Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-16
Will Gather On
Field of Battle
SURVIVORS of the Battle of
Shiloh to Celebrate Forty
fifth Anniversary of the
Struggle

John Feehan of this city, has re-
ceived the following communication
from the headquarters of the National
Association of Battle of Shiloh Survi-
vors, at Denver, telling of the plans
for the meeting which the associa
ton is to hold on the battle-ground
April and 7, celebrating the forty
fifth anniversary of that great strug-
gle.
There are in Iowa large number
of the survivors of this battle and 1t
is expected that this state will be we'll
represented at the coming gathering
on the battlefield.
The Letter.
Comrades At the annual meeting
of this association held at Minneapolis,
Minnesota, August IA, 1906, it was de-
cidei to hold meeting upon the bat
tlefield of Shiloh on April 6 and z,
1907, being the forty-ffth anniversary
of the battle.
BY General Order No. 1, issued from
these headquarters September 6, 1906,
committee were appointed for the pur-
pose of making the necessary arrange
ments for the meeting. Major D. w.
Reed, secretary of the Shiloh National
Park Association, committee on local
arrangements; Major James H. Ash
croft, Paducah, Kentucky, member
of the Shiloh National Military Park
Association, committee on reception.
and Captain T. W. Holman, of Rutle-
ge, Mo-, late member of the 21st Mis-
souri,, committee on transportation,
and Captain James w. Irwin of Savan-
nah, Tenn, late member of the G. S.
A. cavalry on behalf of the gray, were
appointed as a committee on general
arrangements
Much work has been done by these
several committees and by correspon-
dence from these headquarters, and by
S. M. French, adjutant and quarter
master, and from the reports received
to date we are assured that the attend
ance at this meeting, not only by the
survivors of this particular battle, but
by the people generally, will be very
/ large. The present interest awaken
ed through the labors of the several
committees and the interest taken by
the comrades generally, is such as &c
warrant the prediction that this will
! be one of the most enjoyable meet
ings that has been held by any organ
ization of our comrades.
| Comrade T. w. Holman, committee
on transportation, has arranged fol-
boats to start from st. Louis at
o'clock D. M. April Sd, for the battle
field, and to remain there two day:
and nights, the round trip, includin:
state room, board and passage, $500
leaving Cairo. Illinois, Apr.i 4, at 1.
/ O'Clock noon, fare $1,000; leaving Pa
: ducah, KY, April 4, at ~ o'clock mid
night, fare $1,000; boats arriving a
the battlefield April 3, at o'clock a
M, remaining during the meetin
and leaving on return trip at o'cloci
p M, April 7th.
The question of railroad fare ha
not yet been settled, but we hope an
on each one of the roads, and this wi
from Colorado and most points for d
: least one and one-third fare.
}, jomrade Holman, committee o
: transportation, should know as eatl
as possible the number who expect
: go from st. Louis, Cairo or Paduca
x upon the boats in order that he ma
make the necessary arrangements lC
a sufficient number of boats to NEE
the occasion Comrades, do not fail
notify Comrade Holman by writin
him at Rutledge, Mo, giving th
It names of persons who expect to g
d upon this trip and the point froI
d which they expect transportation b
e boat. By this means you will secur
your stateroom and full provision wi
4 be made for you on the trip.
The program for the meeting ca
e not be given in this order, for the re
lie son that we do not know who will |
hi present or what would be most prop
y and profitable, but we expect to ha,
lie an address by eminent speakers bot
er on the part of the blue and of tt
s. gray, followed by impromptu speeche
W music and personal "reminiscences, {
s. well as business meeting at whit
,e officers will be elected for the ensuir
e. year We are assured that numb
of the drummers aud fifers who we