1928 Program of 30th Annual Reunion
This document is a program of the 30th Anniversary Reunion of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. It is found in the Frank Gerlach file.
Transcription
Page 1 (Back Cover)
Program
Introduction — — — — President Gen. A. B. Critchfield
Address of Welcome — — — — Mayor E. K. Geiselman
Response — — — — — — — — — Major S. M. Swarts
Address — — — — — — — — General Charles F. Dick
Music — — — — — — — — — Rev. Brown’s Orchestra
Address — — — — — — — — Judge L. R. Critchfield
Music — — — — — — — — — — — — — Orchestra
Address — Dept. Com’dr. U.S. W.V. Charles F. Schaber
Business Session
Selection of the Next Meeting Place
Election of Officers
Adjournment
Page 2 (Front Cover)
PROGRAM
of the
30th Anniversary Reunion
“McKinley’s Own”
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Association
Spanish War Veterans
OFFICERS
General A. B. Critchfield — — — — President
Charles W. Flory — — — — — — — Secretary
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General Chas. F. Dick — — — Honorary President
Captain J.O. Campbell — — — Honorary Chaplain
Mrs. Chas F. Dick Mother of the Regiment
Miss Miriam Hughes Daughter of the Regiment
September 2nd and 3rd, 1928
Wooster, Ohio
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd
9:00 A.M. Registration at Headquarter, “Hotel Wooster.” Get your programs, badges, auto stickers, and secure your
- tickets for Shreve Breakfast and Regimental Dinner.
3:00 P.M. Memorial Services at Wooster Cemetery for Colonel C. V. Hard and Chaplain Kieffer.
- The regiment will form promptly at Memorial Hall 227 S. Buckeye St. at 2:30 P.M. for parade to the
- cemetery. The companies will form in column of fours, in alphabetical order.
- The senior officer or non-commissioned officer present will take command of his company. A company
- marker will be furnished each company. The regiment will be headed by the surviving members of the band
- and commanded by General Charles F. Dick. The parade will form on Buckeye St. with the head of the
- column at Liberty St. and march in the following order:
- Police
- Chief Marshal Captain John McSweeney
- Aides
- Wooster Board of Trade Band
- Headquarters Company 73rd Brig. 37th Div. O.N.G.
- Co. F. 145th Infantry 37th Div. O.N.G.
- Canton Wright Patriarch Militants I.O.O.F.
- Uniformed Rank Modern Woodmen
- American Legion Drum Corps
- Wooster Post No. 68 American Legion
- Civil War Veterans,Given Post No. 133 G.A.R.
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- 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Spanish War
- General Charles F. Dick and Staff
- 8th Ohio Band
- 8th Ohio Companies
- Visitors in Automobiles
- Families and (veterans unable to march) with or without auto transportation will report to Memorial Hall where transportation will be provided to those without autos, in order that all may go in the parade to the cemetery.
Program at the Cemetery
Music — — — — — — — Wooster Board of Trade Band
Introduction — — — — President General A. B. Critchfield
Invocation — — — — — — — — Rev. George W. Brown
America — — — — — — — — All Singing with the Band
Firing of Three Volleys and Taps Hdq. Co. 73rd Inf. Brig.
- While wreaths are being placed on the graves of
- Colonel Hard and Chaplain Kieffer
Memorial Address — — — — — Chaplain J. O. Campbell
- Benediction
The parade will return to the Public Square where it will be reviewed by the Chief Marshal and General Dick and staff. The regiment will be dismissed at Memorial Hall.
6:00 P.M. Free lunch with ice cold lemonade and coffee at
- Memorial Hall. Talk Fest and a good time to meet
- your Buddies and their families.
8:00 P.M. “Camp Fire”, “Talk Fest”. Music by Rev. Brown’s
- Family Orchestra.