Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-22

comm only known as the ssBucktails," (" de.
cided to hold the next meeting at Williams
! port, Pa, and elected General William
Ross Hartshorne President; Colonel =. II.
Kirk, Williamsport, Pa, Vice President;
Colonel f. A. Irwin, Curwensville, Pa,
Treasurer: William II. Rauch Secretary,
| and Mrs. William H, Rauch Assistant Sec
retary.
In Grant tent steps were taking having
in view the birth of new G. A. 4. sub
ordinate organization under the title OF
''The Minute Men of 81" to be composed
Of all who entered the service under Presi-
dent Lincoln's call of April 10, 1851.
Massachusetts has State association OF this
character, and in Wisconsin a similar or
ganization has been started.
The Association of Ex-Prisoners OF war
held meeting in one of the courtrooms OF
the City Hall to-day, and after transacting
some routine business, proceeded to the
election of officers: Marion 7. Henderson,
of this city, was elected President; Y. j.
Davis of Massachusetts,, Vice President;
John s. Ferguson, of Missouri, Chaplain,
and G. r. McNarry, of Kansas, Historian.
e. H. Ribble, Pennsylvania; E. W. Grant,
Minnesota; R. T Wilson, Ohio; w. h.
Powell, Illinois; w. H. Chamberlain,
Massachusetts,. The association is in
terested In having Congress act upon a bill
granting pension of 81 q day to all ex-
prisoners who were imprisoned over GER
tain number of days, and after talking the
subject over, a committee was appointed to
consider the question further.
Berdan's First and Second regiments OF
sharpshooters met in the District Court
room, and under the eye of their old com.
mander, General Berdan, who was seated
in the chair of the Chief Justice, they had
a pleasant reunion, at which many COM
rades met for the first time since they
served together in the front ranks of the
several Union armies. General Berdan was
elected president of the Sharpshooters' AS
ISOLATION; Colonel Omar Stoughton, OF the
Second Regiment, Vice President; Captain
Charles A. Stevens, of Shakopee, Mimi, !,
Secretary, and Captain R. w. Tyler, of
Washington, Assistant Secretary.
Some of the Best Stories of the Day.
Major General Nelson A. Miles presided
over the meeting of the Grand Army,
Corps. Many members of the Irish Brigade
were present, and no reunion has list
ened to more good stories than the Sec
ond Army Corps did to-day. Generals
John A. Gibbon, s. 8. Carroll and John L.
Brooke made speeches. General A. III.
Embler was introduced by General Miles
as a man who went through the whole CAM
paign and never missed battle. The
Eighteenth Corps met in reunion in Sher-
man tent, and what with good stories from
General Clay, of the Fifty-eighth Penn
sylvania Volunteers medley of war songs
by Comrade Kay, of Pennsylvania, the
audience was addressed by Colonel De For
est, of the First New York; General Theo-
dore Lehman, OF the One Hundred and
Third Pennsylvania, and General Malet, of
the Eighty-frst New York, until the yeter-
ans did not mind if a nasty, slow Virginia
drizzling rain was falling.
In Thomas tent, Captain Graham pre-
sented corps flag to the Third brigade of
the Fifth Army Corps. and General Butter
field accepted it as Brigade Commander.
Colonel Edward E. Hill read history of
the corps, which was interesting enough to
retain 200 persons as auditors, even it the
tent did leak badly.
The survivors of the regular brigade
Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumber-
land, composed of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth United States
Infantry and Battery II, Fifth United
States ARTILLERY, reelected the following
officers by acclamation: David Lakin,
Columbus, O., President; w. j. Carson,
Muncle, Ind, Vice President; E. G. Beach,
Columbus, O., Secretary and Treasurer.
The Executive Committee was appointed as
follows: George w. Hughes, Galena, o. /;
j. f. Mohr, Prospect, o.; Phillip Game,
Canal Winchester, O., and j. II. Haight,
Brotherstown, Wis.
The monitor Wyandotte is now lying at
the navy yard. She is reproduction of the
original Monitor that whipped the Merri-
mac, and visitors were shown over her The
Wyandotte was built at Cincinnati during
Al he hau cip Ia
turret and had two big guns. Several thou
sand people visited the navy yard to-day to
see the war ship Dolphin and the dynamite
cruiser Vesuviqs
More Talk Than Work by Women.
The ladies have formed number of G. A.
R. societies, specially intended to supple
ment the charitable work of the G. A. R.,
and these societies nearly all met to-day
The ladies gossiped great deal, and busi-
ness did not progress rapidly. The Daugh-
ters of Veterans opened their convention by
singing America The President, Miss
Mollie A. Robertson, of Iowa, was in the
chair. A number of committees were ap-
pointed, including one to consider propo-
sition to make blue frock with gilt but
tons and gold lace the uniform of the organ
zation, and its wearing on all formal oc-
asions
The Woman's Relief Corps transacted
little preliminary business Mrs. Belle
Dowden, of McKeesport, Pa. presided
The Ladies' Aid Society of Sons of Vet
Grams met and took steps looking to the ex-
tension of the work of the order. The
President is Mrs Belle Gray, of Iowa.
The National Correspondents Club
Guards held their third reunion and elected
officers as follows: Kate B. Sherwood, Presi-
dent; Rae g. Hayes, Royersford, Pa. Senior
Vice Commander in Chief; Matte Elliott,
Ind, Junior Vice Commander;
Rev. James S. Lemon, West Gardner,
Mass, National Chaplain; A. L. Seamans,
st. Louis, Mo-, Adjutant General; William
J. Buckley, New York City, Assistant Ad-
iutant; Julius w. Grogarn, Grogarnsville,
Mich, Quartermaster General. The Ooun-
ell in Chief was reelected and is composed
Of Frank Stoddard, Lamont, Ia; Mabel H.
Lansing, Mich; Zoe E
Owen, Kent, O., and A. H. Mundt, Fair
bury, Ill