The National tribune., 1883-04-26
SONS OF VETERANS.
A Union Effected by the Rival Pennsylvania D
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AS will be seen by the following General
Orders, No. 2, issued at Baltimore, Maryland,
on the 4tIl inst, by command of VIM. E. W.
Ross brevet lieutenant general, commanding
Second and Fifth Grand Divisions, and John A.
Thompson, assistant adjutant- general, that d
union has been effected between the two Di-
visions of the Sons of Veterans in Pennsyl-
vania The order says:
The following agreement has been concluded
between the ComInandery- ln-Chlef OF the sons OF
Veterans of the United States and the Camps for
Ineriy known as the Division of Pennsylvania,
headquarters at Philadelphia, and is promulgated
for the information of this Grand Division:
First That the State OF Pennsylvania shall be,
and is hereby divided into two Divisions, to be
called the Eastern Pennsylvania and Western
Pennsylvania Divisions OF the Sons of Veterans,
and that the following shall comprise the bound
ary-lines between the two: All that part OF the
State east of the eastern boundaries of the counties of
Potter, Clinton. Centre, Huntington and Fulton TO
COMPRISE the Eastern Division, and all that part of
the State west fthewestern boundaries of the eoun
ties of Tioga Lycoming Unlon Blltiiin JunIata and
Franklin to comprise the Western Division. pro-
yiding that it is understood and agreed that Camp
No. II, located at Altoona, Pennsylvania, now a
part of the Eastern DIVISION, shall not become
unless they sooner so elect part of the Western
Division prior to the lst day of July 1854 and that
neither Division shall be allowed to establish or
maintain any Camps WITHIN the lines OF the otheT
boundary-lines shall not hereafter be altered or
changed, except at the request of the said two
Divisions, made ina due form TO the Comrnandery-
second. That the sommanderr-in- Chief shall
issue free of all cost artCrs to the several Camps
of the said Eastern DIVISION within thirty 1901 days
from the receipt Of the lisa Of charter members OF
each Camp, and shall mail the same TO their given
post-ofice address. Also, that the said Command
ery-n- Chief shall, soon aS may be practicable,
furnish To the said Eastern Division Headquarters
or to each Camp of said Division the required con-
stitutional number of rituals and at least dozen
copies of the constitutions and general rules and
regulations now in force the to be furnished
at the price established for each and all Divisions
of the Order, Providing, however, that until said
rituals and constitutions can be furnished to each
Camp they shall be ut full liberty to continue to
work under and use those which they now have
Third. That the said Eastern Division shall adopt
and use the insignia and badges OF the Order now
used by the Commandery-in-Ch Chief and its several
subordinate branches in the manner and form pre-
seribed.
Fourth 1t is hereby mutually understood and
agreed that both of the said Divisions duly emit
tied to all of the rights and privileges OF the Order
which at present or may be hereafter, granted tt
other Divisions, and that all shall stand on equal
platform and basis in due constitutional form re-
garding all details.
BY direction of the Commandment Chief
these Divisions viii hereafter be known as The
Eastern and Western Divisions of Pennsyl
vania and with all the rights and privileges o.
any other Division are assigned to the Second
Grand Division. Col. j. H. Closson is appointed
to arrange all details of the transfer of thi:
Division and will report at once the names
numbers, location of the several Camps will
| the names of the officers; also the names o
Division officers and staff. He will cause to bt
| filed up the necessary muster-ln rolls and re
turn the same to these Headquarters in the ordel
he then receives from the Camps and withou
delay Upon receipt of the rolls an officer vii
be detailed to muster the Camps, and eharte
| will be issued and all provisions of the agree
ment fulfilled.
| The following Camps have been reported Il
these Headquarters since the last General Or
ders:
| Western Division of Pennsylvania-Col Jno
| III. Seiferth, commanding, headquarters Pitts
burgh.-Davis Camp, No. /, T. N. Arbogast
captain, Pittsburgh. Lieut.. James 81. Lysl
Camp, No. q John Sauers, captain, Alleghen,
City. Garfield Camp, No. 8, II. S. Names, cap
tain, McKeesport, Pa. III. B. Hays Camp, No
| a. John Yogt, captain, Pittsburgh, S. S. Ney
Castle Camp, No. 3, S. A. Bowman, captain
New Castle, Pa Howell Camp, No g. Union
! town, Pa. Ellsworth Camp No. Z, William
| Heagle, captain, Uniontown, Pa.
| Division of the Potomac - Brevet-Colone
| Comrade NJ. A. Dillon, commanding, headquar
| tiers Washington, D. Geo A. Custer Camp
No. /, E. r. Campbell, captain, Washington
d. G.
Division of Maryland mot yet organized) =
/ James A Garfield Camp, No. 1, III. @. Grove
first lieutenant, commanding, Baltimore, Mo
John f. Reynolds Camp, No. 2, Alenzo u
Morris, first lieutenant, commanding, Balti
! more Md.
Division of New Jersey-Brevet-Co lone
Comrade Robert Crawford, commanding, head
quarters Camden, n. J.-Wm B. Hatch Camp
/ No. /, Camden, NJ. Joe Hooker Camp, No. !
! Newark, n. J.
Division of Ohio-Brevet- Colonel Conrad
David Lanning commanding, Brevent Lieu
tenant Colonel Wheeler c. Wikof, adjutant
headquarters Columbus, ohio.-Governor Den
ison Camp, No. /, E. R, Vincent, captain
Columbus Ohio. Ben. Fearing Camp, No, 2, s
/ J. Hathaway, captain, Marietta, Ohio. Jane
A. Garfield Camp, No. 8, +. w. Myers, captain
East Liverpool, Ohio.