Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-11
This post holds services and decorates at the
CHARTERS Cemetery.

This post holds services and decorates at the
CHARTERS Cemetery.
PosT 3 at its last meeting made donation to
the Department of Georgia. in response to an
appeal for aid in decorating the graves of
Union dead in that State.
Posr 597 has been added to the Department
of Pennsylvania. 1t is located in Luzerne
county. Department Commander Denniston
granted the charter on Friday.
CoMRADE JUDGE COLLIER will deliver the
address at the unveiling of the Allegheny Posts
monument at Hilldale Cemetery on Memorial
Day. The dedicatory service will be very In
teresting.
Sam BLACK PosT No. SO. McKeesport has
made elaborate arrangements for Memorial
Day. The Burgess and Council, Board Of Trade.
school Board and school children will take part
In the parade.
POST Al will attend church on the Sunday
morning preceding Memorial Day at the Fifth
avenue M. e. Church. where chaplain Mc,
Gu1Te, who is a comrade Of that post, Will
preach an appropriate sermon.
POST Il was inspected Last Wednesday even
Ing by Comrade o. M. Head, of Post 25s. The
inspection was very creditable, all the officers
doing well. Commander Ross was highly COM
pllmented. The muster was faultless.
AT its meeting Thursday night, Post l57
made donation toward the decorating of
Union graves in Virginia, under the direction
OF Kearny Post of Richmond. and one toward
the same object in Georgia, under the direction
OF the Department of Georgia.
PosT 157 was inspected last Thursday even
ing. by Assistant Inspector at Large George ).
Fulmer. The meeting was very interesting
independent OF the inspection. Much interest
was taken in q warm discussion of pension
legislation. The full choir under the direction
Oh Comrade x. s. Rees. made some good music.
A TELEGRAPHIc report of the placing in po-
sition of the statue to General Robert E. Lee
ended with these words: "AlI the trucks were
handsomely decorated with pictures of Gen
eral Lee and flags of the Southern States, while
mere and there Confederate battle dag doated
to the breeze"
Posi- will be inspected tomorrow evening
by Assistant Inspector at Large George A. Full
mer. of Post LII. Commander W. F. Speer
earnestly requests all members to assist in sus-
Galnlng the well-merited reputation OF the post.
In connection with the inspection there will be
muster. in which the stereopticon WILL De
used, rs usual.
NCHAPMAN CIRCLE No. 90, ladies Of the g. A.
r., has Deen made the happy recipient Of
very fine portrait of Captain Charles W. Chap
man. the doner being Comrade Word of the
and received on behalf of Circle No. 60 by the
department President, after which refresh
ments were served.
The Soldiers Orphan Commission has fixed
the following dates for the examination of the
pupils in the various orphan schools: White
hall, May N; Butler, June 18 and IT; Union
Mount Joy. June 2S and "a; Northern Home.
June 20; Hartford, June a and e. The schools
will close June 30.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsToN's
order announcing his staff appointments was
issued last week. Those from Allegheny county
are as follows: w. 81. Lambert, Post 3; r. l.
Orr, SS; Thomas g. Sample, 12S; John G. sias,
Lapsley, 1Sl, Braddock; ]. B. Holmes, 2s9,
Springdale Other staff appointments will be
later.
Posi- ISIS arrangements for the Memorial
Day services in the Oakland and Minersville
cemeteries are well under way, but the pro-
gramme has not been completed. The general
service will be conducted at the Oakland Gem
etery. The post will then be divided into three
sertions. One will decorate all the soldiers
graves at the Oakland burial place. one at
Minersville and one at the German Catholic
Cemetery. The post firing squad will fire q
salute at each Of the three cemeteries.
CoMRADE DR. SAMUEL RUSH HAVEN died
suddenly at Chicago last Monday of paralysis. |
He was a comrade distinguished as a physi- |
clan and surgeon, with worldwide reputation. |
He went out with the first troops from Illinois |
Is brigade surgeon under General Grant. He |
was successfully promoted to division corps |
and general surgeon in the Army of the Poto- |
mac and served on the staff of Generals Heint- |
zelman, Hancock and Grant. He was born in |
Sheridan, Chautauqua county N. Y, in 1927.
THERE is quite a scramble for Assistant
Librarian Of the new library in Allegheny
Among the applicants is Miss Belle Oxley, a
laughter OF the late ]. R. Oxley, former we'll
,nown g. A. r. man of Post s. J. H. Steven
on. Captain of Relief No. s. M. P. @. Ia soldier
rganization), Is pushing the claims of Miss
)xley. He says: "The young lady is perfectly
Competent; was born and raiseQ in Allegheny |
,ity; is the daughter of a splendid soldier, and
he ought to receive the appointment Many
MEMBERS OF Post IS and the M. P. G.'s are
nxious for this as a recognition of the soldier
lement."
Posi- 60, of Monongahela City, is making ar
angements for Decoration Day with its usual
are for all the details. 1t is hoped that the
Mechanics, both orders. headed by
be uniformed rank, and the military company
'ill join in with the parade. All the old
odiers of the vicinity, of whom there are
bout ITO, will be invited to accompany the
ost. The post will attend divine service at
he Methodist Church, on the Sunday evening
rior to the 30th, and Rev. Comrade Riley viii
reach the annual memorial sermon. Chill w.
iazzard will deliver the Grafton on Decoration
Jay. The usual committees will be announced
bon, and the entire programme determined
pom.