The National tribune., 1891-06-25
SONS OF VETERANS.
News from the Various Divisions.
Elections Of Officers. etc.

News from the Various Divisions.
Elections of Officers, etc.
ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE.
Col. W. Il. Cooper has appointed the following
stan officers; AdJt. John ". Conner. Camp g.
knoxville q. NJ. VIII A. J. Moore g. Knoxville
surg, Seymour Bullock, Il Chap Past Capt W
ing Officer. Past Capt j. H. Rraglc 10. Judge
Advocate Capt Harry White 20.
~ evidence Of increasing interest iu the Order
!. may be mentioned taat ~ Camp Of more than 80
members Is ready Tor muster 20 Coai Greek Tenn.
which viii be mustered july q b. Che Colo
nei' insisted by members % Camps and - This
,tp promises between - and q cuar. or members
by the date Of uluste. Blank application for new
Camps have been furnished to " r. Piper New
port, IeUn.; Col. NJ. y. friedman, Eirmiu- ham
Ala; IT, l.. NeBzey. for Kingston and Redwood
ienn.i Col. t. ~. Reeves. Jone~boro Team; a H.
hhea, luHdOn, Tenn; ". +. Robinson, DuweII.
town. Tenn; J. r. Dunlap, Attention. Tenn; W T..
Monroe, ROtherwO 0d, Tenn; W. o. Thomas John
son City, Tenn. II Is the desire Of the Colonel
commanding TO have the earnest cooperation OF
every Camp and brother, and make the Division of
AiabamR and Tennessee q grand success. The
situation Is not oyercstimaed he says, when 70 is
sald That the Division. extending in territorial limit
from Kentucky TO the Gulf Of Mexico, occupies
the most important field and has the greatest re-
sponsibiiIies and possibilities OF any Division IN
tne order. Realizing this, let true Sons Of
veterans 20 forth and exeupiify aud iuCulCute
fully the principles of our noble order, la Frater-
niiy Charity. aud Loyalty.
CALIFORNIA.
About 80 couples took part in a dance given by
The Sons Of Riverside recently. u was their first
party, and success financially aud socially.
KANSAS.
Custer Camp. 2]7. was instituted nj WeiIsvilic
June II with II charter members. by Capt. Rcy-
Book way; FIRST Lieut., ID, W. Batd0rf; Second
Lieut.. g. III Dye; First SerG't. T.. T.. Stone; q. NJ
,, r. Kirkpatrick G. s.. Il. AIbrecht; s Of c.. II.
X Palmer; 9. Of c., l.. Cayot; p G., II. EIgiu;
Chap, q. Smith.
KENTUCKY.
Many brothers were gathered 70 London. where
on the morning Of June 10 the Division Eucamp-
ment opened. IL was shown iu Adjutaut Btugh's
report that there have been organized iu the b.
vision since last Encampmeut, rs Camps. u Of
which have been mustered and reported with
Total membership OF 3i6, the total number Of Camps
now IN good Standing being Is. with membership
OF 20, the remainder Of tie IS Camps mustered
since the founding Of the Order having been dis
banded or under suspension for non paymeHtOf per
capita tax. The Camp having the largest member
ship IL Capt Wilson Camp, 30 Of Annvilie This
Camp was mustered In Aux. %. 1880 with n charter
membership OF -. IL now reports % members in
gOod Standing. The second Camp IN numbers is
Cen Phil IT. Sheridan Camp, 80, Of Falmouth,
mustered IA Nov p, 1890, with membership Of -
10 now reports - u good Standing T. g Camp
bell Camp, 81 OS Grapevine. was mustered i'm sept.
p, with membership of 10. ItuOw reports 81 mem
beers ia good standing. The QuaTtermaster's re-
was sii3tl for per capita tax for supplies charter
fees, etc, the largest item being sl9j for fees The
disbursements amounted to s35O.23, the largest
Item, Tor supplies, being SiSi53. Ia Fesal utiOn
the EncampmeHt expressed itself in hearty
sympathy with all legislation tending to the well
fare Of ell veteran soldiers sailors and marines
and ia unison with the GAR and 10 favor 81 the
establishment Of e Soldiers Home iu Kentucky rs
chartered by the recent State Legislature Al the
afternoon session Iicut.-CO i. G.. Singleton was
alone nominated Tor Colonel and unanimously
elected. Capt George y. HUI and Licnt Sprague
were nominated for Lieutenant Colonel and
Brother HUFF WAS elected Capt r. H. Faul.sef-
berg chosen Major. Adit g. +. Baugh Past
Col. Capito and Lieut.. X. NJ. Baker were elected
Division Council; Lieut.. ". Il. Neal Delegate az
Large, AdJt James A. Van Pelt Division DELEGATE
Capt. X 81. House Alternate nj Large, and p. J..
Bryant Division Alternate. The next Encamp-
ment will be held at Newport on the third Tuesday
In June.
MAINE.
The annual Eneampmeut Of the Maine Sons was
held June 10 in Auburn, meeting for the first time
II We remember Alright. iH the place where il was
prac icaily born, FOR perhaps as much was done TO
estab sh the Order ia Maine one pleasant day sew
eral years ago in Grand Army Hail iu Auburn, a.
was done anywhere. A. G. Pray Camp did the
hOHOrs. Eighty eight delegates, representing 30
Camps, were in attendance on the business sessions
and many others unOtiica!iy. In his address Col.
A q. COudman said: AT the last annual report
Of our Quartcrmaster we had 30 Camps with J. Oh
members in good standing. To-day we have the
honor o. reporting 20 Camps and a total Of 1i5
members IN good standing-which is the largest
Division FOSTER. We had hoped 10 make "a show
ing OF 10 Camps, and have got one IN process Of
mastering IN at Fryeburg. Nine good, healthy
Camps have been mustered. and the one at Frye
burg would make 10. To the CA. Il. we owe the
power 10 meet here as s. Of v. How grateful we
feel TO them for preserving our country What AN
honor to asslst them in the sUcred duties which
they perform every year. Ny sincere thanks are
extended to this Department, aud especially TO
dItGeu. i. A.. Mllikeu, Of Portland. for the
many Esyors shown us in the past year" TheQuar-
termaster'5 report showed each received s9GL3J
cash expended, $50 IS balance, sG&gl. supplies
on hand, cltJ~5 A parade took place 40 $50 D. M.
and the hearts Of ali the susceptible m1idens hut-
tered the sons marched away under the flags
that sunny afternoon. All Auburn and most OF
resulted as follows: Colonel. +. g. Moran. Thorn
aston; Lieutenant Colonel, Robert X. Whitcomb I
P0rtiand Major, Harry L. Harrington, Portland
DIVISION Council. j. r. MetOtlster, q. l.. BClt0n
W. III. Austin. DeiegBte-at- large % the National
EucampmeHt, IT, L. Wright; Alternate C. r. Hay
ford Delegate 10 COnmandcry meeting J. d. |
IIurd; Alternate, j. g.. Merrill. II voted TO |
meet next year Mt Belfast, the second Wednesday /
and Thursday iu June. A feast was prepared on /
the last evening. DR.. A. X. Harvey, Of Lewiston.
was toastmas;er. Mayor Savage, Of Auburn, made I
the welcome address, and toast7 We're responded [
To by Col. v. T. Eustts; Hon. W. III. LoOucy Of /
Portland: Gen. Frank +. Merrill, Of Maiden, Mass:
Prof. W. ". StetsOu, of Auburn Past Col. +. X [
Gould, Of EOcklIHdi Mayor W. II. Newell, of Lew |
iston, and others.
Colonel commanding, with rank from June 10 are /
announced. A. VI. Miller, Adiutant WuldObOro;
A. T. Burton, Quartermaster, Thomaston.
MARYLAND.
Maryiaud's fifth annual EucampTnent opened at |
Ea.tOn June q Phil sheridan Camp, Capt Il. A. /
White, welcoming the brothers The following /
Camps were represented: James A. Garfield, Balti- I
more Ellsworth. Baltimore; Antietan, OF Fred
ericS; Warren. OF Forest Hill; Ayers, Of Win /
field; Reno Of Hang deu ForraSut Baltimore; 4
Gen. John A. Logan, Washington; Phil kcaruy, [
Washington; Charles C0rbit Odes-n, Del; Gar [
field Wilmington; 4. :. Grant Wilmington John /
T. Logan. Wilmington, and Phil Sheridan. OF Eas- Il
ton There were also about 90 ladies accompany wing
them representing the Ladies' Aid Society on
the Grs: nighta bal given at the hail. under the
direction of Mr. Edward Jenkins, Of Edstou, at |
" hich the townspeOple were present as well
as the brothers. On Wednesday fine king
set of bueeoats marched through the streets under
the utarshalship Of Lieut. Col. White. That even
ing a Campfire was held ~ Music Hall, where great
good feeling prevailed and muny good speeches
were made. A chorus composed of ut least so I
ladies' and gentlemen of EastOn, led by W. W.
Spence, entertained the crowded hall with the ex-
cellcnt rendition of many popular songs. a buuuer
was presented to the Maryland Division by Col
and accepted by Lieut. Col. Frank A. |
White, on behalf of the Division. A handsome [
gaveI was presented by Past Col. T. Z. Campbell /
to the Division, and accepted by Col. Thomson. |
At the meeting Wednesday afternoon these [
officers were chosen: Col, John r. Nicely Camp I
Is Washington; Lieut.-CoI., A. III. Davidson T. |
Del; Maj, Eugene Tucker, 10. Forest /
Hill. Md, Division Council, W. I'll. Buck, g. Will
miugtOn Del; II. A. Clark, 5. Washington; j. ".
Woodrow. 2, Wilmington; Delegate Frank A. [
White ), EastOn; Alternate, JOS. II. White, s. ELs-
ton; Division Delegate T. ". Wilson, ., Baltimore; |
Alternate, h. W. uerod, i, Baltimore. Frederick /
was selected for the meeting next year.
John K Nicely the new Colonel, says in Orders
No. 8: Having been elected ard installed Colonel
Of the Maryland Division, Sons Of Veterans, L. :.