Looking for information on what the 'Ninth Ward Pioneer Crops" is. On March 9, 1912 they had an Annual Dinner at the New York Athletic Club. The Menu I have indicates two dates on top of the Menu Card which I think are specific to the Ninth Ward Pioneer Corps... 1876 and 1912. There are13 original signatures on the card. I am aware there is something called the Pioneer Crops or Pioneer Brigade from the Civil War (construction engineers) but do not know if this is one and the same, nor do I know what the 'Ninth Ward' has to do with it. My search on the Internet did turn up the following "Benjamin Harrison-Morton Ninth Ward Pioneer Corps Inauguration Ribbon, 1889" as an item in the Susan H Douglas Americana Collection at the Cornell University Library. Benjamin Harrison was the 23d President of the United States (1889-93),