The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-11-03

the next Reunionl which is the last week
| in August, at Corbland. n. Y. Officers for
| the ensuing year: Colonel Judge Truman
C.: White, Buffalo; bieut. Col, John r.
Woodruff; Second Major, Lieut.. John
Noodle; Third Major, Lieut.. Edgar E. Hinll-
| ley; Adl't, l.. p. Norton, Homer, n. Y; O.
| NJ, Lieut.. l.. L. BafncW; Chap, j. I. Brad
| ley; Se-g't-Mai. Samuel Morrell; Color
| Serg't, Warren Irish.
35th n. Y, at Watettown, NJ Y, Nov. IS.
Geo. +. Dresser, Secretary, Watertown, n.
The eighth annual Reunion of the Har
ris Light Cavalry Association ed \. Y;
Cav.) was held in Troy, N. Y, Oct. Is and
10, over 30 survivors of the old regiment
answering roll call. At the business
meeting the following officers were elected
President, D. G. Nlontross; Secretary,
VIM. 4. SiffsGy; Treasurer, Eugene Travis,
lost five members by death during the
year The question of suitable stone to
mark the last resting place Of their late
Colonel and General, III. J. fitzpatrick,
coming before the Association, 1t was re-
solved that each member in his own local
ity solicit subscriptions to n fund for the
purpose of placing monument over the
remains of Gle /. Fitzpatrick at West Point,
n. Y. One hundred dollars was subscribed
by those present. The next Reunion was
voted to Peekskill, n. Y, date to be Sc
lected by the President and Executive
Committee. The afternoon was spent by
the Association at Bolton Hall as the
guests of the Rensselaer, County Veteran
Association.
Pennsylvania.
The time and place of holding the sth
annual Reunion OF the nth Pa. Cav. has
been changed from Wiks-Barre, Pa, in
June, 1899, to Philadelphia during the
National Encampment OF the G.A.R. TINS
was done to give members living in 9th er
States the benefit of low rat to the Re-
union and Encampment. ID. S. Orcutt,
Secretary, St. Charles Hotel, Pittsburg.
The members of the 50th Pa, Cos. D,
G and II, held their annual Reunion at
New Albany on the Both anniversary of
the battle of South Mountain in which
the command took a most gallant part.
\ delegation from Swartz Post G.. a r., met
the visiting comrades arriving on the train
Keeping step TO the tars OF their old drum
mer boy, Reed Dunfee, the veterans
marched to the Baptist church. Here a
most excellent rcpaSt had been prepared
by the Ladies' Aid. During the dinner
hour a little miss passed among the boys
and pinned bou yet on each of their
coats. Before the business meeting
opened the members OF Co. X were intro
duced by Comrade Heastead to Mrs.
Steven II. Or!nsby, of Macon City, Mo-,
whose husband had served as First Lieu
tenant in the company. President Isaac
I'abceck called e meeting to order
An dress OF welcome was delivered by
j, T. Heastead; the response was made BY
Col. Edward Overton, who called our at
tentiOn to Alhany'S patriotism during the
war The city, he said, had furnished
191 soldiers during the war, 26 of whom
were in Co. X; of these 26 brave men eight
never returned. Monroe hal contributed
So 10 the same company, 16 Of whom had
lost their lives. He spoke of the gallant
part the s0th had taken at South Mount
ain and Antietamj how at the former place
the tn stood alone when otaers failed to
keep the enemy in check. How the gal
| liant Capt. 1ngham fell in the famous
charge of South, Mountain He spoke of
the death Of Sergt J. w. Wilcox and Capt
Lantry, of Co. f, who were xii ed before
Petersburg. At .Chantilly the seth stood
| in the thickcst of the storm six color
bearer. had been shot down by their side,
when Gen. Stevens cked UP the cOlorS,
and was shot through the head. Col.
| Oyerton mentioned the terrible sufcrings
! of the m n on the mach over tie mount
aims from Knoxville, in zero weather
| when the regiment WIS compelled to march
| bdrefooted. He spoke with feeling of the
sacrifices of the, egiment in the 80 battles
in which it had participated. Col. Telford
was the next speaker, and referred with
feeling and the warmeSt words Of praise to
the men who did the fighting. He recited
the hardsh ps to which the regim ent had
been exposed Other speakers were Jas.
II. Hurst, Lieut.. Ingham, Comrades Lam
don and English, Capt. Forbes. Lewis,
Ryder, McCabe, and Taylor. j. ID. john
son remains Secretary OF tn Association
Corlrade j. w. Hague, President of the
Sd Pa. II. \. and 1SSth Pa. Association,
433 Diamo d ST., Pittsburg Pa, desires
that survivors Of the foregoing organiZa-
tons forward their names and addresses,
for the purpose of correcting the Associa-
tons roster.
Wisconsin.
Probably no regiment has a more nearly