The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-02
BUFFALO # REUNIONS
Happy Meetings Of Regimental
Organizations to Renew Old
Ties

Many were the Reunions Of organzat
held in the Queen City. Veterans gathered e
renew old ties and recall experiences of wa
times These meetings form one of the creates
Inducements to hosts of comrades for visiting
National Encampments.
ID. NJ. Hall, of Wellington. O., presided a
the Reunion Of the 18th Ohio Cav. The meet
| ing was devoted to the recounting of remnis
cences and election of officers. Albert Elliot
Of Defiance, O., was elected President and Vice
| Presidents for each of the companies in the
| regiment were chosen.
Only Is members attended the Reunion Of
Battery l., 1st n. Y. /. A.. at the City Hall, or
| Thursday. The annual Reunion of the battery
will take place in Rochester on Sept IL, when
the officers will be elected.
An informal Reunion of the 1st n. Y. Eng
| Regimental Association was held at the High
School. Several speeches were made by those
| present.
Thirty-fou veterans of the famous 10Th
| n. Y. Fl. A. reuned on Thursday. 1t was de-
cided that the present officers OF the associa-
ton should hold over until the next Reunion,
| at lion, n. y.
The assembly-room of the High School was
the scene OF the Reunion of the 4th n. \. II. A.
| Officers for the coming year were elected, as
| follows: Pres, John T. Lockwood. White
| Plains. n. Y; Cor. &c., E. W. Burge, Bristol
Center, N. Y; Sec. and Treas. A. Beardsley,
Portageville, N. Y. Chap, DIR. W. ID. Robin
son. East Orange, N. Y; Vice-President-at-
Large Capt. Brown. New York City.
Over 100 men attended the Reunion of the
9th n. Y. Cav. Thursday. Eloquent speeches
were made, and enjoyable time was had by
| all.
AT the annual Reunion of the 32l N. Y.
only 16 survivors were present. Some stirrin g
| speeches were made. and the following officers
were elected: Pres James Faulkner; V.-P's., in
order of seniority Capt. William Stone. Of
| Providence. +. l.: d. f. Dickinson, of Buffalo,
n. Y, and Fred. Etter of South Omaha, Neb. :;
| Sec. and Treas. 7. B. White, Of Syracuse, N. Y.
| The largest Reunion ever held by the I'd N.
| Y. Cav. took place Thursday, with over 100
members present. The following officers were
elected CON-, /. A. Carpenter; Sec, S. c..
| Pierce; Treas, Maj NJ Legion; Chap, Robert
| Gerry
At the Reunion of the 9th n Y. Ind'p't
| Battery the eight surviving members, SO far AS
known, told of thei. experiences in tho prison
| pen Of Anderson vile, where the greater num-
| Der of the battery's members died.
The 147th n. Y. met in City Hall. Only
| about 40 members are alive to-day and nearly
ali registered. Mrs. Robert Spencer. crippled
woman, who received her I'M urics i'll the war,
was the guest of honor at this Reunion.
Over 900 men were enlisted in the Soth n
Y, and now there only about 20 left. The
majority of the survivors met and listened to
| addresses by some of their number. 1t was
a most enthusiastic meeting.
Fully 800 members Eof the 1st n. Y. ORA
goons attended Reunion of the organization.
The Dragons were the guests of DR.. d. W.
harrington, who was one of the first to enlist
| i'll the Dragons
The 9th N. Y. H. A. held a Reunion at City
Hail. Hon. Peter A.. Porter addressed tho
meeting
The Engineer Brigade, Army of the Poto-
mac, held a Reunion in the High School, with
a large attendance The business session was
preceded by speeches and singing of war songs
All of last years officers reelected. Daniel
4. Hulsc, of Canandaigua, n. Y, is President
and Samuel B. Williams, of Rochester, N Y,
Secretary and Treasurer.
One of the largest-attended Reunions was
that of the Excelsior Brigade Ma-Gen.
Daniel T. Sick les and Lieut.. David b. Parker
addressed the meeting.
About 10 members of the 10th n. Y. attended
u Reunion. President A. Stewart Stillman, of
Buffalo, addressed the meeting.
Tie Reunion of the both and Corcorans
Legion held at City Hall. Twenty mem
bers presented themselves. Col. John Byrne,
OF Buffalo, presided, and Newell NJ. Smith, the
Secretary, registered the names Of those pres
ent.
The Reunion of the 4th Mich Cav. was held
in the west study room of Che High School. It
was informal, no officers being elected or bust
ness transacted The veterans were in a
rcmniscent mood and told stories S. +.
Pierce, First Sergeant related in most graphic
WAY the manner in which the 4th Mich. Cav.
went after JEFF Davis.
Tho veterans from the old 109th n Y took
possession of the County Court room. Private
Morgan, of Waverly, presided. Gen. /. S. Cat
iin, of Oswe2O who lost leg in the battle of
10 -I.,,.. Il. D.
chosen as the next meeting place.
Tho survivors of the Tenth and Twenty
fourth Corps held Reunion in the big tent at
Camp Jewett Tuesday evening. William NJ
Mickle, of Buffalo, who served in the l48th
n. Y, presided 1t was an informal gathering.
Maj. Butts was called upon to tell the history
of the Corps for the benefit of the spectators
who were not veterans.
About % survivors Of the 32l N. Y, as-
sembled at theHigh School for Reunion. The
election OF officers resulted Pres James Faux.
ner, OF Bath, n. Y. V.-P's., Capt. William Stone.
Providence, L. l.; ID. S. Dickinson. Buffalo
Fred ,Etter South Omaha, Neb. Sec, r. B.
White. Syracuse.
The survivors of the 1881 n. Y met. Presi.
dent George G. Potter, OF GIoversville, was in
the chair. A letter of regret from Chaplain j.
II. Dunning. of Beechmont Mass was read
A fter this came the election of officers: Pres.
Henry Searles, Of Amsterdam First V..P., c.
u. Clute, Of Fonda; Seeend V-P A. j. Steen-
barge, Of Moores. n. Y: Third V.-P., Byron
Letter, of Tribes Hill; Fourth V.-P., Henry
Mas,en, of East Galway Fifth V..P.. James
f. Arms of SpokevlIe Wis; Sec, William NJ.
Harris, of Goversvle; Treas, j. ii. Alien. of
Albany Chap, J. Henry Endres, of Fort
Hunter.
1t was voted to hold the next Reunion at
Ans terdam.
There was one Reunion held in Buffalo last
week that exceeded many others in respect to
general enthusiasm aud convivaity. 1t was
the Reunion Of tho llth n. Y. Battery. Daniel
Turner, Of Buffalo, General Secretary of the
GAR. Eucampment. is member. The battery
wasSntertained by Secretary Turner at Four
Spring Grove, and the boys, some of whom had
not met since the surrender of Lee at Apo
mattox, had the grandest time of their lives.
One Of the most interesting and affecting
Reunions was that of 10 members of Battery
G, 1st N. Y. l.. A. AS they were standing in
one corner laughing aud joking over incidents
of the old campfres. a veteran walked in the
door. He was hale and hearty aud weighed in
the neighborhood of 225 pounds. He looked
about the room, aud asked of someone stand
ing near who those veterans were and to what
organization they belonged. why. they are
members of Battery c, 1st N. Y. L. A."
"Wa-a- al, don't seem to know any of them,"
drawed the man with the great weight. II
guess I'll see any way" and he walked up to
the little group of gray-haired veterans, and
taking off his hat, began to speak. " / may be
a stranger, but enlisted with Battery c, and
am going to see if l know any Of you" Ques-
tons were exchanged, and it was not long be-
fore 10 soldiers recognized in the stranger an
old comrade. The veterans fairly jumped up
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