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TED SMITH’S WARDWRITES HIS GUARDIANTells of Old Army TimeB andthe 6. A. R. Reunion atDenver.E. D. Smith, Esq., Fort Madison,Iowa;Dear Comrade (and Old Guardian *) “Ted—After a week of treat, treatsand more treats, with only one regretyour not being here—I will writeyon a line to tell yon something ofthe 19th Iowa boys who met in thethirty-ninth encampment GrandArmy of the Hepnblio at Denver,Colo.Ere this yon have received^a paperand small souvenirs; and now to thecomrades of the old 19th.Monday evening, September 4, IowaG. A. H. boys met in onion at ParsonUzell’s Tabernacle, at which meetingIowa regiments from the 1st to thelast were Called. Let me tell you thatas the regiments were called bnt few‘Here!” “Here8,,’ were heard. Atlast this regiment was called:( «19th Iowa. ”“Here !’* “Here 1“ and two of the old boys clasped hands after forty years. E. C. Condit, Co. C, aud I of Co. E, met in onr first love feast.•“Heat the long roll for the comradesof the 19th Iowa, Comrade Tracy, forI wish to kill a few hours at theAdams Hotel (one of the first classhotels of this city) at six o’clookTuesday evening.” And Tuesdayevening we met.E. U. Condit, C, 748 South 11thstreet, Denver, a successful miningman of Silverton, Colo. ; Z. L. Hod-son, K, Gutteuburg, Neb. ; J. M.Hewett, E, Olaika, Neb. ; W. A. Wallace, C, Nelawakee, Kas.; G. W.Cunuingham, G, Arlington, Ok. Ter. ;Jacob Gift, H. Nankata, Kas. ; LieutJohn P. Stephenson, H, East DtsMoines. Iowa; Isaao Bales (corn fed),K, Paiuevilie, Kas. ; Simon Botkin, H.Wellington, Kas. ; A. G. Buckles, H.Troy, Iowa; H. G. Fraser. E, Denver,Colo. ; John Drisnell, B, aud yourstruly (Gnu Boats). Co. E.At six o’clock we gathered in therotunda of the Adams, where ComradeCondit gave orders tor fourtem platesto be laid—three of the comradeswives met with us —aud for threehours the stirring times that the 19thIowa experienced forty-odd years agowere talked and lived—no, uot livedover again, for that could never beagain.“Ted,” it was the grandest threehours that 1 have experienced since wedisbanded. Wish that you with thehalance of the boys could have beenhere to enjoy the treat with us.CGCG
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 20, 1905
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