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NINTH
REUNION of the 37th REGIMENT OHIO
VETERANS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 10-11, 1889 St. Marys, Ohio The following circular was sent to members of the Regt: The resident members of the Regiment will spare no
efforts to entertain their visiting Comrades to make this reunion as
interesting and as successful as many previously held. Our members are steadily decreasing. We cannot expect to meet many more
years. Every Comrade should make a special effort to attend,
and report promptly on arrival at Headquarters, which has been established at
the G.A.R. Hall, to register and to receive badges and tickets to the
banquet. It will also interest many Comrades to visit the gas
and oil wells around St. Marys, which are not
excelled anywhere. The reservoir is
the largest artificial body of water in the world. Our hotels are now ample to entertain all,
and furnish excellent accommodations at reasonable rates. <> Members of the 37th Regiment began to come in September
9th, and by the evening of September 10th, a lively and goodly number of
them, many with their wives, assembled at the Town Hall of St. Marys, which was beautifully decorated with bunting,
flags and flowers. The old soldiers
and their families occupied the front seats, while the rest of the hall was
filled with ladies and gentlemen from St. Marys and
surrounding towns. All seats had been
reserved for soldiers and ladies, and standing room was all taken up. PROGRAM: Tuesday evening, September 10, 1889 8:00 p.m. - Reception at the Town
Hall, addresses by Comrades and invited guests, appropriate vocal and
instrumental music, including by the Little Six Band, a quartette, and a
grand chorus. Songs included
"Tenting on the old Camp Ground", "Marching Through Georgia",
and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (see note at end). 10:00 p.m. - Banquet, concluding with
"Kommers." At 8:00 p.m. promptly, the meeting was called to order
by the president, Major Charles Hipp. After the entertainment, the Regiment
formed, and, headed by the Little Six Band, marched to the Dieker House, where the dining room and adjoining halls
were prepared to seat all the Comrades at once. The tables were tastefully decorated and an
elegant and substantial repast awaited the veterans as is shown by the
following: SCHNABEL-WEIDE J.W. Keuthan,
Forager OYSTERS: Raw & Stewed FISH: Black
Bass, butter sauce with parsley Solid Grub
ROASTS: Spanferkel, Beef,
Turkey, Chicken COLD MEATS: Ham, Beef Tongue, Roast Veal POTATOES: In
uniform and mashed Chinese Eggs
SALADS: Herring, Chicken,
Potato, Celery, Slaw, Tomatoes,
Beets, Pickles, Etc. FRUITS: Grapes, Peaches, Oranges, Bananas Nuts, Cake,
Ice Cream, Candy CHEESE: Frommage de Brie,
Swiss Hot Tea, Coffee, Iced Tea,
Wine-Delaware, Cigars |
After the first assault on the tables had been
successfully made, volunteer songs and addresses were in order, interspersed
with music by the Little Six Band, and concluding in the early hours of the dawning
morning with a march to the different quarters of the guests, with serenades
by the band. <> PROGRAM: Wednesday, September 11, 1889 10:00 a.m. - Meeting of Regiment at
Town Hall. 1:00 p.m.- Boats will leave wharf for
excursion to the St. Marys
Reservoir and picnic grounds. 3:00 p.m. - Inspection of gas wells. 5:00 p.m. - Return to town. 7:30 p.m. - Kommers
in Town Hall. At 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 11th, the members
of the Regiment met at the Town Hall for the transaction of business. The roll of members was called, and the
following are some of the veterans who answered to their names: Aue, Christ & wife (Company
C) - New Bremen Behm, Fred (Co. C) - St. Marys Buchholtz, Fred & wife (Co. C) -
St. Marys Dickmann, Fritz (Co. C) - New Bremen Finke, Henry (Lieut., Co. C) - New Bremen Friedricks, Anton & wife (Co. C) -
Minster Gerding, Bernhard (Co. I) - Glandorf,
Ohio Heusch, Fred & wife (Co. C) -
St. Marys Hipp, Charles & wife (Major)
- St. Marys Hoewischer, William & wife (Co. C)
- New Bremen Kountz, John S. (Co. G) - Toledo
(gave address) Pape, William (Co. F) - New
Bremen Roettger, Fritz (Co. C) - New Bremen Schaefer, Henry, wife & daughter (Co. C) - N.
Bremen Schmidt, Henry & wife (Capt., Co. C) - Wapakoneta Schuette, J.B. (Co. C) - Larkington, Ohio Schulenberg, Ben (Co. C) - New Bremen Schulenberg, Henry & wife (Co. C) -
St. Marys Schulenberg, William & wife (Co. C)
- New Bremen Tellman, Fred & wife (Co. C) -
New Bremen Thiemann, William (Co. C) - New Bremen Tschudin, William & wife (28th
O.V.I.) - New Bremen Wagner, Peter, wife & daughter (Co. C) - New Bremen At 1:00
p.m., all members present, with their wives and families, accompanied by the
Little Six Band, boarded the canal boat "Homer Meakham"
under command of Comrade Fred Behm, and started
gaily for the St. Marys Reservoir. Afterwards they took the woods for a social
picnic and inspected some of the many natural gas wells in the vicinity. Returning at
sun-down, a procession was formed, including all the ladies and children of
the party, and, preceded by the band, marched to the G.A.R. Hall, the
headquarters of the Regiment, where most of them bid each other farewell and
returned to their homes. A few of the old guard
mustered later in the evening for the KOMMERS, where the evening was passed
with songs, stories, etc. <> One of the addresses given in the program on Tuesday,
September 10, 1889 was by William Schulenberg, as
follows: <<<>>> Tramp, Tramp, Tramp by Metropolitan Band (1902) provided by courtesy of Archeophone
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