The National tribune., 1882-12-21

officers, but changes will soon be made at the
annual election occurring this month. DR.. j.
| L. Wooden, Inspector and acting Post Depart
ment Commander under the Dudley regime"
resides here. Commander Childs, Sr. V. Elder,
| Adjutant Mckee, Jr. V. Baker. Of. ID. Dunn,
and others, are fine set of comrades. The
| Post is a large one, doing we'll
Leaving Greensburgh, | next visited Huff
| Post, No. So Laurenceburgh, Ind. This is n
| new Post where the German element largely
| prepOnderateS. They have for their commander
| the gallant soldier Y. H. Keohler, late of the
| 32d Indiana German regiment, Wllllchs), most
! of them being veterans of "'4S" in the old
| country, and saw service before the rebellion
| When Colonel Which was promoted to general
! Commander koehler became his chief of staff
! and a good one. The other officers are: S. V"
| John &. Sims shcriff of Dearborn county; J.V,
| Louis Elerbrook; o. c. John Hibbetts; Adjt.,
J. f. Larimer; @. NJ, VIM. Huber; Surg, o. C.
| Evans; Chap, VIM. Woodward; o. d., George
| Paragraph. The most prominent cOmrade is
| Brigadier- General ThOs. J. Lucas the post
master Laurenceburgh is manufacturing
city, fall of life and enterprise.
-Four miles below, on the Ohio River is the
famous wealthy little city of Aurora, Ind, where
the great Gof distillerics and Crescent brew
cries are located, together with the Steel mills,
one of the largest establishments i'll the West.
i found Aurora Post, No. So in magnificent
condition, working harmoniously, about the
only Post in southern Indiana entering into
the spirit of the Order. They have live set
of officers: Commander, Alex. 3. PattisOn
County auditory Adit, Harry Fisk; q. NJ,
c. K. Emri Government gauger)
Eight miles below, on the Ohio River, is an
other Post, but it does not seem, for cause,
to be doing well. Post No 81 is at Rising sun,
a lively place in the summer, and famed for
the beauty of its woIhen and the splendOr of its
location. The Commander is J. B. Coles; Adjt.,
w. ii. Smith; @. NJ, J. w. Facemre Ga one
armed soldier, recently elected county treasurer
of Ohio county.) They seem to be the workers
of the Post.
l next visited Back Woods Post, No 100, at
East Enterprise, but found only Commander
Simpson, late of the Sixth Indiana; and thence
pushed on to John A. Hendricks Post, located
off in the woods in a settlement known as
Jinestown I saw Commander Earl Rector
and other comrades and had the pleasure of
meeting COmrade Rufus Gale, eX-audtOr of
Jefferson county and active in military affairs
Though not a comrade, he will soon become
one. Both of these Posts were organized by
comrades of AlOs O. Bachman Post, the former
by their Commander, whose sudden death has
awakened a great deal of sympathy, regret and
comment. He was an enthusiastic worker in
Grand Army matters instrumental iii raising
a number of Posts and advocated the principles
of the Order in his paper, the star. No soldier
dying of late was so highly thought OF and
known in Indiana. The latter Post was mus
tered by the distinguished comrade, Paul G.
Hendricks belonging to the celebrated Hend-
riclls family of Indiana, eldest son of eX-GOv.
William Hendricks and cousin of Thomas A.
Hendricks, assisted by Col. Court Z. Whitsett,
late Of the Twentysixth Indiana. They ex-
pect to increase TO a membership of fifty before
winter is over ] next visited Vevay, Switzer-
land county also on the river | expected to
find Post there, but was disappointed. How
ever, Col. Ward, Thirty-Seventh Indiana; Sol
McCullum, Company A, Third Indiana cavalry;
f. T. MOXley, Company \, Third Indiana cav
airy; DIR. William Freeman, Company ii, Thir-
tieth Indiana, and W. J. Baird, of the ReyeiHe,
will soon raise one.
Passing through the ancient city Of Madison
your correspondents birth. place. did not
see any Of the comrades, but going on to North
Vernon, where Mckcehan Post. No 36, is To-
Gated, saw Commander z. c. McGannon, whom
formed me that the Post had organized a Veteran
Company, fully armed and equipped, called
jennings County Veterans. Pc. McGannon is
captain: f. w. Verberg, 1st lieutenant; d. B.
Reeder, I'd lieutenant They will give grand
festival on the 9th and 25th insts. Com
mauder MCGann0n expects soon to organize
three new Posts III that county, making in all
119 now mustered in this Department.
Post No. 93 Spencer, Ind, has gone to work
in earnest in raising a soldiers monument.
They have organized Monumental Association
and adopted a constitution. The officers are:
Capt, w. t. DittemOre, Fourteenth Indiana,
president; Gen. T. A. McNaught, vice-presi-
dent; n. d. Cox, Fourteenth Indiana, secre-
tary; Capt. d. F.. Boem, Fourteenth Indiana, |
treasurer and S. II. II. Mathes, Fifteenth In |
diana. Riverside Cemetery has donated a lot |
Gen O. p. Gooding, St Louis comrade, will
doubtless deliver his lecture Future of
America" for the fund before the Indiana
Legislature and different Posts throughout |
Indiana. Yours in f., G. and L.,
L. L.,
Co TT 18Th Indiana