Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-08-20

State Of North Dakota, was organiacd at
Grand Forks, N. D., on April ~, 1890. Com
rsde George b. Winship was elected Do
p%artlnent Commander. who appointed Com
rad0 William Alderman a. Assistant Ad-
tntant General, with headquarters at Grand
Forks.
The Provisional Department. of Indian
Territory and Oklahoma was authorised by
special orders No. 81, dated June %, 1890,
and q department encampment called for
the purpose Of organizing . permanent de-
partment at Guthrie on the 7th day OF
August, 1890.
! beg to refer and cordially indorse the
recommendations OF Past Adjutant General
Eugene i. Wcisle, In which he refers to tho
great advantage that would accrue to the
departments and the organization II there
were . loas frequent change OF the Assistant
Ad1atant General u the various depart
nents. Some Of the larger departments
have adopted the plan OF kssping perma-
mont ~headquartars and making ~infrequent
changes In b once Of Assistant Adjutant
General. This secmst to me very desirable In
deed, and ! quito agree with Comradc Weigle
In his report that II would be amply sufficient
to have scmi-annnal reports instead Of
quarterly, ~ the latter only enhance the
labor OF the post and tho department oflcers
without serving any purpose that would not
be equally as well served by ~semi-annual
reports.
Az giving an Indication OF the amount Of
work required In the once OF the Adjutant
General. I beg TO notice that there have been
issued eighteen general orders, three circu-
lafs, two national rosters, which with an
insue OF 1000 copies Of each mounts In all
to 240, 900; In addition seventy Ave spccial
orders were issued. and nearly 1900 COM
muntcatiOns OF various kinds we're received,
most Of which call for . roply, which may
be found copied IN the letter books Of this
oftcc.
A special mailing list, comprising the M.
tional and past national o~ficers, members
Of the Council Of Administration, prominent
members Of the order OF the Woman's Relief
Corps and Sons of Veterans and soldier
newspapers, Is now quite large, and makes
. large item In postage.
About 900 commissions have been issued.
beg to call the attention OF the sew
cral departments to the desirability Of
printing the reports Of their proceedings in
rs nearly q uniform style as possible, to
conform to the printed reports OF the
national -encampment.
Commander-in-chief-I desire to express
my sincere regrets that our Official rela.
tiOns, which nav been at all times most
pleasant, are 40 soon to be severed. You
have impressed upOn me, ~ you have all
the comrades Of the various departments
yOu have visited, the sincerity Of your work
In behalf Of the organization.
AuC oulOuItV VI tlmc tkl8V you nave placed
at the disposal OF the comrades OF the Grand
Army Of h Republic was measured only BY
the time between the dates when you as
sumed the ONCE and whom you will have
laid II down.
AZ l ave In any merited the COM
6dcuce which you have placed in me, and
my ofacial action has been satisfactory to
the members OF the organization, I am more
than pleased. and abundantly rewarded for
the labor.
desirc IN ~ public . manned as possible
10 express my thanks to the of1cers Of the
various departments for their uniform
courtesy tn responding to my demands made
upon them in relation to their departments.
To Assistant Adjutant General James +.
Sterling 1 am greatly indebted for his as
sistAnce, 20 cheerfu1ly and xealously given
~ al times, n TO Quartermaster General
john Taylor, Judge Advocate General Aus
tin. and Inspector General Griiith for their
aid whcnevcr called upon. Sincerely In f.,
g. and l., GRORGE HOPKINS,
Adjutant GeperaL