New-York tribune., 1898-10-24
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.

annual reunion OF tHe ->e"-SSiSSS
Association Of Union Ex-Prisoners OF war Will 0e
held I'm Jersey City on october 20
Tho business meeting will be held In the u van
uou,en Post room. in Belmont-ave at lo'So a. M
and there will be campfire at the same pi"0e a.
hhyranrenents r. have been made for the entertain
men Of members and IheiT aaieSf ~ dhe association
are. Commander George Ougetree Ne"ark; S;,,aU5 NC
Go",nIRGi Peioubet. RioomHeld: assistant adjutant
g. MYERS Ho5oken; quartermas'er' o NJ '-0Ne'
East Orange
Tho snan,sh War Memorial Association has been
organized al West Point with Genera' Nl'es aS
resiaont The object OF the society is the erecuon
-. O memorial on the academy grounds to the or
eco~s and enlisted men Of the United States Army
who fell in battle who died OF wounds OF h
contracted in the field against me enemy III ''' '
oeRt 4Tist Of officers includes. besides General
Miles colonel Mills. superintendent OF TIE aCao-
cmv: Lieutenant samuel c. IiaZatu anu .Iiiad W..
Vii; = tT1ons tdsrT'H rom graduates Of the Mil
tsry Academy and others who are 'n'eres'eo III ''7
movement.
rafayotte Post 40 40 was represented by large
6e,eqstion 81 the funeral OF Comrade \. NJ. Weth-
.rir. vA5 was killed in tho assault Of San Juan
74u Santiago The funeral took place at Trinity
t-hrrch on Friday afternoon and the body was
taken 70 Arlington Cemetery. near Washington H.
& under escort Of officers of the United states
Army and Navy AID comrades Of Lafayette POST.
In his speclal order giving the funeral arrange
Yoer-s Commander Daniel Butterfeld said:
This IS an occasion that should appeal 10 Gil.
Comrads wetherill fell in battle for his country
and as far as known to the Commander. Is the
only comrade Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
who has thus given his nfe. lie was brave SOL
der. a good conrade and an upright citizen. We
owe this reverence 10 MS courage ms ,. -
shin mis- integrity. and one cannot pay ulnute 70
his memory IN Il loftier way or more i'm consonance
Vim ais lie than hy publicly giving testimony that
t~-le soldier deserves high honor from MS com.
raGes and receives from them Their fuilest ulou'e
post VI hell
r. Grand Army Han Yonkers. committee was
annolo,ed 20 arrange an entertainment for the
members of the post who had taken part IN the
battle Of Cedar Creek. on OCTOBER 49, lS6i' me
committee consisted Of Comrades Jcre > Ozark
Augustus kip Andrew J. Josyn, George Ennis
and Colonel +. J Mitchell The entertainment look
the form Of a campfire which was held on the
evening OK october 19. Many comrades Of the post
were present to congratulate the SURVIVORS among
those who he'd stories 10 tell Of me HI;ie N Ty
OF me ,sI ar,Gr ~ ePrysies george Emcr John Cor
rolds OF the 9th New-York Heavy Artillery dln,
nsr was seTyea Until in }hg RGsSRon s,C Sonr ana 0S' anu
Colonel Edward j. Mic3SH who was i reCTnyN Sds rs
made the following appointments OF assistand n
spectors Wilam En- oNlnsoly; JPvder I Of Posi- NO ~
10 iHspect Post No s5 Edward 3 Long q P9st
No @ 2 70 inspect g ct nspe poSr To POST 3 Ho M George
Hendrickson. Of Post So Co. to inspect F9st tn. go
Post 70 S7s, John H. Briggs. Of Post No, 1885, to
inspect Post No 4ss James y. Odell. of Post No.
TS Post 20 10 s3S to Inspect Post No 200 and A. II.
Tompkns of Post No. 60. to inspect Post NO oso'
Bids for the various contracts for furnishing
dormi;ory building TO accommodate hfty-six pa
TENTS in the Woman's Relief Corps Home, at OK
ford. Chemung County, were opened on OCTOBER lS.
The necessary papers were taken TO the office OF
the State Architect. at Albany, by Annie r. Cleary
president OF the Board. secretary MllCItH Ic-
ports that the building Will probably De reaqy yS LOT
occupancy next spring and that there are a,reauy %
on file applicat IONS from veterans and their wives,
veterans mothers. widows and army nurses III
number sufficient 10 I'll the place.
The presen; officers Of Kitchng Post are Abram
H. Tompkins commander; Andrew j. Joslyn. Sc
Nor vice-commander: Albert Sievers, junior vice
commander: William II. Fisher, qudrterinaSter,
and Edward J. Mitchell secretary
Memters OF the 9Th New-York Heavy Artillery
Veteran Volunteers assembled at the home OF the
secretary and treasurer Of the Veteran Associa-
ton. Captain Joseph II. Barker, on Wednesday
evening October u. to celebrate the twentieth an
riversary Ot the organization and to celebrate the
thirty fourth anniversary Of the battle of Cedar
Creek fought October 1s 1864 The attendance was
not so large as in the past over 2GO deaths have
been reported in the last twenty years. President
Wenck presided over the business meeting.
These officers were elected for the year: Pres
iaent Charles Mount. Philadelphia; first -pres!-
dent, Adam Appehans Brooklyn; second vice
president. William Ainsworth. Jersey City; third
vice-presden, V. Lansing Waters, Lowville n. Y;
chaplain. the Rev l.. f. Livermore. Lebanon.
Conn; secretary and treasurer. Joseph II. Barker.
New York City.
Among the many letters OF regret read from
members Of the regiment from Major
Wjniam II. Boyle. United States Army, who COM
manded the 9Th Regiment, United States Infantry.
in the assault Of San Juan Hil. and was in COM
inand Of The regiment during the whole campaign
VI 2jor Boyle IS now In command Of the Hst Regi-
on motion Of Henry B. Smith It decided to
hold special annua reunion during the National
Refreshments were served early in the evening.
which Were presented 20 the regiment in June 1865.
floral emblem representing the Eighth Army
The feature Of me evening was serenade and
Conccrt Baqd. comprissing thirty pieces. Frank f.
Hop,s' bandmaster Theodore l. Haubner, drum
Navy. delivered an interesting address The
Late War; Its Beginn!ng Its Progress, Its Re-
,ng, Captan Henry r Rhoades Mount Vernon: mon
John T. Barker Toledo. Ohio: Senator and Mrs
John Ford. Mrs; Mary c. Murray, widow OF Cen
former msmb,sri Of The l,s,,S Tesmsn, Major II
johnson. Tarrytown; Adam ApIiehans Charles
ler and o;hcrs The representatives OF Captain
Barkers family comprise four generations
Smith Smith and Mrs il. G. Myers - T.
A correspondent asks: why does the Grand
Army Of the Republic refuse 10 accept as members
or the order men who. officers and enlisted
men served their country in the war with Spain L?
Did these men DO less than the soldiers who en-
listed in the sixties and are they not entitled 10
the same consideration the men who wear the
Grand Army OF the Republic buttOa""
II Solder" who asks these questions. knew the
foundation on which the Grand Army Of the Re,
public has been reared he would never have asked
the questions.
No man may become a member OF the order VINO
,ook nm arms against the United States
When that restrictive clause II removed the men
who fought against Spain and who were also In