The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-13

The Association OF tne One huHuTeu
and Forty-third regiment, Pennsylva-
mia Volunteers, will be held this year
on Gettysburg battlefield, Sept. s, the
day preceding the brigade reunion.
Considerable local importance is at
tached to the reunion from the fact
that scores of veterans of the One
Hundred and Forty-third reside in this
city and vicinity and in this section of
the state. The officers of the asso-
citation are Captain p. DeLacy, presi-
dent; Captain Harry Gordon, first vice.
president; Major O. f. Vaughn, Sec
ond president; j. NJ. Rutter. treas
urer; J. Hiram Campbell, secretary,
and Mrs. M. ID. Roche, assistant sec
retary.
Headquarters for the reunion will be
opened at Hotel Gettysburg, where
members will report at 9 a. m, Sept 8.
NJ. J. Martin will be orator of the day;
Arthur L. Collins, poet, and A. j. Col
born orator at the brigade reunion. All
of them are from Scranton. The brl-
gade reunion and banquet will be held
Sept. Q.
A circular just issued by the officers
of the association contains the follow
ing particulars of Jersey Central rail-
road and hotel rates: "One fare, round
trip, Scranton to Gettysburg and re-
turn, S5.40; Pittston and return, $3.50;
Wilkes Barre. IS; Nanticoke. So; White
Haven, IS: Penn Haven Junction, s..
Tickets good going Sept 7 and return
ing Sept 49, children. one-half of the
adult rate; hotel rates at the Eagle
hotel and Hotel Gettysburg. the two
best hotels in Gettysburg, has been
lowered for the occasion to $3.50 per
1a,,
burg street. S1.25 per day. Many pri-
vate boarding house rates are from
81 to S1.25 per day So all can get ac-
. commodations according to their de-
sire"
GOOD SPEAKERS.
The circular contains also this in
formation by direct resolution Of
the association, we meet at Gettysburg
this year, and every comrade is ex-
pected to answer roll-call at this re-
union and join with the brigade re-
union Sept 9, and banquet in the even
ing at the Eagle hotel. Each comrade
will be required to pay 70 cents for
supper at the banquet. where several
toasts will be responded to on the part
of the One Hundred and Forty-third
by Colonel G.. n. Richard, Hon. T. V.
Powderly and others. At the brigade
reunion on the 9th, the One Hundred
and Forty-third regiment will be rep
resented by an orator of state repu-
tation, our honorary comrade, A. j.
Colborn, who will deliver the address,
each regiment having selected an ora
tor to represent them upon that occa-
sion, and there will be short addresses
by other comrades. 1t will be a great
event, n memorable visit to Gettysburg
with families and friends.
Comrades or their friends who re-
ceiVe this circular, and cannot reach
the excursion train, by addressing a
letter to Calitain Fl. w. Cortzer, Phila-
delphia, Pa, box 445 will get card or
ders sent to them, if they give the rail-
roads over which they go and return,
emitting them to two cents rate per
mile, in the event that comrades are
late for the One Hundred and Forty
third reunion on the Sth. but can join
the reunion on the 9th. The excursion
train will leave Scranton, Jersey Cen
trale depot, on Lackawanna avenue,
Sept. Z, 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp,
and will pass through Allentown,
Bethlehem, Lebanon, Harrisburg, Car
Isle to Gettysburg, under the auspices
ofthe Association of the One Hundred
S''N4 ~ - Niliiu u AOSiillthl, tH1lSy ~ d.
mia Volunteers. in charge of the fol-
lowing COMMITTEES: o. e. Vaughn
George Perry, NJ. h. Perrigo, James NJ
Rutter and j. II. Campbell. Comrades
living away from the line of the Jer-
sey Central railroad will try and make
their arrangements with local roads
so as to connect at the following-named
points, where they and the public can
purchase tickets to Gettysburg and re-
turn.
BTCKTAIL BRIGADE.
II trust that all comrades will make
a supreme effort to he with U.S. Talk
it up with your friends: urge all to &c
into camp with you, not as prisoners
but as guests. COmrade Volts drum
corps will furnish music for the One
Hundred and Forty-third and also for
the brigade reunion. The greatest
courtesy will be extended to all who
go with us, and every effort made tC
make ii pleasant for them, and wher
the comrades are all dead, you will re.
tain In memory the great pleasure had
by accompanying one of the regiments
of the old First Army corps. and o,
being present at the reunion of the
one Hundred and Forty-thrd Penn.
sylvania Volunteers, also present at tn,
reunion of the gallant Bucktail brigade
thirty-fve years after the great battle
where this noble body of men by theil
great gallantry shed immortal lustrt
and glory on the volunteer soldiers o.
Pennsylvania, and made it possible, by
their indomitable grit and tenacity II
holding the enemy at bay so long, tha
the Union army had time to arrive anC
take up positions on the ridges bacl
NJ tho 10 At.
brigade to the enemy frustrated tn,
plans of Lee, and the position on tn,
ridges was saved. No brigade in tn
army contributed more to the success
of the battle of Gettysburg than tn
Second brigade, Third division, Firs
corps, Bucktail brigade, commando,
respectively by Colonel Stone, Vista
and Dana, of the One Hundred ant
Forty-third.
Sinking of the Merrimac.