The Washington times., 1902-04-28
BUSY TINE AHEAD FOR
G. A. R. COMMITTEES

H. Small Samuel Smoot, ). w Stlncmctz.
Myer Strasburger, L. Swctland, \. C..
Steinbrenner. Emil G. Schafer, Frank II.
Thomas. Evan Tucker. Nathan Walder-
stein. Burton r. Walters. w. H. Zeh
George p. zurhorst, Robert Castelberg
w. C. Johnson. George 4. Jones, Ed McC.
Noel. T. Baldwin Johnson.
A Genuine Reunion.
Mr. W. 4. Roberts. of Langdon. d. G.,
who is employed in the Government Print
ing Office, is endeavoring to place himself
in communication with all of his old
comrades of General Burnside's Ninth
Army Corps. with view to making the
reunion next October in this city nota-
BILE one. He is particularly desirous OF
hearing from old comrades in the Thirty
fifth and Thirty sixth Massachusetts.
Forty eighth and Fifty-first Pennsylvania,
Flftyfrst and Seventy New York,
Eighth. Seventeenth. Twentieth, ana
Twenty-seyenth Michigan. and the Fourth
Rhode Island regiments.
4 Mr.. Roberts was a member of Company
X. of the Forty fifth Pennsylvania Regi-
ment. and had two younger brothers in
the same regiment, drummers respective
] ly of Companies and X. Albert. who
enlisted in 1861. is now resident OF
| Bellefonte. Pa, and Edward. i'll 1864. now
| lives in Cincinnati. Neither was quite
| fifteen years of age at the time OF his
enlistment. and both served TO the close
of the war. A third brother, Samuel.
who is now a resident of Wilmington,
| DEL enlisted in 1861. when seventeen
years old. as drummer of Company A,
| Fifty-second Pennsylvania Regiment.
All Are Living
The four brothers are all living, and
expect TO visit Washington on the occa-
sion of the next encampment. Mr.. Rob-
erts has just resurrected clipping from
the old Washington Chronicle which
! he has had in his possession for thirty
seven years. and that he believes will
prove of interest TO the veterans, as
they recall the closing Gays of their army
service. and have the opportunity to once
! more tramp over part of the ground they
traversed thirty-seven years ago under
/ different circumstances.
The article is as follows:
I'VE yesterday accompanied Hon. A. G..
Curtin and James l.. Reynolds. Quarter
master General of the State of Pennsyl-
vania, 10 Alexandria and vicinity, where
the governor visited a number of the
regiments of his commonwealth. connect
ed with the Ninth Army Corps. The great
I
the suburbs of Alexandria. although one
! division has been stationed temporarily
| elsewhere
1t is singular fact repeated by vet
eran officer yesterday, that in the four
years service the Army of the Potomac
| has invariably been attracted toward
Washington in the month of April. Many
regiments are encamped on nearly the
same ground they occupied previous 10
! b. l.,.,
| mac. under General Mcclellan, for Rich
mond. in the spring of 1862
ALI Was Excitement.
How different the feelings of those
brave soldiers now, however, from those
of former years. Then all was excite
ment, anxiety, and a deep sense of the
responsibilities that awaited them. Now
the hardened veterans. the 1.-the athletic
and experienced warriors feel that their
work has been accomplished. that the
white winged messenger Of peace is how
ering over them, that they have fought
the good fight, have covered themselves
with laurels. entitled themselves to the
thanks and gratitude of restored Re-
public and will soon be permitted to visit
their loved ones who are anXiously await
ing their return.
Upon inquiry we were AT first surprised
TO learn that several of the Pennsylvania
regiments numbered over six hundred
men. but We soon ascertained that this
was due to the steady re-enforcements
that had been furnished.
One particular regiment the Forty
fifth Pennsylvania, will suffice, we pre-
sumo, as an example for nearly all This
was one of the first regiments that en-
tered the army from Pennsylvania and
was commanded by Colonel Welsh To-
day ii numbers six hundred men.
''All of the original officers but two,
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Gregg and Brig.
Gen. Irwin Curtin, a nephew of the gov
ernor, who entered the army as a pri-
vate in the Forty-fifth. was severely
wounded in the arm at Antietam and al
Ream's Station, and now commands a
brigade in the Second Division of the
Ninth Corps, have been gathered TO their
fathers.
But Few Came Back.
Very few of the original troops re-
main. This regiment has probably been
over greater portion of our country
than any other from the State of Penn
sylvania. having done duty in nearly
every one of the Southern States, and
will be long remembered for the gallantry
displayed during the war.
Yesterday all of the soldiers appeared
to be in an excellent condition, and hav-
ing passed through SO many terrible cam
paigns are now enjoying their much
needed repose. The regular routine OF
drill is kept up, however. and dress pa
rade is daily had at O'Clock in the even
ing. They are all well clothed and pro-
vided with comfortable quarters.
Every hillside is covered with tents,
and the old familiar sound of the reveille,
the tattoo, and the inspiring strains from
many bands reverberate through the wales
of old Virginia. Generals and their as
sociate officers have selected their head
quarters near the grand old residences
which abound in the vicinity of Alexan-
dria