The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-24
Battle of Antietam
Rehearsed By Vet
Grams of the 21st.
A FLAG FROM CLARA BARTON,
Daughter of the Regiment
Sends a Red Cross
Emblem.

The Saith reunion of the Twenty-f1rst
Massachusetts regiment, held yester-
day, in C. A. r. Hall, was the most
notable one in the history of the regi-
ment's annual gatherings. Clara Bar
ton. of Red Cross fame, and the daugh-
ter of the regiment, honored the gal
liant Twenty-first by sending flag
emblematie of the Red Cross Society.
At 10 o'clock the out-of-town veter-
ans were met at the Union station by
local members Of the regiment, and in
the train shed the 60 surviving mem
bers formed and marched through the
depot. On Front street fife and drum
music timed the battle-scarred heroes
in their march to G. A. R. Hall.
The business session opened at II
O'Clock. President Marcus W. Put
nam's chair was draped with the Red
Cross. flag. and note In Clara Bar
toms handwriting bore this inscription:
"Clara Barton, president of the Red
Cross Association of America, presents
this flag Of the international Red
Cross society of the world to athe
Twenty-first Massachusetts regiment.
Clara Barton marched and bivouacked
with the Twenty regiment from
Antietam to Fredericksburg minister
ing to the sick, wounded and dying
comrades"
Another card, pinned to the flag, said
We honor the school teachers, the
! pioneer women in government employ,
1 the army nurses of America and Eu-
rope, the superintendent of woman's
}, prisons, organizers of great charitable
enterprises, the visitors almoner among
the stricken families and pestilent dis
tricts of the world, and not the least,
the president of the Red Cross Associa-
; ton
Earth's noblest thing a woman
perfected
Chaplain George S. Ball offered pray
er. @. e. Simmons moved that the roll
> be called and it was read by the sec
rotary, Col. George p. Hawkes.. DeX-
ter B. Hathaway gave clarinet solo.
Mr.. Hathaway was a musician in the
Twenty-first regiment band during it's
], term of service, and a half-entury ago
, was leader Of the Shrewsbury Band.
Secretary Hawkes. read the minutes
! of the last reunion, at Hudson. Treas
urer L. e. Stewards report showed a
balance of $136 in the treasury of the
, association. DR.. James Oliver and j. R.
Davis were appointed to wait upon
: Hon. Alfred s. Roe and urge him to
! be present.
t A letter was read from Miss NJ. E.
Almon of Newport, R, l., an honorary
member Of the association, and inciosed
! was check for $40 which was placed
: in the reserve fund. A vote of thanks
was rendered Miss Almon.
I, The following committee on finances
was appointed: L. E. Stewart, e. w
Stone and ]. w. Cummings. The obit-
, uary committee will consist Of C. e.
! Simmons, George S. Ball and w. H.
Sawyer
! Hon. A. S. Roe entered the hall. es-
; corted by j. r. Davis and DR.. oliver
end was greeted with hearty cheers
Ex-senator Roe delivered an address at
the dedication of the monument erected
, in honor of the Twenty-first regiment at
= one of the entrances to the Burnside
bridge, over Antietam creek
!, The monument to the Twenty-flrst
was dedicated last September, and three
other regiments, the Fifty-first New
Il York, Fifty-first Pennsylvania and
! Thirty-fffth Massachusetts,. have been
: similarly honored. Mr. Roe is a MEM
Der of the Ninth New York heavy artil-
lery, and yesterday was made an hon
crazy member of the Twenty first Mas
sachusetts.
| Ex-senator Roe, in his speech yester-
!, day, recalled his address at the dedica-
ton of the monument to the Twenty
i hrst, and gave summary of the action
of the regiment In the civil war. He
save q graphic word picture Of the ia
:. nous battle at Antietam creek and the
i heroic efforts of the Twenty-flrst to
hold the bridge.
II The executive committee announced
that the next reunion will be held at
| Gardner, Aug. 49, 1900 At ~ O'clock
\ dinner GarWa6 NV he n.
lief Corps, and the afternoon session
onened at l o'clock Dexter B. Hath
/ away and A. H. Johnson, a drummer
boy IN the Twenty-first regiment, gave
a clarinet and drum duet. The nomin-
ating committee submitted names OF
candidates for office for the following
year, and the election resulted as fol-
lows; President, j. r. Davis; vice.
presidents, r. L. Doane and o. P. Rem
lngton; secretary, Col. George p.
hawkes.; treasurer, L. f. Stewart: ex-
ecutive committee, George P. Hawkes.
=. w. stone, Abner R. Malt, William
1 Mellor and Sydney Sibley.
Chairman c. r. Simmons of the obit-
uary committee gave the following re-
port
J. e, Judd. member of the Webster
band Joined the Twenty-first In 1862. In
later years he moved west, and was
there buried.
oiNCil, DOIA III w 6HQGll. ana
died in Gilbertville, Sept 5. 1898. He was
commonly known as Sergt. Green of
Co. G.
Charles A Murdoch, known as cor
poral, was wounded in the battle of
Chantilly, in '62, and suffered from the
wound the rest of his life He was
buried in Palmer.
Lyman d. Edwards, one of the orig
inal Is men who enlisted from Peters
ham in 62. Born in Bernardston and
buried at Athol
John r. Smith, enlisted at Hubbard
ston and body afterwards taken there
for burial.
Comrade Merrick recently died. No
report could be obtained.
After the reading of committee re-
ports Miss Theresa Claffey gave sew
eral piano solos. The meeting adjourned
at $3.50 o'clock, and the comrades passed
the remainder of the day and early
, evening in discussing the events which
have resulted In the association of vet
Grams OF the Twenty-hrst regiment.
The following were present during the
day. in addition TO members of the fam
: lilies Of veterans M. NJ. Putnam, Dex-
! ter B. Hathaway William H. Sawyer
(captain), e. A. Mitchell, w. w. Clapp,
Edgar J. Salisbury, George F. Holt L.
d. Mason. ]. s. Garner, George s. Bail
(chaplaIn), j. p Cutting, C. A. CLARK,
Henry M. Howe, i. ID. Waters, Waldo
Vinton, Charles Goodell, Mai. John S.
Roster. Frank Dickinson Reuben
Weeks, John A. Merritt, John Brooks,
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