The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-12-17

The following general orders have been
Issued
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or NAME
AUGUSTA, Dee. 10, tss0.
General orders No 8.
THE newly elected officers Of Posts will be
Installed the first regular meeting IN January. In
all Posts where no special detail Is made for the
purpose, the Senior Past Post Commander present
VIII act as Installing ofticer, and In the eveut Of
no Past Post Commander b, ing present, any mem
Der Of the Department stan can act as Installing
oneer. In case any Post should desire the SER
vices Of any particular eomrade TO install il
Omcers, the detail VIII be made upon application
70 these headquarters before January 1st. All
Posts having no Past Post Commander or mem
Der Of the Department Stan will notify the Assist
ant Adlutant General before January fst and an
Aides-de-Camp on the stan OF he Deparfment
Commander Will hold themselves In reaeliness 10
do By comnanders q Posts ~ ny es. se @
there should be no Past Post Commander Stad
oicer or detailed comrade present ON the night Of
installation, the present Post Commander having
been reelected, can install the officers. and the
senior Vice Post Commander will install the Com
nan9ef-siecl .,a yer S0linanders m making appliea-
installing oflcer, will please be particular and
give the date Of their hrst meeting In January
Reports OF installing officers must be forwarded
to the Assistant Adiutant General Immediately
after Installation; blanks for these reports are
enclosed herewith; The Department Commander
recommends public Installations and this can be
done II desired by Posts "at a special meeting
ealed for that purpose, where no opening or clos
used ''''" "
1.-THE twentieth annual encampment Of the
department will be held at Bath, January 25-G
Information as to hotel rates, railroad fares and
All other arrangements relative TO the eneamp-
ment, will be published In General Order No b.
to be issued about December 31st.
llI-COmmanders OF posts can be furnished
with copies Of missing national or department
orders and circulars upon application to these
headquarters.
Iv-The roll Of the twentieth encampment viii
be made from reports Of commanders OF posts
blanks for which were sent out with General Or
der No. q. These reports (see paragraph Ill
General order No. ~ must be In the hands OF the
Assistant Adlutanf General on or before the 10Th
the report immedlatey after ~ Election 20 of an
GERS and send Il az once. AT this date December
l3) but ifiy two posts have made their reports Of
VA majority Of the posts OF this department
make their quarterly reports promptly and cor
rectly, many do not. In order that the depart
partment encampment and to national headquar-
ters, the reports Of posts for 4th quarter, 1885,
In the hands Of the Assistant Adlutanf
General on or before the 10th Of Jan
uary. BE careful in making these reports
termaster's reports agree as 10 number In good
standing at close OF the quarter, have them signed
by the proper officers, enclose the per capita tax,
and send both reports 10 the Assistant Adiutant
General. Don't make money orders or checks
payable to the Assistant Quartermaster General.
Attention Is called To Par ~, .Geueral orders No
9, ana Par. vi, General Orders No. 7, these head
quarters.
NI-Blanks for applications for headstOnes, r..
ierred 10 In General Order No. 3, National Head.
quarters q. s.. will be furnished upon applIcatIon
TO these headquarters. There Is now no good rea
son why any soldiers grave in this Department
| should remain unmarked. The Department com
mander recommends that committee be appoint
ed by the Commander OF eaen Post 10 aseerfa!r
the locality Of each unmarked soldiers grave II
the town or city where the Post Il located anf
make application 10 the War Department fol
headstones. Please attend 10 this at once.
NII-The following Post was organized b,
Chief Mastering Oficer Brown, Sept. 2s 1855
samuel II. Libby, No. 1873. Limerick Edwin lis
ley, Commander.
Wanted-The address II living, Of Richard Me.
Carthy, Co. X, 1st Maine Cavalry, by John d.
Dearborn. MOultonville, N. H.
BY Command OF
SAMUEL w. LANE,
Department Commander
LORENZO b. Hill, Asst. Adj. Gen.