The National tribune., 1884-04-17
INDIANA.

"A Comrade" at Greensburg, Ind, writes as
follows: The Grand Army prospers here Post
No. D, OF this place, was one of the first organ
lied i'm Indiana under the new regime. When
it was Organized-in 1S79-it was attached to
the Department of Illinois, there being no
Department of Indiana. Comrades Wooden,
Sackett Childs and Mckee have served as
commanders; the latter now serving his Sec
ond term. Our membership numbers about
100 in good standing. Since the muster of this
Post the young and healthy Posts at Sardinia,
New Point and Andersonville, have sprung up,
and might fairly claim Brook vile, Metamora,
Rushyille and Shelbyville. New Point Post
has about forty members and Sardinia thirty.
There are about $50 members of the Grand
Army in this DECATUR county Most of these
are Indiana men, and many of them natives of
the county. And yet not one, except the post
master at this place, holds Federal or State
office, not even the most modest clerkship
There are men on the list vino served in the field
for more than four years, and are to-day COM
PEELED to work hard and economize to keep
the wolf from the door" At the same time they
can see citizens of the county who never served
in the war a day holding soft places at fat
salaries.
Crosswait Post, No $50, of Angola, Ind, (Ben.
Z. Dawson, commander-R NJ Lutz, adlutant)
recently adopted resolutions in favor of the
rants TO alfsoldiers who served three months
or more during the war; of putting officers and
privates on the same basis as regards pensions;
OF repeating the arrears of pensions act and
dating all pensions back to the close of the
war, and OF paying the survivors of Confeder-
ate prisons at the rate of 3 per day for every
day actually spent in confinement
Comrade Reuben BARLEY, Elizabeth, Ind,
writes us that Post No. 319 was mustered at
that place ON the Sd inst, and the following
comrades installed as its officers: Commander,
Reuben BARLEY; s. v. c., George I. Lowe; J.
v C., Samuel Wright; Surgeon, T. T. Funk,
NJ. d.: Chaplain, George W. Scales; Adj't Jas.
A. Barnes; q. d., Robert Mcdaniel; @. NJ,
Thomas w Combs; o. G., George w. Kirk.
We are indebted to Comrade n G. Sparks,
Moore's Hill. Ind for the following list of Off
GERS OF the recently organized Post at that
place: Commander, r. p Wilson; S. Y. c.,
Will Lambertson; ]. V. c.. George Golding
Adj't, t. a. Darby G. 81, III. ID. Moore; Surg,
III. S. Lloyd: Chaplain, c. w. Johnson o. d.,
J. II. Noble; O. e.. Jos. Parsons; S. H., Sam
Dean @. NJ s.. N. G. Sparks.
Comrade VIM. Jones, Dale, Ind, writes us
that VIM. c.. Jackson Post, No. 332, was organ
lied at that place ON the 4th inst with the fol-
lowing officers Commander, c. w. Medcalf;
S. Y. C., Vim. Schwartz; J. Y. c., s. s. John
son; Adj't, James Farrow; @. NJ. NJ Keichle-
bach; Surg. T. ]. johnson: O. D., Wesley
Brown; o. G., j. A. Medcalf; O. NJ. s., E. Whit
ten; S. NJ, NJ. J.. Ofcr.
Private" Fort Wayne Ind, writes us that
Sion S. Bass Post, No 40, of that place, has
adopted resolutions requesting Congress to
equalize bounties, grant land warrants, and
make good the difference to the soldiers be-
tween the currency in which they were paid
while in the field and the par value Of money
at that time.