Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-21
BOUND FOR BUFFALO
Grand Army Men Going to the
Grand Encampment.
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL CARRY THEM
Features Of the Trip That viii
Add to the Enjoyment of 1t.
THE OLD GUARD IN LINE

Washington will he well represented at
Buffalo next week. when the gay old town
gives itself up to the pleasant pastime CT
entertaining the Grand Army of the Re-
| public. An interest is being taken IN the
| occasion by the comrades of the Depart
ment OF the Potomac which was not ex-
pected several weeks ago. and a larger
contingent will go from here this year than
has attended any grand encampment held
outside of Washington in several wears.
Not only the comrades themselves. hut a
number of their friends. will make the
| journey, besides many representatives OF
| the Woman's Relief Corps, the Loyal Le-
| gion of Women the womans Circle CT
| the G. A. r. and other kindred orsaniza-
tons.
Buffalo is going to do itself proud in
| taking of the old soldiers and their
| friends. and all northern New York is
| equally ready to extend a hospitable hand
of welcome. The first party to leave the
| city will be that which consists Of the
| members of John A. Rawlins Post. No. I.
and their friends. A special train over
the b. and o. road will leave tomorrow
night at 10 o'clock. A stop will he made
at Bethlehem to give the excursionists a
| chance to see the Carnegie steel works.
and Buffalo will be reached Monday after
noon.
There is to be big civic and Masonic
procession In Buffalo Monday night. so
| these early travellers will be fortunate.
| Some of those who will go this train
| are Corporal Tanner, Assistant Secretary
| of State Criiler, Patrick OFarrell. Mrs.
Baxter and her mother. John keogh and
wife; S. J. Block and family. Eugene Ste
vens, Dennis O'Connor, Col. NJ. Emmett
| Crell. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rugg, Mr.. AMI
| Mrs T. Shepherd. W. W. Davis J. Jes-
| ter Frank Cole. John ii. Reinburg, Mr..
ard Mrs. James Boyce and VIM. II. Self
ton and family. number of the menu
bers of the Loyal Legion of Women and
| the Woman's Circle of the g. A. II. Will
also go with Rawlins Post.
The Main Army.
| Monday morning at 7:45 o'clock spe-
| cial train, in two sections, will leave the
Pennsylvania depot and will carry the dele
gates to the encampment, the officers Of
| the Department of the Potomac and scores
| Of comrades and friends. A feature will
| be the famous Old Guard, which has per-
| fected its arrangements for The trip to
Buffalo. and only awaits the orders, ITO
| fall in," which will be given Monday at
7:30 am. The command will be accompa-
| MED by the John IL. Henderson Drum
Corps, consisting of forty-threc pieces, and
| in the great parade of the Grand Army of
| the Republic will act as escort TO this de-
partment of the Potomac. The company
was organized April 9, 1850. and has repre-
sented in its ranks every army corps and d.
vision that during the late war marched
In defense of the Union. Today In It's
| ranks IL numbers one national surgeon in
chief. two past department commanders
and twelve past post commanders.
Platoon of One-Armed Veterans.
The unique feature of the organization is
its platoon Of twelve one-armed comrades.
each one of whom lost arm upon one
of the battlefelds of the country. This
platoon marches as a guard to the national
| and company colors and receives the en-
thusiastic plaudits of the assembled thou
sands along the line of march.
The badge of membership to be worn upon
this occasion is termed the "Farragut
badge" only 100 having been manufac-
tured, and is SO termed, having been
wrought out of a piece of metal procured
from the propeller of the United States
steamer Hartford. the flagship Of Admiral
Farragut.
The command will quarter i'm Buffalo I'm
school building No. II. located on Franklin
street, with headquarters in the Iroquois
Hotel. The return trip will be made on
Sunday, August 20.
Roster of the Organization.
The roster of those participating in the
trip is as follows: Captain J. NJ. Edgar. list
Pennsylvania Infantry; First Lieutenant NJ.
Mahaney, 10th New York Cavalry; Second
Lieutenant A. ]. Cunning. 35th Massachu-
sets Infantry; Second Lieutenant w. III.
Fuss, District Columbia Volunteers; Chief
of Staf A. F. Dinsmore. Sd Michigan In
fantry; Judge Advocate A. Hendricks. Sta
New York Infantry; Quartermaster J. B.
Gilfillen, 10th Ohio Light Artillery; Ord
nance J. H. Lawrence. 9TH District Column
bia Infantry; Surgeon A. E. Johnson 9TH
Pennsylvania Cavalry; Commissary t. w.
Stewart, n. r. ID. c.; Paymaster w. n.
Hoover Washington Light Infantry: Chap
lain H. S. Stevens. 14th Connecticut: In
spector J. E. McCabe, 1880 Pennsylvania;
Color Sergeants W. Z. McEuen, 1o4th Penn
sylvania Infantry, and j. A. Edson 10th
New York Cavalry; Quartermaster Sergeant
]. F. Collins. Isl New York Mounted Rifles;
Sergeants F. III. Moors, 11th Maine; Z. l..
Patten. LIST Maine Heavy Artillery; ]. NJ.
Pipes. 10th Pennsylvania; G. w. Scheerer,
LIST Maryland Cavalry; A. Brown Purnell.
Legion, Nd; p. o. Bryon, 4th District CO.
lumbia; Corporals J. G. Baker. seaman,
United States navy: r. Bennett, 9th New
Hampshire; J. A. Burrows: I'd Conneca-
cut: ]. NJ. Miller 10th Ohio Artillery: w. s:
Seymour, 9th Maryland: V. w. Rowe, ID
District Columbia; Privates A. G: Brust,
United States navy; w. S. Boyd. 4th PENN
c. F. Clagett United States ravy; w. z.
Chauncey, 9Th District Columbia; p. w.
Coleman, Sth Michigan; ]. Cumberlidge, I'd
New York; r. J. Cook; 4th District s r 90.
R. Davis 9th Maryland Infantry: j. Z.
Engle. 9th Pennsylvania; F: A. Flanegen;
69th Pennsylvania; G. r. Ferguson, ia2d
Illinois; A Hewlett. 9Th District Columbia:
J. johnson. I'd Wisconsin; T. Lewis. 9Th
Michigan: NJ. NJ. Lewis, Both Iowa: NJ, J.
Langan. 84th Ohio; n. NJ. Merrill, 25tn
Michigan; r. Marquett. 22d New York: w.
H. Moor, Sd United States Infantry; n.
Montgomery United States navy; w. II.
ONeill. 9th Massachusetts,; E. Phillips, 1Gth
Ohio Light Artillery; r. l.. Patterson, 18th
Pennsylvania; J. Ralph. 10Th Connecticut;
NJ. J. Sauter. L. ID. c.: A. n. Thompson, 9Th
d. c.. VIM. wallingford, 9Th District CO.
lumbia.
G. A. n. Omcfals.
The officers OF the department. who are
Thomas s. Hopkins, commander; DIR. J. f.
Raub, senior vice commander; James E.
McCabe. Junior vice commander: Arthur
Hendricks, assistant adjutant general. and
]. Tyler Powell. assistant quartermaster
general, will go by this Official train, and
also the official delegates to the encamp-
ment, who arc Howard NJ. Gilman, John
c. s. Burger, Henry w. Emo and John p.
ouander, with their alternates. Rudolph
Ullmer, Jacob Moore. s. F. Hamilton and
DIR. s. c. Adams.
The train will reach Buffalo about o pm.
The fifteenth annual convention of the