St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
AcKER POST, HOST
HAPPY ENTERTAINMENT Az
THEIR HALL. BY THE POST
AND CORPS.
SOME WELL KNOWN ORATORS
WHO SERVED At THE FRONT RE-,
LATE. INTERESTING EXPE-
RIENCES THERE
But the Blue and Gray Meet on the
Broad Platform of Genuine
Patriotism.

Acker post. G.. A r.. and Acka,,
corps of the ". r. c. held public in
stallation at Central hall last night.
The hall was well filed and all pres
ent We're greatly pleased with the cere-
mony, which was very plain and unos-
tentatious. After the installation of
the two sets of Officers. few short
speeches were made by Capt. H. A
Castle, Rev. DR.. Mckinley, Capt. Nc
Cardy. Col. Flournoy. WHO W as an off,
Ger IN the Confederate army. and y
" Snalley. Following this. luncheon
was served. The postoaice band fur
nished music for the occasion. and
shows considerable Improvement With
in the past few months.
The officers of the Ladies' RELIEF
corps were installed by Mrs. Editb
Harclng, past president. and at the
conclusion OF the ceremony Miss EVE
~ vS5ehSeI' the president-elect. present.
ed Mrs. Margaret Thompson. the retir-
ins president, with a badge. the recoe,.
milton pin and insignia Of the mast
president. Following are the names
or tne new officers: President. Miss
Eva Messenger; vice president, Mrs.
Laura Glosier; junior vice PRESIDENT
Mrs. Mary Schultz; chaplain. Mrs RAJ
chel Ross; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Kendel;
secretary, Mrs. Martin Gordon. com
ductor. Mrs. Sophia Lightbourn: guard,
MRS. Mary Coats; assistant conductor,
Miss Lille LightbOurn; assistant,
guard, Mrs. Ida De Lestry
Capt. McCardy acted as installing
oTlcer FOR the mems post and the Of
GERS installed are as follows Com
mander, |. l.. Mahan; senior vice COM
mander, NJ. *. Williams: junior vice
IN -
q. HiGbee, NJ. d; chaplain, George h.
Lewis; officer OF the day J. p. Leitner;
officer of the days guard, A e. Mes
senSer; quartermaster, s. c. ArbuCkIe;
quartermaster'9 sergeant, l. H. b.
Beebe.
In his remarks. Capt Castle called
attention to the Importance of going
about the work of making prepara-
lions for the coming national encamp-
ment with enthusiasm. The people of
the South had greeted the old soldiers
royalty. ana large number of the
OLD confederate soldiers would be press
ent at the next encampment and thu,
people of St. Pau! could not afford tSf
be CutdOne in hospitality =
The remarks of DR.. Mckinley and
those of Capt. McCardy were very brief
and the latter ended by calling on a soil
der of the South to say a few words,
Col Flournoy, of the Second Virginia
cavalry. Col. FlOurnoy said he felt as
Henry Watterson did, that the South
was whipped and it was a good thing
it was. when Mr. Castle said ne
would shake hands across a bloody
chasm," continued the speaker, "he was
mistaken. We will never do it, We
will shake hands across one country and
under one flag. (Applause) We Of the
South have twice as much interest ia
that flag as you of the North have. We
were born under it and surrendered to
it, Naughter) l always wore a Confed-
crate button until the present little
trouble with England came up, and +,
haven't worn it since" daughter and
applause)
E. v Smalley began by saying that
he did not believe that battles were won
SO much by the greatness of general
ship as by a sort of instructive conf
dence on the part of the men. He then
gave thrilling description Of tho battle
In which he was wounded, and the man
ner in which he was carried off the field
just as he had given up all hope of ever
again seeing a living soul He was
thrown on a horse and carried off by a
young man he has never seen since, for
the privilege of taking whom by the
hand he would travel around the earth.
Gen. Mason was called on for a speech,
but declined to talk, on the ground that
he was only recruit, being a member
only about a month, and he had ALWAYS
been instructed that recruits should al
low their superiors to do the talking.
Mr.. Smalley moved that a committee
be appointed to prepare a programme
Tor memorial service in honor of the
late eX-Gov Marshall. The matter was
referred to the memorial committee.