The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-03-22
NEW YORK.


the aourishing condition of that Post under its
present very able and efficient Commander
that / wish to bring 10 your notice, showing as
it does what can be accomplished by popular
and able officers. There are FIVE Posts within
gun-shot OF these headquarters, so that we have
not 4 clear field to work in. About four years
ago Mansfield Post was IL a very feeble condi-
ton, with a membership of but forty, and with
only few dollars in the relief fund. We
elected the late Sergeant Alfred l.. Battersby
Commander TO see what he could do with the
Post, and with most happy results From the
time he took hold until the end of his two
years service he raised the Post up, step by
step, until its numbers reached 135 and its
relief fund nearly $1,000 In 1881 Comrade
Eugene c. MOger was installed Commander,
and he too proved a wise and able leader who
during his year Of administration advanced
the Post still farther on the road to prosperity.
it was not until 1852, however, when we elected
cur present Commander, Martin Short, that
the Pest took such tremendous strides to the
front rank of Posts IN the Department of New
York. Last year Isl good ana true soldiers as
ever wore the blue were mustered; but that
is not all, he added 10 the relief fund 81 600.
dis work for the year was great and glorious
success, the Post taking rank as No. 5 in the
Department OF New York. But if in the past
year we had cur success we had also our sor
rows, for twelve OF cur comrades were laid in
the silent grave, and among them the Com
mander who started Mansfield Post on its up
ward course. Our Commander has commenced
this year with the same success as he did the
last, and now Mansfield Post stands No ? OH the
roster of this Department. / have also to state
that we hayea Sons of Veteran Corps of 100 boys,
with drum and fife corps attached. fully armed
and equipped, aud who for discipline and sol
diery bearing have no superiors in the cadet
corps of the Grand Army. At the last En-
campment of the Post the boys gave an exhibit
ton drill, and, 10 judge from the applause they
received from the hundreds who had come 10
witness their performance, land some came
long way their drilling must have been as
near perfection as possible for boys ranging in
years from eight 10 sixteen. We intend to
make great display next Decoration Day by
parading about 500 Strong-a pretty good bat
TALON, / should say. This is the way the G.
A. L. is fourishing in this part of Brooklyn.
So much for the past four years of Mansfield
Post" The officers of the Post are: Com
mander, Martin Short S. v c. VIM NJ Hatch;
J. v. C., Chas. Nelson; Adj't Thompson w.
Whiteside; Q. NJ, John Brown; Surgeon. Jas.
Sweeney; Chaplain, James B. Collins; o. D.,
Adam Miller; q. g., VIM. Gossenz: S. NJ,
Frederick Willis; Q. NJ. s, VIM C. Francis
1t is proposed that the parading column of
Grand Army veterans of New York and Brook
Ign IN marching TO participate in the observ-
ances of Decoration Day shall cross the Brook
Ign bridge at the official opening, which is
promised for May 80. The bridge trustees, it is
said, are favorable to the plan of the Grand
Army men being the first to pass over the
structure. In the event OF such an occurrence
the column will probably form in the neighbor-
hood OF Forty-scc0nd street. and the reviewing
stands viii be in City Hall Park. The Posts
viii take steamers or other conyeyances from
the Brooklyn side 10 the different cemeteries
that they are detailed 10 visit. An interesting
feature of the Decoration Day observances viii
be the unwilling OF the k0ltes Post, No 81
monument upon their burial plo. IL the Luth-
eran Cemetery, at Middle Eillage, Long Island
The plot is GA by 40 feet, and the monument
has been erected by Post subscription at Il cost
o. about $1,000.
Comrade J N Wilson, Stanley, N Y, writes
Us that Post No. 313, of that place, gave an Old
Folks concert on the 9Th inst. in new hall
the use of which was kindly rendered by Mr..
Smith johnson, brother of the Posts @. NJ.
Commander S. S. Bell took the lead with about
forty singers. The closing feature of the pro.
gramne was the assembling of the boys near
the stage. under the leadership of the S. V. C.,
G. III. Proudfur, and the singing of Marching
through Georgia. which was rendered with a
vim. Before heaadiencc retired. Chaplain Geo.
III. Van Dcuscn stepped TO tie front and in 4
kind and feeling way thanked those present
for their attendance at that, the Posts first,
entertainment.
Comradc O. T. Sparl,awl1, Cambridge, n Y,
writes MS taat john Mckee Post. No. 800, gave
Its first public entertainment on TIE 10th inst
in Hubbard Hall, and it proved a great success.
Colonel Arson Wood, Deputy Secretary of State,
delivered the address. A glee club from Hoo
sick Falls Post furnished the lausic, which was
well received. The evening exercises closed
with an exhibition with a scoptican Many
war scenes were presented, which called forth
great cheering. The Post then entertained all
veterans and THEN families and many neigh
bors and friends at the Post rooms. Music,
speaking, &C. filed NJ the tine, and all seemed
well pleased.
at a meeting of the Central Labor Union in
New York, on Sunday last communication
was received from the Laborers' Protective
Union Society asking the Central Union TO ap-
prove resolution adopted by the society pro-
testing against an alleged attempt to force
through the Legislature q bill by which arms
would be put into the hands Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and denouncing the
representatives who introduced and supported
the bin as the tools of the railroad corporations
against working men. The delegates believed
that the railroad companies wanted to arm the
Grand Army mel TO shoot down laborers. The
resolution was approved.
Whitesville, n. Y, with thirty charter MEM
bers, and named after Sclick Sawyer, the first
soldier from Whitesville killed at the battle of
Fair Oaks. Comrade .. T. Perkins was the in
Sailing officer. The following officers were
duly elected: Commander j. J.. Crittenden !;
S. &c, William i. Deake; J. V. c., J. l.. Aims
worth; Surgeon, John g. Horton; @. NJ, Jas.
L. Chase; q. D., Sidney CIandall; Adi't, John
c. Bartlett; O. g., Orville q. Clark; @. NJ s..
James Iiyermore; S. d. Albert Halsey.
Abraham Lincoln Post, No. 13, New York. on
on the 18th inst. buried one Of its comrades,
James Motley Gale, who served during the re-
bellion IN tbs Twenty New York vol
unteeTs. He was relative Of the historian
Motley. detachment of the Post under
command of Post Commander Joseph Forbes,
superintendent the funeral services at the resi-
dence Of the deceased, in Flatbush, where the
ritual Of the Grand Army OF the Republic was
duly observed.
Comrado II A. Myers, Wampsville N. Y,
writes US that the officers of Reese Post, No 40,
CanastOta, n. Y, are: Commander, Robert
Roantree; s. Y. c., - Eagan: ]. V. c., G.
Baker, q. NJ, John Flager; o. D., T. Kenney-
day; Chaplain, Joseph 0strander; o. g.. c.
Wise; Adj't, Seth ]. Meyer; S. NJ, - War
lex, @ NJ. S., L. Evans. This Post was organ.
lied in 1877, and now has about sixty-fve
members.
Conrade C. Edwin North, Wurtsborough
n. Y, writes ms that Waterbury Post, No 2l3,
at that place, has nineteen members and the
4 following officers: Commander, Edwin North
S. Y. C., p. Cole; ]. V. c., W. b. Luckey
Adit W Benedict. Surgeon III Leo Chanlain