The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-13


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with: ...I know you, all right, but
80 Don t you remember the little red
haired sergeant Of F company9 That's
me. I'm Jimmy Wright
eyes, I remember you Il. now, but
your hair isn't red," answered Mr..
Brack. VIA
"No, I've dyed it, ;" said the face
sioas tt 9spr5n Jimmy n :, HIS hair was as white
Levi and 'tDave'' Meet Again.
Two men old in years but young as
to eyes edGn oHa oeaep tIn sad
ing MSy R7h0i f;nay Heu Dayd oay sehWegs
hcw's, your jaw" :<'-
'sWeill, mi be blanked,'' was the
instant response. "Still shy finger,
eh7' -
This came from Levi King Of Be
midi. He and "Dave'' Schweiger had
been bunkmates in the First for many
months. King had lost a, finger and
Schweiger had been shot thru the jaw
in the times that tried men s souls, and
neither had seen the other for thirty
five years. The scars on the cheek and
the, missing finger brought them to-
gether.
Cherries From Gettysburg Seeds.
Mrs. II. G. Orcutt, wife Of Henry c..
Orcutt Of Company I, visited the field
of Gettysburg June 20, 1897, and while
there had picked some cherries whose
pits she afterward planted on the Or
cutt place near Sauk Rapids. This morn
ing sh appeared with Two baskets filed
with these cherries and passed them
around among the soldiers whose hero
ism is forever associated with the four
days battle at Gettysburg.
The Daughter of the Regiment.
The daughter of the regiment was
also there, Miss Marvin, q slender, pret-
ty. young lady whose father was Ser
geant Matt Marvin of Winona, and
many an old chap seized her hand and
spoke in tender memory of "Matt -
and his manly record with the First.
Among those who signed the register
ford, who commanded the regiment for
the last eight months Of Its active
service. He went thru the war from
Bull Run to Lees surrender and, altho
wounded once at Antietem and once at
Gettysburg, he never missed a battle.
'*Joe King Very Much There.
"Joe King' was also very much
I there: King has the remarkable dis
tinction Of having been. the first man
to enlist for three years service in. .sthe
civil war. The First Minnesota was s
| call Of President Lincoln for three year
lvolunteers, and "Joe" King was the
first man on the First Minnesota rolls
"Joe' has another sort Of halo ove1
his head. He is probably the only liv
| ing union soldier who has been, done in
stone for soldiers monument. It is
his figure which dominates the soldiers
monument at Summit avenue and Thirc
odd years, he is as tall and distln
| guished- looking as ever, and his hair il
| hardly touched with gray. !.
| Berdan's Sharpshooters.
! There were others besides the "origi
nal First' at the reunion this morning
| Berdan's sharpshooters were really
part and parcel of Minnesota g creates
regiment and among those Of ethis, com
pany who were on hand was 81. G. Nc
Coon, now Of Jefferson Barracks, Mo
whose brother, a native of .Owatonna
environs, is Charles E. McGoon, govern
) or Of the canal zone at Panama,
! Last of the Color sergeants.
=, The last of the color sergeants o
the old First was also on hand, givianI|
B1oomer lost a leg at Antieten but los
none Of his courage or his love FOR tn
game Of war and he is hale an
hearty as any Of them now. It wa
Color Sergeant Bloomer who carrie
the colors from the old state capito
to the new, a year ago. The old reg
mental flag is no longer seen at th
regimental unions. It is far from be
ing the ell-conditioned thing it wa
in the days when it was borne TO battle
days with Minnesota's s other battl
flags in the capitol. "Sam' Bloome
has another flag in which he takes grea
pride, however, a silk banner given ol
B company when it started from Still
water in 1861. ~
Some Of the Sadder Incidents.
It was a. morning Of many most u1
expected and most inspiriting reunions
. Pony' White,. who was wounded i
the old First infantry, and after bein
, in the Second Minnesota cavalry, ioine
: hands with his old bunkmate, job
Fitzgerald of Litchfeld, after bein
separated for twenty years. All aroun
the pavilion it was case of "Helll
you old tramp, where you been thes
, hundreds Of years9" and, "Well, b
George, if that amt you!' until til
welkin rang with glad greetings an
all sorts of good tidings were carrie
: one from the other and from group t
l group. The good feeling characteri
tic Of the occasion was not confined t
Minnesota men. New anu then Wi
+ consin man, or Pennsylvania maj
would drop in, to find himself imrn,
!, diately surrounded by the 'fboys
with whom he had fought in many
: campaign .'<~ : f'@...ss.T 49, =
There were some Incidents Of Il
gathering not so filled with the io
Of reunion. Over in the Soldier
, Home hospital "Jim' Weaver Of tt
old First was getting ready to answ,
: the last roll call. T'Jim'' has bee
blind for many years and has been q
inmate Of the Soldiers Home for nea
ly decade. The DEVELOPMENT of
case Of blood poisoning compelled IL
amputation of one of his arms ear
Q this morning. "Jim" is t68 years oil
IS The surgeon gave out little hope Of h
n recovery and many an old comrade we
n over to the hospital to say a la
l. "goodby' to "Jim'' Weaver.
e The gaps in the fast thinning ram
y were tragically noticeable at the reuni,
of the First. +" Many Of the M
n seem to be as young as ever and fit
f many years Of active and useful lii
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