New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-15
VETERANS IN BOSTON.
Preparations to Entertain Ae1c-
Yorlers at G.. Il. r. EncampmAnt.

Boston. Aug. "A CspeciaD.-New-York will na ne
cole Justly 10 say that Boston's atmosphere 10
frosty and its Inhabitants human ieebergs III e
tits week FOR preparations are now complete 10
give New-York visiting Grand Army men IN
most ROYAL time they had ia their lives Ifs
latch striug is out and tbs city IS theirs for q
week The memory OF their official Flslt mere
VIII linger long after recollection OF everything
else is gone from them.
syev-York,s quota IN the great review next
Tuesday wiz be at least 1890 men, but fully 10"
more VIII Gene 10 attend the enoaulpnent Dc
sides many members ~ the Wonans RELIEF corps
sons OF Veterans Daughters OF Veterans ana
other organizations Department Commander
Tfenry y. Burghaus OF New-York viii command
Inc conttt gent Kings County viii parade as
battalion. and VIII be made up as follows; Gram
Post with band. 10: Mansfield Post fife and drum
corps. 100. Rankin Post. 30; Hamilton fosL %
Winchester Post. 20; Abel Smith Post %; Pratt
Post p. Odeu Post, 5: Strong Post, 20; Thatforo
Post, los; German Metternieh Post. l.; Harry Lee
Post 70: Dupont Post. 8; Beecher Post .; Frank
Head Post les; Burtis Post, 50; Garrison POST -
Warren Poer IS. Dey4n Post. co. Middleton Post,
8. Tent Post. 20; Ford Post. 5; McPherson-Doane
Post los; Perry Post. 70: Barbara Frietchie POST
Is; slocum Post 10: DaIdn Post, so; Brooklyn city
Post, 70: Mackenzie Post Is, miscellaneous. %
Through the courtesy Of Grant Post No u the
Boston headquarters OF the battalion and OF al
the comrades from Brooklyn viii be at tho Com
1nonwealth Hotel, at Bowdoin and Allston sts'
opposite the State House. Commanders and ad-
50 Commander James Rooney special aid FOR or
ders for battalion formation
Headquarters OF other New-York posts ere an
nounced as follows: Post 90. G. A. r. Han, Mid
Slesex-st.: Oscar Smith Post No q and Lafayette
Post Nc. 40 Hotel Vendome, where the national
hes douarters are located: Chaplin Post NO. ;,
camp Jack Adams. Mechanics Building; AleXan-
Ger Hamilton Post No. s2I. Commonwealth Hotei;
Bowel Wilkinson Post No. 8. Buffalo, Hotel SOM
erset; Lafayette Post. +. A Withheld, command
ar Hotel Lenux: Post No lac Vine Street Church.
Roxbury al Dudley end Vine SITS; Post NO "a
G. A R Hall No. &c Joy-st.; Post No OS4' q. A
r Hall, Somerville. The New-HoTk state De-
,,srf4nent headquarters viii be at the Nendomt- IN
looms es 20 2 and "a The State department
headquarters Of the Woman's Relief Corps VIII
also be there.
The following reunions will be held, besides
others IN which NEWCOMERS are members; Ninth
srnv Corps OF New-YoIk. Parker House; 6oth
nlev-Yori Regiment Association, winthrop School,
room Z: Saith New-York Regiment Associauon'
Latin School, room Z; 9th New-Nork Arulery'
Winthrop School, room s; 9th New-fork CaNalry'
English High School room Rooms for the =eth
New-Yorlz Volunteers have been engaged III Ihe
Journal" Building seventh floor. and ell comrades
VIII report daily. The Mozarts VIII take part IN
the review on Tuesday as regiment ana VIII
have a place il the rear or the oepat ulneht u
n1ev--York which VIII be fifth IN line A reunion
srd dinner viii take place at the Maverick House,
East Boston. CT Tuesday evening. with reeep-
non at O'Clock. George z. Harrington Is presl-
dent and Austin T. Sylvester, No MinteE-sI'
Boston. secretary.
York Volunteers were born and reared in Boston
or vicinity. and its survivors viii meet many ola
friends here. Headquarters viii be estaonsned al
No 22s shawmut-aVe-, where open house VIII De
maintained during the week
The 5th Artillery Of Network. known as me
Dandy Fifth" viii hold special reunion, ana
headquarters have been established at the Craw-
FORD House. Al ex-nembers are expected TO be
present at the reunion IN the Winthrop School,
with their families and friends; also all members OF
she Eighth Army Corps This regiment was one
CT the largest in the Federal Army In the war
Nearly five thousand men were recruited In New
York and Brooklyn FOR the three oattahons COM
posing il General Graham. Of Brooklyn, was Its
colonel from the spring Of 1862 until the muster out
IN July. 1sss Il had the honor Of being the body
guard Of President Lincoln at the dedication OF
the National Cemetery al Gettysburg
George c Strong Post. OF Brooklyn. which has
been assigned TO Somerviue. viii be the guest OF
Willard c. Kingsley Post No l5s, OF that cy-
The men will be lodged at the armory where meals
viii also be served 10 them. barge ride through
somerviIs 10 points OF interest viii be taken, ana
under mammoth tent erected on Central hin FaIKs
the site OF q Revolutionary battle. campfire VIII
be lighted The local relief corps is also planning
Eone Festivities Lafayette Post, Of New-York,
viii be the guests CT Elnsley Post No IS, OF Bos-
ton, at a reception and banquet in Faneuil Han.
Some twenty-five ex-ccnfederates and the national
oicer q the Grand Army OF the Republic VIII also
be guests.
Members Of the Tooth New-York have been in
~ited 70 attend the campfire OF the 18th Maine.
which Is to bs ct the Langhanl. Mrs Carrie West
brook OF Elfnira ~ Y, national president OF the
Daughters OF Veterans, and her staff' VIII estao-
ish headquarters st the Tendome.
New-York men who attend the encampment are
rreparec 70 present the name Of Past Department
Commander John c. Shots for the Office OF com
rasnder n chief This announcement VIII only
sF-r e-fs rfC IL
Massachusetts, who IS understood TO nave the sup
port OF the w-Ilglaud delegates, ana IS likely 70
ger TIE COLORADO ana v yolllLs $3.50 a. t -
lassaehuser1s voting Tor Denver as lLe , 49, en-
ITth Nev-York Volunteers. and served % the end |
~ ne war never missing a rollcaiL Frequently |
General Buttere.d, Of the Fifth army Corps, com
endeo him fGI Gssng ne on I S f6r tye5
ts,.ssSss.g Pos4 Ea 81 He has represented this
posi- in the NeT-HorE state department for twenty
Among the many features for the general enter
fan.nent OF the visiting comrades during the week
besides the great review on Tuesday. when nifty /
al WITH an electric illumination and pyrotechnie |
display on the Charles River. at NslthaTn on |
wednesday night FouT thousand canoes and half
as many sllegoricsl hoars will pass In review up
sTcursion for disabled veterans win be given |
through the park system. in seven hundred ma
Goat parade or the surface tracks is feature
for August IS Besides these innumerable reeep- |
lions campdres hsh dinners. harbor and trolley |
1eersePs @gf - 5s been done "a contTiSSts -
tohs l1i-s L. ~ tSe vstsrsns De .
To John A. DIX Post No. l50, OF New-fork, has |
been assigned the honor Of escort to the depart
haus. One Of the features will be the original flag
On 5auusry q. 1851. and which caused the famous
dispatch: ''Tf any one attempts 10 haul down the
has beer loaned for the occasion by the Rev Dr..
Norgsp Dig rector Of Trinity Church; and son Of
Al the lime was secretary OF the Treasury.