The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-12-03
FROM THE BAY STATE.
What is Going on Among The Veterans or tina

What il Going on Among The Veterans OF that
section.
The new Post at Willamstown will be Instituted
Dec TO- Post 4, Melrose will iunugurate n fair Dec.
10. Post &c northampton, VIII have neighbOT-
hood Campfire Dec. n. Department Commander
Smith aid staff and all the Past Department Conn
mandcrs have been invited to bo present.
A very enjoyable Campfire was That held by Post
1873, al WincAcndon. the 18Th inst. II was open 10
the public. aud ladies served the refreshments at
its close Department Commander Smith, A. A.
Gen. Moore and Inspector NCihcrbce were present
a. guests, their cloquence arousing much enthusi-
assn.
Post IC2, Turner's Falls, had loyal Campfire
the a0th, with tho stirring orRt0ry Of Department
Commander Smith, Senior Vice Commander
Churchill, Junior Vice Commander Hail. Past De-
parimcHt Commander Hcrscy Judge Advocate
Putnam. A. q. M.-Gen. Jewett, Inspector Wether-
bee, Chas Anthony. 81 g. 81 A.; Department Presi-
dent ~. r. Z. A. A. Wales aud her husband, Capt.
u. Reed Wales, to arouse the enthusiasm Of the
meeting. They did their duty noby aud every
body had good time.
Post 3, OF Taunton, is making elaborate prepa-
rRtiOus TO celebrate its 25th anniversary Jan. 3.
ia addition 10 The Department officers. the Com
mander-in-Chiof, John Palmer, is expected 10 be
present.
The City Of Somerville has done nice things in
us day but Il has never done anything wiser than
IL will do Nov. & when IL elects a. IL surely will.
that excellent gentleman and soldier OF splendid
record, Maj. William III. HOdgkins, n its Chief
Magistrate. lie will make an ideal Mayor. lie
served with the old Both Mass and on the staff Of
Cen. Fcrero, IN the Ninth CoH,s.
been spending fortnight la Boston, Of which he -
a native. The Majors service was Ia Pennsylvania
regiments the last being CUllis's llith ZUuayes.
One Il TIE best aud most transformations soldiers
Massachusetts sent TO kill rebels was Col. Armand
T. Minis who raised the "a Mass battery, which
later became flying battery. the only one from
Tie state, aud gave 10 Nims's battery record aud
n name conspicuous la the annals Of the war. At
the close Of his service la 1864 the Colonel came
home, resumed business al hs little drugstore on
Cambridge street, from which he is almost insep-
nrable leaving IL only 10 attend the annual meet
ing 81 hs old command. lie has always been a
man Of the most correct habits, Of a sweet and re-
firing disposition which has kept him out 81 public
Office, Il being dstAsictul 20 him. He Is beautiful
character whom his old veterans love Rs their own
father May lie be spared yet many years!
Grand Army rumor has IL that ComrRdc Wifred
A. Wetherbce D. In the hands OF his friends await
Ing through ticket TO glory VIA the chair Of the
Junior Vice Communicating OF this Department
His name before the Eucampncnt last year,
bat competition strong aud lively that he
fell just outside the breRstworlls. lie may have
better luck next time.
The Posts Of tlis section generally have resolved
themselves into committees OF ways and means to
secure lho necessary funds 20 pay expenses Of the
trip 10 Washington next year. Their various en-
tcrprises to tbs end are panuing out well.
Joseph B. Mctabe, who made 40 warm contest
for the office Of Commander in Chief Of the sons
Of Veterans last Fall. has accepted the position of
Chief Marshal 81 the fair 10 be given by the Ladies'
Aid Association in Music Hall, Boston, next Feb
ruary.-B., Boston.