Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-13
.CROCKER'S BRIGADE
TWELFTH BIENNIAL MEETING TO
BE HELD IN WATERLOO SEP.
TEMPER 1914.

BE TELL TN WAL EHlOO SEP.
TEMPER 1914.
Six Members of Famous Brigade Liv-
Ing In WapeIIo County-SeveraI of
OttumWa Members Are Contena-
plating Attending the Meeting.
A number Of Ottumwans are con-
templating attending the Twelfth BIZ
ennial Reunion of Crocker's Iowa bri-
gade which will be held in Waterloo
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
1914. An official notice of the meeting
has Just been received by the local
members of the old brigade.
Crocker's Brigade was composed of
the 18th, 18th, 18th and 10th regiments
of Iowa Infantry. The residents Of
Ottumwa who belonged to the brigade
SO far as known are Thomas Brown,
Company D, Fifteenth regiment, Law
renee Mott, company e, Thirteenth
regiment, M. v. Leonard, company D,
Fifteenth regiment, j. d. Wallace. com.
pany K. Fifteenth regiment, j. H.
Evans, company I, Thirteenth regiment,
w. H. Nicodemus, OF Eldon, a member
of the brigade, was member of COM
pany G, Eleventh regiment.
The order just sent out from the
headquarters of the brigade at Mt
Vernon, is rs follows:
The Official Notice.
All soldiers who have at any time
served in the Iowa Brigade" compos-
ed of the 18th, 18th, 18th and 18th
Iowa Infantry Volunteers, are by the
constitution entitled to membership,
and are cordially invited and urged to
attend.
The biennial address will be deliver
ed by Col. w. H. Michael of the 18th
Iowa Infantry Volunteers, now of
Washington, D. c.
Regimental meeting at 1870 p. m.
Tuesday.
All arrangements for the meeting
will be in charge of local executive
committee in Waterloo and will in
clude transportation on the various
railroads centering there, which GER
tainly will not be more than one and
one-third fare.
A second circular will be sent out,
giving full information and instruction
as to hotel rates, railroad rates, ETC.
The Silver Oak Leaf Badge of the
society and the engraved certificate
of membership can be procured at the
reunion or by addressing C. w. KEEP
Ter, recording secretary, Mt. Vernon,
Ia, the price of each is one dollar.
Notices of the deaths of members
since our last meeting, with dates and
other incidents and Of change of post
Office address of members should be
sent to D. w. Bushnell, corresponding
secretary, Council Bluffs.
Our comrades will carefully note, the
change of the days of the week. This
year it is Tuesday and Wednesday,
instead of Wednesday and Thursday
as heretofore, the change being neces-
sary to accommodate local conditions.
Owing to conditions which all our
members will recognize, we urge the
presidents and secretaries of the reg.
iments and all comrades by cores
pondence and personal effort to urge
the attendance of all members. This
year we will not send out our notice
to the various newspapers, asking
them to publish it. but instead of that
we want every member to see his To-
cal newspaper in his vicinity and see
to it that they give notice of the meet
ing in good form in their columns. In
that way we will reach greater num-
Der Of comrades. Be sure and attend
to this.
The increasing attendance OF wives,
sons and daughters of members upon
our reunions is cordially commended
and their presence in greater numbers
than ever at our twelfth biennial meet.
ing is earnestly requested.
The ties of Fraternity, Charity and
Loyalty" which bound the brigade in
its unbroken service as an organiza.
ton from April 1862 to July 1865 and
the spirit of comradeship which has
marked its reunions for twenty-four
years, assure us that despite the lapse
of time and the loss of loved and hon
ored members, the brigade will come
together at the historic city of Water
loo, with undiminished numbers.
| H. H. Rood, President,
Mt Vernon, la.
G. w. Kepler, recording secretary
! Mt. Vernon, la.
D. w. Bushnell, corresponding sec
rotary, Council Bluffs, la.
| Peter Kiene, Jr., treasurer, Dubuque
Ia.
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may be worth TO you more than 500
| if you have child who soils bedding
from .ncontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. Il
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