Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-10

There are two kinds OF spices-ToNE's and "others'
Grocs-s-7O GENTS
TOME BROS, Des Moines, Iowa.
otto to say" Capt Hutchinson said in
opening. While I can't tell anything
about the western army, being of the
eastern division, yet we were all in
terested in the results.
We wore the same uniform, carried
the same muskets, had the same OBJ
ject in view and, thank God, we all
marched under the same nag"
He then told of the centennial cele-
bratiop which had been observed in
Philadelphia. in honor to that cradle
OF liberty" He told of the Quaker
city's prominent place in the history
OF American liberty; of that famous
bell and Its ringer, which first rang
out Iiberty's triumph to the early
Americans He then recited the incl
dent Of the rich Hebrew in Chicago
who at the outset Of the civil war
sent Lincoln a silk flag with an in
scription on it, the first chapter OF
| Joshua, which ends UP "for the God
of our fathers was with him."
at was the same God that was
with the 100000 men who enlisted
and went forth in the great cause. He
was with the 100000 men who gave
IN their lives on the battlefields;
with the 100000 men who pinned,
starved and passed away in rebel
prisons; and with the 100000 who,
though not killed came back Grip
pied and manned FOR life from the
struggle"
Mr. Hutchinson then went more into
detail Of the hardships and privations
Of the soldiers of '61. He drew COM
parative pictures of the country as it
was before the war and as 1t is now
giving his comrades credit for the
great change that has been wrought
while we remember all these things
the captain said in closing, ''let us re-
member that we have great RESPONSE
bilities before us-while we have lib
erty and freedom we must not have
lawlessRess. Show the world that we
can and do respect law. We have
showed the world that the people Of
the United States can govern them
selves. We have established the fact
that when debauchery and lawless
ness exist that the people can rise UP
and put 1t down"
THE Old Army 6ean."
"The Old Army Bean" sung by J
H. Lyon of Harlan. Neb.. a member
Of Company E, of the Seth proved tt
be one of the most entertaining mum
bers of the evening. This followed
Capt Hutchinson. Mr., Lyon. who is 6
remarkably well preserved man, ant
has a good voice, sang the entire TWEEN
tv verses of the song and when he hat
closed, the room rang with whistles
shouts, clappines and stamping Of fee
while cries Of more beans" filed the
air. Mr.. Lyon responded with one o.
two OF the other fifty verses and the
soldiers let him off but the applause
continued for several minutes.
The Infant Talks.
Major Hamilton then called upor
Private Ed Walters, of Allamagordo
N. NJ. the infant of the S6th," for ;
few remarks, stating that Conrad
Walters had run away from his con
, federate father to fight with the boy
| in blue MI Walters talked for
F., very few minutes Vie read lette
from Geo. c. Carpenter, COMPANY T
now i'll in wellington, Kan, whic>
+. asked that the comrades rememhe
their absent member who was wit
, them in spirit if not In person. Sew
, eral other absent members were re
!. ferred to by Mr.. Walters who wer
y unable to attend because OF illness
He finished up his remarks by tellin
1.-THE BOYS several humorous incident
that had happened to him while Twin
in Mexico and the Southwestern
> states A general laugh followed hi
: close
), Fee Creates Laugh.
{ Capt. F. Nj. Fee Centervile, of con
g pauv G, was the next speaker an
!. started his comrades off with a laug
!, by telling of a foraging expeditio
!; that many Of them remembered. H
:, stated that he and the men under hir
> made a raid on plantation in tn
early DAYS and filled twenty wagon
with chickens and hams. He talke
along much the same lines taken b
his comrades before him, stating tha
!, while those before him had been i
q different parts of the armv. that the
y y had all been fighting for the one gres
:. result.
: He rave some time to the late Co
: onel Kittredge, a brother-in-law {
II Mai Mabon. paying him great comD'
i, ments and honors. He followed Ii
~ =, struggle from the BEGINNING to h
a end, and reciting incident after inc
- dent remembered by the men befoI
,e him. He referred to the civil war 6
rs the crisis of the world and give h
5 comrades credit for settling it to til
satisfaction of the world
In closing he drew pictures Of tt
women before the war and showere
upon them great share Of the cred
for the great victory which had eli
tied applause from the world
Prof. Rheem Sings.
Prof J. H Rheem then sang sol
eve Old Boys" the chorus of whit
was taken up by the entire audien,
and sung with spirit The last addre
iof the evening was made by Capt