The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
NAVAL VETERANS
GET SHORE LEAVE
Men Who Manned the Union War
ships and Gunboats Hold J,
Lively Reunion.

water hung about the waterworks COM
mittee room during the reunion Of the
naval veterans In spite of the fact
that the National Association of Ma
val Veterans has it's own meeting at
Providence, R. l., this year, 125 vete-
ing from all parts Of the Union.
Many were the affecting scenes as
former shipmates found one another
after years Of separation. Often they
did not recognize each other, but the
sight Of names once familiar on the
inquiring they found one another and
retired to some quiet corner to COM
pare tales. There were men of every
rank, but all met in common yesterday.
There was no program or business
session. The visitors merely met and
discussed questions of interest. One
veteran called the attention of knot
people in Minneapolis do not know the
proper manner Of hanging flag. cts
long ways from salt water and cut
tie fish out here and perhaps we cant
blame 'em," said he in his remarks.
~ remember my training, tho, and
cry time I see flag hung in a peculiar
manner at once translate it by the
ing downtown and saw a flag hung
union in That means distress by
the signal code. When the field, as
the landsmen say, is out, it's all right,
tress. I walks up to the house and
rang the bell and asked if I could do
anything. They didn It know what I
meant, but I stuck to it and made
them see if they were not in distress
| that the flag should be turned about,
and stayed till it was. There g lot
more, too; in the town that are wrong"
tered in the following order, name,.
home address, and ship:
Charles stewart Denver Morse; A. ,, G: Cary
e. Paul Mens pad e. y T. kssp aa:
George eeef any Portland, ore. Clara Polson; H. 6.
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seon Bay, Mich, Avenger Daniel Bousys
M Mich Silver Lake; oliver Jones, minneapolis
Baltic; ~ J. Bruhn Rolfe; Iowa; Nantucket;
MCKEE Chicago, wabash; 6: ". Sale, Grand
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and Benton John W1rt Wis
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= a. Gregg st. Paul Vanderbilt and Brooki!n
J; John Black Cincinnati, Great Western; lame lame
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stone Anderson Clinton Mis 1r hed kGz
1. West Chicago, South Carolina; j. Miller, MN
neapolis Victor W. B. Croker Glenn' Mlsm
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Minneapolis Brooklyn; r. W. Mars Ualhoun
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