Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14


nected with the camp are interesting them
selves to make the affair worthy Of the day Il
will be full dress affair.
A NU1IBER of important decisions have
recently been given by Commissioner Of PEN
siors Tanner and Assistant Secretary of .the
Interior Bussey. They are all favorable to the
old soldier, and are practical answers to the
question what to do with the surplus.
A RULING of Commissioner of Pensions Tan
ner gives to the widow and children Of de-
ceased claimants, whose cases have reached ad-
justment after death. the accrued pension. The
rufAhg OF Corporal Tanner is a Just one and
clearly in conformity with the intent Of the
law.
CoMRADE JAMES s. RUTAN, of Post SO, pres
ent State Senator from the Allegheny district,
returned home from Harrisburg on Thursday
for rest and medical treatment, Senator Rutan
has been sufferer for a number of years from
rheumatism. He has been much improved
since his return home.
CoMRADE W. ]. PATTERSON, Of Post 157,
who commanded Company F. Sixty-second
Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the battle Of Get
tysburg, will deliver the historical address at
the dedication of the monument erected on the
neld BY that organization. The services VIII
take place on the list of next month.
AN urgent appeal has been made by Depart
ment Commander ONeall, Of Ohio,t the posts
of that department to endeavor to wrest from
Pennsylvania the honor of being the Banner
Department. The difference in membership is
now very small Are the comrades of Penn
sylvania willing to drop TO second place?
A RECEPTION will be rendered to Commander
in Chief of the G. A. r. Major William Warner
by the comrades who will be in attendance az
the Washington Centennial Anniversary in
New York on the 30th inst. After the recep-
tion monster campfire will be held, at which
it is expected there will be representatives. from
at least 900 posts.
CAPTAIN JAMES HARVEY COOPER, of New
Castle, Pa, will deliver the address May 21 at
the dedication OF the monument of Battery B,
First Artillery, P. R. V. c., on Cemetery Hill,
Gettysburg. The monument has been in posi-
tion about three months. BY those competens
to judge it is regarded as one of the most ap-
propriate on the battle field.
THE next meeting of the Pennsylvania Re-
serve Association will be held at West Chester
on the 18th of September, the anniversary Of
the adoption of the Federal Constitution and
also of the battle of Antietam. The First
Regiment of the Reserves was from Chester
county, its first Colonel beng the late r. Biddle
Roberts, formerly of this city.
GENERAL WILLIAM A ROBINSON, Of Rob
inson Bros, bankers, and Colonel Enos Wood
ward, both members of Post 259, have been i'll
for some time. Colonel Woodward has been
in the West Penn Hospital for several months.
They are sufficiently improved to be removed
for change Of air, the former to Old Point
Comfort and the latter to Philadelphia
ACCORDING to reliable authority. the num-
ber of troops called out by our Government
from the first call for 5000 men until April 8,
1855, was 2,759. .049. The total number that re-
sponded was 2,656, ,053. OF these 2S9,939 were
killed, or died OF wounds and disease. The
total cost in money Ito the Federal Govern
ment during the war was about So 900, 1900.
THE Society of the Ninth Corps is engaged
in raising funds to erect a monument to Gen
eral Jesse L. Reno, who was killed at South
Mountain, Nd, September A. 1862 General
Reno was in command of division of that
corps when killed. He was formerly a resident
of Franklin, Venango county, this State, and
was one of the best officers in the Army of the
Potomac.
UNION ex-soldiers will regret to learn that
|. during the past week the home Of the old Con-
federate, Lieutenant General James Long
street, was burned, and with it his library and,
it is feared. the manuscript of his history Of the
late war. The latter was anticipated by many
as one of the most important literary contribu-
tions to a correct understanding Of the events
OF the war.
FINALLY the regiments Af the Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps that participated in the battle
| of Gettysburg, have received legislative au-
! thority to combine the 81 500 allowed each into
| one fund for the purpose of erecting memor.
ial hall. This does not include Battery b, Of
| the artillery, which has its monument erected,
and Battery f, which will erect its own, on
| Cemetery Hill.
ENoAMPMENT No. l, Union Veteran Legion,
has determined upon the evening Of April 30,
| the one hundredth anniversary of George
Washington first taking the oath of office and
Inauguration as President, for the formal
| Opening" Of its new hail. over the Pittsburg
| gas office, Sixth avenue. Comrades MeKenna,
! Dreher and Forster constitute a committee
having in charge all the arrangements.
THE campfire to be held in the hall of the
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| Thursday evening, April 25. by the ex-soldiers
and sailors of the two branches Of the Legisla-
! ture and departments, will be an interesting
| one, and the first Of its kind. Colonel Thomas
| W. Bean, a member of the House from Mont
| gomery county, is Chairman of the Committee
/ of Arrangements. Governor Beaver will be
| asked to preside.
ALL the details for Pennsylvania Day, May
| p, at Gettysburg have not been arranged.
| General John k Brooke, the Chief Marshal, is
I in communication with the Monument Commits
| sion, and it is expected all the arrangements
| will soon be completed and announced. It Is
| expected that President Harrison will be pres
| ent and review the procession. The important
feature Of the day will be the address of Past
| Department Commander Samuel Harper, Of
| this city.
! PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER ]. P. g
| GOBLIN, Senator from Lebanon county, was in
| the city during the past week, with the Sena-
| torial Committee to investigate the Western
| Pennitentiary. General Goblin was Colonel Of
the ForTy-seVenth Pennsylvania Volunteers
and was brevetted Brigadier General for gal
| liant and meritorious services during the war,
| He is now serving his second term as Senator
| His friends think he would be strong candi-
| date for the Republican nomination for Gov
| ernor next year. He is an able lawyer; is of
| decided convictions on all subjects. This last
is especially true as to the investigation of the
| penitentiary, and wiping out the soldiers or
| phans' schools owned by the syndicate.
DURING the past week the syndicate con-
| trolling the Soldiers Orphans Schools at
Mercer, Mount JOY MeAllisterville and Ches-
| ter Springs has been unusually active at Har-
| risburg. Notwithstanding the efforts of these
| interested members the amendment to the bill
i appropriating iS4500O0 to the schools for
the next two years, providing that no
money shall be paid to the syndicate schools.
| passed the House last Thursday by vote of
| 155 to 8. 1t will now go to the Senate. The
| syndicate claims that Governor Beaver viii.
| veto the bill. They rely upon the influence of
| an ofhcial very close to the Governor. Should
| this prove true there is no doubtthe bill, as
amended, would be passed notwithstanding
| the Governors objections. The old soldiers
all over the State are watching this legislation
very closely.
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