The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-11-04
The GRAND ARMY.
News From the DepartmentS---New
Posts. etc.
HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN.

The Official staff of the COMMANDMENT Chief
Is now completed, and we publish il IN fuil tor
the benefit of our readers who belong 10 the
Grand Army of the Republic
Adjutant- GeneTal, H. b. Gray, Madison, Wis.
QuHriermaster-G General, John Taylor 2ls
Walnut street, Philadelphia.
Inspector General, Jacob nj. Hunter Gin
cinnati, o.
Judge Advocate General, Henry L. Taintor,
Hartford, Conn.
Assistant Adjutant- General, F. w. Oakley,
Madison, Wis
Senior Aid-de-Camp, Philip Cheek, jr, Bara-
boo, Wis.
The Department of Delaware desires TO have
published fraud, calling himself Capt. Tuttle
claiming TO be a member of Post as, Depart
ment of California, located in the Sandwich
islands He is described as over six feet high,
gray hair, and long, gray beard.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENcAMPMEET.
The advance sheets of the journal Of the
Twentieth National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic held at San Francisco,
Aug. 4, s and g. 1856 are at National Head
quarters, and the proceedings will be ready for
distribution IN q few days.
BADGES
By resolution of the last National Encamp-
ment the Quartermaster- General is /" author
any badges in the possession of Posts or De-
partments."
National Headquarters received last week
an elegantly bound copy of Woroester's Die
tionary, edition of 1856, with this inscription
National Headquarters, GAR. Compliments
of j. b. Lippincott q Co"
This very valuable addition TO the equip
ments of the Adjutant- Generals office is fully
appreciated.
Col. Fred. Bracket of Washington, late As
sistant Adjutani General, spent Saturday at
the National Headquarters at Madison. He is
on his way 20 Minnesota.
By reason of the change In time for inspection
made by the last National Encampment TO close on
She 3lst of December each year, II viii become
necessary for the new lnspectOr-CIeneral and his
assistants 10 be very active during the months OF
November and December.
The new Inspector General goes to his work
with will and has already prepared circular 10
be embodied In General Orders No A. OF instruction
30 the Assistant hdjulants- General
Gen. tairchild regrets not having been able TO
attend the Inauguration OF the Statue of Liberty AT
New York, but he could not by reason Of the
urgency Of business at the Office IN preparing for
the meeting of the Executive Committee OF the
Council of Administration, which convenes at
Headquarters on Friday and Saturday of next
week
The reports Of the Assistant Adjutants- General,
oovering June 80 OF the present year, show an en-
eouTagng increase In numbers in the q. r. Some
of the Departments are making marked addition TO
ranks.
Senior Vice Commander g. w. Baclzus has re-
moved from San Francisco and settled In Santa
Barbara, Cal
Reports are beginning to arrive at Headquarters
OF the results in the Charleston fund matter.
Asst Adj't-Gen. Daniel Fish, of Minnesota,
ports S24O received from various Posts and adds
that had NOT the halt been called large sum would
have been raised from that Department as the Posts
were just beginning 10 move LA the matter.
IL is very gratifying TO the Commander-in-Chief
that his home Post &C. &. Mashborn, No. II, Madi-
son, Wis., raised and forwarded to Charleston the
l.ass haurA
from s the best result from any Post In Wisconsin.
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
MADISON, WIS, Oct Is, 1856.
General Orders, No 8
1. The following appointments are announced;
Inspector ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jacob M. Hunter,
Cincinnati, o.
Oakley, Madison. Wis
Senior id-de-Camp-Comrade Phil. Check, jr.,
BaraboO, Wis.
III. For convenient reference the Official staff as
cOmpleted is here published;
Adjuiaut- General-E. Is. Gray, Madison, Wis.
Quariermaster-Ge neral-John Taylor, 2ls Walnut
street, PhilHdeph Pa.
Judge Advocate General = Henry L. Taintor
Hartford, Conn.
Inspector -General-Jaeob Nj. Hunter, Cincinnati
Ohio
Assistant Acknowledgements. w. Oakley,
Madison. Wis.
Senior Aid-de-Camp-Phil Cheek, jr, BarabOo,
Vie
These comrades have already entered upon the
duties Of their respective offices.
tOdeVOte large portion OF time 10 the field visiting
tile various Departments. Therefore, all business
communications 10 receive prompt attention must
be addressed 10 the Acknowledgement.
~. The Executive Committee Of the Council Of
Administration IL announced follows;
AZ. ID. Wilson, Chicago, H.; Samuel Harper
P1utsburg, Pa Eugene 4. Weigle ST. Louis, Mo-;
ID. X. Austin, Toledo. o.; j. l.. Wheat Racine. Wis.
v. As mark of special approval of the earnest
work OF the Pension Committee during the year
past 1t will consist as heretofore OF Comrades
Geo. - Merrill, Lawrence, Mass; Louis Wagner,
Philadelphia, Pa; John q. Linehan, Penacook, n.
Il Jas. Tanner, Brooklyn, N. VI John s. kountz,
vi The orders, circulars and records OF the
various Departments viii furnish the foundation
for the history Of Order when the time for II
be written shall arrive. The request heretofore
made II especially emphasized, that Assistant
Acknowledgement send at least two copies OF all
tuiure orders and circulars OF their Departments 10
tbese Headquarters for preservation.
VII From the records OF the both National
" Resolved, That this National Encampment.
sctnaled by desire for uniformity OF rulings and
decisions upon the laws, rues and regulations Of
the Grand Army OF the Republic, does hereby
indOrse the Blue Book compiled and written by
Past COMMANDMENT Chief H. b. Beath as "A standard
and authoritative book Of reference and authority.
and ComTade Beath ls requested 10 continue the
revision of his book from time 10 time correspond
with the decisions of the National Encamp nent
and the changes la the Rules and Regulations"
The adoption Of this resolution by the supreme
authority OF our Order constitutes the Blue Book
Grand Army law.
General. Each Post should without delay obtain
at least one copy.
Oh the 9th day OF the current month the Secretary
OF War furnished 10 these Headquarters the
memorandum which follows. IL lie promulgated
a. General Orders for the information Of every
Post OF the Order;
al the last session OF Congress TACT Of Aug. II
lsso provision was made for continuing the work
OF furnishing headstones for unmarked graves oi
soldier, sailors and marines In city, town and
village cemeteries and other burial places and the
War Department has accordingly made arrange.
mcnts for supplying all that may be required to
tbe SJth OF june 1851. Applications can be made
al any time before the Both of June next but ID IA
desired that they be filed at the earliest date
practicable 10 enable the Department TO supply the
stones with the first shipment which will DC made
early in the ensuing Spring"
The necessary blanks which 20 make applica.
GOu viii be furnished by Department eAdquarters
30 every Post where they are needed request.
Department Commanders will convey TO Posts In
Of unmarked soldiers and sailors graves in the
vicinity OF each Post may be ascertaned az early
a. possible and the applications foT headstones foi
t1em made before June 30, 1857.
by command OF LUoIUs FAIRoHILD, Commander
tn-Chicf
X. b. GRAY, Adjutant- General
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS q. A r.
Special Orders No. J.
The Executive Committee OF the National Council
OF Administration l. directed 10 convene al Natioua
HeadquarteTs, Madison, Wis. on the 9th day o
November, 1856
There very important and pressing matters O
business 10 he considered.
The investment Of the funds Of the Grand Arm,
OF the Republic will be made directed by the 2Oti
National Encampment aud such other business Al
may come before the committee will receive atten
zion.
BY command Of LUoIUs FAIRcHmD, Commander
Al Chief
Official !. r. b. GRAY, A-G