New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-05
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOIES.
SOME NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS.

VETERANS OF THE WAR URGED TO REMAIN QUE
OF THE ORGANIZATION NO LONGER
Phil Kearny Post No. 8, has been gettihg ouV I"
new set of rules and regulations unuer tno ouYp ,
az the Council of Administration composer Oh "ii""
c. Munroe. chairman; James s. &c faios, ~, 80
Dennis Farrell, George Lyman. J. +. he'li "iu
Thomas Hlman Among the new provisions 1ne
following is to go into effect December 2, loo2'
An applications for enlistment by transfers Tor rem
statement from recruit must DC ac0o"p ~ =,
pronoston fee OF least IS, to be @eVurheu III oo
oioction and IS additional the applicant presenting
himself for muster Should any candidate iall 70 aPp
for muster within months after being notied Dy @
sdjuant of his election, he shall forfeit tN proposition
fee and shall only be adnlitoeu pS roho""A "
nnIcant for reinstatement the purpose OF being
transferred to another post (see Sec = Ar'' % '
pay the OF $40. . a t
snecial assessments hereafter only be MADE by
q two.thirds vote the post after notice gwen AZ .ie
ureyious encampment OF the object wheh mus. pe VI NV
G. A. r. kind No appropriations can be maoe OF pu!
uens by the auartermastcr. In any one quarter uV @
encamnnent rent department dues ana iuhefa4 pee'o
for said quarter have first been reserved All surplus
money belonging the post after all lesitlns' eAP
have been provided is pledged and held sacred or o
ee, Of the sick and distressed comrades Of the post
md the widows. heirs, and next OF KIN OF oeceAu o
rades Of this post. ,a.
Article TX which treats OF the "Rights and Benehts
Il Members" provides that the death Of comrade
good standing and entitled benefit the sum OF Sloo
hall be paid the fund Of the post within .hrt eas
after said DEATH the previously oeslgnaeu oS
he deceased comrade and recorded by the adJutaht DO
nations in excess OF $40 require two-:hrds vote OF e
most No appropriation be made from the post iuhoS
for present testimonial OF any kind 10 any perso
under any circumstances. No comrade can claim any
benefit or assistance until he shall have been member IN
good standing least six months unless such privilege
is accorded by twothds vote of the comrades present
ct a regular eneampment and no eomrade shall receive
relief the post when suffering from inosposuon or
~ fpt m.
moral conduct: The post uniform consists OF double
breasted Ct. A. r. buttons and blue pants
cap embroidered wreath with G.. a. r. enclosed ana
gilt belt and side arms.
Commanderin- Chief John Palmer wants the oOOooO
veterans of the war who not yet members of the
Grand Army of the Republic 10 lose no time In en'er
ing the fold General Palmer expects those who kno"
the advantages of membership 10 seek out their com
panions- in who ought to be members, ana use
every personal effort swell the ranks. Every soldier
and sailor OF the war ought to be u ~. ~' m'h
q In union there is strength.
stephen NJ. Long, president OF the National Asso
citation Union ExPrisoners of War; has issued an an
dress 10 his comrades urging them to unite liz obtaining
from the next Congress bill providing That sooiers
imprisoned for sixty days more shall receive o.
dav for the period OF their confinement in Southern
prison pens. 1t Is claimed with apparent gooa reason
sha, there is nothing excessive this request from mel
who were not only robbed OF all they possessed Whei
ceptured but are now broken down In health by tnei
confinement and suherngs while In the hahos oil th'
enemy The officers OF the association for the ensun;
wear are president, stephen VI. Long, East orange
n j.: vice president, Marion r. Anderson, Washing
tom d. c.: secretary and treasurer, L. +. Williams
fpostoffice box 227, Washington, ID. c.; cmplain tn
Rev John IS. Ferguson, Keohuk, Iowa.; historian
warren Lee Goss, Norwich. Conn. state wcepresi
dcnts-California C. +. Hull; Colorado, Edward +
pitlin: Connecticut, Henry r. Jones; Delaware
william Kelly; District OF Columbia, A. Won liaake
Illinois c. w. Pavey; Indiana f. ii. Williams; Iowa
d. G.. Anderson: Kansas, o. II. McNary KENTUCKY
samuel Mckee; Maryland, W. A. Noel; Massachusetts
J. g. d. Adams Michigan, II. S. Pngree' Minnesota
Ieyerctt stevens Missouri. Louis BeEecke Nebraska
r. b. Andrews Maine, Thomas t. Tabor New
HAMPSHIRE Albert L. Hall Jersey, w. III. Hall
New-Yorx, Joseph =. Cleary; Ohio, james H. Spain
Pennsylvania J. II. Hutchinson; Rhode Island Jane
c. Hubbard; West Virginia, Il. S. Northcntt Wisconsin
! W Harm gton Vermont, H. G. II. Lewis. Execu
tive committee-Ezra ii. Ripple, Scranton, Penn; II.
wilson Toledo Ohio; Charles W. Pavcy, Springfield
III: George W. Grant, Minneapolis, MINI. The mex
annual convention win be held at Washington ID. c
aur;pg the Grand Army Encampment
Rear-Admlral Wells and Commodore osborn. Of tn,
Natural Association of Naval Veterans, met Com
modore savIe and Secretary Dorton OF the Baltimore
naval Association at the ST. Cloud Hotel Thursday
evening and perfected the outline plan for the grea
naval demonstration TO be held In Baltimore mex
sAar. The ooDysstiaR VIII assemble an the phnss&>'