Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1883 — OTHER REUNIONS. [ARTICLE]

OTHER REUNIONS.

About 200 ex-prisoners of war gathe*» 1 at Decatur, 111., where many of them re alcd their experiences. Addros -es of, welcome were made by Judge Nelso > and Gov. Hamilton. Addresses were il’-o delivered by Gen. R. J. Oglesby »i>l Congressman Rowett. Mrs. Martha . Burdick read a poem prepared for the occasion. 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; three-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.