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The membership on April 1. 1884, was one hundred and thirty-eight. The early records of this encamp- ment have been lost, and it is impossible to procure the list of first officers, but the records of the Grand Encampment show that it had a large share in the for- mation of that body. The Grand Encampment of New Jersey was organized and instituted on May 11, 1-43, with representatives from Trenton Encamp- ment, No. 2, Mount Ararat Encampment, No. 3, and Olive Branch Encampment, No. 4, which were then the sole constituents of the Patriarchal branch of the order in the States.
The first semi-annual session of the Grand Encamp- ment was held in the rooms of Mount Ararat on Feb. x 1844, by which time another encampment had been instituted. Staats S. Morris, a charter member of Mount Ararat, and now a venerable and esteemed lawyer of Newark, occupied the position of Grand Senior Warden at that time.
ment of the State the following trand Patriarchs: T. Kirkpatrick, installed Aug. 14, 1845; Stephen Congar. Aug. 14, 1851; H1. Kirkpatrick, Aug. 10, 1854; Frank R. Force, Oct. 12, 1859; Theodore A. Ross, Oct. 14, 1863; Daniel J. Pier, Nov. 19, 1867; A. S. Clark, November, 1871; J. Barton Smith, Nov. 20, 1883. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month.
This encampment was instituted by dispensation of Grand Patriarch James B. Taylor, in the rooms of Mount Ararat, No. 3, on Sept. 11, 1846, with the fol- lowing charter members, who had taken cards from Mount Ararat, No. 3. for that purpose: Samuel W. Bond, J. D. Clark, Charles H. Speer. Joseph L. Alden, M. C. Frederick, Elias Norwood, Alfred Eagles, Alexander Eagles, t'yrus t'urrier, H. L. Browne. T. C. Chandler, H. J. THord, B. McCormick, and J. C. Munn.
The first officers: (. P., Daniel T. Clark; H. P.,
Samuel W. Bond; S. W., H. J. Utford; Seribe, t'harles 11. Speer; Treas., Simon Searing; J. W., Cyrus C'ur- rier. At the session of the Grand Encampment of 1853 the charter was surrendered, and the encamp- ment remained dormant until June 30, 1866, when, under the direction of Grand Patriarch William D. Shrope, it was resuscitated by D. D. G. P. Robert B. Sanderson, in the rooms of Mount Ararat, No. 3, Patriarchs Daniel T. Clark, Samuel W. Bond, Amos II. Searfoss, among others, having petitioned for a return of the charter, the following officers were elected and installed: C. P. John D. ('lark ; H. P., John J. Ross; S. W., Samuel W. Bond; Seribe, Aaron Matthews; Treas., Amos HI. Scarfoss; J. W., Daniel T. Clark. At the session of the Grand Encampment in 1865 a duplicate charter was granted to No. 13. the original having been lost.
The present officers: C. P., Sidney H. Rathbun ; H. P., Charles Wapshare; S. W., James McMahon; Ree. Scribe, Jacob V. Jacobus, P. C. P .; F. Scribe, Washington C. Gray, P. C. P .; Treasurer, Henry Harris, P. C. P .; J. W., William J. Broadwell ; Trustees, William F. Ford, Jacob V. Jacobus, Wil- liam B. Douglas.
The membership on April 12, 1884, was one hundred and fifty. Henry Harris, P. C. P., was the represen- tative to the last session of the Grand Encampment.
This encampment has given to the Grand Encamp- ment a Grand Sentinel, a Grand J. W., a Grand Seribe (Daniel T. Clark, 1848-49), two Grand S. W. S.'s, three Grand lligh Priests, one Grand Patriarch (John E. Saunier, 1879), the present Grand S. W. (Garrett Simonson), and one Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the United States (Samuel W. Bond, 1848).
Jefferson Encampment, No. 24 .- This eneampment This encampment has given to the Grand Encamp- ' was instituted at Rahway, Aug. 17, 1849. by Daniel T. Clark, by assignment of trand Patriarch W. E. Stevens, with eight charter members. Its charter was surrendered in 1859, when the Grand Encamp- ment granted clearance cards to Patriarchs James D). Cleaver and Phineas F. Frazce. No reports had been submitted to the Grand Encampment for five years, and all the early records have been lost.
In March, 1871, a number of patriarchs belonging Washington Encampment, No. 13, meets on the 'to Mount Ararat Encampment, No. 3, took their second and fourth Fridays in each month at No. 750, Broad Street.
cards therefrom, and applied for a new encampment.
The old charter of Jefferson, No. 24, was granted them, and on April 18, 1871, the encampment was re- suscitated, with the following charter members : James D. Cleaver, P. C. P. ; Theodore A. Ross, P. G. P. ; William M. Durand, P. C. P. ; L. P. Manders- cheid, P. C. P .; Armand Adams, George A. Lock- wood, Stanley Dunn, David Jaques, William Earle C'ass, William S. Jessup, William C. Freeman, John J. Manderscheid, Edward C. Aber, Charles Wagner, Henry Sample, John Shortel, William S. Smith and William B. Eagles.
The resuscitated encampment organized by electing
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the following officers : (. P., Armand Adams; H. P., Stewart ; Rec. See., William Douglass; Por. See., George A. Lockwood; S. W., Stanley Dunn; Rer. Charles N. Rose ; Treas., James S. Powlesson. Scribe, David Jaques; F. Seribe, William Earle Cass ; Treas., William S. Jessup ; J. W., William C. Freeman.
The present officers: C. P., Thomas W. Sawyer ; HI. P., John T. Bullivant ; S. W., George Varley; Rec. Feribe, J. Frank Hill; Fin. Scribe, John J. Carter, P. C. P .; Treas., Jantes S. Powlesson, P. C. P .; J. W., Charles T. Arcularius.
At the last session of the Grand Encampment this encampment was represented by George L. Taylor, P. C. P. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
Newark Encampment, No. 17 .- This encamp- ment was instituted June 4, Isso, with the fol- lowing charter members, who were dismissed by card from Mount Horeb Encampment, No. 34; Philip Heckendorn, Otto Schwab, Carl H. Wagner, Bernard Kellner, Michael Bundschuh, William Duer- ler, Louis Josenhaus, Reinhold Schenck, Christ. Carl, Charles Stiefel, Peter Maurer, William Eckart, John M. Frank, Charles Best, Frank Trensch, Adam Le- bert, Albert Seitz, Leopold Klink.
The first officers : ('. P., Carl ]}. Wagner ; H. P., Philip Heckendorn ; S. W .. John Buck ; R. Seribe, Reinhold Schenck; F. Scribe, William Duerler ; Treas., Otto Schwabe; J. W., John M. Frank.
The present officers: C. P., -- Kellner ; II. P., Fred- erick Schechterle; S. W., Rudolph Preitschat ; R. Scribe, Carl Il. Wagner; F. Scribe, Louis (. Meyer; Treas., Robert Bauer ; J. W., Louis Frey.
The total receipts of Newark Encampment from or- ganization to April 1, 1884, were $1449.86; the total disbursements were $840,68, of which two hundred and forty-six dollars was paid for relief of members. The membership on April 1, 1854, was fifty-four. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Fri- day evenings of each month.
Newark Uniformed Degree Camp, No. 1, was instituted Jan. 10, 1883, by Grand Patriarch W. B. E. Miller, assisted by Grand Representative Aaron B. Crane. The charter members were Thomas W. Kin- sey, George J. Hagar, Thomas II. Sawyer, Charles N. Rose, James S. Powlesson, Henry Harris, Charles Alberson. Charles Metz, John P. Grover, Walter Stewart, Samuel Glenn, Edward Stonaker, Frederick I Reurup, William Douglass, Rudolph Preitschat, Lawrence Harris, Jr., Charles T. Arcularius, Louis Meyer, Horace W. Hunt, J. M. Brookfield, Isaiah Rowland.
First officers: Commander, Thomas W. Kinsey ; Vice-Commander, George J. Hagar; Officer of the Guard, Henry Harris; Rec. Sec., Thomas Il. Sawyer; Per. Sec., Charles N. Rose; Treas., James, S. Powlesson.
Present officers : Past-Commander, Thomas W. Kinsey ; Commander, George J. Hagar ; Vice-Com- mander, Henry Harris ; Officer of the tiuard, Walter
This degree camp was organized by representatives of the first body of Patriarchs ever uniformed in the United States. It- participation in the parade on Odd Fellows' day during the Centennial and its evolutions on the streets of Philadelphia were highly- commended features of that event. U'nder its organ- ization as Newark Encampment, Uniformed Patri- archs, it takes part in the leading public displays in this city year after year, being invariably assigned to the right of the line of civic organizations. It occu- pied a prominent position in the memorable Garfield memorial parade in Newark, leading all the secret societies, and its presence has always been sought for Decoration Day parades.
At the ensuing session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge a separate degree was granted. The members promptly made application for a charter to the Girand Encampment and proved their loyalty to the order by disbanding as a subordinate of the Patriarchal ('ircle before being instituted as a I'niformed Degree Camp. One of its members, Henry Harris, P. C. P., is a member of the Grand Encampment Committee an By-laws for Uniformed Degree Camps, and another. Walter Stewart. P. C. P., is a member of the new standing Committee on Uniformed Degree Camps. Regular meetings first and third Wednesday evenings of each month.
The Odd-Fellows' Mutual Life Insurance Associ- ation of New Jersey .- The board of director- mert on the fourth Momlay evening in each month, and the annual meeting is held on the second Monday evening in January.
For some years previous to Is73 a Funeral Aid As- sociation had been maintained in Columbian Lodge. No. 117. The failure of several public life insurance companies during the winter of 1872 and the spring of 1873 led the others of the association to undertake the formation of an insurance organization, to which all physically sound Odd-Fellows in good standing in the lodges of the State should be eligible. The Fu- neral Aid Association, by its membership and cash surplus, was made the basis of the new association, which was organized on June 30, 1573, and incor- porated December 220 following. The association began its successful carver with a capital of $74.65 and the following members: Robert Anthony, Nel- ) son Benedict, A. E. Bremner, John Charles, William J. Dudley, Joshua Dudley, John L. Drew, William MI. Drew, William H. Elliott, John Ellenberger, George W. Gore, Sr., George W. Hubbard, E. F. Hall, Daniel M. Hedges, William Hill, Thomas Har- ris, George J. Hagar, Jabez D. Kilburn, Adam Kaas, John B. Locker, Frederick Lante, Paul II. Lutz, Peter MI. Melick, W. H. Mackey, John M. Minty, A. D. Rogers, William 11. Rutan, Stephen Richards, F. G. Ruerup, Garrett Simonson, John E. Saunier, Peter P. Saunier, Stephen Sayre, William B. Tammuage,
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HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
Samuel Thomas, W. V. W. Vreeland, George Wailes, George Il. Morehouse, B. H. Clinchard.
The first officers were: President, John E. Sau- nier, P. G., Trinity, No. 160; Vice-President, John B. Locker, P. ti., Columbian, No. 117; Secretary, George J. lagar, Columbian, No. 117; Treasurer, George W. Hubbard, P. G. M., Columbian, No. 117; General Directors, W. V. W. Vreeland, P. G., Wil- liam J. Dudley, P. G., E. F. Hall, P. G., Garrett Si- monson, William HI Rutan.
The officers for 1884 were: President, Charles f'arpenter, P. t. Ich., Mechanics', No. 66; Vice- President, Stephen Sayre, P. G., Columbian, No. 117; Secretary, Edwin M. Griffiths, P. G., Columbian. No. 117; Treasurer, Nicholas R. Haring. P. G., Hudson, No. 14. General Directors: Carl Th. Wagner, P. G., Hermann, No. 142; Frederick Schaedel, P. G., Teu- tonia, No. 118; llenry Harris, P. t., Columbian, No. 117; George J. Hagar, Columbian, No. 117; Joseph A. Logan, P. G., Protection, No. 28. In addition to these, there is one director for every lodge represented in the association.
No application is received from a brother over fifty years of age. Upon the death of a member an assess- ment of one dollar and ten cents is levied upon every surviving one, payable within fifteen days; if not paid within that time, a second one is levied for one dollar and twenty cents, and if this is not paid within fifteen days the member so in arrears is suspended.
The membership on April 1, 1884, was nine hundred and nine. From the date of organization up to that time there had been fifty-four deaths, on which a total of thirty-five thousand seven hundred and fitty-three dollars was paid. The fifty-fifth death oc- curred on April 12, 1864, and called for an appropria- tion of nine hundred and nine dollars, making a total to time of writing of thirty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars. The expenses at the present time will not exceed three hundred dollars per year.
CHAPTER XLII.
SOCIETIES OF NEWARK.1 ( Continued.)
Grand Army of the Republic -Knights of Phythias - Knights of Honor - American Legion of Honor-Young Men'e Catholic Asso- viations-Young Men's Hebrew Sociation - The Newark Har- more Society -Newark Library Association- Board of Trade- Newark Industrial Exhibition - Young Men's Christian Association.
Grand Army of the Republic .- The objects of the Grand Army of the Republic are chiefly to preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late Rebellion; to perpetuate
the memory of the dead; to assist such former com- rades-in-arms as need help and protection; to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen; and to encourage fidelity to the consti- tution and laws of the country, and the spread of uni- versal liberty.
KEARNY POST. No. 1. has the proud pre-eminence of standing at the head of the list of posts organized in the State of New Jersey. On the 20th of October, 1866, about fifty veterans met at the newly-instituted Soldiers' Home, and were mustered in by Gens. Bramhall and Jardine. Kearny Post was then organ- ized, with Maj. Alfred F. Scars, Commander; Rich- ard Hopwood, Quartermaster; Samuel 11. Baldwin, Adjutant ; Rev. Samuel T. Moore, Chaplain; John A. Rodrigo, Quartermaster-Sergeant. A charter was granted on Dec. 6, 1866, by the Grand Encampment to Ezra A. Carman, William Ward, David 1. Ryersou, Samuel II. Baldwin, John F. W. Crane, Alfred F. Sears. James 11. Close, John K. Simon, Richard Ilop- wood, William A. Henry, John A. Rodrigo, John R. Decker, John Kehoe, Amos Il. Van Horn, John F. Chase, Samuel S. Moore. A. J. Clark, A. W. Wood- hull, and their associates and successors. Of the fifty members whose names appeared on the original ros- ter only two remain at this date, viz., John Rodrigo and Isaae Tuttle. Many have died, and others have joined new posts from time to time, or left the city and connected themselves with posts in different parts of the country.
Kearny Post has a fine room, handsomely furnished and equipped, for its headquarters, at No. 194 Market Street, where its encampments are held every Wed- uesday evening.
The officers for 1884 are Robert Kiersted, t'om- mander; Terrence Reilly, Senior Vice-Commander; J. E. Marsland, Junior Vice-Commander; C. H. Ros- seter, Adjutant; W. H. Howard, Quartermaster; Al- bert Oss, Surgeon; Henry Stivers, Chaplain; Samuel Knott, Officer of Day; John Hubman, Officer of Guard; Dennis Cahill, Sergeant-Major; William P. Daily, Quartermaster-Sergeant. Past Commanders, F. Il. Harris, William A. Smith, John A. Rodrigo, R. S. Brown, William R. Williams, Dennis Cahill, Felix W. Branigan and 1. W. Townsend.
THE LADIES' LOYAL LEAGUE OF KEARNY POST meets in the same rooms, No. 194 Market Street, and numbers some forty members, with Mrs. S. Crane. President ; Mrs. Esther Woodland, Vice-President; Mrs. Samuel Knott, Junior Vice President; Mrs. Lease, Chaplain ; Miss Ella Hatfield, Secretary : Miss Lottie Steel, Treasurer.
The ladies have given many entertainment -. both literary and musical, the proceeds of which have gen- erally found their way into Kearny Post in the shape of useful presents, and by their untiring energy and devotion to the Grand Army of the Republic have done much towards strengthening the canse and promoting the interest and good feeling existing in the ranks.
1 By H ury Farmer.
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SOCIETIES OF NEWARK.
LINCOLN POST, No. 11, was organized in Ists, principally by members of Kearny Post. The char- ter members were E. W. Davis, Richard Hopwood, Augustus Bock, Ernest Fischer, Michael Braban, William Ward, Samuel Clark, Abraham Jenkinson, Anos H. Van Horn and Peter F. Rogers.
The officers for 1884 were E. F. Brainerd, Com- mander ; S. V. C. Van Rensselaer, S. V. C .; John Leonard, J. V. C. ; George W. Drake, Quartermaster ; A. R. Marsh, Adjutant ; M. N. Dunham, Officer of" the Day ; J. B. Macpherson, Officer of the Guard ; Il. P. Roden, M.D., Surgeon ; J. L. Miller, Sergeant- Major ; E. L. Smith, Quartermaster-Sergeant.
Past Commanders, William Ward, E. W. Davis, I .. W. Sullivan, E. L. Smith, Richard Hopwood, George , 183 Market Street. W. Drake, George F. Simpson, John Connolly, and Frank P. Mulcahy. The post now numbers one hun- dred and ninety members, and hohls its encampments every Monday evening at 755 Broad Street.
THE SOCIETY OF RICHMOND is an association composed of all persons who accompanied Lincoln Post to Richmond, Va., on Det. 17, 1883, on their fraternal visit to Robert E. Lee Camp, No. I, of Con- federate veterans, and Phil Kearny Post, No. 10, G. A. R., of the State of Virginia, and all other members of Lincoln Post who may desire to become members of the society. The object of the association is the perpetuation of the memories of the trip to Richmond and a closer union of the participants in social rela- tionship. It holds its regular meetings on the third Friday of each month. Hs officers are as follows : Hon. William Stainsby, President ; Joseph C. Wam- bold, Sec. ; Samuel Klotz. Treas. ; Benjamin Knapp, Sergeant-at-Arms; Joseph E. Haynes, William II. Hamilton, E. F. Brainard, Joseph Coult, John Muller, Robert Kierstead, and Andrew J. Marsh, Vice-Presi- dents ; J. Frank Fort, F. W. Sullivan, Augustus Dusenberry, J. Rennie Smith, L. R. Brainard and .F. J, Hockenjos, Executive Committee.
On the 22d of April, 1884, the society held a meet- ing in the l'ark Theatre in aid of the fund now being raised for a " Home for the Disabled and Worn-ont Soldiers " who were in the Confederate service. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. George H. Hepworth, Cortlandt Parker, Esq., Gen. John B. Gordon (successor of Stonewall Jackson) and others, cach of whom used his most eloquent efforts to enlist the sympathy and secure the co-operation of every lover of his country and friend of suffering humanity in the object of the meeting. The response was as generous as could be hoped for, the amount realized aggregating considerably over one thousand dollars.
HEXAMER POST, No. 34. G. A. R., was organized April 25, 1872, with the following charter members ; Julius E. Seitz, L. Rottger, P. Freienschner, Gottlieb Schmalz, A. W. Lauer, C. Oberst. A. C. Moll, David Lederer, John Mueller, Elias Honig.
The first officers of the post were : C., J. E. Seitz; S. V. (., W. Laner; J. V. t., F. Ringlieb; A., J.
Mueller; Q. M., H. L. Rottger ; O. of D .. A. C. Moll; O. of G., Charles Obert ; Q. M. >., J. Khopp; >. M., P. Freienschner.
Its present officers are : C., Sobald Jacobs ; S. V. (., l'eter Ulrich ; J. V. C., G. Storck ; A., L. Weyand; Q. . , C.M Kraemer; S. C. T. Lehlbach ; C., A. Kuntze; 0. of D., John Jetter; O. of ti., F. Gildner ; S. M., Frederick Kass ; Q. M. S., J. Wargitz.
l'ast Commanders : Julius Seitz, John Mueller, (also Past Dept. Commander), Emil Soering, Ferdinand Kirchmayer, Sebald Jacobs, Alexander Ziegler.
This post numbers one hundred and eleven mem- bers in good standing. Regular meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at No.
The following are the officers of the Ladies' Auxil- iary Corps: President, M. J. A. Rummel; V. P., Mrs. (. W. Pfaff ; Treasurer, Mrs. C. Kraemer.
Membership, fifty-eight.
ISAAC M. TUCKER POST, NO. 65, is composed of colored veterans. It was organized April 5, 1×82, with the following charter-members : James Malville, James W. Oliver, Lewis Bergen, Robert Williams, George N. Thompson, Alexander Poulson, Robert Boyer, J. Walton, Jackson Watson, James Parker, Alexander Robinson, Oliver Thompson, J. A. Spriggs, Joseph Forman, William Jackson, George Johnson.
James W. Oliver was the first commander. The ollicers for 1884 were Alexander Poulson, Com- mander ; S. P. Smith, S. V. C .; T. E. Randolph, J. V. C .; J. W. Oliver, Adjutant ; Peter Robinson, Chaplain; W H. Wright, Quartermaster; Lewis Bergen, O. D .; James Parker, O. G .; P. H. Hick- man, Surgeon.
The post has thirty-five members, and meets on the first and third Mondays in each month, at No. 124 Market Street.
The officers of the Ladies' AAuxiliary of I. M Tucker Post are Mrs. R. Bergen, President ; Mrs. S. Ray and Mrs. Rachel Furman, Vice-Presidents ; Mrs. S. Brown, Treasurer; Miss Sarah Van Pelt, Chaplain ; Mrs. Elizabeth Furman, Conductress; Mrs. Mary Fercet, Guard ; Mrs. Lydia J. Holmes, Secretary.
SONS OF VETERANS,-The camps of this order in Newark are composed of the sons of veterans of the war of the Rebellion, either of those who died in the service of the government or of honorably discharged soldiers, whether members of the Grand Army or not. They must be over eighteen years of age to be eligible to membership.
JOE HOOKER CAMP, NO. 3, was organized on the 28th of March, 1883, with the following charter mem- bers: August F. Lang. llenry. Hummel, Andrew Gebhard, Charles Wargits, Charles F. Gildnor, John F. J. llenry, Harry Henry, Charles W. Batten, Fred- erick Henry, Richard U. MePherson, Philip Meyer, William M. E. Drake. They were mustered in by Chief Mustering Officer Rodrigo, of the Second Grand Division of the United States, on the same day, and
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the following officers were installed: C'aptain, Philip Meyer: First Lieutenant, Hugh Stevens; Second Lieutenant. Joseph Lapsly ; Chaplain, Charles Meyer ; Surgeon, George Stevens; Camp Council, Harry Henry, George Fisher, Terrence Smith ; Orderly Ser- geant. Heury Weaver ; Quartermaster Sergeant, An- drew Gebhard ; Color Sergeant, Owen Smith ; Orderly Sergeant, Richard MePherson; S. of G., William M. Drake; Musician, Julius Meyer ; Corp. of G., Ilenry English ; Corporals, Henry Hummell, Charles Schil- ling and Charles Geldnor. The camp started with thirty-nine members.
ROBERT LESLIE CAMP, NO. 4, is an offshoot of the former camp, and was organized May 8, 1883. It take- its name from a private in the First New Jersey Regiment, who was the first soldier from New Jersey to lose his life on the " sacred soil" of Virginia during the late war. He did not fall in battle, but met his melancholy end by drowning while bathing in a canal in Alexandria in the month of June, 1861, before the opposing armies had met in bloody conflict. His son, Robert Leslie, is now the captain of this camp, and the other officers are as follows: William Cox, First Lieutenant ; Harry Humphrey. Second Lieutenant ; A. Judson Clark, Chaplain; G. D. Halsey, Surgeon ; John A. Robins, Charles J. Merkle, Jr., and Freder- ick Warner, Camp Council; Alfred C. Westerman, Q. M. S. : William A. Wood, Orderly Sergeant.
JAMES A. GARFIELD POST, No. 4, was instituted Sept. 23, 1×81, and now has about one hundred mem- bers. The present commander is Henry A. Bruen ; Quartermaster, Samuel W. Disbrow. Several efforts were made to obtain further particulers concerning this post, but the adjutant failed to respond to all re- quests. Meetings are held every Friday evening at 851 Broad Street.
A Ladies' Auxiliary Society is attached to the James A. Garfield Post. The officers in October, 1884, were as follows : President, Mrs. Kent ; Vice-President, Mrs. Ackerman ; Junior Vice-President, Mrs. Van Ilise; Rec. Sec., Mrs. Bridgem ; Fin. See., Mrs. Os- mond; Treas., Mrs. Blazier ; Chap., Mrs. Chandler ; Guide, Mrs. Fisher ; Guard, Mrs. Vreeland.
MARCU'S L. WARD POST, NO. 88, is a new post in- stuted on the 17th of September, 1884, with the fol- lowing officers: P. C., Col. E. II. Wright ; S. V. C., Capt. Joseph M. Smith; J. V. C., George H. Van- derhoof; Surgeon, Dr. J. D. Brumley ; Chaplain, John E. Albert ; Adjutant, John A. Spence ; Quartermas- ter, C'apt. Peter F. Rogers; Officer of the Day, Henry Nichols; Officer Guard, Frank Brydon; Q. M. S., William Dykes. The post starts with twenty-four charter members under quite favorable auspices, and meets in the North Ward Bank building, Broad Street, on Monday evenings.
The Newark Library Association.1 -- I'robably no other public institution of this city ever evoked the
same degree of interest at its inception or was brought into being by so many eminent men as the Newark Library. The movement to establish it was engaged in with much enthusiasm, and fifteen thousand dollars was promptly raised for the object, and in about a year from the time the society was organized its build- ing was erected, and the library was open to the pro- ple. Among the men who labored earnestly to ac- complish this were Joseph P. Bradley, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, William Wright, Rev. Samuel I. Prime, of the New York Observer, Jacob D. Vermilye, the New York banker, Rev. Dr. Scott, William K. McDonald, who was afterward State comptroller, and others.
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