The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-14
THE GRAND EYCAMPMENT.
Election of Officers Commander Multi
kin-Tbe Women's Army.
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TRENTON. Feb. IA, 1s9l.-After the cleo
tion OF Captain ]. r. Mulliken Of New
ark as Department Commander. as pub
lished in The JERSEY CITY NEWS
yesterday, the Grand Encampment elect
ed these other officers:-Senior Vice Com
mander, Joseph L. Franklin of Wood
bury; J. V. c.. Jacob White OF Paterson;
Chaplain. Charles Z. Hill of Red Bank;
Medical Director. George I. Ribble; Coun-
ell Of Administration. George Barrett Of
Camden, James H. Bird Of Asbury Park,
L. II. Bridges OF Newark, Frank Dryden
of Newark and j. A. Rodrigo of Newark.
Nine delegates and nine alternates were
also elected as delegates TO the National
Encampment. to be held at Detroit next
August The officers were then installed.
Captain Mullikin was elected on the
first ballot by a small majority, but 1t Is
considered great honor to have been
elected over Colonel Sawyer of Cape May
who is wellknown all over the State and
Union as one of the prisoners at Libby
Prison.
CAPTAIN MULLIKIN's CAREER.
Captain Mullikin was born at New
Brunswick in 1886 He was educated at
the Military Institute Of Kentucky, and
entered the service in 1861 as captain of
Thirty-fifth Indiana Volunteers, and
served in this regiment until trans
ferred to the Fourth United
States Infantry, in which he remained
in active service until December
15, 1870, when be was placed on the re-
tired list for wounds and disabilities re-
ceived Captain Mullikin participated in
number of engagements during the
war, and was wounded at Shiloh, again
at PerryvilIe, KY, and again at Nash
vile. He was Military Commissioner for
the Fifth district of Virginia under the
reconstruction laws. He Joined the Grand
Army of tine Republic at Philadelphia,
and was elected and served as Com
mander OF the George G. Meade
Post, No. / of that city. he was
afterward transferred to the De-
partment of New Jersey, aud joined
1887. The commander has been aid-de-
camp on the staff of five
comman ders-in chief is menl-
ber of the National Council of Ad-
ministration, served as member OF the
Committee on Resolutions at the Ma
tional encampment at Boston. and when
elected Department Commander held the
office of Assistant Inspector General OF
the United States. He resides In Newark
and is secretary of the Merchants Insur-
ance Company, and popular with the
comrades.
THE wOMENs RELIEF CORPS.
The Women's Relief Corps of the Grand
Army of the Republic yesterday con-
cluded a two days session at Aaron
Wilkes Post Room. There were tifty-nine
delegates present and about 200 out of the
473 members of the organization in the
State. The PRINCIPAL business yesterday
WAS the election and the installation OF
the following officers:-
President, jennie ID. Smith of Plain
field; S. " p, Sarah A. Reed of Long
Branch: J. V. p, Mary Hall of Vineland;
Treasurer, Mary Morse of Plainfeld; Sec
retary, Harriet Westphal OF Plainfield;
Chaplain, Harriet Condor of Asbury
Park: Counsellor, Elizabeth NJ. Work Of
Woodbridge; l. and l. officer, Jen-
ME B. Atwood of Trenton;
Inspector, Mary c. Walker of Trenton;
Executive Board, Eyelina G. Grant or
Paterson; Aunie N. Shields of Fleming
ton; Emma j. Southwick of Trenton;
Ruth A Williams Of Salem; Annie Lis
ter of Paterson; Delegate-at-large, Susie
F. Wilkes, of Trenton; Alternate,
Addie Hill of Trenton. Committee on
Soldiers Home, Susie f. Wilkes, Annie
ID. Titus and Mary G. Lanning OF Tren-
ton: Mrs. E. Turner of Woodbridge, and
Mrs. NJ. Martson of New Brunswick.
Mrs. Z. H. Amer, the retiring presi-
dent, was presented with handsome
RECOGNITION pin. Assistant Department
President Jennie w. Atwood installed
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