The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-16
and Others.

About four hundred and fifty SOL
diers of the Civil war, accompanied by
between eight and nine hundred
friends. assembled yesterday at Lake
Ariel and celebrated the annual ,re-
union of the veterans Of seven coun-
ties. The association Is made up OF
the members of the Grand Army Of
the Republic in Lackawanna, Wayne,
Luzerne, Wyoming, Susquehanna and
Bradford counties, Pa, and Broome
county, N. Y. All these were repre-
sented at yesterdays gathering, with
the exception of Bradford.
In the afternoon the yearly business
meeting was conducted, and officers for
the coming year elected, after which
speeches were delivered by Homer
Green, the well-known Honesdale au-
thor and lawyer: President Asa Il.
stevens, Comrade Darte and others. 1t
was decided to hold the next reunion
in Honesdale in 1901, and Colonel
Graham Watts, of Honesdale, was
chosen president.
1t was a large audience which as
sembled in the park pavilion at 1.3o
| o'clock, and an audience in which the
blue uniforms of the old veterans were
everywhere noticeable. The soldiers OF
the Rebellion, old, weak, broken down
in health, some with empty sleeves,
| presented an appearance both pathetic
| and picturesque. as they stood, listen
ing carefully to the stirring speeches
made. Many Of those present had not
met in many years, and the meeting of
| the old comrades was touching in the
extreme. Among the latter was David
| Ulmer who now lives on small farm
| IL
| watchman at the First National bank,
of this city, in the early COS.
THE REUNION.
President Stevens called the meeting
to order at 1.30 o'clock, with Major +.
| w. Pearce occupying the secretary's
chair.
Rev. Mr.. Tower, of Susquehanna
county, opened the day with prayer,
| and then, after the regular routine
! business was transacted, the election
| of officers took place, resulting as fol-
| lows: President, Colonel Graham
| Watts, of Honesdale; vice-president,
| for Broome county, N. Y, w. w. Ty
| Ter, of Binghamton, N. Y; vice-pres-
| dent for Luzerne county, Colonel AL
| fred Darte; ice-president for Lacka-
wanna county, Frank Hollenback, Of
| Carbondale; vice-presldent for Sus-
| quehanna county, Perry Sweet, of AL
| ford; vice-president for Wyoming
county, Major w. N. Reynolds, of
Tunkhannock. The president will ap-
point the secretary and treasurer.
Homer Greene, esq, of Honesdale,
| then delivered the address of well
come. Mr.. Greene spoke In his usual
happy vein. welcoming the gallant sur
| vivors of the Civil war in most cor
| dial manner. He told several reminis-
! cences of the terrible strife, and mem
| toned how he remembered seeing the
! soldiers drill near the very spot where
| the reunion was going on, and spoke
of the patriotic feelings wakened in
his breast by every remembrance of
those stirring days.
He then spoke briefly of the pres
ent condition of affairs in the United
States, and in speaking of the adminis-
tration, endorsed its every action, and
declared that every true born Ameri-
can should stand by the government
now, even as 1t was stood by during
the turbulent days of '63. He spoke
with spirit and zest and declared
1--WE should remain true to the ad-
ministration, If it takes every dollar
|
ter end, If 1t takes every pound Of
powder in the land which can be
bought. begged or secured in any pos
sible way"
MR.. STEVENS RESPONSE.
President of the County Union, A. B.
Stevens answered Mr. Greene in a
we'll prepared, finely delivered speech.
He also gave a brief review of the
present existing state of affairs, and
then spoke regarding the reunion Of
the comrades. He referred touchingly
to the sufferngs endured by the old
veterans for their country, and drew
from them a lesson for the rising
generation.
After the singing of "The Old Ar"
my Cantean," by Comrade Tyler, of
Binghamton, Comrade Alfred Darte,
of Wilkes Barre, Judge of the orphans
court Of Luzerne county, and past
department commander of Pennsyl-
vania. made a very interesting speech,
taking Expansion" as his theme. He
proved an exponent of extending
American domain, and quoted Presi-
dent McKinley's famous speech,
Wherever the blood of American SOL
diers has been shed and the Ameri-
can flag raised, there II will remain"