Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-06

for the members of the reg rnent and
for the brave commander, Col. Henry
c. Staples. late of Augusta. lie stat
cd that this is a day of miracles. One
o. the miracles is that these mon who,
40 days after Fort Sumpter, We're in
Washington, were gathered together
60 years later to visit the old fields;
in the city where they were first on
camped. Another miracle, he said,
was that they We're going to visit
these fields in vehicles propelled by
their own power. But it is to yDEr
credit, you men who answered the
call of Lincoln, that we are enjoying
these things today" he said.
The fact that the regiment once in
West Virginia won the name of the
stove Pipe Regiment" he referred
to. 1t came about from the fact that
the men had taken chimney pipe,
from a meeting house and had mo.np
ed it on wheels, so that the enemy
took it for a real gun and opened fire
on it. Commander Gay also quoted
words of praise which had been giv:n
this regiment by generals in the
Army.
Division Commander Cony. S. of v.
The next speaker was Division
Commander Robert A. Cony, Sons
of Veterans, who spoke in part d.
follows:
THE tumult and shouting dies
away and though a later generation
walks on the face of the earth and
conducts the affairs in a very large
measure, still stands the ancient sac
rifice"
He said that 10 him these gather
ings are not fraught with melancholy.
Men grow old. 1t is the common lot
of man. We are here but for time.
The question is not how long we are
here, but rather what we have done
while we were here. when l stand
before a gathering of G. A. r. men I
always feel that these men can feel in
their hearts that they stood among
men as those who have proved their
case. as lawyers say" he stated.
In the course of his address Com
mander Cony quoted several very in
teresting paragraphs from a speech
entitled Lincoln" which had been
given by Hon. Richard Yates of Hi
nois in the House of Representatives
at Washington February II last, de-
picting President Lincoln as the ora
tor, the overcomer, and the champion
of God.
In closing his discourse Commander
Cony stated that in these days when
to these Shores well may we look to
the veterans of 81 and to their de-
scendants to point the way. His adj
dress was followed by enthusiastic
applause.
President, Mrs. Emma Gannett
Mrs. Emma A. Gannett. president of
the association. stated that she was
glad to see SO many present She
extended the welcome of the city, and
said that well may the day have a deep
significance for the comrades, and
we'll may they cherish the memories
of their deeds. The comrades are
bound one to another by ties made sa-
cred by comradeship of war. And in
closing she pointed out that the vet
Grams have the consolation that the
Roll Call
The roll was called by DR.. William
McDavid, secretary treasurer of the
association, the following answer
ing:
Company B of Augusta. DR.. Will
liam McDavid, Frank White and Ma
thaniel Folsom.
Company E of Hallowell, George
w. Hubbard, J. f. Nye and William
Laughton.
Company F of Waterville, Frank
B. Towle of Worcester, Mass.
Company G of Waterville, Angus
tus Sawtelle. Calvin Griffith, Orrin
Austin and G. ID. Benson.
Company H of Skowhegan, s. H.
Emerson and A. c. Ballard.
Company X of Winthrop, Stephen
Allen and Gustavus A. Thompson.
Frank Wright of Augusta and