Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

| emmy Pullman cars as quarters while at the
| encampment as was anticipated. Comrade
| W. j. Patterson wrote last week In order 20
secure quarters for the club.
Posr l55's production of the "Hunchback''
| at Maennerchor Hall, Mt Washington, on
Thursday, July Q, and at the Bijou Theater
| on Friday, July 10, promises to be an artistic
success. The cast of characters will be pub
I lished in this column next Sunday.
| ANY person who is acquainted with the
service of william Smith, who served in
deems Company Department. Corps, Penn
poor widow by addressing Comrade j. M.
t"Private'') Dalzell, Caldwell, o.
Posr 1872 had visitor from San Francisco
at the meeting last night a week in the per-
son of Comrade Anderson. He was a bugler
in the artillery. he entertained the com
rades by giving the different bugle calls, Us
very nicely.
THE comrades of Youngstown will have
glorious time on the Fourth of July. Under
the auspices of Todd Post No. 20 a great eel
ebration will take place at the fair grounds:
Among the various Interesting features VIII
rades here will likely attend.
PosT 1856 has completed its arrangements
for the trip to Detroit. The party will go to
Cleveland over the Pennsylvania lines in
two private coaches, and from there will
take the lake steamer line to Detroit. Any
friends of the post who desire to take the
trip with the comrades should apply to Com
rade Thomas G. Jones or Comrade John
Thomas.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER BOYER says In
general orders: Complaints charging per
sons with wearing the Grand Army button
who are not entitled to that privilege are be
coming quite frequent. Persons so offending
against the laws of the. State should be re-.
tad a inns most. md
action taken toward having the guilty
parties arrested and punished"
ROBERT P. PORTER, Superintendent of Cen
sus, desires to get detailed information of
the military services of such survivors of
the war as were overlooked or have reason
to believe they were overlooked by the
enumerators in June. Such comrades should
send the required information as all are in
terested in making the statistics of the liv-
ing soldiers as perfect as possible.
THE principal topic of the comrades of
Post ss last Tuesday night was the Detroit
trip. Three Pullman sleeping cars-one n
section and two 4section-have. been Sc
eured by the posts re.t the cars Will be side
the encampment, and will be used as quart
ers by the posts party. The route will be
over the Pittsburg and Western and Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railroads.
THE first anniversary of the Soldiers Wild
by the Ladies of the G. A. R., was celebrated
on Friday afternoon and evening. A large
number of Grand Army comrades, ladies of
the G. A. r. and others attended. Addresses
were delivered by different comrades. There
was much music, vocal and instrumental.
Dinner and supper were served by the Ia
dies. The home has ten inmates at present.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made with the
Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Valley and the
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad
Companies by which a reduced rate of one
fare for the round trip will be charged COM
rades attending the semi-annual encamp-
ment ut Williamsport in July. 1t will be
necessary to obtain card orders from depart
ment headquarters upon which to purchase
tickets. Time limit of tickets will be good
going July 10 to Is and returning until July
19.
THE Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to
the G. A. R., will be assembled in annual
convention in this city at the same time as
the national encampment This organiza-
tien consists of 100000 loyal women, who are
doing a great and noble work. They are
women of superior ability, highly intelli-
gent and cultivated. The local W. R. O.
Committee on Accommodations has been
diligent in providing suitable and conven-
lent places for the entertainment of these
ladies, and is meeting with success in the
undertaking.-Detron Free Press.
Posr 3's Detroit Arrangement Committee
issued a circular last week earnestly re-
questing comrades "to attend tomorrow
nights meeting, at which final arrange
ments for the trip to Detroit, August 8 to 8,
will be made. ALI comrades who propose to
attend must hand in their slips on or before
the above date, accompanied by deposit to
show that they intend to go, otherwise hotel