The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-08
10y AL LEGION.
Celebration of the Twenty-fifth AnniVer
sary at PhiIadelphia.

sary Mt PHILADELPHIA.
On the 18th, 10th and 18th inst. will be
celebrated at Philadelphia the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States, which
was instituted on the 18th of April, 1865.
the memorable day which President
A braham Lincoln was assassinated, thus
making the order a living memorial to the
love felt by all true citizens, and especially
by the army and navy, for pure-minded
man, the chief Of the nation. whose aim in
life was the preservation intact of the
union Of the American States.
The Loyal Legion. is really the first
organization formed of veterans of the
Northern army and navy, antedating the
Grand Army of the Republic, very largely
built upon the plan of the Loyal Legion,
though the latter limits its membership to
veteran officers of the regular and volunteer
army, the navy and marine corps, and to
their first in the male line of Inheritance.
The order has been growing in numbers
during its twenty-five years, aud now con-
sists of commandery-ln-chlet with head
quarters at Phladelphia-the birthplace
and eighteen State Communicates, with q
membership of about 10000 companions.
OF these 5000 and their friends will be en-
tertained at Philadelphia by the Pennsyl-
vania Commandery, which has elected
committees as follows:
Reception - Galusha Pennypacker, II. NJ.
Hoyt, Lewis Merrill, W. ). W. Ruschen berger,
B. n. Benson, George Meade. William Brooke
Rawle, J. I. 5. Goblin, James w. Lalta, Robert
Nelson Robert Is. Beath and W. Cook.
TransportaIion-JoHn p. Green, John Cassels,
/. r. Wood aud c. S SIMS.
Decorations Edward L. Potter, John j. Read,
Richard ). Colum, w. Wallace Goodwin and
Lewis k. Hamersly.
EnterIaium nt-Frank D. Howell, PerslIor
Frazer and Richard IL. Morris
Hotel Managements-Henry c. Potter, Sylves-
ter Bonnalion Jr., John o. Foerlng George IL.
North aud Ii. ". Litteheld.
Programme and CeremOnies-jobn p. Nichol-
son, X. Dale Benson, William Ii. Lambert and
II. Ernest Goodman.
Invltations-J. William Holman, Charles NJ
Belts and Frederick Schober.
Finance-R. L. Patterson, L. A Hancock,
Samuel Goodman, Charles c. Knight and S.
Pless-H. W. Lituefeld, L. r. Hamers sly and
X. Dale Benson, Chairman; John p Nichol-
son, Secretary headquarters, 723 Walnut street,
Philadelphia.
The celebration will open on the 18th inst
with the meeting of the COMMUNICATIVE
Chief lii the rooms of the Historical SOcI-
ETY. and general sat home" in the annex
of the Union League House. In the even
ing the Academy of Music will be open at
80 O'clock when the Marine Band will
play till o'clock, at which hour the cur
tain Will rise and the audience will have
thr special assignment to report to BrIga-.
dier-General Lewis Merrill, Chairman of
Reception Committee: Companions Major
John Bigelow, DR.. W. II. Pancoast, l.. S.
Tiemann, James Hancock, John Biddle
Porter, +. Ii. Bell, L. <. Grugap, II. V.
Sickel, Samuel S. Hartranft, John Houston
Merrill, George E. West, II. L. Goodwin
and Jacob Davis. The reception on
We dnesday evening al the Academy of
Fine Arts will be another brilliant gather
ing, and the celebration one to be long re-
membered.