New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-22
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
LAFAYETTE POSTS ENTERTAINMENT.
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE VISITOR;
FROM BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

FROM BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
The feature Of the week in Grand Army circles VIII
he the reception and entertainment by Lafayette fosl
No. 40 OF e. W. Kinsley Post, No. lib, OF BOSTON,
and George G. Meade Post No. !, OF Phladelpha' "
fake Mace on Thursday Lafayette Is indebted 10 'he
BOSTON and Philadelphia comrades for hospitality ac-
corded the New York "boys " during visits 10
tboso cities. and will endeavor to repay the
t,ndness received at the Hub" and In the
City OF Brothery Love with interest The programme
for the day is pleasing and attractive one anu "
ranged with admirable skill and care by the foo"s'
COMPOSING the committee Of arrangements Oh Laayettc
Post A. G. Mills, william A. Copp, Robert O. Ram
hone Charles F. Homer. Theodore W. Greig, Luclus
Hart Edmund Hendricks, Joseph J. Little, Eugene II.
Conklln Alexander Meakim, James b. Bach, ana
Henry H. Holly The details are thus announced
nv Senior ceCommander j. S. Thompson, command
ing the post
Members OF this post who conveniently 90 30 VIII
assemble ct the Murray Hill Hotel Fourth-ave. ana
Forty-nrstst. at o'clock m to escort e. W. kinsey
Post No 49, OF Boston, TO our steamboat the Oephus
at West Fortythird-st. Comrades who cannot con-
yenently Join command At the Murray Hill Hotel
nav embark West Fortyhirdss not later than e'zo
A. m. The steamboat will proceed thence TO the Adams
Express Companys Dock. Pennsylvania Railroau Depot
Jersey City. receive guests from George w. Meaae
Post No. Of Philadelphia, who Will arrive by specSl
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad due in Jersey CITY at
20 A. H. Comrades residing in Brooklyn can join the
command in jersey CITY, via Annex boats leaving fui'
ton st. BROOKLYN. at 8 40 or a. m.
Immediately upon the embarkaton Of our comrades OF
Meade Post the steamboat will proceed I'D the river to
West Point where landing will be made and all who
wish to do so will be afforded opportunity to visit and
inspect that historic and picturesque military post
Returning TO NewYork the entire party will leave the
steamboat West Fortythiid-stp and the banqueters
will march to the Manhattan Athletic Club House. az
Madson-ave. and Fortynfthst where the banquet Will
be held. The banquet Will begin at D. m.
Music will be provided for escort duty for the river
and thp ham A
on the steamboat. volunteer glee club composed OF
comrades Of this post will enliven the river trip bu All
speechmsking will be reserved for the banquet at when
our guests be addressed by distinguished orators
The acting commander desires impress upon comrades
that :his the most notable social entertainment
ever undertaken by this post and he particularly requests
every comrade will be present. and that all who can
will report in full uniform and wear the white helmet
Ununiformed comrades also requested 10 wear the
white helmet He feels that no suggestion from him Is
needed to insure and cordial greeting by all our
OF the splendid body Of comrades who VIII be
guests
Comrsde Chauncey Depew will preside at the banquet
The following invited and it is hoped will be
present President Harrison and his Cabinet the Gov
ernors Of NewYor PENNSYLVANIA and Massachusetts the
Mayors Of NewYork Boston and Philadelphia, General
Wager Swayne, General Daniel f. Sickles General H. W.
socum, General Louis Fitzgerald, Admiral D. L. Braine
Captain Henry Erben, Louis Aldrch F. Emerson Brooks.
General w. G. Veazey commander-inchief G. a r.. De-
partmont Commander Charles H. Freeman General Horace
| Porter, Ex-Governor W. D. Hoard and others.
| Commandr-in- Chief Veazey is wide awake to the
importance of looking with to all the details nee
essary to make the next National Encampment at
Detroit In recent order he calls attention
Of all post commanders to the fact that the reports
will be due for the six months ending June 80, and
in order TO have them properly consolidated at the re
| specive department headquarters, they should be
made out and signed without fail at the last meeting OF
the post in June and at forwarded to assistant
| adjutant general.
is nh ted In hay
appear in the grand summary that Will be presented
at the twenty fifth National Encampment at Detroit
"The Silver Anniversary" encampment OF the order.
He also requests post commanders to make timely
acquisitions that all comrades attending the National
| Encampment at Detroit may be provided with the
! membership badge Of the order No cOmrade should
appear there without one. Comrades holding Office
should wear the proper official badge thereof 1t Is
believed that far too comrades, past officers,
still official badges this practice should be dis
continued. Comrades formerly but not now, in Office
ara entitled to only the membership badge with
the bronze eagle at the top, the ribbon to be that of
the highest Office they have held in the order with
the rank strap proper for such office upon the ribbon,
midway between the bronze eagle and the star. The
custom of wearing rank straps of former offices held
upon the ribbons of official badges is not in accordance
with the regulations.
The following additional desde-camp the staff
Of the commanderinchef in the Department Of New
York are announced: Alexander ]. Stewart New orb
City; John Ravand Weedsport James a. COlvin, New
York City; steuben Hotaling Utica; William b
Mcmillan, New.York City; Cornelius Ten Flick. New
York City.
Department Commander Freeman gives notice that
rates Of fare to Detroit the different railroad lines
in this department will be published in subsequent
order, but in no will the rate exceed first
class fare for the round trip. Headquarters train
will leave New-York City by the Delaware. Lacka
wanna and Western route, August ., at Z AS p. m.
| arrdvi at q n 3 a. M.
Bridge at 8; arriving at Detroit at p. m. Berth
In seeplng-car be obtained Of Junior ViceDepart
, ment-C Commander Edward A. Dudley, 356 Fulton-st.
Brooklyn at the rate of SO 50 per berth, or 81 a
EACH when occupied by two. PostcOmmanders vii
see that this paragraph is published in their severa
| localities for the information Of comrades
, The following named comrades have been appointed
aides de camp on the staff of the Department Com
mandsr: Joseph b. Brown, Post 633: James Lannigan
Post 400: william II. Lester Post 321 Charles Haas
Post @ Irving VI. Thompson, Post ia, in place o
= ]. IL. Horton; George McA. Gossman. Post 62s.
, The principal work of the department at large Jus
Z nov is the annual inspection of posts. In naming
inspectors this year, Department Commander Free
has, general thing, taken these officers from
Y posts at a distance from those they are inspect
City inspectors sent to country posts, and countr
inspectors city posts The effect is in most good
preventing favorsm and making post officials more dill
igcn and observant Of the regulations Lax inspection
g are becoming the exception, and posts reporte
according 10 their merits The bonds of quartermas
tiers being looked after more carefully than at
| preceding time, we'll the quartermasters az
counts. Recently. where II became necessary 10 brin
a suit upon the bond of quartermaster Of a post 4
this neighborhood, 1t found that the Official VIII
had served half dozen years in this capacity had give
e but one bond and that when he first elected
One of the bondsmen had In the meantime died, an
d another had moved 70 the far West. The bond wa
d worthless Proper inspection would have made sue
state Of things impossible. 1t is gratifying TO knov
that q new has set in
The payment OF pensioners checks for the past qua
ter was begun at the sub.Treasury last week. Nor
than 1900 of them received last Friday. ]
March the checks represented nearly $4,000 O0O an
for June the is expected to amount TO OoC
, Checks came from as far Des Moincs In thesWes
Louisville in the Southwest and Knoxville In the soutl