The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-18
VETERANS HAVE A
JOYOUS REUNION
They Fought in the War In the One
Hundred and Thirty.sec0nd, p. Y.
WANT TO HAVE A TABLET ERECTED
Members of the Regiment Took
Prominent Part in the Battle Of An.
tietam and They Want n Memorial
Tablet on That Historic Field.
Officers Elected. Banquet ut the
Wyoming.

OmcerS Elected. Banquet ut the
Wyoming.
About the streets of the city might
be seen yesterday middle aged and
venerable men wearing light blue SILK
badge: it might have an noticed, too,
that most of them displayed on their
coat lapels the little bronze button indi-
eating membership in the Grand Army
of the Republic. The badges signited
that the owners were survivors of the
One Hundred and Thirty Penn
sylvania volunteers. They held their
annual reunion here yesterday, the pro-
gramme including reception through
out the morning in the Lieutenant era
$. Griffin post rooms. business meet
ing in the same place in the afternoon
followed by trolley ride and banquet
at the Wyoming house last night.
The survivors present were from
nearly every county in this section OF
the state. They began arriving at 8
o'clock, many of them being accompa-
MED by their wives, and when the roll
was completed over eighty names had
been recorded as follows:
J. l.. Fields, Danville; Joseph IL. Hale.
Danville: Thomas Jones, Danville; y. FER
rec Lightner, philadelphia; Samuel Lun-
ger, Danville; l.. n. Miller, Danville; An
gus Wright, Danville; +. G. Wintermute,
AIauch Chunk: John Bates, Catawissa;
Rev II. b. Fortner, Beach Haven; {. +.
bars hnra'r E. it. sharpess s. Rsr fSi Dr
w. Willis, Bloomsburg; w: II. Gilmop,
bloomsbury; c. II. Hendershott, Blooms
burg; Samuel r. johnson, Nescopeck;
Isaac Roadarmel, BloomsburgH c. p.
Wilkes Barre: John c. Higgins. Clarks
Green; j. II. Havenstrite, Daleville; l.. d.
kemmerer, Factoryvillc; Andrew Lande-
sickel Ransom; John r. Powell. Clifton;
der, Avoca; w. d. Snyder Gracedale:
Peter Seigle, Dunmore; George n. Colvin,
Oneonta, n. Y; Seth \. Cobb. Factory
Vile, I, j.; Chase, Wilkes Barre: W; S.
toryville; $. II. 1ngham, Nicholson; o. +.
Reynolds. West Nicholson; W. II. Rcyn-
olds, .Factoryville: ]. w. Reynolds. Fac
toryyille; mtler Turner, Factoryville; J.
West Nicholson: NJ V. Kennedy. Dalton;
George w. Conkln, Utica. n. Y: B. V.
Honesdale; | LYMAN s. Milro9y, Danvillee;
Smith; Mauch Chunk; Orlando Taylor.
Nicholson: George A. Wilcott Hallsiead.
and these from Scranton Colonel F. l..
Hitchcock; NJ. D. Barnes, John b., Foin.
Brooks \. Bass. Downing Parry, John
Fern: John s. Short: James Archibald,
George Smithing, Thomas II. Allen, Rich
ard Stillwell w. II. Hasett. Charles b.
Charles Hamn, John Wcstpfahl. John W.
Jones, George G. Wilson, o. b. Wright.
Conrad Young, L. c. Youman, James c.
Degraw, stephen Mooney, Charles Pont-
ius' James l. Randolph, w. II. Seeley.
BUSINESS MEETING.
At O'Clock the business meeting in
the post rooms was opened by First
Vice President c. p. Sloan, of Blooms
burg, owing TO the absence of Presi-
dent James Foster, who is i'll at his
home in Danville.
Officers were elected as follows:
Thomas Barrowman, of Scranton,
president: II. r. John, OF Mt. Carmel,
first vice-president; r. ]. Chase, of
Wilkes Barre, second vice president:
ID. j. Newman, of Scranton, secretary;
and +. c. Wintermute, of Scranton,
treasurer. The last two officers were
reelected.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to draft resolutions of condol-
ence on the death of Colonel V. M. H.
cox, of New York city. commander of
the association, and present them to
the deceased's family: Clark Harder.
OF Catawissa; Colonel +. L. Hitchcock
and ID. j. Newman, of this city.
A committee was appointed to con-
slider the feasibility of petitioning the
legislature for the erection of a One
Hundred and Thirty-second regiment
memorial tablet on the Antietam bat
tlefield. In this battle the regiment
bore an important part. 1t was of the
Second corps. The committee Is John
Fern, of this city; N. F. Llghtner, of
Philadelphia, and Colonel Hitchcock,
of this city.
1t was advocated that a regimental
tablet be placed in Memorial Chapel at
Sharpesburg, but no decisive action
was taken. though the matter was quite
fully discussed.
a feature that pleased the gather
ing was Colonel Hitchcock's presenta-
tion of an Antietam souvenir to each
one present The souvenirs were even.
ly cut chips from the we'll preserved
roots of stump that was on the bat
tlefield. Wilkes Barre was selected for
the next place Of meeting
This was the seventh reunion. When
the regiment left for the war it was
commanded by Colonel K. A. Oakford,
of this city. The other officers were
Lieutenant Colonel V. NJ. Wilcox. New
York city; Adjutant +. L. Hitchcock,
Scranton; Quartermaster c. w. Neal,
Bloomsbury; Chaplain A. II. Schoon-
maker Franklin Grove; Sergeant Ma
jor +. ]. Deemer, Wilkes Barre, and
Surgeon ]. w. Anawalt. whose later
whereabouts are unknown. Originally
the members were mostly from Lu-
zerne, Carbon, Bradford Wyoming,
Mofitour and Columbia counties.
BANQUET AT WYOMING.
Instead Of the customary meeting
with long speeches and the like, which
obtain at veterans reunions, a banquet
was substituted as the means of afford
ing the evenings enjoyment. The af-
fair was held at the Wyoming. With
the wonted gallantry of a soldier the
veterans brought their ladies along and
the banquet was all the more enjoyable
for that. Thomas Barrowman was
president and Colonel f. l.. Hitchcock
chairman. Among those who were
called upon for speeches, "reminiscences
and the like were Colonel NJ. l.. Jones.
of the Ono Hundred and Forty third
Pennsylvania volunteers: Moses Morey,
Of Griffin post; F. j. Amsden. One Hun
dred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania
volunteers. John ~ Howe Niuaty-