Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-07


evening pleasantly. Many private social !
diversions were held in honor of tho visi |
tors
wrdnesdsy Afternoon session.
Il WAS decided by large majority not
To change the basis of representation 80
that in future encampments every one
hundred comrades instead Of every fifty,
rs now, should be entitled to one delegate.
Nominations for department commander,
senior vice comm lnder, junior vice com
mlndcr, medical doctor aud department
chaplain were then made.
The Omcers Elected.
The excitement consequent upon the
contest for department commander cul.
minated late last evening when it became
known that +. IL. Dyer, of Washington,
Pa, had received majority of the votes
cast. The vote WAS as follows.
+. II. Dyer, OF Washington .iO0.
Geo. B Chalmers, PIttsburg ....2lS.
lIvuIy {. Wagner, Allentown. :.
The camp Fire,
Long before the hour had arrived for
Judge Patterson To call the camp fire
to order last night, the white haired and
middle aged uniformed mon who dlled
every seat in MTnuerohor hall were en-.
Enthusiastically making the wclkin ring with
nenus tor bre skhtst,
Reaus for dtuneI,
Beans tor supper.
beauS, beans, beans,
AID other old army songs that seemed to
revive the youth OF quarter of a century
ago IN the Grand Army veterans.
Judge Patterson was escorted to the
chair and introduced by Captain VIM.
ID. Stautlor. lie tneu thanked the com.
radeS for the honor conferred upon him,
and welcomed them 70 the hearts aud
homes OF this city, aud to the camp fire.
He emphasized the Importance of orgaui.
lltiOn or the part OF soldiers to secure
the recognition of the just and righteous
claims Of those who preserved the nation"
and said that "3j, 600 good and true men
cannot be deSpi,ed." IIo urged upon all
uuIOn.
Remarks OF Di,tinguished Delegates
The tall form of COmrade Wm. 4 Stone,
Post =, P,ttsbugg, United States district
attorney Tor the Western district Of Penn
sylvanIa, next INSPIRED the cheers of the
delegates who, he said, had come with
him across tue mountains from the " clear
and beautiful atmosphere of Pttsburg -
20 receive SO delightful a reception from
the people OF the old town of Lancaster.
lie eulOGized the Grand Army Of the Re.
public and mOurnCd at the rapid thinning
of it's ranks by that reaper whose name is
death. The thousand gone before are
not dead--they are only mustered out
| aud sUCu all OF us will be gathered to that
! beautiful city whose walls are made of
! jasper aud whose streets are paved with
! gold.
General W. II. Mccartney, Of Wilkes
! barre, " rejoiced more and more, as each
| succeeding years alternate seasons of frost
| and sunshine come aud go, reminding us
| through the whitening hair aud unsteady
! step OF those who saved the nations life
that their race is nearly run, that belong
| TO the Grand Army of the Republic" "
General Mccartney declared that if he
| must talk he would rather talk to soldiers
| than 10 any other class Of people he knew
He loved To face soldier-withOut a
musket for II is no respecter of persons ;
its highest ambition seeming to be 10 get
up tunera! and he didn't yearn after its
attendance upon his own funeral.
The general continued in this strain for
several minutes, eVOking rOars of laughter
and tumultuOus applause. In conclusion,
he yentured the prediction that until the
vast army represented before him had be.
come only a tottering squad, their hearts
would beat responsive - their country's
welfare.
A Musical Interm.ssion.
Comrade Wm. b. Hall, of this city, sang
BayaTd TaylOr's Crmeau Camp Song "
and in response to the hearty encore rem.
derCd "A Fine Old Arkansaw Gentleman. "
In the course of the evening Prof. Hall
also sang Marching Through Georgia"
CHE vast audience joining in the Chorus),
and the "Buglo Song
Other Addresses
General Robert b. Bsath, the commander
in chief, congratulated the department Of
Penasy lVania in the supremacy which the
Keystone state maintained as the banner
Grand Army state he also reminded his
audience that there were scores of thou.
sands Of soldiers who are not yet sharing
in the beuets OF the Grand Army. "GO
on until we have made up the grandest
association in number as it Is now in OBJ
icct." At the close of his address three
hearty cheers were given for the speaker.
General Louis Wagner, Of PhiIadelph
said that there were only two Pennsylva-
MIA COunties-Pike and Fultou-in which
there was no Grand Army post. IIe dc.
clared that there we're just AZ many soldiers
in this state out Of the organization as in
it. He urged upon his fellow comrades
that they put fresh zeal into their work
anu 70 lOtJu ubJtTinlutu 10 bbCuTo u tOJhl
membership of 80, 900 before the meeting
OF the next state encampment.
Col. }. p. ). Goblin, of Lebanon, felt
like taking exception TO some of the re-
marks. He denied that these men are old.
"YOu are the boys. the boys Of 81 ~ at
is a mistake to say that this Grand Army
will pass away. 1t will stand az Gettys.
burg, at Petersburg and at Appamatox,
until the last syllable of recorded time
Colonel Goblin strongly recommended that
measures be taken TO preserve tho records
of the battles fought aud victories won by
tho Pennsylvania troops, so that all might
be permanently preseryed-nothing In ex
tenuatiOD, naught in malice aud every
thing true.
A Witty Colorsd brother.
Undoubtedly the feature Of tho evening
were the two addresses of Comrade Hec-
tor, of York, ono of the dozen colored
delegates present. He declared that he
was not from Pittsburg, even II 1t was
dark and smoky city" He expressed
his JOY at the opportunity of addressing
his comrades, aud his pleasure at being
able to add beauty to tho assemblage by
throwing on a little cOloring. He related
how his good old Missus had recon-
mended the drinking of buttermilk TO
change his complexion, and how one
evening he went into the cellar deter
mined TO bleach or bust" The doctor
saved his life, and now he was here to re.
mind his hearers that they had
homes. churches and schools to fight
for while ths dark-skinned people of his