The National tribune., 1891-06-25
FROM THE BAY STATE.
What Is Going on Among the Veterans or that
SCrfiOu.

EDTToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: About two miles
or less iIom l'raudy Station. Va, an obscure
iarm rnad leading from the highway running from
lappallanuocS 10 Brandy, siauds-or stood few
mouths Hgo-n log hut ia a very fair state OF pres
erNalon, which was used 10y Gen. Meade rs his
headquarters during the Winter of 1868. ca. Its
dimensions are perhaps y feet by - and il Is di-
Nlded INTO two apartments. The logs are chnksd
Will mud as OF yore, the roof II shingled, and
when visited the place "a negro family was just
moving out To more commodious and coHgenial
quarters elsewhere. A few rods away was stand
lng another log hut used annex 10 a cow
yard where stock was sheltered. This tradition
Signs once the abode Of q. M.-Gen Mrigs. ON
ridge running still further TO the rear are sug-
grstive mementos Of the long ago in the shape Of
lnile grass-grown mounds OF brick and stoue-the
chimney heaps marking what was once thriving
military town. To me 10 was Rn enchanted spot,
stood there and in fancy saw passing ia review
Az the Morltnrs, from President ard Lieutenant
General 10 private, who had once stood the spot.
Way does not George q. Meade Post, Of Phila-
dclphia, secure this relic Of their old Commander
and eomrRde aud find for IL a final and appropriate
City:
Department Commander Spofford Of Boise City
Idaho, WAS ia Cambridge few days ago on bust
ness, While there he attended the regular meet
lnE OF John A. Logan Post, ls6. Commander Con-
don introduced him To the comrades present and
he presented briefly the greetings Of his command
10 the veterans down East" Past Department
Commander Senter, Of Idaho, ia Office Two years
ago, veteran 81 the old 9th Mass.
The condition Of COmrRde A. G. Monroe is still
precariOus. He Is ralyiBg very slowly from the
inalady which overlook him, aud j. not likely To
he al li- old Post again for weeks Comradp Mon
roc was appointed Assistant Adiutant- General by
Department Commander George :. Evans in 1883.
ana having been rcappointed annually ever since
TO that position, Headquarters seems vacant with
ont him. During his absence Department Com
mHnder smith LAS appointed the Clerk. GOmTade
j. !. Papanl as Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gcn-
cral.
By The way this snme Department Commander
Smith Is ubiquitous. lie il covering more ground
than he DID with has Government shoes p years
ago which L. saying a good deal. 70 day lac is
hoelug llis crops or like the sire of Norval, feed
inR las flock on the Grampiau Hills 81 Franklin
County, while tomorrow he will bc found. unlike
sheridan, 20 miles away, in Boston or some sec
lion Of the state remote from hi- home. attending
20 the mulufold duties Of his office which la these
latter days vary from addressing public school TO
officiating AT the obscques Of lot Of Duxbury
CLAIMS. lie - dcyoiiug great deal Of time 10 the
Office. On the 23i be attended the annual Reunion
Of The l0ih regiment nj Spencer; on the 25ih he H.
invited To he the guest Of Lafayette Post $40. 81
New York, which at that time Lac as ils guests T.
w. kHslev Post. ll3. of Boston, and George g.
Meade Post, OF Philadelphia. July he attends
the dedication OF "A soldiers monument 81 Warren
A proposition was presented 10 the Legislature
OF THIS slate The past season which. II IL had passed
would have compelled al! towns in WhiclI no Grand
Army Post existed ip sec TO % That the graves 81 NIL
deceased veterans decorated or Memorial
Day. Fortunately, The wisdom 81 several veterans
who were members II this body Of lawyers, united
Ia opposing this piece al folly, aud t failed pass
such proposition rivals Col. Tom Whpple's de-
tail 81 men from his 4ih y IT, regiment 10 be hap.
uzed. what fools these moriRis he"
Tie Campfire al Greenfield, briefly alluded 10
last week, was grand affair. -Four hundred vet
Grams were n line The tuwHspeofilc were invited
and came, aud. better siill, assumed an The ex-
penscs Of the affair which was every was a grand
Success
A grand carnival S 10 be held next November
iu aid 81 tie soldiers Home, Chelsea II D. pro-
posed to enlarge the hospital The ladies Aid
Association, which number over J 100 members
have tho project Ia hand. They have invited lie
Relief Corps ri the State 10 furnish tables and all
the Posts IS ,ll Ice requested 10 take n hand.
Franklin s to have Corps auxiliary to Post o.
Hanover Is also talking % a new one
learn that Col. Richard Irwin will have tie
History 81 The Nineteenth Army Corps ready for
distribution next October IL should be a good
onc.-B., Boston.