The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-01

BoTs IN BLuB-(ApAMs wRA, "A meet.
| Ing Of the Adams wing Of BoysIin Blue was
held At Union League Hall last tight, Gen,
y. Bell Adams presided, and slted that the
| object OF the meeting was for horRanIzinp.
but II being New Years Evel he observed
the meeting was not so larget attended N
ne desired, aud therefore he wbild not urge
an election al present. He wotld also aus.
gest that the Boys In Blue uniform imme-
alAteIy and parade with aruA instead OF
coal oll'' at the end OF a stat. as was viii
messed a few evenings since in'. parade la
by AN lndiylduao called Grant The con.
duct Of that "lndiyldual" wasdealgned N
turn the Boys 10 Blue lntoa ''selool OF scan-
dali and he (the chair woult announce
tne ,onowing stad officers In the order ap-
=. ,aasLeevLnrERS Bot,is BEvn.,
Gsg,yoi OrfS,s kSo s'sHp'A'HALtfr nRGr.
Ths EsasrSi o@aandlns cong saul.,,, mi,
demonstration, headed by A Tppsn, ~
falsely termed a parade Of the RSs 10 Blue,
not more than ATTY Of the ssIa thousand
oflSsp psrti SIIoIea and not shTle general
The following oflssrs are Apt olpt.d unoo
the stAn and viii be obeyed and ftspeoted' 40.
SSSsTai Viz u ~ , rs ass0Fss .djSiant
assistant AdJutAnt General with hbo fanL III
.mIori Michael Quay, Inspector EVnefSI with
ias,as,a, ~ ool9neli feffy Cafalh, assistant
Henry himber, quartermaater raperai VIM
me 1ne tana o. eoloneli A; "a, areek, assistant
SssI,s6 %SssI5 general win the o. major
rank Of ooionsij David W Ahdsss S sh ne
WIZ the rank o. eaptainj Joseph Ensiiwood
ny de camp with the rank Of lieu ktant colo
nell David Urouae, aid de camp with Tho rank
oL mNot John q. Larman, aid dJeamp with
the rank Of oaptaini 1aaao shher, IA IL
camp ssS y. Tith the rank q eaP,Alnl Jg r. John.
captain. '''tt''e rams OF
Mr.. sprague Inquired whether there had
been a commander appointed fohtho FIftb
and Sixth Wards, and Unioutow1i
The CHAIR. Mr.. Mcknight, odlhe Finh
Ward, has been appointed. w.
hr. sprague. Mcknight il a GOOD fel.
low but he wants a punch 10 n, Ribs 70
make him attend 10 his duties. -
Col. N. NJ. Green was asked TO civ, n r..
port OF the Boys In Blue In the Iourtb
Ward, and stated that the ward wa mar.
iectly dlsgusted with the organization now
Known In the ward a. the "Boys In Bur. y |
but he held In his hand a paper tint be |
would like 10 read al the proper time.
The Chair. Go on and read the paper
Col. Green. feel some delicacy 10 reading
me paper, but came hero "bnmf full I" u |
rf..f vi. I'D
eaos 70 the colored paonIo issDiIg,In. , REFER
selves with a certain orVnni1a,Ian ds,anno
ing his colored brethren ~ moi tTns 4 ,haT-
race, and read from an evening papr a re-. |
port OF the Grant wing Of the Boys Il Blue. |
RAJ ~ soiuon W. huop'ed aHfrtlng |
Bowen had used every lntImIss,Ion Syor
vent the parade in Il honnr ~ e. W,
gotten up bV A. Grant Ia mr.
denied that the ward eommIssioners ! ~
Nayor psad an. I',is S S9uiuilss'oneIs the
parade alluded 10, and Willis ~ ~ sne
prepared 70 be the truu,peteT ~ ths IA nos
he commIsslopers. ha honcd ~ ,l,TI
you'd see that the Grant psTtv werrfai.I
EaT agaInst ~ n.s ~ sa,u ne Puld
md henceforth. no"
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