The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-02
GRAND Amy MATTERS


Important Order for the RsorEani1atiOn Of she /
Department Of Kansas Circular Of Hsdioal |
Director Lemon Etc..
Department Commander Feighan,
for the purpose Of effecting more per-
feet organization of the department for |
reunion purposes, has issued an
order dividing the state into two corps;
the first being composed of the Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh congressional dis
tricts, with Vice Commander Henry
Booth as commander, and the second
of the rest Of the state, with Junior
Vice Commander w. III. Young in COM
mand. Upon recommendation of the
CORDS commanders, the following divis-
ions have been made and the command
ers appointed:
First Division-First CORPS, w. III.
Caldwell of Beloit, commander; coun-
ties of Cloud, Republic, Mitchell, jew
ell, Phillips, Smith, Osborne Rocks.
Second Divisional. NJ. Shepherd of
Manhattan, commander; counties of
Marshall, Washington. Clay. Riley,
/, DickerSOn, Davis.
Third Division-W. A. Gebhardt of
Ellsworth, commander; counties of
: Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Ottawa.
: Fourth Division-Captain George K.
Spencer of Cove City, commander;
ton, Cheyenne, Wallace, Decatur, Sher-
idan, Cove. Logan, Thomas, Rawlins,
Sherman.
Fifth Diyision-T. NJ. Fellows of
Mcpherson, commander; counties OF
! Mcpherson, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sum-
r ner, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice,
3 BortOn, Stafford. Pratt, Barber.
l
Dodge City. commander; counties OF
Comanche, KiOwa, Edwards, Pawnee,
Rush, Ness, HOdgeman, Ford, Clarke
2 Meade, Gray. Garfield, Lane, Scntt
: FiRney, Haskell, Seward, Stevens
!, Grant, Kearney, Wichita, Greeley
Hamilton, Stanton, Morton.
Division commanders nf the Second
{ corps are appointed as follows:
! First Division-tieatge Trout OF Wa
8 mego commander; counties of Nema
ha, Brown, DOniphan, Pottawatomie
jackson, Atchison. Jefferson, Leaven
: worth.
Second DivisiOn-C Colonel L. r. Bircl
of Olathe, commander; counties o
K Douglas, Franklin, Anderson, Allen
y WyandOtte, Johnson, Miami, Linn
q Third D,vision-R. p. McGregg, o
y Baxter Springs, commander; countie
a of CoWley, Elk, Chautauqua, Wilson
!, Montgomery, Neosho, Labette, Craw
ford, Cherokee.
3 Fourth Division.-L. l.. Webb, o
l. Topeka, commander; county of Shaw
~ nee, Usage, COffey, WoodSon, Wabnn
4 see, Lyon. Greenwood, Morris, Chase
II Marion, Butler.
e 1t is expected that division command
al ders will apportion their RESPECTIVE
i commands into brigades and req
ments. If this work is thorough
done it will greatly strengthen the OF
der.
he Medical Director w. III. Lemon, O
Ie Winchester. has issued a circular t
the surgeons of posts calling attentio
~ to the order OF the surgeon general t
se the effect that all destitute comrade
lg who are sick be cared for and med
ne cine provided for them. DIR. Lemo
"a urges post surgeons to see that thi
1t WoTk.6f charity is done and reports Q
TO such cases be made. His circula
ut ends with the following timely sent
w ment.
Comrades, ours, in pecuniary sense
III is labor of love. Let US look afte
~ our needy and disabled comrades. tn
8 medical director feels, with the SUI
geOn general, that while the infirmitlt
of our old comrades in arms must IL
80 crease as the years roll round, theI
will be found none so able or willing
O. ''pour oil and wine upon their sores,
ne or comfort them in their Affections q
il the good and conscientious post SUI
: geOn.
s. Chief Rae has issue
or an order and Commander Feighan hi
T. promulgated it, cautioning the men
r. bers of the Grand Army not to attemI
- to use the organization for polite
- purposes.