The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-19
THE G.. A. X. NCAlPMENT.

| To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Please publish the following general
orders relative to the Grand Army of the
Republic in tomorrows' issue of the EAGLE
at the request of Garfield Post.
II. STEWART.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS !
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
TOPEKA, Kan, May IL, 1892.
| General Orders. No. 8.
/. The tweuty-sixth national ecamp-
ment. Grand Army of the Republic, will
be held in the city of Washington, Septem-
Der 20-22 inclusive. The business head
quarters of the department of Kansas will
be in the city hall The department COM
mander and staff will be quarteered at the
Hotel Oxford.
2. Portions of two large public school
| buildings have been secured, 10 be used as
| barracks by the comrades free OF charge.
Cots furnished in these buildings and sup
| piled with mattress, pillow and comfort,
may be had for the entire encampment at
! a cost of 81 IS each. 1t is the intention of
the local committee in Washington to
erect temporary quarters for such of the
comrades as may not be otherwise provld-
! ed for free OF charge.
g. The comrades of this department
temporarily residing in the city of Wash
| ington have generously offered to furnish
a suitable building for W. r. c. head
| quarters and the use of ali visiting ladies
from Kansas who wish to occupy 1t. free
! OF cost, 1t is hoped that arrangements
may be perfected by which parties charter
ing cars may have the same slde-tracked
| in Washington to be used for loding pur-
poses during the encampment.
| 4. Comrades should be careful to refrain
| from taking any cum bersome baggage and
avoid checking whenever practicable.
! 5. The annual reunion of the depart
ment will be held in the city of Wichita,
August 1920, inclusive. This reunion
will be conducted under the management
of local committee of forty-four. Jointly
with the department commander
and staff. The net proceeds will be
| paid into the department treasury.
An ample guaranty fund has been sub
scribed by the patriotic citizens of WIch-
| ita, and the enthusiastic spirit manifested
generally in regard TO the undertaking,
| gives assurance of the most successful re-
union ever held in the department. APP
| plication has been made for reduced rates
! to this reunion, as well as to the national
! emcampment, the result of which will be
announced in future orders.
g. All reunion associations requested to
| forward to these headquarters the dates
selected for their reunions before decid-
| ing upon and publishing the same. The
dates thus forwarded will be compared
with other dates fixed, and ii there is a
| conflict the parties will be Immediately
notified so that other dates may be Sc
| lected and conflicting reunions avoided as
| far as possible.
T. IL is the duty of each post to select q
post inspector and forward his name to
the assistant inspector general. Il. IL.
Downing of Wichita, Kansas. Such post
Inspector after he has properly inspected
his post, will make out his report on
blanks furnished to post adJutants from
these headquarters for this purpose, and
when his report is completed he VIII for
ward the same direct to the A. l. q. These
blanks will be forwarded, with others, TO
post ad iutants about June l.
8. The semi-annual reports of the post
adjutant, quartermaster and surgeon
are due at these headquarters on
July ]; also the per capita tax of l215 cents
on each member in good standing. These
reports should be made out immediately
after the last meeting in June, and when
completed should be placed in one return
envelope with the Tax, and forwarded TO
the assistant adJutant general. This
should be promptly attended to, because
the consolidated reports Of this department
are due at national headquarters on July
20, and if posts are delinquent, the depart
ment will De also. Post commanders will
see that these reports are made out and
sent forward prior to July l. The blanks
will be sent forward to ali posts in this de-
partment for these reports the first week
in June
9. Proper application having been
made, the name of Miles Hart post, No.
1884, this department., is changed to Maple
City post No. 334. by which name 1t VILE
be hereafter known and designated.
10 The proceedings, findings aud SEN
tence of the court martial in the case OF j.
NJ Jared of Post No. 40, department of
Kansas, e. A. r., having been reviewed
by the department commander, are hereby
approved and the said j. NJ. Jared Is dis
honorablv discharged from the Grand
Army of the Republic.
II. Captain d. l.. Hardy. late of Co. NJ,
First Colorado cavalry, or any other menu
Der of that company in this department is
requested to write to Asa Griffin, Wichita,
Kan, care of DR.. NJ. S. Rochelle.
II Information Is wanted of Cyrus Nor
ton Cutler, Co. F, Twenty second Massa-
chusetts infantry and battery Z, First
New York artillery, by A. ID. Cutler, OF
George II. Thomas post No. 2, department
of California, San Francisco, Cal.
H. The following named comrades are
hereby appointed color bearers, whose
duty il shall be to carry the national and
department colors at the head OF the Kan
sas column in the grand parade in Wash
ington at the twenty-sixth national en-
campment:
E. Bsne, Post No II, Hutchinson.
d. 2. Marshall, Post No 15S, Arkansas
City.
a The following named comrads are
hereby appointed aides de-csmp on the
staff Of the department commander, and
will be respected and obeyed accordingly:
Lawrence Wilson, post No. |, Topeka.
+. J. Turner, post No 290. Hoxie.
r. ID. Gardner post No. 100, Manhattan.
w. w Martin, poet g. Fort Scott.
John g. Birchtield, post No. 81, Emporia.
John NJ. Martin, post No. %, Wichita.
William Stewards, post No, 294, Dodge
City.
John Sollars, post No. &c. Cedar Vale.
G. NJ. Foulks, post No. /, Topeka
George Mckenzie, post No. AZ, Mime
apolis.
c. w. Reich, post No. 80 Eurek
+. e. Moore. post No Il, Topeka.
l.. L. Blake, post No 2tl, Peoria.
By order of
ALBERT X. GREENE, Dept Com'r.
A. B. CAMPBELL, Asst Adj Gen.