St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13
ON DRESS PARADE.
ACKER POST RECEIVES ITS
FRIENDS AT THE POST MALL
And InstalIs Officers Elected
for the Ensuing
Year.

Acker Post 81, G. A. R., held its in
stallatiOn of officers last evening at the
post hall, corner West Seventh and
Sixth streets. The hall was very taste-
fully decorated with bunting and flags,
and stacked arms, drums and cannon
made an artistic background to the
stage. on which sat prominent Grand
Army men. a large audience was as
sembled to witness the ceremonies ana
was entertained by some stirring music
furnished by the post band.
The members of the post marched
into the hall to the strains of marching
Through Georgia" and presented arms
before Judge Ell Torrance, of toln
A RaWlins Post 12G. of Minneapolis,
who was appointed By the department.
commander as installing officer, and,
after a few words expressing his appre-
citation of the honor conferred on him,
installed the following gentlemen to
serve as officers of the post for one
year:
senior vice commander, Dr.. Isaac l..
Mahan: Junior vice commander, Martin
K. Williams; adjutant, w. b. Sum-
mers: uuarIermaster, John A. Moak;
surgeon. Dr. c. c. GriswOld; chaplain,
Rev, P. w. Fuller; officer of the day,
Nick Flynn; officer of the guard. A. T.
Messenger; sergeant major, George b.
Irish: inside guard. Joseph Chapron;
outside guard. Maurice Tracy.
The newly installed senior vice com.
mander then appointed the following
committees:
Visitifg-Post commander, j. V. G.,
S. V. c., o, D.. .. G.
Charity-B. f. Irwin. A. Z. Messen-
ger, F.. S. Lightbourne, P.D Winchell, j.
Titlow.
Library-E. Y. SmalIey, Benjamin
Brack, X. Clifford. W. Il. Burns. S. c.
ArbuckeI, John Way.
ntertainment-E. S. Chittenden. r.
A. Becker, w. A. Levitte, Charles
Chapel. D. H. Gregg.
Surgeons-Charles c. Griswold, j. R.
Lewis. W. j. Sleepy.
Soldiers Homer A. Becker, W. 3.
Summers. w. A. LeYitte.
Memorial = Albert Scheffer, R. A.
Becker. ". H. Burns. j. W. Makinson,
S. G. Arbuckel. John Espy, +. 3.
Doran, j. j. McCardy. Il. A. Castle, NJ.
Finance j. c. Chenny, Benjamin
Brack, q. r. Lewis.
Funeral-P. c., S. Y. O., j. '. G..
quartermaster, surgeon. adjutant, 0. u.
Capt. Castle then read very inter-
esting paper on DRESS Parade" and,
among other things. said: ANY
scheme of war which omits the stately
ceremonial of dress parade from among
its essential elements is scandalouslY
unsvmmetric. The military science is
of preclassical antiquity. The problem
as to who put down the rebellion.
hitherto more reconcile than that OF the
procession Of equlnOXes, has at last
been solved. 1t was the boy in blue,
his mother, and the girl he left behind
him. The first did the fighting. the
second the praying, and the third sup
piled the Inspiration" He told
his comrades that they should at all
times conduct themselves ats though on
dress parade. and the Grand Army of
the Republic need never be ashamed OF
its muster roll. Judge Torrance fol-
lowed with a short speech that brtstled
with "reminiscences, and, incidentally
mentioning the name of Abe Lincoln.
a storm of applause broke forth that
lasted fully a minute. The meeting
then resolved itself into social even
ing, and the veterans talked over old
times to their hearts content. Previous
to the post installation the Women's
Relief Corps, Acker Post No. Z, in
Stalled its officers for the year. Past
President Mrs. Eunice II. Quick acted as
installing officer, and instructed the
following ladies as to their duties a!