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HEADQUARTERS Dept OF S. d
GRAND ARMY OF REPUBLIC.
General Orders Nc. IL.

General Orders Nc. IL.
ABERDEEN, May 9Th, 1893.
1. The Tenth Annual Encamp.
ment of this Department will con-
vene in the Leslie Opera House, at
the City of Chamberlain, on Tuesday,
June 9th, 1893, at 8 o'clock p. m.
2. The Council of Administration
will meetin the room of the Assistant
Adjutant General, Taft Hotel, Cham
bcrlain, at 7o'clock p. M, Monday,
June 8, 1891. Department Headquar-
tiers will be established at this Hotel
on the same day.
3. The Chairman of Hotel Com
mtttee at Chamberlain is N. w.
Egleston, to whom communications
concerning entertainment may be adj
dressed. The rates at the several
hotels are scheduled as follows: Taft
and Wright, each, $3.50 per day:
Merchants, Commercial, and Findley,
each, $l.O0 per day.
4. The books of the Assistant
Quartermaster General will be closed
on May 9th. All acquisitions for
supplies must be received on or before
that date.
5. The Western Passenger Associa-
tioG has made a round trip rate of a
fare and one-flfth from all points in
South Dakota east Of the Missouri
river. 1t is a matter Of the keenest
regret to the Commander that the
Black Hills are not admitted into the
above arrangement. The reduction
is made yer the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern, the Chicago
and Northwestern, the Chicago, Mil
waukee s. st. Paul, and the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
railways. Delegates and all others
arc especially cautioned to ask for and
obtain certificates of the local agents
showing the purchase of one-way
or round trip tickets over each line to
be Travelled, since through tickets are
not everywhere sold, and it is not al
ways practicable for the various lines
to honor each others certificates.
Certificates thus procured must be
-countersigned by the Assistant Adult
ant General during the Encampment,
in order that the reduction may be
secured.
6. Journals of the Ninth Annual
Session of the Department Encamp-
ment, and spare copies of the Seventh
and Eighth Sessions thereof, together
with Journals of the Twenty-Sixth
National Encampment, and other
documents, will be distributed to the
several Posts during the forthcoming
Session, and Post Commanders, or
their authorized representatives
present, will call on the Assistant
Adjutant General for the same.
Z. In order to facilitate the bust
ness of the Encampment, and follow
ing the precedent established by the
National Encampments, the Depart
ment Commander hereby appoints
Comrades John Ackley assistant
Adjutant GENERALLY, 7. M. Shanafelt,
@. S. Deering, Joseph NJ. Greene and
w. v. Lucas.a Committee on Creden.
tials. The Committee will meet at
Headquarters at O'Clock a. m. sharp.
June 9th, to receive credentials,
check up the roll, and issue badges to
representatives who are properly Ger.
titled in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Order.
8. The Rules of Order adopted by
the National Encampment will, SC
far as the same are applicable, govern
this Encampment. Much valuable
time will bessaved if all contemplated
resolutions, ETC., r reduced to writ
ing before being brought to the atten.
tion o! the Encampment.
9. Attention is called to General
Orders No. 4, of the COMMANDMENT.
Chief, wherein donations are request
ed towards defraying the expenses OF
decorating the graves OF our comrade!
who lie buried in southern graves
The Commander-in- Chief directs tina,
Departments, Posts, and individuals
wishing to contribute money to this
purpose, to send the same to Quarter
!. master General John Taylor, Cit,
Hall, Philadelphia, Penn.
10. Comrades holding Departmental
positions, whether e~lectiveor appoin
tive, are requested to prepare full
written reports of their work during
the year, and to submit the same fol
the information of the Commander.
II. The Commander of McKenzi,
Post, No. "a, Chamberlain, will maxi
all necessary details for guarding tn,
approaches to the Encampment, int,
which no one can be admitted with
out giving the Department counter
sign.
l2. It is with great pleasure that tn
Commander is able to announce tina
General A. G. Weissert, Commander
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