. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . corpsreunions, and the eager desire toj see and hear old comrades and hon-ored leaders, made it somewhatdithcult to get all our own memberstogether at one time and place andhokl them for the transaction ofbusiness. The l)usiness session convenedin the Court House. The oflicersnot having arrived, James H. Han-Mits. Sarah A. jmatukws. squ, of I, was Called upou to pre-side, C. T. Clark to act as Secretary, and Albert Mathewsto act as Treasuicr. On call of tbc roll it was f
. Opdycke tigers, 125th O. V. I., a history of the regiment and of the campaigns and battles of the Army of the Cumberland . corpsreunions, and the eager desire toj see and hear old comrades and hon-ored leaders, made it somewhatdithcult to get all our own memberstogether at one time and place andhokl them for the transaction ofbusiness. The l)usiness session convenedin the Court House. The oflicersnot having arrived, James H. Han-Mits. Sarah A. jmatukws. squ, of I, was Called upou to pre-side, C. T. Clark to act as Secretary, and Albert Mathewsto act as Treasuicr. On call of tbc roll it was found that a majority of thosepresent wei-e not members of the Association, and all pres-ent were recpiested to hand in their names and postofliceaddress. Not lar away, in the Cajjitol building, were theold battle flags of the regiment. Comrades James E, Archer,of TI, and .lohn (^etz. of F, were appointed to bring tliemto the meeting place, that we might once more transact busi-ness bciicatli 1 lieir folds. Capt. Flmer Moses, Jacob Sautter, of H; Randolph, ofE, and J, S. Stinger, of F, addressed the Association. Com-. T2stli O. V. I. ASSOCIATION 431 rade Iv. AV. Thompson sang an army song. Ca})taiii (Mai-kreported progress of work on the regimental history. A letter was read from Mrs. Mathews, with which wastransmitted a poem written for the occasion, and, anticipat-ing the presence of the flags, entitled THE OLD RE(iIMENTAL FLAG. Bring out, bring ont, llic dM Hug, boys, Unfnrl its fackd folds;Toncb tenderly its tatters, boys, iSuoli nieniries dear it holds. Tlirougli cacli vicissitude of wai-We\e Ioliciwcd where it led: Tts pathway bi-ougiit its many a imdti])lied our dead. To others it may secni an oldTorn llag, soiled and onicasl ; But we, on seeing it, beiioldA tal)let of the past.
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