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I THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 189L he iffliffi'L mmm ai'iuni (EtMrttahed 18T74 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. OMlE IDCULAJR PER YEAR, Six RHNtlbc, oeats. No Maisortattes for a loss SPECIAL AM NOUN CEMENT. MOX1W wnt otJtnrwlec 1ma tor ragfe-toivd lU'i, money ordoi-, or draft Kcw Ywi, will lo at 4w risk aomler.

A.GU&ffc.-Wo otnfuoy no aprons. Thr Nation At. TKinrMt lms many voiutrUw oan-VMHwra, and llwy ore fnuicrally hottoet aim1 luitlitul; lurt ihtsohs wtm confide tlwdr wib-rkriPtnni Ui tliftn must lie tlwir own judge ol ttiiir The puimt will Ihj aottt only on ixn-ijrt the aubueniitioii trrioa. A1IKICKKICK. 2CTC A-dnM will l' elmnped ue often as but eaolt aiilistTiUjratnHild itt every ouw give the- old as lli, in addr.

In wuewtteg piilmorilur t-lioiild earufui to ootid us lite JniKl on ilw naper Nwlwd. ami sjmott'y any cHTet iotif. or oliaiitfcs they desire made In nitinc-or uddn w. pohr.ftd from evry unction in f-sfmrd toUmtid Artu Hour Veterans. IetiMMi, Military, Ajr-ri'iiliuml, Indtmltlal nud Household )uatti, and letter the VAuw will always ruoeivo prompt attention.

Write oh okk stiucof Ute paper onlj XV ta not nturu eutatnunicstinne or luaiiUforipiM unlet tttoy are uoemiiaiikd by a n-ym-hl to (hut elUxit ana Um? itnoussary postals and tinder no oirouiusiatioes gniafartiae iUeir tubliiiatiHi at any ajmcinl dale. Address alt f'atntmmfoatloiwto anwc kazukovam tntiiRiTNii, WadlriMgloti, 1). C. ENWHM AT VlWHIlWH A9CT CTMOC OOK UW NAtTO. fJ.

The torn WA6H3IUK, AXUST IS, 1SI1. CASK a' 9llIC TJWCASUltY. Tl.c lYeaetar of Ub iUiiie4 BfeUas officially rqporta hat tlte eaalt ia he Tronamy at the ctate of iMtetooss a ike aftaraoon HoQdaf, lux. Ifl, was All tiiat tti vetoraB of Hie jLrmy of tle Pulomac waal Ut Icaaw, la oviur la inako tliew fljk is WadUlHgioM incsct yoar, fe tliat tbe urovaat iKiw4 Sms 1hmi abaMuhofi, aud tbe (44 SMtiml ftMirdbowM ikae tm (Sowa. 1ii aasure tlcm tliai liik is o.

uik a3ioittr. As tMwd, Tatic Xawiqkal, TJtrntTKK pub-liabae Uim week lc faUeat and meat accurate raport of tltc National 35oaamout of any paper in Uie oM4rr. lht i a whjt has. Im Grattd Amty imat It has no roal competitor in ttibe wliela oettnirr. i i Kext weA we afeaU mtwm oar jwrfos of Cburch-wortc rUdt lijr a aAmlntlilc contribution a Tie Bapiiei Obuxdh ia AmaruM, by Oie Strv.

Itobert S. MacArtkur D.t a (smimmt fliviae of tliat doBomina-tioa. We akall alaa roettme Oel. Lang's iu-troatittc ooHtrilHifoB on Uhe Loyal MohuU aiueem of Wat ViEKMe. BbTWOir eiuijptr oovoiad horstftf with glory.

lair Qaaoa of tiie Amorfoen 1 Helhaot will ifovowor 4a the affootiions of tbe ouutcMiaa. Kew Vowc Ikae a 0oor-4n-0kiof at la8t, a4 oe (MtOedf wrt of ilior. Comrade Palmet a rSAtml ooraQ, wSio has leeu aamflal, trot ant xealoiiti vhm oObors were weak awd Aettfotfrtig. owlirdly orUij of bi icratid wo4ooaaar. MlnQJ It woe a big time for Gen.

AJgor. He photnod wMoly, woi4g4 kard aad apwtt Ms I own mtmty laviah- te make the Katf onal LnoamjuttMittt Oie graad meoaos that it was. The ooiurdte ati mndenalfiad and appreciated thw, out mmmhmln of Uiok gratitude to him waa ovarfloHifl HJt aaarance any-wbeiw waa ttic oyjpMtl for ootitoataatic okoor-iuf. Mote titan otfter in llho Ordor he ka tkai 4Jke jptaea of tike lamented LKa i tfeetr aiffoctietw. Aix tw Uoarait aWHBafer jean and women did well, 4 laid na a tags toJc oi crudii for thok taiiarpria and aooaraoy )n obuiuiiix Im tNowe.

Bat stone of tikam did ae well aa lira. Barak A a llmmor, of tb lietctMt Free Pm' ataC 6be had a b.g advMttaige over 3aar aonfreneg in a widt rquaitttace with kc ipeoMieent jaaa and wcmm of the CAJt awl like VJLO. Por y. an. ahe kaa boon one of tk foromeai rkera in ts WJUX, wa of tike 1) ptrutioui of Mtokma, Xa4aal Secretary, and lias hold oOmm itaMrtat oAoes.

Hitc Ium baun reeuUr and wekwmc atlond-aut at tii KaUoNat JSocattinment, and is a fliiBtit mmA racefal writer and apaakw. The I ret lnm was fortnaele in securing hor acr ior. AiEMTSWIlT mmwU In Evey Township mi Pssf TSmLlIECAHIOHEER 44 The Cattoooear fa ttndovUadly like hast t)hn arw-lmok inew inrfw tka oplo. It i uuiuv in imtwair, 1eug Che wuU-tetd n( lual cKKrrMittieM of a prtvaia 8oldiar in puich ef the vrjr Itacdaat bttg in the war. Kvaqr tonatt, fayweiaMy of the Army of anu a ouf of 'Out koek, and alo wy tuaa and womuw wlhose father rvd in anajr Hit witt go Wke hot Citkaa mmoux tbtnu.

want a paod Uve oonunde in ovory I 'oat nud every 'fowaebija in tke oenntry to ink tioid of the took and puak it. Good waiwKsan be tuada eeory day by it aale. Kend for a 9'ownabiH, and awoify two or thrre itiUer Uiat ya want if yon cannot your Gn dkoioa. Ask forlocnis to Jif'tita." Addraaw TMC KATSOJCAL nCTIIUKIS, VadkenBlflu, 13. C.

rhESATlQXAL miBUXX me only ike aafdtow Ikmc tmng tc grml pa-- tar Na. twlaY mv te Mp all mote Till! SILVICK AXXlViCnSAItY uNaiau-JklXCNT. The SSfih National ISnoflinpment of the Grand Army of ttk fubHc is now history, and vary bright and ptaawnt history it is. No chapter in all ttte annals of our quarter of a oeutnry of exist ano ia mere arreeable to road. Mvory word, erory letter on it, is bright with tho kindliest, sweetest light.

There is not one which the most ardent friend of the Ordur wants altorod. Everyone who waa jiMsont was glad to be there, he was delighted wiU tke ontertainment ke reooivod, Sio was proud of his uoairados, and of all that was said and dene in tke National ISuoampuiont In tke flrstplaoe, Detroit is a most benuti-fnl oily, mid admirakly suited for holding suoh a natharing. Sitna4d en a gnatt, bimd river, through which ponrs the pure water from ike mulled snaws of half a oontinent, and which carrios a ooninteroe three or four times as great and valuable as that which passes tkrengh the Suck Canal, its location is unsurpassed, and its thrifty, otilor-prising people have made the most their advantages. They have accumulated much wealth, and used it wisely in building delightful homes, and in making their city agreeable and attractive. Every comfort, convenience and embellishment which a progressiva city should have Detroit has, and in the best shape.

Her oitixens arc gonuiujy patriotic. They remember well the time whou they wore so keenly alive to the necessity of saving the Nation's life that they sent into the army substantially every son who wag oajmble of bearing arms and what maguifiocnt soldiers they were! Better fighting men thaa went from Michigan never swept forward into the shock of battle. Behind thorn nevor stood mere loyal, aealous people than the fathers and mothers they loft )h the State of Michigan. Everybody in Michigan wanted te see onoe more the men whose exploits they had admired so much, and welcome them to their homos find hearts. Tha woloom was worthy of the veterans and of the loyal pooplo of Michi- gaa.

Uncle Jerry Itaek appointed a Detroit man Chief of like Weather Baroau that is, he oamo from Ann Arbor, whioh is a scholastic snbnrn of the dty. Prof. Mark W. Harrington, tike afoiesaid appointee, waa anxious te allow his old friends and fellow-oitiaeus jnet what ho oonld do in the way of getting up weather, and he chose the day of the Grand Review for his masterpiece, and it was a waetorpieoe indeed. No fairer day for a grand, pageant ever dawned.

The Hid os wore as blue as any which ever bent ovor Greece or Italy. The sun was bright, ht a cool broeao tempered his fioroe rays to a gentle warmth, which made both the marching and watching the spectacle pleasure. It was a day whioh made one glad te be alive. Kover had the doar colors of onr flag which shown from ovory conspicuous place seemed so gloriously bright nevor had ovory faco in lino and outside soomod more glad. The bauds played with a spirit and Arc that oonld net be surpassed the marching was very fine, and the uniforms, flags and ombloms and insignia displayed were more tasteful, artistic aud suggestive than at any previous parade, and many new and delightful features wore introduced.

The people of the throng of visitors were delighted with the display, and pronounced it far beyond their highest expectations. By actual count there wore 14,000 veterans in line. This is less than half as many as marched at Boston, bnt the procession scorned qaile as long. It certainly was long onottgk. Pxtdbebly tike most gratifying thing about Hie Encampment was tke warm, display of fraternal fueling.

The oomrados differed sharply on many things notably on the ptaee for holding the next Encampment, and the candidates for Commander-in-Chief, and the ooatosts over these wore quite animated. It is very rare indeed that such strong, clef nont speeches are heard anywhere as wore made daring those struggloe. Bvt all of thorn broatiied the loftiest spirit of comradship and generosity. Nowhere was there the align tost breath of detraction or disparagement. It was freely conceded that ovory candidate for Commander-in-Chief was a comrade well doserving of that high honor, and that the interests of the Ordor would be preporiy maintained in his hands.

Tho advocates of each oulogizod his own candidate's character, soldior record and Grand Army servioes, and urged his election as a recognition of a certain elomont or section. The defeated candidates hastened to move that the election of the successful one 18 made unanimous, and to tender him their hoarty congratulations. So it was with, all the rost of tho officers. Nothing could be handsomer than the conduct of tho defeated oaadidates and thoir friends. The like can be said of tlie advocates of Lincoln as the place for holding the next National Encampment.

Tho moment that the vote was dev dared, Past Oommandor-in-Chiof Van Der Voort oongratalatod "Washington, and prom-hied a big attendance from Nobraaka. a Oowmaador-ln-Chiof Voazey prodded ably and well. He is a fine parliamentarian, kept a firm hold on the assembly, and decided quickly and correctly. Senior Vice CommandoMn-Ohiof Innis also showed up well as a presiding officer. He has a commanding presence and a sonorous voice, and handles a doMborative body with readiness and tact.

a Tho soliiomont of the vexed color question wJM. nioetwitik goneral approval. Though it was in opposition te the recommendations made in Cmnmnder jii 0hjijffl.Yea2ey'aM dross, yet there is no roal discordance. Tho Commander-in-Chief made his recommendations upon representations mads to him that the negroes themselves desired a separate Department. In fact, he had on file a memorial from the oight nogro Posts in Louisiana asking Air such a Department.

It was generally understood that such leading negro comrades as Capt. Robert Smalld, of South Carolina, favored Mich action. Afterward they changed their minds and opposed the separation. This changed tho whole nation. If the negroes want a separate Department there would be little objection to giving it to them.

Bnt if they do not want it thore will bo an overwhelming opposition to anything that looks like an attempt to force it upon them. As Maj. "Wainer expressed it, and theEacampmoutapplauded the sentiment to the echo, "A man who was good enough to eland by our side, musket in hand, in defense of tho Union, is good enough io stand by our side in the Grand Army of the Republic." We can no more organise a separate Department on the color line than we can on the religious one. If a certain number of Methodists or Catholics should want to establish Posts for Methodists or Catholics exclusively, ihey would probably begrantcd that privilege, but it would be out of the question for the Encampment to provide separate Posts for those denominations. The docisien to limit the line of march in future io two-milo parados will be recoived with acclamation.

One of tho greatest complaints at all Encampments for the last few yrsnrs Iihb boon the four or five-mile marches which those in Hie jmrade have lieen obliged to make. Tho complaints have inctoased in loudness with every Encampment, and yet Ihero has been no amendment. The local committees have been most to blame for this. They have not appreciated the fact that the vet orans aro growing old, nor that thero were many one-legged and other crippled comrades who were anxious to march with their Pouts, and arc linble to overtax their strength io do so. The committees have wanted lo show as much of their cities as possible, aud to make the parade pass the principal decorations and the residences of those who were liberal subscribers.

Now all future committees will have their limitations lrtforo. their eyes, and will have to compress their decorations inside of two miles, which ia certainly long enough. There should have been an amendment to the resolution abolishing the long waits, which are more tiresome even than the march itself. It should be pro rid ad that every parade must be conducted with military promptness; that if the order reads that the parade will start at 10 o'clock, the Commander-in-Chief's Bugler must sound "Forward" exactly on tho minute, and the whole column at once begin to move. "We hope that Commander-in-Chief Palmer will give this subject the attention tbnt its importance warrants direct his Staff Officers to accurately obtiuiate the lino of march, and notify the Commander of each Department or Division of the precise miuuto when he must have 13 men in ranks and move into the column.

Let him he ordered that at that minute he must move in, though he may not have one-tenth of his mon with him. It is just as easy to lie on time as it is a half hour late, and by doing so he will save an immense amount of annoyance to all. It will also be more impressive to tho spectators to see a procession move with military precision. Maj. Townsend, of Ohio, offered a resolution to the effect that everybody sitting in the Eucampmont should woar the regular G.A.K.

uniform and badge. This caught the fancy of the comrades, who passed resolution by acclamation, but before the Commander-in-Chief could announce the result Gen. "Wagner raised the point of order that the National Encampment had novcr adopted or proscribed a uniform, and, furthermore, that the resolution involved a change of the Kulea and Regulations, which required formal notice. Tho points were doclared well taken, and Comrade Townsend out of ordor. All tho same, it was ftlt that Goo.

"Wagner's points were more technical than solid, and that tho resolution should prevail. However, the uniform becomes more gonoral at cvory succeeding National Encampment. There were comparatively few in tho Detroit Encampment in citizoua dress, and there will bo fewer still at the "Washington Eucampmont. It should bo made a regulation that no ouo bo admitted to the Encampment except dressed in full uniform. THIS KKXT NATIONAL KNOAilMIKIxT.

"Wo congratulate the comrades upon tho soleotion of "Washington as a place for holding tho 20th National Encampmont of tho Grand Army of the Republic. For many years they have wanted to come hither, and the feeling has steadily increased in strougth. It neemed very desirable, as a matter of sonlimeut, that, while tho Ordor was in the zenith of its strength, it should gather in the Capital of the Nation for which its mem bers had fonght so gallantly. No time could be better for this than next year, when tho country will bo seething with political fer-montation, and the comrades can gather on this neutral ground without tho slightest basis for accusation that thoy aro aiding anybody's or any party's political boom. Fully one-half of tho men who served in tho Union army saw more qr less of thoir service in the neighborhood of "Washington.

Tho Army of the Potomac was kept constantly up to or over 100,000 (igktiug men, and to thoso niuBt bo added tho Armies of the Shenandoah, "West Virginia, the James, tho Dopartmcntof tho South, and tho troops tho "Defenses of "Washington" Tiiere wore 25 infantry and three cavalry corps in tho Union army. Of these, 10 infantry and one calvary corps served pretty constantly in tho neighborhood of Washington, which includes all tho country from the James to the Susquehanna Rivers, aSid six other corps had intervals of service in the same section. These corps were tho strongest in numbors of any, and kept so constantly. The survivors of this iinmenee army aro anxious to revisit with their wives and children the stones where, with muskot and sword, thoy wrote history in largo letters more than a quarter of a century ago. If thero aro 1,000,000 soldiers alive, then there aio fully 500,000 who saw more or less service around "Washington.

For25yoara now they havebeen telling their wives ami child on, their brothers and Motors, and their nephews and nieces of what they did and took part in from Bull Run lo Gettysburg, and from Gettysburg to Appomattox. Thoy havo been describing to interested auditors tho fields, tho hills and ravines, tho walls, fences, roads, crcoksi and rivers of this wonderful region, each one of which has a glorious or melancholy interest to thorn. All who have beou listening to tho veteran are anxious to revisit these places with him, and have him point out just where his regiment stood when it recoived tho withering volley which laid so many of his comrades and neighbors low where his regiment charged aud routed tho rebels, whoro it captured tho battery, whero ho received the wound from which he still suffers, where his brother was killed, his cousin crippled, and so on. They want to do it soon, for life is pretty uucertain now with the old veterans, and if they miss the opportunity next year it may be loat forever. It is this which will make tho next Encampment by far tho largest one ever held, for it is pretty certain that between two and three millions of the classes we havo named aro anxious to visit "Washington, and out of these hundreds of thousands will actually come.

Then, too, thero is a great army of men who served remoto from "Washington, but dosiro to see tho city of which they havo heard so much and tho fields upon which their comrades fought. They will also want to bring their wives and children. Altogether this will make the largest gathering ever seen in "Washington. "What has prevonled the Encampment being held here before this has been the strong inducements offered by other cities and tho indifference of "Washington. Now Washington is aroused, and offers the com rades a hearty welcome.

This fair treatment is all that they desire. They ask nothing but kindly reception and reasonable rates at the hotels and railroads. All this has been assured them. The citizens have subscribed 50,000 to pay tho necessary expenses of the Encampment, the hotels and boarding-houses have agreed to a reasonable schedule of rates, and the railroads will put down to a low figure the tickets to nud from Encampment, and give cheap excursion rates lo the various battlefields. A great deal ha? been said about the rebel element in Washington, aud thero is a lingering feoling in tho minds of tho comrades, born of war-time experience, that the domin-autelomentinWashingUnisympothizedwith the Southern Confederacy.

Onoof thefailures of the Citizens' Committee sent on to Detroit was to make it thoroughly understood that the magnificent city of 200,000 population of to-day is a very different place from the poky little Southern town in which Abraham Lincoln waa inaugurated. The great accretion of population sinco then has been almost wholly of Northern origin, with Northern ways and ideas. The Southern element went definitely into the minority when Lincoln was inaugurated, its numbers and influence were depleted and weakened by tliose Who wcntSouth, and ovor since Northern mon nud ideas have boen gaining greator ascendancy. Out of every five men one meets uow on Pennsylvania Avenue four aro pretty certain to have been born north of the Potomac, and the fifth is likely to have undergone a new birth, which separates him completely from any sympathy with the Lost Cause. There arc fully 5,000 Union veterans permanent residents here, without counting a groat number who still claim to belong to thoir former homos.

Talk about rebel influenco adverse to the Encampment is simply nonsense. Were it 100 times as strong as it really is, it should not deter tho comrades for an instant, he-causo Washington is tho veterans' own city their National homo. In common with tho rest of the citizoiiB of the United Stutes, they own it own its streets, ita parks and public buildings, and havo the right to cuter upon aud occupy their property. But really at least four-fifths of tho pcoplo aro as strongly Union as can bo found anywhere in the country. The District of Columbia sent a larger proportion of its population into the Union Army than any olherHection of the country.

Tho overwhelmingly dominant influence in Washington thoseemployed under the Government, is intelligent, enter prising, progressive, and Union-loving. Tho city is in the hands of men who are tho equals of tho3e to ho found in any Northern city, and they aro building it up into one of tho most beautiful cities that can bo found under the sun. Lot tho comrades all understand this thoroughly, nnd that when thoy come here they will bo greeted just; oa thoy wore in Boston, Detroit, Columbus, Milwaukeo, Portland, and Minneapolis, and they can count on a grand, good time. Wo BhaU expect them, to come by tho hundred thousand, and thoy have our assurance that they will find nothing lacking for their complete enjoyment, and the grandest Encampment in tho history of tho Grand Army tho Republic, Tiik people of Lincoln, will bo strangely remiss if thoy do not show in some substantial way their appreciation of the services of Past Commander-in-Chief Panl Van Der Voort. He simply performed wonders iu tho way of managing their case.

Before tho Encampment opened, the best-informed men iu the G.A.R. wero sure that Washington had a walk-over. The sentiment in favor of Washington seemed so overwhelming that all that was left for Lincoln was courteous reception of her proposition and the support of a few Departments in the Far West. Bat so skiliul was the management of Van Der Voort, and tliose associated with him, that all this was revolutionized in a short time, and a change of but eight votes moro would hava given Lincoln the prize. Van Der Voort's speech wits a masterpiece.

He knew the audience he was addressing, knew just what to soy to reach them, and said it skilfully and effectively, without adding a word more than necessary. The same was true of the speeches of Gov. Thayer, A. Campbell and Past Commander-in-Chief Rea. Every sentence wont straight to the mark and rang the bell.

Comrade Rea's appeal for the comrades residing in the great stretch of 1,000 miles between Minneapolis and Denver, and St. Louis aud Denver who had gone out into the Great American Desert at the close of the war aud conquered homes for themselvofl from the wilderness, who wore longing for the National Encampment to be held among them, because they could not afford to go the great distance to the seaboard was one of the very finest speeches to which any gathering ever listened. It was a big day for Lincoln, and she should he very proud of hor advocates and gratefal to them. As he always does, Comrade Ira M. Hedges acted in the handsomest manner.

No one else in the country came so near being Commander-in-Chief. It was generally conceded that New York should have it if she came united into tho Encampment. It was felt that he and Palmer were equally deserving, and the Encampment would be eqnally satisfied with either of them. They made an entirely friendly contest in the delegation, the race was close, but the odds were in favor of Palmer, and when this was disclosed Hedges and his friends immediately fell into line, and gave him hearty, loyal support. Among the first to congratulate Palmer waa Hedges, and he seemed even more pleased thau if the great honor had fallen upon himself.

That is tho kind of a comrade Hedges is. His tnrn will come shortly. COMRADE JOHN PALMER, The Xew Cemui.uitlr-tn-rhlr, Grand Armj of tho ItDtibIIe. John Palmer, the new Comraandar-in Chief, was born on Staten Island, N. March 22.

Of his life beforo tho war little is known. The official records show that he was an rolled lo6'l, and was mustered in Sept. VJ, as a Corporal' iu Co. 01st N. waa promoted to Sergeant, same company, Dec.

15, 1S6I, and to Sergeant Major of regiment Oct. 17, 1S63; was mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Co. same regiment, to date Spt. 3. 16M, and as First Lieutenant, Co.

II. same regiment, to dato April 11, 1S65. Uo wan mnstere-1 out with that company with the grado of First Lieutenant July 3, 1S65. lie served faithfully with his regiment, and took Inrt in thu following buttles ami skirmishes: Milton, Gonzales, Port Hudson, Irish Kend, Bayou Vermillion, Mound-ville, Siege of Port Hudson; Donahlson-ville, Biyou Irourche, Petersburg, Appomattox, White Oak Ridge, and Fivo Forks. At the battle of Five Forks he was seriously wounded in tho combined charge of the cavalry and infantry, receiving an injury to his spine which has left him in impaired health, and which has sinco been the cause of intenso physical auiferinx.

in tho Grand Army ho has been an ardent worker. Ho was a charter mombor of Low Benedict Pot. 5, Albany, N. and served for throe years as its Commander. In 1379 he was elected Senior Vice Commander of tho Department of New York, and his services were so appreciated that ho was olocted Department Commander, which position ho held for two terms.

Ho was also Senior Vice Commander of the Grand Army under Coniniander-iu-Chiaf William Earnslmw. Ho took a leading part in establishing tho Soldiors' Homo for Now York Slate, aud personally secured largo subscriptions for that purpose. By trade ho 13 a master paintor, and for some years lm been working at that business in Albany. Ho learned his trade sinco tho war, and i3 very proficient. Ho had the contract for frescoing nnd decorating tho new State Capitol at Albany.

Ho has frequently boon placed at tho head of important committees by both State and National Encampments, and has always filled these positions with groat credit to himself. Ho is described as a modol presiding officer and a very forcible speaker. PERSONAL. Comrade R. L.

Williiuurf, of Abo Lincoln Post, Council BluUd, Iowa, Is Special Supremo Deputy of tho "Commercial Pilgrims of America," anew ordor started of tho commercial travelers of the country. Sirs. E. S. Thackura, ono of Gen.

Sherman's married daughters. Is well known as a writer, nnd It la said that she is ouRused on a very ambitious literary work. If she can live up to tho great nnme she was born to, hor book will bo well worth reading by tho vetcrnus. Mrs. Charles Page, who waa recently appointed Regent of the Society of tho Daughters of the Revolution, Is a nlcco of J.

Fonlmora Cooper, tho great novelist, nud hor husband Is Dr. Charles Page, a Surgeon In tho United States Army, who has quarters at Governor's Island, Now York JIarbor. Tho Rev. I. Newton Rltar.

wHo ww appointed a ChApinln is le UiMl 9fcitM Amwy by Pra4dnt Harrfcwa. was a prevtila Ce. 10th nnd wa ewwmluutamd Soaoml Lhulmnmt af Co. A In Attgaat, 1362. If wm mmm) Atytnt runt Commandant of Camp Cttttta in IMS, and performed tba duly of KorniUntc O0f for Fiyl-vnafct until ke waa mtMriered et NaYombar 1S63, bnee of the otHteoUtlatioa hfe wgtotHmt.

Ilia reeemnandHtMHt te the ponlttaa te whleh he wna appointed was signed by Goa. AJjcer, Qon. Veaaey, nnd hundrotltt of aomrndui of the Loyal Legion, thw Ord Army, and Moeeially of abmde Peat, of Philadolphla, of whioh Comrade Kitaer wart the Cbaplnia. Win. M.

Ifarrin, Commander of Caafcy Pet, Gtoversville, N. roeontly sent a pieeo of plonk, taken from Lioby Prtaon. to tho man who enrvod his name upon it oa tho Moor whoa ho Ihontrht bin Ufa wad noarty ended. Tho following; hwertptioit was earvod npon tha "Geo. F.

Maeoa, 40th N. Y.S. Juno U. Mol." When Libby Prloen wo taken down, tho Moor ptonk. whioh wm ent out.

aboat Ifctf Inches, who fWwnrdod lo Pout Commander Harris at Glororoviiio Tho Commando gave notice tbroocboM tho State of 2few York, and waa rewarded by a long latter from tho mm-vivinf; veteran, whioh gave an aeeonnt of hot capture, the severe treatment ha received, and thai ho earred hte nnme only lo show thono who followed that he had gone oa before, boikrvinic at that time that be woahl never seo home again. Ho was reduced In wehcht from 190 to 90 poundH. He waa captured with about 100 othorn while oa piekot at Cold Harbor on the morning of Juno 13. WI. and arrived at Annapolis.

WSJ, having served three months ever hbi throe-years enlistment. Ho entered the aerviee in Anffnet, 18al, and wm tttaehariced in January, 1868. He now lives ia Brooklyn. N. Gen.

Dan. Maeaalor, 11th who waa recently appointed Appointment Clerk of tho Treaonry Department by Secretary Footer, waa tho Attyntant of the 11th Ind. at the commencement of the war. Tbk retcimont was commanded by Gen. Lew Wat-lace.

An incident occurred soon alter his appointment: Mneanlcy wae ordered upon some orHeml ftiioH to Gov. Morton. He whh rigged out in hie new ftnery.and with the tttgnity of a tteid officer cosc-mg heavily upon him, ho mounted rrnetiooti steed ami sot out upon bin mbvdon. When half way to the Governor's quarters, on ono of the main thoroughfares of Indianapolto, hie hone became balky, ami Mseaaioy found himooif in great danger of beinf; iffnominiomdy dumped Into the gutter. With tho decision which Is a marked trait of Mb character, the General jumped to the ground, tied his horse to a tree, walked to the State Houwe, delivered hfa message, wnlked back, remounted his fractious horse, ami returned to camp.

Gen. UlacHuley learned to ride in the following four years of hie service, having poseed through All the grades to Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General during hie service. Maj. John V. R.

HoT, Poet Surgeon at Peri Hiley has cent to tho War Department a battle-marked relic of the bu campaign againei the Sioux radians in South Dakota. It is an nmbu-laneo guidon, which has upon its field of white a red eroes. Aeeordiiij; to the Geneva Convention thib eroes when properly dfoplAyed kt respected by all combatants in civilized warfare. There are a dozen bole in the guidon made by shorn from the Indiana weapons, and In the letter accompanying tho flag Maj. IIoff expressed the opinion that the Geneva Convention ents but little figure in Indian warfare.

This guidon waa one of those displayed In the Wonndod Knee Hght. when Hospital Steward Pollock was kilted while going io the relief of the wounded men. Private Coetner and William Grniwood were granted eertioeates for gallantry displayed in this light, as well as ia the fight at White Clay Creek, while with the ambulance bearing the guidon. Col. Kobcrt Sutton, Assistant Inepeetee-Oeneral of the United Skates Army, recently Inspected the Xenia Children' Home, am! found It in a uourish-ing condition.

The Home was founded in 1300 through the Influence of the Grand Army of the KepuNiev the energetic services of Gen. Forsyth, and the hearty eo-epcration of the inhabitants of Green County. It contains 300 acres of Ine land, upon which are 88 buildings. The Home, through the efforts of ex-President Hayes, waa made, a Stale institution, and is under the management of Cum. Charles L.

Young, who is ably aseitHed by his win, Mr. Cora D. Young. It is for the children of dceeneed Ohio soldiers or sailors, and every useful avocation io taught them. There are 910 inmates, whoe ages range from two and a half io 16 yearn.

Col. Sutton hopes the ex-soldiers throughout the country will profit by the high order of usefulness obtained by thie Home, ami urges the erection of similar ones, until every Stato in the Union shall be In a portion to cure for thoso who live io keep green the memory of the Nation's defenders Joseph S. Hcrron. son ef Dr. Thomas G.

Herren, of Wyoming, has been recently appointed to West Point. He was seleeted sometime ago by Hon. John A. Caldwell to represent the Second District of Hamilton County. Cadet Herron has had an exceptionally bright career, and enters upon his duties with an unusual amount of experience.

Since leaving the High School he has spent Ave active years mostly in tho banking "business. He has had extensive experience in military alfiura, having served from the ranks to a Sergeant in the 1st regiment of Ohio militia. His father served through the war, and won distinction both in the army and navy, and baa held many Grand Army offices. His mother, Mrs. Lizzie S.

Herron, la conspicuous in the Woman's Relief Corps, having held the offices as President and Secretary. She has been honored by holding the highest position In the Stato of Ohio Department President W.R.C. Gen. Abner Doubledny, who aimed tho first gun fired in defenso of Port Sumter, in 1361, has been ill for weeks at Memlham, N. J.

Recently the fourth of a series of abseeo-ies has been opened, nnd he is much exhausted by the attendant fever, though signs of improvement aro discernible. His continued Illness, however, causes his friends in Washington much anxiety. As yet he is too feeble to read, write, or leave hie bed. Since the an vailing of Stonewall Jackson's statue this questionable story about the Confederate General has come to light. On one rainy dny, while advancing on Bull Run, he started out to recon-noker In person, and got caught on the wrong side of a bridge guarded by fieW-plece and some Federal artillerymen.

When he discovered this Jaekson did. not hesitate a moment. Galloping up behind the men, he shouted out to the officer in command; "Who directed you to put that gun on the road? Take it away and mount it in the woods mi tha hill yonder. I never saw suoh a piece of folly. Here in the open ground your men will be shot down from the brush on the ether side." On he went as though in a terrible passion, berating the officer, who colored, saluted, apologized, and hastily gave the order for removing tho gun.

Jackson, with hie staff at his heels, galloped oft' to the left as though to pass down the stream, made a sudden turn, thundered across the bridge and escaped. The befuddled officer in eommniid of the gun had net gone far when he suspected something wrong, but he did not dfeeover who tho stranger was until next day. Cnpt. Robert M. Woods, Adjutant ef the ith was the first Adjutant-General of the Grand Army of the Republic.

"Little Red-headed Bob" signed every paper discharging tho men ef the Fourth. Divwon, Seventeenth Corps, when they were muetered out at Louisville, Ky In July, 1S06. Ho was a popular man In the Seventeenth Corps, and his geiihil qualities wero known to the rauk and tile of every regiment in the corps, who used to joke him upon hie red head whenever he passed tho marching column. He alwaya toolc these pleasantries aa they wero meant by the boys, and had a witty answer to all their jokes. His name should, and will, go down to posterity with that of Dr.

Stevenson's, and when the National Encampment eoiuert to Washington "Bob should be ono of the favored guests. Comrade J. N. McCurdy, Co. lBth Ohio, Buoy-rus, sends an account of thu wounding of Col.

Keliey, 1st W. at Philippl, which hi somewhat different from the account published, recently in our columns. Henry Lane, Co. 16th Ohio, waa one of the guards over a number of prisoners who had been captured, among whom was Col. Sims.

Col. Keliey oamo up, and was passing tho group, when Sims, who had no Insignia of his rank about his clothing, drew from his vest pocket a small steel-barreled pistol and fired point-blank at Col. Keliey. One of the Union guards clubbed his muskot, and was about to brain Col. Sims, when Honry Lano interfered and awed tho rebel's life.

Lana noticed that CoI.Kelloy was very pale, aud he approached him, and with tho assistance of another man lifted him from his horse. Tho Colonol did not fall from his horse, nor did he lay on the ground, but was supported by Matthew Reed and Lane to a hospital, where the Surgeon dressed his wound. The bullet did not pass through the lung, but lodged In the breast-bone. Tho soldier who tried to kill Col. Sims was Joe Malutyre.

McCurdy would like to have other comrades who were present give a version of the affair, so aa to get a true account of the matter. Gen. and ex-Sou a tor Palmer, tho noted Michigan farmer, has in his log cabin near Detroit a pet hodgo-hog whioU feeda rom tho General's hand. MWsqrm-fmiD owe: ywr. JBbwwn TawiMhfa Caage.

July rT.WUUam N. Ceara.l dropped demt while in the bmrvceHfolrtt am no Mum waa nbten en furlough from SeMteeV a Mnnon, 1ml. "JMiehhtan In tho War" William Jfc Peet, Coi.lwater. Mich. lM hw May at, UaU, Seraoant, Knttery Jfc, w.

1. eetMl Lieutenant, XSnjr 35 Pw; ne4 menu reii an ornoer mustered ent July JA. UNa next lw.r-ably (JtKchnrged. Bis ntnernt wne atlet.ded uy nearly all the old sotdtem in hh eeinwut Waaaaa. -A Sa.

VrancK Xm. Juno ease contracted white the service, Sfemuet bar, Co. 5th Mo. nt ft. Jfc, we charged in April, Weft, the 12th Jk Lav.

Mb waa a charter merolv Past Commander of Wane Pee. XX next wr much-beloved and respected ami a eomrndo snya, "in who nam mi Voe will i.erc-afier be honored." Steele Cily, WAV. Jury Jwih Curry. Co, Sth Iowa On. Cmnrmtn t'orvy lteO After A long Mckneae of four month with eHitewai of the liver, which resulted la deepey.

Ho wai buried on hie 56th birthday. Jacoa- At Botoidere, April a. hert trouble ami In grippe, enueoil by oaiporowc daring the war. Jeremiah A. Jacobs, Co.

9th 111. a(ed 66. Jfe wm tnciaMrt foe dtaability. ami partly recovering re-eni feted in Co. 36th ami served te the close of tho war.

Ho wan janitor of Mnrlbut Poet, and hw remntne wero buried by that Pot. He leaven a wifo and stx children. Bat. At La Plata, recently. ennenmp-toon, M.

Buty. Co. F. 3d Me. ML.

od Ho wne a member of Col. Forben Poet, 3ft. HAanmow. Near Lake City, June 33. of pulmonary eonaumption, BmW MnrrMmn, aged M.

He wne a pioneer in tho tettiemeat of Minnesota, having come here with hm fat bar in Early in the war he collated in Co. in which regiment fe, rendered loyal service till tho cIomo the war, tbua laying down three of the beat yean of hie young manhood upon the alter of bin com. try. After hie dieehnrxa ho returned to Minnesota, whero hie homo baa been over neo. It thought thai the disease which terminated hi life w4 brought on by tho epoureof army life.

The largo concourse of people that followed hie remains to the grave bears testimony to the esteem in which he wan held by hn neighbors and comrades. He was buried under the auMpteoHof Maj. Douwhty Poet. Ho loavee a wife and one on. Afemrrr.

At Allenport. June by a fall of coo ami slate in tlie Clipper Coal Mine. Henry Abbott, Co, Pa. Ketervc Corp, aged Ml At McspAitnn of his term of service ho re-collated in Co. Idttf in which regnupnt ho erved until tho cloee of tho war, when ho wan rtieeharawd July 28.

1805. At the elo-e of tho war bo marrloii tho willow of a oldter who ilted during war. and she wiin four ehndren survive him. He a member of tho Cirand Army, and nlco a member in good and regular standing in tho Knights of Pythias, Jted Men, American Mechanic, and Knighte of the Mystic Chain. Cedar Rapid, tow, July J.

law, A. JC Wescoit, Lieutenant. 31st aejedM yr. Comrade WeaeoU enileled the Mo. Apri.

is, 111. and was mustered out aa Lioutennwt 3lM Ma. He was a member of Post J35, ami large deicga-tion of the Poet attemled the funeral. Bell wood. recently, of heart rail ore.

Miles Warren, Lieutenant, Mich. After serving this capacity for wo years he in the Hth nnd soon mtervar-1 became its Captain. MS wae honorably mustered out in 111. He was a eharter member of pout 10, and afterward was Commander of Poet m. Department of Mebrnaka.

In tho Spring of lswt ho appointed by Gov. Boyd Commamlor of the Home nt Grand Mail Neb. Capt. W.rren was lhVlemc Democrat, but wae a very conservative man. Me Wan stanch frtaiMl.

a nnd nMM.lt. I bor, Hnd a man who had very many friend. Jam cimre. July 17. die it contracted while in the service, eorge Len o.

Wicaged Hk The 9th Win. wae, perhaps, better known tho Eagle Mogiment." Comrade Lenz was a member of JLtgJo Poet, 92, wbien attended his funeral in a body. Ho waonleoa member of Eau Claire Lodge. 12 I. 0.

ft which body tovk charge of the funeral ami conducted their serviren at the grave, lie leaven a wife aud Xau Claire, Feb. 6. from dla-eaee contracted while in tho service, George W. Hart. Co.

A. 2d Ohio Cav. He flrsi enlisted to Co. 2d Ohio April 27, 1861, in tho throe months' service, and was fHseharged August, 1, ami re-enlisied Aug. 16, 1861.

for three yean Go. 3d Ohio and was discharged ept. Jl, 1865. ila was a good soldier and an upright citiaen. Fwmby.

At Atlanta, a Juno 1, B. Finney, Co. D. 3th aged TL He, with Me family, went lo live in Georgia about a year ago, with tho hope of benefiting his health. He whs a member of Eagle Poet, 5A Kh Claire, and wan a good soldier and a respected citizen.

Buwuitu-At Eau Claire. May 1, An Blaisdel, Corporal, Co. 3h WK He wae a member of Eagle Posts 3B. and a delegation from that Post attemled tho funeral. Tho remain wero interred in the cemetery At Spring Brook.

Wis. Kkkmis. At Pleasant Valley, Wis recently, L. M. Beemis.

Co. I. J8th aged It. He was a member of Eagle Pott, 38, Eau Claire. Shahs.

At Eau Claire, March 2, franc 1L Shane. Co. 5th Wis. He was a memoer of Eagle Post, 52, and also of the I. O.

O. which body took charge of the funeral ceremonies, a Urge number of Eagle Post attending. Ho wae a good, faithful soldier ami a respected oitiaeu the cousin nn iky in which he lived. Row. At Wheaton, Jan.

7. Friend JRoss, Co. 7th Wis. He was a member of Bnglo i'oet, 2, Eau Clair, and a delegation from that Pjet attended the nine re 1. MarjtgLL.

At New York City July Henry 0. Meinell. At the outbreak of the war he returned from Germany, where he had been edMented, and at enee enlisted in Duryea's Zouaves. Six months later ho was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ami traneferred to the 3d with winen ho served through the war. At the erose of tho war he was transferred to Battery Gibson's Light Artillery, and eemmkeioHed Captain.

Gibfton'a Light Artillery was Assigned to duty on the frontier nt Fort Leavenworth and afterward at Fort Riley. Capt. Meinell campaigned with Crook against the Pawnee and Sioux in Nebraska. He Acquired the liquor habit, and while under the influence of whisky he shot and killed hiroeeifl Me leaves a wife and three children. COL.

HENRY M. DUFFJELD, Tho Xevr Senior Tics Coiiiinnnder-tR0hidfTI G.A.B VJUAJSJUWW y.tt.wm ij mi it The saw Senior Viee Commander-in-Chief was born In Detroit, May 15, 1813, and received hia earlier education in the public schools of that city. After a year's instruction in tha Michigan University, iu W69 he entered tha junior eiass of Williams College, from which ha waa graduated in VHil. Ha enlisted as a private in tho 9th in Angimt, 1S61, being the Ursfc student from Williams Collage to join the Union army. A short time after enlistment; he waa promoted Adjutant of tha regiment, and while aettng in this capacity was engaged with tha regiment in tha hot fight with Forrest's cavalry at Murfreeeboro, in July, 1362, and during the battle wna by the stile of his brother, Col.

W. W. Dttmeul, who was so severely wounded aa to be thou.jt mortally, and it was impossible to remove hint from the field until the close of the engagement. Adj'tDumeld waa captured in tins action, but watt exchanged in September of tho same year. Immediately apon hia release from captivity be was detailed aa Assistant Adjutant-Qeueral of tha United States forcs in Kentucky, and afterward became Adjutant-General of the Twenty-third Brigade, Array of the Cumberland.

During the eaiupaign from Nashville to Chattanooga in 1U03 ha waa attached to the staff of ten. t-ieorge If. Thomas, and was present at all the important battles of the eaiupaign, including Stone River and Chiokaiuanga. He waa Post Adjutant at Chattanooga during the siege ef that eity, aud served as such until Bragg waa driven over tho mountains into Georgia. While acting ia this capacity ho issued, by order of 0en.

John Q. Parkhurst, tho orders for the Chattanooga Cemetery, giving directions as to its pttrposo nud plans for its management, whieh general plan was afterward adopted by Gen. Thomas, from which grew onr present National Cetuo-teriea. During the Atlanta campaign Col. Dnfflold was Assistant Provost Mareliai-Gonoral on the stuff of Oun.

Thomas, pnrtieipating in all the hard-fought battles in whioh the Department of tho Cumberland engaged. Bis term of service ended nt Atlanta, and ho was mustered out of servico Oct. 14, 1861. After the war Col. Dnnleld stndied law and began its practice, and was soon known as one of the beat lawyers in Aliohigau.

He was attorney for the Board of Education in Detroit from 1366 to 1871, and in 1881 became City Counselor, aud was reappointed iu 186-1, serving six years more. Col. Dallield was married in 1868 anu has had seven children born, all but ene of whom are living. Ho has boon an Aid en the stalls of Commanders-in-Chief Sea, Warner aad Alger, and wus Commander of the Dopafittueut of Mjchjguu daring, tho year I960, sf)r A.