The National tribune., 1885-12-03

ner, Chaplain roster, deputy COMMANDER HeuSeS,
Commander Calvert, the Rev. E. L. Clark, and the
Rev. Drs Ramsay and Baker, of Harlem The
Confederate representatives included the Rev. Dr.
federate army; John F. Black of the Louisiana
Tigers, and Eugene II. Levy, of the Washington
Artillery, Of New Orleans.
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J.F Hewitt Waynesburg: The event ofthe season
for Sandy Valley Post was the visit OF Department
Commander X. b. Brown. of GAINESVILLE, which oc-
Cured Monday. Nov. 16. Commander Brown
and Mrs. Lottie L. Myers, Department President of
the w R.C., arrived on the noon train, and were
taken to the Hamilton House by S. C. Metz, of
Sandy Valley Post By this time quite number
of the officers and comrades OF Deighboring Posts
were present. they having been previously notified
that the Department Commander would he present
in his official capacity. The afternoon was taken
up with official business in the Post room part OF
which was an able, instructive and eloquent address
by Commander Brown to the comrades present. At
the adjournment of the meeting in the Post room
the comrades found good and substantial supper
ready in the hall below. The supper was furnished
and prepared by the ladies of w RC. No 56, auxil-
iary to the Post. The Post having made arrange
ments for Campfire in the evening, which through
the kindness and generosity of the officers and
members of NJ. +. Church was held in their build
ing, the Post room being too small to accommodate
the number wishing TO attend. Commander Metz
followed with an address OF welcome which was
responed to in an eloquent manner by J. j. Clark,
Commander of Canton Post, No %. Department
Commander Brown then introduced, and en-
tertained the audience for about one hour with an
address, which was listened TO with mark ed atten-
ton from beginning to close, and we feel assured
that his visit TO Waynesburg will long be renem-
bered intellectual treat by the citizens who
heard him, and by the GAR. for the good and
wholesome instruction received from him during
his visit. Mrs. Lottie L. Myers, Department Presi-
dent, WIS called for and responded i'll short adj
dress. In which she compmented the ladies of
WR.C. No. Sc for the good work they are doing
Comrade Maj Kreps, of the Department of Penn
syvania, followed with an interesting account of
his experience during Is months sojourn in rebel
prisons.
a Correspondent" National Military Home,
writes: Referring to complaint in THE TRIBUNE of
18th inst of c. $ II. to the effect that he was re-
jected by Veteran Post. No. s. Department of Ohio
because of his color. beg leave to say that his
statement is unqualiiedly false, and that he knows
it to be so. The facts of the are these After
his application had been referred to the Committee
on Investigation the comrade (colored) who had
recommended him waited upon that committee,
saying that he had learned so much that was derog-
atory to the character of c. $. ii. as man that he
recommendation of him to stand, and asked to
withdraw it. He submitted reasons which the COM
mittee deemed sufficient to justify an adverse report
on the application. and at the subsequent meeting
of the Post G. $. Fl. rejected on ballot, not be-
cause of his color but because of his unworthiness
to be member of the GAR. Post No. has in its
ranks several comrades of color which fact of itself
is sufficient TO disprove the allegation of C. ). H.
At the regular meeting of Buckley Post, No r.
Akron, o., held last week. Comrade I. ID. McGilii-
cuddy presented the following business matter in
the way of communication, and asked Tor It's
consideration and adoption:
HEADQUARTERS BUCKLEY Posi-, No. IL.
DEPARTMENT OF OHIO. GAR, ?
AKRON, o., Nov. 20, 1885
In view of the approach of the coming session
of the Department Encampment, Grand Army of
the Republic of Ohio to be held in Cleveland, O.,
in 1856 and of the fact that of the most impor
tant business matters will be the selection Of
the most suitable comrade as Department Com
mander, to head the Ohio delegation to the Ma
tional Encampment to be held in the city of San
Francisco, Cal, in the year 1886, to the end that the
Department of Ohio may with her usual dignity
take her allotted position in the column of the Ma
tons defenders.
Therefore, in view of geographical location and
the time elapsed in the distribution of the position,
and in due Difference to the many honorable names
that be presented for the consideration of the
comrades of the Department, Buckley Post, No. II,
GAR, of Akron, beg leave at this time 10 present
the name of one of her cherished comrades, who
has often been tried and never found wanting; one
who stood by the Post and the Order in its darkest
and most trying hours; a comrade who has an
honorable record n soldier in war and in peace;
that he is now an exemplary citizen identified in
many of the business interests of our community,
and stands of the first in business circles
that he has been an earnest, Jealous Grand Army
man since the organization of the Order in our
place that he is of that type of men that the office
seeks the man rather than the man the Office
Therefore, the comrades of Buckley Post, No.
II, GAR, of Akron, take great pleasure in pre-
senting the name of Senior Past Post Commander
A. l.. Conger, of Akron, their candidate for De
parment Commander, subject to the action of the
Department Encampment assuring the comrades
of Ohio that they will find in him the clements
essential for a successful administration.
T. d. MCGILLICUDDY.
After reading the communication 1t was unani-
mousy adopted IA the sense of the Post. On mo-
ton of Comrade McGillcuddy, committee of five
comrades of the Post was ordered to be appointed
at early date to present in appropriate terms to
the comrades of the Department the fitness of our
candidate for the position
WEST VIRGINIA,
John Carlin, Wheeling: Your readers so seldom
see anything in the way of Grand Army news from
the Department of West Virginia that fear they
will conclude the army is demoralized and has suf
ered defeat. Such is not the case; the interest Is
on the increase, and active movements are being
made all along the lines. Holiday Post, No. II
Wheeling, recently, through committee was in
strumental in forming Woman's Relief Corps as
auxiliary, which was organized on the 18th ult
with 80 charter members and will bear the name
of Holiday Relief Corps, No l. Commander
Thomas Chambers, who was designated for that
duty by Mrs. Sarah f. Fuller, National President
installed the following officers: Pres, Mrs Mary
f. Seamon; SV.-P., Mrs. Martha A. Brown; J.V.-P.,
Mrs. Mary G. Clark; Sec, Mrs. Jane 4. Harris
Treas, Mrs. Amanda l.. Murdock Chap, Mrs.
Virginia Meek; Con, Mrs Theresa Wise; G., Mrs.
Mary j. Hazlett. These officers well qualified
for their positions and will in due time make their
influence for good felt.