New-York tribune., 1895-10-14
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
,,,r NEW COMMANDER ISSUES 4 c'RcO-
LAR LETTER.
u-,r.r. APPOINTMENTS MADE-TuE GRAND NNN'
BApGE NOT PROHIBITED IN
curRcHEs-NEws OF THE nRooKLNN

nADGE NOT IkOtlbilt-F ~
,r,rpcnrs-NEws OF THE BROOKLYN
AND xEw.YOEK POSTS
-o,ac,ad Conomandcr-sn- Chief. Colonel
walker of Indiana. in circular 'e.'er
.,.b accompanies General Order No l. S"'S ''
. assuming the duties Of his once "' 'o'' W
r,e into close touch with the department '''''
,aers and to keep step with all the co'hia ~
n'" 49,. ,,a,, ,rasen, an unbrokcn column Ii Is my
s.,re that this shall I've year oi active earnest
ra,l The time has arrived when we heeu eac"
rver, Grand Army post should be recruit
',a.ion There are thousands Of hono-abiy dis
s~sed soldiers throughout the lana VINO served
.,h credit I'm the army OF the Union ana kept thelr
.,b 10 the flag who are not memoirs o' 'he "'a"'
.-,, ~ the Republic. We should make II our iirst
. - soc that the names OF these. our comrades IN
,,s he placed upon our rolls Untii TINS be accom-
rsbe6 our work will not be complete
-. members OF the grandest organization in the
LII LET US one and all strive to accomplish this
ssult BY so doing may reasonably hope 10 re-
- our losses from suspensions to increase our
..rhershlp and usefulness. and command 'ha'
.ssr.ct and justice which is our due
comrades the Comma nder-in-C Chief asks your ac-
.,ro cc-operation and assistance In advancing our
- with YOUR aid much can be accomplished
-. vour interests without il his efforts VIII be IN
vain. - -r,,o
rr,hune and has taken High PriVates mint
,,,ad last Monday that the delay in appointing
MS adjutant and quartermaster-generais was not
.ood for the interests of the order. In General
o-asrs No . issued October S. Comrade walker
.-,ounces these STAFF appointments: Adjutant-Gen-
-; Irwin Robbins indianapolis. Ind; Quarter
,oss,er-General A. j. Burbank Chicago. ILL.,; IN
sns,,or- General. William NJ. Olin. Boston. Mass;
i,dge Advocate General, Alfred Darte Wilkes
barre Penn
Ir the same order the Commander-in-Chiei direo's
aonartr,cn, commanders TO recommend the names OF
80 ..-,,roles M large and one comrade for each
o.o ,ner,bers of the order In their department for
aiaasda-rarnn Oh the stan of the COMMANDMENT
chief They will also recommend to the Inspector
General A suitable comrade TO serve as assistant
Inspector general
To HELP HER GET a PENSION.
Information is wanted OF the time and pace OF
death OF Paul j. Fitzsmmons. who served IN COM
many Is4th Regiment. New-iork Infantry he
lef,. Ne.-York City or Newark. y. j., eighteen OF
twenty years ago. and has not been heard from
since then Any person knowing anything as 10
n.b,, became OF nm will confer great favor on
. worthy woman by sending Information to Mrs
carrie Fltzsimmons or 30 Mrs A. f. Tiffany, presi-
dent Of the Woman's Relief Corps. NO II Cedaf
Rarihs Iowa Mrs Ftrsimmons - In poor neaith
AMI In almost destitute circumstances The ABOVE
,nfo-,nstion Is required to establish her claim to
pension. Cty ana N'a'e PaPe'S nv 4
copy thir .,-.
a, ola con,,oyersv which has been atsfactorily
sst,ie3 in the Department Of New-York is now at
tracing attention In the Department oil hlcheali'
During the funeral OF veteran al Port huron IN
that State Wednesday AS. the priest IorOaue 'he
pali5earers 10 enter his church while wearing GrAno
Army badges on the ground that the regalia OF any
society which has received the approVaI OF 'he
Church is not permitted to be worn in Ca;ho-ic
churches The Incident created considerable feeling
ana Bishop Foley OF that diocese, was appeaied 10.
He said that no rule prevailed which would pro-
hibt iht wearing OF Grand Army parges III
churches and tha; the Port Huron prizes had com
mit,-i an egregous olunder If he had eSc'u"eu Inc
palhearcrs Cor the reason stated.
4 ROMANTIC TALE OF FIDELITY.
corrad4 Thomas Trahey. night clerk Police
Headquarters in 81. Louis. has received perh's-
son from SISTER ~ Magdelene. superior at ~. Vim
cents TO pace a monument over the grave of s-s-
ter Louise who In 1883 nursed the conrade paeh
10 life In a Frederick City Nd1 hospital. after no
had been wounded al Fredericksburg ana was
taken down with typhoid pneumonia. sister Louise
was beautiful Young nun OF Toronto. and 1raheE
fell in love with She left the hospital for duty
elsewhere before he able to return 10 his reg
ment and he lost track OF her. At the end OF me
war the 10Th Michigan Infantry. 10 which Traheg
belonged was mustered out al Detroit some years
later he drifted to ST Louis and became police
man He sought for Sister Louise, only TO learn that
she had died in 1867 in thai city, OF the same as,
ease which came SO near ending his l.fe and had
been buried IN Calvary Cemetery there ne WIS
tied her grave. and determined that better mohu-
mem should mark her last resting place. For over
twenty-five years his request 70 be allowed 10 pu,
up attractive tombstone was refusei py
the authorities OF the convent who controlled the
sisters section IN the cemetery A FEY DAYS ago
ton mad al Iast been granted He is a member OF
Ransom Post. No. l3i OF st. Louis
FOR COMMANDER WALKERS RECEPTION
7 Gran, Post No S27. II Brooklyn. held thei,
regular mpmsnt Tuesday evening. and made
arrangements for the reception 10 Comma nder-in-
Chef Walker in November The following named
were appointed a Committee Of Arrangements;
Henry " knight. Andrew Jacobs. Noah Tebbetts.
s II Frankenberg John II Johnson. Edgar Nc
Donall Marshal T. Davidson George F. TAFT.
George Price Eliph Hendrckson. Enoch RutzlcT.
J l. Baker Judge Charles +. Teale. William May
Rear-hdmirai samuel A.rnsn Of the National As
ISOLATION of \ava, Veterans. has lssueu his nTst
order taking commend from hea adquartcrs Of the
ISOLATION No 2-7 Divsion-ave. Brooklyn. ship
lena, scnrs,ary Frsderick = Haskins' OF Brook
iyn National Historian John y Writ OF Indian
apos National Boatswain Edwin Shelley. Of New
Haven; senior Ald and Chief OF stan. Walter T.
The seventeenth annual reunion OF the Reglmentai
Association AS, Of the 5;h Eew-York hsayy Ariiers cry
tohe- 70 ~ Jae gers Maoison-ave and fifty-ninths
~ c,areTmsster Puttie Of Iloya Aspnwai post
No Co. gave post gsvel made from the
WOOD - one OF the heavv tabes from which General
Grant sold leather In Galena. H.. before the war
The handle made from piece OF the Stockade
o. AndersonV.lle prison pen.
The Nosburgh Veterans al special meeting heI'i
a: No. 50 Third-sve.. on Wednesday evening. passed
Appropriate resolutions to the death OF Captain
George !. Tyson Captain \. NJ. C0pland presided
Reno Post, No. a. attended las; Wednesday in a
body the United Presbyterian Church in West
Forty-fourth-st. the funeral Of Ccmrade John ".
Fink. formerly a corporal th@ 10th NV York
Heavy Artillery. TIE usual badEe Of mourning was
ordered
Jamaica Post OF jamaica Long Island. has voted
q change lis name 10 Alfred NJ Wood Post, in
honor o. the late Colonel Alfred NJ Wood. of Queens
COUNTY x-Mayor of Brooklyn and the war colonel
OF the l4th Regiment
Henry F Bowers of No. re Ferry-st. Troy y.
j, wants the address % Michael Mccormick. First