New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-27
GRAND ARMY NOTES
CAMPAIGN BEGUN FOR MEMORIAL. ro,.
MITTEE OFFICERS
NAMES OF SOME OF THE CANDIDATES
MENT ENcAMPMENT TO BE HELD

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and the office Of grand marshal. Department cor.
mander Edward J. Atkinson has been secretarv :.
the committee for over d dozen years. and hss
been annually reelected without opposition TIT.
year he has rival IN Past Department Com.
rnander James 8. Fraser. There IL a flavor OF noI,
tics in the contest between Comrades Fraser .nn
Atkinson. which Increases the zest with which ~.
cohorts Of the opposing candidates are prepar,r.
for the fray.
For grand marshal. Captain John B. HYDE 40
Lafayette Post No. 40. and Comrade Van wv.k,
OF E. A. K.mball Post No 100 are talked of. VIII
the chances favoring Comrade Hyde An unwr,ttsn
law Of the Grand Army In New-York forbds N.
election OF more than comrade from nos, \,
making UP the Memorial Committee slate Tn.'
choice Of Comrade Hyde will be urged as bar !.
the election OF any other Lafayette Post man.
Chairman Philip 8. BIglin. who is understood "a
be a candidate for reelection is to have an oppo-
sition candldate-Comrade George Chapel. com.
mander Of Vanderbilt Post No. 1885, who four year,
ago filled the ONCE OF grand marshal Conrad.
Bign has just been reelected and installed In nj.
old place OF commander of Reno Post No A. Tai.
ing 1t altogether. the prospect for stirring tine, in
the Memorial Committee at this election is fine.
ANNUAL REUNION HELD.
The Sixth Company Veterans Of the It'll Regiment
had their annual reunion on Friday evening at the
18th Regiment Veteran clubhouse, No. Isl Ffthaye
where about seventy five veterans Of the "O.d Sly"
Ia,
Cozzens presided, assisted by the following efficient
committee: A. V. Pancoast. Edmund Hendricks
r. A. Goodwin, Frederick Budd. G. c. Brnckerho1
G. J. Wetzler. George W. Jones and George d PIT,
man. Major George Rand the special guest OF tia
evening Among others present were General Jacob
r. Duryea, Captain Edwin Young, William B. Dick,
George G. Nevers W. II. Hampton. b F. Dos Pas,
sos. W. 3. Freeman. Captain Samuel Budd A. l.
Rogers f. A. Brooks. George W. Hart publisher OF
THE 7th Regiment Gazette; II. II. Arthur Charles
King Major George p Edgar. s. A. Brant G. q.
Brinckerhon. jr.. II. r. Dale. x. C. Gibson A. G.
Jessup, Gouverneur Kemble and Harmon Henl
bricks. After the cigars and coffee the flow OF vii
and soul began and lasted until early the next dav
The Department Council. OF Administration has
settled upon the city Of Utica for the rext DEPART
ment encampment TO be held next May Syracuse
was the only competitor Utica had The keepers oe
hotels. restaurants and boarding houses and the
citizens generally Of the successful city pledged
themselves TO see to II that the "od boys" have m
cause for complaint at the coming encampment
The National Association Of Union ex- Prisoners AZ
War are urging Congress to pass their bl--rT r. al
winch directs that there shall be placed upon the
pension rolls the names of all officers soldiers SALON.
and marines now surviving who. while In the ser.
vice OF the United States and In line OF theis
duty. were taken prisoners OF and such con.
fined In socalled Confederate prisons between Nav
1861. and May 1865: and that every such officer
soldier. sailor and marine shall receive 81 day for
every day he was confined. and $l2 month for the
rest OF his life
The School Committee OF Providence R L. has
approved OF the proposition Of Department Com
mander Daniel r. Ballou and other Grand Army
officials Of Rhode Island. to designate a permanent
day in the public school calendar OF the State por-
ton OF the session OF which shall be devoted to
special patriotic exercises and services and 70 be
designated Grand Army Flag Day. The day selected
Is the anniversary Of Iincoln's BIRTH which win DO
md rax, h. n
partment Commander Balou and his associates Be-
sides this has been ordered that eleven days
be designated as flag days" when the National flag
shall be displayed on the public school buildings.
Among these flag days Columbian Day. Octo-
Der 2l: Pilgrim Day. December %; Emancipation
Day. January /; Washington Day February q;
Arbor Day (by appointment; Memorial Day. May
80: Gaspee Day. June TO- Flag Day. June Il: Roger
Williams Day. June 25. and independence Day. JuyA
MANY FRIENDS BEHIND HIM.
A comrade who has many friends backing him
for Grand Marshal Of the Memorial Day parade
this year is Captain John p. Hyde. OF Lafayette
Post No. l4o Captain Hyde has record for EN-
Client and gallant service the front, which COM
mends him 10 Grs nd Army sentiment, as the KIM
OF a upon whom such honors ought TO faii
Comrade Hyde. though suffering from wounds ana
exposure In the line Of duty is still well preserVeo
and hearty. and his stalwart form and me howhs
the head of the column next Memorial Day cap.
tain Hyde enlisted large part OF his commano
the 9Th Massachusetts, Battery-and "en' INTO Inv
field as Second Lieutenant. He was engaged IN ~
the desperate battles OF the Army OF the fo'omsS
from September 1861 until the end OF his service
At Ciaines's Mills his battery was cut 10 p'eees $50
he lost many men In killed and wounded. four can
non and twenty-five horses. Captain hydes ga
lant behavior in the Peninsular Campaign "a'
been recognized by General Daniel Butterne'u ~
letter addressed to the Captain. Cap'a" ~
formerly belonged tc Noah l.. Farrham ros' 49, Nv.
49, but when that post made Its famous 80.
on the pension question few years ago, @o'"
Hyde withdrew and joined Lafayette fos''
Kotes Post No 80 Frederick Letzeiser' ,o"
mander will hold its twenty-nnth annual masaae.'
ade ball on the eve OF Abraham Lincoln o.. 80.
Tuesday evening February II. at the "e'" ,'a.,.
Assembly Rooms. Nos POI ard 2sS bo"e's' '.,.~
by Kauer's Koltes Post Bani Tickets a ~.
couple 81 each; extra ladies ticket % ceno,nmnossd
committee in charge Of the festivities Is c SSshpmiSt
Of Charles Gerach shair%an T TgSaer and Herman
scSedeeer aided he' s1soc o.
ersn WoSnteer infantry he he be. h. Rss Snsn
Armory The toloyns officers o tSS John
shall epresident serseaWHt 5 SSSn secrsts
captain George Dewey. Captain Frs SSass N
Patrick PTSas e and W ,a TSs p n on
n next. the anniversary OF the muster nso ceSms..
OF the regiment The officers were mace aai.hration
I. Rlker POST No. g. will have its annuS and *
querade bal in aid OF the WIDOW ara IS al Tam;
many Hall Adjutant John schmiain s,sa and co:
couraged by Commander Peter Ewaid ana iIev Mas.
Faker. Davis. Cuman Haus lhsr Won Gown. is
working hard to make the AFFAIR success Captan
The committee OF the Vosburgh veterans. iis ar
raneements for celebrating Washington o. 81 The
appropriately Friday evening Eeoras Mariner Of
Following comrades have been appointed cnasse on
the several subcommittee OF the C9niWW'iie be-
Celebration: Celebration. Pres:den, = = K Acker.
man: Entertainment. +. ID. Ho:brook r pprosessor
H. Henry: floor director. c. A. Hogrefe. dsncins
music The Committee OF Arrangements MMn MI,