The National tribune., 1885-09-17
SONS OF VETERANS.
OHIO DIVISION.

General Orders, No. 4, issued at Defiance. o.,
Sept 3, by order of George a. Ensign, Division
Commander-H. L. Deatrck, Adjutant-is as fol-
lows:
The following Camps have been mustered since
the Division Encampment, May II 1850:
Gen. Logan Camp No. A, at Friendship, Jos NJ
Merrill, Captain; Valley Camp, No. 49, at Flat, T.
V. Gordon, Captain; Aiarseillcs Camp, No. 50, at
Niarseles, Clarence L. Ellis, Captain, U. S. Grant
Camp, No. 81, at Lucasvil!c, G. NJ. Warwick, Cap
tain; John 5. koumtz Camp No. 50, at Tifiin, +. w
Crawford, Captain; James A. Trimmer Camp, No.
So, at Caldwell, E. A. Archer, Captain; Capt. sam
uel Lyons Camp, No. 81 mt Shawnee, Jacob Whit
more, Captain Gen. Sherman Camp. No. 55, at
Middlepor: i. f. Bolton, Captain; Wm. Mc<in-
ley Camp, No 90, at Medina, Frank Miller Cap
tain; Gen. Rosecrans Camp, No. 81, at Minerva,
NJ. g. Marshall. Captain; Gen. Shields Camp, No
5s. at Quaker City, =, Captain; Ellsworth Camp,
No g., ut East Toledo, Orren McDougaI, Captain;
Mark r siDey Camp, No. 10, at Toledo, T. Il. Bald
win, Captain
pointed Aids-de-C Camp on the staff Of the Division
Commander, with the rank of Second Lieutenant;
they will be obeyed and respected accordingly:
Oscar Ross, Camp No. A; Geo w. Kemp, Camp
No so; JOHN w. Miles, Camp No. 81; J. +. Kerr,
Camp No. 81; J. a. Wharton, Camp No. 53; Calvin
Stainbrool, Camp No. 81; J. ii. Pake Camp No
55; A. III. Patterson, Camp No. 55; }. NJ. Sala,
Camp No. 81; Arthur Brown, Camp No. 62; l.. NJ.
Hoag, Camp No. IS.
The following Camps report the largest gains for
tile quarter ending June 30: Camp 30 gain of Is;
Camp 43 gain OF IA; Camp 46. gain OF s.
In less than % days the regular reports will be
due 1t is hoped that all Camps will respond
promptly. Camps mustered since the 18th day
of August, 1855, are exempt from per capita tax
for the term ending Sept. 80 In future Order
the names Of the three Camps making largest gains
for this quarter will be given, also name Of first
and last Camp TO report.
In reply TO the many inquiries to where uni
forms, caps, flags. etc, can be purchased, NJ. G.
Lilley & Co., Columbus o., recommended as
prompt and thoroughly reliable.
o. :. Ncllwaine, Chairman Of Committee on In
vitation for the celebration of Grand Army Day in
PENNSYLVANIA extend to the brothers of the Ohio
Division an invitation 10 be present and participate
N a celebration ha he ut sI.,tr,y l.tG
and 7. 1885 parade of Sons Of Veterans will be
one Of the features Of the occasion. A grand and
glorious" time is anticipated II is hoped that the
Camps in the Eastern part of the Division will at
tend in body
FIRST GRAND DIVISION.
General Orders, M; l, issued at Waterbury.
Conn, Sept. Z aIe AS follows:
i. Pursuant TO General Orders, No. g. Conn
mandcIy- Chief, hereby assume command of
the First Grand Division, with Headquarters at
Room 4, Masonic Building East Boston, Mass, and
announce the following appointments:
ii. Joseph b. Maccabe, of Camp l6 East Cam
bridge Mass, to be Assistant Adjutant- General,
and Frank l.. Shaw, of Camp II, Brockton, Mass
to be Assistant Quartermaster-G General They will
be obeyed and respected accordingly.
III. Communications covering business pertain
ing to the A. q. NJ. Gen. Department viii be adj
dressed to him direct until further ordered in order
to save time and expense; other communications
will be addressed 10 the Assistant Adjutant-Gcn
eral ut Headquarters.
". AT the annual meeting Of the First Grand Di-
vision, held at Lake Village, N. H., Aug IS the
following brothers were elected TO Office IN the First
Grand Division: Horace T.. Kent, Massachusetts,
Commander; Lucien +. Burpee, Waterbury, Conn,
Lieutenant Commander; Chas. III Rice, Bangor,
Me-, Vice Lieutenant Commander; Chas. A. Dus-
tin, BrocktOn, Mass, Chief of Staff Henry j. Chap
man. Bangor Me, Judge Advocate; Harry Il.
Webster Manchester, n. H., Chief Mastering OIL
Ger; W. ID. Moore. Brandon, VT, Chaplain; ]. Il,
Burpee, Connecticut, Delegate to Comniandery- in
Chief II. s. CrOssman, Springfield, Mass, Alter
nate. The above officers will be respected and
obeyed accordingly.
v. The report Of my predecessor was a most in
strucive and interesting paper, and, as II will
shortly be published in The Reue,o. earnestly adj
wise every brother to study the same. The reports
of his Assistant Adjutant- General aud Assistant
Quartermasier- General show the Order to be in "A
particularly fourishing condition in New England.
with membership OF oyer j, 500, fund on hand of
$3.50, and nearly hundred dollars worth Of sup
plies.
vi. recommendation was adopted favorng the
abolition of Grand Divisions, and the representa-
tives to the Commandery-in-C Chief were instructed
to exert their influence in that direction 1t is be
hoped that such action will be accompli he'd by the
Comma nder-in- Chief, the days of usefulness of
Grand Divisions have long since passed, and they
are n constant and dangerous drain upon the funds
of the Camps, and if abolished it will tend to
strengthen the Order in many ways The represent
atiyes to the Commandery-in- Chief were also in
structed TO labor for the enactment of provision
Grand Division, in case they abolished, shall be
distributed among the several Divisions therein,
upon the basis of the last per capita tax paid by
each Division.
VII. desire to urge upon the Commanders of
the several Divisions in this jurisdiction what
seems to me to be necessity, and that Is to give
more attention to the Camps we now have, rather