Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27

bullet hole in the right lapel of the cape, which
was put there as the cape few up from his
1854.
IN general orders No. 8 Commander in CHIEF
Alger announced Comrade w. n. Saylor, OF
Portland. Ore, and Comrade Horatio s. How
ell, OF Helena, Mont, as members Of the Coun'
Gil OF Administration for their respective de-
| partments.
THE members of Post who desire to have
their likenesses in the group now being made
oy photographer Mahan, and who have not yet
nao sitting, are requested to attend TO the
matter Immediately. The group will be closed
| up next month.
CoMRADE JAMES FORD, who was buried
last thursday afternoon was member OF Posi-
a. de served with the One Hundred and
second pennsylvania Volunteers. His death,
Inougn expected, caused a great shock to MS
very large circle Of friends and comrades.
In General Orders No. 8, from National Head
quarters, were the following: By special or
der issued August 16, 1859, South Carolina was
attached to the Department of Georgia; tne
department OF Colorado is hereafter TO De
known as The Department of Colorado and
Wyoming"
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, son OF Little
Mac" the commander of the Army Of the Po-
tomac, is treasurer of the Brooklyn Bridge
Company, at salary OF 81 900 year. He is a
graouate OF Princeton College, and was Tor
some years reporter on a New York newspa-
per. de Is 26years of age.
COLONEL CHILL w. HAZARD, of Stark
weather Post No. go, G. A. R., introduced a
resolution at the last meeting indorsing the
candidacy of Major Joseph F. Denniston for
department Commander. The resolution was
unanimously adopted and is highly comph-
mentary to the gallant Major.
IT is said that in Company C, Fiftieth Penn
sylvania Regiment there were Is rairs of
brothers, three trios and two quartets, two
fathers and sons. six first cousins and two step
brothers. They were all from Schuylkill
Haven at the time of the war town of $500
inhabitants. wonderful aggregation.
EIGHTY of the cavalry riders who followed
Custer during the war held their first reunion
at Lansing, Mich. on last Wednesday. They
are the survivors of the Michigan Cavalry.
Prof. Thompson, of the Michigan University
read history of the regiment and incidentally
OF the entire Custer brigade. Governor Luce
delivered an address.
A MEETING of the National Advisory CON-
mittee on the State of the Legion, and also the
National Committee on Pensions of the U. V.
L, will be held in this city on the afternoon of
november II, to make arrangements for the
coming \ atlonal Encampment and to take such
action In relation to pension bills as may be
brought before the committee.
LETTER has been written by Franklin NJ.
Drew, Commander of the Department of Maine,
to Ex-Governor Cornell of New York, a mem
Der oil the Grant Monument Committee ask
ing his approval of a plan to raise money for
the monument by means of memorial volume
containing history of the civil war beside
brief biographies of participants.
THE reception room of Encampment No.
U. V. l., is filled every night by old soldiers.
The library has all the best military works
printed, beside large number of miscellaneous
DOCKS number of fine pictures adorn the
walls, and everything is made as pleasant as
possible. This encampment now has Sls mem.
bers in good standing on the rolls
A COMPLIMENTARY testimonial will be given
to Rev. Colonel John A. Danks, at Veteran
Legion Hall, No. n Sixth avenue, on wednes-
day evening next. The Colonel will deliver his
lecture on Gettysburg, and the Lewis Quartet
VIII have charge of the musical arrangements.
VI course the meeting is open to the public and
q large assemolage of the Colonel's old friends
Is anticipated
THE following named comrades were an
nounced as the Executive Committee of the
National Council of Administration in general
orders No. 8: William McCIelland. Pittsburr.
Pa; II. d. Reade, Evanston, Ill.,; BENJAMIN
Starr, Richmond, Ind; o. H. Coulter. Topeka,
Kan: Nelson Cole, st. Louis. Mo-; T. s. Clark
son, Omaha. Neb.i William s. Pillsbury Derry
Depot, n. II. In the same order the following
comrades were re-apponted as members of the
renee, Mass; John s. Kountz Toledo, O.;
Luciuse Fairchild, Madison, Wis; John W.
Burst, Sycamore, ILL.,: Richard w. Blue, Pleas
anton, Kan.