The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-14
|HIRO EDITION.
*1sk SONS OF VETERANS.

- ANIMAL Encnmpment of Maryland
Division Convenes In this City yester-
aay--A Large Number OF Delegates
Present.
Maryland Division, Sons OF Veterans,
ppinprising the Camps in Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina.
South Carolina and the District OF
Columbia. convened in this city yes
ferday with about $50 delegates pres
snt- The headquarters are at the
Clayton House, but the business meet.
tngs are held at the headquarters of
Garfield Camp. No. .. in the hiarls
Building. Sixth and Shipley streets.
The officers of this Division IRE:
Commander. Robert W. Wilson, Balti-
more; senior vice commander John
. II. Harkins. Wilmington; junior vice.
commander. r. ID. Goodman. WASH
fngton; adiutnnt. Miles w. Ross, Bal
ttmore; quartermaster, II. Z. WRlms-
10y. Baltimore; surgeon. r. T. Walker,
Enston; chaplain. Il. Il. Sabold, Cherry
Hill; inspector. W. G. Whitley, Baiti-
more; Judge advocate. Edward Ailon,
Washington; mastering officer, I,os
coe q. White. Frederick; division ooun-
oil, Joseph v. White, Eastop; kober /
T. Barnes. Winfield; and Judd Malyin.
Washington.
The following are tho Camps IN
Maryland division, some OF which arc
not represented:
James A. Garfield. Ellsworth, Fort
Ellsworth. Farragut and Guy camps
Of Baltimore, Antletam Camp oil
Frederick, Thomas ii. Goldsborough
Cnmp OF Centrcy!lle, Colonel Robert
Bruce Camp OF Cumberland, John Me
Cauley Camp of Childs. Phil Sheridan
Camp OF Easton, Warren Camp OF For
rsst It'll, Abrams Camp OF North East,
Ayers Camp Of Winfield, john H..
: Reynolds Camp OF Emmittsbdrg, DIl.
lain Camp OF Street. Colonel Emory
Upton Camp of Annapolis, Slocuul
lamp OF Westminster Captain VIM. IL.
King Camp of Anucostia. Gen. John
A. Logan, Captain Andre Callloux,
Admiral John A. Dahlgren, Phil. Kear-
ney, Gen. Russell A. Ager, VIM. i.
Gushing. Geo. II. Thomas and Gen.
John q. Fremont camps of Wishing
ton; Garfield. U. s. Grant. John A.
Logan and VIM. Il. Sherman camps of
this city; Lincoln Camp of New Bsrne.
Hamilton Camp OF Hendersonville,
Geo. A. Geoghegan Camp OF Marshall,
David Hunter Camp OF Beaufort, Geo.
II. Thomas Camp OF Norfolk and
Grant Camp OF Eastviile.
"f Ab utitButtS uSSttlDltu hbOui
noon. and the business nioetiDg WIS
called to order at IL. ID O'Clock, with
all tho officers present except Senior
Vice Commander llarkins, who has
been indisposed for some time.
com mlttee on credentials was
appointed, comprising Miles W. Ross
oil Baltimore, Nj, V. Brown aud L. L.
Little OF Washington. Joseph N. Mason
OF Wilmington and Frank A. White
Of Easton. AT l2,40 recess was
txken.
Tho afternoon session began ut 3 81
o'clock. Committees wers Up, u.ntoL
on the officers reports, on resolutions
and on tho ritual.
Commander Wilson made a brief
report. In which facts from othel
reports were embodieJ. lie thanked
4 the division and his staff.
The report showed that the order Ii
( IN an excellent condition in tits Dlvis
Ion. A camp In North Carolina WIS
suspended during tho year anil not To-
tnstated. There aro SO camps in the
Division, with membership OF 100
showing gain OF 10 camps and oven
300 members. I lie receipts during the
year wero S965.sT. and Tho eSpentr
lures s74S2i, showing an increase oi
about 800 In the treasury.
Clayton Haynes KOci.ersperger, Of
Philadelphia, assistant inspeotor,gen
eral OF The national body. was present
and made nm excellent speech Oh thu
good OF the order,
The session adjournoi at o'clocl
until . O'Clock this Horn.nE. 49,.