The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-13
HONORED BY COMRADES
Survivors of His Old Regiment
Greet Candidate Mckinley.
HIS TRIBUTE TO ITS OFFICERS
Feeling References to General ROsecrans
and to General Rutherford Is. Hayes.
Captain Ellis Tribute to His Distin,
Euished COmrade.

Major McKinlcy's old conaules in war
called at his hoIse yesterday afternoon.
They came from Cleveland, principally
but many of them from distant points
. They were the survivors Of the Twenty
third Ohio volunteer infantry. The
regiment was famed for its war record,
the number Of its hard fought battles,
including South Mountain, Antitem and
General Sherldan's many battles in tho
Shenandoah valley in 1864, for the num-
ber of Its killed and wounded and also for
~ sloat men noted in war an! civil life
or the ttsll officers only two surylye,
General William s Rosecrans, of San
Francisco, and General Russell Hastings,
of the Bermuda Islands
The scene was q touching one. Mrs.
Mckinley sat in tho hallway near the porch,
from which the major responded to tho
eloquent greeting given by Captain John
S. Ellis, mayor Of Willoughby. The old
soldiers cheered and the old flag waved
with every burst of applause Captain
Ellcr told of William Mckinley as q pri-
vate soldier, saying, in part
"Wo have assembled here today from
all pnrts of the Union and from ali voca-
tions In lifo to congratulate you, our COM
| candido,o far tbe nrnvidonov ~ thn Ir,;t,I
States 7 rounmhar cir ,b,t C,n,,,,nr,E
had ono me,,ber varv vnntbrrl in i,,nn,
ance, so much so That Captain Robinson,
OF the Fifth United States infantry, made
some questions rs to age and consent of
parents. The answers Of the recruit were
SO prompt and so decisive, and his desire
| SO very modest in asking to be enrolled as
| private that the officer without fin rthar
| hesitation ud,,ip;s,n.al 49,, ,',I,
William Mrkinlnv Jr NJ tbo nra ~ ~
wns mnda -, fn,I no5,,,a ,,r;,.ato atI,;a -.
thr ITniop ,-,nr '''"'o' u
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! wc wont shnu,dor tn shnu,Inr ~ ~, a.
fense of orr rountrv so no,, ,,,i+h ,.,;,,i,,o
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.,d ,,,;tb chow, nro ,,,ss;nr o.. III an.aa; ]
ntns NJ the war
~Tbe snrvivors ,rs so,tto,oa thr,uh
.,rortr -fo,r st,+a, of +hor r,,;an. a1e
n,,r r,onhors ora in +bn t,rri+nr;os 0aa
of ,hon rosidas an +b, otbn. siI,of tho
,,,tor Rut ,ybnr,vnr thnv ana ,n1 ~,
,,b,touor ,ooo+inn +bo,, ,,n,, In onr.n,.o1
thn,, al, 1o,, tbo old rn,rir,nn+,I our.o a.,
tion which ia IN. nrorGost ,bi,, 20 than,
on .,rtb
nNo b,d , rro,t rer;,ort. GRANT l., g.,
ao,d otiico,s rrn,t Il, tbo ,h,raotor of ~
r,rl. and fIn tbot rn,etit,to Il C,,,
ba,rt, On out with +ordnrnoss and ,o,n
M, s,,ro to ,bo Orst colnnal of nmr ,o,.;
,nort Ganoral Rosncr,ns to lie dist.n+
bomo in C,1iforni,
nWrn ,u ro,,o,,ror b,s sr,ora;d a;,o;
,1i,,o nrd ,rortlo ,,,,li+ios nrd Wa ,,,,,o,n
har ,,ith u,b,t nride wa no.nhod n,,,l'n
hi, c,rr,,J in Vast yiru;ni, /, 1seI
and wc rcmcmhcr too that If tho rnrular
nr,v otfirars tbnt sn,nnd;d snl1i,r Eor-
oral f. p Sc,mmon not tbo most nnn,,-
lor man in thn rn',mont i, its onr1in,
1,rs far vo tbourht his disoinl;.,n VOW,
.o,,oro and his drilI VOW, bnrJ L,,t ,r.n,,
II, Lot,le nf cruth N,onrtair Conau,i
Sna,,,non ,v,a tho n,nSt no,,,,I,r ,nnn T.,
tha ra,;mont Wa tno,v tbsn for tha n,,t
ti,,o Chat HE d;sc,nlino ,mo,rt and ,,;.hat
str,nrth II p,vn ns in tho hottlofold '''
ma con wa assemble boro -. wa boro
.o,o, u,itbort ron,llinn ,bo tbira orl',,aI
NJ tbo Twcnty.tbirI ohio wbn ,,,a, ian,,
ost with nc Ruthnrford n u,rn, IT.,
,y,s ho,oved bv e,o,.v man of tbe rorin,.nt
and ma brovsr coo,cr colone, ovor iod Ill.,
srldior, f., h,,t,o Nv StanIo,, Mattho,..
tbo erSt uouton,nt co1ono, ~ thn ,os,i
want tbo oro,t s,l1;or nnd ,,,,,san n
am wa Cnr,5nt Comlnv glnrnns n1I Ca,r
Inr. NOV Mrs Hnros tbo fo;thfri f.ior,,
nf tba regimcnt: and wc bavo with ms
t,dnv anI w, oro III o,,1 ~ 90, hi,,,
tnr rs,nomI,er in 1sG4 nfter b,s Jro,dfni
wound wa did not snnrose ,vo would harn
,I,,, ,,.ith ~, a,,,;, W. to,., ,,,it, ,,
1nv that bravo so,dior and conr,Jo C'J.
onel Russell p. Hastings.
II was glad to note in the cloouont
speech of nv comrade, CAPTAIN Ellen that
the old Twenty-third Ohio stands in 1s.H
as It stood in 1851, for the country and tbe
country flag. Nobody could have douhtpd
that, knowing the metal from which this
old regiment was made. Nv comrades
YOU are lust as loyal to country now as
you woro loyal to country then. and as
you stood from 81 to '65 for the preserya.
tion Of the government of tho United
Statos YOU stand today inst as unitcdlv
for the honor of the government and the
preservation of its credit and currency, I
do not know what YOU think about IT, but