Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-05
Grand Army Notes,

AN old soldier would prefer battle to the
grip any time.
-FOUR or five comrades of Post 2S6 are at the
mercy of the grip.
ONE or two recruits will be mustered at the
meeting of Post Isl next Tuesday evening.
AT Post 3s meeting last Monday evening Is
comrades were reported sick with the grip.
ANUMBER of Post ss's comrades have tried
conclusions with the grip but are now recover
Ing nicely.
Posi- Isl will 60 to Allegheny in a body TO-
morrow evening to attend the Quarto-centen-
nial celebration under the auspices of Posts 49,
l2S and l62.
Posr 2S6 will attend the Pittsburg celebra.
tion of the quarto-centennial at Old City Hall
to morrow evening.
CoMRADE JOHN w. MoRELAND of Post Isl
had very severe attack of the grip. He is
now happily improving.
GEORGE WASHINGTON PosT No. l03, Of the
Department of New York, has but one COM
rade on its rolls who served as private.
THE grip attacked with unusual severity the
family of Comrade Thomas r. Boss of Post
lo5. They are all getting better now.
CoMRADE D. A. JONES, after hard siege in
the Assessors office and a weeks hard work in
the Fall OF Atlanta" feels as clipper as a boy
of21.
THE comrades will be glad to have Past De-
partment Commander Thomas J. Stewart with
them tomorrow. He will be heartily well
coined
CoMRADE DIR. ]. e. WILSON, of Post I55,
who is member Of the Pension Examining
Board, has fully recovered from an attack OF
the grip.
CoMRADE D. NJ. MORRISON, OF Post I2S who
has been confined to his bed for over three
weeks with grip and lung trouble is slowly i'm
proving.
The large number of Post 155's members
who were down with the grip has been reduced
during the week to dozen. The families OF
all have suffered.
WoMEN's RELIEF CORPS No. q, auxiliary
to Post l55, is going to the Detroit Encampment
IN palace car in which the ladies will live
during the encampment.
Two Past Department Commanders will de-
liver addresses at the celebration in Allegheny
tomorrow evening, Comrades Joseph +. Den
nlston ana Thomas J. Stewart
Posi- ISIS Detroit Club has received word
from Detroit that it can get quarters either in
boarding houses or In small halls during the en-
campment, all in good locations.
CoMRADE GEORGE 8. WOOD, of Post Il, was
again laid up with a bad cold last week. but he
succeeded in defeating the enemy and was out
on FRIDAY feeling like new man.
CoMRADE CHARLES HoLYLANp, Adjutant
of Post l62, is still confined to his room. He
has been sick now for over two weeks. His
comrades hope for his early recovery.
AT Post SS's usual interesting meeting last
Tuesday visitors were present from Posts LIS
and 157. A muster was on the programme but
the grip must have caught the recruits.
Posi- ISIS sick list is becoming more lengthy.
Comrades John Moreland, William E
Matthews, Oliver Shahan, Louis Wilhelm and
George Powell are all victims of the grip.
POST 2O6 was visited on Friday evening by
National Aide de Camps w. o. Russell, of Post
Isl, and o. NJ. Head, of Post 259, Comrades
DIR. Hart, OF Post 8, and X. s. Rees, of Post l57
]. R. MCCRADY Post No. 456 of Cadiz, O.,
will celebrate the twenty-fTth anniversary OF
the organization of the G. A. r. with appro.
pirate services tomorrow night, closing with a
banquet.
CoMRADE EDWARD OsBURN, of Post 8. died
at his home at Avalon station on Wednesday
morning. His bereaved comrades escorted the
remains to the Mt. Union Cemetery on Thurs
day afternoon.
THE Soldiers Orphans Commission will
hold meeting in May and will decide, it is
probable, to drop one school or home from the
list and to send the children now i'll it to other
schools, as q large number OF Sixteeners will
graduate at that time.
POST 296 again extended its charity outside
the Grand Army last week. Captain John
Frisbie, an unfortunate veteran, died at the
Southside Hospital. He went into the Fifth
West Virginia Cavalry as private, and came
home a captain He was accorded soldiers
burial by Post 236.
The new Grand Army Day Committee will
assemble in Council chambers at Municipal
Hall next Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
to consider the important matters detailed in
this column last Sunday. Every post in the
county should be fully represented. The new
representatives will be appointed and in
structed this week.
NEXT Friday evening the rehearsals for Post
1878 presentation of the Little Recruit, or the
Battle of Gettysburg" will commence in the
United States Court rooms. The best of local
talent has been secured and a frst-class pre-
sentation is promised. The engagement will
open June ! at the Rii iou Theater and continue
for one week The proceeds are to be donated
to the relief fund of the post The tickets win
be issued next week.
AS per programme Post 12s's campfire was
lighted last Thursday evening and many COM
rades spent a pleasant time with the
boys of 12S. Many visiting comrades we're pres.
snt from Posts IS. 162 and others. Among those
who spoke were Commander Miller, of Post
162 Commander Scott and Comrades Shook
and Stewart. of Post IS. Comrade smith, of
Post 259 and Comrades Sample and Gerwig of
Post 128 The cogee and sandwiches were de.
licious.
A MONUMENT to cost $4,000 is now being
erected upon the Gettysburg battlefield by the
State of New York to commemorate the prov.
ess of her sons in that great victory. Its posi-.
tion is elevated SO as Co overlook the whole bat.
tleield. 1t is of granite. % feet square at the
base and will be 9B feet high ana will be sur.
mounted by an allegorical figure. 1t will be
unveiled next fall when there will be a reunion