Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-20

HOW THE WHITE LOT IS TO BE DOTTED WITH
TENTS ron THE VARIOUS ARMY coRPs HEAD
ouAsrERs-rLAN MAPPED PUr Br THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE.
Announcement is made Of important ar
rangements completed for perfecting the plan
Of corps reunions to be held at the G. A. r.
encampment. Col. McElroy is chairman of
the committee on reunions, which is composed
Of the following members arranged so that each
member is Q subcommittee representing an
army corps:
Cavalry corps, Army Of the Potomac, Gen. E.
W. Whitaker; first corps, W. 8. Odel; second
corps, o. D. Thatcher; third corps, A. H. G.
son; fifth corps, W. H. Mills; sixth corps, H.
NJ. Gilman; seventh corps, Gen. Cyrus Bussey;
eighth corps, Theo. F. Lang; ninth corps,
Thos. L. Swords; tenth corps, G.. NJ. Hustled;
eleventh corps, A. Won Haake; twelfth corps,
W. H. Webster; thirteenth corps, Gen. g. W..
fifteenth corps. Gen. G.. b. Raum; sixteenth
corps, d. F. MCGOWAN: seventeenth corps, Gen.
l.. L. Kirby; eighteenth corps, d. W. Hough-
ton; nineteenth corps, Gen. Dan MacCaulay,
twenty-second corps, @. H. Ingram; twenty
third corps, A F. Mcmillan; twenty-fourth
corps, G. E. Overton; twenty-ffth corps. Lewis
H. Douglass; sailors and marines, W. H.
Midrall; cavalry, western army, W. H. Lowder-
milk; colored troops, military division of the
Mississippi, Richard Henderson,; engineers.
Gilbert Thompson; quartermaster. A. G. Brent;
prisoners Of war, Maj l.. ?. Williams
1t is desired that comrades resident in this
city will organize into committees to assist in
bringing about the reunion Of the respective
corps in which they served. To this end they
are requested to meet at once and perfect their
organization. with the men above mentioned as
chairmen. The above committee will hold o
fiDn nfchf IN dot
ON WHITE LOT.
The White Lot will be the scene Of the re-
union. On this lot 500 tents Of various sizes
will be erected and assigned to the various
corps and their subdivisions, all Of the tents
for the same corps being close together. In
the center Of the open space surrounded by the
tents will be a tall flagstaff flying garrison
flag. The first circle Of tents surrounding this
will be large ones for corps headquarters The
and in rear of these other tents for regiments,
brigades, batteries, &c. The whole army and
navy will be classified rs follows:
First corps-Al those who served in the first
corps at any time from its organization in
March, 1862, and while it formed part of the
second corps in the last year Of the war.
Second corps-An those who served in the
second corps at any time.
Third corps-An those who served in the
corps at any time. including the time 1t formed
part OF the second corps.
Fourth corps-All members Of the fourth
corps Of the Army Of the Cumberland at any
time, including those who had previously served
in the twentieth and twenty-frst corps Of that
army prior to their consolidation into the fourth
corps.
Fifth corps-An who served in that organi-
cation at any time during its history.
Sixth corps-An who served in that corps at
any time.
Seventh corps-All who served west Of the
Mississippi and north of the Red rivers
Eighth corps-Including that corps and the
Army of West Virginia.
Ninth Corps-All who served in that corps at
any time.
Tenth corps-Al who served in that corps or
the department of the south.
Eleventh corps-An who served in that
corps.
Twelfth corps-An who served in that corps.
Thirteenth corps-An who served in the
corps as organized October "A, 1862, or at any
time thereafter.
Fourteenth corps-An who served in that
corps as organized October "a, 1862, or a. any
time thereafter.
Fifteenth corps-An who served in that corps
as organized December Is, 1862, or at any time
thereafter.
Sixteenth corps-All who served in that
corps as organized December IS, 1862, or at any
time thereafter. All the regiments which
served in the Army Of the Tennessee and were
not definitely assigned to any corps will be
assigned to the sixteenth corps. This includes
do garrison duty and protect lines Of commu-
nication.
Seventeenth corps--An who belonked to the
corps as organized December IS, 1862, or at
any time thereafter.
Eighteenth corps-All who belonged to the
corps organized December "a, 1852, or at any
time thereafter. This includes Peck's division
of the fourth corps Of the Army Of the Potomac
and all the troops in the department Of Virginia
and North Carolina.
Nineteenth corps-An who belonged to the
corps as organized January s, 1863, or at any
time thereafter. This includes all who served
at any time in the department Of the gulf
The twentieth corps will mean the CORDS as
organized April 4. 1864, by consolidating the
eleventh and twelfth CORPS and include all
those who served in that corps thereafter.
The place Of the twenty-irst corps has been
Cumberland, which will include all regiments
in the Army Of the Cumberland not definitely
assigned to any corps.
Twenty-second corps.-This will include all
troops occupying the defenses of Washington,
and all regiments, batteries &C., Of the Army Of
the Potomac which were not assigned to corps.
Twenty-third cOrps-This includes all who
served in that corps and the new Army Of the
Ohio, except the members Of the ninth corps.
Twenty-fourth corps-This will include all
who served in the corps as organized December
8, 1864, under command Of Gen Ord.
Twenty-fifth corps-This will include all who
served in the corps as organized December 8,
1854, or at any time thereafter. Msoall colored
troops east of the Allegany mountains.
The colored troops serving in the country be-
tween the Mississippi river and the Allegany
mountains will form an organization called the
"Colored Troops Of the Military Division of the
Mississippi"
The cavalry corps. Army Of the Potomac
This will include all the cavalry in the Army Of
the Potomac.
Cavalry corps. western army-This will in
clude all the cavalry in the armies Of the Ohio,
Cumberland and Tennessee.
Navy-This will include all who served afloat.
either on the Atlantic, the gulf or the Missis-
sippi
Artillery corps, Army of the Potomac-This
will include all those in the Army Of the Potomac
who served in the artillery.
Engineers-This will include all those who
served in the engineers signal service, az scouts
or spies as telegraphers. on military railroads,
DC. Each Of these services will be grouped to-
gether under its own chairman.
1t Will be at once suggested that there are
numerous crossing Of lines in this classification,
which is true and was unavoidable It will oc-
caslon no trouble. however, for each regiment
which served in more than one corps or army
can select which one it will meet with.
1t is expected that each comrade upon arriv-
ing in Washington will go directly to his CORPS