The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-09-20

Taus anu thtiF dependents to the number OF lj l3
aud to other persons UnbeTng s. S.7O7; grand total
OF 25YSlO persons pecuniariiy assisted.
ROSTERS AND ROLL OF NATIONAL ENCA2IP-
IEET.
The difficulty Of making an absolutely correct
roll of the members Of the National EncsnpnleTt
tried to perform that duty Notwithstanding the
utmost care ON nay part, few most annoying
errors IN the present printed roll have been brought
TO my notice, and there are doubtless many others
Through my own iHadveFtence. Past Senior Vice
CommandcT-in-C Chief Charles J.. Young, of Ohio, is
numbered with the dead" I confused his name
with that Of ComTade Thomas /. Young, Past De-
partment Commander Of Ohio, whose recent destI
we have occasion TO mourn. The same error ap-
pears in respect TO Past Department Commander
George w. NOrthup, of Kentucky, through the
misiniormation Of a cOmrade to whom | applied
for assistance. By a biundcr Of the printer the
name OF Past Department Commander w. W. Dud-
ley, OF Indiana was omitted after the final re-
wise had been read and returned The name of
Comrade }. Warren Keller. OF Ohio, was omitted
from the list Of Past Junior Vice Commanders-in-
Chief through the failure of the Department oai-
cias to insert In the list of past national officers
remaining IN good standing in their respective
Posts. Several omissions of Past Commanders
occurred from the same cause. / have supplied the
names OF several deceased Department Command
ers known to have been IN good standing at the
time OF death.
Too little attention is paid to the making I'D of
credentials. The pertinent suggestion OF Adi't-CieD
Gray was III many cases unheeded, the incoming
Department officers absurdly certifying to their
own election. Many errors in the spelling of
roll was sent for correction to each Assistant Adju-
tant-General. 1t IS due to this army OF veterans
that their names should not be "misspelled in the
chronicles but without the careful cooperation
of Department officers mistakes are inevitable.
Two National Rosters, q great convenience to all
comrades and necessity in answering the frequent
calls upon this Office, have been issued during the
year.
HEADQUARTERS FURNITURE AND RECORDS.
By authority of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Administration have procured ad-
ditonai office desk at an expense of &53 and have
expended Sll Sc in repairing the furniture on hand
group of excellent portraits of II Past Command
ers-in- Chief, donated by ComTade Joseph ". Kay,
of New York, has been framed at 4 cost of $3.50
The annual changing of the custodian of the Off
cial records is fatal TO anything like system in the
arrangement and care OF the material in this Office
The general plan OF my immediate predecessor has
been followed by in the main, but only long
experience can insure the best methods No copies
of the printed journal Of either of the following
National Eneampments are 10 be found among the
property turned over to me; The I0th PhilndeI-
phia, 1875; the IIth, Providence, 1877 the I2th
Springfield, 1878; the 18Th, Albany, 1879 or the
18th, indianapolis, 1881. Any comrade who will
supply these missing journals viii confer n valued
favor.
CORRESPONDENCE.
By the aid of a stenographer and type writer
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