, 1889-03-28
AND WILL MEET IN SPOKANE FALLS

General Order Promulgated by the Do
pattmept Commander OF the q. A. X
The next annual encampment of the
Grand Army OF the Republic of the de-
partment of Washington will be held in
this city on the Oath of April. The de.
partment commander Gen SpraRue and
staff will be present as well rs the rest of
the department officials. The headquar-
ters Of Gen. Sprague has been located at
the Pacific. aud the committee on ball has
engaged the American Resort for the de-
partment meetings.
Committees have been appointed and
will soon call upon the citizens to assist In
making the coming meeting the most sue
cessfu ever held in Washington. There
are in this department l404 members of
the G., A r, divided into b4 posts.
The following general order has just
been promulgated from department head
quarters:
Headquarters department of Washing
ton and Alaska, Grand Army of the Re-
public, Tacoma, w. T., March 20, 1899.
General Order No. g..
|. The seventh annual encampment OF
the department will meet in the city of
Spokane Falls, w. T., at 2 p. NJ, April
"a, and will continue April 25, 1889.
IL. The regular encampment OF the
Womans Relief Corps will meet at the
same time with headquarters ut the Grand
hotel
lI The local committee at Spokane
Falls will make arrangements for the ac-
commodation of visitors with hotel'keep-
ers at reasonable rates.
~. The commander of Sedgwick Post
No. will detail an officer of the guard
and three'comrades to act as guards, and
the com mander OF General j l.. Reno Post
No. AZ will detail an officer Of the day,
and three comrades to act as guards during
the encampment The officer of the day
will report to the assistant adjutant-gen'
eral at 10 A. NJ, April %, for Instructions.
V. department headquarters will be
established at parlors of the Pacific hotel.
where the council of administration will
meet at 10 A. M. Tuesday, April %, for
the transaction of such business as may be
brought before it, Matters of business
requiring the action of the council Of ad-
m lnistratiou, or department encampment,
should be forwarded to these head
quarters before April Is. All posts or
comrades having matters to bring before
the encampment will present the same In
writing.
VI. The department encampment will
be made up as follows:
lst. Department commander and de-
partment officers.
"a. IdsU department
Sd. All past post commanders of this
department in good standing in their re-
spective posts.
4th. All present post commanders, or in
their absence. the senior or junior vice
com mander of the post
5th. Delegates or alternates as pre-
scribed by rules and regulations OF the Ii.
A. X.
9th. The post commander of any post
which may have been mustered into the q.
A. h. since D-ce mber 81 1888.
VII. Wednesday afternoon, April "a,
will be devoted to roll.call; reports of
officers and other preliminary business.
The election and installation of officers
and other business of the encampment
will occur on Thursday.
VIII. Assistant inspectors are again
reminded that they should Immediately
forward their reports to Department In
spector ). +. Sahm. Tacoma, W. /.
tx, The following arrangements have
been made with the transportation lines:
Northern Pacific and the Puget Sound
Shore railroads will sell tickets at one and
one-tifth fare; the Oregon Railway " Nav
igation Company WILL except on Puget
Sound division, sell tickets over its lines
to junction with the Northern Pacific rail-
road at the same ties, good from the goth
will be paid to Spokane Fails and "a GER
tihcate will be- furnished by the assistant
ad diutant-eenCral to those entitled, which,
upon presentation to the passenger agents,
will entite the holder to receive return
ticket at one. fifth fare. The Seattle. Lake
Shore & Eastern Will sell tickets as follows ::
FROM Snohonsh to Seattle, So
From Snohonlsh Junction to Seattle,
Sl.25.
From Redmond to Seattle, %,
From Gilman to Seattle, ".
From Falls City to Seattle, 80 80
Members OF the Woman's Relief Corps
and Sons of Veterans, are included in the
above arrangements
\. Commanders of posts, on receipt OF
this order, viii impart to comrades the in e
formation contained herein relative to the
encampment and transportation rates
Sl, Commander .ln.chIef, VIM. War
ner of Kansas CITY. Mo-, has been invited
and is expected to be present with some
members of his sta # during the encamp'
ment.
XII. Comrade f. P Carroll of Stevens
Post No. l. Seattle, is appointed chief
mastering of.icer ON the staH OF the de-.
partment COMMANDER, vice Comrade y. l..
Oakley resigurd, October l6, 1888.
XIII. Conrlde George Haskin of Cua.
Ter Post No 6, Tacoma Is hereby detailed
as acting assistant adjutaut general, and
will report TO the A. A, G. at the opening
OF tue encdlnpment
XIV. An members of the department
staff will report 20 chief OF staff, Comrade
j. X Hay den. OF Post No, 5, department
headquarters BY order ot
j w. SPWAGUE.
II +. GARRETsON, Opt Com dr..
kst. Ait General.