Omaha daily bee., 1893-05-14
WITH SONG AND STORY.

U. ). Grant Po t Formally Celebrate Their
Return t. Their Old Quarters
The entertainment given last Tuesday
evening by U. s. Grant post of this city was
considered by all those who attended as n
very creditable affair the occasion being the
reopening of the quarters occupied by the
post prior to the Continental fire.
The hall was brilliantly lighted and fairly
shone in its fresh coat of paint and varnsh.
Its walls were covered with new paper and
hung with oil paintings its windows hidden
by lace, and its rostrum richly carpeted and
decorated with flags and draperies. The
department commander of the Gland Army
of the Republic in Nebraska said there was
nothing in the state equal to 1t and his
hearers heartily agreed with him.
DR.. II. NJ Stone presided. Before him was
a large audience of bright and happy faces
and seated about him We're Mrs Augusta
Henderson, Rev. j. T. Duryea, Past Com
mander- Chief General Veazey, Depart
ment Commander Alon2o Church, Senior
Vice Commander Church Howe, Ex- Governor
Alvin Saunders, John b. Henderson. COM
mander of Custer post, DIR. $. X. Spalding,
General John II. Brooke and Mrs DR.. Chris
tie president of Grant corps DIR. Stone
| was in his element ana led Off with Il happy
| Introductory speech.
Jules Lumbard who had stirred May a
| patriotic heart in war times, opened the
| proceedings by singing Rally Round the
| Flag" and was followed in "a short address
| NV Mrs Nurusto Henderson of the Women,s
| Relief corps. who told of the organization
| and nroCress of the bodv which she renre-
sented. General Neazey, who had unex-
| old soldiers in n comnlimentorv manner ana
| offered benediction "God Bless the Old
| Soldier and Preserye Him Forever"
Miss Clara Clarkson rendered in sweetest
| church grand commnndcr of the Grand
| ARMY of The Renlhlic in Nebrasl ska smoke of
| tho Iovaltv of tho old soldicrs to the stars
| ,rd e,rnnS Tbn,, won't To WOW bncoucn Of
| the love they horc for. their country and If
| any one nov snurht 70 tear "Ola Glorvn
| down. thev would be lust as eager to fy to
| the rescue as in 1851 Jules Immbard sang
With teiiip@ effcct 81 Fcor No Zoe ), and
| unon heinz rcrolled rendered tho humorous
| Snnr .tSweet perrv y
| E'yGovnrnor Saunders was introduced ne
the last suryivinfr war poycrnor He said
Nehrosl,a had in limo Of yvnr done her fun
dntv He hna henn nnnontoa Governor
fe,y d,ys after T ;nro,n's innngurn,io, and
had been immeiintclv ordered to raise
troons ia 90 tho front Gaming Tn Nebra sl,o
he isSued b;s nrorinn,t;on I'm ;5enticai
document now thirtvtyvo wears of ACE the
Governor nrod,ced aud reao Ga WING il was
the first war document issued in Nebrasl,
and rnIIed its tirst troons to snpnrcss the re
heiiinn The soidiers he continued hod n
double task ,non ihe,r hands for thev We're
| heset NOT only nv trnitors in the south hut
also bv savages on the north and west and
there was actually a larger force in tile In
dian service Mt the berinninp than was
nitted against the rebels The indians took
ndvontnge of tbcir trouhles with rho south
heino ,n,,,ted to do ca hv' Omantrell and other
rebel leaders and svmpat6i2ers, A fortunate
event occnrred however The Pownees. then
hostile, became involved in war with the
Stony and rnon the povernor's obtaininp for
,hem n cannon with which To defend them
selves npninst the Sioux, they became peace
able and 90 remained ever after At the
he was shot president + Iincoln noid n commit
ment through the povernor to the neonla or
Wehraskn for the LOYALTY and yalnahle as.
sistnnre thev had rendered the cause of the
union
NJ Trevnor, the well known tenor singer