The National tribune., 1910-10-27
Bureau County Soldiers and Sailors

Bureau County Soldiers and Sailors.
: over 200 comrades attended the Re-
union of the Bureau County Soldiers
and Sailors Association held at Ruda,
Ill. Sept Z and s. Flags and banners
fioated from almost every residence and
business house in the town, and at the
entrances to the village arches were
erected bidding the stranger welcome.
The people of Buda threw open their
homes to the veterans and their fam
lilies and entertained them while they
STAYED The average attendance at the
afternoon meetings was about 1,SOO
and at the evening sessions 1,5O0 Meals
were served on both days by the
churches of the city.
The program was perhaps the best
| that has been offered for the enter
tainment of the old soldiers in many
| year. The speakers were H. S. Magill,
candidate for State Senator; Maj. John
| w. Connolly, Department Commander
Of Illinois; Rev. Father d. L. Grove,
Rev. C. C. Carpenter, Mrs. Anna c.
Patterson, Department President of the
Illinois w. r. c.; Capt. ]. w. Lee and
Mrs ]. B. Hannum. Campfire talks
| were delivered at the various sessions
by Gen T. ]. Henderson, of Princeton;
lCapt Lee and others. DR.. I. Sprague,
of Sheffield, veteran of the war, sang
at the afternoon and evening meetings
on Thursday, and also gave short
talk.
The High School chorus. composed
of 80 boys and girls, assisted in the en-
ltertainment, and the male quartet of
Buda and the Miller Brothers quartet,
of Aurora, also sang at the meetings
The music during the Reunion was fur
nished by the Osceola Band. A touch
of the martial spirit of war times was
added by the presence of the Wyanet
Fife and Drum Corps
The election of officers resulted in
| the reelection of the present staff:
Capt. Orin Wilkinson, President; F.
M. Herrick, Secretary, and William
Wilson, Treasurer.
The Association resolved that, as the
pensions received by Union soldiers and
sailors are not sufficient for their COM
| Portable support, they petition Congress
TO increase the pensions.
The following deaths were reported
since the last Reunion: John M. Hell
mer, II. c.. Earnest, Joseph Riley, Ben
jamin F. Berkeley, James E. Lomax,
First Serg't George w. Flick, William
Peterson, Capt. Linas Van Steenburg
John w. Fairfax, Edward G. Thomp-
son, Louis A. Brown, Lucian A. Wells,
Fletcher w. Charles, Lieut.. Leroy S.
Hopkins, Jacob Frye, Capt. S. S. New
toHb <AHStttIl, IldENey htdTHS,
Lewis Seward, William H. Latta, Mich
ael White, Alex II. Limerick, John
Knoblaugh, Francis J. Leggitt, Morris
Graham, Sr., Charles Eastman. John
Frye, James Lawless, Charles Hanson,
John B. Taylor, S. H. Cunningham.
Among the pleasant features of the
| meeting were the regimental Reunions
held on the morning of the last day.
AT the close of the Association meet
ing Reunions were held of the members
of the 57th and 93d ILL.,, which were
largely composed of the Bureau County
soldiers. There were "a members of
the 93d and 20 members of the 57th
present.
The following deaths in the 93d Ill.
were reported since their last Reunion:
DIR. l.. S. Hopkins, A. H. Limerick,
John N. Knoblaugh, John B. Taylor,
Benjamin Snapp, NJ. w. Lyman, B. F.
Brandt, L. w. Yeich. Shafer B. Cross,
James c. Stewart, G. w. Flick, William
Fl. Van Glider, John H. Downer.