The National tribune., 1906-12-06
REUNIONS.
Gatherings Of Old Comrades All Over
the Country.

dent, George w. Roat; Secretary,
Theo F. Turner: Treasurer. Theo f.
Kreeger. The next Reunion will be
held In September, 1907. at Fortress
Monroe, if satisfactory arrangements
can be made; if not at West Chester.
Pa.
i The 10th ILL., held their 4Oth An
nual Reunion Il r. %. at Fairview
Park, Fairview, III. There was a good
attendance and a pleasant time all
around.
The 31st Ohio held their 2sth An
nual Reunion Sept. 81. at Hebron.
Ohio. There were Sc members of the
/ regiment present, and the following
Ohio, President. and S. A. Mcneil,
u Redwood, Ohio. Secretary and Treas
Il urer. OF the 27 young men that He
bron furnished for the 31st in 1861
only one now resides in that place.
The s5th Reunion of the 9Th Mich
Cav. was held Sept. IL at Fenton.
Mich There We're about 40 present
among whom We're several comrades
! who had never attended before. Frank
]. Kellogg. of Battle Creek, Mich. was
elected President. and Silverton Wild
rig, of Detroit, Secretary. The time
and place of the next Reunion is to be
decided later.
i The 41st Annual Reunion of the 95th
Ill. was held Sept. at Harvard, Ill.
/ About "a of the comrades were pres
ent, who enjoyed very much meeting
their old friends and relating their ex
i periences. George Eckert was elected
i President and +. E. Cox Secretary
I All the field officers of the regiment are
dead, except two Captains. who We're
too feeble to be present. The Re-
union for 1907 will be held Sept. 4, at
/ Woodstock. Ill.
/ The Annual Reunion of the 124th
Ohio was held Sept 26 at Columbia
Centre. The attendance was larger
! than in many years. G. II. Foster, of
| Cleveland, Ohio, was elected President
and S. r. Brainard, of the same city,
/ Secretary and Treasurer. Time cnd
place of meeting next year was not de-
cided. Any conrade not receiving no.
tice of the Reunions VIII please send
;. name and address to the Secretary.
J s. r. Brainard, 1867 w. 25th st.
/ (PearD, Cleveland, Ohio.
4 Tine 41st Annual Reunion of the
S6th Ill. was held Sept 81 at Whoa
ton. Ill. There were Is of the old
boys present. who are still boys"
Twenty deaths We're reported, and it
was decided to hold the next Reunion
Charles, Ill.
The 18th N. Y. Artillery Reunion
was held Sept. 20 and 81. at Albany.
n. Y. The following officers were
| elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Eugene Teller, of Sandy Hill. n.
Y; Secretary-Treasurer A. H. Sphere.
| of Albany, \. Y. During the first day
| the State House was visited and the
Governor shook hands with all. 1t
was decided to hold the next Reunion
at Sandy Hill, n. Y, the date to be set
| tied later.
| The Annual Reunion of Co.'S and
K of the 43th III. was held in Octo-
4 ber. at the home of Comrade William
II. Odell, at Sailor Creek Springs, Ill.
There were 13 of Co. b and five of Co
! K present. besides visiting comrades.
| A delightful time was experienced. For
20 years these Reunions have heen held
lat the homes of the different comrades
| belonging 10 these two companies.
! The 18th III. held their Annual Re-
union Sept ,2 and 13 at Watseka. III.
John s. DaTrough was elected Presi-
dent and A. r. Baldwin Secretary.
The following resolution was offered
! and adopted:
First. Every widow now on the pen
i sion rolls should receive a pension OF
sl2 per month, and all widows now on
the rolls at IS per month should have
their pensions increased to s12 per
l month.
4 Second. That each soldier of the civil
war who served 30 days or more and
i has arrived at the age of so years
! shall he placed on the rolls at IS per
month. AT the age of 81, at the rate
4 of s12 per month. At the age of es
years. at the rate of SIS per month.
At the age of 10 years. at the rate of
:. $50 per month. At the age of 10 years
at the rate of s25 per month. And
that all the soldiers arriving at such
i ages shall be placed on the rolls at
, such rate without any further proof Of
disability.
This shall not affect soldiers now
drawing higher rate.-A. r. Baldwin
:. Secretary.
i At the Annual Meeting of the 1st
VT. Cav Society, which took plaf3
recently iIs Burlington. VT. ID. c.
/ Walker, of cambridge. VT, was elected
President; sfaj. s. H. Wood. of st. AL
bans. VT. secretary. and Capt. II. o.
Wheeler. of. Burlington, VT. Treasurer
The next raeeting will take place in
1907 at Essex Junction.
: The Annual Reunion of the 74th Pa.
was held Sept. Il at Allegheny City
Pa. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Fred
rich CARDINAL; Heinrich Hissrich, Secre-
tary. and Charles Neidhard, Treasurer.
The next Reunion will be held at the
, residence of Comrade Nicholas Softer,
Pittsburg s. s.. Pa. At the business
: meeting it WAS resolved that all surviv-
ing members of the 74th, officers or
privates. should be requested to send
!, their addresses, with rank, company,
regiment date of enlistment and dis
charge. to Nicholas Softer, 1928 Sidney
St, Pittsburg S. s.. Pa. Upon receipt
of same u copy will be inserted in The
National Tribune. So that all shall have
a roll.
D The Annual Reunion of the seth
III. (Yates's Phalanx) was held Oct
I II at Haywood. Ill. Fifty-nine mem
3 bers of the regiment. with 20 honorary
members. were present, many of the
latter being the widows and daughters
of deceased comrades. The next Re-
union will be held the third Wednes-
, nesday in October, 1907, at Pontiac, Ill.
David Murphy. OF Pontiac. ILL.,. was
elected President, and w. II. Morley.
q of Arlington. Iowa, Secretary.
i The 32d Annual Reunion of the 18th
Ohio was held Sept 6, at Columbu
Ohio. There were 21 comrades pres
: ent, and all had a good time. The 18th