Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-20
REUNION OF OLD SOLDIERS.
Pleasant Annual Event Takes Place
at kirkviIie Last Week.

Kirkville, Sept. 19.-(Special Cor
respondence LAST Thursday thir-
teen of the surviving members of Com
pany B, Thirty-sixth infantry met at
the home of Comrade and Mrs. M. e.
S. Rubel, two miles east of Kirkville,
in their private annual reunion. The
day was pleasant one so far as the
weather was concerned. An elegant
dinner was spread and we venture to
say that the boys had on more than
one occasion during their army lire
been glad to have taken even the
scraps that were left from this dinner.
After their arrival at the Rubel home
and before dinner they were seized
with desire as of old to do little
foraging. So they very quietly went out
on a foraging expedition over the farm
and soon came into camp with a good
supply of apples, melons, etc. After
the inner man was thoroly satisfied
with the good things from the table
the latter was cleared and the dishes
done up" and all present proceeded
to pass the day in social way, each
relating something of his army life,
which is always interesting to hear.
This part of the program was inter-
spersed with music by the mandolin
and glee clubs, composed of Miss Mar
garet Rubel and her two brothers,
Chester and Walter. Following this
days reunion these old soldiers and
their families, together with few 9TH
er invited ex-soldiers and their fami-
lies of the community, assembled at
the town hall Friday and held gem
eral reunion. Tables were spread and
abundant rations were issued. After
dinner Rev. j. G. Caughlan gave a
short address, which at the conclusion
was heartily endorsed by those pres
emit Following this were short talks
by Comrades Benjamin Abegg, VIM.
Boyd, Henry Kirkpatrick. Ralph Hol-
loway and John Woods. Following is
the roster of those present at Comrade
RubePs and at the Fridays reunion
also:
Levi Gates, Blakesburg, Co. B, 36th
Iowa Infantry.
Benz. Abegg, Blakesburg, Co. B, 36th
Iowa Infantry.
John H. Bellies, Blakesburg. Co. B,
seth Iowa Infantry.
Calvin Smith, Blakesburg, Co. B,36th
Iowa Infantry.
Nelson Derby, Blakesburg, Co. B,
36th Iowa Infantry.
w. P. Riley, Platte River, Mo-, Co.
| B, Seth Iowa Infantry
r. w. Moore, Cedar, Co. B,36th Iowa
Infantry.
Ralph Holloway, Cedar, Co. B, seth
| Iowa Infantry.
B. F. Chisman. L ley, Co. B, 36th
Iowa Infantry.
Henry x. Kirkpatrick, Kirkville, Co.
B. Seth Iowa Infantry.
John w. Woods, Kirkville, Co. B,
Seth Iowa Infantry.
John J. Owens, Kirkville, Co. B,36th
| Iowa Infantry
M. E. S. Rubel, Kirkville, Co. B, Seth
Iowa Infantry.
James Houser, Cedar, 7th Iowa Cav
airy.
| William Boyd, Cedar, 7th Iowa Cav
airy.
H. Carnahan, Cedar, 4th Iowa Cav
airy.
Geo. w. Kirkpatrick, Kirkville, ca
I, 18th Iowa Infantry.
Samuel Myers, Kirkville, Co. c, It'll
Iowa infantry.
John Ross, Kirkville, Co. G, Att
l
| Alpha Picken, Kirkville, Co. F, 4tt
Iowa Cavalry.
Richard Allison, Kirkville, Co. f
4th Iowa Cavalry.
William E. Douds, Kirkyille, Co. 3
10th Illinois Infantry.
Geo. Cockefair, Kirkville, Co. l, x
New Jersey Infantry
Joseph Briggs, Kirkville.
Samuel Fullmer. Kirkyille.
James p McDonough, Kirkville, &c
c, 7th Iowa Infantry
Thomas ]. Calvin, Kirkville Co. 1
9Th Iowa Cavalry.
Charles Teal, United States navy.
This makes total of twenty-seye
ex-soldiers and their families in thi
reunion. These reunions, which hav
been an annual feature for many year
are looked forward to with much plea
sure each year. We do not know tina
Company B has lost a member durin
: the past year. but old age is bearin
! heavily upon some of them and it
possible and very probable that whe
: another reunion is held and the roll
9 called some one will not be here t
. answer to it.