. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . imental Associa-tion, he was an active participant in all its affairs, and ever hadits best interests at heart, and at the time of his death, December19. 1895, Iti^ was vice-president of the Association and a memberof the Committee to Devise Means for the Erection of OurMonument. His widow. Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, his daughter. Josephine,and his son. George \\.. attended the dedication of the monu-ment. September 17, 1904
. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the war of the rebellion--1862-1863; regimental re-unions, 1885-1906; history of monument; . imental Associa-tion, he was an active participant in all its affairs, and ever hadits best interests at heart, and at the time of his death, December19. 1895, Iti^ was vice-president of the Association and a memberof the Committee to Devise Means for the Erection of OurMonument. His widow. Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, his daughter. Josephine,and his son. George \\.. attended the dedication of the monu-ment. September 17, 1904. at Antietam, and expressed theirpleasure in having contributed in aid of its erection. 265 PAOLI REUXION. (Tliirtccntli Aiuuial.)S E PT H M1! K K 17, 1897. Arrivinjj: at Malvern Station, the veterans formed doubleCdlumn and marched to the monument i^rounds, headed hv theband from (den Mills School. The ladies were conveyed incarriages. After the usual handshakint.^ and brotherlv greeting ofcomrades, the annual business meeting of the Association wascalled to order at the rostrum in the grove by President ColonelJoseph W. Hawley. Chaplain Rev. Joseph S. Evans offered a. .MONUMENT AT 266 Pa(}li RL-iiiiitiii, i8<) ami appropriate prayer, after which the secretary reada report of the meeting and trip to Chancellorsville last year. The Obituary Committee reported the deaths of thirteencomrades since the last annual meeting, as follows : William , Thomas j. Hrinton, Aloses Williams, James Moore,Horatio X. Piatt, Elisha N. Newlin, Lewis Wilson, JamesBurnett, James ONeil, Joshua M. Booth, Alfred Mullin, WilliamJ. Crowther, David W. Eyre. The following amendment to the By-Laws was offered bySecretary Charles P. Keech: That honorary membership maybe accorded to the wives, widows, and children of members ofthe society, or, in special cases, for services rendered the societyby others than members; in either case, the apjjlicant shall beendorsed by two members of the so
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