The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-14
Hundreds Of Veterans Call on
Their Old Comrade.
HE MAKES A FITTING ADDRESS
Dwelling on the Rapid Passing Away
of the Heroes of fS6I-es.
Disappearance OF Sectionaiissa and Hit
ternc~s in Recent Year>-Pr~~crva-
tion of the National Honor stiii Calls
for the Efforts OF Those Who Gave
Their Bicod Generation Age.

Their blood . Generation Ages
Canton. o.. Aug. m.--rae survives 90
the One Hundred and Fourth rrginisAs.
oaEo volunteer infantry. who have kesa
holding their annual reunion st Aassilion.
arrives in canlsn this Afsrrneen 10 xrhss
Cemrade MCKINLEY. bringing their wScs
and children with lhena Mrs. MaJcrtNc-
kialey Tent Ne. l. Daughters % vesefa2s.
OF MaSSllion. accompanied them. The vtt-
TORS altogether numbered neR rsy 90. They
awaited tho appearance og Gov Mckinley
on the froat perch af his ressiepcs.. ana
when he stepped out three cheefs NeSs
given with a hearty viii. Col. wihfam
Nonohan. OF Youngstown. csnae foNEard
and made striking address. When Gov.
Mckinley started to respond ole ehsenpa
was renewed. His address wns ~ fols
lows.
"Comrade Monshan ana AemhsEs az tAps
One Hundred and Fourth onla R<gJ0l A&f
I assure you that Il a1oria me much
pleasure TO meet and greet my cid as4etr
ases % the civil war here 81 my .hosnt n
is indeed most gracious action on Jour
union in the nelshhorsnU city Of Nsss1sIon.
and am glad 10 know that YOU conftnns
annually to hold your reunions. There h.
however. always a sad side 10 thess meet
ings OF old soldiers. for At every recurring
meeting every roll call that Is had dis-
closes that one and another OF sour rssrrn-
hers who met with you the preceding pear
is not present 20 answer when his name IS
called. and every year reminds uF that
death IS marching through our ranks.
The survivors OF the war number less than
n million. and yet there were enrolled
. 500. .oo0 men who were willing 70 dedicate
their lives TO the country. scheerso
t4rfxS -s4xezn
beginning OF the war. and tiirty-cns or
more from its close The bitterness or the
war has long since disappeared Tho re-
sentiments have gone out Of the hearts or
the old soldiers and the people who sup
ported them IN that great conflict on born
sides Incidents occurred last year
throughout the country. Incidents OF great
significance. which brought to every patrt-
otic citizen special qualification. refer
20 the meeting of the Grand Army or the
Republic in the city OF Louisville Zap
plause), where. with their boundless and
prodigai hospitality the citizens OF that
city In the South invited the veterans 20
their home. You could not have been
more generously treated in any city Of
the North than you were in the city of
louisville. on tha other side OF the river.
Then at Chlckamauga. where the govern
ment OF the United States has dedicated
that sacred field as q national park. the
dlers who years before had fought in dead
IL conflict, the one against the other, met
ard with frafernai feelings marked the
places where their respective comrades
fought and fell and consecrated the hs-
torsc battlefield as a memorial 10 the
Union forever and forevermorc. Great
cheers) And then q few days later, IN
the city Of Atlanta, the boys In hine and
the boys ia gray tappiause) met and talked
over their battles once more after pled9-
inE their united loyalty in the future 10
the government of the United States and
the preservation OF the honor OF otr nag.
CGreat appiause) seetionailsm has g'ver
place 20 national spirit. and natriofism
has smothercd the asperities OF war while
the preservation of the national honor CON
stitutes the great aim and purpose Of all
patriotic American citizens. usoud ap-
plause1
''It Is not, my fellow comrades. what ws
say OF you. as Mr.. Lincoln put II at Get
tysburg: N Ia what you dsd which VIII I've.
You have given 10 yourselves great
name, and 20 your children rich legacy.
bsca4tae you served in the holiest cause
in which mankind ever engaged-tho cause
OF freedom and OF civilization. cause
which has done SO much for mankind ev-
er,+where fC,heerR.b What we want 10
do now is 20 take care OF the future. You
cannot upbraia yourselves for any lack
az uafrsattsrn IN the past. The future is
now our trust and tn our keeping. and
let US see 20 II that the government which
was preserved through your vaior and
varr4are and the millions OF your COM
,saew shall be preserved forever ftr.uen-
aoua apulausel: preserved not only 10 The
t,ra~rrt but 10 those who are 20 come
hereafter.
II thank you. my comrades. for tho
warm and eloquent expressions of Epakt
win spoken by your chairman It's ulp-
\
~ .na services Of the old one Hundred
ard Fourth Ohio in war. and know SOME
.bsr.r ~ vaafr service as citizens IN peace,
for I i.@lieve that this entire regiment
came from the counties which for years
constituted the congreseae uirtffet
..s.sat, ~ vogr tyart!ality had the honor
=, to,g, 10 represent. Stark. colunfbians.
summit and Portage counties fnrnssfsd
-, h.avA men whose names are fotfnd on
fhe honor ron of your regiment 1 KNOW
,rany 81 your comrades personally, sra
S~a before ma many familiar faces wh"ss
r,resersen here calls up many pr-aaahs
as.n.vso~tas ~ the past. know ysur old
go dl@stnwsglshed colonel we'll God bl@Ms
80 hravn col Riley. tAppIausel am
s,laa "a welcome you here, ana shsti 20
stsd 10 meet each one % you p@rsonalsy.
ara I arn certain Mrs. mckinley WIN %
,,ieasn-4 20 meet the ladies' who arc con-
rer,ed with the Ore Hnndrea hhsi 'oufth
ohio Great applanseJ
Al the conclusion Of the governors
rre@ch. Mfss Bertha Martin; ~ Mass'l.
se,, "a behalf of Mrs. MAJ. mckinley, TENT
- r,auwhfsrm of Veterans, spoke bffsf-
- Maj Mckinley responded ~ welcofn-
snx ths young women. sna inyt.ea ths1n.
80 a'.s -.sssl - re other ladies in the party.
- .ytufs Mrs. Mckinley. who was ssatso
within the house. u, =.
Mai Mckinley addressed . fsunlon o.
shs Third Onto indepenEeft taassry 's p snss -
ssse~-oou. Tho meetings arc held On tBs
ss~n ~ capt. ". T. williams home.
~o~Fh Cleveland avenue. who = fas - pssss-
80, ~ ,hs reufsfon orwanizsfion, every
a~ f.nrt. williams prtHented 20 MAJ.
weEsnlsy : tesnfsfih tribute 20 haH cFas-
cry wl,n sheTidan IN TIE soenaslss,an va Va.
80 was Mckinley responded wifn fsT
1870 referring to she work ~ tse bat
49, tssors vicksourx. and speaking os
sha priceless fruifs of sne w -, ~ 80
-. has rnevesy called upon INVITATION ~
esf,a-e eltlz~s ana Old cosnrsde-
.rt.. xgyomlng gepubiicans.
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