New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-19
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
ONE SAD CASE OUT OF MANY LIKE IT.
RECEPTION BY LAFAYETTE Posr-PREPARAuoNs
FOR THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.

RECEPTION BY LAFAYETTE PoST-PREPARATIoNs
FOR THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
An elderly man, sixty FIVE perhaps. If genteel ap-
pearance whose wellwOrn but carefully brushed silk
hat had band Of mourning around IT, and whose full
gray beard was closely and neatly cropped sat silently
in Room ! of the City Hall Friday on one If the
benches usually occupied by applicants for rehet He
looked respectable and there no suggestion Of dis
slpaton in his clear, though faded blue eyes or his
pale face 1t was a face where sorrow and suffering
had left their imprint.
It's a hard case said Commander NcEntee. and
although Injured to seeing hard cases. in the work
Of charity ne has been doing in the City Hall base,
merit for quarter OF century, tears spranS 10 his
manly big eyes as he looked toward this present
object Of pity "lts hard case but there ar hun
dredS Ike his that we meet every day. This man.
whose face and manners SHOW that ne Is gentleman
and has seen better DAYS is civil engineer. During
The war he was one of the finest engineer officers in
the army lie rendered services during the war
which If rendered 10 a King or Emperor IN european
war would have gained him title and a handsome
income for life After the fighting was over ne came
hack North and began work again at MS VOCATION
H. succeeded for awhile but bodily infrnitles, the
result OF exposure and camp sickness, mode It dncut
for him TO fulfil his engagemens his customers dropped
oil and Younger men got his business Men OF con
sequence whom he knew and who knew him. ueo
or went elsewhere or forgot him and he found hnseH
stranded health gone, his little property used up
nothing before him but starvation. Who car DIAine
him if he got discouraged Like many announcer MA"
Who served his country faithfully during the war CIV
inc II pretty much all he mad his health he finds MN
self croyded ont. There i place for him but he
roorbouse perhaps We are feeding him now taxing
care of him until we can get him his pension I-ldo
will be at the most. Sc month IiE'ts nie
compensation FOR what this man has sacrhcea' IS =
/ il, Yas. he's crowded ont. That tells the story.
Husap
! soldier who had come to NeW-fork IN search VI el
r1orucnt had been unsuccessful and now wanted the
rrice NJ the fare to take him back again 10 ms
! former habtati0n ,-4.
One If the peasantest receptions for which Laayete
Post No 49, is famous took place at It's heaueua' W
/ in the Masonic Temple Building on Friday evening
Tho toature OF the evening the presentation 10
the most Of beautiful silk flag. the gift Of Descendants
n LAFAYETTE and Of three handsomely bound memorial
volume, which came from daughters OF conldNes'
Mis-, Shorthrdge made the presentation aodiesS anu
General viee commander Of the post made on eloquent
reply in accepting the gfs. After the exercises ~
freshrnents were served and joVla time esueu' WIN
nle7tv of o-story mixed. Among those present were
General C. H. T. Coils, Past Department Commander
Colonel Floyd Garrison. General Robert Nugent Gen
eraI John g. Wood. General J. E. Duryea CoInIlaluei
Golus Admiral Of the French Navy; colonel II, -
Anderson General Viele, Captain Gilbert hhisH'' zap
tain 7 H. Barker Captain I. W. Greig Captain t. VI
t-rnx colonel C. z Homer Colonel J. II. Ammon
Colorel p H. Murphy Colonel John Hamilton, Joseph
LITTLE Deputy Collector Dudley F. Phelps, H. r
Ware Waldo sprague and Judge G. NJ Curtis.
Those who have visited Washington 70 arrange foi
accommodations for their posts at The next great "
o,al EncamDment report that all the halls and hotels
have been engaged 1t is hoped that they
are not in the hands OF Spectators. Jane
| e Rice Post No. 20, does not mean "
ts- n the tender rnercies of the latter class
Its officers and council intend 70 charter steamboat
in frlu TINT
al Baltimore, which they can tTlVeI III lIom '.L
noint n washington and use while there rs a hotI
/ 6+ber bodies have tried this plan ard found that II
/ ,or,ad we'll The steamer could If ii should be de
tod 40 visit Aoua Creek Belle Plain. Mount Vernon
~, other poins Of interest stop az such places. manS
points made historic by the operations Oh the AIin'
~ the Potomac could be reached by water. Inc Oa''c
SOD a. the peninsula Of 1862, Fredericksburg ana
charlottesville, and the scenes OF many OF "rli'
+o,,endous conflicts in Virginia might be 50 visited
| committee Of Rice Post has the steamboat matter
in charge and viii make an early report II Is mort
than urgtabe that other posts VIII make similar "I
! engagements Many think that comfort "ouiu NC Gu
ta1'oo, t cbortesnc a steamer here and making the
entire trip BY water ,4. .-,. nm.
! - Rfuy- McEntee the bg-hearted comrade VINO runs
| A., rr,,Iovmept and Relief Bureau in Room OF the
Citv Han: Colonel c. NICK. Leoser Colonel LoDerl >
| ,utor+v Colonel c. stockton Halstead ana "ehefaI
v = Mcmahon have il is generally uhdsf9Ooou' Ooe
dra+ed for reelection commanders oil ther 'eVer
| vtic DdllgfeA, NShl L. i"i'i''-'
! IN 4 Dix and George Washington posts resPec
.iveIv. II will make the seventeenth r-eiecuon loi
! commander McEntee the tenth for 'ohii"HucI A1i
| -. .,d the sixth for Commander Leoser.
| Fxcesior Camp No. 81, sons Of Veterans VIII hoil
.,aIr SIN anniversary at Lyric Hail. sAh-avs' an1
1.t -ecoud st. tomorrow evening. General baro"
! : weeFs commander-n-chief = " L. = ~ Coi''eI
! Cra-arce r Holmes and other prominent meNiDei7 ~
49, oscr will make addresses. The receptions H'e"
.'- 49, oo,p arc OF the most social and select clar
~ ,rd always well attended. Excelsior camp h47
- IL. muster roll many Of the organizers Oh Ino NV
o'ar ard has the reputation If being one OF the V''
! camps in the order o., t,.o, ont a. likely 10 rep
5The following slate IS gwen Oh ~ Efo-g..r
4 he ,eXf rose OF officers for EhWlh ~ ~; no Ii
resent tn0 az for 1892 Commander, Df. - "" nlps
roy, ~ the irv preside eA eeiiVT WI. io,
DyuieF iv in the XIIlth Assembly DStltl' sthio
pi'l-s rder C0ouei Abraham o. Dtlhsl yu'i
vice coii4 .,,der CAPTAIN Theodore W. NahueItIalt
/ Nsr,SC,+.nf y MARITIME. surgeon DF. L"u, "i'''
| a1Juyy1ute "a rev Dr. william u. oahden - ,.,,
ci'i t 49, VINO knew Matthew Do"d or "IHSn i
~ o1Oboat Conrad Barney IN the year, -, nv =,
OF s'' sked 10 send their names ana t5t ~
H." i,oS-d Matthew DOwd's WiGo", 10 -, ~
1t,..1 newark y. J. she needs LheH eNluo'0 ~
comnlete her pension claims. , a. auu,,.or-,rv
ooix nPI po.f No 5IG VIII celebrate it3 anniversary
an Tbnrsdav evening october 20, AT II, heduquareIs
pUiI 49, Market Comrades Of other posts are
/ cordially invited to participate