The National tribune., 1882-11-23
GRAND ARMY AFFAIRS.
Commander-in -ChIef VandeTVOOrt in
Ohio.
NEWS FROM NEW YORK.
What our Haversack is Filled
Up With
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Special Correspondence National Tribune.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Nov. 1S.-The long-looked-
for visit Of General Vandervoort has kept the
comrades Of Mccoy Post, No. l, in state OF
preparation, the results Of which were crafty
ing to all in the successful carrying out of the
arrangements ST the City Hall on the night OF
the 18th. Before the distinguished visitors
arrived the hall had become crowded, and great
ingenuity was required TO obtain even standing
room.
Among those present were General Paul
Vandervoort, COMMUNICATIVE the Q. A.
r of Ams-i .. Charles T. Clark, Department
Commander; J. D. Zimmerman, Medical Di-
rector of Department; II. A Axline, Council
of Administration; c. c. Goddard, Commander
Of GAINESVILLE Post John Carhart, District In
spector Of Reserve; Gen. S, 3, Smith; J. St. J.
C!srkson. Of DAYTON, District Mastering Officer;
Joseph Amos, Quartermaster- General; Moses
Il. Neil, J. V. c. Of J. c. Mccoy Post; DR.. Sad
Ter, Surgeon; George Snyder, o. D; DR.. W L.
Moore Chaplain; W. J. Elliott, District Mus
tering Officer; J. c. Donaldson, Chief Muster
ing Officer; Robert McCarter, A. D. c.; Can't.
Conant, Adiutant Of Post at Sunbury, o. Be-
sides these there were representatives Of over
fifty Posts, located in the vicinity of Columbus.
All of the gentlemen On the stage appeared in
full uniform, presenting 3 very handsome ap-
pesTance.
The exercises were opened promptly at eight
o'clock by Commander c. n. Bancroft, who,
after prayer and music, delivered the address
Of welcome to the Commander-in-Chief,i in
which he pointed out the very gratiGl ing
growth Of Mccoy Post. 1t was organized Jan
uary :, 1881, with but ffty-one members, and
has now on its roster $50 comrades.
General Vandervoort was then introduced,
and received with hearty applause. He said
that Mccoy Post was one Of the largest III the
country, and only exceeded in numbers by
Posts at Lynn, Mass, Nos. , and in Philadel-
phia, Wilson of Baltimore, and George II.
Thomas Of San Francisco. He remarked that
if Mccoy desired to further add to its numbers,
it might probably have to import them from
some sister State. He then gave a review of
the Order, dwelling with apparent pleasure on
tbs reawakened interest in the grand objects
Of Fraternity Charity and Loyalty, as evil
6enced throughout the country IN the almost
daily mastering Of new Posts. The whole of
his address was followed by the close attention
Of his hearers, who showed their appreciation
Of it by long and continuous applause at its
close.
Commander Vandervoort was followed by
Department Commander Charles T. Clark, who
gave & short history of the Order ia Ohio.
Other speeches. songs, music by the Barracks
band, &C., completed the exercises of the even
Eng.
After the programme had been carried out,
Commander Vanderyoort was detained quite q
while in the hall shaking hands with the old
comrades, who were happy in this opportunity
to greet, as it were, the whole Grand Army.
banquet to the Commander-in-Chiefw was
given by Commander Carl n. Bancroft, Of
Mccoy Post, to which about twenty guests
seated themselves for long evening OF unin-
terrupted enjoyment. Songs wsre sung, jokes
were unearthed from the mold of ages and
brought forward as new, "reminiscences of war
times" recounted and magnified, as only the
lapse of years can effect, comrades vieing with
each other to recount the most startling adven-
lures. At last the merrimeDt ended, and the
small hours found the veterans seeking their
various homes, well pleased to have met the
represents of the Grand Army.