Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-11
THE GRAND ARMY.
3oodly List Of Appointments by Depart
ment Commander Mills.

lhe newly elected department com
mander, &. A. X. Of New Mexico, kindly
sends the New MEXICAN Al copy ol his
first official order as follows:
iiDQRS. DEPT OF New MEXICu,
Grand Army OF the Republic,
Socorro, n. NJ March 30, 1850.
General Orders No. /.
The following named officers Il hereby
appointed on the staff Of the depart mcnt
commander, and the officers named Will
be obeyed and respected accordingly
Comrade Francis Buchanan, OF Socnrro,
A. A. Genl.
Comrade Samuel G. Meek, oi ~oyorrO,
A. q. NJ. Gen'l.
Comrade Jas. H. Purdy, OF Santa Fe,
Judge Advocate Gen'l.
Comrade W. 5. Fletcher Las Yeas
Chief Mastering Officer
Comrade William Catirey, White Oaks,
G. Inspector Gen'l
Comrade Will {. Burton, Santa Fe,
Aide de Camp,
Comrade W. +. Crane, Albuquerque,
Aide de Camp.
BY order OF
JOHN II. Mills, Dept. Com'dr.
Official:
FRANCIS BUCHANAN, Asst Adjt. Gen'l,
Francis Buchanan, the newly appoint
ed assistant adjutant general, is native
OF Indiana, As years OF age; enlisted in
Co. ID, 130th Indiana volunteers, and was
discharged May 8, 1865, by reason Of ex-
piration OF term of service.
Samuel G. Meek, the assistant quar-
termaster general, is also ma
tive OF Indiana, but entered the
service August 10, 1861, in Co. q, lst
California infantry and served i'll that
command until September 10, 1866.
James II. Purdy, judge advocate gen
eral, was born in Westchester county, n.
Y, and served during the war in the
famous N. Y. list $. NJ, and in the 59th
New York Vols. After two years of hard
service he was discharged on account OF
wounds received at the battle of Antietam.
He has filled several positions Of honor
in the G. A. R. in New Mexico. but can
well rest on his laurels as assistant adj
jutant general of the department under
Judge Downs.
w. S. Fletcher was Green Mountain
boy who served in the I'd Vermont vols,
in the old 9Th army corps, Army of the
Potomac. He took his medicine during
the seven days fight in front of Rich
mond, and has had no hankering for
fighting since.
William CaHrey is "Kanuck" by birth,
but emigrated to the United States in
time to enter the service in June, 1861 =,
in the 18th Illinois cavalry. His history
from the date of his resignation Of his
commission is too well known to repeat
here.
Will G. Burton, A. d. c., first saw day
light more years ago than he is willing to
admit, in old England Before the war he
Zouaves in Chicago and made the tour Of
the states with that crack organization.
He enlisted August 8, 1861, in Co.
A, 9th Illinois infantry, and served with
that regiment until the expiration Of his
term of service in 1864. Billy was one OF
the original &. A. r. men in the order in
New Mexico.
w. F. Crane, A. y, G., is Il native OF
Kent county, Maryland, entered the serv-
ice in Co. *, Sth Pennsylvania cavalry,
September 20, 1861, and served with that
regiment until August p, 1865
Rev. Thomas Harwood, the department
chaplain, was also born in Maryland, and
entered the service in August, 1862, as a
private in Co. &, 25th Wisconsin infan-
try, and was discharged as a sergeant in
March, 1864.