Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-08-31
VETERANS MEET.
Reunion of Civil War and Spanish-American
Veterans at Meeting of Dodge County Veter-
ans Association held last Saturday
at ReeseVille

The members of the Dodge County
Veterans association held most success
full reunion at Reeseviiie last Saturday.
The weather was unusually fine, the at
tendance large, both inside and outside
the county, and the official program was
carried out with credit to management
and participants. The village had made
every preparation to accommodate
the visitors. To show their sentiments
of friendship as loyalty, the public and
private buildings were decorated with
banners and bunting and for the day
business gave way to the desire to enter
tain. Members Of the G. A. R. and OF the
". r. C. were much in evidence and all
were loud in their praises OF the hosplt-
ality generally prOffered and thankfully
accepted. Great credit is due President
Hughes Of the village and his conferes
for their successful work. John w.
Gauss was, as always, presiding genius
and as impartial in his favors, as gener-
Gus in his speech. The speakers i the
day were Senator John H. Whitehead and
Hon. A. H. De Croft, present Department
Commander, and their names are alene
sufficient guarantee of the appropriate
ness of their remarks. Senator White
head is always eloquent and his speeches
are models of pleasing expression and
mature thought, and his address ON this
occasion was no exception to the rule.
Commander De Croft dealt more especial
ly with Grand army matters and urged a
complete enlistment of all survivors of
the civil war. His remarks were favor
ably received. Not least interesting of
the many numbers on the program was
the address of welcome by President
Hughes. He promised much, but the full
fillment was still better. His speech
was frequently interrupted by cheers
and merited every one Of them. In the
absence Of Col. E. B. Gray, to whom had
been assigned the task of responding,
C. A. Pettibone was Grifted for the Oc-
casi0n and got through alive.
A lady from Madison whose name has
escaped our memory, gave pleasing
and interesting sketch Of the origin and
growth of w. R. C. Mrs. Montgomery, of
Lowell relief corps, an enthusiastic lover
and worker in all that pertains to Grand
army matters, was present, and made a
few remarks but owing to the extreme
length of the IT Dgr; III her talk was brief.
The Reeseyille Brass banG, enc Babcock,
of Oshkosh, an old but popular minstrel
man, w. r. c. choir and the young
ladies of Reeseville supplied the vocal
and instrumental part Of the musical
program, and the audience listened with
interest or participated i'll the patriotic
chorus and fiattered themselves that they
had helped. The exercises closed with
the singing Of America, Everybody
sing" was Canes orders and over in the
reporters corner it was gross flattery to
call some of the singing music, but it put
in the time, and made some Of the singing
more bearable by comparison. The re-
freshments served at all times during
the day were abundant, excellent and
varied. If any one went off home hun
CRY or dry" it was his or her own
fault. The "old boys" appreciated
every courtesy shown them and il no
engrassed copy of a vote Of thanks
was personally served upon every
one who took part in getting up the en-
tertainment the thankful fee,ins-wa.5.o,i i
dent all the same. Reeseville you're
little, but you're big for your size.