The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-09-28
Reunion of
CO. E., Doth. O. V. |.

w. Leg 1UtHs ". W u.
The first annual reunion of Co.
f, Doth o. V. l. was held on the
lawn at the residence of John w.
Tritsch, Thursday, Sept. 81, 1905.
The attendance was good, the fol-
lowing old comrades with their
wives being present and enjoying |
the occasion: Sam Poland and
wife, Columbus o., James Wilson
and wife, Jacksonville o., John
Tritsch and wife, Tom Meldrim
and wife, Joe Collins and wife,
Harvey Mitchell, wife and daugh
ter, Jack Shaw and wife, w. 1.
Bowers and sister, all Of Logan o.,
John Cage and wife, Union Fur
mace, Hi Brown and wife, Starr,
Joseph Marshall, Sugar Grove and
Handley Hillyer, Jacksonville, o.
Comrade w. 1. Bowers the old
orderly seargent was made tempor-
ary chairman, and calling the
meeting to order made one of his
very interesting talks as be al
ways does at the reunions.
After enjoying the address of
Comrade Bowers and the object of
the meeting being stated, an cleo
tion of officers was called for. On
motion of Comrade Ward N. Wood
ard, John w. Tritsch was elected
president. On motion of Hi Brown.
Joe Collins was elected secretary
treasurer. On motion of Sam Pol
and, Ward N. Woodland was elect
ed vice president. On motion of
Joe Collins, Thomas Meldrim was
made chaplin. The association is
to be known as old Company f Of
the Goth Reg't. A number Of let
ters from comrades who were un-
able to be present were read to the
boys showing the interest that we
haye for each other. Among the
number is the following from our
old Comrade Ben Aplin Ia cousin
of our townsman, DR.. Aplin, who
served twenty-five months in that
terrible slaughter house of Ander-
soaville prison during the war:
Chillicothe, Mo-, Sept. 90, 1905.
Comrade Tritsch and Co. E.
l had intended going to Den
yer to the National Encampment,
but after your first card came in.
viting me to the reunion of old Co
e, gave up going to Denver ant
made my arrangements to take my
wife and little boy to Logan. 1
was no sacrifice to give it up, fol
/ had rather attend the reunion o
, old Co. E than any National En-
, campment, Worlds Fair or any
, thing else on earth. But it seem
the fates are against me going Il
Ohio. Last year my wife was tax
t en- sick just in time to prevent, m
e from attending the Goth reunion
a and now her father had the mis-
i fortune to be in railroad wreck
e and was so badly injured that hi
: life has been hanging by threa
{, ever since, and it knocks me ou
d again. You cannot imagine M
: disappointment, you are ther
. where you can see some of the oil
;, boys often, not so with me, for
IS never see any Of them; the neal
II est approach l ever get to any c
j. them is to see some distant rels
e tive of some of you. That is be-
:, ter than nothing but it don't Fl
If the bill. I frequently see Joh
e. Poland but 1 want to see San
=: John is all right in his place as
le preacher, but he was not men
70 Der of old Go. E, nor of the GOT
,g Reg't. o. V. 1. By the way OF
"a of Sans boys is only few mil
lie from here and / have been tryir
W to see him for some time, but ha'
OF failed.
ne Well John you are going to ha'
eess the best meeting possible for col
'u rades to have, and / want you
as tell all the Gld boys it would
,ii ,d the greatest pleasure of my life
DIS be with you, but it is impossit
II When you shake hands with t
as ot old boys, shake for me. 1t wou
at at be a very great pleasure to knc
that they all remember me.
There is sad feature to the
reunions too. There are 80 ma