Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17

triousIy working to add to the membership Of
the post.
GRAFToN, w. Va, has been selected as the
place for holding the second reunion of Com
pauy =, Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, and
May 20 and 80 are the dates Full information
can be obtained Of G. E. Ringier, Secretary.
Fetterman, W. Va.
1T is thought that the appointments of Com
rade Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin. as Secre-
tary OF Agricuiture, has disposed of Comrade
General Lucius Fairehild's chances of ap-
pointment as Commissioner of Pensions and
that he will be given valuable consulate.
ONE Of the events Of Inauguration week was
the presentation of a painted dress with slip
pers to match, to Ms. Harrison by General
Lyon W. R. @. No. 4s. auxiliary to Lyon Post
pressed great pleasure at the receipt of the
gift and promised to wear it at her first re-
ception.
THE Commandery in Chief of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion will publish mem
orial volume to. General Sheridan, embracing
the memorial resolutions of the communicates
OF the order, preiaced by a portrait made
especially for the book. An effort will be made
to make it worthy of the deceased Commander
in Chief
GOVERNOR JEREMIAH NJ. RUsK, Secretary
I VI agriculture, WIS COfnLnaHuor VI phO ~
partment of Wisconsin, G. A. R., in 1865, and
well-known member of every National En-
campmept At several of the public gatherings
he attended he was accompanied by his stan,
| composed wholly of either one-legged or one
armed veterans
j. N. HARRISON, of Company E, Eighty
seventh Illinois, found on the street IN ST.
Louis, Mo-, last fall, one year ago, at the Ma
tional Encampment a silver badge marked
''7Sth Pa" The owner Is requested to describe
| the same and give his pOstoffice address and
| the badge will be gladly returned. Comrade
| Harrison's address is Flint, Ill.
COMMENCING with the last meeting, Davis
Camp, Sons of Veterans and Ladies' Aid So
ciety No. /, auxiliary to the camp, started the
collection of contributions to what is known as
the Flower Fund. the entire amount contrib
uted up to May 20 to be used in the buying of
plants and flowers, to be used in decorating the
graves of soldiers on Memorial Day.
WEDNESDAY, April 8, Davis Camp Sons OF
Vetrans, will hold their first meeting in their
new quarters. in the New Union Veteran
Legion's Hall on Sixth avenue, The members
of the camp will be pleased to receive a friend
| ly call from all comrades of the order and ex-
tend cordial invitation to members of the g.
A. r. to visit them in their new home.
Two THOUSAND veterans attended the
annual Encampment of the Department OF
Indiana, held at indianapolis last week. Com
mander-in-Chief Warner was present, and
there was immense enthusiasm. There are 439
G. A. r. posts in the State, with membership
of 26, 722 a gain of AGO comrades in the year.
The death list reached 400 during the same
time.
THE Ladies' Auxiliary t. Abe Patterson Post
No So of Allegheny, will hold a flag social'' in
the old hall, No. l0l Federal street. Allegheny,
on Thursday evening. March 2S, for the benefit
of the Soldiers Monument fund. In connection
there will be musical and literary entertain
I 4 4 F<w w,nI1
Refreshments will be served by the ladies' A
general invitation to be present is extended.
j. M. BRYANT, Superintendent of the Ma
tional Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga, desires
| attention called to the necessity of giving
company, regiment and State as well as full
name, when writing for information. Recently
he received a letter asking if John Smith was
buried there, and could bis grave be identified.
A reference to the register revealed no less
/ than 80 John Smiths, causing much delay in
furnishing the desired information.
The first flag ever presented to a public
school by post of the Grand Army of the Re-
public was given to the High School at Mt
Pleasant, Iowa, the other day by Mcfarland
Post No. 20, of the Iowa Department. This is
an original and appropriate method of reach.
ing and arousing the children and youth of the
country to a sense of loyalty, love and venera-
tion for the flag and respect for the men who
lost or risked their lives in its defense.
GENERAL orders No. IA, issued by Comrads
O. A. Reynolds, Commander of the Depart
ment of Kentucky, contains the following: 1t
has been deemed advisable by the Council of
| Administration to change the place of meeting
from Ashland to CovingtoE, and the next an
nual encampment will therefore meet in the
| city of Covington on Wednesday, April p, 1889.
| The hotels of Coyington and Cincinnati (across
the river) will afford ample accommodations
for all delegates and visiting comrades and
| friends.
PosT 157, with its usual enterprise, has or
ganized:as an adjunct firing squad which
will prove of great benefit to the Post on many
occasions. Comrade F. G. Calhoun, one of the
best drilled Grand Army men in the city, has
been elected Capi ain. The other members are
Joseph Langstaff, John Brown, George l.
| Slayslnan, W. H. II. Chester, Henry Cochran,
Henry Pryor, James Cannan, Samuel Hill,
| John P. McHendry, w. P. Delaney, John
| Toner. Martin Ruper, Gust A. Scheuster and
| W. Z. Long. The squad has bright future
| beforeit.
| WHAT promises to be another pleasant
event is the full dress reception TO be given by
| Davis Camp, Sohs of Veterans, they having de-
| clded in this way to celebrate the one hundredth
| anniversary of Washingtons Inauguration as
| President, April go The camp will be assisted
| by the Ladies' Aid Society No. /, auxiliary TO
| this camp. whom it will be remembered enter
| tanned their friends so handsomely last Wash
] ington's birthday Cyclorama Hall, Allie
| gheny has been secured for the occasion. and
| by the ladies is an assurance of its success: i.
| II. r. FOulk, Chairman;. ]. w. Carson, @. III.
| Babst, Theodore Miller and ]. H.Seiferh.