The National tribune., 1906-08-23
REUNIONS.
Glad Gatherings During the Week All
Over the city.

Vermonters gathered in force at the
Mayors reception room in the Court
House, where the 2d. Sd 4th. 5th. 6th
Sth and 11th regiments held their An
nual Reunion. Several hundred mem
bers were present, and all reported one
of the most enjoyable gatherings for
years.
The 1st Minn. II. A. held Reunion,
at which o. NJ. Olds. of Minneapolis
was elected President and John Il. An
gier. of Litchfield. Secretary and Treas
urer. The next Reunion will be held
at the State Fair Grounds in September
of next year.
The Survivors of the Battle of Shiloh
held a very important business meeting
at the Plymouth Church. when Judge
II. NJ. Minor. of Denver. who served in
Co. B. 4lst H., was elected Commander.
and S. NJ. French. also of Denver. Ad-
jutant. An enthusiastic Campfire and
Reunion was held in the evening. at
which Senior Vice Commander Cooper.
of Ohio. presided. 1t was decided that
the organization should hold meeting
on the battlefield of Shiloh on April 6
and Z. 1907. with the ex-Confederates
who fought in the same battle.
At the Reunion of the 9th MINI. John
Burns of Rochester. was presented
with a section of the flagstaff carried
through the war. 9. +. Mcdonald. OF
st. Cloud, Color Sergeant, received a
little mallet made from the same flag
staff encircled by band of silver. on
which was inscribed &C. F. Mcdonald.
Department Commander 1906. Color
Sergeant. 9th MINI. Inf. '62-'65. Made
from old Flagstaff and presented by his
comrades of the 9th MINI. regiment.
Adj't E. II. Couse was elected Presi-
dent; w. J. Dean. Secretary.
There were 200 members of the old
4th Mimi. at the Reunion. The regt-
ment fought Indians in 1861 and 1852
and then went South for the remainder
of the war.
Survivors of the 1st and I'd regiments
of the famous Minnesota Cavalry that
fought off the Sioux in the Indian war
of 1868 and 1864 met in the City Hall.
Maj. E. A. Rice, of Faribault. the only
surviving field officer of either regi-
ment. was elected President to serve
for the remainder of his lifetime. The
other officers: Lieut.. F. c. GrisweII.
Minneapolis. First Vice President: Even
Evenson. Stout, Mimi. Second Vice
President: John Schafer. Third Vice
President: William Grover, La Crosse.
Secretary; p. V. Dubay. Minneapolis.
Assistant Secretary.
The Mississippi Marine Brigade held
a Reunion and election of officers for
the ensuing year. There were about 80
old heroes who saw service in the war
on the old ironclads that piled up and
down the Mississippi acting as conveys
for troops and supplies or running Con-
federate batteries.
The 30th Wis. met in Reunion at the
City Hall, with representatives from 10
companies present. Col Bartlett. its
Commander made the talk of the oc-
casion, and was followed by Capt. Ar
mold: Of the staff. and by a representa-
tive of each company.
Cushman's Brigade held an informal
Reunion at its headquarters in the City
Hall. Every member who attended the
Encampment was present. The meet
ing was presided over by Maj. Allison.
Capt. Bassett, Capt. Hatfield and Lieut..
Hyde made appropriate speeches.
rousing meeting. full of enthusiasm.
was held by the famous old 5th Y. Y.
II. A. at the Court House. Representa-
tives from eight companies were pres
ent, comprising men from New York.
New Jersey. Minnesota. Iowa, Indiana.
Wisconsin. Illinois. North and South
Dakota. Eleven had died since the last
Encampment. The meeting was ad-
dressed by Hon W. H. Eustis. Col Geo
c. Ripley and Carl Wallace. and by
Capt. J. H. Barker. of New York. who
related the incident of the famous
speech by Lincoln to the regiment.