Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-11

NoteHs
Posr le2 holds its regular muster every meet
ing night.
A NUMBER of members of Post IS will 60 to
both Milwaukee and Gettysburg.
THURSDAY nights meeting of Post l57 was .
large one.' The regular muster took place.
THE Northwestern Association, G. A. R. of
Pennsylvania, will begin its sessions at Green
vile on the Goth inst.
In addition to the delegates it is estimated
about 100 comrades of Philadelphia win 60 to
the Milwaukee Encampment,
THE Union Veterans Union will hold its
annual convention at Detroit for three days,
beginning on Wednesday, August 2l.
MANY of the comrades of the Grand Army
in Pittsburg are actively engaged in preparing
for a trip to either the encampment or to
Gettysburg.
CoMRADE JAMES CHALrANr, of Post go is
lying very i'll at the West Penn Hospital He
saw service in the Mexican War as well as in
the Rebellion.
DURING the National Encampment the De-
partment Of Missouri delegation to Milwaukee
will act as the personal escort to Commander
in-Chief Warner and staff.
CoMRADE SHERIFF. of Encampment No.
U. v. l., will leave for the Pacific slope next
week, and will muster In an encampment Of
the Legion at San Francisco.
of Indianapolis, Ind, Assistant Mastering Off,
Ger of the U. v. L., reports an encampment
nearly ready for muster in that city.
CoMRADE JACOB BECKER, of Post So it is
feared, will not live long. He has been sick
long time; was stricken with paralysis and sub
sequently became blind. He lives at Mans
field, Pa.
THE surviving members of the Sixty-third
PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers. Colonel Alex. Hays,
all 60
evening to conclude arrangements for trip
to Gettysburg.
THE Versailles Cemetery Board has donated
to the G. A. R lot in that cemetery l30I40
feet. The old soldiers are now preparing to
erect a 81 900 monument to the memory of their
fallen comrades.
THERE is concerted action among Grand
Army men in different departments to secure
a return to some of the forms of the old ritual.
The matter will be presented to the National
Encampment
THE many friends of John Forster. of Post
IS and Encampment No. !, q. V. l., will be
pleased to know that he has been appointed to
a good position as special officer at the West
ern Penitentiary.
SATURDAY, October Is will be celebrated in
Reading as Grand Army Day by the posts of
Eastern Pennsylvania. 1t is expected that at
least 1000 Grand Army men VIII take part in
the exercises Of the day.
GENERAL JOHN P. 8. GOBLIN, State Senator
from Lebanon county, will deliver the address
on the occasion of transferring the work Of the
Gettysburg Monument Commission to the Bat
tlefield Committee, September IL.
CIRCULAR No. ], in reference to who are and
who are not entitled to free transportation to
Gettysburg has been issued by Adjutant-Gen-
eral Hastings. Time and space forbid o de-
tailed account of Its contents this week.
liz reference to the controversy among West
ern departments as to the railroad rate to Mil
vaukee. Adjutant General Mccormick says:
Pennsylvania and are not In any hight"
JOHN HOMER, Company II, Forty-sixth
PENNSYLVANIA. would like to hear from any Of
comrades of his regiment, not having seen or
heard from any of them since the war. He Is
now at the Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kan.
THE eight Western Department Command
ers have issued circular No. to their depart
ments, in which they renew their counsel to the
comrades to remain away from the National
Encampment unless the railroads make sat
isfactory rate.
WHILE performing his duties as one of the
commission for buying the Cherokee lands
General John +. Hartranft was taken very III.
He was compelled TO return from Tahlequah to
his home in Philadelphia. He will not be able
to resume his duties for two weeks at least
AT the end of the second quarter Of 1859 the
gain in membership in the Department Of New
Jersey for three months was 45l, making total
enrolment Of S,001. There were lost by death
leaving the number in good standing at liza
THEiast National Encampment authorized
the purchase Of suitable testimonial for Past
COMMANDMENTS Chief Rea. The committee IN
charge, John Taylor and Robert B. Beath, has
selected a silver service, costing 500 1t will
be presented to Juuge Rea ar the Milwaukee
Enca,apmeat.
TwENrxsrx beautiful bound standard works
were added 70 the library Of Encsmpmsns No.
], q. v. L. lass weak. The boys take great
pleasure IN their lovely parlor, and every after
noon and evening some Of them can be found