The National tribune., 1890-01-23


Government; or IN other words, establish the sub
treasury of the United States in IL.
A Campfire under tho auspices OF Post No. 81
Philadelphia, on last Thursday night, attracted n
| large attendance of comrades.
Quartermaster- General John Taylor was formally
nominated on tuesday of last week by the Repub-
lcans of Philadelphia for the Office of Recorder of
Taxes. That lac shall be successful in his candidacy
Il the sincere wish of all comrades in the QuRk err
| City aud of your correspondent. Capt. Taylor has
sent moro comrades 10 Soldiers Homes than
any other man In this country, beyond doubt.
Comradc Louis r. Foftcscue has been appointed
Chairman of the Entertainment Committee of Post
No Philadelphin, and Past Commander Charles
! NJ. Belts, Secretary. |H.
large delegation of comrades visited Post No.
IL, ihilndepha, last week, aud presented the Post
with "a Grand Army record book. Mini. Moses Veale
made the presentation address. and William j..
| Kramer accepted the gift for the Post.
Past Commander Henry Mngnns and Quarter
master II. X. Hines, of The Naval Post have been
| presented by their shipmacs with handsomely
ornnmcnted canes made from timber of the old
iriEntc 81 Lawrence, which took an attractive part
M. Edgar Richards Post No sos Philadelphia
has been presented with beautiful silk Post flag
ana gnidons by Mark H. Richards and Miss Annie
~ richards brother aud sister of the comrade after
! whom the Post is named. An engrossed resolu-
| ton OF thanks will he rendered to the donors.
series OF entertainments will be given by Ellis
Iost NO o. germantown, during the week, from
| Jan. - to Feb. I.
Post No %. Chester will celebrate its sd ami
Versary on Jan. ~. Extensive preparations have
been made for the event Invitations have been
sent to all the Posts to participate in the ceebra-
| ton.
| On Jan. ~ Department Commander Stewart will
/ visit Post No. 3, Pisburg, and the following
night he will visit Post No 60, Monongnhela city.
a committee, consisting of II. Hansel, William J.
! Wells, t. l.. Ncimnn, G. w Shefiner, w. A. Rnd-
dnck, j.. Tinker and J. Lindsay has been appointed
by look Post, N0rristown to arrange for the at
| tendance of the Post at the Boston Encainpmcut
Lieut.. John Pollock Post No 2l7, Marion, is in
hfourishlng condition, with n membership of GO
comrades. u has q splenddy equipped hail. and
the comrades confidently expect to increase the
membership TO 100 during the coming year. Since
hsofSahzatiohln 1850 three Posts have been form
cd from IL.
Reno Post No. g. MontoursviIlc recently pre-
scented Dr. VIM. Hoclrig, the uewly-clcctcd Sur
gcon OF the Post with set of surgical instruments.
This Post is one of tho most prosperous of any in
INC department, having membership of about
400 comrades and spIendldIy fitted M hall
T. E L., Philadelphia The Cavalry Post. No. -,
has had during the past year unparalleled good
fortune Alter recovering from the fire of December,
laSS, the members went to work with "A deter
ininntion To make this Post one of the best i'm
| the Department, aud have added more than 30
comrades To the roll The cpmrRdes' wives,
sisters and daughters have formed an Auxiliary
Corps, which materially assisted the Post Ia its
last Menorinl-Bay ceremonies, besides presenting
u II beautiful stand Of colurs This Winter they
haV" reorghnized on n permanent basis, and ON the
evening ot Jan. gave their first hop at Industrial
Art li"Ii, which was well attended, nutwithstaud-
ing the prevalence of the Influenza in our midst
The Post officers were publicly installed on the
evening OF Jan. by Past Commander Chance Of
Post 1871, after which the gucsts wcrn RECALLED with
songs REGULATIONS, music, etc. TIL late hour. Much
mcrrincnt was caused by graphic description
81 The capture Of Jrf Davis by Coinrndc Caspnr
knobcl. uf Post 30, formerly 81 Go. 4. 9TH Mich.
Cav. who. according To tho records nf the War De.
paftmcut was tic first lay linuds ON the Prcai-
dent uf the Southern Conf,tlcracy Post No 30 is
always ready To receive into it, ranks veteran cav
altyms" as II - the oaIy recognized Cavalry Post
ia the country.
j. e., Scranton: Tho officers elect for the ycnr
ls'l Of Lieut.. Ezra : Griffin Post No I'D have
been Installed and the Cpmmnddcr Mai. T. w
Pehfc". who has heen reelected has appointed his
various committees for the year with excellent
Judgment, and good results VIII surris follow.
dtiiiiH Post IL 81 the most active in the state
it, members uniform aud vilint, workers and
arc always iHstituting some new scheme to adj
vance the interests al the Post. Fiye six years
RE" resolution was pgssod That when eomFadc
~ the Post lin good Htsutns) had or daughter
bnfh to him the Post should present him with
silver spoon engraved with y a. a Il badge ths
maine Rud number 81 iie Post and initials OF chds
haih7- ~" fo-t 'as pfozcat"d over six dozen
Spoons, and acquisitions are being flied every NOW
hnd then for one The comrades all sCrut deter
mined 20 procure To hand down la future gen.
oTailnus ia "a Hrncuio IS their good services to
Their country rt1cu she war. The Pos, Inns another
original sciirmo tbHt - attracting great deal OF
attention ID has enlarged to "a uniform size
with t" pictures 81 tic comrades 80 they appear
now their ltkcueass~ iu SFHr times Tie contrasts
ar very srikih a. the pictures hang npon tho wall
Tho Post is rapidly increasing iIs membership aud
Order.
John G. Dickey Post 40 .13 Of GrernyIJle has
received as gin from Comfadc l.. - Butntus Of
Washington. -. G., valuable historical ncmcnto
IN tic .apo OF u gavci flnde from portion Of the
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thanks to Cpucadc iiumpuz wAs passed
Tie following Posts have elected officers:
Reno. s. WiIlinnaport; Com VIM NJ Dafour;
=. Y g. John = Lciubach. !. V. G.. Ffedcrick
Graf q. NJ, 4. H. Christ. Surg. WIN. Goehrig;
Chap; NJ l.. Gansol .. D., Charles shcarcr; 0. g.,
Alien q. Dodd so. Proctor: Com Henry Zcg-
Ter, ;. Y. g., WIN. Place J V. g., James Warn;
Surg, A. Jnopby Chap. G lsightmiro; o. - j.
Newell .. g.. ~. u. harrington; q. NJ 3. II.
Schrcncr =, ". ". :. Bly,
Y. g., VIM. -. Mcdowell; J. V. g., John RiIing;
AdJt A, G, Hicks. q n, John 4. itudm,il; o.
D. oliver spoHster. .. g., j. T. Weston; Chap A. /
T. Heller surg, Joseph Reigle; q. NJ. ;, a. A.
Boxer O scrg't =. B Upton.
Lieut. > g. Potts o. Altoona Com. Harry
Painter; :. V. g, Adam Letke } V. G.. Hugh n
Mcclellan; Adi't g. T. Ap,htbangb: q NJ Theo
Renner; . ID, Wm. Conroy: @ G.. Samuel sngcr
Chap Hsnfy foni sGrg., William D. iisil; \ NJ,
h. H. Edwards
,. '. g. ; 9. Hh,d'eri j. v g., J, T.. Zimmerman
Chap. 4. w. staiey o D. :. r. AveriII; q NJ
9 T. straah; .. g. jacob Tyson q. NJ. ). W. b. |
Aoycr; = NJ. ". I. Wilson, Adjt T. A Reen; o. |
g. Josiah behl l. g., AbrHm Uunul,zt
knbisoH, -, Huzcton: Com. Nathan ghnrer:
s. Y g.. Joseph J. Williams: !. v o. John Krrier!
Chap, John Kemp; Adi't, VIM. II. shnfer: O. NJ
john Wicr: Surg, w X l0ngshorc. .. D. JOS |
Coboren: . O.. Thomas T.. Morgan; =. NJ. A. |
Cutler q NJ \, ChnTe- Rough.
David II. Stevens, b2D. Harrisburg: Com Mai i
w simpson; s. V. - William T. Lee; j. v q
teorRc Thomas; q NJ. Ephfalm Slaughter; Chan
richard shaw; o. D., Charles Dorsey; o. G. Chas
King Surg, james SpeHky.
j. n. NeG lOG. Strhusburg: Com T. r. shroy.
=. Y. G., W o. BAR; }. V. g., Allen Nick inncv
.. H., -. L. sides; Chap. David T. GrnH; Snrv
Samuel WitheTsf q NJ !. IL. Long; Adpt Jason
skelt0n; q. o., John T. ingram; /. o. Heulanln
Brown o. g., john Milihouse.
POTOMAC
The following Post has elected officers:
Garfield. 7, Washington Com. T.. A. Feuton. & |
V. g, II, L. Prince j. V. O.. Thomas Calver, o.
Al 4 IA Irf,t [t.Tt, A 4 Al.
Wagner o. c.. q. H. Nlchos AdJt Geo. Hiclen-
hooper.
TENNESSEE
The following Post has elected officers:
Buru-des ., Greeuyiile: Com. Wan T. Mitch
ell 5. V. g., John Gray J. V. c.. Cart Movers.
q. M, Gilbert Lannon's Surg, Mat RAIDER; Chan
William Self o. d., David Huili o. g., q. H. |
Broylcs.
VERMONT
The following Post has elected oalcera:
- .. Howard, B3, Ludlow: Com. John Y Uuia. |
trick; = V, G., Wnlter w. Fish j. v g., john |
Lombard; Adjt, Luther o. Weeks; q N r E |
lihthorni surg, Amos y. Bixby; Chap GhnrIe.
Ray; .. d.. N. NJ Tnrbel; .. g.. Daniel johnson.
>. NJ, ElwIn A, Howe; q. NJ, 5. john RIct,ownu
Brooks. IL. Montpelier: Com, B. A. McKenna:
>. V, O., H. u, Wedge j, v. O., q. H. Putnam; o.
NJ john q Newton; o. ID, William Canning; q |
g., John hirtell SURG a. }. Giysson; Chap, |
j, ". Warner, Morrisyillo; Com, A. 0. Gates, &
v q, George Cheney J. V, O., Austin wilkins:
q, NJ, John w. Danielsi Gimp, Albert A Miles,
surg George w. D"tyi o. H.. IL. ID. Gilbert; o.
g., l.. - French.
WEST VIRGINIA.
The following Posts have elected officers;
Holiday y, Wheeling; Com, Oscar seeley; s.