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274 THE MAINE BUGLE.
Report of the Cavalry Reunion.
The meeting of the Cavalry Society of the Armies of the
United States, at Concord, N. H., was without Bugle, Banner,
Secretary, Treasurer and President, through an unfortunate
combination of circumstances occurring within a day or two of
time of meeting. Had it not been for the timely presence and
efficient sword (pen) of Vice President Major Charles G. Davis
the cavalry would have only been distinguished from the "dough
boys " by the " blue cotton umbrella " under their arms, after
the manner of the picture of Daniel in the lion's den.
Col. John C. Linehan, in memory of Montreal and other
happy soldierly occasions, had thrown open the offices occupied
by him as insurance commissioner of New Hampshire to the
full use and occupation of the wearers of yellow ribbons, and
thus the cavalry quarters in Concord were all that could be
desired, and in return Col. Linehan ought to be mounted on
one of our best horses, that is, if we have any horses remaining
in the corral. As far as the weather was concerned " the smile
of the Great Spirit " rested on Concord and the countenances
of the veteran members of the Army of the Potomac, as well
as on New Hampshire's lake of lakes. The citizen soldiery of
the State, the youthful cadets of the city, marched proudly in
review before the gray-haired veterans of the rebellion, while
from far and near the youthful men and maidens of the Granite
State, which breeds men as the best production of its soil, gath-
ered in beauty and magnitude, to applaud both the war men of
1 86 1 and 1894.
To punish the officers of the cavalry for their untimely but
imavoidable absence the entire board were re-elected, and the
society adjourned with a determination to rally at New London,
Conn., next year with Bugle and Banner, and " crossed sabres
on sunburst " borne on many a breast.