Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-02
A JOLLY CROWD.
Survives of CosC l. q X Berdan's
Sharpshootors Meet at Frank
Frears Farm.


| two miles north Of 81. Louis, as IA"
| scene Of reunion that va most
thoroughly eujr Ard T., every one wh"
in ANY way prrticipi'"d IN i In he
| lark dals Of The skies NJ Fear, Wa,
"A member of that military organ'z,ti"n
known A. the lsl L ; Sh Up >nuot"r~,
| better known a. b rdan', irsI ~. jmcnt.
| From the ! aturc uf their Cgui .mrl -
their duty was AT all times h,ZZ urlpu,
| and ir' qucntly extremely dn' 2"rou-
| Their portions >ervirr cr"a'rd - ''"ild
Of friendship that has survived The
| vici-studrs Of laar> and he survivors
ot the three Mchi"tu comp mics which
| helped make up the ol ginal regiment
| meet weary with one Of Tie mrmbrts
| This year the meeting WAS AT the homr
| II Mr.. Frrar. "Wednesday morning
| hey begun To arrive, hale, hearty, well
preserved. the most of them and not
| looking. one of them, a if n" had ever
| hidden behind tree trunk or rock ard
| drew IA bead On butternut color Il
| uniform half Il u.ile away. AT twelve
| o'clock gCodly number had been well
| coined. With "A thorOughn">>, born
| perhaps Of his memory Of nearly tour
| years campaigning with them, Mr.
! Froar had prepared for them. The eat
ibes were plentiful enough for rcgi-
| mrnt. His hens were well lOckcd up.
| The hogs had been driven with TN
| COWS To back pasture and the neign-
| Dors were notified Or everything
| there wa, plenty but Mr.. trear pro-
posed to pass it out himself and ii wa
we'll that he did for glance AT The
following list showed the character OF
those he had to deal with.
Company Capt j. II Is tker and
wife Lansing; Sci +. A. Cobb, Hold
So Com S j. Frank Whipple, Pr
Huron.
kCompany Sci Henry Alchen AMI
wife, Durtnd; 81 Henry Burrows and
wife. Palo; 81 + Cook, Eaton Rapids.
sullivan Cook and wife, Hartford; Cor.
J. II Galloway and wife, Agalia; Web
,trr Gray. Pompeii; Ameron Knapp,
ButtrrnnG Chauncey Talcott, Palo.
Company X LOUIS G. Blttncl.
Brighton: Aoia ). Loomis and wife.
Ithaca; John VI he>cll and wife. Ithaca:
Cor. f. b. Parks aud wife. Stock bridgc,
j ,el Rose and wife, ST. Louis G. T..
,ott and wife, Wayne; Cor. |. b
Tyler. Saginaw. W. 5.
That afternoon and evening and
Thursday forenoon was spent in Il OK
ing over the farm, loaiing under the
rrees. spinning yarns and eating.
Thursday afternoon came the literary
| program, the camp fire. il it had bccn
held at night. Secretary f. b. PARK,
| presided and gave report Of the la-
meeting when the business OF electiug
oil er> was gone through with a. TO-
| low: Henry A.chen, pre>idcul; Ffaut
| Whipplc. lSt vice pres; Mr.. Henry
Alcheu. Dad vice-pre> + b Park,
Sec aud Treas; Cnauncey TaIcoll,
| Chaplain Committee on resolutions -
Capt. J. II Baker, Frank Whippic ant
Frank CobD.
1t was decided to hold The ncXt rrun
ION a, Duraud At the nome of the prc,i
dent aud having di-p Sod OF the MOI X
the society Went in for fun Music ~r~
furnished by Mrs Hldreth, Ms l. :
mar and Ii l.. Hoicomb, followed D} 10
| recitation 10y Mr. GnioNtY about "tnn
boyJohn. rcmini-ccucc OF war umo~
After song by Mr., xxx Hidrrt,
Ms, Bertha Z-lnar and Henry Hoo
comb. F. NJ Frcar welcomed the
crowd in snort speech which Wa
responded To by \. G.. Rose IN bchaii
Of the company. Mr.. Rose wa, Got 50
sharp shooter bul he wa, good taikcl
and managed To keep his nearer, v4y
much awake for twenty minutes. A
other select N OF music followed and
then Rev. j. A. Mclircaham gave a
short talk A duet b. Mr.. Holcomb
ard Mis-, Ienar was followed by rec /
ations by Mrs Galloway and FrtukIr
trear and song by Gertrude Wheeler
| This closed the program fer the after
noon and few minutes were spent in
visiting before supper
In The evening the comrades aid
ladies were called to order by +. NJ
Frear who introduced the president
elect who took the chair. A prayer by
the chaplain of the association was FOL
| lov ed bV fhp rpppTt of he committee tl