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AdiutaDt-General.

Colonel f. b. Gray. Acknowledgement. is
so we'll known in nearly every department
of the order as TO hardly need more than q
passing mention. His keen eyes. ever
pleasant face and jovial big-heartedness
are familiar TO a majority of the members
OF the Grand Army. He was one of Wis.,
consin's first movers in defense of the
country's flag. which none love more dear
ly than he. On April 10 1851. he recruited
company G of the Fourth Wisconsin Regi-
ment. in the city of Sheboy gan. was COM
missioned captain of the company April p,
and went with il into the service, remain
Ing until April 10. 1862. when he was dis-
charged for disability. at Ship Island.
Miss. where his regiment was engaged in
Buffers expedition against Now Or
leans, ard returned home. But
the spirlt of war for the Union
was in him. He recuperated his health.
aud on Aug. 80, 1862. was commissioned
major and again went TO the front with
the Twenty eighth Wisconsin. June 16.
1858. he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,
was made colonel of the regiment March
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Hon. Robert Henry Cochran. OF Toledo.
o.. lawyer. Judge and railroad president
was born in Belmont county. Ohio. in May,
1883. His great grandfather was . soldier IN
the Revolution. being killed by Indians at
Wheeling. West Virginia. in 17S2. His
maternal grandfather was a soldier in the
war of 1872 Patriotism continued q distinc-
tive characteristic of the family. as Judge
Cochran and SIX brothers were IN the Union
army. He was graduated from Richmond
College. working his way throug h teaching
and farming. and began The study Of law
in 1857. In 1850 he was admitted 10 the bar.
but OH the breaking out of the war enlisted
as q private. in August. 1851. in the Fiji
teenth Ohio Volunteers. A mcnth later he
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Chanlain-in-Chief

in Cherry Valley. N. Y. in 1886. In the
early part OF 1864 he enlisted In the One
hundred first New York Vol
unteers, and joined his regiment. which
was in the Sixth Corps. Army of the Po-
tomac. In one of the charges upon the
works about Petersburg Chaplain Lowell
went over the works and captured a Geor-
gia major. At Sailors Creek. April6. 1885.
six bullets passed through the chaplain n 8
clothing. one shattering his right arm.
With wonderful nerve he went back to his
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Senior Vice Commander.

r. II. Warfield. of California. senior vice
commander-in-chief,w was born~in the city
OF New York. juno Is. Is45. ffs was a
student in the University at Rochester n.
Y. when the war broke out. bnt was
deemed too young TO enlist. In ISde. how
ever. he joined the Fiftieth New York Vol.
unteeTs tenRineersl as a private wiki other
students. He soon displayed such soldier
ly qualities that he was promoted step by
step to the position OF first lieutenant
His regiment saw all the service of the
Army of the Potomac from 1863 until Lees
surrender. In 1876 he went To California
and became cashier of hank ar
deaiosouryi lie was eminentE sue
some time since by becomint, the
landlord OF the Baldwin Hotel X, san
Francisco. where he has been attdnded bv
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the State, and for his services In this re-
spect this organization made him senior
post colonel of this State He has been in
active business ever since muster out of
service, many years as druggist
and now as manufacturer and dealer
in surgical instruments-one of largest
IN this country. He always has shown
active interest IN public affairs and has
served the public as assessor of internal
revenue. May or of the city of Terre Haute
officer of the Indiana Legion and trustee
of the State Normal School. Outside of
his family his greatest love is for his COM
rades ana brothers IN the soldier organIza-
tlone and his greatest pride ia that he is
entitled TO wear the trinity of lnsignias of
the Grand Army. the Loyal Legion and of
the Sons of Veterans OF the United States
of America.
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COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

Sketches of the Comrades Who Constitute
It's Most ImDortnnt Committee
Next to the national officers in the impor.
lance of Its duties is the National COunc il
of Administration. which is made ND of
one member from each Department. The
present Council is as follows:
Alabama-J. c. Miller.
AriZona-H. Il. LighthiZcr.
Arkansas-IOgan Roots.
Caifornia-N. ID. Oyly.
Colorado and Wyomiug-G. W. Barker.
Copnccticut-ThomasI |. Gill.
Delaware-Mles Il. Fowler.
Florida-George w. Lewton.
Georgia-HeDry Burns.
IdahO-G. l. shoup.
Illinois Henry s. Dietrich.
Indiana-W. III. Armstrong.
Indian Territory-R. IL. Masters
Iowa-L Il. Raymond.
Kansas-Edmund Il. Jones.
Kentucky-JOnathan McKelvey.
Louisiana and Mississippi-H.C {. Yarmouth.
Maine-Edwin e. MIllken.
MARYLAND John T.. Hough.
Observation-Disclosures VI. Olin.
Michigan-J. o. Bellair.
Minnesota-C. e. Edwards.
Missouri-L. T.. Carter.
Montana Lester 5. Wilson.
Ncbraska--John Barshy.
New Hampshire-O w Baldwin.
New Jersey-Benj. Murphy.
New MeXico-W. VI. Berger.
New York-Theo. feldstein.
North Dal1ota-E. s. Miller.
Ohio-R. III. Cochran.
Oklahoma-Thomas Seward.
Oregon--D. G. Sherman.
Pennsylvania-A. Il. Burchfield.
POtonac-Dan. A. GrosyenOr.
Rhode Island-Henry C. Luther.
South Dakota-S. ii. Jumper.
Tennessee-W. III. Nelson.
Texas-Dayid MaeKay.
Utah-C. o. Farnsworth.
Vrrmont-S. W. Cummings.
Virginia and North Carolina-D r. Wilson.
Washington and Alaska. :. Brown.
West yirginia-C. w. Hart.
Wisconsir-Rufus b. Smith.
The whole council is convened but once
q year, but from il 10 selected an executive
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Chairman dietrich.

Henry s. Dietrich. chairman of the exc
cntive committee of the Council of Admin
istratioD. was born IN Detroit. Mich, IN
March. 1871. but made Chicago his home In
1855. He enlisted in the first company or
gained in Chicago. after the frin0 on
Sumpter. being then seventeen years OF
age. AS soon as the three months enlist
ment was over. with unGaunteG zeal. he
enlisted for three years in the Nineteenth
Illinois Volunteers the same regiment of
which Ex-Governor Chase was member.
He served his three years and was mus
tered out eight months before he became
of aye. lie was In oil OF the canpsikns
in which his regiment participated.
Comrade Dietrich BECAME actively ldenu-
fieG with the Grand Army soon after It's
re- Organization In Illinois, and has been
al untiring and effective worker. lie Is
post commander OF l.. :. Grant Post, oil
Chicago. post senior department coIa-
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and was for over fifteen years an active
member of the Iowa National Guard. re-
signing last year as Heutensnt-oolonel
Of the Sixth Regiment In Grand Army
matters he has been prominent for many
years. having been commander of his post.
O member of the encampment council of
administration. and for the past two years
chairman of the committee on soldiers
home. appointed by the department COM
manher. He was the originator and prime
mover in the adoption of the cottage
plan" at the Marshalltown home. and 1t
was largely owing to his efforts that the
measure became law. Col. RAYMOND is
about fifty-hvo years old, and has resided
in Iowa twenty-eight years.
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A. Il. Burohfield.

Comrade A. T. Burchfield was born in
Pitrsburg. Pa. In January. 1874; enlisted as
private in the One-hundred- and-twenty-
third Pennsylyauis Volunteers IN August.
1852. and was discharged at the close OF the
war as sergeant lie saw much real service
and participated in the battles OF Ante
tam. fredericksburg and Charlottesville.
He Joined Post IS. of Allegheny City. IN
1879 and later Post l62. He was senior vice
commander of the department of Pennsyl-
national encampments in Portland san
Francisco. Milwaukee, Detroit and Michi-
gan. He was chosen member of the conn
Gil of administration in 1892 and appointed
on the executive committee by Com
mander-in-chlef Weissert lie is a MEM
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worth's Zouaves. composed of amateur
gymnasts. He succeeded to the command
of the company. and took it into the Tween.
ty-second New York Volunteers. of which
COmrade Brown was made Lieutenant
colorel. He served in the Army OF the
Potomac during 1868 and 1854 with distinc-
ton In 1850 be became a member of John
A. Dix Post OF New York. III 1854 he or
ganlzed James Monroe Post. and was it's
commander five successive terms. He was
nid-de-camp on the staff of Past Com
mander-in- chiefs Warner. Veazey and
Palmer. Colonel Brown is one of the Wig
orous and influential members of the
Grand Army In New York. He has been
highly successful IN business. and by his
energy aud tact has accumulated a hand
some fortune. and can count his friends in
the Grand Army by hundreds.
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eral and chaplain-in-chief are elected by
the National Encampment. The adjutant-
general. quartermaster-g general. judge ad-
vocste-general. inspector general and oil
the committees are selected by the COM
pander-in-chief. The members of the
national council of administration are
selected by department. delegations. and
the executive committee of the council of
administration is selected from the council
By the commander-in-chief. The national
officers at the present time are as follows:
COMMANDMENTS hief-A. @. WEIssERT, Mil
Senior Vice Commander-fn-chief-R II. WAR
HELD. San Francisco, Cal
Junior Vice Commander-in-chief-PETE b.
AYARs. Wilmington, Del.
Conn.
Chaplain-in- chiet-D. r. LOWELL, Port Riley.
Kan.
Adjutant-ge general e. b. GRAY. Milwaukee,
Wis.
Quartermaster general-LoUIs WAGNER, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Judge advocate general - JAMES TANNER,
pector-general-GEo. L. GooDALE, Boston.
Mass
Assistant Adjutantgeneral-J L. BENNETT,
Chicago.
sentative soldier of the volunteer forces
and o prominent member of, the Wilwau-
kee bar. He was born Aug. z. 1874. at Cam
ton. Stark county, Ohio. He removed with
his parents to Racine. Wis. when
six years old There be gradu-
ated from the high school. and later grad
uated from the University of Michigan.
with the degree of l.. l.. B. A year pre-
vious to entering the army he pursued his
studies in New York. He enlisted in Com
pany X. Eighth Wisconsin Infantry. Sept.
10. 1861. month after he was seventeen
years old. He had frequently offered has
services prior to that time TO the govern
ment and had as often been reiected. be-
cause of his youth and stature, being ap-
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or which be became a member in 1850. In
$50 the firm name was changed 10 Randall,
Goodale IL Co. He became Il member OF
the L. L. Lawrence Post. of Medford.
Mass. and In 1879 was its commander, be-
ing reelected in 1880 and 1851. During his
term the post became one of the
best III Massachusetts. He was captain
In the Massachusetts militia In 1882. lie
was department. commander of Massachu-
sets In 1883. and was chairman of the ex.
ecutive committee of the National En-
campment when held in Boston. The In
spector.geDeral Is man of unusual execu-
tive capacity which hes made his service
on the staff of the commanJer-In-cbiefo of
the hiphest yaIue
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county. Iowa. where he
has been for over a
quarter of a century q
ne wspaper editor and
publisher. and is at
present postmaster OF
his town. He has held
several important OIL
cial positions. and his
paper. The Franklin
County Recorder. Is
known throughout the
State as one of the
leading ana most in
fluential papers. he
served IN O Wisconsin
Regiment in the ia
yuoua "Irop Rrtunde ~
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days before Lees surrender. On that day
he was IN command of the regiment and
was SO severely wounded In the left arm
that amputatiOn was necessary. He wears
one of "the empty sleeves" and may well
be proud of his record. Since the war be
has resided most the time In Wilmington.
having been q letter-carrier for thirteen
years. and tho past three years deputy col
lector of customs. Captain Ayers's great
grandfather served ak years in a New
Jersey regiment during the war of the
revolution.
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Surgeon General.

DR.. William Z. Vile. of Danbury, Conn.,.
the surgeon general. is one of the veterans
now who got into the service as mere boys,
enlisting when fifteen years of age. in the
Northumberland New York Volun-
teers in 1862. He was two years in active
service. Gettysburg being his first baltic.
after which he marched with Sherman to
the sea. At the close of the war DR.. Vile
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was promoted to first lieutenant. He
served with distinction as adjutant nod
commander of 8 battalion, bat for the
most part as q division staff officer.
At tho battle of Stone River his
horse was killed under him. and
thereafter as recognition of his gal
lantry. he was recommended 20 President
Lincoln for a commission In the regular
army. but failing health compelled blm 10
resign. Retiring from the field. Judge
Cochran resumed the practice of the law.
and was emInently successful. lie was for
four years a Judge IN West Virginia. but de-
clined a reelection. In 1871 he was ap-
pointed general counsel of the Wheeling ~
Lake Erie Railroad Company; in May.
1880, was the managing director; after.
wards. he was president. and is now pres-
dent of the Wheeling Bridge aud Terminal
Railroad Company. and an active Darticl-
pant In the management OF other roads
In this connection no became the most con-
spicuous citizen of Wheeling. In 1857
Judge Cochran removed to Toledo, .. tie
has been member of the G.. a. X. from
the fret and has filled many Responsible
positions He Is man of high public
spirit. worker gifted orator and thor
oughlY equipped man OF affairs. HIS college
recently conferred upon him the degree OF
LII. ID. He is n member of the executive
committee of the council of administers
ton.
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Judge Advocate General.

Corporal Tanner" the judge-advocate-
general, is 80 we'll known to all the veter-
ans and people generally as to not need q
formal introduction. He was one of the
first to respond to the call of President
Lincoln and while a corporal In q New
York regiment had his military career cut
short by a rebe! shot. which deprived him
of both his legs. Most men would have
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his usual success. Colonel Warfield il
member of George Ii. Thomas Post. of Cal
ifornIa and - an active member of all sol
der organizations. including the Loyal
Legion. lie has been comm ander of the
Department of California. He was q mem
Der OF the staff OF Governor Waterman. end
has been prominent In the Masonic and
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regiment wading the creek 10 his armpits
After laying n night among the dead and
severely wounded. his arm was amputated.
and he was removed TO Washington. where
he recovered after a long illness. The war
over. Comrade Lowell resumed his
atudies and graduated from the
Washington University in 1873, and
subsequently, took course in
the Boston Theological school. He sub
eeaucntly had charge of several large
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churches in the Last. and was honored
with the degree of ID. ID. in 1885. The
chaplain joined Lew Benedict Post In
Albany. \. Y. in 1874. and has boon an
active Grand Army man. He Is u chaplain
in the United States army, being stationed
at Fort Riley. Kan. lie IS d very red-hot
sort OF d veteran
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II. G. Lnfhpr.

Comrade II. c. Luther. of the executive
committee of the council of administration,
was born IN Scituate. X. J.. in 1881. and
early in life began 10 follow the seas as ON
occupations but being married IN 1857. he
engaged in the lspidary industry. During
the winter of ls6l-62 he sold out his busi-
ness and enlisted IN the navy in Fobru-
AIRY. 1861. serving in the Gunboats Penob-
scot and Sonoma until the sor,ng of 1884,
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committee, which meete several times dur
ing the year as desired by the commander
in-chIef. The following - the executive
committee: Henry ;. Dietrich. 80 la Sale
street. Chicago: l.. b. Raymond. HAMPTON.
Ia: VIM. IL. Armstrong Indianapolis. lnd.;
ii. {. Luther. Providence. Il. l.: a. i.
Rurchheld. Pittsheld. Pa: II. III. Cochran,
Toledo, o.; Jonathan McElvey, LOUISVILLE.
Ky
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Third Massachusetts,. and served in the
North Carolina campaign OF lSb2-U5.
w hen his term of service expired he was
offered captains comm! ssion IN another
regiment. but was compelled 20 dec line
on account of loss of health. AT the close
OF hlo service hs was employed IN the ship
chandlery house of Joseph NIckeIson " Co..
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other orders. The senior vice-cummander-
in-chIef inherited his military yalOr. The
Wnrfeids came to Maryland with Lord
Baltimore, in 1857. aud the family fur
nished several men TO the patriot cause In
tie revolution, one being u captain. Ills
grandfather was in the war of 1912, serving
with conspicuous gallsntry az Lundy's
with Seoef
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Insprctor-GeneraI.

George L. GoodaIe. of Boston. inspector
general. was born in Lowell. Mass, in
1874. He enlisted In March. 1SG2. when
eighteen years of age, but was not ac-
cepted. as'no troops were wanted. He sub.
sepuently became member Of the Forty
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Assistant Acknowledgement.

j. l.. Bennett. Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
eral on the staff of the Command der. in chief,
was born in Manchester. VT. in November,
1916 but lived In Wisconsin at the outbreak
OF the war. He enlisted in February, 1852.
when but few months over fifteen years
of age, and served till June. 1865. He en-
listed in the Nineteenth Wisconsin. was
transferred Id 1864 to the Sixteenth Wiscon.
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Il S.D,eTRlcA.

mander. declining an election as depart
ment commander. and has been three years
member of the National Council of Ad-
ministrntion. Comrade Dietrich has been
in the real estate business for years in
Chicago, and therein has been highly sue
cessful. He is one of the strong. practical
men in the National organization.
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Senior Aid-ie-CanlD.

Daniel S. Brown. senior aid-de.camp on
the staff of the COMMUNICATIVE chief. was
born in New York city. in April. 1888. Be.
fore the war he was a member of mill
tary company which was @ rival of Els
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when nc wRs discharged for disability.
Upon the recovery of his health be re-
sumed his former business IN Providence.
IL. ]. He Joined SlOcum Post OF Rhode ISL
and. IN le6l. and has been an active mem
Der every since. being Ifs commander ga
$50. lie has been a member OF the council
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CRANDARMYLEADERS
Communicating Chief WeiSSert and
the Men Comprising His Staff.

The Services They Rendered the Repub-
lie i'm Its Time of Trial, and What
They Have Done for the G. 4. Il.
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l.. Is. Raymond.

L. b. Ray mond. the member of the ma
tlonal council of administration for Iowa.
is now serving his fourth term SIS a member
of that body, and his third as one of the
executive committee thereof. Colonel
Raymond resides at Hampton, franklin
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Der of the wholesale dry goods house OF
Joseph Home * Co.. Pittsburg. and IL u
successful business man and a prominent
citizen. being vice president of the Western
Pennsylvania Exposition Society and dIrec-
tor of the Chamber of Commerce.
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COUNCIB OF ADMINISTRATION
The Pension Committee and That
on the Rank and File Monument.
Men Whose Unsullied Records, in War
and in Peace, Prove Them Brave
Soldiers and Good Citizens.

S AT PRESENT Or
ganized the officers of
the National Encamp
ment, with tae staff of
the commander-in-chIef,
the national council of
administration and the
standing committees,
constitute in fact the
national executive de-
partment of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
L he commander in =
chief, the senior vice.
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Jonathan NIcKelvey.
Comrade Jonathan Mckelvey. of the
executive committee Of the council OF adj
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executive committee for three years. lie
10 a member of the board of managers of
the Rhode Island Soldiers Home. and he
writes that he is an ardent Republican"
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The whole council Is convened but once
q year, but froI IL ls selected an executive