Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-18
ANACOSTIA.

THE NEW GRAND ARMY PosT-The announce
ment that ali interesting program had been az
ranged for the formal installation of the officers
of the new ,hn A. Logan post, No. Is, GAR.
drew larg, audience to the Baptist church
last night. The exercises were opened
with prayer by Rev. Geo. Bowman, pastor of
the church, and the singing of America" by
the Glee club. The installation services proper
were then conducted in a most impressive and
efficient manner by Chief Mastering Officer
JAS. E. McCabe, the following being the new
officers who succeed those temporarily elected
Past commander, A. b. Frisbie; senior vice
commander, ID. L. Pitcher; junior vice COM
mander, G. F. Watson; adjutant, Alexander
Vangueder; quartermaster, JAS H. Dony;
surgeon. DIR. Turner TOrrey; chaplain, Rev. W.
G. Davenport; officer OF the day, ". II. Peck;
officer of the guard, W. Marden King; serg cant
major, L. j. Putnam, and quartermaster SER
geant, l.. B. Anderson. The Glee club sang
Take Your Gun and Co." and Senior Vice
Department Commander Pipes presented the
post charter in a few happy words of God speed.
Music and oratory were then turned on for the
rest of the evening, addresses being made by
Commanders Dinsmore OF Farragut Post and
Hendrix of Burnside, Past Commander Alton
of the local post, Post Commander Frisbie,
Senior Vice Commander Pitcher, Junior Vice
Commander Watson. Capt. Cutler of Phil
Kearny post, Senior '. ID. Com. Pipes, Chief
Mastering Officer McCabe and others. o. H.
Ross gave n recitation. A letter from Mrs. John
A. Logan expressing regret that she could not
be present, and stating that she had ordered
a flag for the post, was read, and Mrs.
NJ. X. Elliott of Lincoln corps, No. los, of Chi
cago who was introduced as the wife and
daughter of a soldier addressed the audience,
exhorting the ladies to organize a relief corps.
She paid touching tribute to the fire.
sides of America, closing with the SEN
tment 'The soldiers home" The music
was conducted by the venerable Prof. Messer
now nearly seyenty-nine old, who handled the
violin glbly young professor. Miss
Sadie Anderson and Mr.. Bryan presided at the
organ, j. w. BARLEY played the cornet, and in
the chorus were Messrs. Alpheus Dawson. Geo.
Watson, Geo. +. Pyles. Jno. Miles. c. s. Burr,
Mesdames j. b. Pitcher, Dony, Peck, Murray
and Gator and Misses Jennie Pitcher and Core
Etzler. The elegant Bible upon which the in
stallation ouths were taken vas presented to
the post by May H. Brady. The speeches
throughout were unusually happy. Messrs.
Hendrix, Frisbie, Alton and others touched
tender. patriotic chord end Capt. Cutler made
some felicItous remarks about this pretty sub
urb and the ladies that live here. Among other
termaster; Rev. Geo. H. Harris Frank b. VIII
son, B. f. Ross, Geo. ID. Graham Jno. A. Van
Doren, w. b. Pomeroy, Maj j. X. Magii and Z.
Il. Magii. The post membership will reach half
hundred al soon as transfer cards can be Be-
cured by veterans living here.
NorEs-Mrs. /. L. Halleck of the pension
Office in very sick ut the residence of M. John
Mclean ON Monroe street. where for several
years she has made her home.--The warm
weather has brought several peach trees into
bloom here and yesterday Mr.. Lew Redd
picked wild rose.--The cesspool ON Navy
avenue complained of by the citizens associa-
ton has been nearly filled with earth and the
nuisance thus abated.---Work is progressing
ON the street improvements.