Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1883 — OTHER REUNIONS. [ARTICLE]

OTHER REUNIONS.

About 200 ox-prisoners of war gathered at Decatur, 111., where many of them related their experiences. Addresses of welcome were made tw Judge Nelson and Gov. Hamilton. Addresses were also delivered by Gen. R. J. Oglesby and Congressman Bowett. Mrs. Martha A. Burdick read a poem prepared for the oocasion. Gen. Oglesby declared for a pension for every man who had suffered in Confederate prisons. It was resolved to ask of Congress a half pension for those who were in captivity from two to six months; 1 throe-fourths pension for those imprisoned from six to twelve months, a full pension for all who suffered loss of liberty for one year or more, besides $2 for each day’s confinement. There was a big reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Goshen, Ind. Not less than 10,000 people were in attendance. One of the features of the day was a broom brigade from Kendalville. composed of ladies. The sham battle was brilliantly executed.