Smyrna times., 1899-01-11
GRAND ARMY POST CAMPFIRE.
Public Installation. Campfire Expe riences,
anS quet-Interesting Exercises Held
at the Opera House Last Evening.

y The Opera House was filled las
+ night by an interested audience who
who had come there to witness the
,f public installation of the newly elec
q ted members of Gen. W. S. Hancock
.r Post, No. 80, G. A. R., of this town,
and to hear ''around the campfire
y the experiences of the old soldiers ot
h the sixties and to listen to the glowing
y tributes to the memory of those who
. had fallen. There were few simple
decorations on the stage made by the
9 arrangement of American flags, and To
the right of the hall sat an orchestra
a which at different intervals struck nm
patriotic airs. This orchestra was
, composed of; Alfred Tilghman. piano.
, w. L. Garratt, violin; Fred Jang
, flute; George Sylvester. cornet:
: George Rose, trombone
The exercises of the evening opened
with public installation of the newly
elected officers of the Post The Post
sat IN body on the stage, which was
arranged IN the order of their lodge
room. The whole installation service
as laid down in the ritual was gone
through. Comrade Isaac r. Stats. of
odessa Post, No. IA, was present and
swore the officers in. They were as
follows: Commander, Thomas DAVIS.
Senior Vice Commander. William
Broadway; Junior Vice Commander
william Marshall; Adjutau;, Charles
b. Archer; Sergeant Major. John w
helhm; Officer of the Day, John Gar
ner; Officer of the Guard, Thomas
tucker; Quartermaster, Joseph Wal
raven: Surgeon, William Green: Sen.
tlnel' Sumner W. Ransom; Chaplain.
George W. Tilghman. Each officer as
ne was sworn in was escorted to his
post of duty" The installation ev-
erclses ended with an overture bv tbe
| orchestra.
AT this instance the Post left the
stage and came to sit, as it were
around the campfire, and to hear
with pathos the touching tribntes of
their invited guests as they eulogi7od
tneir fallen comrades, aud stirred their
hearts with the old fire of patriotism
George w. Tilghman was master of
ceremonies. He first introduced A q |
Oummlns' Esq. The latter opened his
remarks by relating in hyperbole the
phliopeha" game between the United
states and Spain, and how the lattor
was forced by the former to give mn
the Philippine Islands, Cuba and !
rofto klco as the penalty. He then
spoke briefly ON the Spanish.Americon
war; the hero characters who have
maue their names immortal, and of the
uniting under one flag forever. of tbe
North and the South.
Congressman-e John IT Hof-
1ecker was the next speaker intro.
duced. He reviewed the history of
our wars from the time we were undar
the yoke of Great Britain to the nras.
ent time, and he very Interestingly
told OF the condition of the conn+rI,
that marked the period of these differ.
ent strlfes, and spoke particularly Of
Wnat we are to-day as great nation
ne touched on the late war with Spain.
euloglzed the Grand Army organiza.
tlons, and hoped that we would stand
back OF the men that gave us a '.unitad
country"
Principal G. H. LeFevre. of tho |
Smyrna Public Schools, was the next I
speaker and in his usual eloquent
manner told of the great principles c
That were fought for during the events l
that lead up to the present time. and c
Its lessons of patriotism to the younger S
generations. t
hev. l.. W. Layfeld, of Smyrna a
Circuit, was the closing speaker of the d
evening. He said there were three r
reasons why he could not make q =
speech: First, there had been so much c
eloquence before him; second. he had o
already preached sermon that evan S
ing; and thirdly, he was in the pres. r.
ence OF the Delaware yellow-legged b
'hlckens." (Applause.) Rev Tav- e.
leld very eloquently spoke on "Tbe
Cause of the Marvellous Fvolntion ot 81
MS Country. He attributed them to b
'wo facts: First, "the cosmopolitan O.
of our National Life" +" and e'
econdly, because of the "Bovs in NJ
sue OF the Sixties" From every ma W
lonallty that has come to dwell in onr IL
ountry, we have made an American OF
ltlzen, and out of the cosmopolitan d'
'hoIe has developed one of the grand ht
st countries on the globe. America pc
what 1t is to-day because of the ia
boys In blue" of the Sixties. When
ne National flag was in peril in tho m
lxtles they came nobly to the front
nd saved the country. He was glad fir
ow that the lines between the North ur
hd South were almost obliterated tn
lie spoke of President Mckinley and tn
he late war and how touchinoIv tho III
orth and South threw away sectional sh
'ellngs and fought side by side under an
1e flag. He told earnestly of the th'
hristian civilization of this countrv ito to
'tent influence and what a grand so
'Jeet lesson it was to the world. He the
lowed the unselish spirit and svm. XII
tiny OF this country toward other M. XII
'ns in need of an uplifting hand. and AM
paid a glowing tribute to the ssbovs
blue of the SIXTIES" who had done
much to cause the marvellous evoIne
IN that has made this country tho One
andest upon the globe.
After the campfire speeches tho
estS were invited to banquet Fonr
ng tables were spread and the euests Pei
re pleasantly entertained for the ope
st OF the evening by the wives ing
lighters and lady friends of the diff. gre
ent members of the Post. It was CAV
e OF the most successful camn.f;ras gre
, Post has ever held. His
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