The National tribune., 1883-04-12
TIE GRAND ARMY.
What is Going on in the Depart
mentS---General Orders, No. 9.
commanacr-in-chief Van Dervoort has is

Commander-in-Chief Van Dervoort has is
sued the following order:
OMAHA, NEB., March IS 1888.
IGeneral Orders No. o
7. The following named comrades arc hereby
appointed kids-de-Caiap to the COMMANDMENT,
Chief and they will be Obeyed and respected
accordingly: C6rnradeJ Z. Snow, Winfield, Kan;
g Hills Concord. Ky; Thco. i. Brown, Denver,
Cole: ". j.. Todd, Denver, Colo; L. !. Jones
East Derry X H.. Charles y. CEees}ro II louls,
No; }. :. Martrous. milwaukee, MS. Herman
Allrccla BaraboO. Wis; George T. Morse. NHacS,
y y: Marvin ID. Savage, New YORK, \. \. D. r.
pCsls Auburn. Me- a recognition q bis mag
rifceni work IN recruiting the ranks OF isurllsice
Pos Ne a.. Department Of Maine, he having per
sonsy recruited 240 comrades out 81 u s3lhel IN
the sixteen months that have elapsed since the
Tie Following named corlrade IS hereby APP
lnoinied Assistant Inspcc;or-ticucral and VIII be
oteved and respecsesIaccordiuely Coilrsde Henry
Fischer Milwaukee, Wis
III Conrade Bradford p Cook. Of David City,
eSeb i hereby appointed A. =. 9. to the Conn
nlaiidcr-i.l-iIiis yice JGhn c. Eoancll, c.ccted
Department Commander 81 Nebraska, anu Is
hereby deysiied for duty a these ile44q quarters,
III. The Provisional Department ol tae t5l!i IS
hereby created. comprising the states oi LOUISIANA
Mississippi, ( a''l;.a i'iia eA's, WIN N,i iS
Charles A. Hhicl cf New Orleans as PROVISIONAL
Commander headquarters az new Ofleslie, "a.
The CoDsn.aI-eg-II-tl illCf directs tst efforts Le
made Al onee 10 organize Posts IA the states named
Joseph A. Mower Post, No. 7, New Orleans La,
and Mcpherson Post, 10. I, sherman, e1's VIII
hereafter report g. Co.irade lllei.
" Ia view Of the fact THAI heretofore there has
beenan increased demand for mem 5eIsii badges a.
Memorial Day approaches. department command
ers are .cCsleste5 10 make timely acquisitions for
the same. En- order that all may be supplied.
Y There Is MeGli OF Honor given by congress 10
Private Hamilton. company y, E.slth = = 'stNtl-
~ in he secondhand store OF =. il. Pierce, 54o
lasIsarie street. Denver. Colo. Mr.. Hamilton or
Is heirs caa have the same 10y applying at the
Va The provisional Department Of West Nir-
cinia mas been discontinued 10y the formation OF the
ET.QL hon
men. Commander ii. : Daniels, a. a q. Head
quarters al 9lart.nsburg, v Va.
vi. Frcd.W. Sparkling. Provisional Commander,
Department OF Washington Territory, having
rendered his resignation such Commander. the
same ) hereby accepted. and Comrade George ID.
Hiil. Of Seattle, Is hereby appointed Provisional
Commander of said Department. and he VIII be
obeyed and respected accordingly.
VIII The Indian Territory Is hereby annexed TO
the Department OF Kansas
TX The following named comrades are hereby
added 10 the Committee on Transportation: J. W.
Burst, Inspector General, Sycamore, Ill; j. J.. Ben
nett, A. A. G.. Chicago, H.; Wm. Hili, General
Passenger Agent Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railroad, Chicago III.
Y Comrades are hereby warned against furnish
Ing aid to one VIM. III. Carlisle q dropped member
Of Post ., Department of Pennsylvania @. A II.
He has already vicilnized several comrades. Look
OUT FOR him.
XI In making reports for first and second quar-
ter 1888, the various 4. A. G.'s requested 10
show gain "a number Of Posts.
AL The Communicating hief desires to an
nounce that no more appointments Of Ads-de-
Camp VIII be made al pres ent.
XII. The Seventeenth Annual Encampment
G. A T. viii be held at Denver. Colo. between the
24th and 2Sth dsys of July. 1888 owing the fact
that there WIS no chance for low rates on railroads
If Encampment was called for any other time
Exact date of Encampment viii be announced IN
future Orders.
XIV. The Commander-in-Chiefu urges upon all
comrades in every Department, in view Of the near
sPrrOach of Memorial Day, that they put forth
eyefy effort TO increase our membership during
the next two months. Let every coInrade become
recruiting officer and feel it sacred duty, a
pledge he owes his dead comrades. that every
honorably discharged soldier and sailor should
stand IN the ranks OF the G. A. r.. on Memorial
Day. Shall il be 500 The answer must come from
you. BY command Of PAUL VAS DI2RyooRT,
Commander-in- Chief.
n. E. BRow,', Adiutant-Gene
Commander-in-ChiefV Van Deryoort has also
Issued circular giving the text of the act in
ereasing the pensions of one-armed and one-leg-
ged pensioners and Commissioner Dudley's
regulations heretofore published in these col
AIMS for carrying it into effect.
The date at which we go to press Tuesday,
renders il isnpassihIe to publish any report OF
the celebration Of Grand Army recruiting day,
DE- Monday last, the anniversary Of Lees sur
render, but Judging from the letters previously
received it was very generally observed. Com
raaes should notify Us at once by postal card
Of the result of their labors.
During the past week thirty blank applica-
tions for Post charters have been issued as fol-
lows: C. II Blowers, Irish Ridge Ohio; WV.
Pollock, Hallowell, Kan. A. K Miller, West
Manchester, Ohio; JAS Ireland, Morrow, Ohio
Anthony Ash, Middiebourne W Va; Willis
Belts, Linesville, Pa; Henry Smith, Lincoln
vile, Ind; a. S. Wilkinson, Ransom, H.; J.
W. Empson, PlainfeId Iowa; T. l. Wilson. LIE
Roy, Kan; il. J. Melville Holton, Mich. L.
Ninkelman, Peru, Neb.; John Morris, Lawn
Ridge, H.; Martin II. Tucker, English Ind.
h +. shailer, Deep River, Conn; John France
West Middleton, Pa; B. II. Haley, Palmer,
ID: w. N. Weirebaclz, Baldwin, H.: Madison
Lyon, Farmer, n. Y. ]. a. Long, Chapman
Aeb.; S. j. Lacy, Pelican Rapids, Mimi; I,
p. Buaten, New Winchester, Ind: D. T. Cleve-
land, Hudson, Wis; DIR. J. Goyer, Viola, Wis
Blanks to John II. Haas, strasburg, Ohio; VIM
IL archer, GreenYille, Pa; VIM. S. Grover
Warsaw, IL: L. C. Harmon, AlIegan, Mich.
Andrew Allen, Piasa, H.; Martin E. Knoffer
Euclid, Mimi.
The following TRIBUNE applications fol
Post charters have been forwarded Il
National Headquarters: Plattsburg, N. Y.
sixteen signcrs; Bear Lake, Pa, thirty
six signers; Glen Cove, n. Y, fifteen
signers; Tuelerton, N. J., eighteen signers
Galveston, Texas, seventeen signers; Arena
Ills, thirty-fye signers; Orlin, Iowa. twenty
eight signes; Bird Island, Mimi, eighteen
Eigners.
Elsewhere viii be found a report Of the annua
Encampment Of the Department Of Iowa, thu
last to be held