The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-08
PERTINENT AND PERSONAL.

AT no preceding Encampment parade,
said a comrade who has the Grand En-
campment habit, has there been seen so
many children in arms Why so many
here!" Certainly at no other were there
so many lost children picked up by the po-
lice. Scores of lost children were sent by
patrolmen to the several stations TO await
alarms by the parents.
The Shaw Memorial on Beacon Hill was
the special shrine of Bryan Post, of Phila-
delphia, colored veterans. All the colored
comrades paid special honOrs TO the me-
| mortal Of the man who led to war the first
of their race to battle for the Union.
The large flag used by the Department
| of Maine was presented by the Maine w.
r. G.. at Portland on departure OF the De-
partment Commander and his staff and es-
| cort for Boston.
Veterans and members Of the w. II. G.
| and other auxiliaries to the q. \. X. were
admitted to the top of Bunker Hill monu-
ment free. Some found 221 feet too high
| to climb.
Comrade John Vincent is compositor on
the Boston Globe. On Monday he had two
visits that were notable. The first was
Comrnde Maurice Joyce, of Washington,
u. c., whom he had not seen before for 43
years, when they were felow-printers in
| Boston. Next, came Comrade Sylvester
Bailey, of Garfield Post. 4. Newark, n. j..
another fellOw-printer. This was their first
meeting in % years.
| ]. A. Mckinley. of f. X. Wilcox Post,
1G, Springfield. Mass, thinks that he was
| the first prisoner of war to enter Ander-
sonville pen. He was one of about 100
prisoners sent from Belle Isle in February,
/ 1864. He was Sergeant in Go. D.. 9th
y. Y. Cav, and was captured Oct. I'D, 1863.
| The stockade was not completed then. He
was the first of the squad to step within.
Serg't Mckinley was wounded three times
at Gettysburg.
John o. Nelson, of S. G. Lawrence Post
66. MedfOrd, was a drummer in a Chicago
Zouave Company in 1857, and when the
war came on he enlisted as drummer in Co.
X, 21st n. Y. In 1862 he was promoted
TO be Principal Musician Of the First Bri-
gade. First Division. First Corps. When
the body of President Lincoln lay in state
at the Albany On. i.) Capitol Mr.. Nelson
directed the drum corps which took part in
the services held in honor Of the martyred
President.
Things certainly came my way at Get
tysburg," said Comrade J. +. Chase, who
was cannoneer i'm the 9th Me. Battery. His
left eye and right arm are gone. He was
carried TO the burial trench for interment
when life was discovered. The Surgeons
found AZ wounds on his body-from frag
ments of a shell--and took from his wounds
seven and one half ounces of metal. His
lungs were reduced to one-fourth their nor
nal. There is a wax bust in Washington
showing his scars---or some OF them. He
now resides in Florida, and is Past Com.
mander of that Department. Congress
voted him a medal for meritorious conduct
at the battle of Charlottesville.
The drum corps Of the Department oil
California and Nevada was composed oil
two veterans, and the colOrbearer was Miss
Emma Gerard-the only woman color
bearer accompanying any g. A. II. or
ganization.
After separation of 30 years, Lieut.
r. FL. Mathes, now of Cleveland, o.. and
BOst0n's Deputy Superintendent of Police
OrrintOn Hanscom met. They set out for
war together in Co. X, 18th Me. They
did not recognize each other, but the Lieu
tenant asked the other where he had served
and thus their identities were revealed.