The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-13
IN MEMORIAM-

IN MEMoRIAM.
For the third time in age are brought to
mourn the loss Of one who has assembled the ladder
to the highest round but who has been laid low by
the unsparing hand of Death: First by the death
of President Lincoln. then by death of President
and General, Ulysses s Grant, born April %. 1872
died July %, 1885,
" His President and the great Admiral,
Lincoln and Farragut, have casped his hands
They bid him welcome and lead him up the hall
See how the comrades gather, as he goes past
Sauting the old Commander, come at last,
To where, expectant of him, Washington
stands!'
As mark of respect for the late Y. s. Grant it is
hereby ordered that Camps drape their colors and
charters for the next so days and all officers OF
Division and Camps wear the badge of mourning
on the left arm, and wear Grape on their sword
hilts for the same period when in uniform.
By order of JOHN G. BLAKE Division Com
mander.
Official: FRED L. EDGEcoMB, Adj't.
ROSTER OF MAINE DIVISION.
The following is a complete list of the officers
OF the Division for the ensuing year:
Division offcers-.John G. Blake, Commander,
Auburn; Chas. II. McKusick, Lieutenant Com
mander, Portland; Edward W. Reynolds, Vice
Lieutenant Commander, Bangor; Edgar III. Cros-
by, Chaplain, Monson.
Division Council.-Thomas T. Tabor, Bangor;
Charles y. Wadsworth, Gardiner; John i. Brown,
Harmony.
Division Staf-Fred L. Edgecomb. Adjutant,
AUBURN; FRANK w Davis, tluartermaSter, Auburn;
Frank T.. Webb Inspector, Saccarappa Ulysses G..
Soule Mastering Officer, Augusta; Harry j. Chap
man, Judge Advocate, Bangor; Horace l.. Wright,
Senior A. ID. &. and Assistant Mastering Officer.
Auburn.
Non-Commissioned Staff-George d. Emerson,
Sergeant Major, Auburn; Nell. L. Goss @. NJ. s.,
Auburn; Harry A. Lowell, Serg't and Division
Council Clerk, Auburn.
Assistant Inspectors-H A. Edwards Bridgton ;
+. q. Waldron, Bangor; G. +. Faunce, Lewiston;
John {. Swasey, Canton; John C. McCone, Skow
hogan; c. &. Babb, Saco A. p Tobe, Mechanic
Falls; /. r. snipe, Bath j. NJ. Jackson Rockand !;
Harry +. Kinds, Gardiner.
Aids-de-C amp-A. w. Downes, Bangor; Chas S.
Knight, Garland: Geo A. Brown, East Stoneham !;
T. B. Buck, Foxcroft; Joseph A: Burr Portland !;
b. Luce, Harmony; Edward Norton Vina Haven.
Grand Division Encampment.-Delegate at
Large +. w. Plaisted, Bangor; Atcrnate-at- Large,
II. }. Chapman, Bangor: Delegates. E. w. Rey-
nods, Bangor ID. A. Friend, Rockland Alter
mates A. b. Chaplain, Bangor; G. +. futile, Rock.
land.
Commandery in Chief Encampment-Delegate-
at-Large, III. L. Wright, Lewiston; Alternate at
Large q. +. Faunce, Lewiston: Delegate. +. X
Gould, Rockland; Alternate, e. +. Phibrook,
Past Division COMMUNICATIONS p. Merrill,
Auburn; Augustus s Libby Portland; Charles H.
Rice, Bangor
(The following is list of Camps with NAME
number, location and Captain):
A. p. Davis, l, Watervle, Chas b. Wilson.
Almon c. Pray, 2, Auburn, Geo. ID. Emerson
Danl Chaplin, 3, Bangor, Fred w. Paisted.
Shepley, 4, Portland. Edward T.. Philbrook.
Wadsworth, s. Gardiner, Will ID. Jones.
Henry NJ. Stimson, 6. Augusta Ulysses G. Soue.
Anderson, Z Rockand, David A. Friend.
Ellsworth 8, Livermore Falls II. J. Mitchell.
Custer, 9, Lewiston. Elias ii. Jackson.
T. w. Hyde, 10, Bath, Ed. s. Sawyer.
Lowell, ii. Foxcroft, Samuel b. Parsons,
l. G. Virgin, IL, Canton, John l.. Darlington.
Ingralam, Is. Harmony, Ira S. Hatch.
A. j. Petite, 16 Mechanic Falls, Curtis NJ. Sawyer.
A. Lincoln, II, Sherman Mills, Alva l.. Hamilton.
Ireland, Is, COrnna. No report for 1885.
SacCaraDDa. George Wentworth
Suilford, 20, Saco, Il. +. Remick.
Gen. Isaac Dyer. q, Skowhegan. A. F. Dyer.
Calvin Boston, %, Mapleton. Nj. f. Ingraham.
Camp Berry, "a, Bridgton, Harvey Burnell.
Wilson, -, Dexter, Charles b. Haskell.
Surg. Fran. q. Warren, g. BiddefUrd, Parker NJ.
Edgery
Lee Strickland. %, Lvermore Chas. f. Williams.
Jameson. %, Garland Fred Clark.
Thos. G. Libby, %, Vinal Haven james Mcintosh
Phil Sheridan, 80, Caribou. No report for 1885.
j. 7. Luce, 81, Spra2ue Mills, Daniel W. Gilman.
i. S. Bangs, 32, Pttsield, VIM. II. Hanscom.
Jacob Byron, So, Smyrna Mills F. S Higgins
J. l.. Chamberlain 81 Springfield, l.. L. johnson.
w. L. Sampson, IS, Monsoon, w. G. Jackson.
Almond Richardson sc, L. Stoneham, David o.
Liberty, 81, Standsh, II. H. Sturgis
MICHIGAN.
The fourth annual Encampment of the Com
mandery-in- Chief, Sons of Veterans U. S A., will
be held in Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept L. H. Is and
10. Delegates, Commandery- Chief Officers, and
all members of the Order notified to be present
IN MEMORY OF GEN. GRANT.
HEADQUARTERS, MISSOURI DIVISION, J
Sons OF VETERANS u. 5. A,
INDEPENDENCE, Mo, July 90 1885.
General Order, No. 3.
The - Old Commander" as those who served I'M
der him delight to call him, has. at last sur
rendered. conqueror mghtier than any of this
earth, came to him from out the shadow of a great
darkness and smote him pitifuy.
General Grant is dead. He died, as he would
have died, by his country's standard.
" Died with his harness on-the broad swords leap
ing
The wild fight surging fast
Sore, wounded, weaker with each stroke, yet
keeping
His stout front TO the last"
All Sons in this Division will assemble at the
Headquarters of their respective Camps on the 9Th
day of August next, or report to the Commander of
the nearest Post in full uniform, to participate in
such funeral services may be held in honor of
the memory of the illustrious dead.
BY command OF CHAs. 5. CRYsLER Commander
Missouri Division.
Official: j. j. SPEAKER, Adjutaat.
REUNION AT BEATRICE
HEADQUARTERS, NEBRASKA DIVISION,
SONS OF VETERANS, u. s. A, ,
DORCHESTER. NEB., July %, 1885.
General Order, No. 2.
J. BROTHERS: The seventh annual Reunion of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of
Nebraska will be held at Beatrice, Neb., Sept. to
IL inclusive.
H. Captains will use every effort to secure a full
attendance of their Camps at the Reunion and
every brother should consider himself committee
III. Division Headquarters will be established on
the camp ground, where all Sons of Veterans will
report to Adj't E. q. Jones as soon they arrive,
when suitable quarters will be assigned them.
~. Camps having tents will send them, or be-
fore Sept. l. with name and number of Camp, also
post-ofiice address properly marked same, to
Capt. w. c. Henry, Quartermaster Reunion Com
mittee Beatrice who will receipt for to parties
sending them.
V. We are sorry to state that number of Camps
are in very poor condition, and complaints are
made against post Division officers; therefore a
special meeting will be held at Division Headuuar-
tiers tent Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 10 clock a. m
for the purpose of hearing all charges and to make
to push the Order ia this State
1t is very necessary that all Camps he represented
at this meeting.
vi. Reduced rates have been secured on all rail-
roads, of which due notice will be given
VII. Brothers l.. w. Stayner of Edgar; f. j.
Coates. of Omaha, and b. w. Hawkins, OF Beaver
City, are hereby appointed special aids on the
staff Of the Commander with rank as First Lieu
tenant, and will be respected and obeyed accord
iDgly.
No. 30, with 10 charter members, was mustered at
Beaver City.
TX. Let me again appeal to you, brothers to
deepen your interest in Order, for its influences
for good in a community are almost unlimited as
has already been demonstrated, and its grand re-
suits in the future cannot be computed.
Let us put our shoulder to the wheel =" and
press forward that we may, in the future take
the place our fathers occupied in the war for the
Union-the lead. Throw open our doors to the
A. r. and entertain them to the best of our ability
and never be failing in respect for an old vet
eran. May we meet together at the Reunion show
ing to the people Order possessing all the good
features of other societies in the cultivation and
exercise of Friendship and Charity and i'm addition
an Order that will educate all in the great principal