Shortly after the close of the war, an attempt was made to inaugurate the plan of holding an annual reunion of the
, No. 2 Bowdoin Street,
, Oct. 24, 1866, and one or two supplementary ones for perfecting the organization at the rooms of the First Massachusetts Infantry Association, corner of Essex and Washington streets; for various reasons they proved only partial successes.
But Feb. 4, 1879, in answer to a call issued by a self-constituted committee consisting of
, and formed the present Association.
A committee was appointed, who reported the following, which was unanimously adopted by the Association as its
Constitution and by-laws.
Preamble.
We, honorably discharged members of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery, wishing to hold stated meetings of that organization for the purpose of renewing old associations and extending fraternal greetings to comrades in arms, adopt the following simple articles of government.
Name.
Article I. This organization shall be known as the Tenth Massachusetts Battery Association.
Membership.
Art. II. (1) All honorably discharged members of the Tenth Massachusetts Battery shall be entitled to membership, except
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such as have been or may be convicted of any gross violation of law.
（2) Relatives of deceased members may attend the meetings.
Officers.
Art. III. The officers of the organization shall be a President, two
Vice-Presidents, a Secretary (who shall also be Treasurer), and an Executive Board of five members.
Election of officers.
Art. IV. The officers shall be elected annually, or as often as the Association meets, in such manner as a majority of those present at the meeting may determine.
Their term of office shall begin with the close of the meeting at which they are elected.
Duties of officers.
Art. V. (1) The President and
Vice-President shall perform the duties usually devolving on such officers in similar positions.
（2) The Secretary shall notify members of meetings, call meetings of the Executive Board, and do such other duties as properly pertain to his office.
As Treasurer, he shall receive and disburse moneys under the direction of the Executive Board.
（3) The Executive Board shall make arrangements for meetings, and in general deliberate upon matters of interest to the organization.
The President and Secretary shall be ex-officiis members of the Board, the President acting as Chairman of the Board.
Time and place of meeting.
Art. VI. The time and place of meeting, when not decided upon by the Association, shall be appointed by the
Executive Board.
How amended.
Art. VII These articles may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members present at a regular meeting.
Order of business.
| Roll Call. | Election of Officers. |
| Report of Secretary. | Dinner Call. |
| Report of Treasurer. | After-dinner Exercises. |
| Report of Committees. | Adjournment. |
| New Business. |
A committee to nominate officers for permanent organization reported for President, Maj. J. Henry Sleeper; for Secretary and
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Treasurer, Lieut. Charles E. Pierce; and a list of two vicepres-idents, and au Executive Committee of five,—all of whom were unanimously elected.
The Association has met annually ever since, usually at Young's Hotel, Boston, and now regularly on Patriots' Day, April 19.
One very pleasant episode of the first meeting was an act of generosity on the part of Comrade A. E. Rice, which gave full possession of the battle-flag to the Association.
A large amount of time and labor has been devoted by the Secretary to making the records of the Company complete; and every comrade even though he may not always be able to attend the meetings, can confer a great favor upon his fellow-comrades and himself by notifying the Secretary of any change in his own address or that of others, or of the death of a comrade, and its date, place of death, and cause.
By doing this the Secretary will be enabled to keep the records complete, and at all times be ready to impart desired information in relation to any individual of the Battery.
