The National tribune., 1882-06-24

| the proceedings of the Council of Admins
| tration, the Surgeon General, Judge Advo-
cate General, and Quartermaster General
The regular committees were appointed and
| the reports appropriately referred, and the
Encampment took a recess until Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock.
THE ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT.
Adjutant General VIM. NJ Olin, in his re-
port, says: The table presents a comparison,
first between our members at the close OF
the calendar years 1880 and 1881 and, sec
ond, between the membership at the close OF
the first quarter of 1881 and the same quar-
ter of 1882, the latter comparison showing
more nearly the gain during the present ad-
ministration. To recapitulate:
Members in good standing Dec 81,
1880 .6o,67s
Members in good standing Dec 81,
1851 .s5,S56
Gain between Dec. 81, 1880, and
Dec. 81, 1881 .25,17s
Members in good standing March 81,
1881 .6a,3o2
Members in good standing March 81,
1882 .s9,934
Gain between Mar. 81, 1881, and
Mar. 81, 1882 1926
Total gain since Dec. 81, 1880. .2S, ,256
The average membership of the Posts re-
porting is nearly sixty; estimating the de-
hnquent Posts st fifty members each, and
presuming, as there is every reason to pre-
sumo, that the increase OF the Order has con-
tinued in undiminished ratio during the cur
rent quarter, I may be pardoned, he says, for
recording here the verifcation of the pre-
diction made by you at the beginning of your
administration, that its close would leave
upon the rolls of the Grand Army of the
Republic roun hundred thousand men.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
The Inspector General, James r. Carna-
han, in his annual report, ssys: The year
ending December 81, 1881, was prosperous
year for the Grand Army of the Republic,
both in the increase in the number Of Posts
increase in membership in the Posts. A
greater interest has been developed in the
minds of our ex-Union soldiers towards the
Order, and from all directions inquiries come
as to the purposes, objects, and aims Of the
Grand Army of the Republic rs now consti-
tuted and governed. Especially has this
been true Of our Western States. The men,
bership, the comrades, have taken more in
terest during the past year end are seeking
more and more to unite in full fraternity
of interest and feeling all good and true de-
tenders of the Republic The entire outlook
in each Department is brighter than ever
before"
OF the Department of Maryland he says:
The Department of Maryland makes most
excellent showing Of the condition up to
September so, 1881. The Department at
that date embraced 81 Posts, with men,
bership ranging from Is, the smallest Post,
to 572, the largest, a total membership of
1861 at that date. This, both as to, the num-
Der of Posts and the membership, has been
greatly increased since that time, as know
from personal visitation to this Department.
The ritualistic work of the Department is,
for the most part, properly done. The re-
port shows about onc-half the membership
uniformed. Total amount expended in
charity, $1,1O6. The future prospects Of this
Department are excellent. found in per-
eonal visit that the Department was working
most harmoniously. The comrades were
energetic and determined that their Depart
ment should succeed in every respect"
In conclusion, he said, wish to thank
the COMMANDMENTS Chief, the members of the
national staff and the officers of the different
Departments, for the many kind courtesies
they have shown me, and the aid that has
been rendered by comrades generally in the
work of the inspectors department.. I trust
the comrades in National Eneampment as
sembled shall find nsught but harmony in
their deliberations, and as one by one we
call 10 mind the comrades who wore wont to
meet with US, but who now rest beneath
" the low green tent whose curtains never
outward swing" may it bring those OF us
who yet remain closer together in that fra
ternity Of thought and action and purpose
that shall make us as one; that charity that
can see little of human errors and all of
and to the Union for which our cUmrade.
died, that shall be as everlasting as the Eter-
nal Camp Of Rest on high.