Evening journal., 1915-10-20
GRANTS ORDERLY
MEETS WITHVETERAES
First Delaware Survivors
Want Monument On
Dover Green
ALSO WANTS THEIR
FLAGS RETURNED

With Captain George I. Price presid-
ing, the survivors OF the First Delaware
Volunteers met this morning in the
lrish-American Hall TO celebrate their
iifty-fourth anniversary. The meeting
was largely attended by the surviving
volunteers, who saw active service dur
ing the Civil War.
\ discussion concerning who should
keep the old flags OF the Delaware
regiment was opened. The flags are 6ow
in the possession of the Historical So
ciety, ad the volunteers dispute the So
ciety's claim TO them. But it was shown
that as they had been given the So
ciety 60 keep in their care they could not
be taken from them without their con-
sent.
The subject of a monument in mem.
ory of the volunteers was discussed.
There is one monument in their menu
ory, at Gettysburg When Thomas
Tucker. of Smyrna. was given the floor
he said the Gettysburg monument is a
disgrace to the battlefield as well as 10
Delaware. lie requested that a fund be
started to erect a monument on the
Dover green, ii possible
A committee was appointed to
look into the matter of the flags and
to ask the legislature for an appro-
priation to start fund for the
building Of a monument in memory
of the volunteers.
A rising vote Of thanks was given
Mrs. w. b. Hobbs for her interest in
taking care of the visitors and to
the others who helped.
The minutes recorded the deaths of
four volunteers during the past year.
Among them was Harry Lewis. the
president Among those in attend
ance this morning we're twenty wo-
men. Old soldiers were here from
New NorA New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Among those present was Charles
Pruitt, General Grants orderly dur
ing the war, who now lives in Pater-
son. n. j., and Lieutenant Colonel
H. G. Cavanaugh, retired, who was
active throughout the war
This afternoon addresses will be
made by Governor Charles r. Miller,
Northumberland Colon Ferguson
and Mayor James f. Price. Those
present at the reunion this morning
were:
George Atwell. A. II. Adams. VIII
liam Banning. John Barrett. BENJAMIN
ID. Bogia, Charles H. Bullen. c. H..
Bruen, Oliver Bell, William r. Car
penter. Lieutenant Colonel IT. G.. Cav
enaugh, Richard Cox, Thomas David
son. Lewellyn Davis. George r. Ellis,
/ Edward Edwards, George W. Green,
! Thomas Haddock, John Hobbs. viii
liam H.. Hickman. William B. Hobbs
Jesse Hurd, David Myers, Daniel
Peterson, Captain George T. Price
Henry Rodgers. John NJ Smith. vii
liam F. Stall. Francis Short. Thomas
Tucker, William c. Thomas, c. P. Tull
James b. Walls. Taylor Woodrow.
Fourth Delaware Reunion.
The reunion of the Fourth Della.
ware Regiment survivors will be
held in lrish-American Hall on
Thursday October 2S. An all-day
celebration will open with a business
meeting al 10 a. m. At noon a camp
fire dinner will be served, and the
afternoon and evening will be taken
up with speechmaking. A meeting
for the purpose of making final plans
will be held tomorrow night in the
hall.
In ST. Luke's Reformed Episcopal
Church. Eighth and Monroe streets
Sunday afternoon, October 81. at 3
O'Clock, memorial services will be
held TO be participated in by all local
/ regiments. Benjamin l. BOgia is
chairman and Jesse X. Baylis is sec
rotary Of the committee in charge
During the services tho roll will be
called and eulogies will be spoken
twenty-five or thirty have died during
the past year.