The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-11
The OFFICERS
Are INSTALLED.
McHENRY CAMP SONS OF VET
ERANS HOLDS INSTALLATION.
Songs, Feasting and Patriotic Speech.
es the Order of the Evening.
A Memorable Occasion.

On last Friday evening the W. A..
McHenry Camp of Sons of Veterans
held their public installation of officers
for the ensuing year. The Grand
Army hall was comfortably filed with
visitors including majority of the G..
A. f. Post here, number of the La
dies of the Relief Corps and many 9TH
er interested friends of the order.
AS was most fitting Mr.. W. A. Nc
Henry, after whom the Camp is named,
acted as installing officer. Mr.. N l..
Hunt, the captain, called the camp to
order and after the opening exercises
Mr.. McHenry presented his letter of
| authorization and the impressive cere-
mony of installation took place. After
Mr.. McHenry had installed the elected
officers, Capt. N. L. Hunt, the newly
installed as we'll as the retiring Cap.
tain, announced his staff officers and
they were also installed into their re-
spective Offices. The business of the
evening having been transacted the
members of the Camp hastened to re.
gale their friends with tempting. regu
lation campfire refreshments. Coffee,
baked beans. pickles, sandwiches and
doughnuts made up the bill of fare and
there was enough to feed regiment.
The supper was a hearty one and was
heartily enjoyed. Following refresh
ments the ladies of the W. r. c., the
Grand Army boys present and the
Sons of Veterans joined in singing pa
triotic airs and the vigor with which
they Marched Through Georgia" and
"Cheered for the Red, White and
Blue showed that the ardor of patri.
otism is not dead in Northern hearts.
Captain Hunt again called the meet
ing to order and Mr.. r. Shawvan act.
ed as impromptu toast-master in call.
ing for and introducing those who were
called upon to speak
Past Department Commander W. A.
McHenry was the first called on. He
occupies a warm place in the affections
of the boys as the Father of the Camp
and they are always ready and glad tc
do him honor. Mr.. McHenry spoke Of
the love he had for the Camp and the
work of patriotism which it was its
duty to carry on. He spoke feelingly
OF the early days of the war, the days
when just such boys as those compos
ing the Camp were enlisting to go tt
the front and he grew earnest and elo
quent as he described the stirring
scenes of 1861. He told of the work O
the order and said that Iowa should bt
especially loyal to the order which hat
so nobly undertaken the work of erect
ing great university at Mason Cit,
where patriotism and good and helpfu
citizenship were to be taught.
The statement made by Captain Hun
that the w. A. McHenry Camp was t.
have memorial window in one of tn
University buildings was greeted will
applause.
Mr.. F. w. Meyers was called on as
representative of the press of Denison
He related that he had been in Arkan
, sas year ago while preparations wer
going on all over the south for the re
union of the confederate veterans a
I. Memphis, He told what interest tn
event had aroused, how it was almos
the sole topic of conversation in tn
| papers and on the street. He said tina
, if the South could do these things TO
] their brave soldiers who nevertheless
, were wrong, the North could certainl
afford to do no less for the brave so
diers who were in the right. He sal
| that he hoped every public occasio
: would be utilized for emphasizing tn
: debt of gratitude which the Natio
, owes the old soldiers and he congratu
lated the Sons of Veterans as the chos
en- instruments for inculcating tn
, lessons of patriotism and for keepin
: green the memory of their illustriou
sires. He said that he hoped the mex
Memorial Day would be made tn
chiefest day of all the year that it's les
sons might be impressivelv taught
Rev. A.G Martyr was next calle
upon and he responded in his usual fe