The National tribune., 1891-11-05
THE GRAND army.
News From The DepartmentS---NeW
Posts, etc.
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ALABAMA
d. W. Friedman, Birmingham, Ala. Seeing moth
inC n your columns lately 81 the terrible calamilN
thnt beicll the Alabama Department oi thc N.A.k'
in October, ] hasten, ere % becomes Rn item TOO
cold 20 revive, 90 write a. The Department Aoih-
mnndor Seymour Bullock In "a dispute with q
gentleman named Brewer, was shot ana kllled
near Mobile the home Of both. Commander bul.
lock was "A member of a New York regiment ana
was elected Commander of the Grand Army in
this State al tte last EncRmpment, winch was heIu
Smiths city. JIG WAS also Instrumental ln Use lolln-
alton OF llte Camp Of the Sons OF Veterans al Mo
bile and nt tlle lime uf iis death VIA Surgeon Oi
tile Alabama and Tennessee Division ~ the Sous
Commander Bullock was al the head al liie loIin,
ing ~ tlte society known a. tie Hlne Aho NlhN'
aud tnuI A large interest when the gTcHl gun
lady SIouum. wus secured Tor tile NliE OF Mo-
pile. He WAS also Interested in the Nicaragua
CHual. Tor wtich lac made Trip several months
ago Go Washington.
CONNECTICUT,-
"A 4 recommended Nv tie Department Conn
Ral.der that every Post iu this Department send
delegate Cd the Soldiers Home al Noruton before
the next Department Encampmcnt shall convene;
The Home is for hc old solulers al ts state, UNA
81 a fact that little h. known OF it, situation, aims
or management 10y our nrEHnizniionni-i largo, liy
tile method above suggested every member 81 the
q. r. iu tlis State can have true description gnd
knowledge of o. learn Of s size, its aims, and 81
the requirements 81 iiE bcnric.nrles Income bet
Ter acquainted ~ ith iis management learn WHAT
class of men make up lte membership iehln
also what manner Of men should hr sent here,
and in fact learn hll about h-whM we Hli
ought 90 have known long ago, 20 we coHta
talk about il intelligently TO iHquirers, nnd
which knowledge every Post should acquire
by its personal inquiry mud by visit Of a repro
sentative. No other one thing b. ncnrer 10, or
ought 90 DE dcHrcr TO- us than this same Home 81
Ste welfare and % s reputation we should be care
ful also by oar yisitHtions aud thorough knoWl-
edge Of its system. Hud thc grand work u - doug
for uH, lend 90 ID tie hearty support and sympathy
OF THIS organization which d deserves. ~ There
should be anything deem best 20 suggesi-a
enRnEe iu lhe methods prevailing there, criticisms
of any kind 90 mnkc-by pursuiHg the plan above
suggested we can, when next we meet in ConNen-
tion discuss the matter inlclligently, otherwise,
not Que other matter 8 suggested. There - m al
probability. not y member 81 tlli~ Department. who
has not q book on magazine which lac could spare;
aud the Department Commander would ask each
Post 60 appoint committee 40 collect anything OF
the Rbaye-no matter 81 the book Toe sohed or
covers torn-Rnd send them along. The inmhtes
81 the Home number gt the present time &c. Uhd
this number will soon bc increased. As they ltNe
no employment their ideuess becomes necessarily
irksotne. and the want Of reading matter ~ scrl-
ousy felt. The prompt attention 81 every comrhuo
in thC Department IL earnestly called 10 thls mat
ser aud your Commander hopes that the effort
will be cheerfully made 70 carry out tiis sugges-
ton 10 a successful issue.
MINNESOTA