The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-15
REEDS

| The Popular Commander of g. A. Il.
Was Happily Received on
Tuesday Evening.
1t is not likely that Commander
| Thos. Reed. Of the G. A. r., will
carry away anything but pleasant i'm
pressions of hi. visit to Mitchell with
the. Post, the Relief Corps and the
citizens Of the CITY. The commander
arrived on the Omaha road late in
the afternoon from Arlington. and
was ACCOMPANIED by W. L. Palmer,
Of Carthage, his quarter master gen.
eral, and Fl. P. Packard, of Redfeld,
a member Of the council Of admins
tration.
They in company with other menu
bers of the order from the surround
ing towns were conducted to the
Post rooms in the basement of the
Carnegie library building, where the
Relief Corps ladies had provided p
banquet of viands that appealed to
the appetite of an old soldier. The
tables were quickly filed and the la
dies Of the Corps waited on their
guests nicely, and what an excellent
bill Of fare was presented. If a per-
son never had much of an appetite
before he would be rewarded with an
excellent one in partakins OF Of
these old soldier affairs. While the
people were seated at the tables the
mandolin club furnished some enter
tanning music.
The old soldiers and ladies and the
guests Of honor repaired to the
Mitchell Club rooms after supper was
over for the continuance of the pro-
gram. Adjutant General Wolgemuth
turned %the..eyening program over to
Mayor Silsby. The dance hall had
been provided with many seats and
by the time the program was started
nearly every seat was occupied, the
citizens turning out in goodly num-
bers to meet the commander. Adju-
tant Wolgemuth said he was never
thankful for an accident before, but
when the mayor was slightly injured
at Wolsey a few days ago. by being
injured bySa bus team, it helped him
out for a presiding officer for this
occasion.
AS a chairman of an affair of this
Mayor Silsby is certainly a
genius. He has a very happy faculty
of introducing his speakers. In pre-
senting Commander Reed for the first
on the program he was referred
to as being a member of the First
regiment that enlisted for
the war of the rebellion and that the
members of the regiment marched
nearly every foot of the way to the
gulf of Mexico, and that it was such
sentiment as this that has preserved
the union. Commander Reed was
greeted with an ovation when he
arose to speak. He gave a few inter
esting incidents of his enlistment out
in California and of the long and
weary march to the gulf The COM
mander is a strong friend of the Re-
lief Corps ladies and during his re-
marks paid a high tribute to them
Tor the great assistance they we're
the war and for their help in
The present times OF peace. He
Thought the loyal feeling in the ma
ton would be best preserved through
the w. r. c. In his travels over the
state inspecting the many posts the
said he had found a feel
ing of energy among the members to
keep the posts up to the standard of
The past. The commander said that
It was his ambition to have every SOL
der in the state. a member of a
post and that any who felt that they
could not afford to join to just refer
the matter to him and he would see
that their membership was fixed and
that they would be forwarded a bronze !
button. Commander Reed is intense
y loyal to the G. A. r. and delights
n travelling among the old soldiers /
the state, and he ex-
pressed great pleasure at the arrange
nents that had been made fol him
n Mitchell.
Adjutant Wolgemuth read letters
II regret from Mrs. Jane Mason and
Capt. j. n. Hauser, Of Aberdeen.
Jol. Dollard, of Scotland, Comrade
Nash, of Canton, J. q. Baker, Of
aermosa, j. w. Adams, of Webster,
md Lieut.-Go Snow, of Springfield,
Who were prevented from attending
The gathering by various causes.
w. u. Palmer, Of Carthage, the
quarter master general, and a former
department. commander, gave a short
address and told Of some Of his ex-
perlences while he was associated
with the navy during the civil war.
Mr.. Palmer f%acetiously remarked
that he actually believed that the
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