Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-03-03
The GALLANT PHALANX.
Twenty-Second Annual Encampment
Department of Ohio G. A. r. to
be Held at Toledo.
The Encampmsnt TO Convene on April
s5th-GeneraI Orders From Depart
ment NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for the Great Reunion.

The following order, fixing the time AM
place of holding the annual encampment o
the department of Ohio, G. A. r., has beeI
issued from department headquarters il
this city by Colonel ID. c. Putnam, depart
ment commander. The order is self-ex
planatory and is as follows:
HEapoUARrERs DEPARTMENT OF ONO. J
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
SPRINGFIELD, J.. FEB 2, 1883
General orders No. IS:
The twenty-sec0nd annual eHcampmeni
of the department of Ohio. G. A. X, will
be held in the Toledo Soldiers Memorial
building. in Toledo, Ohio, convening at lC
g. m. on Wednesday, April 25, and con-
tinuing thereafter until such business As
may come before it shall have been dis
posed of. Matters of great importance to
the order will BE- considered at these meet
ings, and ii is essential to the highest good
of this department that every post be rep
resented byIts commander and delegates.
III. Department headquarters will be es-
tabiished in rooms l24, l25 and 1876 at the
Boody house, and the council of admins
tration will meet In these rooms TO close up
the business of the year, on Tuesday, April
Gath, at . p. N.
Ill. The fifth annual convention of the
Woman's Relief Corps will be held in To
ledo, Chic. at the same time, and the loyal
women of the Department OF Ohio, banded
together in this noble organization to aid
and assist the G. A. K. in the carrying cut
of its plans and purposes, will meet with
the cordial and hearty support and cooper
alton of the comrades of the department.
". Comrade Lucius Brown, commander
of Forsythe post. No. Is, will make the
following detail: An officer of the day. an
officer of the guard, and six comrades for
guard duty, who shall report to the A. A.
G. at 9 q. m, Wednesday, April 25th.
V. All posts organized prior TO March
81, who have not elected delegates and
alternates, are entitled to representation in
the encampment by their commander or by
his alternate, the senior OF junior vice COM
mander.
VI. The following comrades are hereby
appointed q committee on transportation
for the encampmeDt:
James NJ. Hall, Toledo.
James Barnett, Cleveland.
James DeWolfe, Columbus.
Charles II. Weptzel, Cincinnati.
VIM. Z. Reppert, Columbus.
VII. The committee on hotels and ac
at Toledo, of which Comrade
p. II. Bowling is chairman, have arranged
for the following rates during the encamp-
ment, which will be strictly adhered to:
BoOdy house, $3.50 to S4; Burnett, 81;
Hotel Madison, 2; Hotel Jefferson, 81;
Hotel Hamilton, 81; Oliver. 50; Merchants,
So; St. James, 2; Union, So. Hammer house.
81 so; Empire. 81; New York. 81.
In addition TO these hotels, there are
large number of excellent boarding houses
In the city that promise TO entertain the COM
rades at from 81 to so per day. Comrades
who desire to secure quarters in advance.
will write direct to COmrade James ii.
L merry, secretary of local executive com
mittee at Toledo.
VIII. A copy Of the journal OF the
twenty first annual session of the national
encampment. G A. r., held at st. Louis,
No Sept. 2s. 90 and 30, 1887, has been
sent to all post commanders, as the prop
erty of their respective posts, to be placed
upon file for ready reference.
IX. Blank credentials in triplicate are
sent to each commander, who will see that
they are properly filled out and signed, and
all representatives to the Encampment
will, upon arrival, report at once. with their
Credentials, 10 The assistant adIuta gen
etsl, In order that a roll of the encapp
~ mt may be made up and corrected, and
all delegates receive proper recognition.
Y. Posts of the department are called
upon to contribute in such sums as they
may see fit to the relief Of COmrade Nining,
Of Troutman post, 16S. Oak Harbor. His
case has been thoroughly investigated by
these headquarters, and he is found to b.
very much IN need of assistance. Send your
to George Vining, post COM
mander, Oak Harbor, Ohio.
NJ. Comrades are requested to send the
postofiice address, or any other information
asked for, to the parties making inquiry:
The address of Marcus BOdner, Co. d.
ITO. o. V. l., by Frederick LaRue, Spring
field, Ohio.
The postoffice address of all surviving
of the Goth o. V. L. Is years regi-
nentl. by |. W. Wallace, A. Q. NJ. general,
Springfeld, Ohio.
TIE address of Capt. Benedict, Co. c,
LIST U. S. V. Cav; Sergt. James Mckinney.
lth n. Y. V. c., and Lawrence Finn, by
D. B. Letter, p C. Post l18, Lucas, Ohio.
The address of C. c. White and Albert
Bunyan, of Co. Fl, 163d o. n. q. by Geo.
Swami, Lucas, o.
XII. Comrades of the department are
-eminded of the needs of our Orphans
Home, at Xenia, Ohio, and the necessities
# further appropriations. and they are
hereby asked TO use all proper effort with
heir various members of the legislature, to
Issist in the passage of the amounts asked
or by the committee in charge of the
natter. By command of
d. G. PUTNAM,
JAS. E. STEWART. Dept Com.