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Show I Military Rcunlou. Fremont, O., 14. The celebration of the reunion of the 23d regiment is being held here to day. Ahout 20.-0U0 20.-0U0 people are in attendance. The demonstration is in no wise political, but is participated in by ull, irre-- irre-- spective of party. The formal exercisea. began this morning a'. ( suurifo with firing a natiunal salute : from the site of old Furl Stephenson. ) Fur tins purpunn the one piece of artibery nred by Colonel Croghan in his defeat of the Kngliab at this place . in 1813 was uaed. At 10 o'clock the Ceremony of laying the corner stoni- til the r.ew city hall in Fort Stephen son park was pcrlormed by the Minnie faierniiy, at which C. A. Windward, the graud master of Ohio, pr-nidtd. Tne president wa; present, hut t mk no part in tin exerciser Al 11 o'clock tlie iuior.-im: meeting nf tlie 23J regiment was huld at Bun-hard ball. This is one -l the most pleasant occurrences of the d:y. About 300 veterans were present, in eluding Geo. Hayes, General Uoaen cram. General Sca!lon and Senator Stanley Matlbt-ws. Secretary jMc-Crary, jMc-Crary, General Pnil. Sheridan. General Gen-eral J. 1, Cox, and Judge Force ot Cincinnati were also present. President Presi-dent Hayes us presideut of the socily called tlie meeting to order ana t ited that they would proceed to elect ofiicers for the coming year, when hi was unaoinio,;n!y placed iu nomination, nomina-tion, and notwithstanding his objec Lion 'T am a oue-term man, you know," which elicited hearty applause, ap-plause, ad reelected, a were ull the old officers. Alter the election ot officers General Ilosencrana addressed a few words to those present. Capt. Ellen, with a lew fitting word-, presented the escutcheon of the nation to President Hayes. Tlie president, in accepting it, said: I fchall prize this token ol your regard as one of the nioai precious moniftnts of my life. No period in my life is so dear as Urn four years we spent together iu the war (or the Union. Tne one regret, the one sadness on an occasion like Luis is that for m any ol those who did the most to give to our regiment that good name we prize, that many of those cannot be with us today, but we will bold their nameti uud memories lor ever sacred. I thank you. Tne members of the regiment then proceeded pro-ceeded to the Opera hall, where they partook of an elegant dinner provided for them by the ladies of Fremont. |