Daily Republican., 1881-01-28
TRAMP TRAMP.
Veterans on the March-A Fhiia'
delphis Post q. A. II. Vtsits Du'
Ponl Post I'm this Oitys

P0nl Post I'm this Oatys
About 81 members and drum corps
of 10 drums and flies belonging to Col.
Gus. Town, Post No. 40, Philadelphis,
came down in the SIS train last even
ing to visit DUPONT Post, No. 2, of this
city. They were met ct the depot by
about IS members Of the DUPONT Post
With drum and fife corps Of the First
Battalion and escorted along Front
street to Market and up Market to Du-
Pont Post room in the McClary build
Ing. The music Of the two drum corps,
the f1ttering Of the Post colors and the
battle torn flags, and the steady tramp
of the veterans as they passed up the
street created considerable curiosity
and excitement.
A brief session of Dupont Post was
held after which the Post with its
guests marched down to the hall in ths
second story Of Crosby u HilPs building
where the lady auxiliary corps Of the
Pest had prepared 3 splendid and lux
urious, supp6r, quite different from the
jerked beef and hard tack to which the
vets bad been accustomed when they
LAY In the trenches on the Kappa
hammock, before fredericksburg, at
Spo.tsylvsnia, the Wilderness, bstore
Richmond and Petersburg, and on the
Rapidan ard Chickahominy. There
vera between 80 and 40 lady members
of the Auxiliary corps present who did
their bes. and succeeded admirably 10
making the visitors and visited feel at
home az was evidenced by the vigorous
manner in which the hot coffee, bat
tsred rolls, cake, ham and boiled beef
disap peAred to satiats appetites made
as sharp as oross-cut saws by the bra.
cling aud biting atmosphere without.
As the tables were cleared away, Post
Commander Wheeler of Dupont Post,
mountel 1 chair and after telling the
little incident which led to the friendly
relations existing between the two
Posts welcomed the visitors, and pre-
sente6 Post 46, with very handsome
icsd cake. Post commander Patterson,
very appropriately replied in accepting
She cake.
The drum corps and number fgen-
tleman OF both Posts and some invited
guests from other Posts in the city then
took position on the platform, and
Quartormaster Gregg being master OF
ceremonies, he kept the fooial ball
rolling on lively during the remainder
Of the evening.
Addresses were made by Department
Commander McNair, J. $. Valentine,
w. Il. Brady, Esq s. Redmond Smith,
ESQ ami J. Il. Hoffeoker. E:q.
Com &de sithen of Post As, sung a
dutch gong and Comrade Mcdowell Of
Post No. 9. sang the "Sword Of Bun
ker Hill" An orchestra rendered
some very fire instrumental music,
Comrade Hoffman, 46, sung a song,
Miss Geary rendered two very fine in
strument4l solos which we're loudly ap-
plauded. John R. Holt, Jr., gave a
very fine recitation of ship on fire !;
Comrads Dickinson, 4G, sung soug,
and COmrads Erstbrook of the drum
and fife corps gave come very interest
ing exercises Of the picoslo order on
the fife. Comrsde Silhen recited the
horrors Of Ssiiebury, after which all
present Joined in singing "America the
land of the Free" The drum corps
followed this with martial airs which
almost shook the building, after which
cheers were given for each of the Posts
and the visitors were escorted to the
depot where they took the IL Is train
f0c hume.