The National tribune., 1891-11-19
POTOMAC,
What Is Going on Among the Veterans OF that
NpptioU.

What il Going on Among the Veterans OF that
section.
Enron NAuoSAL Tribune: Grand Army gossip
S. tli- Department D. beginning TO busy itself tu
discussing tie probable succession 10 TIE Once OF
DcpHri meut Commander. Senior Wee Churchill, OF
Post lO Worcester. now occupies second place.
Tile only name thRt your iTiD-pundent has heard
mentioned a. possible competitor b. that Of Judge
a. a. Putnam, Of IKbridEe, the present Judge
Advocate Of tile Department The vets are not as
camOro4s for office to-day they were a few wears
ago, when there were ball dozen aspiring
aud persUiTing candidates ready 10 be saci liced
on the Hiinr Of service Co fheiT comrades They
are growing cooler Hud more retiring. Tile Civil
Service iaea Has iHllgu such deep root iu filing he
FIRST three places. that this D. largely responsible
Tor tlte les-eniug Interest lu ollice-holdmg. Many
object 60 tlls promoting through tie grades One
veteran expire sed Go me within "a week his strong
opposition 20 o. ia tle natural order OF events
there will be- about % more Commanders ol tlis
Department he said. As we are going now just
% more comrades will OCCUPY the three highest
Offices, let tIe hoHurs pass along, say, and lel
% men enloy Them, promoting uo one from either
Junior office. Give al the boys Use privilege
Of enjoying these high offices. On this topic the
writer bias nothing 60 Say, confident however, that
in the future o. in Tie pst ihe Department viii be
well ANA ably served.
ID WISE inspection o. igli with Post G. Newton tie
OH. COmIadc sawIu, Post 49, Boston, was the lB-
Epect0r. His task easy one. Commander
Nwceiiand bad biz command in an excellent state
OF discipline. When called into line only one pair
Of Government shoes lTwchelI'- were found with
the hreiE unpo.irlcd. Do b. something new for
Inspector 20 require al. tie blouse collars Of Post
turned uu. bus BOB ta Instance nothing WUs found
beneath 10 excite tie slightest suspicion 0r alarm
lu inspecting quarters tte officer was disposed 10
fnd fault with GOmrHds Bradshaw, who 0H hear
sag tHe assembly sound. hastily pat his clipper VI
coffee undlF hi5 bunk and covered b over with an
abandoned army sock but this is not au Orgi-
nal scheme with Tie versatile Bradshaw. Gen.
Core relates that one duzz.y might during the
Atlanta campaign Gen. Sherman had established
Die headquarters in tie woods and built his
campfire under "a fringe of overAauEiuE shruDbcry,
U- d d.. H. A.. H.
called away iUr few minutes during which a
EtrHggleT along wet, Hired, aud foutsurc, sal
down, pulled of hs shoes and ss b., and hung the
lhicT "a branch 81 tle shrub over tIc coffee pot,
into which they were dripping when sherman re-
turned. The GOODNESS 81 the proceeding took the
General aback nud tended io abatc somewhat the
violence 90 Ibis wrath, but hc soon recovered cuff.
CientIy % tay. Well. by , like socks, but Ill
Dc --- 49, if want them in my coffee"
Department Commander Arthur Smith Senior
Alce fomWHudcr thurClfili Charles Anthony, ~
the Council uf Administrations Inspector Netl-
erbce. Commanders Walker 10 Rhodes o.
NcndrlczsoH l9li were present, with Others us
guests. Alter thc inspection closed refreshments
were served iu the banquet lall, where Comrades
Smith. Churchill Anthony HendrclsOn, aud 9TH
eTs spoke laudatory al the Post and ils work.
THE Post has started Iu 10 build o. Memorial Hall
Recently they have purchased the large aud val
unbic collection 81 war relics owned by McssTs
Cotton llllli proPrclofs ~ ihe Exchange Hotel
FredrTczHburg Va. aud when The Memorial HAL
D. completed the relies VIII constitute one OF ia
permanent attractions.
Department toumuuucT Roberts reports the out
look or encouraging f8r the Union Veterans Union
New Commands are under way loo Havrrhill Fitch
burg aud Fiu-hcld. aud the one which went &,
pcCes n lynn sometime since b. about 90 reorgan
iEe. command ls projected Ht ~HEtOu's River
VI. aud Portland, Ne. Gen. Joe Hooker Com
InHud. .. ~ Boston, holds its hrHt anniversary "a
United States Hotel dec 3 COMMANDMENT 4 hi.
- 3, iador oi OHIO, be- 10 be present, aud Gen
Green Clay Smith, Commander OF the pot0mH
Department, WILL accompany him. THIS cOmmau,
hHf NOW over boo men be- role.
ID. willard Robinson Post, 49, Norwell, dcdi
Gated their new GTaud Army Hall the 18TH ID b.
email bu. complete building, aud b owned By IA
Post
Department President Wales visited Corps - ID
l8ih, aud Corps l3 Aorwcl the 18th.
"A new Corps VIII soon be- Orgauizcd nt Ware
ham. t1rp- 2s, Boston, gave apron aud neck
tie pRHg tle lGlh
Corps g. Everett will take charge ~ the cnlz
and ice cream 90 Tie fair given by the Ladies A.
Association lu February.
The nuui ycr.Ary 81 D.. W. Eiusley Post Il3. Bos
Ton. oCpurs Nov IN.
Department Headquarters win have a c1usulta
tiou Wifh thr veterans - Winthrop the Islh Wil
the view ~ organizing new Grand Army POs
there, Boston.