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______. .lt; : i i.The M Star Spangled Banner** was then sung by the lt;*lee Club and the President Introduced Capt. (late Lieutenant) H. H. Hopkins, of the 1110thk * • * *. ‘ •Beg. Pa. 'Vols. The appearance of a lire soldier on the platform was the signal for a hearty round of applause. Older being restored, Capt. H. proceeded to address the audience, first telling die people that he was no public speaker, and that he would rather act than speak, but as he had been* i , .called out, be would do the best be could. He re-. - * i .ferred to the hardships and privations that the soldiers of the 110th and 84th regiments had been called upon to endure during the post winter, suchv % - !as sleeping on fence-rail beds, in the mud without rails under them, and finding themselves or theiri s • ■ •blankets froze fast in the morning—of the fight at Winchester which sent several of his companions to their long home and in which he received a wound that sent him to the hospital at Philadelphia— of the kindness he there received at the hands of t the ladies, and many other matters which wo can- j not here refer to. ' He urged the men of Altoona j to enlist in defence of their countiy and avenge tbe murder of the gallant Cols, Murray and Black. He did not come to induce them to enlist in his company, he wanted them to fill up Capt. Sziuk’s j company and then, if there were any left, he would j take them and he would never ask them to go j where he would not: lead them. He appealed to the young men particularly to fill up the decimated ranks of the army and not let those who have already fallen, have been sacrificed in vain. We cannot give to his remarks the earnestness with whieh they were delivered, because he felt what he• A V •said, fie had suffered in the cause and was9 * * .Iready to suffer still more if needs be. Though not the beat in diction it was undoubtedly the most effective speech of the occasion. Three vociferousohftftrti wmk ffirm him aa be left the stand.
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Altoona Tribune
Altoona, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1862
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