The National tribune., 1882-09-16
OUR HAVERSACK
And the Very Substantial IatiOns Which It Contain
for the BOYS.

And the Very Substantial IatOns Which it Contains
for the Boys.
A new Post has been established at Jerome
vile, Ohio, with 81 charter members.
There is to be soldiers Reunion at Neills-
vile, Clark county, Wis, October 9th.
Mays Post, No. 22O, Franklin, Pa, has
membership of 125, and is rapidly increasing.
Post /, at Rockford, Ill, is in a very -four
isbing condition. 1t now numbers 200 MEM
bers.
The Reunion of the Twenty-sixeh Michigan
infantry viii be held at Mason, Mich, Novem-
Der g.
Fitzpatrick Post, of HOlyoke, Mass, has re-
organized. The Post will go to the Westfeld
Campfire.
The association of ex-prisoners of war of
Kansas met during the Reunion at Topeka,
September Is.
Washington Post No. II, g. A. R., of Kansas,
will hold Reunion at Lawrence, September
18th to 24th.
COMMANDMENTS Chief Vandervoort attended
the Grand Island Reunion and will be present
at the Topeka Reunion.
There viii be a Reunion of the One Hundred
and Fourteenth Pennsylvania at Burgettstown,
Beaver county, Pa, October 10th.
Comrades of Dallas county (Texas) Posts are
talking of Campfire this fall to interest
candidates to look after soldier votes.
The Eighty-fourth Indiana and Nineteenth
Indiana battery will hold Reunion at Knights
town the 10Th and Goth of September.
There will be Reunion of the Seventy
fourth Ohio volunteer infantry at the Soldiers
Home, Xenia, Ohio, ON the Goth inst.
Thomas Brennan, of Freeland, a member Of
Major c. B. Coke Post, No. 147. C.. A. e., Drift
ton, Pa, died on Saturday evening after a long
sickness.
Andrews Post, at Ashland, Ohio, recently
passed resolution to petition Congress in
favor of the equalization of bounties. Pass it
along the line.
The drafted men of 1863. of Steuben county,
n. Y, held convention on the 23d uls. to or
gauize county and town committees to consider
the matter of their reimbursement.
The fourteenth Reunion OF the Army of the
Cumberland will be held at Milwaukee, Sep
tember 20th and 21st, 1882. Extensive prcpa-
rations are being made for pleasant time
Colonel A. II. Mcclure, editor of the Phila-
delphia Times, is to deliver lecture at Sun
bury, Pa, this fall, in the interest of the Sol
diers' Monument Association, without charge
The Hart (Michigan) Argus says Shields Post.
No IS, of that place, is composed of fine lot of
men, and in their drill give evidence that they
had not forgotten the old step and word OF
command.
The Reunion of the Ninety-eighth regiment
0. V. 1. will be held at Cadiz, Ohio, October
5th, the second day of the fair. All members
of the regiment viii be admitted TO the fair
free of charge.
The Reunion of the Thirty-third Iowa in
fantry took place at Camp futile, Oskaloosa,
Iowa, on September 12th 18th, and 18th. We
go to press too early to print an account of the
Reunion, but viii give full particulars next
week.
For the benefit of the boys who may have
forgotten the recipe for our favorite army dish,
we reproduce it, as it may be needed at oCr
Reunions: Take pail of water and wash it
clean; then boil it till it is brown on both
sides; pour in one bean; when the bean begins
to worry, prepare it to simmer; if the soup Will
not simmer, it is too rich, and you must pour
in more water; dry the water with towel
before you put it in; the dryer the water the
sooner it viii brown. ."-3o3eka Camp Fire
At the Reunion of the Forty-secOnd Ohio
volunteer infantry, President Garfed's old
regiment, at Akron, Ohio, August 3Oth, the
seat of the late President was left vacant, aud
the bylaws so amended that there viii be 40
more presidents of the association. Captain
Henry, President Hinsdale of Hiram College,
Lieutenant Colonel Don A. Pardee Captain 4.
S. Mcclure of the Sixteenth Ohio volunteer
infantry, and others, made addresses Next
Reunion at Belle FOrtaine, August %, 1888.
The Reunion of the One Hundred and Thir-
teenth Ohio volunteer infantry at St Paris on
the 1st inst. brought moro people to that place.
than ever before. There was large process
ion, instrumental and vocal music and a grand
dinner given by the ladies. Speeches were
made by General Mitchell, General J. w.
keifer, Judge Warmic, and Col. Solon Jones.
Major DIVA Watson was elected president of
the association, and W. C. Rose vice-president,
when banquet followed. The next place of
will be Granville, on September 90.
1883.
The hall of Thoburn Post, G. A. R., at Mar
tins Ferry, Ohio, was dedicated last Wednes-
day evening with great ceremony. Many COM
rades Of the Order from abroad were present
with their ladies. The following was the pro-
rramme of exercises 'Song-"American pre-
5entation of hall to the Post by the trustees;
COmrade Meek sOng-choir;
prayer-Rev. E. R. Jones; song
choir; Dedication address Comrade c. L.
Poorman of Spangler Post, No. SO; song
choir; toast" Our Patriotic Ladies of the
Late War;" response by Rev. Z. r. Jones;
foast-" One Country, One Flag, No North,
No South, No East, No West" response by Rev.
G. c. Sedgwick; Toast" Our Soldiers of the
Late War, Living or Dead" response by DIR.
]. NJ. Todd of Barnum Post, No. 221; song
choir; benediction-Rsy. g. c. Sedgwick.