The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-07
CONNECTICUT.
A Gain of Posts and 9fS Membership New
Officers.

The annual Encampment of the Department
OF Connecticut convened at Middletown on the
30th ult., and remained in session during that
and the succeeding day. On the afternoon of
the first day Department Commander Isaac b.
Hyatt, of Meriden, delivered his address, which
was a general review of the work performed in
the Department during the past year. and
showed very healthy condition of affairs.
The report of Assistant Adiutant- General
Henry E. Taintor, of Hartford, shows that the
gain in membership for the twelve months
ending December 81, 1888, exceeds that of any
other year during the existence of the organ
ization in Connecticut, and is also larger than
the entire membership of the Department for
quite period in its history. The gain in
number of Posts has been equalled only in the
year 1882. On the 31st of December, 1882 the
Department embraced forty Posts, with a men,
ship of 1925; on the 2lst of December, 1883, it
embraced forty-eight Posts with membership
OF 4,009, a net gain of eight Posts and 9S4 mem
bers. To this gain of eight Posts organized
during the year may be added the new Post at
Wethersfieid, mustered January %, 1884, with
twenty -four charter members. The finances of
the Posts in this Department are in most
fiourishing condition; the balances reported
for the quarter ending December 81, 1883.
being: Post funds, s7,10L72: relief funds,
Sl6,53C.a4, making 1928 1916; and by adding
the Department balance the grand total is
S24, 101.62 cash on hand in the Department.
The reports of Department Inspector John
L. Crazy, of Norwich; Chief Mastering Officer
George w. Keller of Bridgeport; Judge-Advo-
cate Joseph ID. Plunkett, of New Haven; De-
partment Chaplain j. w. Davis, of Waterbury:
and Medical Director NJ. w. Robinson, of Col
chester, all show year of unusual success in
the Order.
In the evening of the first days session a
banquet was rendered TO the members of the
State Encampment by Mansfield Post, of
Middletown. Tables were set for 321 persons in
the Post hall, and for thirty in the McDonough
House. The hall was gay with flags and ever
greens, and with the nicely arranged tables
presented very pretty appearance. An adj
dress of welcome was delivered by Commander
Broatch, on behalf of Mansfield Post, and one
by Mayor Northrup. or behalf of the city.
The toasts, ..The President of the United
States was responded to by Judge William T.
Elmer; The Grand Army of the Republic"
by Assistant Adjutant General II. E. fainter;
that to "The Memory of General Mansfield
by Hon. John M. Douglas, who paid a glowing
tribute to the memory of the dead soldier; the
fourth toast, Our Departed Comrades was
responded by Chaplain Z. F. Atwood, of Post
10, New Milford. and the fifth and last 1.-The
Ladies, by Comrade j. D. Plunkett.
After the banquet the Encanlpment adj
journed to Armory Hall, where most pleasant
evening was passed.
The most important business of the last day
of the Encampment was the election of the fol-
lowing comrades as officers of the Department
for the coming year: Commander. William
Berry, Hartford; S. V. c., F. d. Sloat, New
Haven; j. V. C.. J. T. Crary, Norwich; Medi-
cal Director, NJ. w. Robinson, Colchester; Chap
lain, E. L. Atwood, New Milford Council of
Administration, I'll. NJ. Durfey, Frederick e.
Camp, Fred L. Warren. r. A. Belden and S. III.
Seward. Delegate at large. William g. Gala
CHER, Meriden Delegates J. D. Plunkett, New
Haven; +. A. Spencer, Waterbury; s. B. Horne,
West Winsted; F. E. Camp, Middletown.
The delegates again assembled at o'clock
in the afternoon, and, after some business of
an unimportant nature, adjourned sine die.