The Falls City tribune., 1910-01-14

upOll W ldS away W tHtii i'hdi i19'
some of our beloved comrades. Early
in the year We gathered in this hall
to pay our last tribute of respect to
eomrade Hutchings, then from the
Methodist Church We buried Com
rade Mcdowell and then again from
this hall Comrades Berry and Plybon.
Verify time dealt gently with these
comrades, for they were gathered to
their fathers in the fullness of old
age. after living useful and honorable
lives, leaving behind them Il heritage
of good deeds with many comrades
and friends to mourn for them. As
a class we are enjoying fairly good
health, when we consider our age,
and but few of us have beer more
than temporarily indisposed during
the past year Comrade Kreker had
the misfortune to fall from IA tree
last spring. His injuries were at first
thought to be serious. but luckily he
has nearly recovered his usuel health.
Comrade Fisher, after enjoying a
brief honeymoon fell from a roof
last fall. breaking his hip and sus-
tanning other injuries of a serious
nature, Through this trying ordeal
he has maintained his usual good
spirits and is now on a fair way to
i%ecoyery. Comrade Whitaker was
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our Post, his illness being of such
a nature that t IA necessary to per
form an operation. lie is ON the road
to recovery. We extend to him oar
fullest sympathy. and wish he could
be with us tonight.
There beinA a vast storehouse of
interesting personal "reminiscences of
the wal in the memory Of each old
soldier, that has been waiting for
some one to gather and arrange in
historical order, so hat it be pre-
served for the use of our relatives
and friends after We have passed
away, therefore lately | have been
sketehing this experience OF our
members, SO far having written ap
the wal experience of Comrades
Cline, Davis, Hill, Jos. Jones. Cass
Jones, Kelsey, Kreker, Melton, Mes
sler, Mccormick, Nausler. Oswald,
Python, Whitaker and Wilson. a
few of them have been read at Post
meetings, and that of Comrade Hill
has been published in the paper.
Every soldier who has served in
the Civil war has a wealth of inter-
esting war experiences that is con
sldered by this younger generation a
treat to read; as the individual ex-
perience of the private soldier gives
a much clearer insight into the every
day life of a soldier and of war than
can be gathered in history. These
really tell us what war is, and will
assist in maintaining that respect and
admiration for the old soldier that
we all esteem and prize. An
entire new generation has followed
the scenes and incidents of
the war, and we owe it TO this new
generation that these personal mem
cries be preserved, as they will be
especially priced by our relatives and
friends after we have passed away. |
hope this year to write up the eX-
perience of other comrades. As soon
as | have time | will typeWrite those
already written, and present to each
comrade his, so hat he and his fam
lily can always have them.
My work in connection with the
Post during the past year has been
very agreeable and pleasant. This In
IA great measure has been promoted
by the hearty manner in which all
comrades have seconded and assisted
in carrying forward my suggestions
for the welfare of tho Post, and | feel
that we have all been amply rewarded
by the results secured and the enjoy
ment and profit We have derived
therefrom.
We now enter the new year under
far more encouraging prospects than
we began the last year. Our member
ship is good, our finances sufficient
and there is the best of harmony and
good fellowship between us all, so
that the end of this year should
find us in even better trim than we
are tonight.
Being a band of comrades bound
together by the sacred memories Of
the past and personal friendships, let
us spend our remaining days so as
to secure the fullest measure of just
lives made perfect, with the assur-
ance that the community will res
pect us for what we are as well as
for what we were in our youth.
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