New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES
THE NEW CHIEFS rrpsr
ORDERS
MEETINGS OF VETERANS ORG ANIzArrov.

duties:
General Orders No l.
Having been elected Commander.in Chief Of the Gr..
Army Of the Republic at the Twentyseventh Nations
Encampment, / hereby duties Of this ~
office witt profound regard for its responsibilities
The following appointments are hereby announced,
Comrade James r. Mech, OF Lynn Mass Adiut.ra
General; Comade Louis Wagner. Philadelphia Penn
Quartermaster. General. They will be obeyed and =,
| spected accordingly.
Headquarters hereby established at Lynn Ma.
| JOHN q. u. ADAMS,
| COMMANDMENT Chief.
High Private" sends the following chat and "A
monition from department headquarters at Al.
| bany:
"Snce the Assistant Adjutant Generals retur,
from the Indianapolis Encampment headquart.r,
| has been busy place. The routine OF Office Wort
and correspondence is large and has been increas.
ing yearly since 1887. With 675 posts In good stanA
ing in the Department OF New-York it could not n
otherwise.
| I'm General Order. No 6, department series ,,.,
| the comrades of the department on the work dons
| by their delegates at the National Encampment
The delegates this year attended strictly to bus,.
| ness and all present at the encampment SEA.
sions, remained in their seats and took an ACTIVE
| and interested part in the proceedings The result
| was that New-York made herself felt and assume
| her proper place among the big departments
| This is as IL should be. For years past ow,ns
| to the carelessness Of the delegates as to theft
duty at the National Encampments. the Depart.
| ment Of New-York has been a nullity, and as q
result we have frequently been left out In the cold
This year leaf has been turned. In the future
| let hope that department will make her
| influence felt and remain factor in our National
| Encampments. This only be done by the unlted
action of all the comrades in the department Let
them elect good strong and influential comrades
as delegates to the Department Encampment. who
in their turn will solve the problem by electng
delegates who will attend the National Encamp.
ments and who will pledge themselves to attend
the sessions and remain and take part in them, and
not they have obtained their delegate
badges go Sightseeing has been done In past
years"
Rear-Admiral b. s. Osbon. the newly elected
head Of the National Association OF Naval Vet.
Grams, has issued his first general order assuming
command. and announcing the election Of the fol.
lowing list of officers: Commodore Cyrus Sears
Baltimore tpromoted); captain, r. y. Hopkins
Chicago; commander, c. II. Leaman. Dayton. Ohio
Second term; lieutenant commander Samuel b.
Dixon Detroit senor-eutenant, Benjamin Blanch.
ard. New-York lieutenant, Joseph Chace IT,
Providence fleet surgeon. c. Marion Dodson. Bait.
more; feet paymaster, f. F. Dustin. Providence:
fleet engineer John b. Writ. Indianapolis: feet
chaplain, Rev. Samuel Altman. Brooklyn ,second
term. The fleet officers rank as captaina
and will take precedence in order of rank and
service. Inc admiral announced these STAN
pointments: National secretary George w. Bost.
wick Brooklyn; national boatswain. w. f. Good
nough New Haven. Conn; national historian. WILL
lam Simmons. Philadelphia; senior aide and chief
OF staff VIII f. Atkins. Cincinnati.
Shipmate William H. Underhi No 723 Third.
ave. desires evidence to aid him in getting pen.
sion. He shipped June o. 1861. able sea.
for three years at Annapolis trans
ferred from the receiving ship Allegheny TO the
Dahlgren Battery, and afterward sent to the
Mississippi River and Joined the United states
gunboat Carondelet At the battles OF Fort Henry
and Fort Donelson he second captain Of No l
gun. In the latter battle February H. ls6e. IL
inch shot from the fort entered the portfolio. killing
two men and woundng more. The captain Of
the gun was one OF the wounded. and Underhill
took his place. He found the enemy's shell inside
his gun, halfway from the muzzle. and
ported to his superior officer. Not being able to
fire the gum he ordered to change her for No.
Of the same battery, which fired and burst.
killing and wounding fifteen men. Underhil being
one of the wounded After recovery he took part
in the engagements fought at Island No. 10 and
New Madrid. the capture of the rebel fleet at
Memphis the battles about Ncksburg an the OPP
erations connected with the opening OF the Mis-
sssippi River. At the end OF three years service
he received an honorable discharge in June. 1884
on September 10 following he shipped again on the
receiving ship Vermont. started for hampton
Roads on the torpedo-boat Bermuda. and was
taken prisoner in Chesapeake Bay. With other
prisoners OF the torpedo-boat he sent 70 Libby
Prison After being paroled and exchanged 10
served the United States gunboat Fusa until
honoraby mustered out OF the service in July. 1876.
He writes that First Master Walk OF the 'aron-
delet recommended him as worthy mtia OF
honor : well a pension. He IS sufferer from
general disability Comrades possessed OF informa-
ton which will aid him are requested TO send IL 70
him at the address given.
Comrades Of the Grand Army throughout the
state have learned with pride and pleasure that
the Republican State Convention. which net IN
Syracuse on October 6. nominated their companions
harms. Past Commander-in-Chief John Palmer.
for Secretary OF Before his elevation TO the
place OF National Commander Comrade Palmer
sc rived as commander OF the Department Of New
York and held other posts Of honor and trust IN
the Grand Army. which he filled with credit 10
himself and satisfaction to the order at large.
His term as Commander Chief. in the course OK
which the great encampment at Washington was
held was one OF the most brilliant and successful
In the history OF the organization. The fiinda-
mental law of the order forbids the Introduction OF
politics into It's councils. but there IL nothing TO
prevent comrades from voting for Comrade Palmer
for Secretary OF State when they go TO the pols
on the first Monday OF November. II they take
the interest which is right and proper then tho
Past Command thief Will be chosen 10 the
honorable place TO which his party has nominated
him by a rafting majority. Many comrades feel
that Comrade Palmer's candidacy Is "A compliment
to the Grand Army OF the state which should DO
duly recognized.
The holders OF medals Of honor conferred under
the act OF Congress OF March B. 1863. will have .
meeting at the Holland House Thirtieth-st and
Ffth-ave.. on Monday evening. October l6 at 5
y. m. This will be the second meeting of the Kind.
and Is designed perfect the formation ~ tho
Medal OF Honor Legion; comrades who have re,
ceved the medal voted by Congress and conferred
by the Secretary of War being eligible To member.
ship There between seventy and eighty
veterans Of the In the organization.
Surviving members of the 9Th New York Heavy
Artillery, known almost everywhere as the 'Dany
fifth" will hold the fifteenth annual reunion ~
their veteran association on Thursday afternoon
and evening. october ~. at the Broadway central
Hotel. No. 667-67 Broadway. nearly opposite Bond
st Besides the regular "old timers the associate
and second-cass members are particularly re-
quested ~ be- present. At y. there VIII bs
music reception OF comrades. their wives. children
and friends the distribution of badges. etc. the
business meeting will be held AZ p. m. after
which dinner will be served. At y. m. the re-
IL ..lnD In