The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-15
TWENTY-NINTH INDIANA VOL
UNTEERS TAKE ACTION TO
HAVE NAME OF COMRADE
CLEARED.
Plymouth Old Soldiers Attend Re.
union Held at South South
Bend Will Have All Meetings
There.

department to clear the name OF
James Campbell, of Peoria, ILL.,, of q
charge of desertiOn from the army
during the civil war, resolution
was passed at the meeting in South
Bend, by the surviving members OF
the Doth Indiana volunteer regiment
of which Mr.. CAMPBELL is a member
declaring the record of desertion is
a mistake and should be rectified
The 29th was rendezvoused in La
Porte. Mr.. Campbell was a member
of company +. and according to the
records held by the members of the
regiment was honorably discharged
in January 1863, for. disability.
Information only recently came to
members of the regiment that deser-
ton charge stood against the name
of Mr.. Campbell. This condition of
affairs has prevented him receiving a
pension and the members of the regi-
ment are doubly interested in the
matter on this account. The war de-
partment records indicate Mr.. Camp
bell deserted from the military hos
pital at New Albany, Ind. during his
term of enlistment. Members of the
regiment declare the records of the
company show he was discharged
honorably for disability at Nashville,
Tenn.
The session of the annual reunion
of the 29th regiment, which opened
j nthe Ct. A. Il. hall in the old court
house. were concluded Wednesday. A
large per cent of the 100 survivors
of the regiment were present, includ-
ing practically all of the surviving
officers.
The annual election of officers re-
suited as follows: President, Lient,
Col Charles Ream, of South Bend !;
first vice president, Leon Craig, m
dianap0lis; second vice president, ID.
p. DuComb, Lakeville, this county;
third vice president, S. f. Wetzel,
Carthage, Mo-, treasurer, DIP. Schu-
maker, Union Mills, Ind. secretary,
Edward Haines, South Bend. Ii was
decided to hold the reunion at South
Bend each year, that city being a
central point of the district in which
the majority of members of the reei-
ment reside, the date to be the first
Wednesday and Thursday of Sept.
Reports of the secretary and treas
urer were read and the new officers
we're installed. The secretary in his
report included interesting statistic
the age of the survivors of
the regiment present. The combined
ages of the 10 members present, he
said was 5,07S years, averaging,
over SO years per member.
Among the former officers of the
regiment present were Adjt. S. f.
Wetzel, Lieut.. Thomas Mari, La
Porte Quartermaster o. c. Sabin,
Chicago; Commissary Sergeant, An
drew Shepherd, LaPorte; Lieut.. Col.
Charles Ream, South Bend; Capt. 0.
B. Rockwell, Knox, Ind, p. Schu-
Union Mills color bearer
The meeting Wednesday night was
devoted to talks by the visiting COM
rades, in which happenings of the
days of the war were recalled. An ad
1ress of welcome to the visitors was
given by Capt. Ewin Near, of the
18th Indiana regiment. The welcome
was respond to by Charles Ball.
Those enrolled at the reunion
headquarters follow: r. b. Reed, j.
V. Powell, of Fulton, Ind. ELAN
Bushons, Syracuse, Ind, A. f. Sell
ers, Kokomo, Ind; S. C. Barnes,
Chestertep Ind; J. X. Brown, Crums-
Town, Ind; j. g. osbeak, George Gem
Die, Stroh, Ind; g. a. Coffin, r. A.
Finley, A. C. Shepherd, 7. L. Quig-
ey, J. CASTILLO, r.. Mari, LaPorte
Ind; Daniel Croop, ID. b. Hutchinson
f. Albright, b. A. Myers, w. Slower
ioshen Ind; j. Boonshiner, Millers-
BURG. Ind; ID. Bainger, New Paris
nd; Judson Auit, Rochester, Ind;
]. F. Babcock, N. X. Annis, Lake
lille. this county, S. Wilson, j. r.
irover, p. |. CRUDE. j. ID. Field, J.
Plymouth Ind; w. Ber-
ram. Evanston, Ill. III. A. Adler,
Ind; w. Row, Elkhart,
nd; C. Hutchinson, Three Oaks |
Mich. J. c. Mclaughlin, Milford, Ind /,
J. E. Weitzel, Carthage, Ind; w. H. |
fulton, Madisonville, Ind. J. III. Til |
on, Wheatfield, Ind; w. S. Bidwell,
Fort Wayne, Ind; p. Schumacher,
Jnion Mills, Ind; II. Hetfy st. John
Mills: III. Swygart, Culver Ind; o. c.
Cabin. o. A. Sabin, Chicago, X. S.
Marion Ind; r. S. Pas
omb. Toto Ind; J. A. Mcdonald, |
'eegarden Ind; John Batch. Cham
'aign. III; w. II. Keyes, Hamilton,
nd; l.. Brewer, Joseph Burke John
oft, F. Plagle, II. f. Haine, c. Ream
Y. Fl. Brewer, Frank Coil, r. Kagle,
nd 5. Whitman, of South Bend.