The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-15
REUNION OF THE
SIXTH RESERVES
1T WAS HELD IN GUERNSEY
HALL YESTERDAY.
Those who Responded to the Roll
Call--Major w. H. H. Gore, Of
Athens, Was Chosen President.
Next Reunion will Be Held at
Gettysburg lin June, leo1-At the
Camp Fire Held in the Afternoon
a Number Of Addresses Were De-
livered by the Comrades.

The seventeenth annual reunion Of
the sixth Pennsylvania Reserves was
held Yesterday in Guernsey hall,
Washington avenue, commencing at 10
o'clock. The morning session was de-
voted to the registration of members,
election of officers and place of next
meeting. At noon the comrades took
dinner at Mitchelrs dining rooms and
the camp fire was held in the after
noon. Those who responded to roll
call were
Major W. II. Gore, Athens. Pa: c.
$. Fornwald. Bloomsbury: William
Hollingshead. Sayre, Pa: II. J. Con-
nor, Orangeille Pa; G. w. Mears, Ru-
perts station; Chester S. Furman,
Bloomsbury; p. S. Hamlin. Moosic:
Thomas Griffths, Scranton, all of
Company A.
Henry Dorsheimer. Hcnesdale; Rob-
ert Greeley, Prompton: John Canavan,
Scranton; Harvey Bishop, Honesdale;
John Hallet, Honesdale; George Gro
ner, Honesdale ]. n. Forman, Homes
dale; j. NJ. Surlne, Sidney, N. Y;
Thomas Mckane, Pittston; +. r.
Kimble, Scranton. Company c; d. w.
Tripp, Athens; II. p. Meade. Burling-
ton. Company /; Daniel Ely. Sugar
Run: Thomas Scott, Towanda; o. d.
Goodenough, Towanda.
Halsey Lathrop, Scranton; l. Fl. Ball,
Honesdale; Sylvester Hover, Main
Vile: Alexander Joes, Philadelphia;
George Kay. Harrisburg J. W. Mill
Ter, Baltimore John B. Leffier, Dam
vllle George Amerman, Honesdale.
TO MEET AT GETTYSBURG.
The next meeting will be held at
Gettysburg at the time of the depart
ment encampment in June, 1901. The
officers elected were: Major w. II. H..
Gore, Athens, president, and o. D..
Goodenough, Towanda, secretary and
treasurer. Many OF the members
were accompanied by their wives. and
they, too. manifested rnuch interest in
the union. The hall was decorated
with the flags. streamers and banners
of the Reserves, and during the day
the comrades related "reminiscences OF
their war days.
When the camp fire was opened at
o'clock, Halsey Lathrop, president
of the ex-Prisoners ot War associa-
ton, delivered the response to the
welcome afforded the regiment by the
| comrades in Scranton. He said in
view of the fact that the regiment was
recruited from so many different coun-
| ties 1t was surprising that such a
| large gathering had assembled. He re-
| lated some of his experiences during
the war, which were very interesting
| Among other things, he told of the
marrow escapes" he experienced dur
| ing the struggle of the regiment, and
urged the boys to prepare for the
grand reunion where there will be nc
| parting
Comrade Fornwald OF Bloomsbury
sang about the boys whu drank from
the same canteen, which seemed tc
| put the boys on edge. Mr.. Fornwald's
profile resembles President Mckinley
Comrade II. L. Paine. of this city
was the next speaker. and made a
pleasing address in which he expressed
the belief that Scranton always ex.
tends a welcome to the old soldiers
He said that the man who put dowr
the rebellion was now a resident OF
this city, referring to Halsey Lathrop
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
Some OF the hardships Of battle were
terrible to endure, Mr.. Paine said, but
whatever the emergency, the Ameri'
can soldier always rose equal to tn,
occasion. The soldiers never doubted
for minute but what they would
win out in the end, and their patriot,
ism was always In evidence. Never ir
the history of nations had any coun
try the equal OF the American army il
1865
Comrade r. II. Holgate was the mex
speaker and told something about thC
accomplishments of the Sixth Penn
| sylvania Reserves. When the war wa!
inaugurated, ii was o question of the
right of the majority to rule. and un'
der existing conditions, the problem:
which confronted the North were eX
tremely serious. The men who incitet
the struggle were in possession of the
government and controlled mos
everything but there arose a man II
the person Of Abraham Lincoln, whC
was elected president. who declared
that the Southerners could not have
war unless they made II.
The Sixth Pennnsytvan Reserve!
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