The National tribune., 1891-01-22
SONS OF VETERANS.
News from the Various Divisions
Elections Of Officers. etc.
THE DIVISIONS.

THE DIVISIONS
ITO ADJUTASTs AND CAPrAfSs.-THE NATIONAL
tribune has the interest Of the Sons % Veterans
at heart, and wishes them to consider that its col
umnsare awaysopen for the publication Of matters
Of moment to the Order. Let have ncwsy let
tiers from your Camps and items Of personal inter
est TO the brothers.
CALIFORNIA.
An order issued at Oakland by command OF
Fred v Wood CoIonel-Frank q. Shpley, Adiu-
tant-contaius the following Of general interest:
II Is TO be hoped that the newly-elected Captains
will push the military feature OF our Order and
strive 20 build up the membership OF the Camps.
The outlook Is bright for the passage by the next
Legislature Of law authorizing the Adjutant- Cen
eIal OF the State TO issue arms TO Camps. IL the
bill becomes n law, there will be no excuse why
members of Camps In the Division should not be
armed and thoroughly drilled. For the informa-
ton Of the newly-mustered Camps. the announce
ment is made that the next annual Encampmeut
OF the Division will be held at bakersfield, COM
mencing Monday. May 4, 1891. Camps should now
begin to make preparations to commemorate the
birthday Of Lincoln FEB. I2l. The eighth annual
Encampment OF the Sons of Veterans ordered that
the day be known a. Union Defenders Day, and
that II be properly observed by the Order. Let
every Camp In our Division observe the day by
patriotic exercises and speech making. Let the
exercises be public, and thus teach lesson in pat
TiOtism.
CONNECTICUT.
Officers Of the following Camp are:
buckingham, 3, Norwieh-Capt., Henry Peale.
jr. First Lieut., d. III. smith; Second Lieut., jus
tin Mccarthy; First seTg't EmbeFt f. Wheeler;
Serg't Of Guard. James II. Rogers; Color Serg't.
r. A. Paradis; q M.-SeTg't. Allen g.. Thornton;
Chap, James NJ Teft Principal Musician, stephen
X. Palmer; Capt OF Guard, John A. Cooper; Camp
Guard, Clifford W. Convey; Picket Guard, William
Whiimarsh; Camp Council. A. L. Chandler, John
A. Cooper, Homer Lee.
KANSAS.
Orders No IL, issued at Norton, by command Of
@. d. Jones, COlonel-J. @. Newell. Adjutant-con-
tain the following Of general interest:
Nv. Since the issuance of Division Orders No II,
the Council Of Administration OF the Kansas De-
partment of the GAR met and changed the time
Of the State Encampment at Hutchinson from May
II: 10 and II, to April %, % and 80, 1891.
V. The vote Of the Division Council Is favorable
to the offering Of the following prizes at eighth
annual encampment, viz: Ist. To the Camp that
shall have made the greatest percentage Of increase
In membership for the quarter ending March 81,
1891, fine flag. I'd. To the Camp attending the
said Encampment with the largest number Of uni
formed men. fine banner. 3d. To the Camp that
shall give the best exenpfcation, by detail from
its membership in uniform, of our work in a mus
ter Of recruit, fine flag. For the first prize
mentioned every single Camp in the Division can
compete with a showing to win it, as ID cOntem-
plates simply the greatest percentage OF increase
during said quarter. and not the Camp that may
then have tue greatest aggregate Of membership.
In the competition for the prize offered for the
largest attendance OF uniformed men, all Camps Of
Reno County are excluded on account Of their
proximity to location Of Eneampment. 10 is fur
Their ordered that all Camps competing for this
prize must appear in their own uniforms, or those
belonging to their own individual members. The
third prize mentioned cOntemplates a complete
muster Of a recruit and by such detail from the
Camps membership the Camp may select.
Every member Of such detail must be In q uniform
belonging to himself or To the Camp.
vi. On the recommendation Of Inspeetor-C Gen
eral Marvin T. Hall, COMMUNICATIVE Chief L. j.
Webb has issued to the Colonel Of this Division
n special dispensaiion. authorizing him to make
and complete the annual inspection of this Division
between the dates Of March Is and April IS. The
preparation for this inspection which we intend
shall be full and complete. will commence early in
February, and essential TO the detail work will be
a new roster which must be issued by that date.
We will endeavor TO make this roster attractive in
design and accurate in ito contents To this end
II behOOves officers OF Camps for the ensuing year
to see that reports OF Installing Officers prompt
ly sent to Division Headquarters, as from these we
get the material for such roster.
XI. Camps % and ls7 were the first TO make
ports for quarter ending Dec. 81 $780, they having
been received by the same mail. Camps 123 and
90 were second to make said reports. In this
connection l want to say that Camps are
making said reports with unusual prOmptnesS,
and n large number Of them show very satisfactory
gains in membership. No. I4i comes In with G6
members, the largest membership Of any Camp
XII. H. A. Russell, Installing Officer OF Camp Ill.
and II. NJ. Ross. of Camp 81 are 10 be congratulated
for having sent into National Headquarters the first
Installing Officers reports received there this year
or course Kansas Division Is to be congratulated
upon her having brothers Of such promptaess.
XIII. Since Orders No II were issued, the follow
ing Camps have been organized: 30 at Colony
q at Liberty 2i2 At Iuica PA NJ Gardner; and the
following applications have been approved: 2l3
iAfDf NJ s1iaHcN AAt~ot nan
In this connection the Colonel desires to congratu-
late the SunfiOwer Division upon having organized
the greatest number Of Camps since the commence
meut OF Gen. Webb's administration as Com
mandeT in Chief, OF any Division in the Order;
while il stands second 10 New York at General
Headquarters a. TO number Of charter issued. Let
IL be known that seven OF New YOrk's charters
for Posts received bodily from the Post system
(which was glorious accomplishment. and that
only nine OF the l6 charters issued New York were
for new Camps organized, while all Of the Is issued
TO Kansas were for Camps newly organized
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