St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-18
GRAND ARMY NEWS.
Great Preparations in Progress for Me-
mortal Day.
New Posts Forming--St. Paul and
State Notes.

Preparations are already being made in
st. Paul for the observance of Decoration
day. Garfield post wili.have charge of the
ceremonies, which it is needless to say will
be of the most elaborate and imposing
character. The executive committee of
Garfield post, which has the preliminaries
in charge, is composed of Comrades Sic
bolt, Kenrick and Jackson. Committees
from the Relief corps and the Sons of Vet
Grams will work with them.
Acker Relief corps No. Z will hold reg
ular meetings on the second and fourth
Fridays in each month at o'clock p. III. at
Acker post hall, corner Third and Ex-
change streets. The roll of officers is:
President, Mrs. Euenice II. Quick; senior
vice president, Mrs Ellen Steenstra; junior
vice president, Mrs. Kate Ferris; Chaplain,
Mrs. Sarah Brack; conductor, Mrs. Rilla
Stevens; secretary, Mrs. Louisa c.. Hager;
treasurer, Miss Maggie Way; guard, Miss
Susie Lightbourn; organist, Mrs. Leni l..
Shiere. Entertainment committee: Mrs.
Jennie Virtue, Mrs. Ellen c. Walker, Miss
S. LightbOurn. Mrs. Sarah J. Brack, Mrs
Ellen Steenstra. Relief committee: Mrs.
Melissa A CLANCY, 604 ROndo street; Mrs.
Kate Ferris, 81 Tilton street; Mrs. Rilla
Stevens, 46 College avenue. All loyal
ladies are cordially invited to come and join
Us.
Garfield post mustered in a commander
Thursday night named Swandollers. He
goes down on the books as Swan s.
At the last meeting of Garfield post the
adjutant. J. Il. jenkins, resigned. The
post adopted strong resolutions, highly COM
plimenting his efficient performance of the
duties of the Office, and refused to accept
the resignation.
The talk of another post for St. Paul.
mentioned some time ago in the GLOBE, is
growing stronger. and it is probable that it
will be organized within two or three
weeks.
FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
Charters for posts have been asked for
recently by veterans from two outside towns,
one of them at Pine City.
Numbers of the posts are sending their
reports to the chief mastering officer. and
the department commander. These should
all be sent TO the assistant adjutant general.
The inspection officers of the department
are hard at work on their reports, all of
which must be in By May Is.
The post at Faribault is added to the
number of those which repudiate the Plum
mer resolutions and approve the governors s
veto.
Quarters have already been assigned for
over Il. 600 comrades at the national en-
campment at Portland. The Minnesota
delegation has been assigned to the United
States hotel. This state was one of the first
TO report. The Portland Argus says: Up
to the present ti1Ae the executive committee
OF arrangements have assigned quarters for
over Ii. 900 comrades who will attend the
encampment. These applications have
come from the states OF Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,. New Hampshire, Ohio,
Michigan. Minnesota, New Jersey, Yer
mont. California. New York. Nebraska,
Maine and the city of Washington.
George ". Penniman. chief mastering
officer of the Sons of Veterans, has been
busy in Dakota during the past week lee
turing under the auspices Of posts He has
been at Brookings, Nordland, Cavour, Iro-
quois and Hurley, and this week goes TO
Nebraska, lecturing at Weeping Water this
evening (1Sth), and next Tuesday evening
at Grinnell. Ia. for the benefit of the Sons
Of Veterans. and attends the annual en-
compliment Of the department Of Iowa at
Davenport, April % and %. he then goes
to Peoria. Galesburg and Rock Island. I'll,
returning 30 Minnesota at PipeStone on the
29th and 3oth-