General Orders, No. 9, dated December 1st, announced that the
annual election of officers would take place on Monday, December 7th,
at which time Comrade Lewis W. Moore was elected Commander.
One hundred and eighty-four votes were cast.
The same order also announced the children's festival of "Children's
Hour" would take place on Wednesday, December 30th, at 3 o'clock,
at which time the rooms were filled to overflowing with the children
and families of the comrades of the Post. Again was a very pleasant
entertainment provided for their amusement, and each child was pre-
sented with a beautiful souvenir, a box of candy, and fruit.
During the year 1885 twenty-four comrades were mustered into
the Post, as follows: —
William J. Dallimore, Patrick McMenamin, Charles E. Cadwalader, M.D., C. T. Myers, Walter
H. Maguire, Joseph G. Freund, George W. Werntz, John W. Moore, Christian Myers. William R.
Granger, Hiram Andres, David T. Hickman, AmosVandegrift, Joseph Miller, Francis H. Woodruff,
Leon A. Canter, James Morris, HenryC. Ellis (beel.cieo). George D. Patten, Jr., James R. Callahan,
Thomas Y. England, William Harkness, Jr., George W. Agnew, John H. Seltzer, M.D.
source:
https://archive.org/stream/historyofgeorgeg00ward/historyofgeorgeg0...
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