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SECRETARY:
Captain JOHN H. WOODWARD.
TREASURER:
Major S. S. L'HOMMEDIEU.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Colonel H. E. COLLINS,
Major E. C. DAWES, |
General W. H. BALDWIN.
Lieut. A. H. MATTOX, |
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Captain Wm. T. McCOMAS. |
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While "Doughboys" carry Springfields,
"Highflyers," flashing blades,
Our arms are not less useful,
Although they're picks and spades;
We corduroy swamp and morass,
And all obstructions clear -
Why, Sherman ne're could have marched to the
sea
Without the pioneers. |
General Hickenlooper
then declared the Fourth Annual Banquet of the Society
of Ex-Army and Navy Officers at an end, and adjourned.
At 2 o'clock the guests bade each other "good night,"
all expressing the wish and hope that each and every
member would survive the coming year to meet again in
1880, at the Fifth Annual Reunion.
The Secretary, Captain Woodward, issued a call
for the regular quarterly meeting, to be held at the
Gibson House, Friday evening, Apr. 4th, 1879; but
the attendance was so small that, no quorum being
present, the meeting adjourned.
In June, 1878, Major Frank J. Jones and one or
two other members of the Society suggested that a visit
to the Soldiers' Home in Dayton, Ohio, would be a good
and pleasant thing for the members of the Association.
A committee of three, of which Major Jones was
chairman, took the matter in charge, notified the
members of the Society of the contemplated trip, and
made all necessary arrangements as to transportation,
etc. Colonel Brown Commandant at the
"Home," was written to, and responded with a cordial
invitation to the Society to visit him. So, on the
20th of June, 1878, at 8 o'clock in the morning, some
forty members of the Society were at the C., H. and D.
depot, with dusters, gloves, and badges, ready to embark
on the train which was to convey them to
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Dayton, for a ramble through the beautiful grounds at
the Soldiers' Home.
A palace car was attached to the 8:30 train for the
members of the Society, and promptly on time the train
started, - was soon rolling along through the beautiful
valley of the Big Miami, which on that lovely June
morning, was decked and arrayed in all its glory.
The following-named gentlemen comprised the
excursionists:
Colonel P. P.
LANE,
Colonel C. W. MOULTON,
Colonel L. M. DAYTON,
Colonel HUNTER BROOKE,
Colonel H. E. COLLINS,
Major FRANK J. JONES,
Colonel D. W. McCLUNG,
Major GEORGE B. FOX,
Major E. P. RANSOM,
General H. G. KENNETT,
Major E. C. DAWES,
Captain T. F. OSBORNE,
Captain A. C. FORD,
Colonel A. W. McCORMICK,
Capt. W. F. ARMSTRONG,
Surgeon, W. R. THRALL
Captain ELIAS MONTFORT,
Captain J. C. MICHIE,
General L. G. BROWN,
Captain JOSEPH RUDOLPH, |
Colonel JOHN
KENNETT,
General A. HICKENLOOPER,
General F. W. MOORE,
Colonel OZRO J. DODDS,
Captain J. B. FORAKER,
Major S. S. L'HOMMEDIEU,
Lt. Col. H. G. ARMSTRONG,
Colonel CHARLES L. GANO,
Surgeon A. E. HEIGHWAY,
Captain WILL T. BURTON,
Captain J. M. BLAIR,
Surgeon A. L. CARRICK,
Captain JAS. K. REYOLDS,
Captain CHANNING RICHARDS,
Captain SMITH STIMMEL,
Colonel J. G. CROXTON,
Captain S. N. MAXWELL,
Captain E. R. ANTHONY,
General W. H. BALDWIN,
Captain L. C. FRINTZ, |
As the
train sped through the beautiful valley of the Big
Miami, and stopped at teh various stations en route,
the rural members of the Society joined their
brethren of the city, until finally Dayton was
reached where Colonel S. B. Smith, Major
McDaniels of the
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D. and U. Railroad, and Mr. Fuller of the
Dayton Journal, were in waiting to escort the party
to the Home. The ar was soon attached to the Home
train, and in ten minutes landed the visitors in the
beautiful grounds which have been set apart for the
comfort and pleasure of the veterans of three years.
After partaking of an elegant luncheon, the party spent
the afternoon in charge of Colonel Brown,
Governor of the Home, Chaplain Earnshaw,
Surgeons Weaver and Dunlap, and
Majors Fleming and Thomas, in visiting the
various places of interest that there abound, and in
greeting their many old comrades, whose fidelity to the
old flag have made them now the nation's care.
During the afternoon General Tom Wood and other
ex-soldiers of Dayton, Ohio, joined their old comrades
in arms at the Home. As the ex-officers mingled
with the veteran inmates of asylum there were pleasant
meetings between officers and soldiers who had not met
before, since the war.
This made the occasion doubly interesting. A
number of the party had never visited the grounds
before, and were astonished at their extent and beauty.
At 5 o'clock the party started on their return, all
being decided in the opinion that of their many
campaigns this one was the most pleasant.
On the train, on motion of Colonel Dayton, a
vote of thanks was tendered the officers of the Home for
their kind attentions, and, on motion of General
Hickenlooper, Major Jones received three
times three, and a tiger.
The first experience of a trip to the Home had
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proved so delightful that, in June, 1879, another one
was proposed and enjoyed, and it is now probable that
annual visits, in June, to the Soldier's Home, at
Dayton, Ohio, will be a part of the future history of
the Cincinnati Society of ex-Army and Navy Officers.
The morning of June 18th, 1879, was wonderful in its
loveliness. The sun shone brightly and the air was
clear, crisp and bracing. Some fifty members of
the Society assembled on that morning, at the C. H. and
D. Depot, to join in the second excursion.
Amongst the number were judges, senators, generals, and
gentlemen who stand high in the social and business
world. Men who stood by their Government and
Country in the hour of deadly peril, and who
freely risked their lives to save the life of their
Country.
Two coaches were provided for the excursionists and
attached to the rear of the regular Toledo, Detroit and
Canada train, which leaves Cincinnati at 8:30 a.m.
The front car was well filled, and the rear one only
partly so. A number of ladies went along, wives
and friends of members of the Society.
Wine and liquors were provided in abundance, and they
helped to wash down the creamiest of crackers and most
delicious cheese, while excellent cigars were provided
in a bounteous manner for those who wished to indulge in
the weed. A polite and attentive waiter was also
on hand to attend to the ants of the gentlemen.
At or about Middletown, the wine boxes were broken open
and the "sparkling" commenced to flow, and continued to
flow until Dayton was reached.
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