Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-05-01
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Items Of Interest Pertaining to the st
and Its Members.

Items Of Interest Pertaining to the p st
and its Members.
Minneapolis Messenger: The Grand
Army Of the Republic has this peculiar
ity over all other military organizations.
II receives no recruits. Other armies are
kept up and augmented by constant ac-
cessiOns to their ranks Young blood.
vigorous muscle, new life, continually
being added, recuperate their energies
and maintain efficiency; but the crippled
and Way-Worn veterans receive no new
company, see no new faces, repeat no
words Of command liz young comrades
ears, jog no timid boys In the discharge
of unfamiliar duties. Silently they move
onward, recognizing the inevitable in
their last march. When they fall ont Of
the ranks it Is to take a rest from which
no blare Of bugle nor roll OF drum shall
ever call them again. Thus they are
/ passing away. Seventeen thousand died
/ last year, and each succeeding year viii
show an ever increasing list. Let Fra
ternlty, Charity and Loyalty grow
stronger with the fastening wears and
/ the blessings for which the old boys
/ fought become more precious as their
faces disappear forever.
The ladies of Lexington, Va. have
formed an association to aid the Jackson
] Memorial association in erecting a suit
able monument to Stonewau Jackson,
and have issued a circular address re-
| queshng contributions. They say: "Our
great hero belongs not only to Virginia
proud though the mother be OF her
son-but to the entire country, and we
feel that the people Of all sections, no
less than Of the south, for which he died,
viii gladly unite with us IN hOnoring his
memory"
There is a live post Of the Grand
Army in Salt Lake City, and one of its
officers writes: eve are making an ef-
fort to establish a camp here to accom-
mOdate all G.. A. r. comrades who may
pass through here on their way to the
national encampment, to be held in San
Francisco In August. We VIII endeavOr
to arrange for all to stop over one or
two days in this beautiful little city Of
the Saints, the only spot on earth where
they dare to half mast the flag on the
Fourth Of July"
One Of the most interesting places 10
visit In Chicago is the workshop Of Com
rade A Stone, Of Ulysses S. Grant post,
No. %, at No. 100 Walnut street. He
has collected some 1000 canes which
were cut for him on the battlefield of
Shiloh, stone River, Lookout Mountain,
Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, and
Kenesaw Mountain. They are of differ
ent kinds of wood, and there is no doubt
but what they are exactly what they are
represented to be.
The AIcCune Times publishes an obit-
/ uary notice Of Lyman S. Phelps. He
was born April u, 1927, in Chautauqua
county, n. Y, and was married In 1850
90 Miss Mary Ham, in Pennsylvania. He
enlisted In Co. L, SD Regiment, ?. VI,
July, 1861, and served four years. He
was wounded IN the hip July 1st, 1862,
at Malvern Hill, and again through the
head July Sd, 1868, at Gettysburg, the
last wound finally causing his death.
Burlingame Chronicle: The largest
pension, it Is claimed, ever paid to one
person In this country, was paid on the
18th inst, at Columbus, Ohio, to James
F. Baker, of Franklin county, the
amount being S11,224,87. He has been
paralyzed since 1851, and has Just secur-
ed a pension Of $50 a month and arrear-
ages.
Arrangements are being perfected for
an imposing observance of Decoration
Day at Baxter Springs, Cherokee county,
where the national cemetery is located.
A monument which is under course Of
construction at that place, viii be com
pleted by MAY Both, and it is also the
intention OF its projectors to have it dedi-
Gated on the same day.
E. H Piper, Of Belviue. H., has in
his possession a bible which he. picked
on the battlefield Of Chickamaugua
bearing the following inscription on the
| fly leaf:
presented to Joseph II. Currens,
by his sister,
Emily NJ. Cunningham"
No doubt the soldier died, and relatives
would appreciate it as a keepsake.
1t is not necessary for widows to
! make formal application or surrender
their certificates In order to obtain the
increased pension allowance under the
recent law. Commissioner Black has
instructed pension agents to pay pen
sional widows the full amount Of So
per month.
A reunion Of the old soldiers and sail
ors of the Solomon Valley and adjacent
territory, is to be held under the aus
pices of Reynolds Post No. 43. G.. A. R.
at the Great Spirit Springs near Cawker
City, Mitchell county, June s, g. 10, II,
'86.
During the past year there has been
/ received from all sources by the depart
ment OF Iowa, So, 683.58; the amount
expended is So, 68A.35, leaving a balance
on hand at date Of report Of S3,149.23
which with department property on
hand makes the assets 3,68759.
The total membership of the Grand
Army Of the Republic in Iowa is over
1900. Kansas is ahead Of this by over
/ 1000 members.
A Story From Vermont.
Vermont at least VIII appreciate the
seasonable story Of one Of their fellow
cOuntrymen: Ike Sloan was farmer,
like all other Vermonters, but wasn't ex-
actly one Of the type whose CRITTERS
and vegetables always bring more money
than other peoples. On the contrary, If
there was any difference between the
price that he got for his products and
the market rate it was generally to his
disadvantage. One day on his way back
from the village he complained bitterly
tn the TaODIe with whom he cr0ssiued