The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-17
GRAND ARMY GLEANINGs.

Mother Bickerdike, the famous army
aurse, who was recently visiting friends IL
Kansas, has returned to her home, San
! Francisco, Cal.
During the late wind-storm the walls OF
the new memorial hall of the Garfield Post
of the G. A. r. at Wichita, Kan, were so
! badly thown out Of line to necessitate
! rebuilding.
| Memorial service was held recently at
| York, Neb., in honor of General George B.
! Mcclellan, under the auspices of the Grand
/ Army of the Republic. Colonel Crabb pre-
sided. Addresses were delivered by Col
/ onel Webster, of Central City, and Hon. W.
T. Scott, of York.
4 Burnside Post of Wyandotte, Kan, re-
Gently elected the following officers: Com
mander, ". H. Hurry; Senior Vice-COm-
mander, 1. II. Isbell; Junior Vice-Com
mander, Frank Hammond; Surgeon, Dr.
Peter Eager; Quartermaster, c. IL. Carpen-
ter; Officer of the Day, j. ". Dalsh; Chap
lain, D. W. Shumate; Officer of Guard, R.
r. Bogard; delegates, l. H. Isbell, William
II. Young.
At the annual election of Shields Post at
Kansas City officers were chosen as fol-
lows: Commander, Charles H. Quade;
Senicr-Vice Commander, Francis Hahn;
Junior Vice-Commander, E. Acker; Officer
of the Day, W. P. Price; Chaplain, Peter
Bergumann; Surgeon, Joseph Loeffier;
Quartermaster, S. ". Midlaur; Officer of
the Guard, James Lawson; delegates to the
National State Convention, Joseph Loeff-
Ter and J. W. Kidwell.
At the annual meeting of General Rice
Post No. Il, G.. A. R., department of Kan
saS, held at Topeka, for the election of
officers for the ensuing year, the following
comrades were chosen: P. H. Coney, Post
Commander; David Barkey, Senior Vice
Commander; p. Hughes, Junior Vice-Com-
mander; W. H. Poland, Officer of the Day;
William Shannon, Officer of the Guard; j.
C. Young, Chaplin; H. E. Bush, Quarter
master; j. NJ. Baum, Surgeon; for Repre-
sentative to the department encampment,
S. N. Wood; alternate, j. NJ Bair.
The lobby and corridors of the Grand
Pacific Hotel at Chicago were thronged the
other morning with veterans of the war
whose Grand Army badges were conSpicu-
Ously displayed on the outside of their
overcoats. They were survivors of the
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and had
4iltG 10 celeDTaCe IQe anniversary OF Jle
battle of Prairie Grove. With them were
representatives of the Twentieth Iowa,
Twentieth Wisconsin, Twenty-sixth Indi-
ana and Ninety-fourth Illinois, all of which
regiments participated in that famous bat
tie under General Heron. A fine banquet
was spread in the evening.
Lincoln Post of Topeka, Kan, recently
elected the following officers: T. j. Ander-
son, Commander; A. B. Campbell, Senior
Nice-Commander; a. McGregor, Junior
Fice-Commander; Z. j. Cady, Quarter
master; DR.. S. E. Sheldon, Surgeon; Rev.
A. ]. Garrison, Chaplain; c. Z. TilIinghast,
Officer of the Day; ]. W. Tobias, Officer of
the Guard; delegates to the department en-
campment, L. j. Webb, j. b. johnson. A B.
Campbell, John 7. Bradley, W. r. Goode-
naugh. George H. Evans. letter was re-
ceived from General Black, i'll acknowledge
merit of the resolutions of sympathy passed
at the reunion, at which General Black in
tended to be present, but was prevented by
the death of his little daughter at the time
he was on the way from Washington to To-
peka.