, 1896-08-14
CALLERS ON MK|NLEY..
OHIO VOLUNTEERS VISIT THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
AT HIS HOME.
Mckinley Makes a Fitting Speech Call
ing Attention to the Soldiers Who
Have Answered the Last Roll Call
Bitterness of the Wal Has Pass.
ed Away.

ed Away.
Can;on. Ohio, Aug. l3.-The surviv-
ors Of the lolita regiment of Ohio vol
inter infantry, who have been holding
their annual reunion at MassillOn, ar
rived al CantCl this afternoon to greet
Comrade Mckinley, bringing their
wives and children. Mrs. Major Nc
Kinley. Tent No. |. Daughters OF Vel
eIars Of Massillon. accompanied them.
1he visitors numbered 400. Col. Will
IAN Monahan Of Youngstown. made
the address. Major Mckinley spoke in
IaIt as follows:
1t affords me much pleasure 10 meet
and greet my old associates of uhe civil
war here at home. 1t is indeed the
m-st gracious act on your part 20 make
his call following your reunion in the
neighboring city OF Massillon. There is
however. always a sad side TO these
meetings of Old soldiers. for at every
returning meeting of old soldiers you
| nave ana every lJll NaIl thdA . iiu
Gisc.0ses one and another Of your mem
bels. who met with you the preceding
year IS o present 30 answer when his
name is called and every yea reminds
us nat death IS marching through your
ranks. The survivors of the war num-
Der loss than a million and yet there
were enrolled $500. 900 men, willing to
dedicate Gleir lives to the country.
(Cheers). The bitterness of war has
long since disappeared. Resentments
are gone out of the heartsSof the old
chem in the great conflict on both sides.
Incidents occurred last year through
| out tine country. incidents Of great sig
nfcance. which brought TO every pa
triotic citizen special qualification. |
refer to the meeting of the Grand Army
of the Republic in the city OF Louis
vile. Ky, %(applause). where with
boundless and prodigal hospitality the
| citizens Of chat city in the south in
vited US TO their home. You could not
have been more generously treated in
any cities of the north than you were
/ n>the city of Louisville on the Other
side Of the river. Then at Chicamagua.
where the government. of the United
States mas dedicated that sacred field
as a national park. the ex-union SOL
diers and eX-confederate soldiers, who
years before hai fought in deadly con-
iic. mo and with fr2 ernal feelings
marked the places where their respec-
tive commands fought and fell and con-
| scented the historic battle field as a
menol' ii . union force and forever
niSee. tGrea. cheers.) Then a few
days later in the city of Atlanta, Ga,
the boys in blue and boys in gray zap
ptalsa) met and talked over the battles
once more after pledging united loyal
t. in lie future of the government Of
the United States and the preservation
| CT national honor of our flag. Great
~app,ause.p. Sectlenal.sm has given
| place to national spirte while the pres
eTNdpIDn Vi udIIJlil HbiloI toiiSLttitCS
the great aim and purpose of all pa
triot1c American citizens. Loud APP
plause.) Ii is not, my fellow COM
rades. what we say OF yCu as Mr.. Lin
| coin put it as Gettysburg, it is what
YOU did which will live. You have CIV
en- to yourselves the graa. name and to
your children a rich legacy because you
served in The hottest cause in which
mankind ever engaged-the cause of
freedom and civilization, a cause which
has done so much for mankind every
where. (Cheers.) What we want to
do now is to take care of the future
At the conclusion Of the governors
speech Miss Bertha Martin Of Massil-
Lon, in behalf Of Mrs. Major Mckinley
Tent No. 10. D. of ". spoke briefly and
Major Mckinley responded. Major Nc
Kinley addressed a reunion Of the
third Ohio Independent battery this
afternoon.