The Lamar register., 1889-05-04
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The official roster of the Depart.
ment of Wisconsin for 1889, shows
ESQ posts in hourishing condition.
General John N. Schofeld, com.
manding the armies of the United
States, will make his first official in.
spectiop this month.
Captain Jack Crawford, the famous
government scout, has recently been
appointed to clerkship in the Pen.
sion Department at Washington.
From present indications Memoir.
ial Day will be more generally OBJ
served this year than for a number
of years.
The Pioneer Corps of the Eigh.
teenth Regiment, N. G. p, which
created such furore in Washington
during the Inauguration, is composed
almost entirely of veterans of the
late war. This no doubt accounted
for the fine appearance of the corps.
General Kilburn Knox will sue
ceed General Jacob Sharp as Coy.
ernor of the National Soldiers Home
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This
Home will be one of tho principal
objects of interest TO those who may
attend the next National Encamp-
ment in August.
One by one the veterans of ls6l-65
are answering the silent roll call.
What grand army there Is already
in the great beyond, and how rapidly
its number is increasing. From this
time on the death rate will increase
until the last one shall answer the
final summons.
Sixty-nine thousand letters during
single week! That constituted
Corporal Tanners mail recently dur.
ing that time. The cost of the sta
tionery and clerical help necessary
to answer such q mass, If it should
continue, would soon remove all
doubts about q reduction of the
Treasury surplus.
General James A. Ekin of the
United States Army retired, formerly
of Elizabeth. Allegheny county, has
applied to the War Department for
leave to have his family buried al
Cave Hill National Cemetery, near
Louisville, Kentucky. HIS request
to be buried there himself has been
granted by the Department.
The comrades who will attend the
next National encampment at Mil.
waukee will be generously entertain
ed, but they must not expect that en-
terprising city to furnish them with
night caps. However, special com
mittee has been appointed and will bs
on constant duty, to pilot those who
may desire such an article to where
it will always be on tap.
The appointment of General Jamei
A. Sexton, Post Department Com
mander of Illinois, as postmaster O
Chicago, is a nerited recognition O.
a gallant, wounded soldier. He take
the place of General Walter G. New
berry, who was appointed by Mr.
Cleysland less than year ago. l
was understood at the time that Gen
eral Newberry's acceptance was onl,
temporary, whatever the result o
the election.
The next regular Quarterly meet
ing of the Pennsylvania Command
cry, Loyal Legion, will be held il
the Union Lesge building, Philadel
phia, on Wednesday evening, May
A number of the companions res
dent in Pittsburgh and vicinity will
go in a party, Officers are to b
elected, and there Is an unusuall
large number of applicants for men
bership to be voted on.
"The Board of Commissioners o.
Gettysburg Monuments" has issue
circular setting forth that the NOR
} uments erected on that battlefield Ut
der authority of the Commonwealth
will be dedicated on the 21st an
2and days of May next, to be know
as Pennsylvania Day. The cooper
alton OF every veteran In the Con
monwealth is solicited by the Con
u,issioners iu order that the ocoss,o