The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-11-24
FROM THE BAY STATE.
Doings OF Interest to Veterans and Their
Friends.

DOinRs OF Interest TO veterans ana Inelf
Friends.
EprToE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The tour of in
epeciious has begun. Comrade w. II. Esty in
spected Post 8, of Lynn, Thursday the l0th and at
The close of his duties lively Campfire was
lighted. and kept burning till late honr. Capt.
John u. B. Adams presided.
The same evening John A. Logan Post, 1876.
Cambridge, was inspected by comrade Horace
Greenwood. Gettysburg Post l9l, Boston. Visiting
comrades present from Posts Sc. 1872 l9l and
zoo humorous poem entitled "Our Right General
Guide" was read 1t recited tie experiences Of the
Post in getting from its Headquarters on the day
Of he parade in Washington 10 lis place III line
under the guidance Of Comrade Leroy G. Nc
Kusick old Washing'orinn.
Friday evening. the 1lih, Asst Adj't-Gen. Moore
went down to Provincetown to witness the in
speciion OF Post 3d.
the Sd short sketch OF the battle OF Hachers Run,
or Bnydion Plank Road. which was fought Oct.
81 1864. The sketch was written by Comrade Ed
mond w. Dayton, of the o6th Wis. and III 1t lie
speaks of being sent To support battery, which lie
thinks was Stewards / want to say to him that
Stewart battery was not In that lively little muss;
but X of the 4th u. s., Lieut. Roder, commanding;
& ana (consolidnted) 5th u. s., Lieut.. Beck, COM
nanding. and the 10Th Mass Lieut. II. Fl. Granger,
commanding. all had a hand in the fray. The
latter the battery to which lie nliudes. and
siould like 10 meet The comrade there else
where some time and fight that battle over with
him.
Ny frat acquaintance with the both VIE. was
made at the North Anna River in 1864, where.
while Second Corps was waiting to move off
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which commanded the shscy wooden bridge that
spanned the river near by, sent over OF its long
Ji9ed shells which passed through the body of one
of the Wisconsin boys who lay us, killing him
instantly. I remember of picking up the unex-
poded shell soon afterward with piece Of bone
cliBging to the fanec.
Franci. Washburne Post, 92. of Brighton, DR..
Horace u. Marion commanding, gave its first in "a
series of lectures Monday evening. the I4th, to
q good audience.
About $3.50 has been subscribed toward the erec-
ton of a monument by Fletcher Webster Post, IL,
over the ashes OF Comrade A. q. Monroe late
Assistant Acknowledgement.
Boston Port, 2bO will give a grand military and
civic ball a, Odd Fellows Hall Dec. 81.
Gen. Joe Hooker command, 49, u. V. o., gave n
social entertainment aud supper at it, Headquar
in Boston the evening Of the 18th.
Genial Tom LauglnD, Of Gettysburg Post 1871,
Boston, Is reported tie sicll-is Long may
IL be ere frank, honest Tom whom many vet
Grams love- is summoned to answer roll-call on the
eternal paradc-ground.
Mai George l.. Searns Post. l49, Charlestown,
observes its 20h anniversary Dec. H.
Corps l24, Plymouth, il making elaborate prepa-
rations for grand fair.
Department President Mary q. Denne, W.R.C,
officially visited Corps 80, HoIyoke. the 9th and
Witnessed its inspection by Mary A. Crttenden.
Post II attended the social hold In the evening"