The National tribune., 1885-08-20

Aid to Gen. Hancock, Is years. nine months, II
days.
Chaplain George q. Mullins, 25th Inf
The following officers are not included, be-
cause they were detailed for the work they are
now doing by the Secretary of Wars special
orders:
Col John c. Tfdball, Ist Art, Artillery School,
IL years three months IL days.
Iieut.-Col Robert n. Scott, Sd Art War Record,
seven years, seven months. 81 days.
Major Richard Doder, Artillery School, five years.
Capt A b. Blunt, Military Prison, eight years.
three months, IL days.
Capt. F. V. Greene, Military Academy. ID years,
Capt Richard H. Pratt, Tenth Cav, Indian
School, 10 years months, 81 days.
THE SONS OF VETERANS.
The annual Convention of the Second Grand
Division, Sons of Veterans, which comprises
the Sites of New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District of Columbia and has
a membership of over 1000, began at the Harris
House, in this city, on Monday last, with fine
attendance, among whom were the following:
Commander, Il. Tobias; Chief of Staff, w. 5.
Payne; A. A.-G., S. NJ. Bower; A. @. M. Co. X. Nj.
Linton, and following of the Grand Division
Council: ]. Z. Caffrey, New York; W. c. Far
quhsr, Potomac; J. E. Strch, East Pennsylva.
MIA: w. G. Reem, West Pennsylvania, and
and following Delegates: w. ID. Thomas.
Pennsylvania w. L. Brown, Pennsylva-
MIA; c. w. Tucker, Pennsylvania; c. L.
Holmes, B. J. Doran and L. w. Hinchman,
New York; G. w. Penniman, Minneapolis;
L. c. White, Trenton, n. j.; w. G. Reed, Al
toona Il. NJ. J. Reed Philadelphia. The Dele
gates from fine Custer Camp, of this city, are
Jas. H. Tierney, NJ. V. Brown and Capt. w. c.
Farquhar.
This city was selected as the place of meeting
at the instance of George A. Custer Camp, which
is the host of the Convention during its session,
and is entertaining its comrades in handsome
style. The Convention was opened with a
meeting of the Grand Council which made a
careful examination of the accounts and found
them all correct, with a cheerfully large sum in
the surplus fund. The reports from the vari-
Gus officers show that the Order everywhere is
Furnishing: that the membership is continu-
ally increasing, and the Order was rising In the
estimation of the public. The Convention be-
gan at / o'clock in the afternoon, when Com
mander Raphael Tobias presented his annual
report in which, after referring to the sad
affection in the death of Gen. Grant, he states
that the membership of the Grand Division has
received material increase during the past year,
and the debt has been extinguishcd. The re-
port recommends that Special committee be
appointed, to consist of two brothers from each
Division, to effect union of all factions of Sons
of Veterans with this Order. During the
year the opposition branch of the Sons Of
Veterans in Ohio have become attached to
the Order. Tuesday afternoon the Convention
| took a recess to visit THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
office and spent some time there inspecting the
operations of the great Scott press, which prints
| 10000 perfected papers an hour, and IN the no
| less interesting operations of mailing by ma
chimes in the experienced hands of skilled
operators. Commander in Chief Burdett, De-
partment Commander Brooks and other leading
officers of the GAR. attended the Wednesday
evening meeting with large numbers OF the
comrades, speeches were made and very pleas
ant evening was passed. The proceedings
closed with an excursion down the river on
Wednesday afternoon.
VISITORS TO THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE OFFICE.
Dr. S. B. Kenney, Farragut Post, No. ], Ports
mouth, Va, and Past Department Commander.
Comrade Kenney went out in the 23d Me- aud
| subsequently served period in the navy. He
| has for the last IA years been Chief Clerk in
| one of the bureaus of the Navy Yard at Ports
mouth, but his place being wanted by some
body else his head fell under the convenient
guillotine of offensive partisanship.
| PERSONAL.
Secretary Lamar will not take his vacation
| until next month.
Gen. G. H. Grosvenor Judge Advocate Gen.
| eral, GA R., and NJ c. from Ohio, was in the
CITY during the week looking out for board
ing place for himself and family during the
coming session. The General is man of de-
cded intellectual force wide information, and
| a vigorous debater. He will be a tower of
strength for the old soldiers on the floor of the
/ House.
| Mrs Emily Thornton Charles {" Emily Haw-
| thorne") one of the sweetest song writers this
| country has ever produced, left last week. for a
well earned vacation among friends in New
| York and New England. Her poem on Grant,
published in last weeks NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
was everywhere pronounced one of the very
best-if not the very best-poetical tributes to
the dead chief that the occasion brought forth
| on either side of the ocean.