Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
Grand Army Notes.

| 'hAH Tor TANNER.
| AN addition was made to the roll of Post Is
Thursday night by muster.
| ARRANGEMENTS are being made by Post Is,
for holding big fair this fall.
SEVERAL members of Post 5s, of wilkins
burg. will attend the National Encampment.
Posr 157, at its regular meeting Thursday
evening, voted in favor of a Grand Army Day
THE Lamville Valley Veterans Association
will hold its annual reunion at Morrisville, VT.
on August IL andA
A MONUMENT to mark the place where Gen.
eral Reno fell on South Mountain has been
completed and will be erected soon.
PosT I55 is seriously considering the advisa-
bility of making itself a beneficial organiza-
| tion. 1t will very likely become one.
Posr 8 will hold its muster for the month of
August tomorrow night. This will be the only
meeting of Post during this month.
THERE is q report on the Southside that
First Sergeant Louis Hettinger, of Camp 4, 8.
of ", is about to become Benedict
CoMRADE s. M. DUvALL, of Post 15l with
his family. is away from home for the summer
and is enjoying the breezes of Mount Oliver.
ENcAMPMENr No. 4s U. v. L. is being or
ganized at Greenbuh. N. Y, and will be mus
tered August 20 by Colonel Commander Grit.
fifth.
A QUERY has come from several quarters in
the county as to who will be the candidate for
Department Commander from this county next
year.
8. of w., was surprised Monday evening by q
party of friends The devotees OF Terpsichore
enjoyed themselves.
THE National Commander Of the q. v. L..
General A. L. Pearson. will deliver an address
to the members of No. l3 at Erie ON the occa-
sion of their picnic on August &
ENcAMPMENr No. At u. ". L. will be mus
tered at Canton, Pa. by Department Com
mander Lawrence next week. The charter list
contains 40 names of old soldiers
COMRADES HueHEY MADISON and Henry
Cochran, Of Post l57, both regular attendants
evening Their official duties detained them.
A REUNION of the Second Pennsylvania
Heavy Artillery will be held at Chambersburg
Pa. September IL and II After the reunion
there will probably be an excursion to Gettys-
burg
THE action Of the committee having in
charge the Soldiers Orphans Schools OF this
State, in dong away with the syndicate schools,
is highly gratifying to the comrades In this lo-
cality.
CoMRApE THOMAS SWIFT, of Post 157, who
was formerly on the police force, has secured
the position of gateman in the new Fidelity
Title and Trust Companys building on Fourth
avenue.
JOHN voor, Quartermaster Of Camp 4 9. of
", returned from Conneaut Lake Wednesday,
where he has been on two weeks vacation.
The fishing camp he was At was we'll supplied
with fish stories.
ENcAMPMENT No. 6 Union Veteran Legion,
of Allegheny. have removed to their new hall,
corner Federal street and South Dimaond.
where they meet Friday evening instead OF
Mondaysas heretofore.
ESoEMPMENr No. la Union Veteran Le-
gion, Of Erie, will hold their second annual
picnic at the Head" on August 9 Adjutant
General Short, Chaplain DaDks, General Gal
lupe and others Of Nos. and 0 will be in At
tendance.
CoMRADE SAMUEL SCOTT, Of Post ss, II now
doing special duty In looking up stolen prop
erty and taking prisoners to the workhouse.
He has for some tune been at the once OF the
Ganewell system in Inspector McAleese's
Office in Municipal Hall.
THE Grand Army reunion at Mountain Lake
Park, Oakland, Nd, on Thursday, was great
success. The s@tepdanas yss very large. Com