from The Webster Times,
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“ The 53d annual reunion of
Companies E, I, and F, 15th Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers, will be held at the Joslin house, Saturday when the
survivors of these three companies will gather together, with the
honorary members, to conduct the annual business meeting, and have
dinner. The occasion this year will
mark the first in many years without the presence of Col. Smith of The arrangements in Webster
are being looked after by E. B. Wakefield, the last of the Slater
Guards living in Webster. Mr.
Wakefield is in charge of the details, and is arranging the dinner.
The invitations have been sent out to the members and
honorary members of the association by Leonard E. Thayer of Roll call will be at 11 a.
m., business meeting at VETERANS HAVE ANNUAL The 53rd annual
reunion of Companies E, I and F of the 15th Massachusetts
Volunteers was held in Webster Saturday, with a roll call, business
meeting and dinner at
the Joslin House. A
feature of the gathering was the presence of E. Walter Smith, son of
the late Col. Henry E. Smith of The election of officers
resulted in the following choice:
President, William F. Miller of Worcester; vice-president, E.
B. Wakefield of Webster; secretary and treasurer Leonard E. Thayer
of Those present were Charles
H. Burleigh, 51st regiment, Worcester; E. B. Wakefield,
Co. I, Webster; L. E. Pattison, 5th Massachusetts
Battery, Webster; William F. Miller, Co. E., Worcester; James D.
Callahan, Co. F., Marlboro; Sumner E. Bannister, Co. F.,Worcester;
Merritt A. Towns, Co. F., Holland; James E. Clifford, Co. E.,
Clinton; Peleg F. Murray, Co. E, Worcester; John L. Humphrey, Co.
E., Oxford; George E. Ward, E. Walter Smith and Clarence E.
Cleveland; honorary members were also present. Following the business
meeting in the parlors of the hotel, a dinner was served at |