. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . rimmdMav their flag stream forth triumphantly With all the stars undimmd. THE TENTH R. I. VETERAN ASSOCIATION. THE first reunion of theTenth Rhode Island Vet-eran Association was heldat Silver Spring, R. I., July 24,1S77. Col. James Shaw, Jr.,was chosen president, and F. Tobey, toastmaster. It was at the time of thelabor riots in Pennsylvania, andthe Providence Journal, refer-ring to the Tenth reunion, said :These are good times for vet-erans-to be getti
. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the Tenth Rhode Island Battery, in the Union Army in 1862 . rimmdMav their flag stream forth triumphantly With all the stars undimmd. THE TENTH R. I. VETERAN ASSOCIATION. THE first reunion of theTenth Rhode Island Vet-eran Association was heldat Silver Spring, R. I., July 24,1S77. Col. James Shaw, Jr.,was chosen president, and F. Tobey, toastmaster. It was at the time of thelabor riots in Pennsylvania, andthe Providence Journal, refer-ring to the Tenth reunion, said :These are good times for vet-erans-to be getting they may be wantedagain, armed and equipped. The Association Badge wasadopted at the reunion in May,1887, with the motto, Volens etparatns, ready and willing. BACGE-ienth r, 1. veteran Its form, a spade, is suggestive of the shoveling done by theregiment on Battery Vermont, with the mercury at 100° in theshade. The badge also bears the date of enlistment. May, 1862,with the State anchor of hope. In the lower left hand corner is aninfantry emblem, crossed muskets on a field of blue, and in the. 340 THE TENTH RHODE ISLAND opposite corner an artillery emblem with crossed cannon on a fieldof red. The badge is supported by a gold bar with a military capin the centre, marked lo, R. I. Vols, and Battery, the wholeresting upon a ribbon of blue, with plain bar and pin at the top. At the first reunion of the Tenth Rhode Island Veteran Asso-ciation, His Honor I\Iayor Thomas A. Doyle, in responding to atoast, The City of Providence, said: The city is proud ofthis regiment, and of the alacrity with which it responded to thecall of duty. We should keep our militia organizations strong. Lieut. Samuel A. Pearce, Jr., followed with an original poem,which was received with much enthusiasm : As friends, as soldiers, aye. as brothers all, We here have met our camp-life to recall; To pledge our friendship in a friendly drink Of something mild, -would surely have yo
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