The National tribune., 1883-06-21
IOWA.

Comraie Milo L. Sherman writes us as fol-
| lows: As indicated in a former letter, / have
/ the pleasure OF reporting more work for the
! G. A. Il. On Wednesday, May 10th, | visited
/ GAINESVILLE. Bremen county, where / mustered a
new Post of twentF-seven members. notwith-
| standing the fact that letters and printed docu-
/ Daents had preceded me, showing up" the
| Grand Army in anything but in favorable
/ light. Some of the boys declared that they
would not muster if the letters and printed
/ matter represented the Grand Army in its true
| colors. Early in the evening we went to the
| hall, where we were confronted by twenty
seven ex-soidiers desiring to know what they
must DO to be sayed" by the Grand Army
| In few words we explained to them the
/ objects of our noble Order, and plainly stated
! the terms and conditions on which they might
muster, giving any desiring to do so an oppor-
! tuAity to Withdraw from the hall. The muster
roll was completed, and when the call was
made every man of the twenty includ-
! ing the one having the aforesaid letters and
! information. sprang 10 his feet aud all gathered
as one family around the flag and the altar,
| and were mustered in as GAINESVILLE Post The
following comrades were then elected and in
stalled in their respective Offices: Commander,
| A. NJ Grail; s. V c., l. Barrick; j. v c., G. L.
| Davis Adjt, Z. NJ. Axtell Surgeon, G. B.
Davis; Chaplain, Rev. II. ii. Green; Q. NJ,
Isaac High; o. d., E. Emery; o. g., S. L.
Sewell; S. NJ, III. E. Paul; Q. NJ. S., L. NJ.
Dougherty
On Tuesday, May 22d in company with
! Comrade Brace, O. D., and Chaplain Mitchell,
of Post 104, we drove thirty-one miles across
the country to Busti, Howard county, where,
in the evening, we mustered Sisco Post with
twelve charter members and good boys they
are too Just like all old soldiers. Sisco Post is
differed as follows: Commander, Levi Sisco;
S. " c., Peter Haaf; J. V. c., A. L. Townsend !;
Adj't, G. A. Burgess; Surgeon, A. 0. Rowley !;
| Chaplain. s. D. DUEL; @. NJ, R. Ell. Cannon;
| o. D., j. L. Cease; O. G., NJ Howard; S. NJ. J.
| Sanborn; @. NJ. s., Geo. Mccartney. If GEN
era1 John A. Logan, the soldiers friend, could
have heard the three times and tiger which
went up from that Post hall for him. he would
have felt that he might always claim a warm
| place in the hearts OF the members of Sisco
Post.
On Wednesday May Esd, we took the c. M.
| and ST. Paul line for Britt Hancock county,
where we arrived about $50 p. m. On near
ing the town we looked from the train, and
saw the old flag floating proudly from the
highest point in town, and as the train stopped,
we were met by delegation of citizens aud
| soldiers, and shown to comfortable quarters at
| the hotel, where we enjoyed brief rest ana
good supper. At an early hour we gathered
| in the large public school room, which was
kindly rendered US for the occasion, where, after
producing the orders under which we were
working and arranging the muster roll seven
| teen ex-Unon soldiers stepped promptly for
ward, and were mustered as Howe Post of the
/ Department of Iowa. Mr., Editor you will
see we anticipated q little, your admirable sug-
| gestion in the last TRIBUNE, and we hope no
other Post in this Department will rob us Of
the name.l The following officers elect were
duly installed in their respective positions:
| Commander, ]. 6 Strong; S. We, G. B. Howe;
J. v. c., l.. Chandler Adj't, H. D. Woodward;
| Surgeon, J. r. Wolfe; Chaplain, J. Bailey; @.
| NJ, L. p. Griffin; o. d., o. n. Wilcox; o. G.,
J. G. Bingham; s. NJ, N. Nugen; @. III. s., J.
I T. Bulls. 1t was late when our work was
! DONE and we were glad to take to our beds
| promptly on reaching our hotel, where re-
freshing sleep prepared us IN measure for the
work Of the coming day.
| On Thursday, the 9th, accompanied by a
delegation from Howe Post, we took the north
/ line. At Forest City our numbers were in
creased by delegation from the Post at that
beautiful little city, and away we sped, reach
| ing Lake Mills, Winnebago county, about D.
m, where we found the boys in waiting at the
| depot to receive US. We had time for short
rest at the pleasant hotel kept by Comrade
! Barnett, when the fine uniformed coruet band
of Lake Mills turned out in force the flag was
unfurled to the mild May breeze, and, headed
| by the band, the delegation and column of SOL
| diers marched up Main street to the hall, where.
/ shortly after A p. n., we mustered twenty COM
rades as charter members of Sully Post. De-
partment of Iowa. After election of officers.
all adjourned for supper. An evening session
was held the work of the ritual exemplifed.
and genuine muster-in service conducted.
after which the officers elect were installed as
follows: Commander, James Price; s. Y. &C,