The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-27
Members of St. Paul AssO-
citation Hold Their Fourth
Thanksgiving Reunion
and Dine Together at the
Metropolitan Hotel.-Dan-
iet w. LAWYER and Rev.
Alexander McGregor De-
liver Addresses.

Thanksgiving day has of late years
been adopted by the st. Paul assocla-
ton of the First Minnesota veterans OF
the Civil war as one occasion for an
annual reunion. Accordingly, last
evening, at the Metropolitan hotel, the
members assembled for the fourth time
with their wives and a limited number
of invited friends to eat their Thanks
giving dinner together.
The surviving members of the st.
Paul association are: r. L. German,
president; M. L. Bevans, secretary;
Josias r. King, Charles Muller, Andrew
Krieger, j. v, H. Benton, George Nor
timer, H. w. Boyce, F. C. Scherfenberg,
J. H. Odell, E. L. Lloyd, Patrick Falli-
hee, c. F. Hausdorf, w. S. Reed, Will
liam Berkman, J. R. Clancy and III. L.
Bevans Other members of the First
Minnesota who were present last even
ing were: Col. F. M McKusick, now
adiutant of the Soldiers home; Gus
tave Plummer, of Minneapolis, and c.
S. Durfee, of Minneapolis.
Among the guests last evening was
little Miss Anita Van Kleeck, grand
daughter of Capt. r. L. German, presi-
dent of the st. Paul association, and
great granddaughter of Gen. Willis A.
German, who commanded the First
Minnesota throughout greater part
of the Civil war.
Upon the invitations issued for this
occasion appeared list Of the MEM
orable engagements of the First Min
nesota.- Bull Run, Balls Bluff, Shen-
andoah Valley campaign, Yorktown,
Fair Oaks, Savage Station, White Oak
Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, South
Mountain, Vienna, Second Bull Run.
Antietanl, Charlestown, Fredericks-
burg, Charlottesville, Gettysburg,
Bristow Station and Mine Run.
Dinner Was served in the large din
ing room of the hotel and afterwards
the guests assembled in the hotel par
lor to~enjoy a short programme of mu-
sic aud speeches.
John T. Gehan, accompanied by Miss
Hildegarde RentZ, Sang Columbia; +"
after which President German intro
duced d. w. Lawlef, who spoke some
what as follows:
D. w. Lawler Speaks.
'This is the day when the people of
this land, i'll all parts of the world,
wherever they may be- come together
before their affairs and in their homes,
to thank the Giver of All Good for the
blessings which they have received. 1t
is fitting that this administering
day-stould- be selected for a reunion
Of the members of the First Minnesota
regiment. We thank God today that we
have a flag, that we have a constitu-
tiens and that the principles of that
constitution ares SO firmly established
that every effort to overthrow them
has but strengthened them in their
foundation. But were it not for these
men who sit about us here tonight and
such men as these there would be but
little for us to be thankful for.
Forty -tworyears ago these men were
involved in one of the most unique
struggles In the history of nations, a
struggle. in which brother met brother
and men of the same country who had
lived under the same government and
believed in the same institutions were
arrayed against one another. 1t was a
struggle to test whether the republic
of Washington and Jefferson was a
living fact. There are men here who