The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
kenosha's Grand Old Man Pre-
scented With Splendid Memor.
ial From Grand Army
OLD SOLDIERS SHOW LOVE
Committee of Distinguished Grand
Army Men the Guests of Mr.. Sim
mons on Event of Presentation
Monday Evening

ne non. K. u. simmons or this City
was again honored by the members of
the Grand Army of the Republic on
Monday evening when at a banquet
at the Simmons home on Prairie ave-
nue. Mr.. Simmons was presented with
splendid memorial from the
old soldiers of the United States.
The memorialwas simply message
OF appreciation prepared under the
direction of the National officers of
the Grand Army and by special
committee appointed at the Denver
national encampment.
The memorial will be shanded down
to the children of Mr.. Simmons as a
most treasured heirloom. It is a
beautifully open written and pen
etched set of resolutions of twenty
pages made by a disting uished New
York artist. It has something to say
about the great work that Mr.. Sim
mons has done to aid the members of
the Grand Army both during the time
of the Civil war and during the last
few years, and assures him that the
heart of every veteran intthe United
States swel1s at the mention of his
name. 1t reviews the act ofsMr. Sim
mons in presenting the beautiful
bronze medals to the soldiers at the
Denver encampment and one of the
most beautiful pages of the memorial
bears pen reproduction of the med
ais. The memorial is signed by Cor
poral James Tanner as Grand Com
mander of the Grand Army and bears
the seal of the national organization.
In the closing words of the embossed
resolutions the committee laments the
fact that Mr.. Simmons can not be re-
gularly received into the Grand Army
of the Republic, .but he is named as the
one always welcomed guest of Grand
Army posts of the United States.
The ceremonies attending the pre-
sentation of the N memorial were decid-
-edly pleasant, both to Mr.. Simmons
and the committee in charge of the
work for the Grand Army. The
members of the committee namedzto
prepare and present the memorial
were General A. G. Weissert and
Louis Sholes of Milwaukee and GEN
eral Louis Wagner of Philadelphia.
All of the men were present at the
presentation on Monday and letters
of regret were received from Grand
Commander Brown that he could not
be present at the ceremony. Other
dictipru;chod ~ borS Of +ba Gron6
Army present at the dinner we're F.
A. Walsh, Wade H. Richardson, DIR.
%. w. Carlson, Oscar Fl. Pierce and
Capt. j. p. Rundell and w. H. Stark :
weather, of Milwaukee. The COM
mittee of the Kenosha Post was
Capt George Hale, F. H. Lyman, A.
H. Kruckman and c. E. Likes.
TIE members of the committee and
other Grand Army men reached the
city at S O'Clock Monday afternoon
Tand went at once to the home of Mr..
Simmons where a dinner was served
in their honor. Covers were laid for
sixteen at the dinner, Mr.. Simmons
being assisted in entertaining by Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Lance. After dinner
was over the address of presentation
was made by General A. G. Weissert
the chairman of the committee and
Mr.. Simmons made a short speech in
response. b8sh Il
AS Monday evening was Mr.. Sim
mons 18th birthday the Wolcott Post
sent him present of a bouquet of 70
roses.