New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-21
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.

~ =. ..a ,ho National Encampment soon to as
semble In Buffalo leads TO the predicuon ''a' w
be one of the largest and most interesting sa',v'
inps of veterans of the war in thirty years. Inc
ros ,.raaa With which the encampment Is an
nualv ushered in will take place on WEDNESDAY
August 25 and will be reviewed by the fres'uvn.'
VINO will be accompanied by the Secretaries Vi "a.,
the Navy and the Interior. ana possioy y! 80
members OF his Cabinet The line OF march win %
less than two miles in length over streets paneu
with asphalt and mostly lined with shade trees ne
business sessions will begin on Inursday Ae osnscted
10 take part Liberal rates OF transportation nave
been secured one cent per mile VIM be az round trp
Within ali territory west of Chicago nays been
agreed upon by the railroads Win '' Information
on this subject will be known soon ~ ne W., uei IL az
ready large Department conmandsrs have been been
asked TO ascertain as nearly as poSsro the num-
her desiring free quarters or other MUMMY TO-
and such iniSrma seereary Eco
Square Buffalo All vsieran as.osia. opnend With
H Hp zscher Chairman Of Committee on Re
unions Department officers desiring horses ro ~
in the parade should correspond Win oe''e'''
Major George p Edgar. OF the best-known
and most active members of Lafayette Post NO
IAN possesses a war record that is interesuns'
While Generals cassius NJ. Clay and James II.
Lane held the capital during the eveniui uass
of April lSsi-untl the 9th Massachusetts anu inc
Comrade Edgar with them Upon inc aii."
OF the Eth of which he had been MEMBER lo'
five years he took his place with mushe' !"
the ranks az Camp Cameron On the return u,
the 9TH Regiment 10 NewAYork he was appointed
Major Of the 4,h Regiment Of the Excelsior
Pr,cada hv General Daniel f. Sckles, on June
1861 General Fremont about that tine was
placed In command OF the West, win he''
quarters at ST. Louis. Major Edgar deemed zen
era Sickles's offer and in July accepted 'he pIaoc
nf O.
OF aide-dc-camp on the stan OF GENERA os
mont with rank Of captain His first duty was
that of recovering the body OF General Nathahiei
LYON from Springfield. Mo. Genera! HailecK sue
ceeded General Fremont IN February. 1907 anu
authorized Captain Edgar TO report IN person u
Brlgadier-General Grant before Fort Doneison
On tho eve OF that battle February IA, 1862, Cen
eral Grant assigned him TO dut; on the stan
Of General John A. MGCernand and i,b Whom
to the STAN OF General Lev y wbsn he was
tered out OF the service January u.s. ne ~a Of
dnsfa Ba anS "s at Fort Monroe
interim he served on the siS @1 Ssr Ohio. July
- 1873 Apri g. 1864 he resigned in order to
PPGdTeG a SmSs 10 but the war he
found such place After several Of SDd
ence a, Washington during which he urgently RsnnS
Tx Th s thG Pfn h the sumpon
milan Captain Edgar Joined Genera MeI X C an
SdoSepaed fT with Esco6edo Corina and other
soldiers Of the MexS2n Repu5R aarex TnG in gh,ng
ne French and Austrian interlopers and theiT
4aGs{ysa a from ca1anG Tawor
aPPonmsnt Mexican A T9 Tn IN Gan@ary 1885,
Colonel Edgar and MaGr hgo Sree ~ hours from
G Growhs2e rode 10 e kS
tirande and assisted the small force cd cd IN re
iainng possession OF that place which he had
the mpsrastsr me T nEat and
SoonS Edgar came North TO New-Orleans ana
res,ed and sent to Fort Philip, below New
Orleans. as prisoners OF stare that time in the
a aPI5 Of 6s power The order executed by
PS sheFSaH then he be par1 Of he
dpiomacy Of secretary Seward General sh sd
Sa9 pa released him. Thus he was
from YO"i1sqs 2R Sve Of Ine FeSon
brevetted Captain Edgar Ma1or. Ine si on
list Lists Of Of letters bd w ilG times is wonderful collection
might IT We'll sSd W Be Vsiera E1 Of Re
7th Regiment and Of the Society of the Army OF
the Potomac.
The Chaplain-in- Chief is extremely DESTROYS that
prompt and complete returns as to the manner IN
which Memorial Day was observed should De sent
d dav' but the respect paid 1t by the community
POST commanders requested to give the maj. .
chapains are properly sent to DEPARTMENT M head 6
quarters These reports are TO be to NY
Chaplain-in- Chief without delay.
The Department Of New-Jersey held lts ehcdi"P
ment last week at Atlantic City and elected Com
rada Emanuel Sands of Jersey City, Department
Commander II was a fight between North ahc
South Jersey, and the north won by good ma
tori,y The newly elected commander was no
present at the encampment. consequently lie oo"''
not be installed, is customary, before the Ell
campment He had been drawn as juror. an'
ros unable TO leave the Courthouse in Jersey City
In consequence a dispensation was procured IRON
the Commander Chief, who permitted me a., ~
saaton to take place IN eIe Serformed and III
attendance OF every post within clrcIe OF t"et.'
miles was enry speWSia son George H. Thomas an
other posts Of Hudson County turned OUT wiz
full rage Ts sahds a served in NeWYor regiment AM
was OF three brothers IN me ,o Mar p;msn,
% S4rN Volunteers, in May. 1862 He was capt
q[Sd at aarP p4son merT Thh SO
ttat he was honorably discharged lie then Sc,
a and engaged in the shoe business and Joined Val
Houten Post No. g. which he has served IN ever
Yoander' holding the latter place two or tire
terms. lie is one Of the most poput b Sront
h the Ty Work 2 The Of NewJeT
sey is to be congratulated upon his election.
New-Jersey furnished forty regiments In the wal
including cavalry and infantry. together with hv
batteries of artillery. OF the forty regiment
,hirtv-seven were infantry. The number OF me
furnished by the State was S,SO5. being looo' l
excess Of the number called for. OF this numbe
served with State organizations and the other
in regiments of other States The naval ana and ma
tine enlistments numbered 1855 The amount
money paid by the State 10 soldiers and ther lam
lies was as follows: Dead and dischaIged; - SoS
$50 GO: families ana dependent mothers siol'o'' d
total disbursements, s2a1,SH o.
The battle monument OF the "a Regiment FIJI
zouaves. 7sd Ncw-York Volunteers, which was
he dedicated in July on the battlefield OF Gettys
burg Will not be completed in time. and the ded
cation will not take place until September. IN
comrades had all their arrangements complete . an
orc disapponted sadly at the unexpected deia.
+, was h0ped 10 dedicate the monument on u
anniversary Of the battle and TO nave granu r.
ntnr on The occasion. The cause OF the delay wa
the failure 10 complete the bronze work OF me pas
Tic work Is now well under way. ana there WI
taro deiay bevond the named date: The preci'
e. viii he sci as soon possible. ms regimei