The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-15

ing held this morning. After the auto
mobile trip an adjournment was taken.
All the old officers of the Thirtieth
Iowa Reunion Association who held
Office the past year were unanimously
elected at the business meeting held
this morning. They are: Major r. D.
Cramer Memphis, Mo-, president;
Capt E. B. Kerr, Sigourney, Iowa,
first vice president; Lieut.. ]. B. Nc.
Cray, Mediapolis, Iowa; third vice.
president: Capt. G. w. Elrick, Okla
homa City. Okla, fourth vice presi
dent, and Cart. S. ]. Chester, Fair
field, Iowa, fifth vice president. The
time and place for holding the next
reunion was left to the selection of
the president and secretary.
1 An elaborate resolution rendering
a vote of thanks for the success of
the reunion and golden anniversary
celebration was unanimously adopted
at the business meeting this morning.
Included in this resolution were the
thanks to DR.. Barnes, the sole survivor
in the city, for his untiring efforts to
make the affair success; the Keo-
kuk Automobile association, the two
local G. A. r. Posts, the city gener-
tally, and others who helped to make
the Keokuk visit trip long to be
Remembered
number of other interesting fea-
!, lures in connection with the business
, Injecting this morning were called to
the attention of thise present Figur-
ing in the martial music was Fife Ma
), jor Eber Ogden, now eighty-nine years
Eof age. Major Ogden brought his
fife to Keokuk with him and is still
i able to get stirring strains from it.
Major Ogden, along with Joye Creigh.
: ton, of Oakyille, Iowa, and T. ]. Nor
iris. of Wyaconda, Nc, were members
Iof the drum corps that stirred the
: tie when the war was at fever heat
/ Major Ogden still plays THE Girl
Left Behind Me-" and "Old Zip Coon,
I with as much vigor as ever.
The mallet used by the chairman
:, of the meeting was made from ar
:. old tree near Vicksburg, Miss, under
:, which Grant and Pemberton arranged
! the terms of surrender of the latter
: Int was presented to the Thirtietf
i Iowa by Comrade Blything, now de
: ceased, but VINO for years had charge
!. lof the National cemetery near Vicks
: burg. The mallet is highly treasured
. las a relic and is never allowed to BIZ
. used by others than the members o
. 1.-THE Thirtieth Iowa
II The Camp Fire.
4. The camp fire held last evening a
$ Trinity NJ e. church was one of thu
10 features of the meeting. A MARTA
q band furnished music between TO
\ and 7::30 o'clock. when Major R. Q
]. Cramer took charge of the camp fire
n He made number of interesting re
"a marks and introduced Captain ], {
n Brown, of Leon, department command
IS err of the Iowa branch, G. A. r. Capt
Brown gave an interesting talk durin
which he told of some interestin
escapades during the civil war, one Q
is which was how he made an angel on
10 lof a. "copperhead.p Governor Caro-
n arrived in time to be present at tn
10 camp fire and talked entertainingl
ID Ito the boys for about five minutes
ID His brief address was along lines con
10 Intending the part the boys took in tn
4. molding of the country's future, an
O. the worthy cause for which they Q
IT. fered their lives. He also paid
Tribute to motherhood saying that tn
= greatest honor woman could hay
- was to be the mother Of a soldier so
whose breast had been barred to tn
bullets of the country's enemy.
The balance of the camp fire wa
composed of several different nun
bers. There were remarks by Majc
Cramer and Lot Anderson; music by
ouartette composed of Messr
Bertsch, Elgin, Lofquist and Rehmeie
and violin solo by Benjamin Pei
- accompanied on the piano by Mrs
Belzer. and readings by Mrs. Sche
of Kahoka. Mo, and Mrs. G. NJ. Tee
ers. The camp fire closed with Il
audience singing the Doxology. aftt
which Governor Carroll was kept bus
for a considerable length of tin
shaking the hands OF those present.
The program yesterday afternco
at Trinity church opened with mus
by martial band from ZOO unit
$50 O'Clock, when the meeting W.
called to order by DR.. H. B. Barne
chaplain. The songs, Nearer, N
God, to Thee" America, al
Marching Through Georgia" We
sang by the audience. and Miss Flo
ence Wedler gave reading, "Au
Flinor's Hero There were talks
Mayor j. f. Elder. who made 4
address of welcome; Hon. E. ?. NJ