St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-15
GRAND ARMY NEWS.
Encampment of the Department
of Minnesota, G. A. r., for 1891.

Encampment of the Department
of Minnesota, G.. A. r., for 1871.
On Tuesday, Wednesday ana Thurs
day, Feb. II, IS and 10 of this week, the
Department of Minnesota, q. A. r., Will
meet in this city at the Newmarket the
alter, with department headquarters at
the Windsor hotel. Comrades keeping
house can accommodate visiting MEN,
berS and delegates by opening their
doors and Offering sleeping facilities TO
the same. while those who are "batch-
ing'' it will share their beds and blank
cts and make the Old vets feel at home
generally. 1t is the proposition OF the
local fraternity to have their knapsackS
unstrapped. their haverSacR5 unbuckled,
their canteens uncorked and the latch
string hanging out loose when the boys
come to town.
Considerable business Of Importance
is to be transacted at the coming en-
campment, including the annual cleo
tionS. The present senior vice, Comrade
G.. ID. Parker, of Acker post, will be put
forward by the comrades OF this section
and he appears to be the fayorlte gen
orally among the fraternity throughout
the state and department.
i
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. g. 1S91.-Charles j.
Stees. commissioner for the burial of de-
ceased soldiers in Ramsey county, MIMI
Dear Sir: Alta meeting OF the board OF man
agement of the Lutheran cemetery, Jan. +,
1891, plat of ground in block 20. containing
lots 1, Z, b. Il, Is and IL, and having meas
urement of 80 feet by "a feet was donated TO
the Grand Army of the Republic of Ramsey
county, Mimi. for the burial of all deceased
soldiers who may die in this county. This
.Tlo,xt fNf.N nft,pi 40
WILLIAM LINDEKE, President.
j. Ii. STAEHLE Secretary,
II. Ii. SCHROEDER, Manager.
Nn addition to the above, the trustees
of the Oakland and Calvary cemeteries
each donated a plat of ground In their
respective cemeteries Of like proper
ton and capacity, each averaging sixty
graves, so that in the three cemeteries
the veterans have about from ITO TO $50
graves to bury their dead, for all OF
which they feel deeply grateful to, and
highly appreciate the kindness of the
gentlemen comprising the management
of the various cemeteries named, and
more particularly Gen. j. w. Bishop,
Archbishop Ireland and William Lin
deke.
Since Memorial Day, 1883, from 100
to 200 headstOneS for Union soldiers
graves have been placed in the differ
ent cemeteries in and around st. Paul;
and thirteen soldiers of the late war
have died apd been buried at the ex-
pense of the state of Minnesota III this
county since July 1890. Acke1 post. of
this city, has lost two members within
the month. Comrade Fred Siebold, Com
pany B, Twenty-sixth Wisconsin infant
try, and Comrade Anton Roll, Company
q, Sixth Minnesota infantry, while a
like mortality has affected the other
three posts of this city. Thus is the
Gordon of death being gradually drawn
tighter and closer and the circle grow
ing smaller day by day as the death
rate increases and the veterans are
mustered out, until, in a very short
time, the soldiers of the late war will
be regarded with as much interest and
| in the same light as were the veterans
| of the War of 1912 short time back.