Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-07

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PosT SIS, of Williamsburg, turned out in large
Williamsburg celebration of the Fourth OF
July.
CoMRApE GEORGE WOOD, of Post Al. had
spell of sickness last week, but his comrades
will be glad to know that he Is now much
better.
CoMRADK w. KuNTz, of Post 8, late Assist
ant Mayors Clerk under Mayor Lyon, VIII De
buried in Allegheny Cemetery this afternoon
NOTWITHSTANDING the policy of the rail-
roads leading into Milwaukee the firing squad
of Post Al will carry out its arrangements to 60
to the Encampment.
COLONEL A. s. FOWLER, the Department
Commander Of Arkansas and Indian Territory
is said to be the youngest Department Com
mander In the 6. A r.
COLONEL K. WOODWARD, of Post 259, whose
arm was broken and knee-cap injured some
time since, is now at Kernville Springs, and
writes that he is getting along nicely.
D. W. LLEwELLYN, who is with T. O. Jen-
kins, will be mustered into Post z59 on Tues
day evening. His comrade friends from Brad
dock, East Liberty and Allegheny VIII De
present
ENcAMPMENT No. ], q. V. L., has been pre-,
sented with three clocks for the different halls.
one by G. w. Biggs & Co., one by Wattles q
Encampment.
CoMRADE VIII. CoLL1NGwooD, of En-
campment No. l, u v. L., has presented to the
Encampment two antique bronze pronles OF
Washington and Lincoln, to be hung In the
reading room OF No. l.
CoMRADE GENERAL FAIRCHILD speaks en-
Enthusiastically of the prospects of the National
Encampment and says the comrades and peo-
pie of Milwaukee have fairly outdone them
selves in preparing for 1t.
A LIFE-sIzE model of a horse was recently
presented to the Naval Post, of Philadelphia,
by DR.. Schulz. When the model is set on with
a life-szed eavalryman, fully equipped, 1t will
be quite feature in the postroom
HEADQUARTERS desire the address of Rev.
John A. Jerome, late hospital chaplain, U. 8.
A, appointed from Pennsylvania and on duty
in Fairfax Seminary General Hospital, near
Alexandria, from 1868 to 1860
Posi- Isl met on the morning Of the Fourth
Of July at o'clock and fired q national salute
of AZ guns from the top of their building. 1923
Carson street, Southside, and also held appro-
pirate exercises in their hall after decorating IL
profusely with the national emblems.
MAJOR ]. F. DENNIsToN last week forwarded
to Assistant Quartermaster General Williams,
of the Department of Pennsylvania, draft for
81 1858 II, the amount OF the fund received by
him for the Johnstown sufferers, with list OF
the posts and individuals donating the same.
NOT only IN flLCSDuTR udo tuc WOfh VI re-
cruiting been rapidly pushed, but large gains
this year are reported from many places
throughout the country. The Commander-in-
Chief and the different Department Command
ers have given the subject great deal of ac-
tive attention.
CoMRADE President Harrison and Mrs. Har-
rison spent the Fourth Of July at Woodstock,
Conn, the guests of Mr.. Henry c. Bowen. the
proprietor of the New York Independent
where they took in the patriotic picnic which
that gentleman annually holds in that pleasant
New England village.
THE veterans who participated in the battle
of Monocacy July 9, 1854, will hold their first
reunion on the battlefield on Tuesday, July g.
An organization will be formed and plans
adopted to raise funds for a monument TO be
erected on the battlefield. General Lew Wal
lace will deliver the principal address.
AS SOON as they can be got in shape few
statistics will be published in this column. The
membership OF the Posts in Pittsburg and Al
legheny. their number of musters during the
last quarter, number of deaths and the gains
in musters of the quarter closed July over
the preceding quarter will be given.
Ar meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Association, held at Freeport Pa. OF Monday
last, it was decided to hold the next reunion of
tha' organization at PuExsutawney, Jefferson
county, providing agreeable rates can be
secured from the railroads. The date of meet
ing will be fixed when the railroad rates are
known.
POST 259 will hold its regular meeting Tues
day evening The post meets only one night in
the month during the warm weather. Tues
days meeting will be the first one in four
weeks. A large meeting is expected and there
will be a muster. If Chaplain Riddle can be
present he will talk on. the Franco-Prussian
war. A large number of visiting comrades
from different posts are expected.
CAPTAIN H. l. RICE, Aid de Camp on the
staff of General Rice, Mason City, Iowa, is the
possessor of the granddaughter Of the mare he
rode in the army. The granddam was captured
near Columbia, 8. C., BY soldier of an Illinois
regiment orderly to General JShn CSrse
Smith would like to hear from the soldier who
captured his mare.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. MEREDITH, Presi-
dent Harrison's appointee to the Chiefship Of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is q
Chicagoan. He was born in Indiana, and when
the war broke out enlisted in the Seventieth
Indiana, the regiment raised by the President
In this regiment he received his title, being
prom oted Captain for gallantry. Captain Mere
dith took charge of the bureau last Monday,
p asst Junior Vice Department Commander
George r. Hart, of Post No. q, Philadelphia,
who was the first colored comrade to be elected
a department officer in the Department of
Pennsylvania, was buried on Tuesday, June Is,
in Lebanon Cemetery, Philadelphia His
funeral was largely attended by comrades and
by members of the Masonic Order. The De-
parlmept was represented by Adjutant James
Mccormick and Chaplain Sayers.
CoMRADE EMIL PoERsTEI, member Of
Council of administration, Post 3ldeparts this
morning on the day express, over the T. r. B.,
on an exten ded tour through Europe. He will
visit London, Paris and most Of the important
cities in Germany. He expects to return in
Septem ber in time to participate in the dedica-
ments at Gettysburg commencing September
II. His comrades all wish him happy voyage
and a safe return.
SERGEANT ALEXANDER OLIVER, Cottage
H Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home Sandusky,
O., has been for some years compiling roster
of the Thirty fourth Ohio. Of the total enlisted,
l,sl7, he has found the whereabouts of about 800
scattered in 10 States, the District of Columbia,
Mexico and the Indian Territory, Including the
Rev George T. Smith, Missionary to Africa
Any member Of the Thirty-fourth who would
like to have his name recorded with those of
his comrades should address Comrade Oliver.
MRS. HAYES, who died June 25, wife of e1-
President Hayes. did good work during the
war, While her husband was at the front. she
spent considerable time at his camp nursing
sick and wounded soldiers. On one of these
visits she narrowly escaped being captured by
the Confederates. Her husbands regiment
was encamged near the rapids Of the New river
Joseph Webb who was an army surgeon, she
started of one day for ride. and on returning
they found the picket line had been removed
and that they were being pursued by gray
coated soldiers. Then commenced a ride for
liberty Several shots were fired at them, but
they arrived at the camp in safety.
Sons of Veterans.
COLONEL e. ]. ALLEN CAMP, Of wilkins
burg, is organizing an orchestra.
PAST CAPTAIN HERMAN REBBIIE will rep
resent Camp 3S at the division encampment. 1t
is understood that all the camps in Allegheny