Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-04
THE ARMY OF THE roromAo,

! Reunion OF the Several Corps of tbf
Society at Bunalo-Stirring Scenes
Omcers Elected.
BUFFALO, N. Y, July 3.-There were
| stirring scenes at Music hall this morning,
when the several corps of the Society Of
the Army of the Potomac held reunions
simultaneously. Colonel Henry o. Clark
| of Milton, Vt, in the absence of Secretary
of War Proctor, called the First Army CORDS
to order. The election of officers resulted
as follows: President, Colonel Ira N.
Hedges of Hayerstraw, N. Y; vice presi-
dents, General Adrian R. Root of Buffalo,
Major Wight of Cleveland, General w. F.
Rogers of Buffalo, Colonel Henry o. Clark
of East Orange, N. j., Lieutenant Wilbur
of Rochester; staff, General Joseph Dick
inson, Washington; recording secretary,
Captain ]. II. Andrews, Saratoga; CORE
spending secretary, Thomas N. Cutting,
Buffalo; treasurer, Captain A. 81. vand1-
sen, Washington; historian, Major J. n.
Slime, Washington. After compliments
~ vote in favor of General Abner Double
day of Midway, N. J., General Butterfeld
was made the choice of the CORDS for pres
ident of the Society of the Army Of the
Potomac.
The Second corps elected the following
officers: President, OrviIle D. Thatcher.
sergeant Company E., First Minnesota,
of Washington, D. c.; vice presidents
Colonel John Brines, Fifteenth New York,
of Buffalo; G. ]. R. Miller, One Hundred
and Sixth Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia;
Captain Willard Lincoln, Tenth Maine, of
Boston; Colonel ]. b. Horton, One Hun
dred and Forty-frst Pennsylvania, of Buff
falo; secretary and treasurer, DR.. Charles
w. Scott, reelected, of the Twenty eighth
Massachusetts, of Boston; executive com
mittee, DR.. w. W. Porter of Buffalo; Cap
tain L. W. Ross, Sixty -fourth New York
Volunteers, of Boston; Il. L. Fassett,
aforementioned Fourth New York, of
Franklin, Pa. General Daniel Butterfeld
was selected as choice of the corps as
president of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac.
Fifth Army corps-General Butterfeld
presided at the meeting and General Locke
was secretary. The following officers were
Porter of New York; vice-presidents,
Colonel A. II. Clark of New York, Major
Fred w. Simon of Baltimore; treasurer
and secretary, General Fred Locke of New
York; executive committee, General ]. L.
Chamberlain of New York, Captain
Nathan Appleton of Boston, Burnett
Wright of New York. The society of the
Sixth army corps met, General Mcmahon,
presiding in the absence of the president,
General G. L. Grant of Washington.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Colonel Redfeld Proctor (secretary
of war;; vice presidents, Sergeant Thomas
D. Imam, Twenty-frst New Jersey volun-
teers, Jersey City; Judson B. Andrews,
assistant surgeon Second E. B. A, Buff
falo; Colonel George H. Selkirk, Buffalo;
recording secretary, Captain George B.
Fielder, Jersey City; corresponding score
tary, Lieutenant f. L. Buckalew, James
burg, N. j.; treasurer, Colonel Samuel
Army of the Potomac, Sergeant b. G. Lar
rove, New York
The Ninth corps elected officers as fol-
lows: President, General O. B. Wilcox;
vice president. Captain Henry Pratt, treas
urer of the Michigan Central railroad; re-
cording secretary, General G. 81. Barney;
corresponding secretary, Colonel w. H.
Harris, Cleveland, o.
The Eleventh corps elected the follow
ing: President, General Carl Schurz of
New York; vice-presidents, Colonel F. w.
Osborne, of New York; Captain J. Alex
ander of New York, Colonel T. A. Dodge
of Boston; corresponding secretary, Gen
eral T. A. Lockman of New York.
The Twelfth corps elected the following:
President, Colonel William Reikerts,
Franklin, Pa; first vice-president, G. w.
Boice, Buffalo; second vice president, Gen
eral George Collins, Syracuse; secretary
and treasurer, John j. j. Love, Mont Clair,
N. ]. The Tenth and Nineteenth corps
and cavalry corps met, but did not elect