Show j mother of the regiment I 1 j at the rec recent ent annual reunion of the ninety seventh regiment pennsylvania volunteers in west chester an original poem by louis it eisenbeis of that city iwas i was read as a tribute to mrs alm mary st john of this thio city who was the subject of the verses this venerable woman now nearing her ninetieth year was with j the ninety seventh from the time it j marched to the field until it returned home and was waa known as the I 1 smother mother of the regiment she is the only survivor of eight members of her fai family nily all of whom gave their services on the field durin during war |