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Lincoln Lodge, No. 492 (Providence), was instituted at Dunmore July toth, 1853, as Dunmore Lodge,; No. 492, I. O. O. F., and was removed to Providence November Ist, 1864, when the present name was adopted. The charter members and officers were: Joseph Godfrey, N. G .; Henry W. Derby, V. G .; Chauncy H. Derby, S. W .; George B. Wert, T .; Robert W. Kiple, A. S .; John Lewis, Luke Harding, Stinson Smith, Frederick Kester, Joseph Seigle and Owen R. Bloom.
The officers in the fall of 1879 were: William J. Davis, N. G .; Finlay Ross, V. G .; Willam H. Williams, financial secretary; William S. Morgan, treasurer; Thomas S. Morgan, secretary.
Alliance Lodge, No. 540 (Scranton), was chartered in May, 1858, and instituted June Sth, the following officers being chosen: Jacob Robinson, N. G .; F. Weichel, V. G .; Siegfried Sutto, recording secretary; John Walter, treasurer; Henry Winkler, financial secretary. The as- sets of the lodge amount to $5,239, mostly invested in the German Odd Fellows' Hall building. The member- ship December 31st, 1879, was 140. The officers at that date were: Conrad Sahmes, N. G .; Adam Neuls, V. G .; Theodore Hessinger, secretary; F. Leuthner, treas- urer.
Residenze Lodge, No. 513 (Scranton), was instituted with seventeen charter members, December 29th, under a charter granted November 2nd, 1854. The first offi-
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cers were as follows: Bernard Ofner, N. G .; Peter Heib, V. G .; John Mayer, secretary; Felix Walter, assis- tant secretary; F. Weichel, treasurer. Among the more prominent of the early members of the lodge were the following, all of whom served as N G .: August Farber, Henry Assion, Jacob Frick, Samuel Wertheimer, Jacob Engel, Carl Helm, Carl Fischer, Carl Duppre, Joseph Baumeister, John Scheuer, George Kaiser, Charles Heussner, Rheinhardt Schoenfeldt, Emanuel Green, Jacob Sapp, Charles Art, George Hartman, Peter Mich- aelis and Daniel Kullmann. In December, 1879, the lodge numbered 214 members and had assets to the amount of $6,000, largely invested in the German Odd Fellows' Hall building. The officers were: Arnold Zur- fli, N. G .; Carl Molter, V. G .; Peter Hartman, secretary; John M. Scheuer, assistant secretary; Henry Vockroth, treasurer.
Arrim Encampment, No. 124 (Scranton), was institut- ed May 22nd, 1857, with the following named charter members, who were the first officers: Bernard Ofner, C. P. ; Peter Heib, H. P .; Joseph Gunster, S. W .; Jacob Kuntz, J. W .; Ferdinand Burger, scribe; F. Dittman, treasurer.
The officers in December, 1879, were: Charles D). Neufer, C. P .; P. Klein, H. P .; Henry Sahmes, S. W .; August Kraft, J. W .; T. Hessinger, secretary; August Ricke, treasurer. The assets of the encampment amounted to $2,320, $2,000 being invested in the German Odd Fel- lows' Hall. The membership in 1880 was 153.
Silurian Lodge, No. 763 (Hyde Park), was instituted May 12th, 1871, at Lewis Hall, with the following offi- cers: Thomas D. Davies, N. G .; Joseph Lewis, V. G .; John P. Lewis, treasurer; Thomas W. Morgan, assistant secretary; William Miles, secretary. During the first six months 42 members were initiated. At the end of three years the membership was 173, and the funds amounted to $2,983.67. During the succeeding years the membership was reduced to 144. The assets in December, 1879, were $3.500. $3,088 had been expended for the relief of members; $120 in aid of widows and orphans; $735 for the burial of the dead, and $165 in miscellaneous donations. The officers in December, 1879, were: Samuel Powell, N. G .; William Hayward, V. G .; Samuel A. James, secretary; Thomas D. Evans, assistant secretary; Joseph R. Lewis, permanent secretary; Jolin T. Williams, treasurer.
Park Hill Encampment, No. 221 (Hyde Park), was or- ganized December 13th, 1871, with the following officers: John Levi, treasurer; D. M. Jones, C. P .; Joseph O. Lewis, J. W .; Thomas W. Morgan, S .; - Edwards, Il. P .; John M. Davies, S. W. The officers in November, 1879, were: C. P., John S. Davies; H. P., William D. Morris; S. W., Edward C. Williams; J. W., Evan J. Evans; S., B. E. Evans; treasurer, John P. Lewis.
Christiana Rebecca Lodge, No. 64 (Scranton, was in- stituted May 23d, 1872. T. Kessinger was elected N. G., Mrs. C. Sollner V. G., C. Sollner secretary, and A. Wei- chel treasurer. The lodge has assets to the amount of $1,000, mostly invested in the German Odd Fellows'
Hall. In case of sickness a member is entitled to a weekly donation of $3 from the lodge. The membership in De .- cember, 1879, was 53. C. Art was N. G., Anna Winter- stein V. G., George Soeber secretary, and Barbara Bueter treasurer.
Dunmore Lodge, No. 816 .-- This lodge was instituted November 27th, 1872. The first officers were: William Harper, secretary; William Seigle, V. G .; William Smith, N. G .; John Harper, treasurer. The officers in January, 1880, were: James Hallock, N. G .; Charles Chamber- lin, V. G .; A. E. Finch, secretary; Joseph Jackson, as- sistant secretary; Warren Coon, treasurer; William Har- per, Daniel Powell and G. W. Potter, trustees. This lodge originated from the old Dunmore (now Lincoln) Lodge, 24 of its members together with nine members of other lodges constituting its charter members. Its mem- bership was 71 in 1880. This lodge has paid out for the relief of its own members $950; for donations to other lodges, $147.65; for burying the dead, $194. Total amount paid for relief, $1,291.65. The total assets of the lodge are $2,264.12; for members have been con- nected with this lodge; 68 have been initiated and 2 buried.
Celestial Lodge, No. 833 (Providence) .- To a lack of harmony among the members of the only lodge of Odd Fellows then existing in Providence, may be attributed the organization of Celestial Lodge, No. 833, which was instituted at that place April 21st, 1873, under a charter granted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to J. B. Fish, N. G .; T. J. Detwiler, V. G .; O. P. Miller, S .; C. E. Anderson, A. S .; and William Love, T. The officers in November, 1879, were: W. H. Sisco, N. G .; Thomas D. Glenn, V. G .; E. F. Corwin, S .; E. F. Hartzell, A. S .; C. E. Anderson, T. September 30th, 1873, the lodge had a membership of 35, which increased to 60, then fell away to 40. The return of more prosperous times is, however, increasing the membership. Up to October Ist, 1879, Celestial Lodge paid as sick benefits $471.50; and for burying the dead $140; besides contributing liberally to other lodges petitioning for aid.
Robert Burns Lodge, No. 859 (Scranton), has a mem- bership of 150, composed mostly of active and intelligent young men; its financial standing is good and it is justly regarded as one of the most active and enterprising benevolent organizations in northeastern Pennsylvania. It was organized October 30th, 1873, with the following named charter members and officers: Donald M. Stewart; James Moir, V. G .; C. Ditchburn, N. G .; I. B. Tyrrell, Asst. Sec .; William McConnell, J. T. Young; Alexander Inglis, Treas .; Douglass Morton, John McCracken, Tho- mas Shepherd, James S. Matherson, William Hall, James Johnson; James Smellie, Sec .; A. E. Norton, Duncan Wright, Coleman Cohen, Samuel Samter, Peter Milligan and Robert Stewart. The present officers are: Duncan Wright, N. G .; James Riach, V. G .; George F. Millet, Sec .; D. W. Swan, Ass't Sec .; William O. Connell, Treas.
Globe Lodge, No. 958 (Hyde Park), was organized July 24th, 1879, with the following named officers: Joseph
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Thirlwell, Sec .; George W. Skillhorn, Treas .; George C. Courtright, Ass't Sec .; John H. Fellows, N. G .; Tho- mas W. Evans, V. G. The officers in November, 1879, were: N. G., C. H. Avery; V. G., S. Y. Houpt; Sec., Joseph Thirlwell; Ass't Sec., J. B. Austin; Treas., George W. Skillhorn.
MASONIC SOCIETIES.
Hiram Lodge, No. 261, F. and A. M. (Providence was instituted May 27th, 1852, with the following named charter members and officers: Elisha Hitchcock, W. M .; S. B. Robinson, S. W .; William Pier, J. W .; S. Grant, Treas .; A. B. Dunning, Sec .; O. P. Clark, S. D .; J. R. Bloom, J. D .; Joseph T. Fellows, P .; M. P. Baldwin, T .; Bristol and Caleb Bloom. The following are the names of those in office in the fall of 1879: William A. Bunting, W. M .; J. B. Nicholas, S. W .; J. W. Pike, J. W .; George Griffin, Treas .; T. S. Morgan, Sec.
Union Lodge, No. 291, was constituted November 29th, 1854, with the following named officers: R. A. Oakford, W. M .; John D. Mead, S. W .; William H. Pier, jr., J. W .; O. P. Clark, treasurer; G. B. Boyd, secre- tary. Since the organization of this lodge the following lodges have been constituted, all drawing largely for their charter members from Union Lodge: Peter Williamson Lodge, No. 323, Hyde Park Lodge, No. 339, Schiller Lodge, No. 345.
Lackawanna Chapter, No. 185, H. R. A. M. (Scranton) was constituted June 3d, 1856. The following were the first officers: Robert C. Simpson, H. P .; Elisha Hitch- cock, K .; George S. Kingsbury, S.
Cœur De Lion Commandery, No. 17, K. T. (Scranton) was constituted April 28th, 1858, with the following first officers: Robert C. Simpson, E. C .; Thomas Dickson, G .; Joseph Godfrey, C. G .; W. H. Perkins, P .; E. H. Kirlin, T .; W. P. Carling, R .; George S. Kingsbury, S. W .; Edward Kingsbury, J. W .; R. S. Searle, standard bearer; A. E. Hunt, sword bearer; N. F. Marsh, W .; Hezekiah Fisher, S.
Peter Williamson Lodge, No. 323, A. Y. M. (Scranton) was instituted in Masonic Hall in Scranton, July 15th, 1858, with the following officers: N. F. Marsh, W. M .; W. A. Chittenden, J. W .; R. W. Luce, treasurer; E. C. Lynde, secretary; William H. Perkins, S. W.
The officers installed December 23d, 1879, were: George W. Bushnell, W. M .; C. L. Van Buskirk, S. W .; Thomas F. Wells, J. W .; E. C. Lynde, treasurer; M. I. Corbett, secretary.
Hyde Park Lodge, No. 339, A. Y. M. was constitut- ed June 20th, 1860, with the following officers : R. W. Luce, W. M .; John R. Keely, J. W .; Burr S. Kellogg, S. W .; David F. Richards, secretary; O. P. Clark, treasurer.
March 2nd, 1872, the building and hall which was jointly owned by this lodge and Capouse Lodge I. O. O. F. was burned, with all the furniture and regalia belong- ing to the lodge. The corner stone for the new building was laid June 24th, 1872. The hall was dedicated Octo- ber 15th, 1873, all the masonic bodies of Scranton at- tending.
The officers installed in December, 1879, were: John A. Mears, W. M .; John D. Phillips, S. W .; Fred Becker, jr., J. W .; Charles Corless, treasurer; F. Williams, secretary.
Schiller Lodge, No. 345, F. & A. M. (Scranton) .- For the purpose of organizing a German masonic lodge in Scranton Bernard Ofner, Ferdinand Burger, Christian Robinson, Julius Josephson, Judas N. Josephson, Jacob Robinson, George Graeber and John and Louis Koch, all members of Union Lodge, No. 291, F. & A. M., assembled at Lafayette Hall. The present name was adopted. The lodge was instituted June roth, 1864. The following named brethren were installed in the offices indicated: Bernard Ofner, W. M .; Ferdinand Burger, S. W .; Chris- tian Robinson, J. W .; Jacob Robinson, treasurer; Julius Josephson, secretary. December 8th, 1879, the following officers were elected to serve the ensuing year: Robert Schimpff, W. M .; M. Brown, S. W .; Frederick Durr, J. W .; Victor- Koch, treasurer; John Fahrenholdt, sec- retary.
The Scranton Masonic Benefit Association was organ- ized for the benefit of members of the masonic fraternity, and has grown into important proportions. It has lost 23 members; 9 new members were added in 1879, and 2 died. January 2nd, 1880, the following officers were elected: President, E. P. Kingsbury; vice-president, John B. Gillespie; treasurer, E. C. Lynde; secretary, C. R. Smith, and 23 directors.
ISRAELITISH SOCITIES.
Amos Lodge, No. 136, I. O. B. B .- Prominent features of the Independent Order B'nai B'rith are an endowment fund, which pays the widow or children of a deceased member $1,000, and a sick benefit fund, from which a sick member receives $4 per week. Pursuant to a call issued December 26th, 1869, twenty-one gentlemen as- sembled at Lafayette Hall to organize a lodge of the I. O. B. B., under a charter previously obtained. The first officers were: Pres., Siegfried Sutto; V. P., Morris Cohen; Treas., Jonas Lauer; Sec., F. Alexander; Fin. Sec., Leo Lipschitz. The officers in November, 1879, were: J. Lauer, Pres .; William Stern, V. P .; F. L. Wormser, Treas .; Alex- ander S. Nye, Sec .; M. Brown, Fin. Sec.
The Scranton Deborah Hebrew Ladies' Society was or- ganized October 12th, 1870, with thirty-nine charter members. The first president was Dorothea Galland. The president January Ist, 1880, was Mrs. E. Levy. The other officers were Mrs. P. Brown, V. P .; S. Freudenthal, Sec .; Mrs. R. Goldsmith, Treas. The society has done much good in the assistance of the poor without distinc- tion of creed or nationality. About $300 was expended for charitable purposes in 1879. The membership is 17.
Centennial Lodge, No. 29, Improved Order Free Sons of Israel was organized March 2nd, 1876, with forty-four charter members. The first officers elected were: Morris Cohen, P .; Fred. L. Wormser, V. P .; Henry Schubach, Sec .; Ancil Cramer, Fin. Sec .; N. G. Goodman, Treas .; Albert R. Harris, G .; Samuel Lewis, W .; John Morris, Guar. The following are the names of the successive
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ex-presidents: Morris Cohen, Fred. 1 .. Wormser, Henry Schubach, Julius Sutto, N. G. Goodman and A. S. Nye. The official list in December, 1879, was as follows: P., A. S. Nye; V. P., Samuel Morris; Sec., Fred. L. Worm- ser; Fin. Sec., Samuel Freudenthal; G., Morris Gold- smith; Treas., S. Krotosky; W., Samuel Lewis; Guar., B. H. Bergman.
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS.
Scranton Council, No. 229, of the order of United American Mechanics was instituted March 17th, 1870, with the following officers: Lewis P. Post, C .; Henry R. Smith, V. C .; George M. Hill, O. P .; Conrad Ward, T .; L. D. Kemerer, R. S .; L. D. Van Fleet, A. R. S .; W. R. . Van Fleet, E. S .; H. W. Toirgee, Ex .; M. Betts, I. P. The officers in February, 1880, were: W. S. Miller, C .; C. W. Carey, V. C .; H. N. Colvin, R. S .; James Barnes, A. R. S .; James I. Randolph, F. S .; L. D. Kemerer, T .; Philip Schuler, I .; Charles Nothacker, Ex .; H. J. Kei- fer, I. P .; John J. O'Neil, O. P .; J. H. Bacchus, W. S. Miller and H. N. Colvin, trustees; representative to the State council, H. N. Colvin; proxy, W. A. Hendershot.
Nay Aug Council, No. 344 (Hyde Park) .- This coun- cil was originally organized January Ist, 1875, with 26 charter members and the following named officers: C., I. D. Westbrook; V. C., A. Woodworth; R. S., L. A. Ste- vens; assistant R. S., William H. Hollister; financial sec- retary, D. M. Carpenter; T., F. Washburn; I., Charles Stevens; Ex., Thomas Dickinson; I. P., Albert Kime; O. P., William Polhamus. The council increased to a mem- bership of 59 before the fall of 1876. Subsequently it diminished to barely a quorum. The initiation fee was reduced, and a few energetic members exerted themselves to retrieve the fallen fortunes of the council so success- fully that within four months 43 members were initiated. In 1879 the council had over 100 members. The official list November, 1879, was as follows: C., M. L. Payne; V. C., John Kinchler; R. S., G. A. Plympton; assistant R. S., William G. Moore; Fin. S., Ira L. Smith; T., E. C. Post; I., S. N. Peckens; Ex., N. C. Benson; I. P., A. E. Shafer; O. P., Gideon Lisk; trustees-William W. Hurd, William H. Smith and William M. Darling.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Scranton Lodge, No. 263 .- This was the first lodge of the order in Scranton. It was instituted August 19th, 1870, with 17 members and the following officers: C. E. Up De Graff, V. P .; C. M. Steel, R. S .; E. B. Miller, W. G .; J. M. Williams, V. C .; J. N. Goodshall, O. G .; Peter Hattich, G .; E. A. W. Elster, F. S .; A. Hoos, I. G. The names of those in office in November, 1879, are as follows: P. C., I. S. Jones; C. C., W. J. Welsh; V. C., J. W. Brack; P., Stephen Jones; M. A., A. Brandt; K. of R. and S., Martin Joyce; M. of E, H. N. Dunnell. Over 200 members have been initiated.
Roaring Brook Lodge, No. 401 (Scranton), was organ- ized July 2nd, 1873, with the following named charter members and first officers: P. C., Albert G. Zink; C. C., Theodore Carhart; V. C., John Johnson; P., L. K.
Gleason; M. of E., W. Deakin; M. of F., M. W. Price; K. of R. & S., T. J. Everist; M. at A., Stephen Higgs; I. G., D. W. Evans; O. G., William Maylin. The suc- cessive presiding officers have been W. C. Beaumont, John Lyons, Morris Cohen, Davison Castles, George W. Roberts, W. N. Danvers, Rowland D. Clark, Enoch Dun- kerly, David Brown, John Hendrews and Robert H. Frear. The following are the names of the officers late in 1879: P. C., Robert H. Frear; C. C., W. H. Coslett; V. C., Howard S. Brown; P., John C. Brown; M. of E., Albert G. Zink; M. of F., W. O. Wilson; K. of R. & S., David Brown; M. at A., John J. Shopland; I. G., John J. O'Neil; O. G., John F. Ridenbach. The membership was then 65. The amount expended for relief had been $1,223.60; the total funds of the lodge and the amount invested were $931.
Panooka Lodge, No. 308 (Providence), was organized August 11th, 1871, with John Casterline, D. P. Birtley, T. M. Miller, O. P. Miller, N. Fitch, W. P. Birtley and J. G. Chenoweth as charter members. D. P. Birtley was the first presiding officer. His successors have been T. M. Miller, H. C. Putney, J. V. Birtley, G. A. Sheppard, John Long, William Davis, L. J. Blume, John Hunt, Charles Barriett, Edwin Leah, J. J. Chenoweth, D. T. Price, J. C. Kern, J. B. Davis and D. G. Jones.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
The Father Matthew Total Abstinence Beneficial Soci- ety No. 170 was organized with 40 members July 17th, 1870, and is numbered 170 on the National roll. The first officers, elected August 7th, 1870, were as follows: N. Martin, president; Richard Lonergan, vice-president; J. J. O'Boyle, recording secretary; M. J. Hawley, cor- responding secretary; P. J. McCann, treasurer. The officers January Ist, 1880, were: James Mitchell, presi- dent; John Gurry, vice-president; P. M. Welch, recording secretary; M. J. Lovern, corresponding secretary; Edward Maloney, treasurer; John Gilgallon, financial secretary. The membership of the society is about 150.
The Hyde Park Father Matthew Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society was organized in 1873. The following are the names of the officers January Ist, 1880: Peter J. McCann, president; Charles Reagan, vice-president; Edward F. Blewitt, recording secretary; Patrick Mul- herin, assistant recording secretary; Michael Lavelle, treasurer; Henry Jordan, sergeant-at-arms; James C. Gallagher, John Crowley and Jeffry T. Powers, trustees; Rev. P. T. Roche, spiritual director. The membership is 100. A sick member is entitled to $3 weekly; funeral benefits are fixed at $35. The financial condition of the society is good. It owns property in the 5th ward of Scranton valued at $1,600, and has $100 in the treasury.
Young Men's Temperance, Literary and Benevolent So- ciety of Dunmore .- This society was organized in Decem- ber, 1875, and chartered April 4th, 1876. The charter members were John F. Moore, R. W. Howard, John F. O'Hara, Peter Gallagher and Christopher McCormick. The first officers were: John F. Moore, P .; Christopher McCormick, V. P .; Edward F. Boyle, R. S .; Philip J.
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Carroll, F. S .; Edward Coleman, C. S .; John F. O'Hara, Treas. P. O'Hara succeeded Mr. McCormick as pres- ident. The officers in January, 1880, were: M. E. Mc- Dowell, P .; James Gilligan, V. P .; J. F. Flannelly, R. Sec .; E. I. Coleman, F. Sec .; R. W. Howard, Treas. The society has a membership of 120, has over $600 in the treasury, and owns property to the amount of $275; $5 weekly is paid to a member in sickness; funeral bene- fits are $50; $1,121.92 has been disbursed, and 224 mem- bers have been enrolled.
Independent Order of Good Templars .- Two well known Good Templars' lodges are the Rescue Lodge, No. 91, of Providence, and Echo Spring Lodge, No. 1,072, of Green Ridge. The officers of the latter are as follows: W. C. T., C. L. L. Hawley; W. V. T., Mrs. D. J. Levi; Sec., D. J. Levi; F. Sec., F. F. Lack; Treas., L. P. Smith; Chap., Mrs. L. P. Smith; M., A. H. Rambo; G., William James; S., M. C. Carr; P. W. C. T., F. C. Smith.
OTHER FRATERNITIES.
Panookalı Tribe, No. 141, Improved Order of Red Men (Hyde Park) was organized November 25th, 1870, with 59 charter members and the following first officers: Lew- is Hancock, S .; David C. Williams, K. of W .; George Jones, Jr. S .; William R. Williams, Sen. S .; William Eynon, P .; Thomas Lowry, C. of R.
The officers in November, 1879, were as follows: S., John K. Jones; Sen. S., David S. Davis; Jr. S., Christian Fieler; P., Jacob Reibert; C. of R., Thomas Thomas; K. of W., Benjamin D. Beddoe.
St. George's Lodge, No. 1, Society of the Sons of St. George (Scranton) .- The order of the Sons of St. George (a relief society limited to Englishmen) was established in Scranton under a charter granted to the following named persons: Thomas O. Jones, S. S. Bice, Richmond Tyack, Joseph Davenport, William Maylin, George Allen, George Cooper, Edward C. Fletcher, Albert Roskelly, William Jarvis, H. S. Wyatt and Thomas Watkins. St. George's Lodge, No. 1, was instituted in December, 1870, with Thomas O. Jones as president, S. S. Bice as secretary.
The present officers (December, 1879) are as fol- lows: Edward Harris, P .; William Maylin, V. P .; Frank Sweet, Sec .; G. W. Roberts, Asst. Sec .; Joseph Ware, Treas .; Thomas Spencer, M .; William Maylin, Thomas Drew and James Back, trustees. The lodge numbers about 60 members.
Protection Lodge Knights of Honor (Scranton) was or- ganized August 13th, 1879, with 26 members. William C. MacDonald was chosen and installed D .; Jeremiah S. Hufford, V. D .; Daniel Schoonover, A. D .; Alexander S. Nye, Rep .; H. N. Colvin, F. Rep .; William H. Fuller, Treas .; J. T. Howe, P. D .; I. E. Whipple, G .; James Bovee and Bernard Moses, protectors; James Moir, Chap .; Robert M. Lindsay, Morris Goldsmith and A. R. Roub, trustees.
MILITARY.
The Scranton City Guard .- At the time of the riots in 1871 the necessity for an efficient military organization
impressed itself so forcibly upon the minds of the people in Scranton that a large subscription was raised for the equipment of the Scranton City Guard, by means of which these four companies were not only fully uniform- ed, but a plot of ground on Adams avenue was purchased and a commodious and substantial armory of brick was built for them. It contains two headquarters rooms, four company rooms, a drill room 75 by 90 feet, a janitor's room and store room. The building committee was com- posed of' James Archbald, William Connell and U. G. Schoonmaker, on the part of the citizens, and Major H. M. Boies, Captain A. Bryson, jr., and Lieutenant William Kellow of the Guard. The corner stone was laid by the masonic fraternity, November 14th, 1877, and the armory opened for use by a grand military ball January 31st, 1878. The city guard had the honor of receiving and escorting the President of the United States on his visit to the Wyoming Centennial, July 3d, 1878, and was high- ly complimented for discipline and drill. It now consti- tutes companies A, B, C and D of the 13th regiment of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.
The Nay Aug Rifle Association is connected with the Guard. Its object is the cultivation of a taste for and proficiency in rifle shooting. It was organized in 1879. The officers January Ist, 1880, were: H. M. Hannah, president; Major Henry Belin, jr., vice-president; M. I. Corbett, secretary; Captain George L. Breck, treasurer; Colonel H. M. Boies, Major E. H. Ripple, Major Henry Belin, jr., Enoch Page, Captain George L. Breck, H. M. Hannah, Charles H. Welles, Lieutenant Colonel F. L. Hitchcock, George B. Foster, U. G. Schoonmaker, Lieu- tenant Colonel George Sanderson, jr., W. S. Millar, M. I. Corbett, E. Chamberlin and Frank Clemons, directors.
The Veteran Soldiers' Association of Scranton was or- ganized May 8th, 1877, with the following officers: Pres- ident, William N. Monies; first vice-president, Leopold Schimpff; second vice-president, P. De Lacy; recording secretary, Charles R. Smith; corresponding secretary, Samuel W. Heller; treasurer, J. W. Howell. The officers in December, 1879, were: J. W. Howell, president; Wil- liam Kellow, first vice-president; Joseph Beavers, second vice-president; Fred. J. Amsden, recording secretary; Jason H. Wells, corresponding secretary; Ezra H. Rip- ple, treasurer.
Lieutenant Esra Griffin Post, No. 139, G. A. R. was mustered July 7th, 1879, with the following named char- ter members: Edwin W. Pearce, Ezra II. Ripple, Edward L. Buck, Robert C. Clark, Rufus Messenger, Fred. J. Amsden, Daniel Bartholomew, William Kellow, George F. Millett, Charles R. Smith, Thomas Wagner, M. J. Andrews, Frank P. Amsden, Thomas D. Lewis, Fred. F, Adams, Fred. 1. Hitchcock, William J. Lewis, J. B. Fish. William Martin and James J. Maycock. The following, in office December, 1879, were the first officers: Fred. J. Amsden, P. C .; Thomas D. Lewis, sr., V. C .; James J. Maycock, jr., V. C .; Robert C. Clark, Adj .; William Kel- low, Qr .; Daniel Bartholomew, O. of the D .; George F. Millett, O. of the G.
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