The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-03
Dr.. Lafimofe Elected Pfesl.
dent Of Regiment For Life
The Comrades Who Have
DIED During The Year
The Next Reunion VIII Be
aeld Al Sidney, Ohio
(ey The Secretary

10y The Secretary
The 38th annual reunion of the goth
Ohio volunteer infantry association
was held at Memorial hall, Columbus,
Ohio, at ten a. m. Thursday, August
goth. The forenoon was spent in reg.
istering, receiving badges and a gen.
eral hand shake.
At eleven thirty, the ladies Of Wells
Post, Woman's Relief Corps, served
dinner to the veterans and, their fami-
lies and friends in one of the spacious
dining halls of the Memorial building
and this part of the program was huge.
ly enjoyed by all, the ladies having
prepared an especially good and sub
stantial menu for the old soldiers not
only the goth, but other regimental re-
unions that were being held in this
building.
Comrade Kelley, the official bugler
of the building, was present and blew
the mess call, the assembly, and at
the close the TATTOO.
At 1880 at the call Of the bugle the
association assembled in the spacious
parlor that had been assigned to the
regiment by Superintendent Comrade
Hall and this was considered great
honor and privilege as the rules Of the
building do not permit this in general
and the boys were profuse in their
thanks for having at least once In SS
years having fine carpeted room for
their exercises.
The minutes of the meeting held at
Lake Hiawatha Park last year were
read and approved, the roll of dead
was called and responses from men,
bers of the following companies gave
out the following list:
Company A-W. F. Wilson, Edison,
Company C-Rufus r. Stover.
Company D-Capt. v. T. Hills, Della
ware, Ed. H. Roberts, Ottawa Ills. Gil
bert Thurston, Cornelius Hull.
Company E-J. A. Tilton, Mt. Ver-
non, o.
Company F-Capt. Ed. E. Mutt,
;. President, Sidney, O., Sergt. Maj w. A.
Mutt, Urbana, O., Harrison Williams,
William Wright, Cyrus Darret Adam
Brown.
Company G-Adam Kline, Mt. Yer
non, O., VIM. Philo Akron, Ohio.
Fifteen comrades died in the past
year as far as heard from and others
may have died in the west and other
parts of the U. 8. as about two hun
dred and seventy.dve Of an enlistment
of nearly two thousand men in this
regiment are or were still living at the
beginning Of 1912.
A committee was appointed to draft
suitable memorial to the deceased
comrades.
Capt Edward E. Mutt. life president
having died during the year, left this
ONCE vacant and Comrade l. D. Hunt
nominated DR.. Frank c. Larlmore the
vice president Of Mt. Vernon. for
president and he was unanimously
elected. Comrade George Cleckner
Of Sidney, was nominated for vice
president and elected by acclamation
This being all the vacancies OF officers
Col. L. G. Hunt having been elected
life secretary more than fifteen years
ago.
Letters of regret was read from
Isaac o. Bryant, Rosewood. O., Mrs
Ed. H. Roberts. Ottawa, ILL.,. O. H
Oldroyd, Washington, d. c.. Baker w
Lyon, Oneida, N. Y, Henry Casey
Bloomingsburg. o.. Samuel Waterfall
J. r. Youngblue. Fredericksdale, 0
Memorial talks were made upon thu
death OF comrades reported at thii
meeting by DIR. Larimore. l.. g. Hunt
Capt. ]. F. Curran, Nelson Conrad
Mrs. Clara Gordon. Mrs. Carrie TIL
ton and others.
Thirty-one comrades and twenty Wis
itors, wives and friends of the regi
ment were registered and all Joined
in the chorus of having good time
The next reunion will be held at Sid
ney, Shelby county, July 22nd, the an
niversary OF the battle of Atlanta, Ga
in which the regiment had prominen
apart.