The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-29
Reunion One of Biggest
Ever Held.
RANKS ARE GROWING THINNER
Big Dinner Served at Noon
Today.


The forty-ninth annual reunion of
the 6l-S2 O. V. l., "A regiment which
served with honor throughout all Of
the civil war, taking part in many of
the most important engagements of
that memorable struggle is being
held In this city today. Fifty-six of
the survivors and ten Of their wives
are in attendance. Despite the fact
that the members are dropping off
every year, this reunion is one of
the best attended held for a number
of Years.
The meeting opened at II o'clocl,
this morning in the !nhramry dircc-
tors room In the basement of the
courthouse with Milton Marsh of
Marion acting as chairman. Prayer
was offered by Rev. j. T.. Currin,
pastor of the First Baptist church
and selection was sung by a quar-
tet composed of l.. -. Zachman, II.
l.. Stul, w. Il. Stull and Earl Ruhl-
man.
An address Of welcome was deliv-
cred by Mayor j. G.. Setter and re-
sponse was given by w. Il. Sellers
Of Amesville, Ohio. Following tnat
there was another song by the quar-
tet and the meeting adjourned.
A long table had been placed In
the basement corridor and there the
veterans and their wives enjoyed an
excellent dinner.
Afternoon Session.
This afternoon about 1880 O'Clock
the regiment met In the common
pleas courtroom. Following duet
by Messrs. John j. Crawley aand w.
G. Shute, George b. Scoheld, son of
w. f.. Scoheld, who was captain Of
Company A. of this regiment and a
member of General Hooker's staff
during the latter part OF the war,
gave an address. Mr. Scoheld made
the regiment present OF flag
which had gone with these same vet
ans through the war and which Is
now a tattered, smoky remnant. He
told the history of the flag, how, after
the war closed the flag was given
to Colonel Cantwell of Kenton, who
commanded the regiment. At Col
onel Cantwelrs death it was sent TO
the wife Of Captain Scoheld.
Mr.. Scoheld told Il story of how
his father was standing in camp talk
ing with General Mcclellan in 1862
when message was delivered to
Captain Scofield,
"No bad news | hope" the general
rJmarked, after the captain had
finished reading the message.
Hardly" Captain Scoheld replied,
Il have "A baby boy at home" Gen
eneral Mcclellan congratulated his
friend and asked that the baby be
named for him. The speaker said
that he was that baby and that was
why he bore the name ofGeorge b..
Scofeld
Mr.. Sconeld had with him box
which had been used by some of the
officers to keep their orders and 9TH
er papers. He exhibited some of the
trinkets, which included number of
papers concerning certain demands
for surrender, Instructions for cam
paignlng and countersigns. He read
one countersign that was In use at
Petersbore the night of June 2, 1862,
1t was the word, Webster" He ask
the assembled veterans If any of
them remembered the word but none
of them did. He read another plper
which was a communication from the
enemy demanding a surrender at
Lookout mountain.
"I was there" cried out "A veteran
I'm the back part of the room.
Congressman Carl c. Anderson ar
| rived during the afternoon ana re-
sponded to a demand for speech.
The 61-S2 regiment was a combna-
tion of two regiments which bore
these two numbers during the cam
Lalgn through Georgia, when they
We're united. They We're composed of