New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-27


IN active service with the regiment in 1868 and
1864. lie continued In the National Guard until he
lad rounded out eleven years Of service and Is now
q member Of the ed Regiment Veteran Organize
ton.
Twelve years ago Colonel Brown Joined John A.
Nix Post No 1875. in which he held the officFs OF
officer Of the day and senior vice commander
In 1854 he organized James Monroe Post, NO. oo''
and was It's commander for five successive terms
lie tas been aidc-decamp the stan OF Past
National Commander Warner. Aeer Neazey ana
Palmer and holds the same position on the stan Vi
The present commander n-chief. a. q. Welsser lie
nressnted 10 Past Commander n-Chief Palmer the
most beautiful Grand Army badge IN existence
Colonel Brown has been highly successful In business,
and bv his energy, tact and ability has accumui'ea
a handsome fortune.
The attendance Of delegates and other comrau'S ~
the Twenty seventh Annual Department EncahIpmeh''
held az syracuse last Wednesday and THURSDAY rep
nsry % and o3. was large, and the results Oh 'He
meeting satisfactory 10 the members generally.
SYNOPSIS Of the reports of the Adlu,ant VuaI
,ermaster General InspectorGene and other ae-
parneot officers has already been printed In The
Tribune. The regular election of department omcerN
took place on Thursday. Major joseph +. 'Ieary,
Of Rochester, unanimously elected Department
Commander the first time that a candidate for this
Office has been chosen without opposition. Conrade
Cleary is Superintendent of Police Of the City OF
Rochester and we'll deserves his unique distinction.
For senior vice-department commander Edward j.
Atkinson, past commander of II B. Clafn Post NO
57s was elected. COmradc Atkinson was the hrst
choice OF all the posts OF NewYork City. and received
the almost united Of the delegates from the
eastern end OF the State. having besides many sub
porters In other sections. COmrade silaa owens, OF
Cohoes was elected Junior ice-dcrariment com
mander: DIR. j. L. Eddy, surgeon; the Kew W. H.
Helm chaplain, and Martin Short, John >. Graham
Benjamin +. Finley. Robert Mccormick ana John G..
Shots members OF the State Council of Administration
The women's Relief Corps also held It's animal aes-
sion al syracuse and elected the following officers
President Mrs Jones' OF lion senior vicepreSident,
Mrs Baker OF Jamestown; junior Vce-presidrnt,
Mrs. McLuckie: treasurer. Mrs smith. OF brooklyn.
reception TO Past Commander Edward J. Akin
son. in honor OF his election last Thursday by Ire
Department Encampment to the office OF senior
Vice Department Comma nder will DO given by Horace
B. Clafin Post No. 575. at post headquarters PARK
ave and One hund red q nd twenty -nnth-s on Mon
day evening, March 6 Many OF his friends ana com
rades will the opportunity 10 congratulate i on
the natter1ng success which attended his candidacy
" Is the universal feeling in New-York Grand Army
circles that no distinction in recent years has been
more deservedly conferred The Memorial Committee
Of which Comrade Atkinson has been the secretary
for the last ten years has caused 10 be prepared
sex Of handsomely engrossed resolutions setng 1orl
his record services which will soon be preSeVu
10 him. Commander John J. Finn, OF Farnhsm Post
No. Eo, Is chairman Of the committee having tie
affair In charge.
In spite Of the dsapproval OF COMMANDMENT Chief
weissert the trustees Of the Veteran Homestead
Fund" are pushing their scheme 20 present to the
winner of a fivc-mile " forced march," next seplem
Der. a furnished homestead. Competition is 70 be
free 10 every head OF family who was Union soldier
from fs6l 10 1865, no color barred. The house
value not Rven-is TO be built In Indianapolis, ana 10
be ready for occupancy when the cncampm"nt meets
there, September the deed to be delivered TO the
winner at the campfire the evening Of the dav OF the
contest TO occur the day after the Grand Review
Hallet g. Davis, OF Boston, il Is announced nave
given a SLIGO piano 10 grace the parlor ii would
not be surprising II Commander Weisseit Is able TO
tnd way TO upset the scheme, which lie has con-
demncd as unworthy and believes is calculated TO
bring discredit upon the order According TO the last
statement OF 81. l.. smith. secretary, veterans OF
1851 are 10 receive start Of 300 yards those VINO
went In &c., 200 yards those OF 1863, 100 yards
and those Of 1854 and $50 10 start Oh the mark
There are two ORGANIZATIONS OF Abraham Lincoln War
Veterans In Brooklyn, and third Is about TO be
established. They are compos Of Republican idiera
Who thorough believers In the principles Of their
party. No. was started Just before the campaign vi
I'm ana meets every saturday rynln ,cers a. arn am
AeKenzie. PRESIDENT George Keisch hrsf wee presi
gsn George Tommosser second ,pigS ,rnas
yvr John IL. smith, chaplain No = meet, at no
S42 North second-st, every "Wednesday evehing and
us officers Henry Shute, captain Johh III, az
Mtant; ". C. Taft first lieutenant; John owens,
Scond lieutenant; James T. Taylor. quair,ermos'ehr
Ninturn l.. Martens, chaplain. No. viii soon oe
iOrmed In Greenpolnt. The object OF the orgahzauo
the prora cation OF Republican principles the care OIL
Ack comrades and mutual aid J.,
The funeral OF General Abram Daily. supposed 10 oe
le last survivor Of the War OF 1872 In this city wa
largely attended last Sunday by comrades of the
.. 4. r.. Notwithstanding the snow ana s caa
es'ner the parade was fne one MADE up on The
Veteran Zouaves, the Washington Light Infantry aha
Wher organizations. Commander +. l.. Schaeier nm, va
sumner Post. delivered the funeral address: Ind
eaIal was In Cypress Hills Cemetery. besids inc o'"'
soldiers wife, who died thirty years ago. ,, No.,
Comrade Otto W. Esler Of Barbara Freitchie fos.
70 IL, died February "a and was buried YESTERDAY
WIN all the honors by the post. Tho funerai , m
pace at the Prsby terrain Church. Noble and LoIIe'
SIS, Greenpoint. Comrade Esler belonged 10 .o ih
tany =. 4ott New-York Volunteers, and was ih''"
iui soldier through the whole war. ,,r,.
n robert Anderson Post, No. %. and A. D. Win, mm ~
sost No. 394, have consolidated and will hereafter ~
Anown as Williams ndcrson Post. No 80.