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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
2
The gathering at the State House includes General Sherman, General Alger, and dignitaries as Boston honors Union veterans. Speakers praise Massachusetts for wartime patriotism while Sherman jokes about New England and the Army's enduring bond with the people.
A historic gathering features speeches from General Sherman and veteran leaders praising duty loyalty and charity. The program includes remarks by General Butler Congressman McKinley and Commander Sickles, with an original poem by George Emerson Brooks and a final crowd-pleasing handshake moment with Sherman.
The New York Central reports the Harlem division Knights of Labor have surrendered their charter and will rejoin the railroad workforce at once. Four old conductors and twelve brakemen are to be hired at Grand Central, with others reporting to duty as cases are held under advisement.
The Prohibition convention in Harthorp, Connecticut, adopted a long platform denouncing liquor traffic and backing national prohibition. It urged secret ballots, higher education standards for suffrage, fair treatment of labor and agriculture, arbitration, and reduced taxation burdens. Nominations by acclamation named P. M. Augur for governor and other state officers. resolutions honored General Clinton B Fisk.
WasuIndion dispatch reports the President and accompanying party reached Washington at four o clock in the afternoon after their Boston visit.
The State Democratic convention met in San Antonio and nominated James Hoge for Governor. The body adopted a platform outlining party policy.
John A Logan Post hosted a formal reception for Mrs. Logan at Colonel Sleeper's Cambridge home on North Avenue. Lanterns, bunting, a portrait of General Logan, and a Cambridge City Band provided a festive backdrop. Attendees included officers and veterans of the First Maine Heavy Artillery with speeches, poems, and a review of past battles.
Lincoln Post No. 11 of Newark serenaded Commander-in-Chief Alger and Mrs. Alger at the Vendome last evening around 8 o clock with a tire and drum corps. The singers believed Mrs. John A. Logan was present but she had left the building. The party then met and were introduced to Mrs. Alger and General Butler.
The First Massachusetts Cavalry met at the Lancers' armory with wives and children attending. Officers were elected with Charles G. Davis as president and D H L Gleason as vice president. an annual dinner followed featuring speeches by General Davies Major Slade and officers.
The Sixth Maine Battery met in Room 3 at the English High School yesterday for roll call and an annual officer election at 2 p.m. About 130 of 301 men enlisted remain, 45 attended, with W. W. Sawtell as outgoing president and J. E. Rhodes as secretary.
The Second Regiment District of Columbia Volunteers met at Quincy House. James A. Sawyer presided. C. M. Alexander named president, William C. Drew vice president, and Nathan Newhall secretary. Next reunion slated for Washington in fall 1891. officers to set date. Dinner followed at Arlington House Nantasket.
A reunion of Forty-fifth and One Hundredth Pennsylvania veterans was hosted by the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Infantry Association at Columbian Hall Bowdoin Square. The informal gathering featured a reception committee led by L C Strickland C Warren G tenry J B Davis and David Boyden with plans for the next meeting at Palmer on September 2.
The First Maine Artillery held a reunion at 75 Portland Street yesterday at 10 a.m. with 200 comrades from the Maine and Western associations present. Notables included Major Horace H. Shaw Colonel Thomas H. Talbot Major Fred Low Captain George KR Fernard Lieutenant Isaac C. Morgan and Walter G. Gilman president of the Western association. Asa T. Wing presided and welcomed Comrade Gilman who spoke briefly giving a history of the unit.
The Third Massachusetts Cavalry Association held its annual meeting at headquarters on Charlestown street. Officers elected include President Dr. A H Blanchard and Vice Presidents J H Kingsley and Milan Harris. The next reunion is set for Lowell on September 22, 1891.
The Third Maine Regiment met at the Girls' High School in West Newton Street for a reunion and reception to Mrs A L Sampson widow of Lt Col Sampson. Col Henry G Staples presided as officers were elected: Louis Selbing president Brook D Savage George F Benson J H Raymond vice presidents William McDavid recording secretary Louis Selbing corresponding secretary George S Fuller treasurer Rev N W Preble chaplain George E Brickett surgeon. Next reunion date left to the executive committee.
The Fighth Regiment of Maine Volunteers met for a reunion at Dwight Hall 514 Tremont Street. Captain George W. Mitchell presided with remarks by Chaplain Wright Lieutenant-Colonel John Hemenway and Captain Roberts. Comrade Sanford C. Mitchell led with "The Sword of Bunker Hill" and other songs. About 150 members and their ladies attended.
The Ninth Regiment Maine Volunteers met at Major Stearns Post 149 hall in Charlestown yesterday morning. About one hundred attended. Captain BF Edgeman presided and Adjutant A F Shepard kept minutes. Officers elected included President John B Fitzpatrick Charlestown and Vice President F H Farr Lewiston.
A gathering of Tenth Heavy United States Artillery survivors met at Colonel Edward P. Loring’s Park Street office. Brigadier-General L Bangs attended briefly but left for an engagement. Colonel Loving chaired. About twenty attendees represented eighteen states, including Colonels Jackson and Deering from governor Brackett’s staffs. The regiment later dined at Young's Hotel.
The Sixteenth Vermont Regiment held its annual reunion at Prince School Exeter Street with 160 attendees. Officers elected include President William Rounds and Vice Presidents EK D Keyes and W H Slack, as fundraising continues to reach 1500 for a Gettysburg battlefield monument.
A reunion was held yesterday morning at the drummer School with members of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Fifty-first New York Sixth New Hampshire Fifty-first Pennsylvania present. The program included prayer, a welcome address by the Twenty-first Association president, remarks from many members, a quartette, and a collation. Distinguished guests included Mayor Hart Miss Clara Barton president of the Red Cross and Heudward W. Kinsley.
Hon Warner Miller Judge Henry E Turner Major Wright W C Han sell president of the Fifty first Association General W J Bolton of the Fifty first Mrs John A Logan invites J B Koster of New York chairs the event.
In Columbian Hall the Thirty sixth Massachusetts welcomes old comrades from the Ninth division and other units. Attendees include John Muir Seventy ninth R H N Tupper Shaw University J M Stevenson and many officers. Next regular reunion set for Palmer September 2 1890.
The Fifteenth Massachusetts met informally yesterday at Room 9 Girls High School West Newton Street. Secretary E A Rice presided and registered attendees. Henry G Bigelow of Muskegon Mich signed the rolls after twenty eight years. General Devens was expected but absent. The regiment suffered 400 deaths or wounding of 2000 in its service from Ball's Bluff to the Wilderness.
The Fifty-Sixth Massachusetts met at the Old Mayhew Schoolhouse on Hawkins Street last evening with sixty in attendance. Veterans shared hairbreadth escapes and scenes of Civil War suffering while Commander George S. Evans presided. General Stephen M. Weld and Captains Fay and Galusha spoke along with several comrades. Music accompanied the event.
The Third Brigade of the Second Corps met at America Hall in Washington street with members from the Seventh Michigan Nineteenth and Twentieth Massachusetts Forty second and Fifty ninth New York Nineteenth Maine One Hundred Twenty seventh Pennsylvania and Thirty sixth Wisconsin. The event marked the largest attendance of their reunions, with National Encampment A R badge featuring a white clover leaf.
The Fifteenth Massachusetts Battery Association met at the Rice School on Dartmouth street for an informal reunion attended by thirty members. It was voted to continue the organization for another year. Officers named were President Lieutenant Joseph S. Gruch and Secretary George W. Beardsley.
A meeting opened at Brimmer School house to form a permanent organization for officers of the Thirty second U S Colored Troops. Attendees included Col G W Baird Capt Charles L Storrs Capt E O Fisher Capt N P Plummer Lt L C Leavens and Lt J C McKenny with Captain Storrs of Boston guiding the effort. A broader organization for all colored troops officers is also planned.
By invitation of Colonel G N Carpenter the Eighth Vermont held a reunion at No 31 Milk street with about 150 officers and men present. Speeches were given by General Thomas Major Lester Barstow ex Governor of Vermont Captain L M Hutchinson Lieutenant W H H Holton Quartermaster Fred E Smith all of the Eighth Vermont and Captain W H Kendrick and Colonel Dickinson of the Twelfth Connecticut. Colonel Carpenter also hosted the Eighth at his Brookline home. The next regular reunion may be held in Montpelier Vermont before the annual meeting of the Association of Officers of Vermont.
The Roanoke Association and Burnside expedition comrades met in the Young Men's Christian Union hall with about four hundred attendees. Col E B Haskell opened the gathering and Gen J L Otis of Northampton was elected president. Short remarks came from Generals Pickett and Sprague, Sergeant McCorley, General Dwight, Mayor of Hartford, Chaplain Wright, Captain Whipple, and Colonel Hart.
The Forty second Massachusetts Regiment Association held its twenty second reunion in Arlington Hall. General I S Burrill of the Boston street commission is president and Henry C Dimona is secretary. Over eighteen hundred men joined the regiment between 1861 and 1865. Colonel Burrill led the unit at Readville camp in 1862. Burrill and 268 others were prisoners in Houston Texas for four months. They then went to Huntsville Texas for three months and to Hempstead for five months before stockading at Tyler Louisiana until parole on July 21 1864. Survivors of the prison ordeal attended the reunion.
The Thirty-first Massachusetts Regiment met in the Murdoch’s Hospital chapel at 10 AM with over two hundred comrades. President David F. Reminston presided. Edwin J. Clapp read records. An annual dinner followed at 1 PM at Brookline’s lower Town hall.
Members of the Third Brigade Emery's division in the Gulf Department gathered at the Town Hall Brookline yesterday afternoon. There were no speeches.
The Independent Battalion of Massachusetts Cavalry held its reunion yesterday morning. Detachments formed in 1862 and 1869, with about 200 members. William P. Huntington of Boston is president and John H. Walker of Boston is secretary.
The Forty-Ninth Massachusetts Regiment from Berkshire county met yesterday at the English High School hall for its annual reunion. President George H. Kearn opened the meeting with a welcoming speech, minutes were read by James Kittle, and officers were elected amid minor business. About 75 members attended, with one guest traveling from Iowa.
The Survivors Association of General Berdan's Sharpshooters first reunion met at Girls' High School in West Newton Street with about 200 members. General H Berdan presided as officers were elected including E Rowell vice president J A Redfield secretary and K P Craig assistant secretary.
In Room 11 at 10 o'clock the Tenth Vermont Regiment held a largely attended morning meeting presided by General William W. Henry. Governor Dillingham attended part of the session with Colonel Robert J. Kimball. Other notables included Colonel E. Henry Powell Major A. B. Valentine Dr. Almon Clarke George P. Welch Colonel Albert Clarke and Captain Austin W. Fuller. Addresses were delivered by Dillingham Clarke Blodgett and others.
The Fifty-third Massachusetts Regiment Association held its annual reunion at Girls' High School in the morning with General John W. Kimball presiding. Officers were re elected: Kimball as president, A D Fessenden vice president, H M Partridge secretary, John F Bruce treasurer, plus an executive committee from each company. An armory dinner followed at Brookline High School Battalion at 1 p.m.
A large gathering at Brimmer School house on Common Street elected Judge Charles Cowley as temporary chairman and then president of the Veteran Association of the Department of the South. J. E. Shepard was named secretary and treasurer. A permanent organization including the Tenth Army Corps, the Eighteenth Army Corps, and North and South Atlantic squadrons was planned. Vice presidents were chosen from the represented regiments.
Through Mr. Leroy Van Horn, leader of the Grand Army Band, a reunion of old musicians was held at Brimmer School. Signers included L. P. Howe, U S Navy, J L W Hall, L M Ingalls, B F Young, G S Cobb, A E Houghton, W H Gibson, J J W Keith, George O Currier and J C Norton. Aimed to form an association to revive camp music with action likely at the next National Encampment.
The first reunion of the Old Vermont Brigade met at Rice School with about five hundred members present. Captain K H Trick led the session. Attendees included General L A Grant and numerous colonels from the brigades Seventh through Eleventh, with Grant delivering a ringing address.
A group of about seventy five Golden State veterans were entertained at Parker's last evening by the Second Massachusetts Cavalry Association. Colonel W H Forbes presided, General N P Banks visited briefly, with guests including Capt J W Baldwin Capt W W Manning Mrs J Sewell Reed and Yankee Davis the famed scout. The reception committee included President Forbes Vice President Henry Schrow and Secretary J C Porter.
The Seventeenth United States Infantry held a dinner at Parker's last evening for twenty five members. S. Sturgeon was elected president and I. A. Gowen secretary. No special guests attended.
The Mozart Regiment Veteran Association held a gathering at Grand Army Hall East Boston with about one hundred attendees including veterans wives. President E M Marshall presided as Col E J Reiley and others spoke. The group visited Frank Woods 406 Meridian Street then Jeffries Winter Club house before a Yonkers New York July 4 1891 reunion was announced. Joseph Hooker Post East Boston hosted Wilkes Post Trenton New Jersey guests.
Nearly one hundred passengers aboard the Frederick DeBarry endured rough seas with several seasick travelers after a fish dinner at the Relay House. The party returned to Boston at 6 oclock.
Survivors of the Twentieth Maine Regt held a reunion at North Avenue Congregational Church in North Cambridge with over one hundred veterans. Officers elected include President Mayor Melcher, Vice President J Wesley Gilman, and Secretary Treasurer 8S L Miller. A yearly reunion was voted and next plans delegated to the executive committee.
Crowds filled the High and Latin School building in War ren avenue and Montgomery street as veterans from many groups gathered for reunions. The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry led a noisy gathering in Room 6 with officers elected and plans for a November 14 event set.
Post 191 of Massachusetts hosted a reunion banquet at Faneuil Hall with Commander Harrison Hume presiding. Notables included General Daniel Sickles Governor Hoode of Wisconsin Collector A. W. Beard Representative Boutelle and Congressman Dingley of Maine Judge Devens and others as Carter's Orchestra provided background music.
About 3000 people visited the Soldiers' Home in Cuecska with representation from nineteen states. Arrivals began at 5:30 a m. and continued until 11 p m. A contingent of 75 members from Fort Payne Alabama toured the home, joined by a large delegation from Johns.
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