A Cavalry Reunion

The railroad trains Thursday afterQoon and Friday moming brought to this city little knots of meo, sonie fat, some lean, soine without a linib, sorue who looked as if the world had prospered with them, aud some who looked as if it had been uphill sledding. Some of these men were accornpanied by their wives, others by their children, and eaoh member of the party bore on his or her breast a yellow ribbon with the words "7th Mioh. Cavalry" printed on it. They were the snrvivors of Custer's old regiment and had followed the vellow haired cavalry leader in ïnauy a dashing charge. Their preseuce in Anu Arbor was due to it being the seventh auuual reunión of the survivors of the regiment. Eaoh year they celébrate by their rennions the anuiversary of some battle iu which the regiment was promineutly engaged, and Friday was the auuiversary of the battle of Gettysburg, foueht 33 years ago. Fifty-nine members of the old regiment showed up at roll cali. Most of them were from Michigan, three of them were Anu Arbor men, viz:Col. B. M. Thompson, Co. D, Capt. J. Q. A. Sessious, Co. D, and William Walsh, Co. E. From outside the state came Capt. Qeo. W. McCormick and wife, of Dallas, Tex. ; Pascal E. Richardson, f Stevens Point, Wis. ; and C. H. Jessup, of Worthington, O. Some of those present were gradnates of the U. of M., aud the whole party spent a couple of honrs Frid:iy morning in looking over the campus and university buildings uuder their guidance. At 2 o'clock p. m. the annual business meeting of tbe regiment was held iu the court house, Prof. Thompson, the president of the regiment, beiug iu the chair. Behind him buug the big flag of the regiment, aud on it was piuued the bullet torn banner of Compauy C. It was decided to hold the next reuniou in Kalamazoo, Oct. 19, 1897, aud üfflcers were chosen as follows:: Congressmau H. F. Thomas, of Allegan, president; J. Q. A. Sessions, of Ann Arbor, secretary and treasurer, reelected. A vice president was also named for eaoh coinpany of the regiment. The business transacted, President Tkornpsou called for short speeches aud respoases were made by Capt. Geo. McCorrnick, wbo had come frorn Texas to atteod the reunión ; Hon. H. F. Thomas, of Allegan, and others. At 6 :30 the old soldiers and their wives gathered in the Light Infantry armory where a banquet had been provided for thern by the woruen's relief corps of Ann Arbor. At its close Col. B. M. Thompson, the toastmaster, called the comrades to order and aunouncad the names of various speakers wlio would, as he said, teil about the achivements of the greatest regiment in the greatest brigade of the army. As Col. Briggs, of Grand Rapids, was not present, Perry "Wilson, of Coldwater, spoke to the toast, "Thirty years ago. " The battle of Gettysburg, he said, occurred ju.sc thirty-three years ago and ulso on this same day of the week. He made out a proud record for tbe Seventh Michigan Cavalary in the charge under Custer at this battle and spoke feelingly of their disorgauized couditiou at the close of the flghting. Caüt. J. Q. A. Sessions, of Aun Arbor, had for his subject, "The cavalry, the eyes and ears of the army," and bronght forward instances to prove that tbo war historian has uot done the cavalrymen full jnstice. Capt. Holmes, of Detroit, took the place of Col. Manu, of New York City, and responded to tbe toast, "The Seventh Cavalry boys," and Capt. Geo. W. Hill, of Detroit, told "VVhat I know about rebel prisons. " Though not a member of this regiment, Dr. W. F. Breakey, of Ann Arbor, was presented and spoke to the toast, "The army snrgeon. " Col. Heury S. Deau, of Aun Arbor, joined iu with the cavalrymen of the Seventh and in speaking of soldiers of other regiments, paid a tribute to the flgbting Seveuth. The subject, "The G. A. R. badge," was assigued to Hou. H. F. Thomas, of Allegan, who was colonel and. is now a cougressman as well as a gradúate of the medical department of the university. He treated his subject eloquently and his tributes to the part of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry and of Michigan in the war, aud to the G. A. K., were warmly applauded. Maj. Harrisou Soule, another Aun Arbor soldier, but not of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, treated humorously "The dear girls we left behind us" and H. L. Anthony, of Sturgis, closed the program with the toast. "Our comrades mustered out." After this there were several short impromptu speeches.