The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-16
THREE COMPANIES
HOLD REUNION.
Thirty-TwO Survivors An
SWered Roll Gail.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES.

ELSsHUENT SPEECHES.
The Survivors OF Famous Conrmands
Have Great Day at Old Union
Church.
On Saturday, the 18th, the writer
attended the reunion of the survivors
of Co. &C." 14th IS. C. Regiment, Co.
&C." 3rd Battalion, and Co. "a" 9th
Cavalry, at old Union Church. AS is
always the case on the occasions of
these reunions at this place there was q
great gathering of the people. The
last meeting always seems to be the
best one.
Major G. w. Culbertson, the gallant
Captain of Co. &C." 14th, is always at
his post, and presided with his usual eff
ticient, genial and agreeable manner.
The meeting opened with prayer by
Rev. j. A. Hughes, followed by songs
by Prof. l.. d. Elledge and his school
of fair young ladies and bright boys and
girls. Their rendering of "DiXie," "
and '"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"
i. was splendid.
Then followed roll call Lieut.. w. H.
Pinson called the roll of Co. &c" 14th,
while Sergeant B. l.. Henderson stood
by with his records and gave an ac-
count of every man. Thirteen answered.
The roll of Co. &C" of the 9rd Bat
talon was called byJ. P. Elledge, Esq,
a survivor of that Company. Twelve of
of this Company answered Here"
Orderly Sergeant Jared d. Sullivan
called the roll of his old Company. -
Seven of this famous old command an
swered.
The calling of these rolls, all of them
with some one hundred and thirty or
forty names each, and the account
ing as far as possible for the living
and the dead takes considerable
time and at it's conclusion an hour re-
cess was announced for dinner
The good women of the neighborhood
were on hand with most bountiful
supply of everything good to eat and
judging from what this old Reb exper-
fenced himself and saw going on, every
body did their part and everybody got
plenty.
Lemonade and other iced drinks and
dainties were to de had in inexaustable
supplies.
After two hours spent at dinner and
in talking over the long ago by the
veterans and older members of the
other sex, and of discussing the future
and building castles by the younger
generation of both sex, the crowd re-
assembeled at the stand and were en-
tertained for an hour or more By elo-
quent and appropriate speeches by DIR.
j. H. Miller, O. G. Thompson and F. P.
MCGOWAN.
little time was then taken by these
commands in some business matters,
among which was an appointment for
the survivors of these three Companies
to meet here next year on the Saturday
nearest to the 18th of August.
o. G. Thompson read from copies on
Confederate paper the orders of Gen
erals Lee and Johnston upon the surren-
der of their respective armies, also the
Phantom Host, famous Southern
War Poem.
AT the reunion here last year jim Nc
Clellan of Co. "C'', I4th, who has since
crossed over the river, repeated from
memory, word for word, the last order
of General Lee.
The meeting brokeup with that popu-
lar song, "When the Roll is Called up
Yonder."
A little more than forty years ago,
more than four hundred men, nearly all
of the first and greatest installments,
being boys or very young men, COM
prising these three companies went to
war, for the great mass of them, long
SERVICE
'The muffled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo,
No more on life's parade shall meet,
That brave, but fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
While glory guards with solemn sound,
The bivouac of the dead"
"a lessening line, each lessening year,
And each lessening year more dear.
o. G.. r.