Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-20
Along the Line.


INSTALLING officers viii soon bs an.
nounced.
PosT will have an open Installation on
the first meeting night in January.
A MUSTER Is on the programme Of Post
l5l's meeting next Tuesday evening.
CoMRADE CHRIS WILBERT, Of Post l55, has
been very i'll but is now improving slowly.
Two more propositions for membership
were read At Post ss's meeting last Tuesday
evening.
The banquet to Departments Commander
Boyer at the Seventh avenue Hotel was Q
most enjoyable affair.
Posr So and the ladies' auxiliary will as
usual make happy the widows, orphans and
others in its province on Christmas.
A LARGE delegation from Post l57 after tho
meeting attended the concert given under
the auspices of the band at the Soho school
house on Thursday evening.
CoMRADE HENRY STAUDH. Chairman of the
widows and Orphans Committee Of Post
l5l is happy, now that he has everything in
readiness for the Christmas treat.
ALL the circles OF the Ladies Of the G. A. B.
in Pittsburg ana vicinity are busy making
preparation for the coming convention to
be held at Union Veteran Legion Hall, Sixth
avenue. in February next
To secure something with which to make
glad the hearts of the old ladies on Christ
mas the managers of the Ladies Of the G. A.
r. Home has requested penny collections
from all the circles, posts and camps.
Posr 3's meeting last Monday evening was
q large and interesting one. woapplicants,
Messrs. Holman and Daily, were elected to
membership. The post voted a handsome
sum toward the colored soldiers monument.
THE circular announcing the candidacy of
Comrade W. o. Russell for Senior Vice De.
partment Commander was sent out to all
posts In the Department by Post l5l last
week. Comrade Russell is the man for the
position and he will get it.
DKPARTMKNT PRESIDENT Of the Ladies of
the G. A. E., Mrs. Rachel Doran, desires all
departments officers, circle presidents and
ladies of the G. A. R. to meet at the hall, 81
Fourth avenue, Tuesday at 2 P. N. sharp.
Business OF Importance is to bo disposed Of
The Department. Encampment is now the
chief event before US in the near future.
From now on the Executive Committee will
meeting the greatest in the history of tho
PENNSYLVANIA Department. meeting of
the committee will soon be called.
Posr 2S6 lost comrade by death last week.
Comrade John Metz, who has been a men,
Der almost since the posts organization,
and we'll known throughout the city The
post attended in uniform the funeral on
Friday at St. Georges Catholic Church.
CoMRApE DR. BRYANT, the colored orator
and ex-slave, has been in the city for some
time soliciting subscriptions toward the
monument to the colored soldiers and COM
memorating the emancipation of the col
ored race, to be erected on the Worlds Fair
grounds at Chicago. number Of posts
have assisted in the matter. About S60, 900
has already been raised.
.Posr Il is making great success of it's
fair. The booths present a nice display,
There is dancing every night out Saturday,
when a grand stage performance is given.
The official programme is issued every Mon
day. 1t is quiet a feature. A penny collec-
ton box for the benefit of the Ladies of the
G. A. K, Home at hawkins station is promi-
nently displayed. Great credit is due the
General Committee for its faithful attend
ance and good management.
Posr l55 reveled in theatricals Friday
evening. The post met early, rushed