The National tribune., 1883-09-13
CALIFORNIA.


Ihe display OF the Grand ARMY formed a
eOnsplcUOuS feature Of the military and ma
sonic pageant at san Francisco on the occasion
u tne laying OF the corner stone of the Garfield
monumen5 on August 18th The veteran di
vision was led by Col w. J. Fisher with the
i9ioWlng mounted aids: General B. G. Barnev.
chef OF staff; Capt. Herman jain. chief all /.
L. L. T. r. ID SweetseT, of Lincoln Post. No n
city; o. d. j. J. Hotzlander. OF Lincoln POST
no. L, CITY; l.. SieSsinger of c. H. Thomas
Post, No. 2, city; Chaplain George r. Hill 81
Custer Pest, No 5 Carson, New p 4 We, Wed y
OF Frank Bartlett Post No. s, Los Angeles:
ooiohei +. II Cooley, Of Lyon Post, No. 8.
oakland; K. Young, Of Grand Post No o.
Modesto; Capt. Is. Armburst, of Phil Kearny
Post, No 10, Virginia, New; A. V. Metzger. of
Rod hatheson Post, No. 10, Healdsburg: p. p
=. "yman Murphy, Of Ellsworth Post, No. 90,
santa Kos1; T. G. j. G, CobUrn, of Curtis Post
No y, San Quentin; DIR. Thomas. of Upton
Fost, No. -, Eureka, New; ]. III. Thompson,
OF J. a Garfield Post No 81. citv. Col i A
Aabrlskie, Negley Post, No. s., Tucson. A. T.:
j. l. Ward, Burnside Post, No 80. Tombstone.
A 1. =. p. Q. William L. Simmons, of XII
patrick Post, No. %, st. Helena Major G. w
Johnson. OF Governor Morton Post. No. Al.
Caiistoga; II. Carson, of Colonel Cass Post. No.
40, city; c. ?. Pullen, Of Lon Morris Post. No.
A, lIveTmOre; W. J. MalIada of Gen Meade
Post, No 4S city; J. A. Watson. of Colonel
Hhlppie Post, No 80, Eureka, Cal; Col F. H
Alien, OF AppomattOx Post, No 50, Oakland.
FoiloWlng the marshal and his aids were j. w.
Staples the department Commander: r. H.
Warheld Senior Vice Department Commander:
A u Bennett, Junior Vice Department Com
mander; j. c. Tucker Medical Director: Rev.
A ). Fiske, Chaplain. With the Department.
Commander rode Commander Lewis Wagner
OF Philadelphia, Past Commander-in-C Chief and
Waiter III. Holmes, Junior Vice Commander-
mt hfef nd IN Tho,
Bangs, OF Maine, Past Senior Vice Commanders
ln-Chlef; George NJ MeCarty, Assistant Adiu-
tant-General o. B. Culver Assistant O. NJ
General 4. ;. Solomon, Department INSPECTOR:
Chas. Il. Wilson, JUICE Advocate, and Eugens
Lehe, Chief Mastering Officer. The following
Posts we're IN line: Lincoln Post. No 1. of San
Francisco, with 260 comrades r. T. HObbert.
Commander; General Thomas Post. No. 2 OF
San Francisco, with Isl comrades A. T. Eggle-
stOn, Commander; Summer Post, No 3, of Sac
ramentO, Z. Il. Adams, Commander; Farraouf
Post, No. 4, Of Vallejo, Chas. Daily, Commander:
Phil Sheridan Post, No. Z, of San Jose, with
hfty-nine comrades. III. G. Foster Commander.
Lyon Post, No s, of Oakland, with seventy-two
comrades, S. F. Daniels, Commander; Joe
Hooker Post. No. IL, of Alameda, with twenty
comrades, j. A. Cook, Commander: Rod Mathe-
son Post No. 16 of Healdsburg, with twelve
comrades, It. ]. Riley, Commander; Ellsworth
Post, No. 20, of Santa Rosa, with six comrades,
q N.
Stevens and Adjutant O. M. Bernhardt: Raw
Inns Post, No. 23 of Stockton, with fifty COM
rades, Z. 5. Johnson, Commander; w. H. L.
Wallace Post No. p, of Santa Cruz, with forty
five comrades, o. J. Lincoln, Commander: Jas.
A. Garfield Post. No 81, Of San Francisco with
120 comrades, W. Fisher, Commander: Kilpat-
rick Post, No. s. Of ST. Helena. with twenty
comrades, B. o. Carr, Commander; Gov Nor
ton Post, No. II, of Calistoga, with five men,
who fell IN line with other Posts; John A. Dix
Post, No. AZ, of San Jose, with seventv-five
comrades, George w. Bowman, Commander;
Col. CaSS Post No. As, of San Francisco, with
seyenty-tive comrades, Jerome Deasy. COM
mander; Lon Morris Post, No AZ, oliver
more. marched with John A. Dix Post, Geo W.
LangdOn, Commander; De Long Post. No. 70,
of Honolulu, s l., (the only G.. 4. E. Post out
side of the United States}, r. w. Lane COM
msnder; George Meade Post, No q, Of san
Francisco, with fifty comrades, Darcy NJ Cas-
lin, Commander, and AppOmattox Post, No. 50,
of Oakland, with ffty-three comrades, w. R-
Thomas Commander.
Comrade W. r. Thomas. Commander, Appo-
mattOx Post No. 90 Oakland, CAL writes US
under date of August 21st. as follows: Apo
mattox Post sends greeting to the best soldiers
paper ever published. You have warm place
in the hearts OF the comrades here on the shore
of the Pacific. In the average California Post
can be found comrades from nearly every State
that sent troops into the Federal army or navy.
and very seldom viii be found two or more
from the same regiment or gunbOat Yet we
meet with the same lave. perhaps. moreN fra
ternal feeling than in the East where a Post
can be mustered from nearly every regiment
AppOmattOx Post, which was organized March
-, 1888 now numbers seventy-three comrades,
and we think we are q very healthy baby OF
this Department. We intend that our roster
shall show 100 names at the end of the fourth
NJ -
able paper, and feel that It should be in the
household of every eomrade; that MS wife and
children, as well as himself, may read the his
tory of the war; written by those who served
in the rank and file in those dark days when
they marched to the touch of elbow, their only
baggage being forty rounds" May you ever
be in fact, as in name, THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
General Orders No. 9, issued at San Francisco,
Cal, August 18th, by command of Department.
Commander J. w. Staples-GfeO. NJ MeCarty,
A. A. G-eontains the following:
In accordance with General Orders. No. Is.
from National Headquarters (Sec. XII.l the
following Posts in idaho are transferred from
this Department to the Provisional Departments
of Utah: j. A. Garfield Post, No I, Of Bellevue;
Arthur Guernsey Post, No. 2, of Lewiston. The
officers OF these Posts viii at once report to the
Department of Utah for orders.
The following Committee on Pensions is
hereby appointed: r. E. Houghton, of Post No.
? chairman; Past S. v. ID. c., J. VI. Davis,
of Post No. S; Win II. Voorhees, of Post No. /;
f. J. Symmes, of Post No 2; Walter Rosie, of
Post No 46. All communications relative to
that subject should be addressed TO the chair
man, at 3l5 California street, San Francisco.
A number of members and friends of the
Veterans Home Association held meeting IN
san Francisco on the 9th ult., for the selection
of q committee of representatives of the differ
ent Posts of the Grand Army Of the Republic
in the city and vicinity who would act together
in raising funds for the completion Of the Vet
erans' Home It was decided that meeting
of the subcommittee of five Posts and one from
the Mexican War Veterans should be held for
a general conference.