The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-19

session of the g. A. r., ard thus far en-
campments have been held in the follow
ing cities: Indianapolis, twice; PhiIadel-
phia, twice; Cincinnati, Washington, Bos-
ton, twice: Cleveland, New Haven, Har-
risburg Chicago, Providence, Springfield,
Mass. Albany, Dayton, baltimore. Dem
yer, Minneapolis, Portland, Me-; San
Francisco, st. Louis, Columbus. o.. and
Milwaukee. The commandments
have been: Stephen A. Herbert. Of Ilii-
nois; John A. Logan, Of Illinois, three
years; A. z. Burnside, Of Rhode Island,
c4iusetts, two years; John +. Hartranft, of
Pennsylvania, two years; William Earn
shaw, of Ohio; Louis Wagner. Of Pennsyi-
vania; George s. Merrill, of Massachusetts:
Paul Vandervoort, of Nebraska: Robert h.
Beath, of Pennsyivania; John s. Kuntz,
Of Ohio; s. S. Burdett. of Washington
City; Lucius Fairchild, Of Wisconsin;
john r. Rae, of Minnesota; William War
ner, Of Missouri; RUSSELL A. Alger.- Of
Michigan; Wheeiock G. Veazey. of Yer
mont; John Palmer. of New York.
Today the membership of the 1000 posts
In the q. A. X. is fully 10000, and oil the
living great generals OF the war are counted
among these. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and Logan were among its earliest MEN,
bers.
The contest for the position of COM
mander-in-chief will again be spirited.
CALIFORNIA; favorite, Col. II. II. Warfeld,
has, perhaps, made the strongest canvass.
and IL looks at this juncture as though he
would be chosen He is a New York vet
eran, having enlisted in Rochester regi-
ment. He has served as department COM
mander OF California, and his efforts at
the Portland eneafnpment secured TO san
Francisco the encampment Of the follow
ing year.
Two events of more than ordinary in
terest will mark the encarapment OF 1892
rs of great importance. These are the
dwellings Of the Lafayette and the Antie-
tam monuments. The former is the gift
OF Lafayette post, of New York, and Com
mander Mills. Chauncey NJ. Depew and
Joel Erhardt, all members of this post,
will be the principal speakers. Congress
has appropriated 5000 for the dedication
ceremonies.
On Wednesday, the third day of the en-
campment, the Survivors Of the Fourth
New York, the weli.known First Scott
Life Guards" will unveil monument to
the memory Of the comrades who fell Sep
TENDER IL, 1862, at Antietam. 1t is being
erected in the rear Of the New York Sec
ton in the national cemetery at Antie-
tam, and it Is eleven feet high. 1t is of
light granite, and has appropriate in
scriptions on all sides. One of the plates
will contain the names of the thirty-six
heroes who fell in this battle. The cabinet
will take part in the dedication services of
the Lafayette monument.
There will be many interesting reunions,
and happily less confusion than at previ-
Gus encampments. This is due altogether
to the arrangement of the tents on what
will be reunion grounds, the White Lot.
Gen. Henderson, the senator from Ne
braska, has arranged for an interesting re-
union OF his regiment. the Nineteenth
Ohio regiment. Gen. Rosecfans led it
with the rest of his brigade in the battle of
Rich Mountain, the tirst real conflict of
the war.
Washington City will also be the scene
on September 20, Il. 22 and q, Of the
seventh national encampment of the
Union Veterans Union, Of which s. s.
Yoder is commander-in-chief. The parade
will take place Wednesday, and its ma
tional encampment will be held on the
following day in Harris theater.
National President Sue p. Sanders, Of
the National Relief Corps, says that the
ladies will have reunion and an encamp-
ment every whit as interesting as the
q. A. X. There is now e. relief corps in
every state in which the g. A. r. Is repre-
scented, and in almost every city. The
main interest in connection with the re-
lief corps centers, of course, in the selec-
ton OF officers for the ensuing year: New
York will present the name of Ellen NJ.
Putnam, the first president of the corps
organized in Buffalo. She was largely in
strumental in the establishment Of the
National Relief Corps Home, of Madison,
| o., and Is at present q members Of the ex-
ecutive committee.
Kansas will present the name of Mar
president of the National Corps. These
are. perhaps, the most prominent candi-
dates, and the contest for the presidency
will be between them. There is posi-