Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-01-06
o. a. r. INSTALLATION.

at once promoted To the rank of "high
private" He may have been Major
General So-and-so during the war; in
the post and about the camp fire he IL
Couirade So-and-so until his peers
have chosen him to fill an office. The
former rank, or the want of 1t, Is not a
bar to highest position in the order,
and the Drummer Boy of Mission
Ridge has been Communicating chief;
and General Sherman, Uncle Billy"
is "Comrade" Sherman in Frank p.
Blair Post ut ST. Louis.
Fraternity" binds together the
comrades for mutual assistance as we'll
rs for keeping alive old memoirs.
The commissioners of pensions has
formally acknowledged the material
assistance IL has rendered his office,
by giving information regarding
claimants for pensions and necessary
witnesses. 1t assists i'm finding places
for partially disabled soldiers where
they may perform such duty rs their
condition may admit, and for the
families Of those who have fallen by
the way, and has made itself heard In
thunder tones at times when palpable
wrong has been done the deserving
veteran. Ii brings old time comrades
to the annual gatherings of state In
more localized associations and annu-
ally nj least renews the bonds of
friendship and good feeling.
Charity cares for the suffering or
destitute veteran, or his family, pro-
vides creature comforts" cheers the
living, smooths the pillow Of the dy-
ing, and buries the dead.
Loyalty inculcates in the minds Of
the young, principles of undying
fealty to q whole country, il the
sworn enemy of treason, In any
and every form, aud makes the vet
eran the custodian Of the liberties
which are priceless, and has cost so
much to gain and preserve. The Grand
Army Of the Republic has no secrets
save such M are necessary to preserve
its purity and prevent imposition. Its
oath of initiation binds the person
taking 1t, TO his eountry's good by the
strongest possible tie and makes him
its best citizen. Its badge made of
captured rebel cannon, though Of but
little intrinsic value If IL were in the
market, carries with it an honor
money can never buy and when, in
the not very distant future the great
mastering officer, who, sooner or later,
will muster US all out of this world
claims the last survivor of the Grand
Army (which no man can NUMBER"
there will disappear from mortal ken
the grandest civic organization the
world has ever seen. and grander
than which no man will see. till time
shall be no more.
During the delivery of Captain
Romeyn's address there were frequent
bursts of applause. and at its conclu-
sion the enthusiasm OF the audience
was only checked by another Install
ment Of soul-stirring war songs given
by the band. The ceremony of in
stallation Of officers, brief but impress
sive, was then proceeded with, after
which the audience were dismissed.
well pleased with what they had
heard and witnessed.
. Following are the names Of the
newly installed officers:
Post Commander. r. &. Webster.
Senior Vice Com, Andrew Bush.
Junior Vice Com, +. A. Kreidler.
Quartermaster, VIM. Birkle.
Surgeon, 4. A. Koerper.
Chaplain, s. f. Snyder.
Officer of the Day, F. II. Tyler.
Officer Of the Guard. Michael
Fleming.
Adjutant, Frank l.. McKown.
Sergt. Major, VIM. H. Parker.
@. M. Sergeant, J. F. Schmalsle.