St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
AcKER POST, HOS
HAPPY ENTERTAINMENT 4
THEIR HALL By THE POST
AND CORPS.
SOME WELL KNOWN ORATOR
WHO SERVED At THE 'FRONT.' RI
LATE INTERESTING EXPE-
RIENCES THERE.
NO BLOODY "sHIRTv FLAUNTE
But the Blue and GRAY Meet on III
Broad Platform of Genuine
Patriotism

Acker post. G.. y. r.. and AK
corps of the W. r. c. held a pubHcS
stallation at Central hall last nigh
The hall was well filed, and all pre-
ent were greatly pleased with the Ger.
mony which was very plain and uno!
tentattous. After the installation
the two sets of Offices, a few sho
speeches were made by Capt. H.
Castle, Rev DR.. Mckinley. Capt. NJ,
Cardy, Col. Flournoy. Who was an off
Ger IN the Confederate army, and I
'. Slnalley. Following this. luncheo
was served. The postodice band finn
hlshed music for the occasion an
SHOWS considerable Improvement VI a.
in the past few months.
The officers of the Ladies' ReIie
Corps We're installed by Mrs Edi
Harding, past president. and at tb
conclusion Of the ceremony Miss Ev'
messenger, the preSideut-elect. present
ca Mrs. Margaret THOMPSON. the retiI
ING president, with badge. the recoe
hitlon pin and insignia of the mas
president Following are the name
VI uhe new officers: President. Mis-
IVA messenger; vice president, M.
Laura Glosier; junior vice president
Mrs. Mary Schultz; chaplain. Mrs. Ra
chel Ross; treasurer, Mrs. Ida KendeI
secretary Mrs. Martin Gordon; con
ductor, Mrs. Sophia Lightbourn; guard
MfS' Mary Coats; assistant conductor
Miss Lille Lightbourn; assistan
guard, Mrs. ida De Lestry.
capt. McCardy acted as instalIinJ
ofncer for the mems post, and the of
GERS installed are as follows Com
mander, 1. l.. Mahan; senior vice com
commander, w. H. Burns; surgeonj c
q. HiSbee NJ. D.; chaplain Georgf X
Lewis; officer of the day, J. p. Leitner
officer of the days guard, A. e. Mes
serSer; quartermaster, :. c. ArbuckIe
quartermaster'S sergeant, l. II. b
Beebe
In his remarks, Capt. Castle called
attention to the importance of goinl
about the work OF making prepare
ions for the coming national encamp
ment with enthusiasm. The people o
the South had greeted the old soldier.
royalty, and large number of T.
old confederate soldiers would be pss
ent at the next encampment, and th,
people Of st. Paul could not afford t
be outdone IN hospitality
The remarks of Dr. Mckinley ant
those of Capt. McCardy were very brief
and the latter ended by calling on a sol
p4Ci VI LIlC tOOulIl 70 SHY al lew words
Col Flournoy, of the Second Virginia
cavalry. Col. Flournoy said he felt a!
Henry Watterson did, that the Soutl
was whipped and it was a good thine
it was. when Mr.. Castle said hC
would shake hands across a bloody
chasm," continued the speaker, he wa!
mistaken. We will never do it, We
will shake hands across one country ant
under one flag. AppIauseD We Of tho
South have twice as much interest IN
that flag as you of the North have w,
were born under it and surrendered t
1t. UaughterO | always wore a Confed
crate button until the present litt,
trouble with England came up, and
haven't worn it since" daughter anC
applause)
b. V. Smalley began by saying that
he did not believe that battles were wor
so much by the greatness Of general
ship as by a sort of instructive conf.
depce on the part of the men He Their
gave thrilling description of tho ba X.
In which he was wounded, and the ma.
ner in which he was carried off the field
just as he had given up all hope of evel
again seeing a living soul He wa.
thrown on horse and carried off by 2
young man he has never seen since. fol
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 a recruit, being a member
only about month, and he had always
been instructed that recruits should al
low their superiOrs to do the talking.
Mi. Smalley moved that a committee
be appointed to prepare a programm,
for memorial service in honor of tn,
late eX-Gov. Marshall. The matter IA!
referred to the memorial committee.