Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-20
PROCEEDINGS o. the GRAND
ENsANPME<T. &. A. Z.
EANCnrvHR Anril Is

VANCouvKB. April Il, lisa.
Last evening the reception of th.
ofhcers and delegatee 10 the Grand En-
canpmert took place, ard was said 4
DE- the largest meeting ever held in thi
city, the hall being crowded almost e
snnocntion. The music rendered by
the Twenty first Infantry band dnrinl
the exercises Was unusually fine. VulI,
the vocal selections by Miss doyt xer.
rendered admirably and heartily en-
cored
Addresses were made by tie Mayor Of
/ the CITY, also General Morrow. Captain
u. ID. Hill, Captain Marsh aud s@v-ra
other DISTINGUISHED memt ers Of tue q
/ A. X. all of which were listened to with
/ The ereatest attention. After the sing
ing OF : Marching through Ge9rgIa,' .
( IN WHICH the entire assem- blpc ce iolned
tue hal! vas cleared for the purpose Of
Preparing the t!oor for the dancers :. and
when again taken possession Of, dane
ing vas tept mp till 3 O'Clock this iporn-
ing.
At 10 o'clock 4. III. the Encamprnent
was called to order bv Department
Commander q. ID Hill. Csmrade W. II.
Roberts tv r-qusss. acting as Assistant
AoJutant General
After ths reading # the minutes, il
WAS moved and carried that the next
session of the Grand Enc4mpment be
held at Vancouver, W. T.. on the third
Wednesday Of April. 1895.
IL WAS also decided that memorial
services on Decoration Day shall be
held only where the costs are located.
and on no consideration shall they be
held IN any other place.
The following department officers
were then Installed by the Department
Commander, q. ID. Hill General II.
A. Morrow. Twenty first infantry, Com
mhnder: J. II. Smith. Lincoln No. 4.
;. '. ID. G.; &. Ii. Stone. Custer No. g,
}, V. ID. g.; N. F. Bolton. Ellsworth
No. =, Chaplain I. C. Bell. Ellsworth
No. ?. Assistant Adjutaut- General
Major j. X. Hayden, Assistant Quarter
master-General A. .. Marsh. Judge
Advocate W. q. Latimer, Inspector
General, etc.
The Department Commander. elect.
Gen raj Morrow having been duly in
Quoted into office, then proceeded To
deliver his inaugural address. which WAS
certainly heart--tirring oratinn, and
one III 4 will not soon br forgotten by
the veterans who thronged tho hall
he Con ander In the course Of his
remarks, stated that 1t WAS his Inten-
ton to visit all the posts that he uld
possibly ch during his term Of Office
and he hoped and expected that the
comrades would render him all the ~
sisthnce in their pow. r in furthering the
Interests of the Grand Army. Hi, al
dress WAS r, ceIved with thunders.ot ap
planse, every one seeming TO {, el that the
selection of Dep trtmcnt Comma ndsr ns
made tv tie Enoampmept Wa "A good
one.
After res lutions of thanks had been
rendered 10 the officers and members Of
Ellsworth Pot. the citizens If Nancou-
v,r, the q. K x n. Co. n. Z. X. T. Co..
and . 4 {. V X. K. Co, tie Depart
ment EncaIupm-ut WAS closed 1T noon
IN due form
At O'Clock the tnemhers ~ the En-
caupmcnt. tOgether with : large mum
Der of the cit Zens of Vancouver. Syenaei
grand parade of the eatirc Infautr,
and artillery forces took pa e, fter
which tie members bade adj. Il to their
Department Commander, carrying eith
them th' haI piest fe, lings for tn kind
ness which had been extended to them
during their entire visit.
The members returned to their re-
spectne homes tins afternoon, feeling
perfectly satisfied aS to the future sue
cess of the Grand Army IN the Depart
ment of Washington Territory.