Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-30
G. A. R. MEN GOING
A Big Delegation to Leave Sun
day for Indianapolis.
THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMEN T
Representatives From the Depart.
ment of the Potomac.
COL. LlNCOLN'S CANDIDACY.

These are busy days around Grand Army
| headquarters. Final preparations are being
made for the departure Sunday of the rep
resentatives of the department to attend
! the national encampment at Indianapolis.
| 1t is estimated that the biggest delegation
| OF Grand Army men that ever left WASH
| ington for national encampment will go
| this year to Indianapolis. Aside from the
interest in the encampment the fact that
| an arrangement has been made so that the
| railroad tickets will be good to Chicago and
| good for thirty days has attracted a good
| many comrades, as well people who do
not wear Grand Army buttons. The de-
partment commander. Col. S. +. Faunce,
| and his staff and the representatives of
| the department will leave on a special train
| Sunday morning. This train will make a
| brief stay at Cumberland and also at Oak
| land, so as to give those veterans who have
| legs an opportunity to stretch them, and
1 also to get their lungs full of mountain
| air. The representatives of the Department
| of the Potomac, Womans Relief Corps,
| Will also go on this train.
| Representatives of the Depa rtment.
| 1t is expected that all the MEM
bers Of the department commanders
staff will accompany him. They are Ma
than Bickford, S.V. commander; Bernard
| T. Janney, J.V. commander: Robert Rey-
| burn, NJ D., medical director; Rev. Henry s.
Stevens chaplain: Gilbert NJ. Hustled. as
sistant adjutant general; Newton Ferree.
assistant Quartermaster general; John s.
Stodder. inspector; Ellis Spear. Judge advo-
cate; Henry l.. johnson, chief mastering
officer; John NJ. Keogh. senior aid-de-camp.
The representatives elected by the de-
partment to the national encampment are
A. NJ Thompson, A. s. Taber, G. G.. Ross,
E. J. Russell and w. A. Moore. 1t is
pected that all will go to Indianapolis. The
alternates elected at the department En-
haney, w. H. Hoover c. G. Bolinger and
j. b. Randolph. All of the alternates are
going except Mr.. Randolph, who has re-
signed. The vacancy. will be filled next
Saturday night. Under the laws OF the
Grand Army. the department commander
| and the past department commanders are
entitled to seats in the national encamp-
ment.
| So the Department of the Potomac will
have a large representation, as all Of the
| living past department commanders Will
probably go. There are sixteen of them as
follows: Frank H. Sprague. Benz. F..
Hawkes.. A. II. G. Richarson. Geo. E. Cor
son. Harrison Dingman. Charles c. Royce.
| William Gibson, Samuel s. Burdett, D. S.
| Alexander Newton NJ. Brooks. Jerome b.
Burke, Charles p. Lincoln. William 8.
Odell NJ. Emmet Urell. J. NJ. Pipes and A.
F. Dinsmore.
John a. Rawlins Post. No. l. and Kit
Z,
Other members of the department are go
ing as individuals but will join one or the
| other of these posts In the parade at In
dianapolis. The Legion of Loyal Women
have arranged to go by way of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio road. Many of the Grand
Army men going will be accompanied by
their wives or other members of their fam
lilies.
Col. LincOin's Candidacy.
The Indianapolis encampment has more
| than ordinary interest for the WaShin gton
men, because the Department of the Poto-
mac is to present candidate for the
office of commander-in-chief. The candi-
date is Col. Lincoln, who for various rea-
sons has been constrained to withdraw
from the contest at the two last national
encampments. His friends think now that
he will get strong support especially as
the embarrassments which have heretofore
been in the way Of his aspirations no
| longer exist.
Assistant Adjutant General Hustled to-
| day, by direction Of Department Com
mander Faunce. prepared final orders re-
specting the representation of the Depart
ment of the Potomac at Indianapolis.
The Final Orders.
The orders are follows:
l. All ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for the transportation of the department.
representatives. delegates and for such
other comrades as may desire to accom-
pany them to the 9th national encamp-
ment.
The committee in charge of transporta-
ton. have designated the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad as the official route. A spec
| ial train of day coaches and Pullman sleep
ing cars will leave Washington at 10: 30 I'm.
Sunday. September 3, arriving at Indian
| apols, Ind, at els am. September 4.
The department headquarters will be al
the Denison House. room IL, white parlor,
| where the delegates and alternates will re-
| comrades
the department are cordially invited to
| visit these headquarters.
II. At the last session of the department
ercampment the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That we recognize in Post
Department Commander Chas. +. Lincoln
| a comrade eminently qualified for the office
Of chief of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, and we earnestly recommend
him to the favorable consideration of the
next national encampment for that position
and hereby request the officers, past officers
and representatives of this department, who
are members of said encampment. to use all
honorable means to secure his election"
Comrades visiting the National Encamp-
ment are earnestly requested to use all hon.
orable means to secure the election of Past
Department Commander Lincoln.
III. The headquarters will be closed from
September 3 to the 9Th, after which date
the department will be in command OF
Junior Vice Department Commander b. T.
Janney. during the absence OF the depart
ment commander. Comrades John NJ
keogh and +. w. Paige Will perform the
duties of assistant adjutant general and
assistant quartermaster general respective
ly, during the absence of these officers.
". The invitation to participate in the
centennial ceremonies of the laying of the
corner stone of the Capitol the 18th
proximo has been accepted by the depart.
ment commander.
Post commanders are requested to urge
the attendance of every member of theil
respective posts on that occasion. Full
details of the parade will be given in fu.
| ture orders.
| Small Arm Rt0e for the Nav~