1901 Program of First Reunion

This document is a program of the first reunion of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Spanish-American War, in 1901. The document is found in the Frank Gerlach file.

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Page 1 (back fold)

Record

Assembled Akron, Ohio, April 28, 1898.

Encamped Camp Bushnell, Columbus, Ohio, April 29, 1898

Mustered in U.S. Volunteer Service, Columbus, Ohio, May 13, 1898.

Encamped Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., May 18, 1898.

Embarked from Port New York, U.S. Transport Mohawk, August 17, 1898.

Landed Montauk Point, L. I., N. Y., Detention Camp, August 26, 1898.

Furloughed 60 days, September 9, 1898.

Assembled for muster out, Wooster, Ohio, November 9, 1898.

Muster out November 21, 1898.

Page 2 (Cover)

First Reunion
Eighth Regiment O.V.I.
Spanish-American War Veterans
Akron, Ohio, November 20-21, 1901

Patriotic Entertainment, Opera House, 8 P. M.
Wednesday, November 20

Business Session, G. A. R. Hall, 10 A. M.
Thursday, November 21
Camp Fire, G. A. R. Hall, 2 P. M.
Thursday, November 21