The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-14
CALIFORNIA.
The View Department onIcers-The Veterans Home
Project.

The New Department 0ilcers-TEe Veterans Home
Project.
At the seventeen annual Encampment of the
Department Of California, held at San Fran
cisco on the 23d, 9th, 18th, and 26th ults., the
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
For Department Commander-Jas. ~ Davis,
OF Lincoln Post No. l, San Francisco.
Senior Vice Department Commander-A G.
Bennett. of John A. Dix Post, No ~. San Jose.
Junior Vice Department Communicate. A.
Burnett Of Sumner Post, No. 3, Sacramento.
Department Medical Director-Colonel E. P
Wood, Fitzpatrick Post, No. IS, St. Helena.
Department Chaplain-Rey. L. K. Noble,
Lincoln Post No. j.
Department Council of Administration--An
drew Hollywood, Lyon Post. No. 6; ]. C.
Boilcs Lincoln Post, No. /: w. T.. Thomas
Appomattox Post. No. so; C. G. Harris George
IL Thomas Post No 2; A. w. Seton, Sumner
Post, No. 3.
Delegates to the National Encampment-
Stewart III. Taylor lat large, II. G. Dibble,
Rev. A. S. Fiskc, L. B. Edwards Alternates-
E. s. Solomon, r. NJ. Apgar, John Lynch.
The report OF Horace Wilson, Assistant Adj
lutant General, showed net gain during the
year IN the Department Of two Posts and TAI
members The amount expended by Posts for
relief during the year was S1,526, relieving
segenty-iiye persons. of whom ffty-live were
HiclbDEf5 u LHc oIuETs anu lNtuty were nDb
members. The Department Bureau of Relief
paid out S690.25 for relief Of persons. of whom
six were members receiving Sl31.25, and
twenty-nine not members Oh the Order received
1853.
Assistant Quartermaster- General O. B. Gull
yer presented an itemized report oil the receipts
and disbursements during the year, which
shows that the amount received by the Quar-
termaster- General during the year in the De-
par.nent was So 10; on hand $So0.15 at begin
Mug of the year, making a total of So, 9SS 10.
The disbursements were SO, 1865, leaving a
balance of S54S.51 ON hand in all funds of the
Departinent-general, relief and burial His
report also shows that the balance on hand in
Posts in the general fund at the beginning of
the year was $4.045.43; since received
| $l0.7S3,5l; total, S20,S25.94 disbursements
during year by Posts, $l6,3iS63. Relief fund,
balance on hand, 81, 20S.s3: received during
year, 81 SOB 81 total, So, 20; disbursements,
| $I.14S02; balance on hand. $1,S9i68.
The bylaws of the Department Encampment
were so changed that the Department Com
maBder for the time being shall be allowed to
fix the headquarters of the Department at
whatever place he may in his discretion deter
mine, bureau of supplies being established at
/ San Francisco under charge of an acting assist
/ ant quartermaster-geneTal.
rule was adopted permanently fixing the
| representation to the annual sessions of the
| Department Encampment at one delegate for
| each twenty-five members or fraction over
twelve, instead of fixing at each session the
| representation for the next succeeding annual
| Encamrment.
The principal business that engaged the
attention of the Department was the condition
| of the proposed Veterans Home at Yountville,
| Napa county.
The movement for the establishment Of this
| Home was inaugurated some years age, and at
the Encampment of 1881 the project was placed
in the hands of adirectory, consisting of twenty
| veterans elected from the Grand Army, and
Eve elected by the veterans Of the Mexican