The National tribune., 1889-06-13
SONS OF VETERANS.
News from the Various Divisions
Election Of Officers. etc.
HEADQUARTERS CosFsfASDERv-Tv-C CHIEF,
Sons OF VETERANS. U. 5. A.,

HEADQUARTERS COhfMANDElET-IN-LH EEr. 4
Sons OF VETERANS. u. 5. H.
as FIFTH AVE, CHICAGO. ILL., June I, 1880
General Orders, No. o.
]. The attention of Division Commanders sagain
called to the necessity OF requiring Camp Chap
lains to report Immediately To the Division Chap
lain on Form A. These reports should be for
waried at once.
H. Il is due 10 Camp No 80. Division Of Indiana.
to state that E. VI. Strauss, who was dishOuoraby
discharged from the Order. mention Of which was
made IN General Orders, No. -, was member Of
camp No. 81, and not No SO. Of the Division OF In
diana
III. In compliance with resolution passed by
the last EneImpment Of the COmmaHdery- Chief,
I the following viii constitute the Committee on
Transportation for the ensuing Eucampmeut Of the
COinmandery- in Chief at Paterson, y j.. William
/ - McDowell, Newark, y. j. Past CommandeT-in-
/ Chief Frank p. Merrill, Maiden, Mass; Col VIM.
| E. Bundy, Hotel Emery, Cincinnati o.; Past Colo
mel VIII h. West, Kansas City, Mo-, and the Com
/ mandeT-in-C Chief, Of Chicago.
/ " Col. Otis Z. Gulley. Springdale, Ark COM
handing the Provisional Division OF Arkansas
\ will proceed with arrangements for q Division En-
eampment and the organization Of the permanent
Division of Arkansas.
/ V. The Territory Of Dakota, by act Of Congress.
| having been divided, and provision having been
made for separate Statehood in the Union the Di-
I vision of Dakota heretofore existing is hereby
| divided into two Divisions, and the Organization
i heretofore known as the Division Of Dakota
VIII hereafter be known as the Division q South
Dakota and VIII be under the command Of the
/ officers elected at the recent Encampment OF the
/ Division of Dakota. The Provisional Division Of
| North Dakota is hereby created and Frank V
/ Kent, of Grand Forks, Oak, Is hereby appointed
Provisional Colonel. He will be Obeyed and re-
4 speeted accordingly, and Captains commanding
! Camps located in North Dakota viii report TO him
/ for orders.
( VI. Col. Sherman J. Brown. of Washington d.
c., and Col. @. G. Bras, of Mt. Vernon Oak, have
been reelected to command their respective Divis-
/ ions. William E. Bundy, Hotel Emery Cinein-
natl, o.; G. BrainaTd Smith, Hartford Conn; Geo.
/ ii. CapitO, Louisville. KY; Charles +. Huichins,
Bangor, Me; John r. Miller, Helena Mont, have
been duly elected and installed Commanders Of
their respective Divisions and they will be accord
vyn ors Them
Commanding.
VII W. A. Ellsworth. of Forma N Oak, and
n. j. OBrien, Of Butte City, Mont, are hereby ap-
pointed Aids on the staff of the COMMANDMENTS
Chief. They viii rank from date. They will be
/ obeyed and respected accordingly.
VIII. > r. SandersOn, of Camp No. l69. Division
OF Ohio, and William Long, of Camp No. T. Divis-
ion Of Missouri, for conduct unbeeOming mem
Der Of the Order, have been tried by e0urt-martiaI
and dishonorably discharged. Their names will
be entered upon all black books.
TX Form OO0O Or. W. and c. viii be mailed on
/ the 10th day OF June by the Adjntant- General to
the Colonies commanding all Divisions not in
rears for reports and per capita tax The same
will be promulgated to commanding officers of all
Camps having made reports and forwarded tax
for the quarter ending June 80
Y. The Oliicers-eleet at the ensuing Division En-
eampments must not be installed unless the INSTALL
ing officer Is shown the receipt OF the QuartevWas
terGeneral for per capita tax for the quarter
ending March 81 Division officers shall be in
stalled by the ranking representative OF the Com
mander-in-Chief present or in case Of there being
none present at the Eneampment, they may be in
stalled by the retiring Colonel or the ranking Past
Colonel present Installing officers will make their
report to the Acknowledgement Of the names and
addresses of all the officers installed and the
and addresses of the Delegates and Alternates 70
the National Encampment
XI. Good and sufficient cause appearing. and
upon the recommendation of the COiOnels Com
handing, the charters of the following Camps are
hereby annulIed Camp Ne T. Division of Mon
tana; Camp No. 5 Division of Vermont Camp No
26, Division OF New Jersey, and Camps No 8, So.
III, lS7, ia l79 100 o and PSI OF the Division Of
Ohio.
/
duty He viii formulate the necessary blanks to
! be Forms Il and IS, which will be forwarded
through the proper channels to the Captain oil each
Camp and to the surgeon OF each DIVISION. these
blanks are for the purpose Of aseertaininG the
strength and availability Of the Order of the sons
OF Veterans for military purposes. For Camps, the
blank viii be filed out by the Captain, under the
seal of the Camp and atested by the First Sergeant
/ and forwarded to the Division Surgeon who will
consolidate the same and forward the consolidated
report to the Surgeon General, James A AvcrdIcks
NJ. D., corner Eighth and BLACKWELL streets, Cow
I ingtOn, KY.
XIII. Complete arrangements have been effected
for the accommodation of the Sons Of Veterans az
Milwaukee the last week in August during The Ma
tonal EnCampment Of the GAR beautiful
, plot Of ground located upon the shore OF Lake
Michigan, with tents and eommissary arrange
meHtS, has been set aside for the exclusive OF
| visiting Sons OF Veterans The Comzlandsr-iu-
| Chief has promised a Thousand armed members Of
the Order for the purpose Of participating IN 3
grand naval battle which Is TO take place % that
!, / time. In addition to this, the good OF the Order
demands that as large demonstration by he sons
= OF fetcTanS as possible Su0ulu De maze 81 Llis
time, matters of great importance viii go before
the ensuing Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic and all brothers, especially all armed
Camps, should at once make preparations for At
tending this EncamPment. Besides the naval bat
tie, there has been special day set aside exelu-
svely for the Sons of Veterans and also the usual
Sons of Veterans Campfire Camps intending to
visit Milwaukee at this time should notify the AdIu-
tant-Ceneral of their intention for assignment to
quarters and also the caiber and character of the
arms they will have, that ammunition may be pro-
yided for them. Such communications may be
sent direct to these Headquarters.
XIV. W. F. Jenkins, the recent Adjutant-C Gen
eral, has severed his connection with these Head
quarters Until his successor Is duly announced IN
General Orders. all official documents from these
Headquarters will bear the signature Of " A. L
Guilford, Acting Adjutant- Genera Commune
cations bearing the name of III. VI. Topping. Act
ing Assistant Adjutant- General viii also be Otti-
cial MOney-Orders and drafts, no matter for
what purpose should be made payable TO c. j.
Post. QuartermasteT-G General
By command Of G. B. ABBOTT, COMMANDMENTS
Chief
A. L GUILFoRD, Acting Acknowledgement