New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-05
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.

Past Commander Isaac +. Mack, OK ONO. con-
tlnues to be regarded as leading candidate .o'
commander-n-chIef. The last Department EN-
campmen. Of Ohio held at Chiricothe june Ao'
passed unanimously by q rising vote the following
resolution approving tho candidacy Of Commander
Mack for head OF the oryanxation Resolved 'ha'
tho candidacy Of Comrade ]. f. Mack TOT COZ"
mander-in-chlef Is hereby indorsed by th's oepA
ment. and that tho delegates chosen 10 'ep'e'o"'
this department at the Buffalo Encampmen' Aio
hereby requested TO all honorable means "
secure his election and to make that their n's'
duty" Past Department Commander r. b. Brown
paid this tribute to Commander Mack In urging MS
selection for the place: Il have KNOWN isaae fo''~
Mack for more than quarter OF century a.
journalist: have known him intimately Ior t"eNo
years as an advocate Of the soldier Interests IN ono
not the demagogc sort that sought only from 'he
comrades their appreciation but OF the sort that eH
pended $aOo.0)O every dollar of which was returheu
In 100 OF labor and material In the hteres. vi
the best soldiers home In the world III i've
to rise In the presence Of the comrades at buHao'"
will be my glad privilege to testify that IN every
case Comrade Mack the friend OF the old SOLDIER
whether he OF the trembling. reeling sort OF
the higher sort that worship every day and every
night in the cottage in the chapel. know TINS
comrade we'll / shall welcome the day when ne
nf go to hs rS nd OF .s efficiency the Of
any who has preceded with the certain assu,
oae a1e Of the Seea Grand Army
dessse aR g "s in ohio win
and earnest and active. know enough OF MS cam.
paign 10 know that he will win ana win on the
first ballot" j. b. Davis C. b. Dennis and Charles
Bang made a special committee by the en-
campment 10 canvass and work fcr Cohrdue MacA
election.
A prominent Grand Army officer who has just
returned from trip through the South, writes
private letter to a friend about Comrade Macks
chances: MY trip South did me much good Mack
is the only talked Of for cominander-in-chieI'
l was In Chicago on Saturday all day. and there
the feeling is for Mack Wisconsin, Michigan
Indiana Ohio, the best Of New-York. Delaware.
Montana. California Georgia and Florida are ior
Mack from what learn. i know OF Eastern states states
which! will for him as soon as tnshan IS out out
strength outside his own department Comrnde
Mack, who has recently been In Washington Is e~-
pected in this city soon
The comrades OF John A. Rawlins Post No. 80,
James j. Butler commander and John Z. Kirwin
adjutan will meet to-day at headquarters, NO AZ
West observation-disclosures ffth-st, at a. m.
sharp and in pursuance of a resolution adopted by
the post march to St. Jerome's Parochia! School'
One hundred and thirty-eighth-st and Alexander
ave. Uhe Rev. p w. Tandy. pastor). where ex-
Postmaster Charles W. Dayton will. on behalf OF
the post, present to the school silk United States
flag The object of this presentation Of the flag 70
these representatives Of the rising generation 10
ing true allegiance to the Constitution and laws Of
the glorious Union. Ito teach them the lesson OF
Courage among our children at large and in . the
communities in which we dwell the feeling o. devo
rights to all Marching music viii be furnished BY
sRs RTs orphan 10r asylum
Fauerbach. leader Every comrade should realize
and that nothing but sheer necessity should excuse
him for non-attendance. The comrades VIII appear
in full uniform white gloves officers wearing side
arms"
The prospect of great gathering of veterans
of the war at Buffalo next month grows every
day brighter The department commander of
New-York Colonel A. d. Shaw. in circular to
those whom he has appointed aides-de-camp, writes:
Il trust you will consider yourself my personal
representative in urging full attendance at the
National Encampment at Buffalo. and in the line
OF encouraging closer ties Of comradeship In your
post and section We need to do all We can to
secure fraterna feelings among all comrades. COM
pose irrtatons and strive to unite all veterans In
the warm bonds of our noble Grand Army order.
/ take this method If making personal appeal to
each of my aides-de-camp for the reason that the
DESIGNATION is one of honorable distinction and l
am careful not to unworthily, bestow IT, In the
coming yodrs-when we are all gone-this comInls-
sion will be treasured as mark Of honor by those
who come after US In the majesty ana mys1ery oa
kind words and acts Where weakness develops , IN
Of living. We have all faced the foes OF our eoSn
ton: now let us endeayor to keep in the front line
Of manly and Christian duty n and h nsst 90
tons TO the coming genera alton. sanctihed by lotty
and made precious by The ghesi Is type Up se es
the true spirit Of Fi6ey Charity and LG Sosts
and have made this appeal in the hope that my
STAFF will work as one man TO insp SPITE 'H Tbristan
fellowship and brotherly love-"
Both armies contained phenomenal liars. who told
blood -cu-dng yarns Of their individual proves
I'm battle; bu. one Lamar Fontaine, an alege1
Confederate sharpshoota- las his place at
the head Of this terrible class. This Is the chap
who says he killed sixty Yankees In Sixty minutes
Under The eyes of Generals Lee and stone"a"
Jackson. He has been OF the Confederate reunion
at Nashville He first told his redhandcd story at
Richmond at the laying OF the cornerstone u
JEFF Davis's monument, with the addition that
If General Lee had not stopped him ne would haze
killed every "Yank" n the Army All bis dead
came from Federal battery Which so 5hS sha i
battle n which he @a pr %HnSSea su 6
s haxGc ae n inns Thirteen Of these
were fatal -or would haze been with an ordinary
lungs and tvs scraped his heart: Yet still ly,.
TO lie. There other wonderful escapes OF this
BoMesd b ss s snif at ' Bun
that S the oss mac he ksa by
an experiment. and placed the warm INTERVALS OF
h sa hs ThS aa the the
recovered and lived to Kill another score OF
YankeeSi
Colonel II. II. Adams past commander OF Lafay-
cite Post No. no. in a recent address before a
veteran organization at New-London. Conn. gave
some extremely interesting facts which bear or
the question of patriotic training Of pupils in the
public schools OF the country. There are living
to-day" he said. NEARLY 100000 old soldiers OF
the war, $4,000 Of whom organized in the
Grand Army Of the Republic. with its 800 posts
distributed throughout the Union. Then thcrc
is the Loyal Legion. with It's thousands of
efficient officers also the growing forces OF
the Sons of the Revolution. societies of tho
Colonial wars and other patriotic associations.
all available to the great National work of