The National tribune., 1900-11-08

Anderson was elected President: j. p Aud,
| Firs. Vice-President; G. w. MackalI Sec
ond Vice-President; Henry Schmez, Third
Vice-President; DR.. ]. S. GOshOrn, Secretary
and a. G. Frand, Recording Secretary. Seven
members of the Association died during the
| past year.
The 18th Annual Reunion Of the 9th Pa.
Reserves Memorial Association was held at
| Scranton, Pa, Sept II, with "a comrades in
attendance. Maj. W. II. II. Gore, Of Athens,
was elected President. and o. ID. GOOde-
Hough, River street, Towanda, Secretary
Treasurer. The next Reunion win be held
at Gettysburg in June, 1901, during the week
Of the Department Encampment, g. A. r.
Survivors of Co. X, 11th Pa. Cav, held
their Annual Reunion at Lake Sheridan, near
FactoryvilIe, Fa-. with an attendance of 20.
COmrade G. W. Coles, Secretary Of the Regi-
mental Association, Philadelphia, was present
and reported progress on the history of the
command which 1t is expected will be ready
before the Reunion in Gettysburg in June.
ering will take place since muster-out at
Camp Cadwall. Maj. A. ]. Ackerley, Chin
| chilla. is President. and ]. B. Lesh, Square
Top: Secretary, of Co. X, nth Pa. Cav.
rome, Pa, Oct. II, with about GO survivors
present. Capt. P. d. Bricker presided. Get
= sburg was chosen as next meeting place,
elected President; Lew McMahan, OF Harris
burg, Secretary, and Chas. NJ. O'COnner,
Treasurer. Supper was served by the w. X.
H., 1OllOWeN Dy speaking By many NeteTdUS
James Louden presided. Gen: d. Med.
Gregg. who commanded the division in which
the 18th Pa. Cav. served, was among the
speakers. During the Reunion Comrades S.
S. Carpenter, n. Locke and Conrad 0rth met
for the first time for 80 years. All served in
Co. y. Nahum Locke is the comrade who in
the month Of March, "a, killed Black Hawk
The second Annual Reunion Of Battery A,
1st Pa. l.. A., was held at Gettysburg, Oct.
IL and u, with a large attendance 4. +.
ii'rns was reelected Secretary. Buffalo was
chosen as the next meeting place.
The 18th Annual Reunion of Batteries f
and 6. 1st Art, =. Il. V. G., took place at
Gettysburg, Pa. Oct. II and l., survivors Of
Battery a tEaston's) meeting at the same
Corp'l Skely Post, o. Many OF the veterans
drove over the battlefield and visited points
which had been of so much interest TO them
in July, 1863. The graves of James Pyrne,
William Mencer and Theodore Miller, in the
National Cemetery, had been decorated with
small flags and bouquets by COmrade Will
lam Rupp. Adjutant Of Post .. Many af-
fecting scenes were witnessed among the
boys when they strolled into the cemetery to
pay their respects to their departed comrades.
At the business meeting old officers were re-
elected by acc!amatiOn. viz: Pres. OF Battery
F, Col. Il. Bruce, Ricketts,: V. I. of Battery
F. james r.. Kennedy: Pres. Of Battery 9.
John y. Berringcr; V: p. Of Battery 6, Will
lam J. TrOup; Scc.-Treas. Of +. and c. LI-
ther Seiders. The time and place of holding
the 18th Reunion was left to the discretion
Of Sec. Seidcrs. 10 act in conjunction with
II. "A D.
Comrades Benj +. Shaffer of Troy. o.. and
George Kennedy. Of Landisburg Pa, were
reported as having died since last meeting.
After Battery Association had trausac.ed
their routine business the meeting resolved
itself into an old-time Campfire. and speeches
were made by Comrades Martin. Bagiey, Nc
Closky, Burns and others of Battery A, and
Comrades Frank II. Fleck. james f. Kenne-
dy, President BOehringer and Vice President
Troup, Of i and G Association. See, Seiders
has succeeded In locating over 235 survivors
nf fhn nU lfGf frfNaF e In fIa bat
teries Il and c. They are scattered over
q States Of the Union, with one in Oklahoma
Territory, and it is not uncommon to have
some OF them come many hundred miles to
meet their old comrades and enjoy 4 day or
two in each others company.
The 18th Annual Reunion of the 49th Pa
was held at Bellefonte, Pa, Oct. % and 26,
with 'arge attendance. Members of the
regiment who were wounded at Spottsylva-
mia, May TO- 1864, met for the first time
since that day. A feature of the meeting
was the ComDfire Among the speakers were
Hon. John g. Love, Hon. j. l.. Barton Com
rade Clement Dale. Newport, Pa, was Sc
lected as place of holding 1901 Reunion. Of
icers for the ensuing year are: Pres, Char
ley Smith. Pine Grove Mills: V. Ps., Don
Juan Wallings and $. b. Weber; Secretary
II. S. Wcstbrook, Altoona; Treasurer, ]. L.
Barton; Chaplain, A. NJ. Smith. tii.,r. .''''-i d.
Upward Of 100 survivors of the 130th Pa.
many Of them accompanied by their wives,
commem0rated the 3Sth anniversary Of Antie-
tam with Campfire at Harrisburg. The
principal address was by Samuel Ilgenfrltz
Of York. his subject being "Antletam." Rev.
James Patton Moore, who met with the boys
for the first time since muster-Out, also spoke
Hon. Thomas McCamant 12jth Pa spoke
In advocacy Of the demands of the 10 regi-
ments from this State unrepresented with
monuments either at Gettysburg or Chicka-
mauga, among them his own and the 100 h
Pa, for an appropriation from the State for
the erection of monuments on the Antietam
battlefield, marking the positions occupied In
battle by the respective commands Officers
were elected as follows: Pres, Maj. John
Kirk; V. p, ]. ID. Hemminger; Sec Dr. s.
N. Whistler: Treas, John ]. Frck The next
meeting will be at Shippensburg, Sept IT,
1901.
WISCONSIN.
The Dodge Co. CWis.) Veterans Association
at well-attended meeting at Juneau elected
officers as follows: Pres, John w, James
Lowell; v. Ps., o. f. Weaver, G. W. Reh,
field and Rae Weaver; Sec, u Hagman
Reeseviile; Treas, John Brown Waupun:
Chaplain, ID. G.. Lawrence, Burnett 1t was
voted TO hold the Reunion next year In Reese
Vile.
At the meeting of the 1st Wis Cav. dur
Ing the National Encampment at Chicago
John w. Canes Beaver Dam, Wis, was
elected President; James NJ Comstock Spo-
kane, Wash, Vice President; G. p Goodrich
Fort Atkinson, Wis, Secretary, and h -G,
Putnam, Brodhead. Wis, Treasurer.