The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-16
TALK OVER OLD TIMES.
Annual Reunion of Co. A Of the Gallant
25th Mass. Regiment.

Company A, Twenty fifth Massachu-
sets Regiment Association, held its
31st annual reunion and dinner at Ho-
tel Belmont yesterday.
A large representation Of the vet
Grams were present at the dinner and
during the afternoon lived over again
the stirring events Of their lives when
they were with the gallant Twenty
| fifth regiment.
Yesterday was a fitting day for the
reunion, as 1t marked the 35th ami
versary of the first days fighting at
Petersburg, when Grant executed the
great flank movement on Lee.
The veterans went to the lake during
the morning, and at 10 o'clock as
sembled in the parlors of Hotel Bel
mont for the business meeting of the
| association. The reports of the secre-
tary and treasurer, Capt +. %. Good
win, were read and accepted. The
election Of officers resulted as follows;
President, Gen. Josiah Pickett; vice
| presidents, George Burr of Worcester
and Charles Eaton of Gardner; secre-
| tary and treasurer, Capt. +. e. Good
win Of Worcester; statistical secretary,
Samuel H. Putnam of Worcester; ex-
ecutive committee, S. G. Bullock, A. e.
Stearns of Worcester and II. w. Dry
den of Mansfield.
AT l o'clock the members sat down
to one of Holt & TWINS best dinners,
at which Gen. Pickett presided Those
present were Gen. Josiah Pickett, Capt.
George Burr, S. G. Bullock, A. e.
Stearns, G.. F. Stearns, Charles A.
Mayors, all Of Worcester; Walter 8.
Bugbee, Shrewsbury; Frank Wright,
Fayville; Calvin A. Wesson, South
bridge; Joseph P. Eaton, Auburn; Dan
iel Eaton, Auburn; Charles Eaton,
Gardner; Horace w. Dryden, Mans
field; Elijah Simonds, Oxford; II. d.
Brock Athol; M. p. Brown. Boston;
c. X. Weber, North Brookfield. Those
reporting by letter, with regrets, were
l. H. Hartshorn, New London, CT; Silas
Bromley New Britain, CT; Timothy
NJ. Ward, Newark, N. j.; Hamilton
ButterfeId, Phillips, Me; Henry w.
Reed, Mt. Aire, N. c.; George W. Big
Glow, Groveport, o.; g. l.. Seagrave,
Pontiac, Mich; C. B. Kendall. Boston;
G. J.. Hutchins, Erie, Pa; Edward p.
Hall, Northampton; G.. r. Brown,
Northampton; G. A. Knowles, Merrickj
w. H. Wood, Hudson; and c. +. Wood,
Worcester. There was also present one
son of a veteran Of the company, Will
liam p. Goodwin.
After dinner, the members adjourned
to the west yeranda, where the post
prandial exercises were held. The as
ISOLATION statistics were given by Sam
mel II. Putnam, who gave short his
tory of the organization. Inc COM
pany was recruited 81 years ago last
September and served through four
years hard fighting with the Twenty
fifth regiment. The association has
met once a year for 81 years. and the
reunions have been independent of the
regimental reunion, usually held in
Worcester during the fall. The pres ant
membership is about 50, and includes
the original members and recruits.
The average age of members is now
6S years. The Oldest member is Ben
jamin Knowles of Auburn, who is IS,
and the youngest is Sc years old. The
oldest member present yesterday was
Elijah Simonds Of oxford, who is "
years old. Two members nave died
during the year, Charles II. knowlton
of Camden, N. j., and Francis Green
wood of Webster.
Following the report. Gen. Pickett
called upon each member, and the af-
ternoon was passed in "reminiscences
and anecdotes of the companys SER
vice. Little was said either in praise
or criticism of the conduct Of the
Spanish-American war by Secretary
Aiger, but the general tone OF tie
members was to the effect that in their
belief they stood the vicissitudes OF
war with better grace and were a bet
ter disciplined army than the one
which entered Santiago.