Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

Arthur Ward, the bachelors" Of Post 50, de-
| sire it said that the statement that all but
| one of the comrades of Post So are going to
take their wives to Detroit in no way refers
| to them.
"HAYs Posr G. A. R. BANp"f is being ad-
vertised by the post. The comrades expect
1t to be one of the finest bands in this vicir-
ity. 1t will accompany the comrades to De-
| troit. Prof s. Rocereto is the director and
| E. Aymar and II. A. Hausser are the leaders.
Art meeting of Post ISIS Detroit Club last
Tuesday evening, Comrades D. A. Jones and
| A. c. Frank were appointed committee to
see Colonel Sam Moody, of the Pennsylvania
lines, aDout transportation, rates, time OF
trains, boats, etc., and report at the next
! meeting.
THE Department President of the Ladies
of the G. A. R., Mrs. Rachel Doran, earnestly
requests all circle presidents and department
ofhcers to be present at the meeting next
tuesday afternoon in the hall, No. 81 Fourth
avenue, at O'Clock sharp. Business of i'm
portance.
JUNE 26, the day set apart for the first
anniversary of the Ladies of the G. A r.
Home, at Hawkins station, is near at hand,
and from / the outlook it promises to be q q
Managers will meet next Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock at No. 81 Fourth avenue.
CoMRADE JOHN STEVENSON, of Post 54s, VIII
kinsburg, was mustered out by death last
Friday. He was a Lieutenant in Company
B, Sixty-third Pennsylvania Regiment. The
funeral will take place to-day at P. M. under
charge of the post. Comrade Stevenson was
also member of Encampment No. 1,U.V. L.
CoMRADE D. A. JONES, of Post ISL after
weeks rest, begins to feel like himself again.
He was very nearly prostrated by two
months of arduous labor preparing for the
Little Recruit" ending up with a week on
the boards as Mr. Gordon. The management
child's play.
IT is understood that Post 206 has re-
quested Comrade Fred Buechlef, of Post 12S,
to respond to the presentation speech when
the Memorial Record volumes are deliv-
cred The eloquence of Comrade Buechler
is well known, and the colored comrades are
to be congratulated if they have secured him
for this important occasion.
THE seven largest Communicates of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion are as
follows: New York, 978 Pennsylvania, 9A
Ohio, 791; Massachusetts,, 7s4; California, 59S;
District of Columbia, 54S Illinois. AZ The
smallest is Washington with A. and the next
is Oregon with total of a. The order was
never more prosperous than at present.
Posr 155 is making great preparations for the
production of the "Hunchback" at Manner
chor Hall, Mt. Washington, and at the Bijou
Theater, on July 9 and 10. Comrade C. r.
Shepler is well pleased with the superb cast
and says that the scenery in the new hall is
not equaled in any theater in the city.
THE following Survivors Associations Will
hold reunions in Detroit during encamp-
ment week: National Association Of Ex-
Prisoners of War, August 5; United States
Veteran Signal Corps, August 5; Medal Of
Honor Legion, August 5 and 6; Comrades of
the Battle Field, August 5; Annual Conven-
tion of the National Association of Naval
Veterans, August 5, all day; Second Army
Corps Association, August g. Ninth Army
First Division, Third Corps, August 8; Regl-
lar Army Brigade of the Fourteenth Corps,
August 6; Fifteenth, Sixteenth Eighteenth
and Ninteenth United States Infantry, and
Battery H, Fifth United States Artillery,
August 6.