The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-04
GEORGE H. THOMAS POST
ITS TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY GEL
EBRATED LAST NIGHT.
Department Commander Dunlap Pres
ent-List of Charter Members and
Those Who Are Here Now.

George II. Thomas Post, No. Il. Of the
Grand Army of the Republic celebrated its
twentieth anniversary in the post head
quarters in Showers Hall last night The
hall was crowded, nearly all of the men,
bers Of the post being present. There was
large number of visitors and many COM
rades were accompanied by their wives,
sons and daughters. Department Com
mander Dunlap, of Franklin, was present,
and David G. Beam, of Spencer, DIR. a. r.
Tucker. of Noblesville, and Giles ID. Walk
er, of Clinton, candidates for department
commander, were given honorary seats.
Post Commander w. b. Harris presided.
The programme began by the audience
singing America" Adjutant Peter linn
read the names of the charter members of
the post. Addresses were then delivered by
Horace Mckay, on THE Life and Charac-
ter of George III. Thomas POST" George
w. Spahr, on "Our Post Organization,
and Capt. Eli f. Ritter, on the History of
Our Post" Captain Ritter is one of the
first members, and he gave a complete his
tory of the organization from the time of
the first meeting. in what is now known as
Maennerchor Hall. to the present time The
post was organized April 30, 1880, with Geo.
III. Chapman commander; Charles n. Lee.
senior vice commander; Cyrus ]. Dobbs,
officer Of the day; John w. Coons, quarter
master, and +. A. Fields, adjutant. The
men who were enrolled as members when
the post was organized were Charles n.
Lee, Charles w. Brouse, William w. Dud-
ley. III. C. Hunt, Joseph A. Humphrey.
Henry c. Adams, John w. Coons, c. r.
Stickney, Eli F. Ritter, A. j. Many. George
w. Parker. John Coburn. George II. Chap
man, Charles l. Holstein, Ben Rau, Walter
Il. Wilson, w. III. Tucker, j. III. Hubbard,
Hans Blume, Daniel Macauley, Robert G..
Losey. Herman Oehler. j. l.. Bieler. John
j. Halves NJ G.. McLain, William G. Lamb,
A. ID. Streight, 8. p. Harrington, Ulysses
ID. Cole, Horace Mckay, J. J. Palmer. c. j.
Dobbs, ID. T.. Stout, Thomas w. Durham.
Ben ID. House, K. Vickers. John Baker,
Wallace Foster, John Cahill. Fred Knefier,
Edward McDevitt, o. w. Sears, F. A. Field,
4. b. Wightman, G. f. Branham, r. A.
Babcock. Robert Emmett, T.. A. Vance,
George w. Spahr, George Butler. ]. w.
Gordon, William l.. Amthor, William g.
David, G. 3. Jacobs. John w. Baird, Stan
ton j. Peelle, George w. Lancaster, G. II.
O'Brien. OF this number only twenty-five
remain, the others having died or moved
out of the city. The remaining members
are Horace Mckay, Joseph A. Humphrey.
4. Vickers, Eli +. Ritter. Fred Knefier, Ed
WdTQ McDeNltt, CnarleS l.. ftOlSleln, GeO
w. Spahr. j. L. Beiler. William c. David,
Stanton j. Peelle, William c. Dudley,
Henry c. Adams, John Baker, Wallace
Foster, John Coburn, o. w. Sears, Il. A
Vance, Robert c. Losey, William G.. Am
thor, NJ G.. McLain, s. p. Harrington.
Mr.. Spahr. in his address, said 1T was a
noticeable feature that nearly every charter
member of the post had been elected to
some public office. Other members of the
post have gained political honors, and he
said that the range was from General Har-
rison, as President OF the United States,
down to himself
The programme was frightened by music
by the Bald-headed Glee Club, which sang
rollicking college songs with much spirit
and dash as the studious youth in the days
when he had plenty of hair 10 part in the
middle. w. III. Newly also contributed TO
the spirit of the evening with selections of
the fiddle" as 1.-The Fishers Hornpipe,'
"Old Dan Tucker" Money Musk 1.-THE
Arkansas Traveller and Johnnie Fill Up
the Bowl" These were heartily appre-
ciated. and as each tune was played the
old soldiers took up the time with their feet
and kept continued tramp until the piece
was finished.
The programme ended with an address
by Col. Irwin Robbins, senior vice COM
mander-in-chief of the national organiza-
ton, and a recitation by w. b. Downey.
At the close the Woman's Relief Corps pre-
scented Commander Harris with a large
bouquet and then the ladies served refresh
mPntS.