The National tribune., 1882-12-28
OUR HAVERSACK
And the Very Substantial Rafious Which it Contains
for the BOYS.

for the BOYS.
| COmrade II. HenkeII of MinonL Illinois,
| writes US: "We Organized a Post no this place
| November 18th. 1S52. to he known as CAPTAIN
! Louis G.. Keedy Post, No 100 We started
| with eleven members, all first class. and IL is
| the intention Of the members To make Post fG0
credit to the Grand Army. Last Wednesday
| night, at our regular meeting. we elected tho
| following officers for the ensuing wear: COM
| mander, {. Z. Waterman: >. :. e.. T. j. Tav-
| Tor; !. '. C., G. 5. Foot; Chaplain, William
| Jueig; 0. D., J. c. Wicker; Q. NJ /. C. Pray;
5. NJ, J. w. January; q. NJ s. G. T. Dunham;
| Adjutant, H. Henkeil. OUr Post is composed
of good men, and every one worker Some
| time IN the future You shall hear good reports
from Post $50 We intend to give an enter
tainment about February LIST: we arc having
a good time now IN mastering in the old boys
we have number of applications now on hand
waiting their turn to come in. We extend a
cordial invitation To all ex-sOdiers to call and
see lis when passing this way. The latch
string is always cut
We are indebted to a soldiers wife for the
following account: " Hatch Post 2t1 at Friend
ship, New York held a successful Campfire
Thursday evening December 18th, at Gran
dalPs Opera House. Rations of hard-tack,
coffee, and pork and beans were issued and
enjoyed by all present. \ soldiers wife PLAYED
the organ, while the boys in blue sang The
Army Bean, 'Tenting on the Old Camp
ground Columbia, the gem of the Ocean
and several other songs. dear to the memory of
our soldiers Toasts were given. stories told of
army life and starvation in AndersOnville: but
that was too black page of history for our
pleasant entertainment, so we had a few more
songs, ending up with three hearty cheers for
the Union and the G.. A K. The officers of the
Post are as follows: Commander, Rev. J. A.
Copeland; 5. V. c., James Wetherell; J. V. C.,
II. S. COrbin; @. NJ, Captain A. B. Bradley:
flyy,i ,i.,Hv,
jamin; o. e., James Howard; Surgeon, DR..
G. c. Deming.
The Franklin county, o., ex-Prisoners of
War Association met in Columbus last week and
adopted the following resolution: Resolved by
the Franklin county Association of ex-Union
Prisoners of War, in view of the action of the
Franklin county Soldiers and Sailors Associa-
tion deciding to hold grand Reunion in july.
1858, that we respectfully ask the executive
committee the Ohio Association, ex- Prisoners
of War, to reconsider the action by which
Newark, Ohio, was selected as the place for
holding the next annual Reunion of said Asso-
clatl0n and that Columbus be selected instead,
and that the time of holding the same be in
conformity with the date fixed by the Frank
lin county Soldiers and Sailors Association
for general Reunion"
Comrade A. H. L. Gifin, s. V. c., of Dewitt,
Nebraska, writes: s. 1t would do you good to
hear the tributes of praise your paper gets from
the boys of our Post. We opened the 9th of
last March, with % members, and have 90 on
the roll at this time, with good prospect for
more. In one of your issues you credited our
Campfire to Dewitt, Kansas in place of Dewitt,
Nebraska, held October 25th last We had a
glorious good time and don't like TO lose the
credit of it."
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been invited by the
Grand Army Post OF Bangor Me-, which num-
bers among its members $50 old soldiers to de-
liver before them and the citizens Of EaucOr
his lecture on the Battle OF Chanceilorssi:ie,'
which recently met with great success "a tie
Southern cities. Genera Lee has respond d to
the invitation tha-, while it Is ont o. his juvrr
to accept the invitation at this time. It s.il
give him pleasure to do 50 at some iutu.c da-
Palmer Post. of Winsted, Conn. hell q
largely attended bean-bake on Iut-ssv O.. s.
week. Speeches were made and rcGu'ni-. ;.sr S
narrated by Col. Sloan. Capt. Ii. =. .,I.
James Forbes, Jacob Widmcr, J. r. >,.ia..sslis
S. w. Sage, Capt. S. B. Horne, u. ". Fira. d.
A. H. Fem and others. Aside frc;a r." a-r
guests, twenty-OGe veterans wcry I~ea,i.. l.-gm
New Hartford, where a new Post 10 shortly TO
be established
Christopher C. Argle. who served in the
Second Michigan Company 3 until the close
of the war, and was known as am intrepid and
gallant soldier died on the 18th inst. ut Detroit
He was d member of Fairbanks Post, No. II,
and his comrades attended the funeral in
body.
General James Appleton Post, No. 12S, of
Ipswich. Massachusetts, held Il grand fair in
the town hall from the 22d to the 18th iusts.,
for the benefit of the relief fund. The Post is
in a thriving condition. \ neat programme,
entitled The Skirmisher," was published dur
ing the fair.
Comrade P. G. Hodgdon of North Craftsbury,
Vermont, writes us: FLINT Post, No. p named
in honor of Captain Flint, of the First Vermont
cavalry, who was killed in battle, was organ
lied here on the 18th inst, with Il charter
members. Commander Leach, of Wolcott Post,
them in
General Louis Wagner, treasurer of the joint
having in charge the collection OF
money for the soldiers monument in German.
town, Pa, acknowledges the receipt of sub
amounting TO total OF Sl0,607.3S.
"The Spy of Atlanta" given week before
last by the Battery and G. A. Il. of Milteld, Pa,
was weil patronized, and realized a handsome
sum for the companies. The play was well re-
ceived.
Comrade J. F. Tuttle writes us from Turin,
\. Y, that Mullen Post G. a. r., was eStab-
lished there on December lst, with 23 charter
members, and is now in good working order.
Commander HiIlikcr, of Knowles Post No.
-, COruna, Maine, writes us that although the
Post only organized last March, with II
charter members it now musters 30 veterans
a handsome increase.
Comrade Hartsough writes us that Robins
Post, No. 81, Upper SaudUsky, Ohio, Is IN a
ionrishing condition, having between 90 aud
100 members.
4 comrade of Kenesaw Post. Danville, Ill,
which was organized three years ago. writes us
hat it is now in a fourishiug condition, with
over 100 members. Comrade Madden has been
.c-olccted commander.
The recent fair of Mcpherson Post Of Hack
,nsack, y. j., netted upwards of d thousand
iollars for the relief fund.
The recent fair of James C. Rice Post, of
Sew York, yielded about two thousand dollars
or the relief fund.
Weare indebted to Mr.. John l.. Ransom, ofthis
a rnl;,. of Ind Dlc--,nt-iilp gpvsjStiror Of