The National tribune., 1885-10-29
THE GRAND ARMY,
News From the Departments New
Posts, etc.
HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN.
HEADQUARTERS
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
WASHINGTON. ID. c. J
A General Order is now in course OF prepa-
ration and will be issued in few days, IN re-
gard TO the action of the 18TH annual hhcaihP
ment which commended the purposes ana
work of the Veterans Rights Union as existing
in the States of New York and Pennsylvania,
and the Bureau Of Employment and Emergency
Fund of Brooklyn. This order will be issued
for the purpose of prOmu!gatIng the action
taken by the Encampment IN regard 10 Sec
tions 1874 and 1915 of the Revised Statutes,
giving preference to the bonorably discharged
soldiers and sailors in Government offices.
Another order is also being prepared appoint
ing Aids on the staff of the Commander-ln-
Chief and Assistant lnspectorS-General
The Executive Committee of the Council OF
Administration will soon be called together.
The National countersign will be Issued IN
time 10 communicate it 70 the newiy-lnstalIeo
officers in January next.
The proceedings of the 10th annual Encamp-
ment are being distributed 10 the department.
and National officers under the direction OF eX-
Adj't-Gen. Alcorn, at Toledo, o.
AN INDIAN RELIC.
The Poet Scout, Capt Jack Crawford, has
presented Headquarters with valuable lndlan
relic in the shape Of the var bonnet OF the
Brule-Sioux Chief American Horse, who was
killed in an engagement with the Sd Z. 5 Cav.
in September. 1876. Capt. Jack commanding
detachment in the fight. The bonnet is made
of buckskin, and gaudily trimmed with feathers
and beads.
COMPLIMENTARY TO CIRCULAR NO j.
Commander in-Chief Burdett received last
week the following communication:
MADISON WIS, Oct l., 1885.
DEAR GEN BtfRDErr: want 10 tell you how
much am pleased with your Circular No l, sept
IA 1889 and / hope that suitable monument to
Gen. Grant will speedily result thereron pad Tor
by the boys.
lam. General fraternaly. yours,
Communicating Chief, GAR.
Several INQUIRIES have been made by the read
ers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE lately concern
ing the eagle which was presented to the Com
mander-in- Chief at the National Encampment
in Portland 1t will rejoice all those Interested to
learn that the noble bird is in splendid condition,
and is now pleasantly housed at the Soldiers
Home near this city. A committee consisting of
Comrades Hawkes. Truesdell and Pearson, had
charge of the matter and escorted the bird TO
the Soldiers Home, where he was turned over
to the care of Maj.-Gen. Hunt the Governor,
who welcomed the charge and is taking the
greatest interest in him. The old soldiers out
there share in this interest, and an incident oc-
CURED which especially delighted the Mexican
veterans who are inmates of the institution.
Just as the bird entered the grounds copper
head snake ran out. which his eagleship de-
scended upon with apidity and destroyed, FORM
ing, as he did so, a living tableau of the coat
of-arms of the Mexican Republic.
A FRAUD on HIS ROUNDS.
Headquarters is in receipt of letter from
SamI w. Day, Commander of Post No. 9, De-
partment of Maryland. dated the 9th inst, at
Easton, Md, stating that one N. V. b. Gates is
travelling through Michigan and Ohio and ex-
hibiting travelling card purporting to be sign
ed by Commander Day and Adj't Miller; that
the card is forgey, and that Gates is not, nor
ever was, member of Post No. 8. As Gates is
defrauding the various Posts in the said States,
please call attention TO his case in your paper.
We have also received from L. II. McCubbins,
Rogers, Ark, an application for Post charter,
signed by 20 comrades. together with the fee
for same, to be forwarded to Department Head
quarters.