Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-15
Grand Army Notes.

| POST l6pS falr Will commence at SallSDurY
Hall, Southside, on October Is.
Posi- l55 was rendered reception on its re
turn from Gettysburg by the ladies of the g.
| A. r.
PosT will hold its regular monthly muster
tomorrow evening. During the muster the
| sclopticon views will be exhibited.
PosT 259 keeps up its good work Of muster.
| ing. Its gain in membership since the first OF
the current year is about 80 per cent
The Armstrong monument in the Allegheny
| parks will be dedlca ted on Thanksgiving Day,
November 2S, with imposing ceremonies.
AN evening paper at Boston tried to find out
who was the best known man in the Hub. 1t
| found that General Ben Butler was that man.
SATURDAY, October 25 will be Grand Army
Day at Reading Pa. A large number of posts
| in surrounding counties are expected TO partic-
| ipate.
HON. CHARLES E. GRIFFIN, of Indiana, was
elected Commander-in-Chief by the Sons OF
Veterans at their annual encampment, held at
Paterson, N. j., last week.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
the grand reunion of soldiers and sailors of the
late war and Sous of Veterans to be held at
Reading, Pa, on Saturday, September q.
THE Interstate Reunion Association of ex-
Union soldiers residing in Kansas. Nebraska
and Missouri will hold its first reunion at Camp
and 20.
A REUNION of Union and Confederate
soldiers was held at Ft. Worth, Tex, COM
mencing on Wednesday, September 4. 1t lasted
three days. Thousands of people were present,
and good time was had.
DUoUEsNE PosT No. 259 was well represented
at Gettysburg this week. About 25 of its
members were there, including Comrades Sla-
gle, Morgan, McClelland. Herbert, Ewing.
S0hr md n nnt mar
bers.
DURING the reunion of the Ninth Corps on
South Mountain Md. yesterday the Reno
monument was unveiled General o. B. Will
cox. United States Army, retired, delivered the
address. General Wilcox at one time COM
manded the Ninth Corps.
EVERY veterani in the country will be pleased
by the appointment of Judge W. c. Veazey to
the Interstate Commerce Commission. Judge
Veazey was prominent candidate before the
National G. A. r. Encampment for Com
mander-in- Chief, but he withdrew in favor Of
General Alger.
THE Society of the Army of the Cumberland
will hold reunion at Chattanooga, Tenn,
September Is, 10 and 20, the twenty-sixth ami
versary of the battle of Chickamauga. The
battlefield will be visited, and many prominent
generals on both sides will be present to take
part in the exercises.
COMRADES THOMAS j. GIsT and ]. T. Wells,
of Post SO, McKeesport left the city on Tues
day evening for Hot Springs, Ark. Both the
comrades are suffering terribly from wounds
received in the service, and by advice of physi-
clans go to the springs with hope of relief from
excruciating pain and torture.
The many friends of Comrade D. A. Jones,
who was injured in railroad accident while
returning from the reunion of his regiment at
Butler recently, will be pleased to know that
he is again back at his desk in the assessor
Office. He has nearly recovered from the acci-
dent, and his wife is also getting along nicely.
OF the l6 Past Commandersin-C Chief of the
G. A. R. four-Hurlbut, Logan, Burnside and
Earnshaw-are dead. OF the Is Past Senior
Vice Commanders-in-C Chief one-JOshua T.
Owen, who served in l868-is dead. OF the Is
Past Junior Vice Commanders-in-Chief three
William Earnshaw, George Bowers and W.
II. Holmes-are dead.
GEoRE H. THOMAS CIRCLE No. "a. Ladies
of the G. A. R., met at the hall, corner of Eigh-
teenth and Sarah streets, Southside, Thursday
evening AS there were quite number of
ladies present who had been absent Tor some
time at the summer resorts, and who but re-
Gently returned, the meeting was both large
and pleasant one. The circle is in prosperous
condition.
PENNsYLvAN1AgDAYs,l last Wednesday.and
Thursday, at Gettysburg. were duly celebrated.
Many monuments were dedicated. 1t was the
greatest occasion Gettysburg has ever known.
Over 60,COO veterans were there. There was a
great deal of rain, which seriously marred the
programme mapped out: but notwithstanding
this each veteran was, as rule, well pleased
with his trip.
CoMRADE GEORGE F. STEAHLIN, of Or
wigsburg, Pa, Secretary of the Seventh Penn
sylvania Cavalry Association, announces that
all the details are complete for the reunion of
that organization at Danville, this State, on
October % and % next. Many of the COM
rades of that regiment reside in the western
part of the State, and can well feel proud of
the record of the famous Seventh horsemen.