Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-04

tant- His absence gives the Post much
alarm.
A camp of the Sons of Veterans has
been established at Delphos, Ottawa
county. Quite q large number of old
soldiers sons have Joined, and the or
ganization. &c is said, is to bea success.
Atchison Mercury: At the reunion of
the veterans Of the battle of Wilson's
Creek, held at LeavenWOrth recently,
Maj. Kurth, OF this city, was elected Pres
ident, and a resolution was adopted that
the next reunion be held in Atchison
August 10, 1886.
Ellsworth Reporter: The second an
nual reunion of old soldiers viii be held
at Ellsworth October 2, under the
auspices Of Ellsworth Post @. A. R., the
Ladies' Relief Corps and Sons of Vet
Grams. All old soldiers, everywhere on
the face Of the globe, are fraternally
invited to attend. Full particulars viii
be published in short time.
Kirwin Republican: c. E. Mcneil,
while in command Of the G. A. r. of
this place, made application for head
stones for the graves of ThOs. Dumars
and other soldiers buried In the ceme-
! terry here. The stones have arrived and
viii be placed in their position at the
graves by Z. w. Warner. the present
!
The Lincoln Post Flambeau Club, Of
/ Topeka, has received invitations to give
! exhibitions at the Iowa State Fair, Des
Moines; the reunion of old settlers at
/ Bismarck Grove; the Worlds Fair at
! New Orleans, and the Illinois Veterans
| Association reunion at Chicago. The
! club has now acquired a national reputa-
ton, and invitations are frequent and
hattering.
Burlington Patriot: At the last meet
! ing of Allison Post No. Is, G.. A. r. suffi-
! Gent responses had been obtained from
various Grand Army Posts in the cOun-
/ try to warrant a reunion some time this
! Fall, and L. J. Dyke was constituted an
! Executive Committee Of one, to repre-
sent this post in completing arrange
ments as to time, place until after our
county fair.
! The ex-soldiers and sailors residing in
! Ottawa county held their annual re-un-
ion and camp fire at Bennington a few
| days ago. A cordial Invitation to be
present was extended to comrades Of
neighbOting counties, and large delega-
| tiOns were present Salina, Abilene, BelOit
and intermediate points. John A. An
! dersOn, member of Congress, addressed
the boys.
Corn City Ellsworth county Nelc8:
Mr.. J. Secrest, who has been trying
Tor pension for the .aSt four years has
at last succeeded in -t.eng it. He re-
ceiVed back pay 10 lie amount of 81 400,
and at the rate Of IS q month in the fll-
ture. We are glad, as are many others,
to hear of his good luck, for if there was
ever an old soldier who deserved a pen
sion it is Mr.. Secrest.
In the Convention of the Second
| Of
held in Philadelphia, eight States were
represented, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
! Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and the District
of Columbia. The preliminary meeting
was private. There were many mem
bers present in an unofficial capacity
from States other than those mentioned.
The total number present was about 100,
drawn from all ranks and professions.
WeZIjngt0Bian: About twenty members
of James Shields Post, No. 81 G. A. R.,
Of this city, went to Belle Plaine a few
nights ago and organized the Belle
new Post are: John Widick, Post Com
mander; J. w. FOrney, Senior Vice
Commander; J. NJ. ReitZ, Junior Vice
Commander; D. Holiday, Officer of the
! Day A. Longside, Quartermaster; A. D.
Wiley, Chaplain; DIR. E. r. Wood, Sur
geOn; @. B. McAllister, Officer of the
Guard Thos. DOnOhUe, Adjutant; W. F.
Froment, Sergeant Major; Ed. @. Jeffries,
Quartermaster Serg't.
Atchison Globe The comrades Of Pri-
vate E. c.. johnson Post No. 336, @. A. r.
? men at Odd Fellows hall few evenings
ago, and were mustered in by Captain S.
r. Burch, chief mastering officer, De-
partment of Kansas, after which the
Post elected the following officers: Da-
Vid Baker, p. c.; II. @. Wheeler, S. V. c.,
W. S. Cain, J. Y. c.; F. M. Hines, S.; j.
Randolph, c.; J. /. Bliss, Q. NJ; G. H.
Knause, o. D.; A. F. Steele, o. G. Stan
ton Park was appointed Adjutant, John
L. Wright, q. NJ. s., and John FOelllng,
S. NJ. Colonel S. E. HOugh, P. c., @. J..
j Powers Post, No. 391, of Rochester, New
York, was present, and added very much
to the interest Of the occasion by the
able manner in which he assisted in in
stalling the officers, and for which a vote
Of thanks was unanimously rendered
him. The Post begins with hfty-tWO
members, of whom thirty-siX were mus
tered in as above. The regular meet
ings of the Post Will be held on the first
and third Wednesdays Of each month.
The Chief of the Sons
of Veterans convened at Philadel-
phia on the 9th, and contin-
ued in session four days. There wa
] much work for it, the principal portion
of it being the necessary changes in the
constitution rules, regulations and ritual.
The following is a list of representatives
and alte1nates elected by the Grand Di-
vision Encampment to attend the Com
mandery-in-Chief: Representative at
LARGE. J. Webb, Topeka, Kas. Alter
nate at Large-A. Z. Case, Chicago, Ill
Kansas-F. o. Root, Representative; F.
S. BaseisOn, Alternate. Minnesota.
NJ. VanCleve, Representative; W. A.
Mitchell, Alternate. Iowa.. Y. Carey,
Representative; G.. Williams, Alternate