The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-09-26
REGIMENT
REUNION,
Twenty Sixth Annual Meeting
Of the Fighting Fifteenth
N, ]. v.
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR.

The twenty-sixth annual reunion Of
the survivors of the Fifteenth Regi-
ment New Jersey Volunteers was.held
in Pennington, Thursday The an
nual meeting was held in the rooms Of
Lambert Bowman, Post G.. A. r.. No.
As, at 10 O'Clock, with President Silas
7. Genung in the chair and Secretary
S. W. Gordon at the secretary's desk,
a position he has acceptably filed for
many years.
The reports of the officers showed
the death Of twelve members during
the past year. BY resolution it, was
decided that hereafter the reunions
will be held on the second Thursday
Of October instead Of the third Thurs
day Of September as heretofore. Com
rade Israel d. Lum ,Iof Chatham, offer
ed the following resolution which was
unanimously carried
"The desire having been expressed
by number of the comrades to visit
the battle fields of F'rederickSburgh
and vicinity, where our regiment bore
so honorable and conspicuous part, it
is hereby
Resolved, That committee of nine
active and two honorary members be
appointed by the president, of which
he shall be one, to consider the feast
bility Of making such a pilgrimage.
This committee shall report to- the
executive committee OF the assbcia-
tion, when all active and honorary
members shall be advised by mail and
furnished with itinerary and cost of
the proposed trip. The expense to be
borne pro rata by thuse participating. z
The president named a committee
as follows Henry Hoffman, Israel d.
Lum, Stephen N Gordon, w. II. Cav
ley, w. Fl. II. Wyckoff, A. w. White
head, e. N. Davis, Theodore L. Swayze,
Silas P. ,Genung, with Harrie B. Hoff-
man and ]. Frank Lindsey represent
ing the honorary membership.
The annual election resulted as fol-
lows IT. F. Swayze, president; VIII.
bolivar, lst yice-president; Alonzo
Hedden, I'd vice-president; s. W. Cor
don, secretary; a, W, Whitehead, as
.sistant secretary; W. Fl. Cawley, treas
urer; Col. e. Davis, assistant treasurer.
Executive committee Company A.,
Abram Tranger; B, Morris S. Ham;
&c, e. A. Doty; D, Geo. II. Fallon; e,
Newton B. Stout; F, John H. Van
Deyeer; G, Samuel Hoff; H, Jacob H.
Lunger; l, Charles Pearce; K, David
Webb.
Following the meeting adjournment
was made to the opera house where
thesladies Of Lambert Bowman Relief
Corps served sumptuous banquet.
President Genung presided and the
Rev. WyckoH Of the Readington Re-
| formed Church, said grace Tnstru-
mental music enlivened the occasion
Speeches were made by Judge e. T..
Connett, John FOran, Mending the
Old Flag and a. w. Whitehead re-
cited, "The Old New Jersey Hayseeder
at the st. Louis Fair. . Among the
other speakers were w. H. III. Wyckoff
and J. Frank Lindsey.
The newly elected president, Theo-
dore II. Swayze, spoke in his, usual
happy manner, and upon his motion a
rising vote testified to the gratitude
Of the veterans to the ladies of Bow
man Relief Corps; also the same to
the members of Lambert Post for the
use of its post rooms.
The place for holding the next re-
union will be decided upon by the ex-
ecutiye committee.
Comrades Williamson, Chas. Guerin,
e. A. Doty. Samuel Meeker, IA. M.
Sands. Foster Langdon, w. w Beers,
were present from Morristown.