5000 we're present the
first day. and considerably over that the second
day. Everybody enjoyed themselves and all
pronounced it the best Reunion they ever at
tended. The speakers said that there was more
enthusiasm and more real enjoyment than they
had ever seen at a Reunion. The Reunion will
be held at Vintou again next year. e. III.
Cocord was again elected Secretary. He has
filled that Office for the following Reunions:
18th. 18th, 18th, 18th, 10th, and 18th, and was
President of the eighth and Quartermaster of
the sixth. He understands getting up good Re-
unions. and the Vinton people back the officers
in their efforts.
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Gen. Devens's old command the 18th Mass,
held a Reunion at Worcester, Oct. 81, the ami
versary of the battle ofoBall's Bluff At the
business meeting officers were elected as fol-
LOUIS prao Cont II M Earle. V p
J. Fletcher; Sec. and Treas, E. A. Rice. Wor-
cester; Chap, John E. Pharnes. Directors,
Capt. T. J. Hastings Capt. p. F. Murphy. Col.
Henry L. Smith. Geo. w. Myrick, and NJ. f.
Bcmis. The dinner was ser ed at the Lincoln
House. and the retiring President, Col. J. NJ.
Studley, of Providence, presided at the after
dinner speech ing which was participated in by
President elect Earle, Gen. J. w. Kimball, of
Fitchburg Col. L. J. Russell and others. An
effort was made with considerable success to
secure a guarantee of 81 600 in advance of the
publication of the history of the regiment.
Many surviving members of the 18th Mass
were at tho Reunion Of the regiment at Boston
the other day. business meeting preceded |
the dinner, at which Capt. Henry p 0akman,
the retiring President was the presiding |
genius. Capt. George o. Noyes Treasurer,
read his report. which gave the receipts for |
the year as S235.43, and the expenditures as |
1922 So, leaving balance on hand of $12.S5. |
A committee to nominate officers for the en- |
suing year were appointed, aud they reported |
the following list, who were unanimously |
elected: Pres, C. Il. Young: First V.-P, T. r. |
Rodman Second V.-P., Herman Bird; Treas,
George o. Noyes; Historian. George w. Powers; |
See, Henry J.. Mitchell. Executive Commit |
tee. Co. A, w. A. Tarbeil; Co. b, Asa Worces- |
ter; Co. &, John L. Bickford; Co. ID. Charles |
Mason; Co. Z, William Barnes; Co. +, Philip |
Nelligan; Co. g, Charles Young Co. II, Ben
jamin Hillman; Co. ], Elijah Palmer; Co. K. |
II. B. Abbot. At the banquet speeches were |
made by Lieut. Gov. Wolcolt, Gen. n. A. NJ.
Dudley, Rev. +. S. Hunnewell, Rev. A. A. |
Berle, Cbicf-Justice Mason. and others. The |
report of Historian George w. Powers was then !
read. 1t told of the death Of the following |
eight comrades during the year: Co. A. George |
II. Noyes, Austin Qualy; Co. c, Corp'l Daniel |
w. Powers; Co. ID, Sergt Arthur s. Byrnes;
Co. H., Robert Grew, james M. Laughton; Co. /, !
Thomas Kelley; Co. X, Sylvanus II. Wight.
The 22d annual Reunion OF the Goth Mass, |
held at Lawrence Oct. IS. elected the following |
officers: Pres, James K. Fulton; First V.-P.. |
Martin l.. Bassett Second V-P., Amos Jones;
Treas, ID. II. Hall; Sec, +. +. Cushing. Boston.
Executive Committee. +. Slater. Z. L. Davis,
o. Honghton, Robert Fletcher. George II.
Muzzey, 2. Hogan, f. +. Cushing J.. V. |
Clough, Charles W. Dame. The next Reunion
is to be held at South birmingham.
Over 100 veterans Of the 1st Mich Engineers !
and Mechanics were present at the Reunion at
Ionia. Officers were elected follows: Pres, |
w. II. Herbert; V.-Ps. NJ. Nj. Currier, ii. ID. |
Beers Sec Fay Wyckof, lansing; Asst Sec,
Mrs. Fay Wyckof Lansing; Treas, George III. |
Foster; Chap. ID. b. Tracy. The Ladies' Or
ganizaton was recognized as an auxiliary. and |
the following officers announced: Pres, Sarah |
]. Green; V.-P's. Julia Cutler, Mrs. Daniel |
Moore; Sec, Carrie Wyck wire. Grand Ledge;
Treas, Mrs. Fay WyckoiE About 40 ladies were |
present. The next meeting will be held in |
Lansing the first Thursday in November, 1896. |
Col. z. V. Cox. of Grand Rapids. road his
paper to the association and the |
other speaker was Burton Parker. Deputy |
Land Commissioner, of Monroe. A Campfire |
was held in the Opera House in the evening
Thirty survivors OF the 1st Mich. Cav. were |
present at the Reunion at Albion Oct. 16 Off |
GERS for the ensuing year were elected as fol- !
lows: Pres, c. w. Croft; V.-P., George +. |
Dcmorest; Sec, Herman Knapp, Ann Harbor. |
Campfire was held In the evening at the |
Opera House. and the following program was |
given: Address of welcome, Prof Delos Fall; |
response. Capt. E. L. Staples. Speeches were |
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