Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-09-28
VETERANS OF 30 RECT.
HAD GOOD TIME HERE
Many States Represented at Re-
union Last Week.
Next Years Meeting of Association to be
Held in Waupaca, at the Wis
consin Veterans Home.

Inc program OIL Gu6 1WOAU1Ouh
Annual Reunion of the Third Wis
cons1n Volunteer Infantry AssCcia-
ton was carried out substantially as
outlined in last weeks Herald.
According to the verdict of many of
the members the reunion was the
most successful ever held by the
association. One departure from
the original program was the res
ponse by Col. G.. w. Stevenson, Of
Darlington to Capt. G. H. Baxter's
address of welcome. Lawrence
Post, of Mt. Horeb, was on the pro
gram to deliver this respone but
his wife's illness prevented his
presence on that evening.
Wednesday evening there were
entertaining speeches by Fl. W.
Osborne and J. F. Carrie James
vile and tales of camp life were
wildly told by other comrades.
Mrs. Winbligter, the daughter
of the regiment" tempered several
very pleasing solos.
The business meeting was held at
the court house in the afternoon and
the following officers were elected:
w. I. Leonard, president, Wis
consin Veterans Home.
L. B. Nichols, vice president,
Wisconsin Veterans Home.
j. w. Hinkley, secretary, Green
Bay, Wis.
c. W. Page, treasurer, Waupun,
Wis.
1t was decided to hold the next
meeting at the Wisconsin Veterans
Home at Waupaca. A committee
consisting of FL. Buchner, j. j.
Oswald and j. w. Huxley was au
thorized to attend to the matter OF
securing the erection of monument
at Antietam in honor of the Wis
consin regiments.
The perfect success of the reunion
vas made possible to great extent
by the untiring efforts of Herman
Buchner, former president of the
association. During the two days
of the convention. Mr.. Buchner
was in i'll health but succeeded in
spite of this handicap in carrying
out his part of the program.
We print his address of welcome
in full:
Comrades: It affords me great
pleasure to meet you at my home
town. 1t is more than As years ago
since our Regiment was dlsbanded
at Madison. The greater number of
our comrades have passed beyond
shat bourne from which no traveller
returneth Those living have their
homes in all regions of the country,
some in British Columbia. Last
year at GAINESVILLE when told you
of the beauties of the southwest
corner of the state, [ did not draw
upon my imagination. When I
told you that Grant county was the
garden spot of the state and Ian
caster the most attractive town in
Wisconsin / told a fact. No more
fertile land and no more charming
pastoral scenery can be found in
rhe state.
Our good people are just as loyal
to the Union Soldier as they were
forty five years ago. Without their
aid our committee could not have
gwen a proper reception for you.
l hope that you will enjoy your
visit in this city and that in future
time you will look back with pleas
ure to the days you we're enter
tanned by the people Of Lancaster.
When | accepted the office of
president or our association it was
with great deal of distrust and
misgiving, fearing that I was not
sufficiently competent to do justice
to the position. I have used my
best endeavors to merit your ap-
proval. To awaken a new interest
in our association | issued the
circular letters and a list of the
survivors of the Regiment as far as
known
About fifty of the old boys re-
sponded and what pleased me most
was that forty. five new names were
added to our list OF members. There
must be others whose residence is
vet unknown. | beg each of you
to make a special effort to ascertain
the whereabouts of all not on the
list. We are getting we'll along in
years and the time will soon APP
proach when many Of us will be
unable to venture away from our
homes to attend the annual reunion.
Let us do so while we can.
1t has always been a great
pleasure to me to meet the old boys
and have fully resolved that in
the future | shall attend every
meeting of the association as long
as [ shall be able to travel | am
sorry to state that many of the
comrades have not taken great
interest in our organization, but
hope that hereafter all will respond
to the annual call Of the secretary
The deprivations and hardships we
passed through together should
cement our comradeship in an in