Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-29
Grand Army Notes.

If the weather be favorable the parade viii
be q large one.
PosT Al had a muster last Wednesday even
ing. The meeting was an unusually large one.
ENcAMPMENT No /, q. v. l., will hold me-
moriai services at The nall, n Sixth avenue, to-
morrow evening.
"CoMRADE PHIL" LILLIAN BURKHARDT,
will recite at the camp tire at Old City Hail on
Tuesday evening.
The seventy.sixth Regiment Keystone
Znuaves, will hold Its annual reunion at Beaver
Falls on next Thursday.
ALL contributions made to defray expenses
OF Grand Army Day will be acknowledged in
this column next week.
CoMRADE JOSEPH F. DENN1sroN, of Post
liz, will preside at the camp fire ON Tuesday
evening at Old City Hall.
The third annual reunion Of the Fifth West
Virginia Cavalry Association, which was held
at Grafton on last Wednesday was very en-
joyable affair.
THE basis upon which the flag offered by
Comrade W. X. Jones, OF lsl, will be awarded,
will Ue that of mem mUershIp IN good standing
September SO, tomorrow
TIE meeting at Cincinnati last week Of the
Society Of the Army Of the Tennessee, was
most enjoyable occasion. The meeting next
year will be held 10 Chicago
MANY prominent comrades will be present
at the camp fire at Old City Hail, on Tuesday
evening, and story and song Will be the feat
ures, with fne musical renditions. All are
welcome.
DUoU EsNE Posr 25s having at its last meet
ing unanimously declded To turn out on Grand
Army Day, the members will assemble al
O'Clock sharp at the post room on Tuesday
afternoon.
LAST Thursday night Comrade W. ]. Patter-
sou delivered by request his oraIion at the ded-
ication of he Sixty-second Regiment al Gettys-
burg at the meeting Of Post l67. There was a
large audience.
CoMRADE SEIBoLD, of Post Al, who was
home from Washington for a few days pre-
sented each member of his post with hand
Some cane. The boys will DISPLAY them In the
parade on Tuesday.
The last meeting of Post 259, was an enjoy.
able one in the highest degree. Beside mus
ter, several eloquent addresses were made by
Comrades present. and memories OF the days 0f
'bl-bo were vividly recalled
1T has been suggested that the original Mon
itor which sunk of Cape Hatteras December
D. ls62 be raised and brought to New York for
the Worlds Fair In 1892 1t is estimated that
this can be done for $40 ZOO.
The rates fixed by the railroad lines for
Grand Army Day are as follows. Pennsylvania
Company lines West and Baltimore and Ohio,
cent per mile, and on the Allegheny Valley
trip.
HOLIDAY Posr, of Wheeling, and Post 60,
Of Altoona, will be guests Of Post IS on G. A.
r. Day. Ticket 4090 drew the cannon at an
open meeting Of the Ladies' Auxiliary. The
holder OF that number will please come and
get the gun.
The Grand Army Day Committee are under
lasting obligations to Mr.. Samuel Moody Dis
trict Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania
No..
for the transportation on Grand Army Day "
posts and comrades over the lines he repre-
sents.
THERE is great deal Of doubt as to what
post will turn out the largest percentage Of
members in the parade on Grand Army Day.
All the p0sts seem to be making a supreme
effort to turn out every man they can. IL Is
safe 20 say that all will make very creditable
showing.
A NUMBER Of individuals in this community
are wearing o. v. l. shield buttons who are
not III nbers Of that organization, and there il
q law by which offenders of this kid can be
lined and imprisoned. II is quite likely that an
example Will be made OF some Of them in The
near future.
THE route of the Grand Army Day parade is
republished by request: Along Smithfield
street to Second avenue, to Grant street, to
Fifth avenue, to Market street, to Liberty |
stI eet to Seventh street, across Seventh street
bridgs to Church avenue, TO Cedar avenue, to
North avenue, to Federal street, passing IN re- |
view at the Diamond.
CoMRADE GEORGE BURROUGHS. of Post Al, |
who is the Oldest Grand Army man in Western |
Pennsylvania, will not be able to march in the |
parade and bear his old colors on Tuesday, but |
he Will turn out with the comrades IN carriages.
He was color bearer in the Sixty-tnird Regi- !
ment and was shot down at Malvern Hill; but |
he managed to save the colOrs, and has borne |
them on many notable occasions since the war. |
LEGION HALL. No. n Sixth avenue, head |
quarters OF Encampment No. /. Union Veteran |
Legion, Tomorrow night will be the scene Of |
very impressive ceremony. being the annual |
memorial services over their dead for the |
year previous. Eight of the old veterans have |
passed away Chaplain-in- Chief Rev. John A. |
banks will deliver the addre ), and the entire |
boy choir" of st. Peters Church will |
furnish the impressive music. The meeting |
will be open to all, and Notwithstanding the |
fact that notices have not been sent out, IL is |
expected large audience will be present.