The National tribune., 1882-10-12
BOStOn's "MOther Post" and the
Good Work 1t Has Accomplished.
THE DEPARTMENT ORDERS.
Our Haversack Again Opened
for Our Hungry Comrades.
specisI Correspondence National Tribune.


week, commencing with the largest one in Bos
ton.
John A. Andrew Post IS, was chartered
August 9th, 1867, and, like nearly all the PostI
here, filled up with rush, numbering at one
time over thousand men, and turning out
on Memorial Day eleven companies, of over
sixty men in a company. Many of the com
rades lived in the surrounding towns and cities
They found it inconvenient to attend the
meetings, and those living in each of the
towns naturally formed the nucleus of a Post
for that town. Thus Post 10 became the
mother of many Posts-so much so that you
can hardly 90 into any Post here without find,
ing many comrades who were once members Of
old Post 10. Many things could be done with
q membership of over thousand that were
impracticable with one of less than a hundred
Post 10 leased quarters for thousand; but by
the formation of these new Posts the member
ship gradually diminished to less than hun
dred, and, almost before the comrades knew it.
the Post was over six thousand dollars in debt
The men who stood by the old Post were not
the men to repudiate an obligation, and with
out appealing to anyone outside of the Post,
they raised the money and paid every obliga-
tion-One hundred cents on the dollar-and
relinquishing the old quarters, established
the Post in more humble quarters and set to
work to build up the Post. Some six years
ago when the debt was paid they mustered less
than hundred. To-day the Post musters over
$50 comrades and is growing fast, and is GER
tainly one of the most active and enterprising
Posts in this or any other Department. No
worthy applicant for relief ever went from its
door empty handed. In every work for the
benefit Of the men of the war and the families
of the dead the Post has ever been foremost.
In the demand for the increase of the clerical
force in the Pension Bureau and the Adiutant
Generals Office to bring about more speedy
settlement of the pension claims Post 10
passed resolutions requesting the President to
recommend to Congress an appropriation for
that purpose, and sent copy of same to each
Post in this Department. requesting the pas
sage of similar resolutions. Nearly every
Post passed the resolutions and sent them to
Post 10. The Post then sent comrade to Wash
ington TO lay them before the President, and to
interview the Pension Committee of each
House and urge the passage of some legisla-
tion to put an end to the almost dead lock in
the granting of pension claims. This Post
asked the Department to send delegation to
Washington for the same purpose, which re-
quest the Department answered by sending
four comrades. The labors of this delega-
ton doubtless contributed largely towards the
placing of a soldier at the head of the Pension
Bureau, and to a large increase in the clerical
force in both the Pension and Adjutant Gen
erals Offices,
The Suffolk County Association (the PROPOSE
tion to form which came from this POST was
asked to appoint pension committee to obtain
list of all pension claims of the comrades of
the Posts Of the association, and through repre-
carnations TO the Pension Commissioner, and by
application TO Congress- if necessary, and by
what assistance could be obtained from indi-
vidual Congressman, urge the granting of all
iust claims.
To get the claims Of two Of her own comrades
allowed the Post sent her Senior Vice Com
mander, Eleazor B. Loring, to Washington to
push them. Both claims were allowed the two
comrades returning to the Post the money ap-
propriated to pay the expenses of Comrade Lor-
ing to Washington.
Aoob ~ AAeND ~" eIPoAA4bNN a SOLIAillbJcO W
take into consideration the obtaining of land
warrants for all the men of the war and to rec
ommend TO the Post what action the Post
should to take to bring that result about. Ev-
cry Post in the country ought to appoint a
similar committee.
Post 10 has instructed her adiutant that
when comrade reports himself out of employ
ment TO at once issue a circular to every com
rade in the Post stating what kind of employ
ment is wanted, feeling confident that two
hundred and eighty men can soon find place
for any conrade, and so they do
The Post endeavors in every way to benefit
the individual cOmrade, believing that the
strength of the individual comrades is the
strength Of the Post.
They. have large and valuable military
library Of books of the war, and are adding to it
as new books come out,-are endeavoring to
make it one Of the most complete libraries on
the war in the country.
Meetings of the Post are held on every Fri.
day evening throughout the year, the third
Friday of each month being devoted to enter
tainments of some kind.
The meetings are always lively and entertain
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and often prolonged a fun half hour after. The
Post has among its members many good speak
ers, and it has for years been the policy of the
Post 10 encourage members to participate in its
exercises.
Get comrade once on his feet and he will
soon learn to talk and thereby contribute to
the interest Of the meetings. A dozen such,
and your meetings at once become interesting
TO all and your attendance increases, at least
so il has proved with this Post.
There are always advocates of both sides of
every question in Post 15 ana a hard struggle
before the motion passes, but once it passes OPP
position ceases and all hands stand LOYALTY by
the result
At the late fair in aid of the Soldiers Home,
of Massachusetts, this Post had table and
turned in over sixteen hundred dollars for the
week during which the fair was run.
They have now appointed committee to ar
range for and run a table in the fair to be held
this fall under the auspices of the Suffolk
county G. A. R. Association for the purpose of
raising the charity funds of all the Posts of the
association.
This Post was named John A. Andrew for
the war governor of Massachusetts,. The present
officers are: Commander, Richard F. Lyman, of
the Twenty-secOnd Massachusetts infantry S.
V. c., Elanzor B. Loring, of the Second Maine in
fautry: J. " c., Dennis Linehan, of the TWEEN
ty-eighth Massachusetts infantry; Q. D., Emory
c1eaver. q q Rufus King of the TWenty-third