The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-05-23
G. A. R. HISTORY.
Robt. KissicEx Reviews the History of
Phil Kearney POst-It's 2Oth
Anniversary.

We are met this evening to celebrate
the goth anniversary of the organization
Of PHI Kearney Post, No. 40, Depart,
ment of Iowa, G. A. r.
II has fallen TO me, as the Senior
Post Commander, to preside on this oc-
casion, and also give brief historical
sketch of the organization and progress
of the Post up to present.
Early in May, 1881, Comrade A. B.
Hazeltine, of Des Moines, Iowa, repre-
senting P. V, Carey, Department Com
mander of Iowa, called on me for as
sistance in organizing, if possible, !.
Post OF the G. A. r. at Oskaloosa.
introduced him to some of 'the boys
and we secured the names of the fol.
lowing on an application for the charter
of the Post:
c. Woodruff, of the 62d Ohio Inf
Geo. w. Lafferty, of the roth Penn.
Inf.
John N. Martin, of the sgd Iowa Inf
Robt Kissick, of the 33d Iowa Inf.
c. p. Searle, of the 9Th Iowa Inf.
r. Whitaker, of the 33d Iowa Inf.
John H. Warren, Of the 33d Iowa Inf.
Chas. H. Gale, of the Mass. Inf
]. L. Moore, of the II7th Ill. Inf.
H. w. Gleason, of the 18th N H. Inf
w. r. Cowan, of the 33d Iowa Inf.
H. Wetherell, of the Ist Ohio Light
Artillery
B. R. Ball, of the 5rd Iowa Inf.
John r. Baer, of the 9TH Iowa Inf
NJ. " Vreeland, of the nth III Cav
]. w. McMullin, OF the 9TH Iowa Inf
F. H. Loring, of the o2d Ohio Inf
NJ. Barr, of the AZ Iowa Inf.
John F. Lacev, of the 33d Iowa Inf
d. A. Hurst, of the 10Th Iowa Inf
John NJ. Baugh, of the 33d Iowa Inf
NJ. NJ. Rice, of the 10th Iowa Inf.
NJ. E. Bennett, of the 10th Iowa Inf
The above named comrades constitute
the charter members OF the Post, and
are all now residing in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
except the following:
c. P. Searle, now residing in Cali
fornia.
Chas. H. Gale, now residing in Kan
sas.
H. W. Gleason, now residing in CHI
cOgo, Ill
B. R. Ball, now residing in Omaha,
Neb.
D. A. Hurst, now residing in Cali
fornia.
NJ. NJ. Rice now residing in Missouri.
The meeting of the charter members
to organize the Post was held at my
Office, in Centennial Block. on Friday
evening of the 18th of May. 1881, at
which all the charter members were
present except the following:
NJ. V. Vreeland, ]. w. McMullin, F.
H. Loring, M. Barr. John F. Lacey, D.
A. Hurst, John NJ. Baugh, NJ. NJ. Rice
and M. E Bennett. The following is
an exact copy of the minutes kept at
that meeting 4:
Oskaloosa, Iowa, May I3, 1881.
At meeting of the soldiers of the
late war of the Rebellion held at the
Office of Robt Kissick, for the pur-
pose OF Organizing Post OF the Grand
Army of the Republic, the following
named soldiers were present, and the
following proceedings were had, to-wit
{. Woodruff, Geo. w. Lafferty, John
n. Martin, Robt. Kissick, c. P. Searle,
r. Whitaker, John H. Warren, Chas.
H: Gale. J. L. Moore, H. w. Gleason,
w. R. Cowan, H. Wetherell, B. K. Bali
and John r. Baer.
On motion 3 r. Bali was chosen
chairman and Robt Kissick. secretary.
After which A. B. Hazeltine. of Des
Molnes, Iowa, who was duly authorized
by P: V. Carey, Department Command
er OF Iowa, to organize a Post of the
6. 4. r. at this place, administered the
of the order TO the above
named persons. On motion it was or
dered that this Post be known as Phil
kearney Post, No., Department OF
Iowa.
The election of officers for the Post
being next in order, w. R. Cowan and
John R. Baer were appointed to act as
tellers. Whereupon the following per
sons were elected the officers of this
Post for the term ending Dec. 81, 1881
to-wit:
{. P. SEARLE, Commander.
Chas. H. Gale, Sr. Vice Commander.
Geo. w. Lafferty, Jr. Vice Commander
Robt. Kissick, Adjutant
D. a. Hurst, Surgeon.
J. NJ. Baugh, Chaplain.
w. X. Cowan, Quarter Master.
c. Woodruff, Officer of the Day.
II. Wetherell, Officer of the Guard.
John r. Baer, Sergt. Major.
R, Whitaker Q. NJ Sergt.
HSISupOn the SdlQ OfnCeTS were
duly installed and the obligations of the
order administered to them by A. B.
HazelGne.
"On motion adjourned to meet at the
Office of R Kissick, on Monday evening,
May 10, 1881, at 8 o'clock p m.
B. R. BALL, RoBr. KIssIcK,
Chairman. Secretary.
Over 400 posts have been organized in
the State since this one. 1t will be seen
that our post is among the first.
Stated in their order, the following
named comrades have held the high and
honorable position of Post Commander,
and all are now Past Post Commanders
with the rank of Colonel in the G. A. R.
ISSI-C. P. Searle.
I882-Robt Kissick.
ISS3-F. H. Loring.
IS84-C. Woodruff.
I885-John N. Martin.
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