The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-24
Notes of the Reunion.

The camp is picturesque place, wit
one principal thoroughfare. Mckinley ave
nue.. where Is TO be met every characte
II American fighting blood These ar
characters worth any mans study L
and down they travel the dry thorough
fare, almost performing the left an
right hand around OF the country dane
as they meet their many old comrades.
Battery Of X. y. G. has seven tent
pitched on the west end Of the grounds
This is one Of the sights OF the reunion
and as the guns were fred yesterda-
every old soldier edged up toward tn
big guns. The boys are regularly in tn
held and all say they are doing goo,
work A sunrise and sunset gun are tn
regular salutes OF the day. All request
Of the veterans are to be complied with
The drum corps on the grounds are IN,
real articles OF war. The Butler count,
corps is composed OF many an old IF
and drum as well as the hearty old sol
diers that made the fine music Thes,
are: j. J. Jones c. J. Durham. L S
Dunlap, E. r. Jones and r. Tarbet. Tn,
Yates Center corps is composed Of Johr
VI. Vest. his wife and Jonathan Nen ol
Springvale. o. T. The Fort Dodge corn:
IS composed Of George Malonee and hi.
FOUR boys, none of which are over y years
IF age.
On Avenue Mckinley there are the
headquarters OF mapy states. but there
are more missing. The department. OF
Kansas is at the west end OF the ave
nue..
! one of the great camp-fires was held
| last night. For the sake of many a son
| OF an old soldier let It be said that there
is no fire connected with this feature
| Of the reunion. A campfire is a great
big storytelling party. Each man has
! q story somewhere hidden about him.
which sooner or later comes out.
Pominent among the lithe-limbed vet
| Grams or the grounds is c. H. Hoyt OF
| Lawrence. he proudly bears the title OF
| chief bugler of the department Of Kan
| sas. Comrade Hoyt has a beautifully
! toned bugle. not pretty. however. in ap-
pearance for it has gone through three
wars-the Mormon, civil and Sioux
J. y. Du Bots. Fifteenth Indiana. post
master at Wakita. Q. T.. Is here enjoying
reminiscent talks with his old warrior
companions He wears the eyer-prava-
lent button Of Bird S. Mcclure.
David Lloyd. Thirty ninth Wisconsin
is much present member from Lambert
o. T. He is having a splendid time and
is looking out 10 see that none Of his
friends MSS any fun. He claims the dis
tinctio1 Of being the youngest soldier in
, u.
fire story he tells is This: Not long
ago I had a dream. | was In a narrow
canyon and it was absolutely necessary
that | get to the other end OF IL. but T
met big rattlesnake. AS I approached
it. the rattles ratified with a dreadful rat
ting. / hesitated TO go farther. when
the snake, lifting its head said: DO
not fear, my good Republican. I am but
the Democratic party and that rattle is
the Populist party
b. w. Madison Of Pittsburg, Kan, is
attending the reunion and making many
new friends. as well as old ones over.
r. w. Emerson, president Of the Wis
consin association, Is from Great Bend
He assists heartily in seeing that every
one gets what he is after-a good time
heart-reDding scene-only one Of
many-occurred in the tent OF the Wis
cOnsin association. \ woman, through
dimming tears, earnestly searched the
roster for a name. the owner Of which
she vainly hoped might bear some word
from her mainstay. who never returned
from the war. She sought someone from
Baraboo, Wis.
Uncle Tom Randall OF Mount Hope was
very popular visitor az the camp yes
terday
Here IS one Of the representative oc-
currences. Hank Heiserman met g. w
Houser Of Harper county. whom he had
not seen for thirty-six years. although
they have lived in less than q hundred
miles Of each other nearly this whole
time.
one Of the pleasantest persons 70 meet
at the camp is +. ~ Hanslip. president
OF the Indiana association. C0mrade Han
slip Is from Usage City and brings good
news Of the Orient railroad progress in
Usage county.
A v. Sloat OF Derby. Twenty-eighth
Illinois infantry and Third. cavalry IS
here. he IS enthusiastic about Wichita
and declares that the assertion that she
viii have 5000 population is putting it
mild
Secretary =. =. Cory q The Iowa as
ISOLATION. from Great Bend. is one Of the 4
happy faces you meet on Mckinley ave- 4
nue.. He tells a good story a man step i
ped up 90 register on the Iowa roster. (
lie had q scar OF his cheek Mr.. Cory /
on the spur q the moment said. Are 4
you the man who vas killed Tire mar 4
looked a little puzzled and ar Cory eU-
planned Three OF four ~ the boys were 1
sitting on an enbankment before Atlanta
s member q another company came 4
INTO their group and Just as be went
10 sit down a shaTpshooter picked bin
n The bullet went through bis cheek
and H. vas carried Of Tor dead When
-omrsde Cory had told bis st7rv. no
nan ar the roster said. Yes T n tn
man"
George Thatcher. president ~ fhe Ini-
1ols associa flon. from Great Bend is one
Z rhe Jolly good fellows who are keep
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