New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-02
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.

partrnent o Nebraska by special ifaih via N"ShSo
and Northwestern Railroad. and thence VIA 'le w"
York Chicago and St. Louis (Nckel Plate hah"a!
TO Buffalo. arriving at that city on MONDAY Ausus
g. a, a. m. On his arrival ne VIII open INC Va
tional headquarters a, the Hotel iToquois me LS
ecutive Committee Of the National Council OF Az
rninis,raton will NEE, a; IL o'clock. August e. the
National Council OF Administration Will meet on
Tuesday august a. 6 at m Tues
day August q. at p m, FOR consultation ana naai
Ssascs 81 a the he viii
Northumberland al the Hotel lroauois On s ach
depsrtnen; or other properly authorized officer VINO
viii receip: 10 him for them The CommlI.GIe o
Comrades j. 81 Vernon Illinois, Henry A. HE Heath
Nebra a. VINO W be in session at National
headquarters
The thirty-hrst National Ercampment VIII assem-
BILE in Music Hall. Buffalo. Thursday. August 70
al , a m. The annua. parade will take place OH
Wednesday August o. and will move a; ~ a. H.
sharp. from Man-st. and the Terrace IN columns "
pla;oons eight files front. half-d!stance Post COM
Ynanders will keep their commands we'll closed up
and Department Commanders will see hat breaks IN
w af be- uS pf Mdn,st to Chippewa west Delaware
ave. in Delaware-ave to North-ave IN NoIln-ave.
ms stand will be at the Circle and win be designated
b. A If hs s0T neS sse and
gushed comrades will Ty hs the sS in REVIEW WEN ali
color-bearers will salute by dipping the eoiors' De
par,ment and post commanders VII n sSS Time
OF the column will be one hundred steps 20 the MIN
ute and no faster.
Campfres will be held in several large halls each
evening. at which prominent speakers viii deliver
addresses. Comrade William Mckinley has accepted
the invitation 10 speak az one or more p4dCeS vi
Tuesday evening, August a
Among the proposed amendments to the G. A. r.
rules and regulations which are 10 he acted upon
at Buffalo is the following Offered by the Depart
ment of Massachusetts, to amend Section A. Article
. Chapter 2. by striking out the words If on a
of the balls deposited II appears that not more
than twenty are cast and two or more of them are
black the candidate shall be declared rejected; but
II than twenty are cast. then an additional
black ball for every additional twenty shall be
necessary reject, and instead thereof insert the
following One black ball for every ten balls de-
posted snail be necessary 70 reject Lhe seetS ion
report the C9mmander snail give opportuny 70 any
Grant 10 sta the after when ballot with
ball ballots shall be had one black BAH Tor every
less number Of back balls than above provided be
cast. the candidate shall be declared elected etc.
cut to amend Article T. Chapter !. b.. adding there
tia of any seeding State, and without having taken
oath Of allegiance 20 the so-caled Confederate
against the United States
1t is proposed to get up a birthday testimonial for
Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer. who will soon reach her
SEVENTEEN year. Mrs. Wittenmeyer is a past Ma
tional president of the Womans Relief Corps and
is prominent a worker in the ranks of the order
and as a writer. She did heroic service during the
war in relieving the sufferngs of the sick and
wounded soldiers. and even exposed herself in the
front of battle in saving life. President Lincoln
afforded her every facility for carrying on her
work and she had the SUPPORT G OF The generals IN
friends and co-workers. and Mrs. Grant wrote the
Tying that even up 10 the present time She does
good work in aiding the soldiers and their needy
HOME home, and the Womans Relief Corps is Working
TO that end.
The 9Th New-York Heavy Artillery Veteran Vol
unteers will hold reunion at the Buffalo encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic Thurs
day, August 2s 1891. in the Supreme Court cham
bers. Room No. 81. City Hall, Buffalo, at o'clock
D. m sharp II is expected that all the ex-mem-
bers OF the regiment attending the National En-
campment will be present. and that the comrades
will bring the members of their families who
pany them 10 the meeting; also the ex-members of
the Eighth Army Corps invited The Eighth
Army Corps organized in 1862 it extended at
first from Baltimore to the OHIO State line, and
gar the 9TH New-York Heavy Artillery and four
the %. 3D. 4ih and 7ih Commanding these troops
were many who ,afterward took rank among the
most famous soldiers and statesmen Of the cOun-
try such as Generals Rosecrans. General Crook,
Of the sSth Ohio Reement; eX- President HaVes
President William Mckinley, CAPTAIN acting assist
ant adjuant general on the staff Of General Crook,
Headquarters OF 9TH Artillery Will be established
Monday. August %, at the Robinson House, di-
rectly opposite the Iroquos Hotel, where the regi
that the comrades will report at headquarters
and register as soon as they reach Buffalo. Com
of the regiment for nineteen years. will be in
charge Of the arrangements Comrades desiring
Barker. No 255 Front-st.. New-York City.
The recent decision of the United States Attor-
ney-Geheral relating TO the respective rights of
volunteer and regular Army and Navy officers 10
state occasions the uniform of the highest
rank which they attained in the War Of the Re
bellion has given considerable satisfaction among
Grand Army men. The decision grew out Of the
controversy at the coronation of the Gar between
Colonel John j. McCook, Of this city, who repre-
scented the United States Army. and Captain G. II.
Wadleigh, the representative of the United States
Navy. Colonel Cook claimed precedence in virtue
OF his high volunteer rank shown by his uni
form. Minister Breckinridge sustained the Army
call upon the War and navy departments for their
construction OF the statute granting officers the
their highest volunteer rank The direct issue
presented in the recent, application OF James r.
tain in the 9Th New-York Heavy ARTILLERY. The
w1 nG WaS eed to the affe
era The latter has decided that only former Off
in other words. no ofncer at present on the Army
Tolls can wear the uniform OF Inc volunteer RANK
the volunteer service. and who have no connection
ceremony This is in line with the former con-
struction given to This law by ne War Department,
but ii appeared that the practice was about to bc
reversed, which would have been severe blow to
many thousands of volunteer officers
These comrades have been appointed on The
stan OF the Commander-n-Chief: S. J. Cham
bers, Sing Sing: j. II. Grogan. Plattsbnrg; George
j. Campbell, Nunda; Thomas Pursell. Glovers-
dale; Joseph Stevens. Buffalo; Edward a. More
house. Brooklyn and f. T. Galloway. Ruther
ford, y. j.
1t is again reported that Ii Hung Chang has been
elected honorary member OF the Grand Army of