The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-04-13
AT TERMATH Of
HORNETS NEST
Various RegimentaI Meetings Held
at Conclusion OF Reunion.
NEWS AND NOTES OF OCCASION
Regimentai Reunions VIII Hereafter
be Held in Connection With the
Brisade-AiI Will Go to
Shiloh Next Year.
>HegImental Reunions--Eig Eighth Iowa
Reninenf IL G "

ny iS6iIhcHldl HCSlI0R OIL III
Eighth Iowa was called to order Fl
day morning at the board of supervi
- ors' office, by |. X. Story, who wa
- made chairman. Thomas Harris ,
~ salt Lake City was secretary.
,. A motion prevailed that the nea
" regimental reunion be postponed on
y year in order to permit the member
e to participate in the visit to the bal
! tletield of Shiloh next April.
y vote of thanks was extended tn
= board of supervisors of the county TO
: the use of their room for the meet
y ing.
After few other subjects were dis
cussed without action the meeting ad
journed and no definite action was
taken in regard to hereafter doing
away with the regimental organiza
!, tlon. The plan of having the regi
mental organization with its officers
is still in much favor with many of
The men. They believe that IL tends
TO Keep the boys together in better
organization.
Second Iowa Regiment, U. S. v.
The meeting of the Second regi.
ment was held in the judges room,
north of the court room, Friday morn.
ln5. Twenty-one of the members
were present. Captain w. A. Duck.
worth was on motion made chairman
OF the meeting and V. p. Twombley
secretary.
The matter of the regimental meet.
ing was up for discussion and il was
the sense of the meeting that the next
regimental meeting be held at the
time and place of the next brigade re.
union.
vote of thanks was on motion
extended to Sanford Kirkpatrick,
who had come all the way from
Greensburg, North Carolina. to meet
with the boys, for his able address at
the campfire OF the previous evening,
On motion the meeting adjourned. |
Twelfth Iowa Regiment, U. S. V.
The regimental meeting of the 18th !
regiment was held at the Masonic |
opera house Immediately following |
the campfire of Thursday evening.
The boys were requested to assem-
Die Tor moment as a number had
to leave the city by the early morning
trains and could not be present for
a gathering Friday morning. Little
IL any business was transacted by
the members and the minutes were
not furnished to the brigade score
tary, making report of the action
taken tho Of
impossible.
Fourteenth Iowa Regiment, U. s. v.
The boys of the Fourteenth met in
The court room Friday morning. The
minutes were not left with Secretary
l.. Turner and the action taken is .
lot known at this time. ,
News and Notes.
The special decorations of court G
Dom and opera house Accomplished {
~ the special committee of which J. +
). Pearson was chairman, called for r
many remarks of appreciation and ap- l.
'roval
The efforts of Oskafoosa business
pen to decorate in honor of the old u
oldiers In spite of the hinderipg
FEATHER was cbmmehdable.
The automobile procession and ride
by the Mahaska Auto Club
nd citizens was the first experience S
the Kind the boys have had. Fl
Inc auto procession was led by l.
'. A. Mcneil and his Big Ben" II
lajor Samuel Mahon of Ottumwa sc. in
Dmpanied him. m
Inc resolutions committee reported II
Thursday evening at the tn
imptire, Chairman Asa Turner max l.,
g lew remarks expressive of the i'll
of the soldiers of the m
ndnesses and attentions shown an
em on all sides. No written reso- Ii,
tons were submitted. ...
Mi. and Mrs. Thomas Harris came
the way from Salt Lake City to be
attendance at the meeting. Mr..
arris saw members of his regiment 'o
had supposed dead for years. and up
g reunion held much of pleasure for al
m. MI. Harris Is past post com. la
ander of the Salt Lake u. A. r.. and I'M
state assistant adjutant general of III
department of Utah. He is a as
ember of Company B, Eighth Iowa. Co
says that he and Mrs. Harris will an
at the Shiloh reunion next April, ca
Reunion Roster. Gov
Additional names to the list of the no
tending comrades printed In the up
srald last evening. They arrived
the second day:
J. H. Mitchell, Hamilton, Co. II,
d Reg. adj
y. l.. Aughey. Washington, la. of
John Kols. Lynnville. Ia, End Reg. yo
The comrades learned with deep re. ed
1t OF the Illness of John r. Bear, VIII
member OF Company G of the 7th of
siment. preventing his participat-
In the reunion and meeting with
time friends. :
A photograph OF the members pres. the
for the reunion was taken BY tou
otographer Geo. r. Farr Friday oy,
'rning with the old soldiers group etc
at the front Of Tho court house. prs