The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-10
War Members of City
Guards Hold
Reunion.
COMPANY'S RECORD.
Speakers Refer to 1t in
Terms Of High Com
mendation.

The Veteran Association, Co. A,
Second Massachusetts regiment of in
fantry, u. S. volunteers, held its initial
reunion and banquet at the Sherwood
+ House last evening.
/ Almost the entire membership OF the
association was present. At the guest
table were many members of the act
live company who did not participate
/ in the campaign. The banquet was
one of Landlord P H. Hurleys best
efforts,
Seated at the guests table were:
Lieut.. w. H. Plummer (who presided
gracefully, Capt. E. G. Barrett, Maj.
Harry B. Fairbanks. Capt. w. A.
Condy. Lieut.. M. H. Tisdell, Lieut.. F.
H. Lucke, Corp, D. D. McTaggart, T.
r. Dand. David Gowans, Jr., George H.
Jones and Walter w. Burkhardt.
The veterans present were: First
sergt. W. H. Allison. A. c. Magee, Will
liam W. Rice, S. H. Wallace, P. NJ.
White. Charles A. Barton, J. Arthur
Wedge, r. L. Green, Henry A. Billiard,
H. K. Hobbs, Corp. ]. F. Cruikshank,
Sergt Edward R. Riedl, Il. II. Brig
ham, Hospital Steward w. II. Moss, r.
r, Allison. L. NJ Fay, A. t. Squires,
NJ. G. Canwell, Sergt. E. B. Sawyer, A.
G. Mills, Charles f. Lamberton, corp.
John G. Hagberg, Philemon Brule, Ben
ianain Cooper, Jr., A. G. Thompson, Q.
w. Davis, j. w. Smith, James A. Cole,
Fred r. Hayes, William Morse, Will
liam e. Garden. William E. Moody
Frank e. Gale, Simon Israel William
E. Sherman, Joseph T. Laf1am1ne, Al
fred M. Wills, Herbert A. Ba!iou, Elmer
Christensen, Charles A. Fischer, Henry
G. Coley, Fred G. Newell, Walter A.
Trayer. A. J. Reinbold, George E. Alli-
son, Sergt. C. A Poland, J. Fl. Lowell,
| S. E. Clapp, Corp. A. r. Murray, w. e.
Schoffeld. Frank L. Fairbanks, William
G, standish. w, M. Lavery and Q. f..
Thomas.
After the banquet, Lieut.. w. II. Plum
mer called the assemblage to order and
said:
| Association: We have met here to-
night to celebrate our first annual meet
| ing and banquet as veterans OF war.
| To us it means a great deal, and to our
guests it is as much, for most of them
have been participants of the events
| leading up to our success
I
for we are comrades and no matter how
| old we grow we shall be boys forever.
| This is not all jollification when. we
| meet for we think of our two comrades
whose memory we revere.
The first speaker whom have the
| pleasure of introducing is one whom l
! know YOU have loved, obeyed and res
! pected. He commanded our battalion
and as commander of that battalion he
| did not follow it. He led it and 1t was
| our motto and our aim not to look
back for Maj. Fairbanks, but to look
| forward for him.
| Here Lieut. Plummer presented Mai.
Fairbanks, Capt. Barrett, Capt. Condy
and Lieut. TisdeH bouquets, the gift of
Mrs. P. H. Hurley.
Major H. B. Fairbanks was accorded
an ovation as he rose to reply. He
said
l am not the major of your battaI-
ion tonight, but a comrade on the same
plane with you. I have been on that
same plane before when | shared hard
! tack and bacon with you in Cuba.
The affection ] feel for this company is
/ deep-rooted, for in all my career in the
| Second regiment l have never been
more loyalty supported by any other
company. You have a glorious record
with nothing to explain and nothing to
| be sorry for. In other gatherings
have listened to the word comrades, but
never realized what it meant till now.
I shall hold every one of you in grateful
remembrance. so long as / can remem-
Der.
At the close of Maj Fairbanks re-
marks, Lieut.. Plumner called for three
cheers for the major Of the third bat
TALON which were given with will
/ The POSTMASTER then introduced
Capt. E. S. Barrett. He made a char
! acteristic speech and said: Men of Co.
A. 1t seems strange that should be
/ introduced to you. I have been with
| you on the march in camp, on the bat
| tlefield and in the trenches, and when
! you were sick and well. Every man
can feel proud of being a member of
] Co. A"
Lieut. NJ. H. Tisdell responded and
| Joseph Falardeau gave limitations Of
| musical instruments. Capt. w. A
| Condy, Lieut. F. II. Lucke and Sergt
| N. H. Allison also spoke. Capt. Bar
rett spoke of the recognition which
| Lieut.. Plummer deserved for staying
behind with the sick after the regi-
ment had left for home.
Previous to the banquet the associa-
ton met and elected the following Off
GERS: Capt z. N. Barrett, president;
Lieut.. W. H. Plummer, first vice pres
ident; Sergt. W. III. Allison, second
vice president; Priv. A. J. Rheinold,
secretary; Lieut.. NJ. H. Tisdell, treas
urer; Private W. w. Rice, chaplain;
executive committee, Capt E. G. Bar
rett, Lieut. w H. Plummer, Private c.
F. Lamberton, Corporal J. &C. Hagberg
and Private r. c. Dean; finance com
mittee. Lieut.. w. H. Plummer, Sergt.
c. A. Poland and Corp. r. L. Allison