Show u VI WAR AR HISTORY I Veteran Says Chance Remarks of Commander Are Vital Parts Puta of Record Despite the failure of ot Colonel F M H I Sterrett executive director of the en encampment to appear M as chairman of the 1 campfire held at the Assembly hell hall last lalit evening as well wen as aa the nonappeArance of the three veteran who were down for tor addresses the old oid soldiers lei and their tam fam hiss Ui who crowded into the ball ban participated participated In ID II rousing meeting Colonel Sterrett terrett sent ent word wont by Judge ONeal ONI assistant director of the thi encamp encampment meet meat that he could not possibly bly appear and Judge ONeal was waa called on to pre preside preside side William X tc Jamison Daniel Ryan and John C Carpenter were the three program speakers speake for lor the campfire and when Judge ONeal found they were not present he at once opened the meeting Some one In the rear of the hell hall called on the judge judee for tor an aD address of ot his hili on own and he responded with a string of anee ane anecdote dotes dote do that tickled his hearers HeWs Held a band furnished several everal concert pieces and while the assemblage waited for the ar arrival arrival arrival rival of the famous Kansas Modoc MoOse club which had been singing in the tabernacle Colonel Anderson Andersen the veteran Kan Kansas a leader of the club was wa called to the rot ro trum and aDd for fOl half bait an n hour bour be he told war wai tortes stories Until the collect the ma of or that great peat number am of cheni chane remarks remark let t fall lan by the lb corn com manders of the tM civil war aDd aad which bad had so 50 great an importance on OD battles and andew events event ew the real history of the war r will ym fever be he written declared Colonel An II doreen dersen dr n rhess remarks form the basis of thou thousands sands sande of good stories torIes that are even at this late day still coming to t the surface with each eh succeeding in encampment and aid many of them are fine tIDe material for his historical hl historical chapters of the tite war The Modoc lo Qc club then thea made its Ia appear appearance appearance appearance ance and proved Itself worthy woRb of ol the rep reputation reputation it bears boari The old war time songs rendered were clever and appealed to th tb veterans instantly Colonel Anderson led ld the club Miss Vila Vile Fox recited a char character character acter str sketch etch In la admirable Latin form tor and nd d was recalled Shortly after M 11 th closed after one ODe or two veterans In aft the ne hall ban had bad a chance for a few words and aM the Modoc club had sung aung Itself out |