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Rrunlon of California Veterans.YcEt?rday morning tbere assembled in KvergreeD cemetery, at the grave of William Elder, a member of Company K, First California Iufantry, a group of relatives and former comrades who had come to decorate his grave. They were a son, William J. Elder, the son’s wife and two children, and Lieutenant George H. Pettis, of Providence, R. I., Sergeant Wyndham R. Bttee, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Corporal Jared T. Kimberly, of Wallingford, Conn., and Privates Frank M. Canfield, of Brooklyn, and Julius C. Hall, of Wallingford. AH of the latter are veterans of Company K. The decoration of the grave was accompanied by a few remat k* by Lieutenant Pettis. At the home of Mr. Hall in Wallingford these four veterans met Wednesday for the first time since they were muBterel out of the service. Their regiment served in Southern California, Arizons,New Mexico and northwestern Texas, and had a marching record of over 4700 miles, the highest of any regiment in the service. Last evening at Mr. Hall's home they held another rennion, and letters from Sergeant Walker of Deraing,N. M., Corporal Iv kst»in of Silver City,N. M., Private Lowtherof Bisbee, A T., and Private Harris of Teoornah, Neb., were read —(New Haven (Conn.) Palladium, May 31st.Tire names in tl e above will recall many familiar faces to old Californians. Company Iv was camped for Home time at Camp Drum, now Wilmington. This earnp was named in honor of Adjutant General Drum, of the U. 8. Army, recently retired. Lieutenant George II. Pettis was then a dashing young volnn- 0teer officer, who left his stick and types in the Morning Call office to go to the war. It was u touching coincidence for so many old comrades in a California Company to meet around the grave of one who had marched and fought with them so many years sgo.
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Los Angeles Daily Herald
Los Angeles, California, US
Tue, Jun 11, 1889
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