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CHAPTER XVII.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1882. The New System Continued.
Banquet to
Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill. Ceremonies by Suffolk
County Association, May 30. Services by Post No. 113. Charles
E. Pratt, Esq., Orator at the Common. The Grand Army again in
Favor. Return to No. 608 Washington Street. Second Grand Fair
in Aid of Soldiers' Home. Anniversary Reception and Banquet
with "Ladies' Night." Inspection. Growth of Relief Fund.
Great Results. Post Rehabilitated. Sketch of Commander Thomas
R. Mathews
CHAPTER XVIII.
1883. The Suffolk County Association, May 30.
Mayor Palmer, Orator. Observance of Day by Post No. 113. Rev.
Edward A. Horton, Orator. Advance of the Grand Army. The
Fourteenth Anniversary. Blaine, Morse, and Robinson.
Force of Precedent .
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CHAPTER XIX. 1884. A Generous Donation. May 30. Rev. Brooke
Hereford, Orator. Adieu to No. 608 Washington Street. Recep-
tion to Commander-in-Chief Kountz. Grand "Kettle Drum."
The Fifteenth Anniversary. Sketch of Commander Eugene H.
Richards.
CHAPTER XX. 1885. Dedication of New Headquarters at No. 1682
Washington Street. The Soldiers' Great Home Carnival. Memo-
rial Services, Rev. H. Bernard Carpenter, Orator. Death of ex-
President, General Grant. The Sixteenth Post Anniversary
CHAPTER XXI.
1886. Reception to Commander-in-Chief S. S. Bur-
dett. Annual Post Inspection. Memorial Services, May 31. Rev.
James De Normandie, Orator. Deaths of Generals Grant, Hancock,
McClellan, and McDowell within the Past Year. Anniversary at
Young's. A Year of Enjoyment and Growth. Sketch of Com-
mander Augustine Sanderson .
CHAPTER XXII. 1887. Memorial Day. Rev. David Gregg, D.D.,
Orator. Robert E. Lee Camp of ex-Confederate Veterans Parade
in Boston. A Military Club. Reception to General Black. Anni-
versary at the Vendome. Annual Post Inspection. Post Completes
its Roll of 113 Members
CHAPTER XXIII. 1888. The First Break in the List of Past Com-
manders. Abrogation of Rule restricting Membership Defeated.
An Old Experiment Revived. May 30. Rev. George A. Gordon,
Orator. The Military Club Abandoned. Removal of Headquar-
ters. First Death of a Post Commander in Office. Funeral of
Commander Wellington. The Nineteenth Anniversary at Young's.
Minor Items. Sketch of Commander Austin C. Wellington .
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CHAPTER XXIV. 1889. Another Change in Headquarters. Memorial
Day. Rev. W. H. H. Murray, Orator. Preparations for the Na-
tional Encampment of the Grand Army in Boston. The Twentieth
Anniversary at Parker's. Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger
and Staff Received. Badge Presentation and Inspection
CHAPTER XXV. 1890. The Post's Opportunity. Reception of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward W. Kinsley. Memorial Day. General Daniel
E. Sickles, Orator. Reception at Young's. Temporary Head-
quarters and Drill. Reception of Lafayette Post No. 140 of New
York. National Encampment at Boston. Grand Banquet at Par-
ker's. President Harrison and Cabinet. Kinsley "113" and
Lafayette "140." Generals Sherman, Sickles, Devens, and Coggs-
well. Grand Parade of the Boys in Blue. Post Mounted Escort
to Commander-in-Chief. Anniversary Banquet at Young's. Lesser
Items. Sketch of Commander George A. Sawin
CHAPTER XXVI. 1891. Notable Memorial Service. Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore, the First Woman Memorial Day Orator. The First
"Stars and Stripes." Mrs. Harriet R. P. Stafford. Visit to La-
fayette Post No. 140, New York. Tomb of General Grant. West
Point. Grand Banquet to Post No. 113. Fall Field Day. Twenty-
second Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Mr.
Edward W. Kinsley. Sketch of Commander George F. Hall
CHAPTER XXVII. 1892. Memorial Day. Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
D.D., Orator. The Second Commander to die in Office. New
Post Badge. Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of
Commander John H. Cook
CHAPTER XXVIII. 1893. Ladies' Night.
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Memorial Services. Gen-
eral Joshua L. Chamberlain, Orator. A Touching Incident. Re-
ception to Commander-in-Chief John G. B. Adams. Anniversary
Banquet at Young's. Reception to Commander-in-Chief A. G.
Weissert. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Cranmore N.
Wallace
CHAPTER XXIX. 1894. The Memory of Edward W. Kinsley Honored.
Memorial Services. General Oliver O. Howard, Orator. Fall Field
Day. Anniversary at Young's. Sketch of Commander Samuel
Harrington
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CHAPTER XXX. 1895. Memorial Ceremonies. Lieutenant-General
Nelson A. Miles, Orator. The Third Commander dies in Office.
Fall Field Day. Ex-Confederate General John B. Gordon. Death
of Past Commander Harrington. Anniversary Banquet at Young's.
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander William Carleton Ireland. 159
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CHAPTER XXXI. 1896. The Second Naval Commander. New Post
Headquarters. Change in Memorials. Memorial Services, May
30. Judge Albion Weingard Tourgee, Orator. Field Day. Anni-
versary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander James
G. Harris
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CHAPTER XXXII. 1897. Memorial Day. General Wager Swayne,
Orator. Comrades Honored. Field Day. Anniversary at Young's.
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Charles Clarke Adams
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CHAPTER XXXIII. 1898. A Quiet Year. May 30. Comrade Wil-
mon W. Blackmar, Orator. Fall Field Day. The Twenty-ninth
Anniversary at Young's. Inspection. Badge Presentation.
CHAPTER XXXIV. 1899. Burial of ex-Confederate John Buck by
the Post. New Post Uniforms. Reception to General Joseph
Wheeler at the Algonquin. Notable Memorial Services. General
Joseph Wheeler, an ex-Confederate Officer, Orator. Reception
and Luncheon to General Wheeler by Governor Wolcott at the
Union Club. Presentation from the Blue to the Gray. A New
Era for Post No. 113. Kinsley Associates. National Encampment
at Philadelphia. Grand Joint Banquet by Kinsley, Lafayette, and
Mead Posts. President McKinley and Men of National Fame in
Attendance. Thirty-five Thousand Veterans in Parade. Kinsley
presents Loving-Cup to Lafayette. Welcome of Admiral George
Dewey to Boston. The Thirtieth Anniversary at Young's. Minor
Events. Sketch of Commander Ira B. Goodrich
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CHAPTER XXXV. 1900. The Navy again at the Helm. Restricted
Membership Removed. Reception to Comrade Blackmar, as De-
partment Junior Vice Commander. Patriots' Day. Camp Fire in
Honor of Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw. Memorial Exer-
cises, Sunday, May 22. Address by Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May
30. Chaplain Roswell W. Hoes, U. S. Navy, Orator. "The Lan-
yard Pulled," Commanders' Reception, July 4. General Wheeler
at Thirty-first Anniversary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch
of Commander Paul H. Kendricken
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CHAPTER XXXVI. 1901. An Infantryman again Leads. Another
Reception to Past Commander Blackmar as Department Senior
Vice Commander. Memorial Observances. Sunday Address by
Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May 30. General Charles H. Grosvenor,
Orator. Pathetic Letter of Carl Pfleuger. Memorial Services upon
Death of President McKinley. The Thirty-second Anniversary at
Young's. Sketch of Commander John C. Cook
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CHAPTER XXXVII. 1902. Reception to
Department Commander
Address by Rev. Thomas
Blackmar. Memorial Sunday, May 25.
Van Ness. May 30. General Charles P. Mattocks, Orator. Na-
tional Encampment at Washington, D.C. The Thirty-third Anni-
versary at Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Albert
A. Pope
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1903. Honored by Department Officers.
ots' Day. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 24. Address by
Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton. May 30. Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, D.D., Orator. Parade in Honor of General Joseph Hooker
and Dedication of Statue. The Thirty-fourth Anniversary at
Young's. Minor Events. Sketch of Commander George E. Henry 215
CHAPTER XXXIX. 1904. The Banner Year. Death of ex-Confeder-
ate Lieutenant-General Gordon. Memorial Services. Comrade
Rev. Edward Anderson, Orator. The Thirty-eighth National En-
campment in Boston. Welcome of Lafayette Post No. 140 New
York by Kinsley No. 113. Parade of Prisoners of War. The Grand
Parade. Comrade Wilmon W. Blackmar elected Commander-in-
Chief of the Grand Army. "Old Glory" Everywhere. "The
Best Ever." Reception by Kinsley Post to ex-Confederate Guests
at Algonquin Club. Reunion of the Blue and Gray in Faneuil
Hall. Noted Speeches of Great Orators. Presentation of Loving-
Cup by Lafayette to Kinsley. Old Bugle Calls. Southern Feeling.
Fruitage of the "113 Idea." Post Honored. Reception to Com-
mander-in-Chief Blackmar. Thirty-fifth Anniversary. Minor
Events. Sketch of Commander George H. Graves
CHAPTER XL. 1905. Reception of the Colors. Memorial Services,
Sunday, May 29. Addresses by Rev. Thomas Van Ness and Chap-
lain Rev. Edward A. Horton. May 30. Ex-Governor John L.
Bates, Orator. Lieutenant-General A. B. Chaffee, U. S. Army.
The Tender-Heartedness of President McKinley an Unwritten
Incident. Commander-in-Chief Blackmar at Rest. Thirty-sixth
Anniversary. Comrade Blackinar and Post No. 113. Unveiling
of Memorial to General Stevenson. The Post Home. Minor
Events. Sketch of Commander Ephraim B. Stillings
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CHAPTER XLI. 1906. The New Headquarters -"Blackmar Hall."
Death of General Joseph Wheeler. Obsequies and Press Notices
of Respect. Death of Comrade Major Edward J. Jones. Obse-
quies and Appreciative Tributes. Ex-Confederate Colonel John S.
Mosby. Memorial Observances. Ex-Governor John D. Long,
Orator. Reception of Baptist Social Union. Death of Comrade
General Edmund Rice, a Hero of Three Wars. Obsequies and
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Press Notices of Distinguished Services. Death of Past Com-
mander Captain Nathan Appleton. Anniversary at Young's.
Dedication of Tufts' Memorial Tablet. Mrs. Blackmar Honored.
Minor Events
CHAPTER XLII. 1907. Unveiling of Tablet to Memory of Comrade
Major Edward J. Jones. Memorial Day. Rev. Frederick W.
Hamilton, D.D., President of Tufts College, Orator. Unveiling
of Tablet to Memory of Comrade General Wilmon W. Blackmar.
Reception in New Headquarters. Subsequent Entertainments.
Anniversary Reception and Banquet at Young's. Death of Past
Commander Major George E. Henry. Minor Events. Sketch of
Commander William H. Ruddick
CHAPTER XLIII. 1908. Installation of Officers. Patriots' Day. Un-
veiling of Tablet at Faneuil Hall. Memorial Services, Sunday,
May 24. Address by Rev. Clyde W. Bromell. May 30. Rev.
W. H. P. Faunce, D.D., President of Brown University, Orator.
Salute to the Flag by One Thousand Public School Children. A
Model Celebration. Thirty-ninth Anniversary Reception and
Banquet at Young's. Notable Presentation of "Andersonville
Gavel" by Associate Hon. James J. Myers. Completion of Photo-
graphs and Military Records of all Members of Post No. 113
and Massive Cabinet for the Same. Minor Events. Sketch of
Commander Bowdoin S. Parker (by the Post Publication Com-
mittee)
CHAPTER XLIV. 1909. Installation. Death of Past Commander
Major Augustine Sanderson, a Charter Member of the Post.
Unique and Delightful Occasion. Lincoln's Centennial Birthday.
Memorial Window to Memory of Comrade General Edmund Rice
Dedicated. Memorial Services, Sunday, May 30. Address by
Rev. Thomas Van Ness. May 31. Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett,
Orator. Death of Past Commander Albert A. Pope and Subse-
quent Memorial Services. The Fortieth Anniversary at Young's.
Minor Events. Sketch of Commander Nathaniel Wales
CHAPTER XLV. 1910. Installation of Officers. Renewed Courtesies
to Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett. Reception and Dinner to Mrs.
Pickett by Post Members and Ladies at Algonquin Club. Memo-
rial Observances. General John C. Black, Orator. The Dinner
and Afternoon Exercises at Ford Building. Reception to Com-
mander-in-Chief John E. Gilman. The Forty-first Anniversary at
Young's. Presentation of Notable Historic War Flask to Post by
Mrs. Pickett. The Largest Necrology of Members. Minor Events.
Sketch of Commander Albion P. Pease
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