Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-14
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Hopkins Announces His
Aids In a General Order.
Department Commander Thomas S. Hopkins
Of the Union Veterans Union has issued the
following order announcing his staff appoint
ments:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PoroMAc.
UNION VETERANS UNION.
General Order No. /.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 1. 1890.
i. having at the department encampment
held October ~. 1890, been duly elected and
installed as department commander for the
year ending December 81, 1891, hereby assume
command Of this department.
z At said encampment the following depart
mental officers were duly elected and installed
Tor the year ending December 81, 1891: Deputy
commander. Gen. A. +. Mcmillan. Sedgwick
Command; second deputy commander, Col L..
W. OXFORD, Logan Command; assistant surgeon
general, Col Vim. II. H. warman, Sedgwick
command; assistant chaplain general, Maj
Frank M. WEIGH, Shaw Command.
MEMBERS OF TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Joseph Berris, Hancock Command; Daniel
O'Nein, Logan Command; c. ". Filler, Sedg-
wick Command; George NJ. Arnold, shaw Com
mand; Joseph E. Clifford. Custer Command
They will DO obeyed and respected accord
ingly.
3. The department commander hereby an
nounces the following members of his staff: As
sistant adjutant general Col Charles v. Pet
6ys, Sedgwick Command; assistant quarter
master general Col. Henry L. johnson, Custer
Command; assistant inspector general, Lieut.
Col Edward Morgan, Hancock Command:
chief mastering officer, Lieut. Col III. I. Ca
ton, Logan Command; assistant Judge. advo-
cate general, Maj. J. L. Turner, Logan Com
mand; chief Of STAFF, Col. Frank I. Hail. Gus
ter Command.
Aides de camp, with rank Of major-Maj.
Bartholomew Diggins, Hancock Command;
Maj. Joseph Torrens. Hancock Command;
Maj. William ID. fingling. Logan Command;
Maj. II. c. Brown, Logan Command; Mai
Caleb II. Ellis, Sedgwick Command; Maj John
Custer Command; Col. W. l. Walter. Custer
Command. Col Walter, - past colonel of
Custer Command. is entitled to the rank of
| colonel. They will be obeyed and respected
accordingly.
5. There are now five we'll organized pre-
cinct commands in this department engaged
| In earnest work. Recruiting is active, and
there IL reason to believe that the ranks Of the
Union Veterans Union will receive large Access
sions during the approaching winter and that
we are entering upon an era of great pros
perity. To this end, and also to increase the
efficiency, promote the harmony and improve
the discipline Of the union, the department
commander makes several suggestions TO the
colonies Of commands, among which are the
| following:
The department commander earnestly re.
| quests that immediate steps be taken to make
| the ceremony OF muster-In of recruits as i'm
pressive as it deserves Let the new ritual be
| thoroughly memorized, and the several charges
delivered in an earnest and dignifed manner
Omit nothing. Do not practice the new ritua
upon recruits, but let the officers have private
meetings for drill in muster-in until the beauti
| full ceremony Is complete and harmonious.
Inasmuch ~ this department is located at tn,
| capital Of the nation, it should be second L
| none Bearing this in mind let all your effort,
| be for the promotion Of the welfare of the
| order, for the increase of its numbers ant
efficiency, and for the perpetuation of tn,
principles for which you fought and for which
so many Of our brave comrades now sleeT
| beneath the sod . .
g. The headquarters OF this department viii
| be at room Is, Atlantic building, every Wed
| nesday evening between 6 and pm, wher,
| the department commander and the officers o
the department will be in attendance Com
rades will, as far possible, transact their bus
mess at the time and place mentioned. Al
| comrades are invited.
self and for each comrade in this depart TIM en-
! the exercise of that friendship which shout,
| ever exist among brave comrades in arms tina
| loyalty which immortalized You In the darl
days Of war, and that charity which, havinJ
the same quality as mercy, ''droppeth as tb,
| gentle rain from heaven" blessing 'ihim tina
| gives and him that takes"
THos. s. HOPKINS, Dept Commander
Official: CHAs. v. PETTEYs, Asst Adjt Gen.