The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-05
HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN.

HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN.
Good Results of The New Commandments
Chiefs Efforts
Immediately after the beginning Of The present
Administration, the Chief nd
dressed n personaI letter, given below, TO all the
Past Department Commanders known to he IN
good standing in their Posts TO the number of 800,
asking their assistance and active cooperation in
helrina TO revive Interest In the GA L. 10 replen-
fish the ranks with The dropped and suspended
members and TO undertake sach other work Tor
thc Order A. t!ley could tni 10 do;
DEAR STR AND CoMRADE: You have been De-
parimen, Commander. and therefore Your relations
TO The Order such TO wHrTaiit me ia address,
ing Won ibis note No one should have more iBfu-
ence with The veterans in or out of The Order Than
those who ere Past Department Commanders.
In yonr Department aud vicinity There arc many
eligible eS-soidiers who shonid be brought INTO
our ranks VIII you earnestly exert yonrseii 10
shis end EndeGyor to stimulate q rl9iit sllliit i
Ire Posts and a disposition on the part OF those
who are not members 10 come in and join our
Association.
60 time please communicate these Headquarters
and il will lie the endcavor OF the present Adihl'is-
trsion to assist YOU III binding mp TIE ofdef dir
ing the coming year VIII you make known Your
efforts To help in ibis undertaking aud The progress
you make in ifs accomplishment?
have the honor 10 be fIaiarnaily yours.
A. q. WEfssERT.
Commander-iI-Ciief
20 this letter nearly ali have responded assuring
him of hearty cooperation and not only of Iiifir
willingness, but determination 10 work earnestly
for the good of the Order.
A lsrge number of Aids-deCamp have been
commissioned and The folio wing letter addressed Ia
Them Almost the whole number have responded
with promises TO undertake such work rs is posi-
bic for The benefit of The Order In their several
localities.
MyDrAR SIR AND CoMRADE: The Commander
,n-Chief has appointed you AN Abide Camp on his
staff. BY his direction have the honor 10 request
that you will acknowledge the receipt OF this
note aud give your full name and address you
desire to have them appear in the commission.
On receipt of your acknowledgment the commits
sion will be transmitted to you.
This appointment is made, not alone TO honor
Won but with the assurances of comrades who
know you and your Grand Army record. and The
expectation that you viii make yourself an earn
est active and intelligent help to tie present ad-
ADMINISTRATION of the GAR.
You are expected 10 visit Posts In your vicinity,
TO attend CaInprcs and Reunions, and TO report 10
Headquarters from time TO time such matters conf
ing under your observation as may be OF interest
TO the COMMANDMENTS Chief.
Should you And lack of harmony in any quarter,
endeavor TO exercise a wise judgment in The diFec-
ton of Cancellation.
And above all. the Commander-in-Chiefd desires
you act a di,igenf, persistent, and successful
recruiting officer There more men in the
United States to-day eligible TO membership in the
Order than have in the ranks and still il is said
The Order has reached the high-water mark OF
membership. Your assistance Is respectfully in
vited to ascertain in your immediate vicinity why
this is SO. and if possible devise some method TO
bring these men into tho Order. Look after your
Post first. You are respectfully referred 10
Par. 4. O. o. No. 2.
You are expected TO make yourself familiar with
the r. and r.. the Ritual and the Service Book OF
the GA. r., and to this end you should obtain them
from the A. A. G. OF your own Department. This
lie necessary that you may determine questions
pertaining TO the organic law Of the Order. and
know when the Ritual and Services are properly
performed in your presence.
You should also wear official occasions the
badge of your rank which is strap with silver
eagle on black field the National ribbon. and the
regulation G. "A. r. badge pendant
Yours in F., c. and L., E. B. GRAY,
Adjutant-G General.
The officers now actively serving as Department
and Pos, Commanders seem to be in full accord
with tie efforts of Headquarters in the line of
recruiting and otherwise building up the Order.
The vistations made by the COMMANDMENT
Chief TO Nebraska and Kansas have resulted bene-
fcially, and many letters are being received at
Headquarters stating that there is an active and
determined effort being made TO gather into the
ranks all desirable and eligible veterans.
The Chief Makes Some
Recommendations.
HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Dec %, 1892.
General Orders No.
Ill. Rules md Regulations, Chap. J.. Art. Ill,
Sec ], declares: No Post shall be named for any
living person. and not more than one Post In any
Department shall adopt the same name, and that
name shall be approved by the Department Com
mander." Posts in some Departments
named for living comrades This is emphaiically
prohibited in the rule just quoted. In some De-
pariments more than one Post is named for the
same man; as, Gen. Logan Post. john A. Logan
Post. and Logan Poet. in one Department. The
names of Posts should be distinctive. The Com
naander-in-Chicf requests Department Command
ers TO examine carefully names proposed for Posts
a; the time charter is granted SO as 10 conform to
this regulation.
Nv. Il is desirable 10 have dates and places for
m en- known Ms
soon possible ut these Headquarters. The Com
mapder-in-C Chief desires 10 visit many OF these
EncampmeEts as he can. and, soon deter
mined, Department officers nre urged to forward
the date and place to the Adjalani-General
V. For convenience OF Departments in distribu,-
Ing National Orders at the same time with Depart
n1ent Orders u Is announced that Orders from
these Headquarters hereafter will be issued, as
near as circumstances will permit st the close OF
each month.
VI. Aids-de-Csmp. whose appointments were
announced in General Orders, No. 3. from these
Headquarters, will be commissioned soon rs
their acceptance is received. Such of them as do
not acknowledge the appointment by letter to the
Acknowledgement by Jan. 20. 1888, will be consid-
cred as not desiring the commission, and their
names stricken from the list.
VII. IL is well known that most of the comrades
who fell fighting In the Of 'si- now lie buried
In Southern graves. Their remains far as pos
eible, have been gathered into cemeteries
which the General Government tendery watches
IL ie well known. also, that the Posts Of Order
In the South near these cemeteries are poor and the
comrades not numerous; bu: they have under
taken, from year to year, to that flags
vided with which TO decorate these graves Me-
mortal Day. The task Is one, but the
comrades there do ii gladly. The difficult question
is bow 10 defray expenses Of buying aud delivering
these flags. The National Eneampment In 81 called
attention to this matter. and at Washington this
year the subject was considered. and referred
TO the Executive Committee OF The Council OF Ad-
ministration. This Committee the 10th of No.
vember at It's meeting at indianapolis referred the
whole subject 10 The Commander Chief lie
Immediately thereafter addressed letter 10 the
Secretary OF War asking :" IL the General Govern
ment furnishes flags for decorating The graves OF
the Union soldiers IA the South" To this the Sec
Rotary of War. Hon. s. Il. Ekins under date Of
Dec. 8. 1892. replied: There il appropriation
under control OF the Quaftermaster's Departing mt
from which the expense OF decorating soldiers
graves in National Cemeteries can be paid" Al
the same meeting referred TO. the Committee re-
quesied the COMMANDMENT Chief in some proper
way TO call upon the oreer to furnish money need
ed for flags for these graves on Memorial Day
through the Office Of the Quarlermaster- eneral.
The Commander-in- Chief directs that DEPART
naents. Posts. and individuals wishing contribute
tons to @. M.-Gen John Taylor. City Hall, Phila-
delphia. Pa, who will receipt for the same. He
also directs comrades IN the vicinity OF these graves
in the South 10 make acquisitions upon the Quar-
teripaster-General. through these Headquarters
for such number of flags they consider neces-
ssry properly TO decorate these soldiers graves on
Memorial Day. Such acquisitions should contain
abatement OF the number Of graves TO be deco.
rated. The Northumberland will keep this
fund separate from the others and make his an.
Hual report of receipts nc e. IN no