Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
Along the Line.

PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsToH
took in the Mercer reunion on Friday.
CoxRADB j. B. Ross has presented to his
post, No 4so Bible, ballot box and gaveL
COMRADES REED AND GoErL1No have pre-
sentcd to Post 4sO two beautiful swords for
the altar.
A MEETING Of the Executive Committee has
been called for next Wednesday evening at
$50 o'clock at the pension office.
COMMANDER JOHN BROWN. of Post fes, and
Comrade Rosenthal of Post 54s, were visitors
at Post SO, last Tuesday evening.
COMMANDER Browns speech on the skillet
question was well received. 1t was deliv-
cred at the muster of the new post
Post 259 regular monthly meeting will be
next Tuesday evening. A good turnout is
expected as business of Importance is to be
considered.
"THE LITTLE RECRUIT" will be given under
the auspices of Post 54S, at the new Odd
Fellows Opera House, Williamsburg on
october %, % and "a.
THE provisional post that mustered Post
4sO was one of the finest ever gotten to-
gether. Comrade Calhoun, of Post 157, as
officer of the Day, is entitled to medal.
THE address OF William Holtzheimer,
Company K, Sixty-frst Regiment, Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, is desired by Comrade W.
H Lambert Rooms 2O7-S-9, Hamilton build
ing.
CoMRADE JOHN HUNTER was elected last
Monday night by Post 8, representative to
the Saturday and Sunday Association
Twenty-Five dollars was donated to the
ASSOCIATION.
A COMMITTEE Of comrades Of Post ISL is in
charge of Comrade w. o. Russells can
membership. 1t will soon be ready to send
out literature.
CoMRADE A. P. BURcHFIELD, of Post 162 is
President; W. H. Lambert, of Post 8, General
Secretary, and o. S. McIlwaine, of Post 157,
is Corresponding Secretary of the Gregg and
Morrison War Veterans Club.
THE house of Comrade D. A. Jones, of
Post 15l, was filed last Sunday by friends,
who poured in to find him laid up with q
dislocated knee-cap. Instead he was out
running races, visiting the sick, or some
thing or other.
LAST Tuesday evening a committee was
appointed In Post 151 to transcribe the indi-
vidual records for the memorial volumes.
Comrades Duvall, Buck, Sias, Dettis and
Shepard are the competent committee.
They are now busy with the big job.
A MASS meeting of old soldiers will be held
at Old City Hall on Saturday, October %, in
the interest OF Comrades Gregg and Morri-
son for Auditor General and Treasurer of
the State, respectively. All veterans are in
soldiers organization or not.
Posr 3s of Etna, will be formally pre-
sented with its memorial volumes next
Thursday evening. A pleasing programme
has been arranged. The friends OF the post
are cordially invited to be present. Arthur
Kirk will deliver the presentation address
and Judge F. II. Collier will respond.
PROBABLY the oldest Grand Army man in
Western Pennsylvania belongs to the new
post 4S0. He is Comrade James G. Moore.
Though too infirm to stand he insisted upon
being mustered with his post and was
brought in q carriage. The oath was ad-
ministered to him while he sat- which is
something very unusual.
LAST Sunday Post 236 and Circle No.
Ladies of the G. A. R., visited the Widows
Home at Hawkins station. 1t was the
largest delegation that has visited the Home
The party remained until evening. No min
lister was present anG Chaplain Bargesson,
The old ladies were highly pleased with the
yislt,of the comrades and ladies.
THE first regular meeting of the new post,
No. 4S0 was held last Monday night. Twen-
ty-four of the 27 comrades mustered we're
present. The post has II recruits to muster,
but will likely w. till larger hall can be
secured, as the Itsent one is too small. The
of these II have never belonged to
the Grand Army before. A committee was
appointed last Monday to look for larger
hall.
PosT 236's memorial record volume was
presented on Friday evening
7. e. Jones acted as Chairman.
Frank j. Gosser, Esq, on behalf of the
donors Judges Kennedy, Magee ana Ewing
made the presentation speech Commander