Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-23
G.. A. r.
Reception of the Commander-in-chief
Last Evening.

| tTdlu u Salute was iiIeu, civ ~
at the depot by the Posts which were ac-
companied by the First Artillery Regiment
Colonel T. w. Sheehan commanding,
headed by the Hussar band, and by those
organizations escorted to Changers Hall
where Sumner and Warren Posts heid q
Joint meeting, and conducted the usaal
routine of business by mastering III lour
recruits. After the muster q recess was
declared, and each comrade present was
personally introduced to the Commander
in-Chief and the Judge Acknowledgement;
The beautiful and costly badge presgnteu
TO the Commander-in-Chief by the fosts
of the G. A. r. of the Department OF Cal
ifornia, and worn by him, was greatly al
mired, and is one of the finest pieces OF
work of the kind ever executed.
After the introduction of the comrades,
the COMMUNICATIVE Chief addressed the
assemblage in strong and stirring speech,
calling attention to the good results OF the
organization of the Grand Army of the Re
public, and urging upon the old boys to
stand together. He thanked them Tor the
| pleasant reception rendered him, ana lof
the beautiful badge, saying that IN all the
receptions received by him California mas
surpassed them all.
Post Commander J /. Skinner then in
troduced ID. r. Austin Judge Advocate Cen
eral of the National Department OF the
! Grand Army, who attends the Commander
! in-Chief in his travels through the country.
| His address was eloquent, and aroused the
old enthusiasm that had stirred the hearts
of the comrades present when fewer years
! had dulled the pulsation.
Post Department Commander of the De-
partment of the Pacific c. Mason Kline
was called upon and addressed the meeting
in a happy strain, saying it was a proud
| privilege he felt in being able TO stand up
among the loyal men who saved the nation
! in its hour OF peril. He stated that the
/ Commander-in-Chief had been presented
with gavel made of California wood and
mounted with silver, and he had promised
that when he went home to Maine he
would call tie Department in his locality
to order with one rap of that gavel, and lie
| intended to give any cOmrade rap with
J the gavel who proposed to have the next
National Encampment, in 1856, in any
other place than in California. He con-
Guided by reciting the poem in answer to
the Blue and the Gray, which ELECTED
unbounded applause.
The Commander-in-Chief arose and
stated that the principle Of decorating the
| graves Of rebel soldiers on Memorial Day
had no sanction of the Grand Army of the
Republic; that while we could forgive, we
could never forget.
i OSt IJtkIdI tlAitill SOiliIildllNltI W II.
Aiken followed in few remarks.
! Post Department Commander T. Carl
son, of San Francisco, a former resident of
! Sacramento and a former Commander of
Sumner Post, responded to q call and
spoke feelingly of the growth and struggles
of the G. A. II. in this Department.
Walter H. Holmes, Department In
| spector, was next introduced, and addressed
the meeting, complimenting Sacramento
on the splendid reception and hearty
greeting extended to the visitors on this
occasion.
! Assistant Quartermaster-General Orion
! followed.
Post Commander Fogarty, of Lincoln
Post No. l. of San Francisco. gave the
Woman's Relief Corps of San Francisco,
hearty recommendation for effective work
in behalf OF the Veterans Home.
Comrade Dorr, of Thomas Post, respond
ed to a call for few remarks.
There were about TWO hundred ex-sol-
| diers present Among the visitors from
abroad were: Past Post Commander Point
dexter, of Joe Hooker Post: Post Com
mander Bird, Of Woodland; Comrade
Sears, of Thomas Post; Comrade Ryan, of
Red Bluff Post; and representatives from
! Los Angeles Post and Newcastle Post
! The Commander-in-Ch cOmplimented
! Sumner Post on the manner in which the
/ muster-in ceremonies were conducted, say
| ing that he had never seen it better per-
! formed.
Rev. f. R. Ollie acting chaplain of Sum-
ner Post, closed the remarks, after which
Quartermaster Harry Bennett invited the
! Commander upstairs to the commissary
/ department, when, at a late hour, the " old
| boys We're RECALLING themselves with old
time coffee and hard tack.
\ reception in honor of the Commander
/ in-Chief will be held at the Golden Eagle
from l. Il. until l z. NJ. to-day, to which
members of the Posts, their families and
friends, all comrades, ladies and others
who desire TO attend are invited.
! METROPOLITAN THEATER. -" Lights O
London - was played for the last time last
evening, to a good house-an audience
that was thoroughly satisfied The re-
marks made in this column upon the
number of companies that have appeared
here in comparison to engagements in
other interior cities appear 10 have reused
the evening journal. 1t was not unex-
pected. The RECORD MON spoke Of facts
as they are. 1t has not engaged in any
scolding about managers, but has been So
licitous that worthy entertainments should
be literally patronized. 1t does not con-
Germ itself with assault or defense of man.
ayers. The appreciation by theatrical
patrons Of good performances has been
sufficient 10 warrant many being given
here. To the lover of the drama it matters
very little what the tribulations of man
ayers may be. Under the management as
it is, three-weeks' engagement of q good
stock company has been had-an unusually
long period for an interior city-and re-
gardless of personal likes or disikes, that
! a1f ok Tho oil nr ra1.;t.J
still that other, that in Sacramento the first
heightened engagement at reasonable
prices has been played. Tonight, in re-
Spouse to a general request, the drama of
Called Back will be reproduced. II is by
very much the most effective piece of work
the Grismer- Davies company has done
here. 1t will undoubtedly draw large
audience.
CLASS REcITAL.-The music class of Miss
+. NJ. Rowe gave a recital in Pioneer Hall
last evening. The hall was crowded as
We're also the Railways leading thereto and
many who came late were turned away
from the head Of the stairway. The pro-
gramme, as follows, was well rendered
Duet, . Boccaccio March, - Miss Martha Ing
and Miss f. NJ. Rowe; Cinderella, - Miss
BERTHE Wasserman; ''Violets Under the
Snow" Miss Nette Jackson duet, " Teu-
felsmarsch," Miss Lille Swans;on and Miss
f. NJ. Rowe; Il Puritani," Miss Dasie
Wassermann; ballad, Whisperings of
Love- Miss Emma Todhunter: duet,
Danes de Seville Waltzes,' Mrs s.
Ingram and Miss f. NJ. Rowe; In Vain,
Miss Arzela Bayless; duet, " Come Where
the Rosebuds Sleep, Miss Nellie Turton
and Miss Nellie Wright; Welcome Pretty
Primrose Miss Nellie Bandy; quartet,
"SweetIy Softly Misses Katzenstein, G.
Kidder, E. Kidder and Morrill, Tam
O'Shanter," Miss Martha Ing; Thou
Brilliant Bird" Miss Evelyn Kidder;
" London Bridge, II. w. Bassett; Deep
in Ny Heart" Miss Jennie katzensten
duet. =" Venetian Boat Song Misses Julia
Laughlin and Lulu Morrill, Nearer, Ny
God, to Thee, Miss Nellie Wright instru
mental solo, Miss Lille Crowell; aria from
" Ugo Conte di Parigi," Miss Lulu Morrill,;
" The Daisy" polka cantabilel Miss Grace
Kidder: " Ave Maria" Miss Julia Laugh
lin; trio, :" 0 Restless Sea, Misses Thomp-
son, Wright and Chapman.
SETTLED WITH THE STATE.-The April
settlements of the various County Treas
urers with the State Controller are now due.
The Treasurer of Nevada county was the
first to come to time. and paid into the
State Treasury, Tuesday, S3,G67 Al. The
second to put IN an appearance was the
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