Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-07
Famous Body of Soldiers Viii
Gather at Muscatine.
LARGE ATTENDANCE EypECTEl
No Pains Are Being Spared In the
Preparations for Making this One of
the Organizations Most Successful
Meetings.

Crocker's Iowa Brigade will meet in
their eleventh biennial convention at
Muscatine September "a and 25, 1902.
This brigade, composed of the Elev
enth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Six
teenth Iowa infantry volunteers, serv-
ed continually from April, 1862, until
July, 1865, in the federal army and how
well the brave boys in blue acquitted
themselves during the whole of this
trying time every true Iowan knows,
and for this every member of the
brigade is revered and respected.
Society's Officers.
The officers of the brigade society
are:
President, H. H. Rood, Mt. Vernon.
Corresponding secretary, D. w.
Bushnell Council Bluffs.
Recording secretary, c. w. kepler,
Mt. Vernon.
Treasurer, Peter Kiene, Jr., Du-
buque.
D. w. Bushnell, the corresponding
secretary, has sent out 1000 copies of
the call for the convention to the sur
viving members of the regiment. All
soldiers of the four regiments named
above are by constitution entitled to
membership in the society and are
cordially invited and urged to come.
Big Preparations.
The city of Muscatine and the Off
GERS Of the society are sparing no
pains to make the welcome of the old
soldiers and their relatives a warm
one. The historic city of Muscatine
will be thrown open to the wearers Of
the immortal blue and everything done
during the two days of the convention
will be in their honor. The society
is especially eager to have the wives,
sons, and daughters of the members
of the brigade accompany them to the
meeting and promises a hearty well
come and pleasant entertainment to
all who come.
No pains will be spared to make
this years meeting the best ever held
since the end of the great civil strife
in which this country was engaged
during the sixties. The silver oak leaf
badge which signifies membership in
the society and the brigade will be
seen everywhere in Muscatine, and
will be the sesame to open every por-
tai. The increasing attendance of the
relatives of the members of the brig
| oSS az liiC lSuHlohS 10 Wei CHSoul
ing to the organization and promises
to result in the organization of a So
ciety that will perpetuate the mem
DRY of the members Of the four brave
regiments which make up the famous
organization.
Large Attendance Expected.
There is little doubt that the re-
union will be complete success. AS
the meetings are held only once In two
years there is noticeable at each sue
ceeding convention falling off in the
number of survivors of the noted brig
ade This fact will, it is thought cause
those who are still among the living
4 to attend as many conventions as it is
allowed them to attend, not only be,
cause it gives them pleasure and their
time is getting short, but in order to
pay the proper respect and give the
proper honor to those brave comrades
who have passed the great beyond.
w. o. Mitchell, member of Com
pany G, of the Thirteenth Iowa in.
fantry volunteers, will deliver the ad
dress of the occasion. The regimental
meetings will be held at 1880 p. m. on
Wednesday, the first day of the con
vention. The program for the sessions
of the brigade society will be interest
ing in the extreme. Old comrades OF
the sixties, some of whom may moi
have seen each other since the strenu
Gus days when they fought shoulder
to shoulder for their country and their
lives, will gather at the camp fires and
tell to each other and to their pos
terity the stories of the war times
some of which are ludicrous; some
alas, sad.
| Secretary Bushnell states in his cir
cular, the first one sent out, that in {
short time a second one will be is
sued, giving the particulars of the ar
rangements, which will include rail
!, road and hotel rates. time of arriva
and departure of trains, and all the
4 other details the members of the or
ganization will want to know