Show r 7 IV JoI lITSON veteran of civil war who spoke pok to american aa hoy boys a vo nina of his prison experience the horrors of the oil confederate prison fit sit andersonville Ander gonville sonville were told to the price legionnaire legionnaires at their gebru ary meeting rueday tuesday evening bv joeeph joseph W johnson keterin of the 01 civil war aar uto was confined in the prison for nine contle comrade johnson wa was Q n biemler deml er of the illinois volunteers volunteer 3 an I 1 siw three and a half ye ire irs of nil gitary in the great war of tho bj rebellion ills regiment was inder i I 1 the be com command manil of general john A logan and was assigned to the division u i let general IV T sherman oa OIL the bird day of the elege siege of atlanta i reet receding ding the march of Sh to the sa a s a mr ur johnson waa wa taken r by the C a nd and ane as ent sent 0 o n ILIP nille chere chero ie le erent stent the time in I 1 I 1 unending before the dose close of th tho war ven be he entered the place he states hat he weighed pouolo af tr t r the nine months of incarceration cama came the binte 1 r f the struggle ruggle tt an I 1 the f free ree ing of se ho prisoners when be he wa was 8 ut to 0 o a e hospital how pital in washing j t ton on two week weeks after lie lite arria 1 there he be had hail an opportunity to teet test hn hii Y eight pud end found that he con il aay 1 regist malty nonty pound pounds in of ofa thia this fact mr r johnson still poss eais a remarkable ph alque he ile Is U now in hid eighty thiril yr and after rAn italin aking to the v ember of price post for an hour and a quater qua ter he that to felt ten years younger than when he started to opral ile has ha trav traveled ried orae ballog duminy the past year alone and expects to travel more when tb ta weather betimes agreeable a ills horia la 13 in ift Pa palomo louse avash bat but he has been spending jp ending j the winter with hia his fv P x rev J johnson ani liftig dixit 1 elifet in aleo iak that I 1 lie Is father no ill effects from fil hb civit with the x bety erv lee ice W 11 rf f fh fesh esh and in goo gool I 1 elrite upon thi th far hi his tali talk was enjoyed by the legion mea men nad and 1114 lit was greed h storm of applause the I 1 aginess el of the posts r ting wa cut out chrt in ord r to nl A w more time tor for mr johnsons Johna ons ad tre re i and flat tint a d legation might bo yar wn nt to bistle gate I 1 live ive new now members w Y re r lived into the pos as foll follows owai D 13 i ibinson of stoart J C vaught 0 me iv of ni awatin vernon atwood ola lei P Ilo linea and F P ank bryner A A committee from the in ladles liea auxiliary t f the poet post cal call d to offer the services ot t the ladies ladles IA preparing tor for the aud and eville entert dunivent contemplated by the poet post nil were received with b the f allows interesting were ier elvel from some of the stal lulng comi that proved that t committees are functioning alb rt A kirkpatrick and danny OKI gar ber of tho the hiawatha post stop stopped tor for a n short visit to the price in etmo on their ft ay to castio castle gate |