Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

| ANOTHER comrade was reinstated by P0S
| So, last Tuesday evening.
| CoMRADE COLEMAN, OF Post ss, was reportet
| very i'll at last Tuesdays meeting.
The Old Guard of Post los was present q
| Post 2s6s meeting last Friday evening.
| AN occasional old soldier will rally aroun,
| Comrade Ben Harrison's banner ere long.
CoMRADE McsHANE of Post 157 is as quie
| as ever, but is a hustling worker on commit
| tees.
CoMRADE K. S. REEs, of Post 157, is still
quite ill, but he remains at his post of dut,
notwithstanding.
| A VOTE of thanks was passed by Post Is
| last Tuesday evening to all who assisted il
the Memorial Day exercises.
Posr l55 will meet with Corps No. % and
Circle No. 81 next Friday a week, and dis
| cuss project the post has on foot.
Posr 162 mustered another recruit las
| night week and last night the roll was
again increased. Larger posts must look tc
their laurels.
THE Grand Army Day Committee will
meetin Common Council chamber next Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock and leg1slate
resarding the Rock Point picnic.
Posr 155, under the able administration
and persistent hard work of Commander
Davi id II. Speer, Is booming along and will
evidently land not far from the top.
Posr 5i5 is the recipient of a handsome vol
| ume of Humphreys history OF the late war,
entitled, 1.-THE Great Contest" generously
donated to them by Kaufman Bros.
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOSEPH F.
DENNIsToS, who was a Harrison man from
the first, was go pleased at the result that
he passed around an abundance Of fine
cigars.
Posi- l57's fair committee met Friday night
TO- tbo n tor fba fDO
fair. The prospects for success are very
bright. nice time will be guaranteed ior
everybody.
COMMANDER l. K BECKER of Post 259, re :
quests full attendance of the members aS
the meeting next Tuesday night, the d ate of
Senior Vice Department. Commander Rus
sells official visit
PosT 157's meeting last Thursday evening
was as usual an interesting one. All the
kickers were there, but not a single kick
was made, principally because there was
nothing to kick about.
PosT 157 will be officially visited next
Thursday evening by Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander W. o. Russell. The meet
ing is sure to be highly entertaining, and the
comrades should all turn out.
A GALLANT comrade of Post 162 was taken
unawares in the meeting last night week
and presented with a spoon for his efficient
services. Comrade r. c. Miller made the
presentation speech i'll able style.
CoMRADE j. E. JOHNSTON, who served two
terms as commander of Post 236, has settled
in New jersey near Barnegat Bay, where he
will farm and garden. His family, who are
now here, will leave next Thursday to join
him.
Posr l55 met Friday night but adjourned
quickly and went over to Post 236 to partici-
pate in Comrade Russell's official visitation.
At the next meeting Post l55 will have three
recruits to muster and two applications to
pass on.
PosT SO performed the sad duty last Sum
day of laying to rest the remains of Com
rade Jacob Becker, late OF Mansfield. The
interment took place in the CHARTERS Gem
etery. Post s. was assisted by Espy Post, OF
Mansfield.
CoNRADE j. II. MILLER, Secretary of the
Washington Committee of Post 8, has sent q
circular to the members OF the Post request
ing them to notify him at once il they are
going with the post to Washington. lmme-
diate information is necessary i'll order that
quarters may be secured. Post 3s party
will be II very large one.
PosT SIS free entertainment for the COM
rades and their families last Monday even
ing was a very enjoyable one and was largely
attended. The post Is indebted to the fol-
lowing who participa ted In an excellent pro-
gram: Misses Lille and Hattie Donahue,
Alice Carter and Ida Presser, pianisss; Miss
Carrie Terrant, vocalist; Miss Grace McElroy,
vtoltntst; Mrs. Anna Leah Dickinson, whist