The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-23
GRAND ARMY MEN MEET.
THE DEPARTMENT OF GEoRGIA's
ANNUAL ENCANPAfENT.


Charleston Senior Vice Department
Commander for I991-The Ander-
sonville Prison Property-The Camp
Fire at the Marshall Last Night
The Grand Army Department Eucamp-
ment for Georgia. which includes Georgia
and South Carolina, assembled in annual
session at the post room OF w. S. Hancock
Post, in Knights of Pythias hall, yesterday
morning.
The most Of the delegates arrived by the
early morning trains. aud the encampment
convened Immediately after the meeting OF
the Council Of Administration.
The first business of the encampment was
the appointment of the credentials commit
tee, consisting Of Assistant Adjt. Gen.
T. F. Gleason aud Comrades r. E. Mans
field Of Post No. :, and J. H. Renard of
Post No. T.
The committees report, as printed In the
MORNING NEWS Of Wednesday, was con-
frmed. a call of the roll showed forty
present out of total of dfty-three enti-
tied to sit in the encempment.
The following committees were then ap =
pointed:
On Reports of Department Oficers-J.
r. Lewis past depa tine commander; Wa
w. DeHavem, T. Z. &. No. 5; c. Il. Van
MUSE. s. V. e. No. 3.
On Resolutions-A. z. Sholes, past S. V.
d. c. Ira II. Swarz, P. P. C. No. Il Robert
Smalls, delegate No. 9.
On Andersonville Matterz-C. T. Watson
j. V. D. c.; II. Burns, C. Of A. r, f. Mans
field, assistant inspector general
The reports of department officers were
then submitted and referred to the commit
tees.
THE OFFICERS FOR 1891.
The encampment then proceeded to the
election of officers as follows:
Department Commander-A. E. Sholes
OF Augusta Post No. 2.
Senior Vice Department Commander
James o. Ladd, Robert Anderson Post No
z, of Charleston.
Junior Vice Department Commanders.
D. Crawford, f. s. Jones Post No 5, of
Macon.
Medical Director-Dr. John w. Stone of
o. M. Mitchell Post No. l, OF Atlanta
Chaplain-Willlam Pease OF w. s. Han
cock Post No. 3, of Savannah
Council OF Administrations. G. Kimball
of Atlanta, Robert Smalis of Beaufort,
George #. Swartz of Augusta Moulton
Emery of Charleston and W. H, Dsvlin Of
Savannah.
Delegate 10 Next National Eucamp ment
At Detroit. Aug. 5-W. NJ Scott Of Atlanta :;
alternate, H. Burns of Macon.
TALLAPoosA THE NEXT PLACE
Tallapoosa was selected as the next place
OF meeting.
At $50 o'clock the encampment took a
recess for dinner until $3.50 o'clock, but was
not called to order again until o'clock, at
which time the committee on AnderSonYille
matters reported that the memorial COM
mittee had collected and disbursed $2076 SO,
and that the hoard of trustees for Ander-
nxyili md
Sill, both Of which reports were approved.
The committee on the reports of depart
ment officers recommended that the law be
enforced against dilatory posts; that per
capita tax be paid by posts semi-annuailY;
that the thanks Of the department be ten-
dered l.. Coe Youn &. past department con-
mander, New York, for services: that the
titles to the Andersonville property be at
once made to the department of Georgia in
Its corporate capacity, aud the board of con-
troll be approved and continued as constitute
ed, with authority to fill vacancies that may
occur between sessions of the department
encampment; that the per capita tax of
Blue Ridge post be RENTED TO Jan. /, 1891
that department banner be procured, and
concluded by commencing the assistant
adJutant general, the assistant quarter
master general and medical director for
their full and explicit reports, and recon-
meading that the thanks Of the encamp-
Inent be rendered them for their faithful
services, all OF whichI was adopted by the
encampment.
THANKS FOR KANSAS ALLIANCEMEN.
The committee on resolutions submitted
resolutions thanking the farmers alliance
OF Kansas for donation of 500 for Ander-
sonville; another changing the name of
Andersonvile stockade property TO Ander-
sonville prison property, and third refer
ring an application for charter from the
Beecher Association of Charleston to the
incoming council of administration, all of
which were adopted.
"A resolution was also adopted asking
COMMANDMENTS Chief Veazey to indorse and
recommend the application of the DEPART
ment for funds to improve Andersonville.
The encampment then proceeded to the in
STALE ton of officers as above, with the
following additions:
Assistant adjutant general, A. Guiton of
Augusta assistant quartermaster general
Deland Piper of Augusta.
1t was ordered that the new administra-
ton issue general order thanking the 1893
post donors to the Andersonville fund, and
that copy be sent to each. The depart
nlent encampment for 1881 was then closed
in form.
THE CAMP FIRE.
at 10 o'clock last night Comrade NJ. Fl.
Ray sounded the bugle call for supper, and
eAo SAA NObSA auo Acil All dTOuOu the liable.
which was laid in the shaps of a horseshoe.
AT the head sat Past Post Commander T. f.
Gleason, and on his right
was Past Department Commander David
Porter and on the left the
newly-elected Department Commander A.
u. Sholes Among others present were
Capt. J. G. Mitchell and Chief Engineer j.
I. Upper of the United State1 revenue
cutter Boutwell,, Senior Vice Department
Commander J. O.. Ladd Of Charleston.
Junior Vice Department Commander l. ID.
rector J. w. Stone of Atlanta.
Chaplain William Pease, Past Department
Commanders j. r Lewis of Atlanta and
J.. Coe Young of New York, Post Com
manders c. E. Rainier Of Charleston. s. C..
Thomas Kirke of Atlanta, Eugene Ybane7
of Savannah, Comrades A Bolsius, w. M.
Scott, J. C. Kimball and l. NJ. Swarta
Of Atlanta M. G. Emery, r. e.
Mansfield and W. E. Smith Of
Charleston, G. w. Morrill,, Phi. Holdings
fielder, w. w. DeHaven and Harry Burns
of Macon, J. II. Rinard of Tallapoosa
Webster Young Of Farragut Post Naval
Veterans of New York, and Comrades
Beckett, Daily, Lehwald, Pascal, Devlin,
W. II. Cole, Gray. Ostringer, Van
MUSE, Jones, Emory, DeChrist, Davis
Birch, Park, Stockett, Bates, George Cole
Gillespie and Fish.
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