The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-25
boys OF 81 IN
ANNUAL REUNION
rwenty-first Missouri Volunteer In
fantry Organization Fights
Old Battle over
Again.
FIFTY VETERANS HERE
REGIMENT Which Originally Had More
Than 1900 Men Now Has Men,
bership Of eoo-camp
Fires Interesting.
FIFTY VETERANS HERE


.omnaigued from Athens, Mo. to the
sulf of Mexico in the days of the
siyties, listened to program which
opened the thirty-first annual re.
union of the Twenty-first Missouri
veteran Volunteer infantry in The
g A. r. hall. today. Fifty old soldiers
fairly drank in the rehearsal of
events of the war Of the rebellion,
and lived it all over again.
The Twenty-first infantry was or
osnized the summer of 1861 in Clark
snd Lewis counties, Missouri. Many
of the volunteers coming from Iowa.
Ranks are Thinning.
The men fought their first battle
August 5th, 1861, finishing their cam.
paign with the seige Of Mobile. They
fox part in thirty-eight battles and
skirmishes during the war and wern
discharged April 18th, 1866.
The entire enrolment in the regi-
ment in '61 was 1850 men. Now only
200 of the veterans are living.
This afternoons program began
with the singing of America" after
which the invocation was pronounced
". w
First Christian church. The address
of welcome was made by Major w. b.
Collins. This was responded to by the
Rev. w. e. Tinney. Talks were made
BY John E. Craig, w. G. Blood and
others.
Program Tonight.
Tonight's program follows:
700 p. m.-Lupcheon served by
the W. r. G.
80 D. Unreasonable at hall.
song and invocation.
Girls flag drill.
Group of songs by Mrs. Florence
Wright Schouten.
Jumping-jack drill Eveline Harter
and Mamie PARCEL.
Reading by Mrs. Frank Brown.
Those Who are Here.
The following old soldiers and their
wives registered at noon:
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Washburn,
Ottawa, Kansas; Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
eastman, Quincy, ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs.
Marion Fulton, Montrose. Ia MIR. and
Mrs. N. E. Lane, Hazelville, Mo-;
William A. Haines, Wyaconda, Mo-;
]. N. Matlick and j. G. Matlick, Ka-
hoka, Mo-; r. N. Roseberry, Oswa-
tonne, Kansas; John Rickett, Hamil-
ton, H.; Joe Morris, Montezuma.
Ia; J. P. Morris, Kahoka, Mo-; Eli
Kenoyer, Keokuk; Mr.. and Mrs. f.
n Downs, La Grange, Mo-; j. F.
Daugherty, Keokuk; H. w. Rohkar,
Keokuk; Frank ,Shutenburg, Rutlege.
Mo-; c. A. Wright, Keokuk; ]. K.
Wilson, Kahoka, Mo-; ]. T. Ferris.
Keokuk; Loring Star, Croton, Ia; J.
A. Brown. Bonaparte, La.
Boy scouts have been escorting the
old soldiers from the depot to the
place of meeting at Eighth and Main
streets.
The meetings will continue Friday.
Terrence post No. 2, is acting as
host to members of the convention.
The officers of the post are serving as
the reception committee and as COM
mittee on arrangements. These Off
GERS are Lewis D. Sheppard, ST., COM
F. c. Overton, officer OF the
day; S. III. Johnson, adjutant; A. II.
Evans, quartermaster; @. A. Wright,
vice commander. Other members have
The Woman's Relief Corps will
serve the dinner tonight in the Cam
eron hall. Mrs. Catherine Jones is
chairman of the reception committee,
Mrs. J. A. Malone, chairman of the
decorating committee: Mrs. Anna Ber-
ryhill, chairman of the dinner COM
mittee and Mrs. Birdie Woolley, chair
man of the table committee.