The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
LEAVING FOR CHICAGO
The "' A. R. VETERANS WILL
MARCH To THE DEPOT
~ FORCE
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
transportation Facilities Have Been
carefully Looked After by the
railways This After
Moons Ceremony.
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE

AcAer Post, G, A r., met last evening
to make final arrangements for its de-
parture for Chicago this evening. The
post, with some few other members of
the G. A. r., including Department Com
mander Ives, will leave the city at
O'CLOCK this evening in a special train
over the Great Western road 1t was
arranged last evening that the march
from the hall to the depot should begin
at 5:45 If possible, and not later than
O'Clock. The procession will be head
ed by a platoon Of police and the Mime
sofa State band, which will accompany
Acker post to Chicago. The members
were requested to be at the hall be-
tween 5 and $50. Express wagons will
be provided for all hand baggage The
procession will march first to the Metro
polftan hotel to pick up Department Com
mander Ives, and from there will pro-
coed to the depot by way Of Fourth,
st. Peter, Sixth, Jackson, Third and Sib-
ley streets. All members of the post
are requested to be on hand at the hall
and join in the procession to the depot,
whether they are going to Chicago or
not. The post viii be accompanied by
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pacity Of entertainer
Ex-Mayor Doran went to Chicago Fri
day evening to arrange for suitable ac-
commodations for the members of Aeker
post.
1t is expected that the special train
will arrive IN Chicago at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Comrade Emory, at one time member
Of Acker post. this city, has written
Capt. Mahan that any of the post who
have not made arrangements for quar-
ters in Chicagoq during the week of the
encampment are invited to make their
home in his school sat Wabash avenue
and Thirty-fourth street. OF course Com
rade Emery can only accommodate those
who are without their families, but the
offer is a generous one, and 1t IS prob
able that he will find his hands full when
Acker post Is told of the chance.
During the meeting last evening there
was displayed a handsome American flag,
which has been. made for a college at
Atlanta, Ca, by the.ladies Of the relief
corps of this city and Minneapolis.
HISTORY OF. THE POST.
Acker Post No. q, department of Min
nesota, g. A. R., located in st. Paul, was
organized April 8, 1870 with twenty char
ter members, and has had a continuous
existence from that date. Capt. Henry
A. Castle (the father of the posD was its
first and second commander. OF these
twenty original members, eleven are
known to be alive yet, and seven Of them
are still members of it; two are members
of posts in Chicago, one is a member Of
another post in st. Paul and the other
one has for many years been resident
of Washington, D. c., and is doubtless
still a member Of the order. Six Of its
members have been department COM
manders-two Of them for two terms
each.
1t has had total membership of 759.
OF this number 1O8 are known to have
answered their last roll call on earth.
At the present time, it has 2s4 members
in good standing.
While the post has never drawn a color
line, nor one in favor OF wealth or sta
ton, it has always insisted upon moral
character, in addition to an unblemished
service record; and, in point Of good citi-
zenship, it does not fear comparison
with the membership of any other organ
ization in or out of the Grand Army of
the republic. Among the names upon its
roster may be seen with those Of many
other prominent citizens, the following:
Archbishp John ireland, ex-GoV, and now
United States senator, Cushman K Da-
Wis; Gen. and ex-Gov. VIM. R. Marshall,
Gen. and ex-Gov. L. f. Hubbard; ex-Gov
and Gen. H. H. S.bley; ex-Gov A. R.
McGill, eX-Secretary of State and Gen.
James H. Baker, Cen J. w. Bishop, Gen.
Edwin c. Mason, Gen. c. c.. Andrews,
Gen. John T. Averill, Gen. r. w John
son, Gen. r. N. McLaren, ex-Adjt. Gen.
Mark D. Flower,,sCel. James H Davidson,
Col. A. P. Connolly, Maj, William Ger
ZACH, U. S. A, retired; ex-Mayor of ST
Paul f. B. Doran, present commander Of
fhl IT,
Henry A. Castle, now auditor of the
United States postoffice department.
While this list might be made much long
er, the foregoing names are deemed suffi-
c1ent to indicate the. character of its
membership.
In the practice of the second great
principle of the order-charity-Acker
post has never taken a back seat; AMI
while it properly began at home, it cid
not by any means STOP there lis hand
has ever beer open and its funds freely
given to aid those who had a right to
receive its benefeence. In November
1871, the post contributed literally to tho
national encampment fund for tile relief
Of comrades who were sufferers by the
great Chicago fire of the previous month
In December, 1871, it furnished funds to
the empty treasury of the Minnesota
Soldiers Orphans home" to carry it
until the next legislature met and made
additional appropriations for its support
In 1874, one Of the years in which the
gre shoppers raided the state it sent
cash and clothing to suffering comrades
In various parts of the state These are
only samples Of its relief work outside of
st. Paul. while at the same time attend
ing to its home work.
Members of Acker post were largely
instrumental in getting the Soldiers
Orphans home" established, and two or
more of them were members of It's ruling
board during It's existence Members Of
this post were also in evidence in the es
tahlshing Of the Minnesota soldiers
home, and one of them, Capt A. Fl. Cas-
tie, was president Of its board of trus
tees from its organization until his du-
ties in Washington compelled him to re-
sign. Another member Of this post has
been for mary years secretary Of the
board
1t was largely due to the efforts of
members of Acker post that the national
encampment was held in ST. Paul In
1895, and its eminent success was also due
to the business-lil1e and lnethodical man
ner in which ali its complicated depart.
ments were managed by the executive
committee, the principal members of
which were members, of this post Dur
ing the entire encampment week the post
kept open house, and fed about 2,000 of
the visiting comrades free of any charge.
In its home relief work Acker most has
been ably assisted by Its auxiliary. Acker
Relief corps No, Z. which was organized
about fifteen years ago.
In the grand parade on the 2Sth, this
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