Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1902 — REUNION PLANNED. [ARTICLE]

REUNION PLANNED.

Soldiers and Sailors Who Served In Porto Rico, Cuba and Philippines. Lieutenant D. I. McCormick, of this 1 city, and others are arranging for a ] meeting in Indianapolis, May 14 and 15, of regulars and United States vol- j unteer. soldiers and sailors who saw j service in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. A reunion on the night of May 14 is planned, to which the public will be invited. Tomlinson hall may be engaged if the G. A. R. encampment completes its work before the evening of the 14th. Addresses are to be made by prominent speakers. A place has been assigned for these soldiers, and they will join in the parade and other exercises in connection with the dedication of the Monument. “The indications are,” says Lieutenant McCormick, “that this will be the largest gathering of these soldiers since the, return of the regularsand volunteers from the Philippines, as many of them have expressed a desire to get together and talk over the principal event of their lives.”