The National tribune., 1886-02-25
CONNECTICUT
TILE DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT.

CONNECTICUT
THE DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT.
General Orders, No l, issued Feb. 9 at Norwich,
by order of John T. Crary, Department Com
mander-Amos ID. Allen A. A. Care as follows
/. At the annual Encampment of this Department,
convened at New Haven, Jan. q and 2S, 1856, the
following named comrades were elected officers
for the ensuing year:
Commander, John T. Crary, Post l. Norwich ;
S.V. c., Henry L. Taintor. 80, Hartford; J. V. G,
Samuel B. Horne S3 Wins.ed; NJ. D., Herbert II.
Bishop, /, Norwicn Chap, Edward Anderson, IL,
Norwalk.
Council of Observation-Disclosures E. Camp,
Post 50, Middletown; Alison j. Smith, Is, Danbury
Frederick l.. Warren, g. Bridgeport; Joseph Sell
den, l, Norwich; George NJ. White, IL, New Haven.
Representatives to National Eneampment1Wn
E. Simonds tat large, Post 2, Hartford; E. f. At
wood, 60, East Canaan; Jos. ID. Punkett, 81, New
Haven; Thos. Boudren, 8, Bridgeport; c. c. kinne,
s, Meriden; ID. +. Chadeayne, 70. Birmingham.
Alternates-Clark Peck lat arge), Post IL, New
Haven; Geo. W. Coy, So Milford; Daniel kiefer,
49. Waterbury; II. N Fanton, Is, Danhury Thos.
j. Gill, 50, Hartford; A q. Sommer AZ, Guilford.
H. The appointment of the following comrades
on the Staff of the Commander is hereby an
nounced, and these officers viii be obeyed and re-
spected accordingly: Assistant AdJutant-GeneraI,
Amos ID. Aben, Post i, Norwich; Assistant Quar-
termaster- General. VIM. II. Pierpont, IL, New Ha-
ven; Inspector, Wilbur +. Rogers, s, Meriden !;
Judge Advocate, Samuel Fl. Seward, 81, Putnam
Chief Mustering Officer, VIM. b. Rudd, IS, Lake
vile.
Department Commander, will constitute the Com
miItee iitcils Home for the current year: Frank
~. Si0at, Post Il, New HaVen; Geo. w. heeier, ),
Bridgeport; Henry NJ. Dur:ey, l, Norwich Edward
Anderson, II, Norwalk.
~. headquarters of this Department are hereby
. established at Norwich, Conn.
Circular No. l. issued at Norwich Feb TO- by
order of John T. Crary, Department Commander
Amos ID. Allen, A. A. G.-is as follows:
Information has reached these Headquarters from
Stanley Post, No. IL, that one IL. y. Henry, repre-
senting himself as Commander Of e Ii. Cole Post,
No. IL, Department of Minnesota and wearing a
Commanders badge has defIauded them by OBJ
tanning assistance and violating his promises made
at that time. Said Henry il reported being short,
thick-set, and having somewhat ruddy COM
piexion, dark hair, whiskers and mustache was
dressed in a neat, dark suit and was possessed of
the new countersgn. Posts and comrades are
hereby cautioned to be on their guard.
DELAWARE
DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT.
"a Comrade,'' Wilmington: The annual En-
campment of the Department of Delaware GA r.
was held in Wilmington on Friday, Feb I3. Past
Department Commander McNair moved the ap-
pointment of a committee to draft suitable resou-
tons of respect TO the memory of Gen. Winfield S.
Hancock. The motion being adopted the commit
tee detailed was Past Department Commander w. S.
McNair, Delegate Albert $. Nones of Post l. and
Past Commander A. ii. Grimshaw, NJ d., of Post
13. After brief consultation appropriate resolu-
tions were prepared and adopted. Next came the
report of the Committee on Credentials, etc. Then
began one of the warmest contests the Encamp-
ment has ever seen. The great question was
whether comrades who had been court-martialed
and suspended had the right of appeal from the
Department Commander who ruled that they had
not. An appeal was promptly taken from his decis-
ion, and the debate exceedingly animated. For
hours the battle lasted, and the Department Head
quarters brought TO bear all its power to sustain
the Commanders position. Ii was stated that the
case WAS one of 10 comrades who after an unfortu-
nate dispute lasting for years had withdrawn from
Post by transfer cards. They forthwith began
the organization Of a new Post, and when they had
% names, Il OF whom were not members of the
GAR, they applied for charter. The Depart
Inent COMMANDER, beng a member OF the Post
from which the comrades had Withdrawn, refused
the charter. Thcreupon. by the advice OF men of
influence and standing ia the Grand Army they
secured q large number OF additional names and
applied again. Then. between two and three months
after The granting Of transfer cards, charges
were preferred against the comrades, and their
appeal Tor general cOurt-martial being
denied by the Department Commander they
were court-nIartialed by the Post and sentenced
10 suspension for two years. From this they ap-
peaed. setting forth various strong reasons first
TO the Department Commander. by whom ii was
rejected, and then TO the Ercampmeat, 10y which
II was also rejected by bare majority after bit
ter contest. AfteTward IL bo4sted by those oI-
posed TO these 10 comrades that this action kept
them out Of the Grand Army forever for their
transfer cards would be useless aer the expiration
OF the term OF sentence. and that the Post would
never take them back. Unfortunately very bitter
feeling exists. The next step will be TO appeal 10
the Commauder-i Chief, which will be done.
The matter Of the untruthfu and insulting report
made Of the condition of the Department since its
organization, 10y the Assistant Inspector-G General
to the last National Encampment was brought up
and strongly denounced. a vote of censure was
offered bat upon the officer in question acknoyl-
edgng that his report was incorrect and promising
to forward a correction TO the National Headduar-
tiers, the motion withdrawn. The per capita
tax was continued at five cents quarter and the
ratio of delegates from Posts fixed at one for
every % members or final fraction of more than
half that number.
An election of officers resulted as follows: De-
partment Commander, John NJ. Dunn; $ V. c. r.
q. buckingham; j. V. c., William III. Jones; NJ.
d., DIR. Thomas A. Keables; Chap, Rev r. c.
Jones. Council of Administration, William L. Vo-
shell benjamin ID. Bogia, Edward J. White VIM
A. TTultt, Aionzo Wright. Delegates to the Ma
Gonal Encanlpment, James Murphy, DR. Thomas
4. heahles; Aternates, William II. Blake Peter S.
Blake. At the close of the Encampment Depart
ment Commander Litzenberg delegated the Senior
Past Department Commander, w. S. McNair to in
stall the ofticers-ecct. The session was continued
until midnight Department Commander Dunn
made the following appointments Assistant AdTt-
Gen, George w. King; Assistant Q. If. Gen. Jas
h. Bryan. The new Commander has entered with
vigor upon his work and has issued his first General
Order assuming command of the Department.
iLLIEOIS.-
THE DEPARTMENT ESCAMPMEST
The Goth annual Encampmcnt of this Depart
ment began its session at Springfield Feb IL, and
continued during that day and the next The sd-
dress of Col. Berry, the Department Commander
showed the Department to be in very prosperous
condition. A resolution was introduced providing
toz the establishment o! a soldiers mutual insuT-