The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
ANNUAL REUNION.
Veterans of the seth
Regiment Review
the Past.
PROMINENT men ATTENDED.
The Old Soldiers Are
Ready to Stand By
Mckinley.
PROMINENT men ATTENDED.

The 35th reunion of the Burnside as
ISOLATION of the Thirty-sixth Massachu-
sets regiment was held yesterday in
horticultural hall, beginning at Ill
o'clock with a business meeting. The
association numbers $40 living members
and the reunion brought out more than
100 of these to participate in the fes-
tivities of the day.
AT IL o'clock the meeting was called
to order by President Albert B. Whip
pie of Worcester, and Chaplain A. A.
White offered a prayer. The president
m lde short address. thanking the
members for the honor conferred upon
him and hoped that the association was
satisfied with his administration. The
minutes Of the reunion Of last year were
re1d by Secretary G. w. Barnes, and
were approved. The treasurer's report
showed all bills paid and a balance in
the treasury of s139.6O
The report of the auditing committee
was read by Chairman T. L. Barker
and accepted. 1t was moved that com
mittee to select list of names for Off
ces be appointed and the following were
chosen by the president; L. K. Davis,
Herbert Kimball Frank S. Leonard,
John Gardner ard Frank Crafts. The
report of the committee on neurology
was called for, but owing to the alb
sence of all the members, the report was
postponed until the next meeting. The
secretary gave out the following list of
members who have died since Sept. 2,
1898: Joseph Bruso, Jr., Co. c.; c. B.
Rawson, Co. C.; D. B. Engley, Co. G;
M. M. Howard, Co. H; Addison T. Hair
Co. K; Henry E. Graves, Co. K; John
Tighe, Co. K.
The usual letters from absent mem
bers were read, and among those send
ing regrets were the following: E. B..
Merriam of Lawrence, G. T. Merrill of
Leominster, II. o. Moore of Springfield,
G. S. Hussey Of Spencer, N. ]. Pierce
of Keene, N. H, Amos B. Anterior of
Bridgeport, Conn, c. H. Robinson of
Minnesota, Leonard o. Bruce of West
Townsend, Charles F. Garfield of Cam
bridge, B. B. Edmonds of Providence,
P. G. Woodward of Minnesota, F. E.
S. Bent of Washington, D. c., H. S..
Robinson of Andover, H. S. Burriage
of Portland, Me- Lucius Field of Clin-
ton, G. E. Warmer of California, A.
Littlefield of Iowa and G. L. Chapman of
Waltham.
The committee appointed to arrange
list of officers made it's report and the
following names were adopted, all of
them being elected without dissent:
President, S. S. Rogers of Grafton; first
vice president, Herveny l. Miller Of
Westminster; second vice president, G..
Frank Crafts Of Boston; secretary and
treasurer, George w. Barnes of Wor-
eester; chaplain, A. A. White of Wor-
cester; executive committee, George A.
Wood of Worcester, Fred w. Briggs Of
Worcester and Luke K. Davis of Wor-
cester; auditors, T. L. Barker of Walt
ham, E. T. Raymond of Worcester,
Lucius Field of Clinton; committee on
neurology, w. H. Hodgkins of Summer
vile, c. w. Wood of Worcester and H.
S. Robinson of Andover.
1t was decided to hold the next re-
union in Worcester, Sept. 2, 1900 At 12.45
o'clock the meeting was adjourned to
partake of dinner served by the
Women's Relief corps in the banquet
hall.
The large hall was set with four long
tables, and all Of them were filled with
the members of the association and wo-
| mems association, and were served by
members of the Women's Relief Corps.
The guests of honor were Mayor Rufus
B. Dodge, Jr., Gen. William F. Draper,
| United States ambassador to Italy;
| Secretary of State Olin, Capt John An
] derson, u. S. A., president of the Fifty
seventh Regiment Association; Capt. A.
A. White, chaplain Of the Thirty sixth
| Regiment Association; Department
Commander John E. Gilman, R. B. Ed
wards, commander of Post 10.
Secretary of State DIN acted as
| postmaster, and began his introduc-
| tons by referring to Mayor Dodge.
| "As a preliminary sentiment" he said,
| IT give you the city of Worcester. Our
hearts go out today, as they will al
ways go out. to the grand old heart of
the commonwealth" Mayor Dodge re-
| sponded to this toast as follows:-
Il have been a member of the Thirty
sixth regiment for two years now, and
we are glad to welcome the comrades
of the old Thirty-sixth to the heart of
| the commonwealth, as we are to well
come the comrades Of any regiment
| When asked how many survivors
| there were of the Thirty sixth, l was
| told that it would be difficult to esti-
mate, but l think otherwise, for ii
seems that all public offices are filled
| by the veterans of this regiment.
You are welcome to our city. That
| is, If you have left your gimlets at
| home. You can't work any old Ken
lucky tricks here. You'll have to pay
for everything you get. The heart OF
| the commonwealth is really the heart
The brains are all in Boston, but the
good, rich blood flows here, and if you
win follow me for a few hours after you
have left here, l shall show you a Sec
rotary of state who won't be able to tell
whether he is In Boston or Worcester
Mr.. DIN, before introducing the next
| speaker, said that while the members
of the Thirty-sixth were at the front in
public offices, they were following their
old custom of being at the front in ev.
erything "We have heard a great
deal of expansion" he went on to say
1T was thought of long before the
| Spanish war, and everyone is familiar
with the expansion of Chicago and New
York, and now we are talking of the
| Greater United States AS a sentiment
| give you Our country, God bless it
and our president and comrade vii
liam Mckinley, God bless him. and We
have to respond Hon. William Draper
ambassador to Italy"
Amid prolonged cheering, Mr.. Drape,
arose and said, in part
MI President and comrades:
thank you for this greeting. 1t is