The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-10-27
SONS OF VETERANS.
News from the Various Divisions.
Elections of Officers, etc.
MASSACHUSETTS,.

MASSACHUSETTS.
The Adjutant's report for the quarter ending
June go 1892, shows. Number in good stand
ing March 80. 143 Camps 5,l05 members; gain
by organization and muster, Camps, IA
members gain by transfer. 80 members; gain
by reinstatement, 12S members. Aggregate,
146 Camps sos members. Lost Camps dis
banding 2 Camps. 81 members death, 8 men,
bers honorable discharge. 80 members trans
fer. 81 members; SUSPENSION, 2 Camps. 1893
members; dropped, 8 members. Total loss,
Camps, 511 members. Number In good stand
ing juno 30, 1892, 142 Camps, 5.197 members.
Division Commander Walter H. DeIano's
latest order contains these paragraphs:
Since the issuance of last orders the follow
ing changes in Camp officers have been made
C. w. Chamberlain, Captain Camp 70, North
Brookfeld, vice Charles l.. Dickinson. resigned
George S. Dickinson, First Lieutenant Camp
70, vice c. w. Chamberlain. promoted A. b.
Frost. Second Lieutenant Camp 70. vice George
s. Dickinson. promoted; A. b. Tyler, Second
Lieutenant Camp LOG, Charestown, vice w. o.
Oakman, resigned; Frank s. Lane, Captain
Camp "a, Gloucester, vice Charles +. Story, re-
signed; Thomas Connolly, First Lieutenant
Camp 40, Conway, Office having been declared
vacant by vote of the Camp.
In accordance with the vote Of the Division
Encampment held at Milford. June g g. 1892,
New England Convention: Division Com
mander Walter III. Delano, Sharon, Chairman {;
Past Col w. A. Stevens, Lowell; EX- Division
Insp. Chas. ID. Rooney, Winchester.
A few copies Of the Proceedings of the 10th
Annual Encampment Of the Massachusetts,
Division remain on hand at these Headquar
tiers. Brothers can procure copies of the sane
upon application to Adj't II. F. Williamson, in
closing sufficient amount to pay postage on
the same.
In accordance with the vote of the 10th an
nual Encampment of the Massachusetts Divis-
ion, S. of ", q. s. A., the Division Council at
a meeting held at the American House, Boston,
voted that the Massachusetts Division furnish
the flags for decorating the graves ION each
Memorial Day. of the Union soldiers who died
in Andersonvile Prison pen. This action is in
compliance with request made by Mrs. Liza
beth A. Turner, Past National Vice President,
W.R.C. In order to meet the expense of this
undertaking each Camp in the Division will
be called upon to contribute small amount of
money for that purpose.
In justice to Gen. ID. N. Couch Camp IS, of
Taunton aud in accordance with the inspect
ing officers report for said Camp, il should be
stated that this Camp received marking of 81
per cent. instegd Of 81 per cent, as given in the
report of the Division Inspector at the Diyis.
ion Encampment at Milford in June.
NEW YORK.
The 10 Camps to have their reports and tax
at these Headquarters first are here given in
the order of arrival: o. o. Howard Camp, 10,
Riverhead: Merriam Camp. SO, Syracuse; Col.
Alex. Piper Camp SO, Evans Mills; w. S.
Hancock Camp, 50. Moriah Center; VIM. A.
Wheeler Camp, 81, Dickinson Center; ID. San
derson Camp 21S. Prattsburg; E. K. Burnham
Camp, a. Newark; f. ID. Morgan Camp, 3OT
New York City; William L. C0wan Camp, IL,
Attca Jefferson Camp PA, Jefferson.
Captains, First Sergeants Quartermaster-
Sergeants, and all other officers of Camps are
directed by the Division Commander to at once
consult the Constitution, Rules and Regula-
TONS and Ritual to see if they are dischargjng
the specified duties of their Offices, including
the memorizing of ritualistic parts. plan is
being developed for securing at Headquarters
accurate information as to what Camp officers
are doing their work in accordance with the
laws and what officers are violators and subject
to discipline.
I'VE have started on the last quarter of the
year." says the Division Commander. How
many brothers will labor with me toward pre-
scnting the Commander-in-Chief a Christmas
present in the shape of the best report ever
coming from their Division? Every brother of
the Order will have opportunity to enlist.
Let him secure desirable-not undesirable
recruits, and aid in reinstating worthy brothers.
In every case of success send to the Division
name or the name of the reinstated. Your
Division Commander desires to know the
workers of the Order That postal card will
be priced by him as evidence of energy, faith
fulness and loyalty"
Division Commander w. s. Oberdorf reads
little sermon to certain officers in his latest
Orders. He says:
Through the stupidity or worse than care
lessness of First Sergeants and Quartermaster-
Sergeants some Captains are handicapped in
the discharge of their duties. Words too severe
cannot be uttered concerning subordinates
who, advanced to such positions of preferment,
faithless to their superiors, conspiring by their
acts-Or rather inaction-to repudiate his con-
idence, betraying his good name and prevent
ing a successful Camp administration, thus
give evidence that they hold their word of no
value, and are willing to sacrifice their sacred
honor, pledged at the time of muster and re-
affirmed in receiving the VOWS of office. Any
one from Captain to Picket Guard who can take
our obligations of muster and installation, and
then willfully neglect his duties either has not
the intelligence to comprehend the English
language, or false to his Captain, false to his
Camp and Order, false to himself, prizes his
word and honor so little as to almost remove
the distinction between himself and knavei
The Order does not contemplate that an office
shall be held by either fool or knave. Our
whole system dictates that the Division Com
mander shall hold Captains responsible for
Camps; but it also places methods within their
reach subdivision LIST or I'd of Section /, Arti
Gle VI, General Rules and Regulations, aud
Section of the same artcle) for securing COM
petent and faithful assistants. Exempification
of vows, not mere echoes of assent, is the de-
mand of the times"