The National tribune., 1900-10-25
REUNIONS.
Meetings of Survivors of the Great
Conflict.
ILLINOIS.

Conflict.
ILLINOIS.
The survivors of the Chicago Board of
Trade Battery will soon erect at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chicago, beautiful monu-
ment i'll memory of the deceased cOmrade :,
and the Secretary. J. \. NourSe, 10 Dear
born street, Chicago. is anxious to obtain
the addresses of all living members; also,
information of the death of men of the
Battery. During the National Encamp
ment 33 of the survivors met, these COM
ing from Connecticut to Minnesota.
Battery /, I'd Ill. l.. A., held Reunion
during Grand Army Encampment at Chi
caSo. There We're present at roll call:
Capt. Chas. NJ. Barnett. Lieut.. Geo. L.
Ward, W. &. Putney, Rufus Stolp, Geo.
Stolp, J. II. Bedford Thos. Saunders,
Henry Smith, Ed. Smith. Jas. S Wealth
erly, Peter Countryman, Al. Lightall. Geo.
y. Hodge, Philip Deter, Lieut.. w. T..
Hayward and L. c. $. Brown. \ very
enjoyable time was had in talking over
the days of the camp, march, fighting and
other war incidents. w. G.. Putney was
elected President and T. G. 5. Brown,
633:39 Jefferson avenue. Chicago. Secretary
| Treasurer. Due notice will be given of
the next Reunion.
The Tooth Ill. survivors met at VIII
mingtOn, H., Sept. 20. Seventy-four reg
istercd and fell in for rations. The Secre-
tary had 81 letters of good cheer and of
regrets. Capt. NJ. \. NJ. Stewart pre-
sided. The meeting next year will be at
BGhidwood. Capt. Lines is President and
Geo. Pickel Secretary.
INDIANA.
| The 14th Annual Reunion of the 23d
| Ind. Battery was held at New Haven,
Ind, Sept. 13, with fair attendance. The
| following officers We're elected: Pres, w.
| III. Ringwalt; V. p, David Burkct; Sec,
Levi Craig. The next Reunion will be
held in Fort Wayne, Ind, the second
Thursday in October, 1901.
Eighty-seven comrades, over wo-thirds
of them accompanied by their wives and
daughters, attended the 18th Annual Re
union of the Morton Rifles 9th Ind.), at
kokOmo, Oct. IL and y. Comrade A. +.
Steele, of Marion, Ind, presided, with G.
B. Porter as Secretary and Lizzie Porter,
of LincOlnville, Acting Assistant Secre-
tary. Address of welcome by DR.. Puck
ett was responded to by Maj. MIN. Head
ingtOn. About 40 letters were received
from absent comrades. Eleven deaths re-
ported, as follows: A. B. Nolder, Macks-
vile, Kan; j. A. Crisler, Perth Kan;
Geo. Delong, Bluffton, Ind; David Y.
Hoover, Fairmount, Ind; VIM. Mullins,
Hartford City, Ind; 5. F. Sours, Dun
kirk. Ind; Lieut.. ]. E. Kelly, Bloomn+fon,
Neb.; Lieut.. Thombury Baldwin, Calves
ton, Ind; Lieut.. j. J. Mattox, Hartford
City, Ind; Lieut.. Isaac Goodwin, Perth,
Neb. Committee of Comrades, y. G..
Shinn, Dan Waugh and Lee Martz, was
appointed by the Chair to prepare Me-
mortal Resolution. The following officers
were chosen: Pres, A L. Steele; V. p,
f. NJ. Searles; See, G. b. Porter. Lin,
colnville, Ind. Several comrades were
present for the first time since the close of
the war. Some comrades met who had not
seen each other since October. 1864, when
discharged at New Orleans, La.
The 37th Ind. held its 10Th Annual Re
union in the Court House in Indianapolis,
Sept. 49, with 30 present. The officers for
the year are w. G. Patton, President; Jos.
w. Garrison, Vice-President; Thos. b.
Peery, Treasurer; Will j. Crisen, Secre
tary, all of Greensburg, Ind. The next
Reunion viii be held i'll Greensburg, time
to be fixed by the officers.
The 18th Ind. held its 18th Annual Re
uIi:en at Pleasant Lake, Ind, Oct. II and
y. Fifty-three members were present,
many accompanied by their wives and
children. Rome City was chosen as the
next place for meeting. The following ofli-
GERS were elected: Pres, Capt. Orville II.
ChaIll crlain; Y. P.'s, Geo. w. Trip.ett
and Geo. Northam; Sec, w. +. Peddy-
cord; Treas, Nicholas 2. Cook.
The 10th Annual Reunion of the 1881
Ind. was held at Indianapolis, in State
House, Sept. IS and 10, with 60 present.
The following officers were elected: Pres.
Charles A. Woodward; V. P.'s, Ben B.
Jearl, William l.. Day and John Carter;
Chaplain, Jesse Miller; See. and Treas,
William S. Kaler, Andersonville, Ind.
Comrade c. i. Deardorff, Bourbon,
Ind, writes of an interesting Reunion of
the 10th Ind. at Chumbusco. Oct. 4,
when the survivors were royalty enter
tanned by the city. The Waterloo Band,
composed of ladies, furnished the music.
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Church at 1:3O. The next Reunion will
be held at Ft. Wayne, October, 1901.
IOWA.
The veterans of the Both Iowa met in
Annual Reunion at Fort Madison Sept,
%, with ~ members present. The meet
ing was presided over by Maj. r. d, Cra-
mer, of Memphis, Mo. The old officers
were reelected as follows: Pres, Mai. K. |
ID. Cramer; V. p, Col. A. Roberts; Sec
Treas, ii. w. Ogilbee, Birmingham, Iowa.
Washington, Iowa, was selected as the
next place of Reunion.
Survivors of the Both Iowa held their
Seventh Biennial Reunion at West Liber,
ty, Iowa, October 10 and il, when 101 an
swcred to roll call. One comrade came all
the way from Scholls, Ore, and another |
from LompOc, Cal. The Campfire was |
held at the Presbyterian Church. and con- |
sisted of patriotic songs, short addresses, |
anu GeClldllOUS. he DuSl-
ness meeting was held on the 11th. After |
the meeting adjourned the old boys formed |
a line and marched to the banquet hall, |
where they and their wives and friends |
sat down to a most bountifu repast. |
Toasts were responded to by several of the |
comrades, which concluded the exercises, |
and good-byes were said. The next Re |
union will be held in Muscatine, in con-
nection with Crocker's Iowa Brigade in |
1902.
MASSACHUSETTS. |
The Reunions of the gallant 35th Mass. |
are always well attended, and this year |
115 survivors assembled at Lexington. |
Points of interest about the historic old |
town aa.e visited, and later a business |
meeting was held, resulting in the election |
of the following officers: Pres. Gen. Nat !
Wales. Y p's Cant E,norpa w Craocay