Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-08
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PosT Isl, of the southside, will open their
fair at Salisbury Hall about October 15
LYsLE Posi- No. 12S, of Allegheny. have
already formulated their plans for attending
the national encampment at Boston in 1890.
COMRADES of the Grand Army should wear
their uniforms when visiting Gettysburg this
Feek and call at the Department camp during
their stay.
rroud in the parade at Milwaukee, and received
Enthusiastic recognition for their splendid
marching and soldier-like appearance.
CoMRADE GEORGE. 8. SHATTUCK, of Mead
,ille, Is urged by his friends for Senior Vice
department Commander next year. 1t would
lie merited recognition to an active comrade,
such as he is.
PAST CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WARNER was
the recipient at Milwaukee of a beautiful
e. A. R. badge inlaid with diamonds token
from the members of his personal staff during
the past year.
THE Society of the Army of the Tennessee
pill hold reunion at Cincinnati, O., on the
5th and 26th inst. Special rates have been
franted by the railroads for the occasion. and q
large attendance is assured.
THE continuance of Comrade William Nc.
Clelland, of Post 259, as the representative of
this department on the National Council of
Administration was a deserved compliment to
an earnest and active comrade.
COLONEL j. W. PATTERSON Posr l5l started
last night for Gettysburg where they go into
camp with the department, and the comrades
will attend the dedicatory services of their re-
spective regimental organizations
THE address of Past Commander in Chief
Warner before the Encampment in Milwau-
kee was replete with fine diction and interest
irrr foata md CHI ho ofr111r cal
every comrade of the Grand Army.
THE Exposition management have strongly
favored old soldier applicants in the appoint
ments of employees at the Exposition building,
for which many thanks are due to the gentle.
men composing the Board Of Management.
CoMRADE THOMAS w. BEAN, of Norristown.
will deliver the Grafton at the dedication of the
memorial tablet of the Seventeenth Pennsylva-
MIA Cavalry at Gettysburg on the lIth inst
Comrade Bean is an eloquent and impressive
orator
THE Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry will 90 to
Gettysburg on the special train VIA Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad, leaving the Union depot at 9
o'clock Tuesday morning. The regiment has
chartered Pullman sleeper and will have a
special car attached to the train.
ADJUTANT L. B. RICHARD, of Post liz, and
Secretary of the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves.
deserves the thanks of that organization for
his untiring labors to secure full attendance
of the comrades of that regiment at the un-
Yelling of their monument at Gettysburg.
THE reunion of the Society of the Army Of
the Cumberland will take place at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, on the 18th, 18th and Goth inst
A barbecue will be given by the local commit.
tee on the battlefield Of Chickamauga, at
which General Rosecrans will deliver an ad.
dress.
CoroNEI w T pArTrpso,r of pos+ 1s7
left Friday evening for Gettysburg to arrange
the details for the dedication of his regimental
monument the Sixty-second PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers. The comrades Of this regiment
will report for duty at the Court House at
Gettysburg, on Wednesday morning at o
o'clock.
THE summer encampment Of this department
opened at Gettysburg yesterday and will con.
tinue until the 18th inst. The attendance will
be large owing to the dedication of the Penn
sylvania monuments this week. A large and
beautiful camp has been laid out by the de-
partment officers for the accommodation of the
comrades. and a good time will be the result.
The difficulty which arose over the fact that
no official record was on file in Harrisburg
showing that the Seventy-fourth PENNSYLVANIA
Volunteers was in the battle of Gettysburg. has
been satisfactorily adjusted by Adjutant Gen.
eral Hastings finding that the omission oc-
Cured through error. The members of the or
ganization all received orders for transporta-
ton last week.
COLONEL w. 81. MOODY CIRCLE, Ladies OF
the G. A. R.. of Mount Washington, will give a
garden fete at the residence of Mrs. NJ. E.
Cargo, Belinda street, on Friday evening next
Post l55, G. A. R., has been invited and is ex.
pected to attend in body, as well as the South.
side and Allentown Circles of the Ladies' As.
sociatlon. The large grounds surrounding Mrs.
Cargo's house will be brilliantly Illuminated
and decorated with the national colors.
The honor of serving as Department Com.
mander next year is likely to fall to Major
Jos. F. nenniston. Of III, many comrades
throughout the State having already urged
him to accept the trust. Comrade Denniston
has for many years served the interest of the
Grand Army actively and consistently, and his
selection for the position would be UNANIMOUSLY
ipdorsed by the comrades of this county, as
they know of and appreciate his services in the
cause.
CoMRADE JUDGE SLAGLE, of Post 259, will
deliver the Grafton at the dedication of the
monument of the One Hundred and Forty.
ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which he
was a Captain. The regiment had engaged at
the battle of Gettysburg, 45O officers and men,
out which 6S were killed, l5s wounded and los
captured, making total loss of $50 men, or
TAX per cent. The killed and wounded
amounted to over so per cent, the killed alone
being over 15 per cent.
AT the reunion of Confederate soldiers held
at Higginsville. Mo-. ex-Congressman Crisp,
who was Confederate Colonel in the late war,
delivered an address in which he paid glowing
tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. and
referred in disparaging terms TO Jeh Davis. He
was ral1ed fore and aft by Bob Claiborne and
other Confederate notables who were present