Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16

lam H. Lambert of Post 3, of one Dennis Ma
| haney, supposed to have been buried by some
| Grand Army Post here in some Catholic GENE
terry in this vicinity.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER STEWART, 3f
the G. A. R., writes to national headquarters
U. V. L., thanking the comrades for the boxes
of shoes and stockings sent to the soldiers
children at Johnstown.
COMRADES HoLYLAND AND FISHER have
proved themselves good foragers in gathering
the supplies and furniture for Comrade Adam
Weaver. They went on the principle that moth
ing is too good for the soldier.
THE new rituals of the Union Veteran
Legion have just come out from the hands OF
the printer and will be issued to the several
encampments next week. They are hand.
somely bound and are complete in all the de-
tails.
CAPTAIN A. ]. REED, of Post AIS firing
squad, is determined to have his ''boys' in q
state of perfection in drill and marching for
the trip to the National Encampment. He
says that none Of his "boysn are over Is years
Of age.
CoMRADE GEoR GE LYNCH, Of Post Isl, un-
derwent painful surgical operation at the
Homeopathic Hospital last week, which ter
minated happily. Comrade Jones, Of Isl, says
he looks like q new man, and is improving
rapidly.
ENCAMPMENT No. "a, Union Veteran Legion,
of Wilmington, Del, sent q check for SIS to
National Commander Pearson to be added to
the Legion fund" to be used in relieving the
old soldiers and their families who suffered by
the recent Johnstown disaster.
A NUMBER of new books were added to En-
campment No. /, U. v. L., library last week.
Nearly all the works pertaining to the late war
can be found on the shelves, and every evening
a number of "old vets" can be found enjoying
themselves In the reception room.
ENCAMPMENT No. 85 U. V. L., Mt. Vernon,
O., sent so to General Pearson as their dona-
ton toward the Johnstown soldiers relief fund,
and enoampments at Centerville, r. l., Smiths
burg, Pa, and Hazleton, Pa, have also for
warded their checks for good amounts.
COLONEL CHILL W. HAZARD, Department
Commander Thomas ]. Stewart, Governor
Beaver and General Harry White are expected
to speak at the annual reun on at Greenyille,
Pa, of the Northwestern Association, the date
of which has been changed to August 20
MCPHERSON Posi- No. III, East End, was
presented with G. A. R. badge by John
Winner, who found it among the debris of the
Johnstown food. The post has placed it in q
glass case in its room, where 1t will hang as
long as the post exists, as relic of the great
disaster
The Union ex-Prisoners of War Association
at its last regular meeting tJune 81 rendered q
vote of thanks to the ladies of Colonel John b.
Clark Circle No. II, and to Post 162, GAR, for
the courteous and handsome manner IN which
the association was entertained as their guests
on Memorial Day.
PosT 3's regular muster will take place to-
morrow night. At least five, and probably six
or seven recruits will be mustered The sciop-
tican views will be introduced during the mus
ter. Post Zl5. Of the West End, will be there
in a body. Other posts and comrades are cor
daily invited to be present
THE following posts have been mustered in
Pennsylvania; j. Edward Parkhurst Post, No.
$751; Elkland borough, Tioga county. R. T.
Wood, Commander; Captain Devereaux Post
No. 6S3, East Springfield, Erie county, A. ].
Mckee, Commander; Mckee Post, No. 5S4
West Franklin, Bradford county, Luther Smith,
Commander.
MCPHERSON POST No. III, East End, has
rendered vote of thanks to the military
organizations, the Homewood Band, the diff
ferent societies and the ladies and gentlemen
of the g. A. R. Choir, who all participated with
the post in its Memorial Day services at Home
wood and the German Lutheran Cemeteries.
The children OF the Lincoln, Liberty, Hiland
and Shakespeare schools are thanked for their
donations of flowers.
THE heaviest loser in battle of any regiment
from Connecticut was the Fourteenth. 1t had
35 killed at Antietam, 46 at Fredericksburg, Is
at Gettysburg l3 at Bristoe station, 20 at Nor
toms Ford, 21 in the Wilderness, 10 at Spottsyl-
vania and minor losses in other engagements,
which ran its total of killed up to 205, or 1l.8
per cent Of its total enrolment Of LIZA It also
lost rs in Rebel prisons. Deaths from disease
rah its total loss up to 397 or nearly one fourth
of the total number of names on its muster
rolls.
The Board of Commissioners on Gettysburg
monuments will assemble on Thursday, June
90 at noon in the State library at Harrisburg,
to meet the regimental committees who have
not availed themselves of the State appropria-
tion for the erection of monuments on the bat
tlefield of Gettysburg The commissioners will
be at Gettysburg Friday June q, headquarters
Springs Hotel, to confer with regimental CON-
mitteeS and make arrangements for proper OBJ
servance of Pennsylvania Day, September II
and IL