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hlE HESf TI^R t'BT—A OUfihil' TO AU. CONCRkNRlf,Thojme liuinfrtul ntid odd members of (itG J^Stli Ret. Ph. ^'oi8. \Vh'o \Vefe entertained by theft ftfrfndd fa (his p‘iflCe fast Friday, went nwuy dWlarfatf that it was the best time of the kind they had yet find, Heretofore their reunions have been mixed H| with some other event which either totally eclipsed orseriously intruded upon the one event of1 most interest to the members of that reg-intent. On this occasion, however, the boys hnd It all to them selves—ther e were none to molest or make afraid; and in consequence they had n purely 115th time—a regimental 36've-fflfist.ag It were, in wl/Rjft Itiiitu ample opportunityand time f6r till ttf take it hand.Tito arrival of the tirie delegation at 12 m. was the Signal f6V bttsincss to begin. The local 0. A. R. Post,- headed by the Independent Rand, and followed bythe other faom'bers of the regiment whosit days after leaving home we stood under tbfcenGmyhs fire on the tamed Held of Antie-taiil. From that day on utitit the war closed af Appomattox they were a part of the great Army of the Potomac. And although wo harried fresh from our firesides in Noitli-Wifilefn I’eDDgylVrtuJn, and joined an armywWMf bad tire mlvuntafs of a year’s drill anddiscipline In Cattfp'ftml hi tire field, yet la everymirth,' hi etefy e.amyfottfrt, rtml In tyery gen*erif batsfo U( ’Which' tire Arnfy of the Potomacwas engaged for llfrcc long, woariaome yearstbeHdth regfraonl was nltfaja found in the frost ranks.Aayou look over our elondcr ranks today, you see that tlio young men at a quarter of a contury ago are growing old. The gray hairs, the matured faces and tire, forms mure or less UeBt, show that the hardships of war and the passage of time are having tholr Inexorable cfljtet. But uudcr all these, Mr. Burgess, telr hearts bent with as ardent patriotism lor their eyuntry and loyalty for its flag, as they did\then they followed this tattered banuer which we have with os to-day on the red Held of battle,SR. Burgees, 1 will not prolong mv remarks lurtner.- Old eoidtcfs could endure long ttardhes ifud lights without a murmur, but.( ^ j w * * v • t ii \/ «Mu mi | imubad c6m6 fn ft'oin other directions, had [ onc ttmdd not endure,marched to ik g(#t(o'it to receive the r°nfflt;8?)eftcl,°8' '^cT drew theEric contingent, which k t!,V «• 7 f VI”‘‘ Again,. Air. ihiTgess,. f thauhAllh. i | M , y -./J* iyoAfttidtbu eitlxuns arid ladles of (?r6emylfloentimmbcreil the entire escort. With JWlbo warm-hearted welcome ro„ bare to-important acquisition came a “pick- da£ eR«*tfed to the survivors of the old mtheil nine” from t.lm ir»rh -Rnrrf Tit*itpknments, A rising Vote of thanks and three times three rimers were given to the ladles, citizens am? Grand A tiny for tbelr hnspitHblo reception to the members of the old UtHh, One hundred and four answered to their names upon rollcall.WHOM I1KAT8.fiome lt;300 in all took dinner at the rink.The Erie Drum Corps addod a vtui hie?! otherwise would have been lack-h’g-,rTho tall man” was Ma). Jno, W. Walker, of Erlo, the original Captain of Co. “K.,?There was but one authorized head quarters for the regiment, and that was the Citizen's Hobo Rink.To Messrs, Field »fc Fell the local oomlt;mlttoo return the thanks of nil concerned for tholr generous gift of the rink for the occasion,Co. O’a Gettysburg Monument Fund book Is open at Thk Nkws oiUce, Como forward and leave your subscription, Tim first ontry (a *20 by the ladles or the company.As n “istdo speculation,’* the lad lea gave a supper from the fragments, andinflin mibn n Itftln .....
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Shenango Valley News
Greenville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 16, 1887
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