The National tribune., 1897-10-21
HISTORIC MEMORIAL HAhL,
Where Brave Ohio Soldiers Have Ideal Re-
unions.


The Regimentai Associations of North western
Ohio. recruited at Toledo. have fallen into the
custom of holding their Reunions in Memorial
Hail. that city. One Of the NEST recent of these
was the Reunion of the 18th Ohio known rs
Gen. James b. Steedmzn's regiment one of the
Ohio regiments that first did duty in sho three
months service. and afterward participated in
many of the great battles fought by the Western
army. On this OCCASION Col. II. q. Neubert, OF
Toledo, delivered an address in which he gave
graphic picture of the fight" describing
one Of the hard-fouEht battles in which the
regiment participated.
Later came the Reunion of the 111th Ohio,
held Oct 8. This Reunion. presided over by the
President of the Association, Past Department
Commander P. H. Bowling. WAS truly an ideal
occasion, from the fact that the cid soldiers had
plenty of time for social converse, the enter
tainment features being solely i'm the hands OF
the children OF the La Grange Street School,
which is fast becoming model in patriotic
teaching through the efforts of Miss Jane
Brownles, Principal.
President Myra H. Dowlins of Toledo Corps.
was on the Reception Com mittes, and had an
important part in the arrangement Of the pro-
gam. Toledo Corps held their regular meeting
in the same building on the afternoon OF Re-
union day, and tho members were present at
the Rsssion before going into regular session.
This 10 one of the best Corps in the Depart
Aent, many Of the members having formerly
been part Of Forsyth Corps, the oldest Corps
outside of New England.
IL was in the Memorial Room of the second
floor that the regimental Reunion of the 111th
Ohio was held, and there were addresses by
President Bowling. Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood,
regimental Colonel, Chaplain Hollington. Capt.
]. w. Smith, Adjutant Tbur.ton. and others
of the regiment; also, by Father Hannin, Gen.
Charles l.. Young. Judge d. Z. Austin. and
other comrades The women of the regi-
ment were represented among the speakers
by Mrs. Kate b. Sherwood, while on the plat
form were Mrs. ID. r. Locke, Mrs Gen. Hill,
now of New Hampshire; Mrs. Nellie C. Bacon.
Mrs. Cora Day Young. Past National Senior
Vice President. and Mrs. Capt. Thurston. Mrs.
Young and Mrs. Hill spoke beautifully and to
she point Col. j. Cory Winans. Chief of Staff
of Past Com nander- n-Chief T. s. Clarkson,
and his wife, Sarah ID. Winans, Past National
Instituting and Installing Officer, W.R.C., were
also present. and participated in the proceed
ings. and were at the dinner served in she
annex.
The boys and girls OF La Grange Street
School beautifully exempIifed upon the plat
form the practical results Of the new system of
education, which inculcates self-control. the
first essential in good citizenship. This school
has An orchestra of girls, who furnished the
instrumental music for the Reunion.
In the morning a detail of the younger
children to the number of % or 80 appeared
on the platform. and after giving the flag
salute sang the (" Star Spanged Banner" as a
motion song, in which every idea was illus
trated by particular gesture.
The afternoon exercises by the school chill
dren were conducted by boys and girls of the
grammar school.
Memorial Hall was built by the soldiers and
citizens of Toledo. in memory of the soldiers of
that city and of Lucas County, of which it is
q part. 1t is a thrsc-story building. the first
story being finished off into a Grand Army
hall, where the several Toledo Posts and Corps
hold their meetings. The second floor is de-
voted to memorial purposes, aud the third
floor to public hall.
The Memorial Room. in which the Reunion
WAS held, is trnly unique. 1t extends the
whole length of the immense building and
half the width, and is hung with battle pic
lures, portraits of distinguished soldiers and
war accouterments while into the walls are
set memorial tablets, placed there by Regi-
mental Associations. Set against the wall are
cases of relics from many battlefelds and there
is bust of Gen. James b. Steedman and a
memorial urn erected By the Army of the
Potomac Association OF Toledo.
The Toledo Memorial Hall was the first of
the kind ever erected to the memory Of the
Union soldier Among its projectors was
Past Commander-in-C Chief John S. Koun,z,
who was detained from the Reunion owing to
Illness Other members of the Memorial AS
ISOLATION were present, including Past Ma
tional Senior Vice Com mand erin Chief Charles
L. Young who stood at the door to meet the
guests upon entering tie hall. The Reunion
closed with a general Handwriting, and as
nearly all the old soldiers were accompanied by