Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-16

Department Commander J. F. Denniston has
| issued from his headquarters northeast corner
Tenth and Chestnut streets, PHILADELPHIA. Gen.
| eral Orders No. Q. He announces encouraging
| reports OF progress from all over the State
Applications for two new posts have been made.
transmitted with the general orders are the
blank forms for adjutants' and quartermas.
ters' reports. These officers must see to it that
their reports 'are all in readiness to forward to
headquarters Immediately after the close of
the last post meeting in March,"
continuing the general orders read:
Ill In compliance with the requirements of the
act of Assembly approved the 10Th day of May,
1859 entitled, IAN act to provide for the con-
tinuance of the education and the maintenance
of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers
sailors and marines; and the destitute children of
permanently disabled soldiers, sailors and marines
OF the State, " and which provides for a commits
SION 10 take charge Of all children in the Soldiers
orphans schools, ,, part of said commission being
committee OF five honora5ly discharged soldiers.
members Of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be
appointed by the department. Commander of the
department OF pennsylvania. q. A. r., the De-
partment Commander hereby appoints Past De-
partme Commander Thomas j. Stewart a mem
per Of said committee, to I'LL the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Comrade A. e. Reinoehl, of
KIN. the committee to whom was referred the
Commander,s address reported a resolution that
Commander of the Department., whose duty it
shall be to prepare and present to the retiring
OF his love and his work herein. In compliance
herewith the following comrades are hereby ap-
pointed on said committees: G. Harry Davis,
POST NO. L; II. II. Bengough, Post No. I57; George
u. Boyer Post No. IS; A. NJ. DuFour, Post No.
64, and ID. ). Mcclure, Post No. II.
". In compliance with resolution presented by
Past department Commander j; 2. s. Goblin. and
adopted by the encampment at Shamokfn, the fol-
loving loving me members are hereby appointed COM
mittee TO take into consideration and act for
TINS department in all matters emanating from the
various ladies' associations of this State and re-
port to the next annual encampment:n Past De-
partment Commander J. T. S. Goblin; A. z.
Burchheld. post No. l62; John r. Oursler post
ment Commander Chill W. Hazard.
.,i "; me printed proceedings, of the Twenty
tnird National Encampment, held at Milwaukee,
WIS, August 20 and 80, 1889, now ready for
distribution. and Will be transmitted to Post Com
manders, who will place them with the records
and other books OF the post,
VII The following discharge has been handed
In TO these headquarters: Frederick Schneider
private GO. q, First Regiment Pennsylvania Re-
serve Light Artillery.
VIII. The following changes in names of posts
nave been approved: Post No. 241 has adopted
name of d. ": Taggart; Post No. 2S6 has changed
name to Captain Samuel Campbell: Post No 3Os
has changed name to William Armstrong and To-
cation to Shilocta, Indiana county and Post No
81 has adopted name of Captain Charles Mitchell,