The National tribune., 1896-10-15


New York, Oct -.
OHIO.
) Survivors of the 1st Ohio Fl. A. held thei
11th annual Reunion at Waverly, Sept. 81. Sec
retary II. c. Miller announced that since tn
last meeting the President. Maj. T. s. Mat
thews. had died at Jackson, O.; aIso. that Capt
A. b. Cole, the Vice-President. was i'll at Ports
: mouth, and unable to be present. He cailet
, upon Judge II. z. Hanna of Galipolis, to pre-
side temporarily. The proceedings hegan Will
} prayer by Chaplain c. b. Taylor, of Macarthur
address of welcome by Hon. John A. Eyar re
sponse for regiment by Peter Dick. Co. C.. Hon
John G. Hutsinpllar, of GalHpolis WAS chosen
President for the ensuing year, and took the
chair. Mr.. c. p. Gabeman made an address
on behalf of the Sons of Veterans. and the regi
ment called upon James NJ. Hughes, Co. H. o
Cincinnati, to respond. The election of officers
for the ensuing year resulted in the choice o
Lot Davis. of Jackson, as Vice President and
james Martin as Treasurer. Secretary II. G.
Miller and Chaplain c. b. Taylor each hold q
life commission. committee of one from each
company was appointed TO select place for next
annual meeting. It's Chairman. l.. II. Tripp,
reported that Jackson would be the place. A
resolution was passed asking that Maj. Robert
w. Caldwell, who was convicted by court-Mar.
tiai and dismissed from the service in 1863 be
restored to his former position and granted an
honorable discharge. Mai. Caldwel's comrades
believe that the sentence was unjust. Rcsolu-
| tions were passed the death of President
1. 5. Matthews. A Campfire was held in the
evening.
The l1th annual Reunion of the Cpd Ohio
was held at Summerfield. Sept. 80 and Oct. /,
with an attendance of 34 The following Off
GERS were elected: Pres, Capt B. b. Stone; W
| T., ii. a. Wickam; Sec, Mai. Elmer Golden.
A vote showed 32 comrades for Mckinley and
one for Bryan. One comrade did net vote.
The Goth Reunion of the I'D Ohio was held
| at Clyde, o., Oct l. and the occasion was full
| OF interest to the old veterans. Music. song,
and story enlivened the day. but the ch ief event
was the eloquent address of Gov. Bushnell His
euiogy OF Gen. Mcpherson was especially elo-
| quent. AT the close of his address, the Gov
ernor, in behalf of Eaton Post, presented the
| Association with the old regimental banner,
which had been captive in the hands OF the
enemy ever since the battle of Shiloh. 1t is
still in good state of preservation, and, with
the other old flags. will be placed in beautiful
case in Birchard Library at Fremont, O. Quite
number of the Indies Relief Society. of FIRE.
mont, who originally presented the flag to the
regiment, were present. The next day the boys
in body attended the funeral Of the Assistant
Surgeon, DIR. William Caldwell, at Fremont.
tie was comrade they all loved. C. FL. Nc.
Cleary was reelected President; S. Persing.
Vice-Presdent; N. B. Mason, Secretary aud
Treasurer. In January, 1862, the ladies of Fre-
mont presented the 72d, then in Camp Croghan
at Fremont, and just ready to start for the
front, beautiful stand Of colors. At Shiloh
one OF the color-bearers was sick, and the blue
banner was not taken out to the lne When
the regiment vas ordered back, the banner fell
into the hands Of the enemy, aud Gen. Beau
regard kent it as trophy until his death, when
ne bequeathed 1t to Confederate Gen. Jordan.
He in turn bequeathed it to his daughter, who
Kept it until last May. when she presented it
to the Cuban Fair at New York to be awarded
to the u. AR. Post which should receive the
highest number of votes at 10 cents each. Gov.
Bushnell saw the announcement and, through
friend, had it voted to Eaton Post, Clyde, O.,
aud refused to be reimbursed for the expense,
theCuban cause getting benefit Of S125 from
the contest.
1t is announced that the 18th Reunion of the
1s0th Ohio will be held in connection with the
1lSth Ohio at Columbus Grove, Oct. 20 and 81,
assembling at the Town Hall at 1890 o'clock
a M, Oct. 90
PENNSYLVANIA.
The 81 Pa Fl. A. and the 183th Pa. surviv- |
ors held their 11th annual Reunion in Will |
Transport Sept "a, with numerous representa- |
tives from all parts of the State. Mayor Man |
sci welcomed the veterans. and Col. Samuel T. |
Given, of Philadelphia, responded. After Sc.
lecting harrisburg as he next place of meeting /
the following officers were elected: Pres, Ii. w.
Suttle; First V.-P., C. w. Clay berger; Second |
F.-P.. Thomas Haigh; Treas. Theodore Faeger
Sec, Harry I. Graves, of Milerton; Surg. j. |
A. Mcdonald; Chap, Paul Smith.
The ninth Reunion of the SD Pa was held |
in Lock Haven. Sept. % and "a. The meet
ing was called to order by Col. W. W. Richie,
Chairman of the local committee. Capt. w. I
c. Kress delivered an address of welcome,
which was responded to by Maj. G. R. Leonard.
William G. Hensyl, jr a lad of ID years, and |
son Of DIR. l.. r. Hensyl of Howard was then
nd. cad dali ~
Miller. Secretary of the Association; DR.. s. B.
Chaliont OF California; Capt. Fish, C. M. !
O'Connor. and others, spoke. The business
meeting was held on the afternoon of the Sec
ond day, with Maj. Leonard in the cl,air. The
first business in order was the presentation by
Comrade William McCiave of gavcl and anvil,
Of which the following is the history: On May
of this year Comrade II. c. Miller, Secretary
and Treasurer Of this Association, wrote Com
rade William McClave stating that he (MiIier)
had gathered together a number Of interesting
war relics from Morris Island. s. c., and that
Comrade Col. Ell. Ripple had in his possession
the socket and lower end Of the old flagstaff of
the SD regiment battefag. and suggested that
II these several relies could be com mbned and
made mp into suitable gavel for the use of the
Association it would be delightful surprise to
The comrades On Tie OCCASION of our 1896 Re-
union. Comrade McClave heartily coincidcd
with the suggestion, and agreed to make the
gavei IN Time 10 call said meeting to order.
The materials are genuine war relics, and were
furnished by Comrades Miller and RIpplc as
follows: A piece of livcoak cut from tele.
graph pole that belonged to n military line es-
tablished by our troops Morris Island, and
also the fragments of two brass-b bound shells
were furnished by Comrade Miller, and the
socket, together with short piece of the lower
end OF our old flagstaff, which had to be sawed
of in order to get the flag into the glass case at
Harrisburg, where the old regimental flags are
kept by the State, was furnished by Comrade
Ripple. The gayel and anvil were designed by
Comrade William McClave and made up At the
works of McElave, Brooks & Co., Scranton, Pa.
The handle Of the gave is designed to repre-.
sent a contracted or shortened flagstaff, includ-
ing tho spear-point tip and is made up as fol-
lows:; The outer half Of tho handle consists
of the brass socket and short aicce of the old
flagstaff. The other half consists of a ferrnle
and spear point made cut Of the brass from one
Of the shells. together with wood from the live.
oak telegraph pole above referred to- The head
OF the gayel is. also made from a piece of the
said telegraph pole, and is encircled near each
end with a hoop or band made from the brass
fragments of shell of which the fcrruie and
spear point are made Ill the brass parts of the
gavel are polished and nickel plated. and the
title OF the Association is engraved Oh the onter
part of the handle. Tho anvil is made from
the brass bound fragments of the other she'll as
a base. with nickel plated cast.i iron rauping
table mounted thereon. The brass band of the
base of the shell still shows the expanded ribs
of same, which were made by the spiral grooves
of the rifle gun that hurled the shell on. its