New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES
VETERAN DIVISIONS IN THE GRANi
PARADE.
DEFECTS IN HISTORIES OF THE Rebellion O'f-D
IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF



IN sciI)oIs-ADDREsSEs or
COMRADES DESIRED.
The ARRANGEMENTS for the parade of the veteran
divisions on the occasion OF the dedlcauoh OF inc
Grant Monument, on April q are going ahead WIN
rapidty and zeal. commandments Ciar"so"
will ride at the head Of the Grand Army column ae-
COMMANDED by his staY The question OF music mas
been satisfactorily settled, General GrenviiIe NJ
Dodge grand marshal having assigned suffclen'
number OF bands TO the veteran part OF the pa'a"s
Department Commander Graham directs Inat ,, an II
sons be addressed Major Thomas Is, Oneii ac!-
Ing assistant adjutaht-generai, grand mars 1a
healauarters 80. | Broadway Commander CIa
ham has issued the following additional orders ne
posts and unattached comrades OF TINS depai h
participating in the parade will be formed INTO nre ,
divisions as follows, viz The posts OF New sork
CITY Will compose the First Division nnae IF Rrnolvn
and Long Island will compose the Second DIVISION,
under command OF Comrade NJ j. Cumh mn a.. nv, r,
other posts ard unattached comrades OF the depart
ment will compose the Third DIVISION, uhder con-
mand OF Past Department Commanaef f JOnn o n
shots Subject 10 time and place OF lot o.',
manner of marching. etc. TO the directions OF uidnu
Marshal Dodge and these @ ene orranize
his command he may deem best. with the view OK
distributing the mrsic and colors as nearly e4uai a.
possible On the march the Third DIVISION Will 'ake
the right the Second Division the centre ana me
First Division the left Every member OF cns ad
wearing 6. A. r uniform. white gloves ana withou;
sashes or side ARM II v winT gOd E cord
haisc ard white gloves will answer. Department
Manhattan, Forty -second-st: and Madison;aye..
wherr the department staff will report TO senior
Camp James r. GhsmDesan n one 9o"T
these general directions and observances OF the ON
cal programme and orders from the headquarters
of the grand marshal every comrade should be so
well informed as to preclude mistakes
The committee appointed at the Thrtieth National
Encampment held at Ct. Paul last year. to inyesti-
Of fhp hieto I'm Ispi m 10
schools OF the country so far they relate to the
War of the Rebellion. has been busy with Its ex-
amnations. may he inferred from a recent letter
to Comma nder-in-Chief r. s. Clarkson, written by
the chairman OF the committee. The general I'M
trustworthness not to say worthessness, of the
school histories from which the rising generation is
getting It's information about the great struggle Of
ISLES is Sc, forth in the following extract:
After a careful examination and the exchange OF
views by the members OF the committee it was the
unanimous opinion that no history in use as text
entities IL TO the commentator OF the committee
that one of them makes any use OF this import
teach lessons OF patriotism; that the child without
other sources OF Information would he entirely un-
ervation Of the National Unity and those who
fought for the destruction of our Government: that
there ia in all Of them general tendency 10 enlarge
upon ana exaegerate the soldierly qualities OF the
menis Of those who Tough, upon the other side this
some OF those most extensively used are 50 unpatr-
otto In sentiment 10 Justify the most severe con-
demna ton" The committee Is to make a full report
at the mex; National Encampment at Runalo In Au-
gust, when decisive action Ia expected
r. A. Kmball Post No. 100 keeps up its custom OF
having q lecture reading on war matters at each
bi-monthly encampmen;. DR. S. c. Cook of No
III West Twelfth-s.. past commander Of the post
Is the father OF tho plaa and Its has been
largely due to his energy and persistence In the
good work, which Is already being followed by
other posts The result Is largely increased In
In the affairs of the post and large attend
ance. At each encampment some comrade is de-
tailed to prepare paper either OF his personal
adventures or upon some historic incident of the
war. At the last meeting. on Saturday night ex-
9th New-York vounteers-H Hawkins Zouaves-read
a paper I'm which he recoUnted the history of tho
road raid into Georgia in 1862 He told the object
of the expedition, its fated result which caused
The entire account of this marvellous adventure OF
the is written by one OF the survivors of the
ohd Volunteers in book PUBLISHED in Isss The
post listened with rapt attention to Comrade Lang
beins sou-stirring review OF the raid The Judge
received medal OF honor from Congress for con
spicuous bravery in rescung wo, nded comrade
from the enemy at the battle of Camden. ~ c.,
April 49, 1862
Department Commander Graham has appointed
Colonel II. T. Sanford, Post No. 12l Lieutenant
Colonel Frank Chamberlain, late of the Nth New
York Volunteers and Comrade Emory Hutton.
Post No; 5, Albany. a Committee on Revision OF
been received al department hcadquarters from the
following ades-de-camp; f. NJ Clarke. Utica;
Daily Brockport; Thomas f. Holt Brooklyn.
Major William Croker Duxbury. late of the Con-
federate Army has sent TO the headquarters of the
Grant Memorial Committee No. Broadway fine
oil painting of General Grant taken sixteen years
ago, just after the General returned from his trip
around the world, General Grant was then in the
one OF the best representations ever made OF him.
Major Duxbury is entitled to the thanks of Cen
erai Grants admirers for this evidence Of his
| thoughtfuness and patriotism. Veterans OF the
war who knew General Grant or served under him
are invited to call at the headquarters and Inspect
the portrait.
The death Of Major T.. p. Doherty leaves a va
| cancy In the ranks of the comrades OF the Grand
Army rot easily filed. These vacancies are becom-
ing more and more frequent, and the time Is not
far distant when the last OF the Old Guard VIII go
and then the Grand OLA ay ohe o on
the prominent comrades of the city, and had served
terms and also as grand marshal two terms. being
| the only one thus honored. He was well known rs
the officer in command Of the party that killed the
| appointed to the Regular Army, where he served
cram POST and by hundreds OF other comrades The
| pallbearers selected from the past grand mar
shals among wnom ~rr me, rellIns General Won
Shack and Charles Hyatt The body was taken TO
Arlington. Va, for burial
| The following named comrades have been ap'
pointed aides -de-camp the department COM
! mander's staff: David n Evans. Post No y; sher-
man Bel Post No 327; sylvester Dearstyne Pos
| No 9Ol: Moses Bourbon, Post NO 800; charles r
Roemer Post No ~; Lewis r. Morris w fos' No
| 53t. Albert Tompkins Post No. 33s, William An
| derson Post No 45 Anthony walters. POST NO !
| Henry W. Higgins. Post No. ~
| The department commander gives notice ua'
railroad rates from all parts OF the State to the
| Rochester Encampment vii be one fare ana one
| third good going on May II and IS. and RETURNING
| Nav q, The Council OF Administration VIII mec,
| m headn,iarters I'm Rochester on the evening oi
May H. Powerss Hotel at o'clock ne Inc re n bt
| present Headquarters will be opened Tor me re-
| ception Of credentials and distribution OF dele
gates badges on Monday. the Nth, from ~oooen