Show WAR GOVERNORS i RUIN PLAN TO HOLD REUNION fr Sept 10 On 10 One ot of t the features planned d for tor the national eh eh- of ot the Grand Arm Army of ot tho the Itoc Ito Re- Uc c at Saratoga Bartoga N. N Y 1 this month i reunion of It the three thre living war ar armar mar of ot the United State States Fr Freder- Freder o of Samuel J. J ord of oC Kansas Kanas and William Wililam Sprague node hade J. blowing the hll war for Cor many years years war Governors GO of ot the various orth North States State held annual reunion reunions but their theira a became cime eo so o thinned out that they the reunions about fifteen IS I ago ngo The friends frienda of oC the th three e Gov- Gov ra ira till still living h however r believe e 0 e eo 0 o should hould be at least leut one more meet- meet before the tho final roll call and are Inne inn In- In ne 19 n upon them coming to together eth r at atc c Saratoga encampment If It thy they do will 1 be given a place of or honor in th the de do ov v. v Crawford of oC Kansas I Is anxious for Cor reunion to be held He lie is hale and Tty and Just a as fU spry as he W was wae 8 when chased h the Johnnies Johnnis and end later the ans He t Is still actively engaged In practice of law latr and spends pende every evory wInn wina wIn wIn- n a W Washington looking after altar the inter- inter of lC his hla Indian clients before beCore th the Gov Gov- ent nent departments and oneS Congress Congre A ft trip from Kansas Kanias to Sara Sara- L. L doesn't daunt him at all That 1 Id S be tho the longest distance An any of ot the 1 I Governors Go would havo have to travel BV v. v Holbrook lives 11 at Brattleboro Vt Gov Sprague at NA Pier L Both of ot them thom could reach Syra- Syra in ln a R. daylight ride e. e IJ However v r. r they not ot as nimble a as u Gov Coy Crawford and hesitate abou goIng v v. v Holbrook celebrated hi his hi ninety ninety- I tb birthday recently and while ho h ii I In splendid health haIth for a man of or that age ace I hi his hi I legs lega gs are somewhat wobbly 1 and h i r gets gt ts around mostly In a carriage cJ He lie has lute been Jeen I president of or n a bank hank in his home town ton for I Imor morn more than thirty seven years eau and just r re recently re presided over o the sixtieth annual meeting of or th the of lr directors of or that Institution It Is le said saM ho has hu never or n It meeting of or that board in the tho last even e years cArli Aa As war GOrnor Car Gov- he ho floated of ot State t tat bonds for tor the tha defense of ot Vermont during durin the civil strife strIte and or organized and equipped mon many regiments of ot troops troop Notwithstanding his hiI great a age e. e Coy Gov Holbrook leads lead an nn active bulnes life la Is laa a R great reader Nador and letter writer and i ithe Is I the life lite of ot er e every gathering ho attends Hn Un In III a A. gentleman nf of the old school and affect affects af ItC af- af I the da days s 's of or Lincoln and Grant both bothin in dr dress ires s and manner I Coy Gov Spra Sprague ue In r recent years cnn has hitS devoted de dt doI I voted hi his hh time to scientific r search research work I and nd writing at hi his homo home In Rhode II 11 lie has hae not enjoyed the h ht st t of or health latel lately and It will be a real task for him to make the trip to Saratoga Still hi hit wants to meet his hia comrades once more lOor and will do so EO forbidden 11 by his hla family and physician Of or the three alive all war t Governors Go still GO Gov Crawford of or Kansas has perhaps had hall the most strenuous career lie He l fO fought ht In the war ar and sine rains out a Colon Colonel l with Itla witha a br brevet ft of ot Brigadier He le was wag one of or tho tha most daring and successful rul Union officers west of ot th tho Mississippi and was In er e every battle on the border but two O H la HI was elected Go Governor of or Kansas while hlll In the field and resigned d as Colonel to ACC accept pt his new ne position After the tho close of or th the war ar Coy Gov GoCr Cr Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- w- w ford tord established an immigration bureau to encourage the settlement In Kansas of cx- cx Union soldiers and to him moo moe than anyone else cleo IK is due dye the cr credit of or making 1 Kani Kansas arwas th th gr great at soldier State that It Is During his second administration the Indians Indiana were werd devastating de the th Western plains pillaging and burning liomA homM and scalping people Gov GO Crawford resigned ns as chief chi executive of ot Kansas or organ organ- an- an 1251 a regiment of ot cavalry and joined d Gen n. Sheridan and G Gen Con n. n Glister Custer In a R. vInter winter win win- ter tot campaign n against tho the who hn were ver i driven to cO cover cOr r and forced to be he good in th future The JI popl of ot the Stats Stat decided to tn make mak Coy Gov Crawford a United States 8 Senator and instructed enough members of oC the Legislature to Insure his hiI But lint Butth th the members didn't stay May Instructed Enough of or them then quit Mm him to elect the theother theother theother other than hAn This so disgusted the Gover Governor over over- nor that he n never ner er again ln engaged cI In ac- ac tivo tho polities politics He is went hack back to tn the law la lawand lawand and to tiia thA farm and has made a n great success of or th the combination H He lie Is hi counted count count- ed pd one of the richest men In Kansas |