Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
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very low at his home on Orchard street, ALLIE
| gheny.
CoMRADB THOMAS J. JONES, Of Post 2ss.
| has been elected member Of the Central
| Board of Education.
| A PLEASANT open installation was that Of
Post LII last Tuesday evening" A good pro-
gramme was rendered.
Posr2l5s fair commenced last night and had
! an auspicious opening. Post IS will visit the
fair in a body some night this week, probably
| on Thursday night.
KNAPP's BATTERY will hold reunion and
banquet at Cyclorama Hall. Allegheny, next
Thursday evening. All comrades and their
| families are invited.
COMMANDER HoBURa, Of Post 157, COM
menced his administration bv mastering in one
| of the oldest pressmen in the city, Comrade
| William WisemaD, of The DISPATCH.
CoMRADE LAFAYETTE, the jolly 800pound
| chaplain of Post 2O6, has been suffering for
some time with pneumonia, but was at his post
Friday night as jolly as ever.
In few days Comrade D. A. Jones. OF Post
Isl, will send to the Quartermaster General
the list of headstones, which is about complete.
| There are about go on the list.
| T. @. CALHOUN, o. d., and Tommy Ter
| rank, o. G., of Post 157, took as naturally to
| their duties in the muster Of Comrade WISE
man last Thursday night as duck takes to the
water.
PHILADELPHIA exchange says that q
| prominent Philadelphia comrade will likely be
| chosen Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army
| at the National Encampment to be held In
| Detroit in August.
Posi- 155 took great interest In the benefit
to Miss Edith Smithson on Mt Washington on
Thursday and Friday evenings. Miss Smithson
| Is soldiers orphan. All who heard her recite
| were delighted with her.
n,
its annual reunion at Penn Incline Hall. Gar
field Circle No. Is, ladies of the g. A. R.. has
kindly volunteered to assist, and the members
| are determined to help make the affair a sue
cess.
GUIDE Jim" LONGS series Of lectures on
the Battlefield of Gettysburg" given last
week under the auspices of Post H. were very
successful. Good audiences were present at
each of the three lectures, and were very much
pleased with Comrade Long.
MCPHERSON WoMAN's RELIEF CORPS No.
gu, auxiliary to Post No. liz. East End, will
hold public installation of officers on next
Friday evening in Elbe's Hall, Penn avenue
opposite the Fifth avenue car station. Promi-
nent comrades of Post III and other posts of
the city will make addresses.
On the first Friday of February Post 208 will
leave its old barracks and move into a brand
new hall on Arthur street, to be known as
Florence Hall. The members intend to have a
house-warmlng, and will invite all the posts in
the county to come in and take something.
Step out, boys, and give Post 206 a boost.
PosT 230's officers were installed last W Wedpes-
day evening by ComIade x. 8. Rees, of Post
Isl. Visitors were present from Posts 8, Al, l57
and 256. Short speeches we're made by Com
rades Lambie. of Post 8; Ell. b. Bengough and
Bernard Coll, of Post 157; Charles Grantz. of
Post 206. and John N. Taylor, W. 4. Ford,
George It. McCord, A. NJ. Kennedy and John
Harvey of Post 2S6.
THE public installation of the officers of Post
153. at CHARTERS, took place Thursday evening.
An excellent programme was arranged for the
evening. Handsome gold-headed canes were
of the retiring Commander. T. E. Morgan, to
Comrades L. H. Walter, Daniel Bowman, Will
lam Snyder and Reese Evans, for their faith
full work for the post during the past year.
CoMRADE EDWARD FISHER of Post 5. In
stalled the officers of Post 259 last Tuesday
evening in a very creditahle manner. A large
delegation from Post was present and num-
roomful. Commander Lambie, of Post g. and
Comrade McIlwain, of Post 157. delivered ad.
dresses which were enthusiastically received.
Chaplain Riddle and Comrade Judge Slagle.
of Post 259, spoke very Interestingly. Others
spoke well.
THE Farragut Association of Naval Veterans
was organized in 1866. and is the oldest assocla-
tian of the Civil War veterans in the United
States. its membership was originally confined
exclusively to survivors of the Gulf Squadron,
but it has been found necessary to admit to its
ranks naval veterans with honorable record of
service in other squadrons The annual reunion
will be held in PHILADELPHIA on the twenty
ninth anniversary OF the capture OF New
Orleans, April "a.
A MEETING of the wives of members of En-
campment No. l will be held on next Thursday
evening at the residence of Mrs. George W.
Hughes, No. 169 Beaver avenue, Allegheny, Pa.
The letter received from the adjutant of the
encampment will be discussed. The reception
tion will be decided upon. Wives of soldiers
who are eligible to membership In the U. V. L.,
but who are not members, are invited to unite
with the new organization.
SECTION q of general orders No. II, from
Department Headquarters reads: In compll-
ance with the action of the Department En-
campment, held at Shamokin, February IL and
II, 1890, comrades ]. Fletcher Conrad, of Post
No. /; Robert B. Wallace. of Post No. 81, and
w. II. Redheffer, of Post No. 2, are appointed
committee to confer with a similar committee
representing the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, in the matter of the establishment of a
free library and museum.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsToN
ana Comrades John w. Moreland. of Post l5l
and o. NJ. Head, of Post 259, went to the open
installation of the officers of Post 16S at Gas
tonville Wednesday evening. Comrade Hart,
of California, was the installing officer. A
large delegation from Post go, of Monongahela
city. was present. fter the Installation and
speeches enjoyable musical and literary
entertainment was given and fine collation.
served by the ladies of the auxiliary.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER DENNIsToN in
general orders No. II, gives this information
relative to the Department Encampment to be
held at Altoona. February "a and 25. Depart
ment Headquarters will be established at the
Logan House. The following hotel rates are an
nounced: Logan House, 81 90 TO S. per day;
Brandt House. 81 so to 81; Central Hotel 81 So;
Arlington Hotel. 81 50; st. Lawrence Hotel
81 80; Globe Hotel, 81 so; Benin House, 81 so:
Seward House, 81 25; Merchants Hotel, 81 25;
White Hall Hotel, 81 %; Franklin House. 81 25.
Sons of Veterans.
CAMP As hustlers have set themselves to
work TO place their camp in the front rank this
year.
THE boys of Camp S3 who went to McKees-
port on Thursday evening report that they were
handsomely entertained by Camp l27.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL II. III. REBELE, &C.
companied by delegation from Camp S3. went