Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-07
Post Room Gossip.

THE Washington Association Of Post LII
continues to boom as usual.
LEONARD SHARP, of Company D, Ninth Re
serves, will go to the Erie Home.
| An oyster supper will be given by the
| Dravosburg post on February 10 and l..
Posr 2l5's installation of officers took place
nt the last meeting. Comrade Fordfng OH.
| ciated.
CoMRApE L. B. RICHARDS, Of Post III, was
confined at home Q few days last week by
| illness.
tr CoMRAD1 o. NJ. HEAD, aide on the oom-
| mander in chiefs STAFF Is very active and at
tentive to his duties.
A BIG public campfire will be hold by she
comrades of the Allegheny Valley shortly.
1t may be at Emlenton.
OrE1oER OF THE DAY F. q CALHOUN, Of Post
l57, will act as Officer of the Day during the
Depa! ,nent Encampment.
A SET of memorial volumes win be pre-
sented to Post 80, of Johnstown, shortly after
the National Encampment.
W. G. MAHAErEY, late Of the One Hundred
and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania, was must
cred into Post 157 last Thursday evening.
CoMRADE THOMAS W. BAKER, of Post 8, had
one of his poor comrades, Thomas Burley,
seut to the West Penn Hospital on Friday.
JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER ERNEST NJ. REEs
of Camp 1852, S. ", son of Comrade K. s.
Rees, OF Post l57. was reported ill at the last
meeting. n
IT is now comrads Webster, he having
been mustered into General j. B. Sweitzer
Post No. 4sO last night. The meeting was q
good one.
CoMRADE F. C. NEeLEY, of Post 8, delivered
a very interesting address to Post l57 on
Thursday night on 'The Causes Leading Up
to the Rebellion"
Tna do
to be OF unusual interest All comrades of
the post are expected to be present, and Wis
itors will be welcomed.
COMRADES PATTERSON, Bengough and Rees
were appointed on last Thursday evening as
Post I5Ts Committee on subscriptions for
the Memorial Home at Decatur, Ill.
MURDOCH MoK1szIE, late of Company G,
Thirteenth United States Infantry, was
mustered into Post Isl last Tuesday even
ing and COmrado A. Z. Go6 was taken back
into the fold.
GENERAL WAGNER will preside at the camp
fire to be held on Wednesday, February a.
in Old City Hall, and General 4. B. Beath
will conduct the one in Carnegie Hail, Alle-
gheny, on the same evening.
RESOLUTIONS protesting against withhold
fng Of 20 per cent OF the pension money Of
inmates of the Erie Soldiers Home will be
offered at the Department Encampment by
the Naval Post No. 400, OF Philadelphia.
CoMRADE J. H. STEVENSON, OF Post ss, re-
turned from Washington on Friday, where
he had been since Monday. He reports
every body talking about the National En-
campment and preparations well under
way.
UNION Defenders Day-Lincoln's birthday
so made by the Sons Of Veterans, will be
celebrated by the local camps at Post AIS
Fair, in Lawrenceville, next Friday evening.
A large turnout or uniformed Sons is ex-
pected. !
CoMRApE DANIEL KEFE, late OF Post l57,
died Friday and will be buried from St.
Mary's Of Mercy, corner Third and Try
streets, to-day at 2 o'clock P N. Comrades 1
OF the post are requested to meet at the |
church in full G. A. K. uniform.
GOOD progress is being made in the prep |
aration of the records to be transcribed into |
Post 259's memorial volumes. Comrade nd |
ward Abel, VINO has the matter in charge, |
linQuents who have not yet sent theirs in |
should attend to it at once.
Posi- 200has organized q drum CORDS of I6 |
pieces to be attached to the post. At last |
Friday nights meeting Comrade Askins, of |
Post l57, made very fine address, as did |
also Comrade Luther Miller, OF Post Al All
of the delinquents are requested to make
themselves financially correct.
THE Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
will hold its next reunion and
banquet on Monday, February q, at Cavalry
Post So hall, Broad and Vine streets, Phila-
delpliia, Pa. The committee is making sIab-
oraIe arrangements TO make it the best BAN
uuet ever given by the association. Every |
survivor of the regiment should be present.
ApJurANr d. A. JONES, of Post ISL who is
chairman of the Headstones Committee.
received word from Captain D. d. Wheeler. +,
Assistant Quartermaster General. that he
had shipped Al headstones to Comrade
Jones' care ior graves oil comrades in South
,ide cemeteries. Comrade Jones will en-
deavor to have all the headstones erected
BY next Memorial Day.
CHAPMAN CIRCLE No. 90, ladies of the @. A.
B., will, on Thursday evening, February Is.
hold reception at Cyclorama Hall, Allie.
xheny, for the benefit OF the relief fund.
Music, dancing and general social inter-
course will form the principal, features OF
;he entertainment. The object il . worthy