New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-14
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
NEWS OF INTEREST TO THE VETERANS
OPPOSITION TO SECRETARY SMITHS POLICY
GRowING-PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL
ENCAMPMENT


closed his semiDonua report N VIII sho" 'o'a'
OF 40 sa3 members In good standing. with but TWO
DELINQUENT posts. This. considering inc me Oh '.'
Is a good showing but to accomplish 'his result nae
enailed an immense amount OF ie.'eF WITH t. ~
wouId not be If post commanders paii Inc proper
srteptton that they should do TO The rules ana reg"
,ations Article H. Section I. Chapter D. says Each
,,os, commander shall make sen.i-a nual returns To
tho Ass,stant Adutant General Of the department on
The first DAYS OF January and July' etc '"h any
thing be more plain ard distinct 2 fe' there are p.
commanders who would be surprised you Shouiu
point out this clause to them
.compartson of the Assistant Adjntant-Generai
som,annual report Just finished. fol- the period erded
Inn. 40 1893 with that for the first six months
NJ 800 which ga~n the number In good s'ahoihs IL
4O347 twenty-five posts delinquent shows d he'
loss Of 1o4 members. Adding the members OF uhe
delncueat posts Of the term Of 1S92-which was i''
we have a loss for 1903 OF 1,161
The death rate has been large. Over 300 menpe'e
have died in the last six months. This Is loss III"
has got 10 be- and Will continue TO grow larger as
The years roll Tha~proceedngs OF 1oo2 ana i0''
are being sent out to the various post comma "erS
1.-THE Assstap. Adxtant- eneial has in prcpar''o"
general order announcing railroad rates 10 NH''
spolis etc. This order will be sent ont TINS wen
with General order No. il from National Head
quarters. Ill
.Dcpartment Commander C1cary has not been wen
for some time bu he was able to be at headquarters
yesterday. He returned to his home ID hocncs'r
last evening. feeling much better and greatly 'h-
c0uragcd by the outlook ,
Interesting reports as to the origin OF 'he nv.
which Parnham Post, No. AS. now tarhhah i,u
peadent Veterans No 1. began on the pension syS.c"
last March are circulating in Grand Army orcies'
One OF these Is that the rejection CT { 'm'n"'ui 80
j. Firms application for pension WAS lnc STA, =
point Mr. Finn who served In the lin New 'o,A
Volunteers CEllsworths Fire zouaves). TOOK part III
the first battle OF Bull Run ard other service III VIM
the regiment was engaged. General Mcclellan reuSeu
IN make Il a part Of the Army OF the po'omao' a'u
sf,er remaining some months at Newport News Na''
n Gas mustered out Governors Island carry -
1862 OH the recommendation OF Coiohe' |h"r'a ~
Loser who succeeded TO the command ai'er roio"'
Fsrnham's death. Comrade Finn, VINO became oo"''
ader of Fsrnham Post. succeeding Colonel Loser
applied for a pension under the act OF looo' ""o"
4, fine act against which the Farnham resolutions We're
rart,,,Isrlv directed The application was relecleu
on the ground that no disability was proved OH 'he
part Of the applicant. He holds good perrin III 'ne
finance department Of the city government anu Is
said 10 own the house he lives in at Tenthave ana
Forty third ST. possess other valuable properly
Shortly after his persion refused the resolutions
denonclng recipients OF pensions under the inerprc
tation OF the Pension Bureau as "Wupers ana pei's
we've passed by Farrham Post They were sara 10
have been drawn by Commander Finn, and 10 have
been introduced by him.
terday that the adoption OF their pe'sion resolutions
had TO connection wh~tevc- with the rejection OF
Commander Firms application for pension. SAID q
member: -
"Commdc Firm did not frame the resolutions lie
may have introduced them, but II h" ia IL was III
the request of their author. Colonel C. NICK Leose'
mast commander of the post who has been the l'adlhc
shirt in the entire proceeding from It's BEGINNING TO
the present fine do rot believe that ten men Ill
the pos, know anything about MI Finn hpp"cf" io'
a pension He was certainly as deserving OF one as
ma.y who have got Them hut the fact dd not enter
into the posts action In any way
s. Osbon. Rear Admiral commanding The National
Association Of Naval Veterans has issued his Genera
Marching Order No. for the parade n" re'ie" VI
me association at Indianapolis Saturday, september
o The battalion will form at 80 q. VI. on Norm
MerldIanst., north of st. Clair and march promp.N
~ 10. The route laid down is $40 miles In letp'n'
AT the flagship Kearsarge, where the Admiral COM
manding will review the pat'aiio'' e"en "'
will break ranks.
In General Orders No. Admiral OSbon INFORMS
shirmates Of the completion Of ARA eemen's' anu
that ample free quarters have been proVocu lo' INV"
accommodate while in that city, ana ho'eis anu
boarding horses at reasonable rates Tor those WIN
desire special accommodations. which may b. had upon
applying to william Fortune. executive director, ~
A r. or 10 Canal, John p. Writ. commanding Black
Hawk Naval Veteran Association. No. 8 1ndiana-avc'
Indiana polls Ind. Free quarters have been poVne"
fot all shipmatcs who desire them IN structure
erected for their special use.
The National Headquarters train will leave New
York by tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad OF Thurs
day August 81. at a. m, reaching Indianapolis oh
Friday September /. IT p. m. Fare for the rouhd
trim will be probably onc-ha regular rates. Rates
nj twenty four hotels md lo1gng houses are given
ranging from IS to 81 at tpc formei and from VI -
to 25 cents for lodgings snv. The National HEAD
quarters will be at the Denison House. PennsSiVan'
and Ohio SITS
The legality of Secretary Jokc Smiths "pension
slaughter order to tested In the United states
Courts thanks to Congressman John Daizeii' OF
Pttsburg. Among the veterans who found ,helr pen
sions pended at last quarter day was Captain Bogg
of Rochester, Penn who for the last twenty years mas
6een receiving $40 q month to aid in his support.
Contain Boggss neighbors know him as man OF ex'
re.ni character hut he went the front during the
war and lost his health Mr.. Smith suspended the
octogcnarian's pension because he could ma no am
davits on file in the Pension Bureau showing mat
Comrade Boggs was incapable Of performing manual
labor Congressman Dalyell who IS lawyer as wen
as patriot. will contest In the courts the authority
81 Mr. smith to take away the old mans means
OF subsistence. Similar proceedings may be taken III
Ncw-york cases OF the same kind.
Colonel f. r. Lee Of Monticello. H., secretary Of
The shiloh BATTLEFIELD Association. has received num-
her OF Interesting letters from both Union and exCon
federate leaders who took part in the battle OF
shi,oh commencing the plan to preserve the battle
A,ld erect monuments there, as has been done at
ccttvshure and 10 rebuild the old shiloh meeting
Ecusc General Don Carlos Buell. who reinforced
General Grant there with the Army Of the olio' ana
General Beauregard. who succeeded to the command
NJ the Confederates after General Albert sydney John
ston fell: Colonel william Preston Johnston MS son :
General Joseph Wheeler the weKhowh ca'ary o'nccr
ana C,pppcssmon from Alabama: General Basil W.
mi. chief Of staff 10 General John Morgan; Gen
e,a, 8 ID. Lee. the ranking Confederate General Nv
ing and senator Isham G. Harris. OF Tennessee VINO
was also IN the battle, among Colonel Lees CORE
spondents A., o,..,,,,,o..
There will be a grand reunion OF the SURVIVORS
n, the hattie OF shiloh at Indianapolis ind ouripg
IT. Do,o,oI Epcnmpment The meeting Will be held
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