Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
G. A. r. Notes.

ANOTHER and another veteran going.
! THIRTY-sIx Grand Army posts in Philadel-
phia.
TwENTY-N1NE Grand Army posts in Allie
gheny county.
MILWAUKEE, with outstretched hand to the
veterans, has adopted the greeting-"Shake."
THE official roster of the Department of Wis
consin for 1889, shows $50 posts in fourishing
condition.
GENERAL JOHN M. ScHoFIELD, command
ing the armies of the United States, will make
his first official inspection next month
CoMRADE Rev. l. MCGUIRE, chaplain Four
teenth Regiment, N. G.. P, will be the orator
on Memorial Day 4or Post 4, 6. A. R., Latrobe,
Pa.
THE ladies' circles, g. A. R., of Allegheny
county, are unusually active at this time.
They deserve encouragement in their good
work.
CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD, the famous
Government scout has recently been appointed
to a clerkship in the Pension Department at
Washington.
MORE than one-half, it is estimated of those
who are in the van to reach the new promised
land of Oklahoma are Grand Army veterans.
They are irrepressible and will get there If
pluck is requisite.
COMRADES at Butler are forming Union
Veteran Legion. They already have about 6S
names enrolled. Captain Ayers has charge Of
the list Any veteran who enlisted prior to
1858 and served two years is eligible.
FROM present indications Memorial Day will
be more generally observed this year than for
a number of years. This is especially true Of
every Post has decided upon some special fea-
lures.
PosT 8, of this city, is making special efforts
to add to its membership, which will have the
desired effect, judging by the past history of
that live post. A full attendance of the COM
rades is earnestly desired at the regular meeting
tomorrow night,
REV. ]. W. PLANNETT, lately pastor Of the
Baptist Church at Hillsville, Pa, has accepted
a call from another church near Philadelphia.
Recently Mr.. Plannett was resident of Pitts
burg and was one of the earnest comrades OF
that sterling post, 157.
THE Pioneer Corps of the Eighteenth Regi-
ment, N. g. p, which created such turore
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 viii succeed
General Jacob Sharp as Governor of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at milwaukee, Wis.
This Home will be one OF the principal objects
of interest to those who may attend the next
National Encampment in August.
SENATOR RUTAN, of the Allegheny district
showed himself true friend of the soldiers
interests when he introduced a bill providing
for special levy of one mill for the support OF
INDECENT soldiers, their widows and orphans,
but the Senate refused to pass the bill.
ONE by one the veterans of 1S6l-65 are an
swering the silent roll call. What 3 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 sim
gle week. That constituted Corporal Tanners
mail recently during that time. The cost Of
the stationery and clerical help necessary to
answer such % mass, if it should continue,
would soon remove all doubts about reduc-
tion of the Treasury surplus.
GENERAL JAMES A. EK1N. of the United
States Army, retired, formerly of Elizabeth,
Allegheny county, has applied to the War De-
partment for leave to have his family buried at
Gave Hill National Cemetery, near Louisville,
KY His request to be buried there himself has
been granted by the department.
CHIEF MUsrERNe OFFICER REEs is work
ingltke a Trojan in seconding the desires Of