The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE
First Three Orders Issued By Com
mander Johnston of the G. a. R.
His Staff and Standing Committees Announced
Steps Taken TO Close Up the Ranks
-Anent Memorial Day.


Army. issued by Commander Johnston. No.
announces that IS East Market street
will be headquarters. and that r. III. Smock
will be assistant adjutant-general. and U.
K. Weaver assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ersl. Order No. 2 makes the following an
nouncements:
Stsff-Department inspector. Thomas NJ.
Little. COnnersviile; judge advocate, j. II.
Ger, W.. L. DAILY. Peru; color bearer. ID. 5.
Howard. Rockville: senior sid-de-camp,
Frank Z. Crawford, Terre Haute.
Board of Visitors to Soldiers and Sailors
Black. Indianapolis; William d. Null.
Rockville; Timothy 4. Howard. South
Bend: David G. Smith. Crawfordsville;
| Clinton HAWKE, Knightstown: John w.
Jingle, Richmond; George ID. Adams Fort
Wayne; J. g. Edwards, Shelbyville; I. j.
Charlton. Plainfield.
Soldiers Monumant Comn.ttae-John L.
McMaster, Indianapolis; =. X Carnahap,
Indianapolis; c. A. ZOllinger. Fort Wayne;
Frankfort; J. w. Haley. TerIe Haute; B. e.
shaw, Indianapolis; q. W.. Burke. New
| Castle; Henry &. Tinney. Lafayette; ID. IL.
| H. Shoemaker. Muncie: David L. BEEN.
| Spencer; b. b. Campbell. Anderson.
The committee on State Soldiers Home is
| the same as last year. as follows: James K.
| Carnahan, Indianapolis; G. j. Murphy.
| Evansville; u. +. Specs. Vincennes; An
drew Flte. New Albany; U. d. Cole. Rush
Vile: Henry b. Martin. Greencastle; A. u.
Marsh, Winchester; William il. Tucker. In
dianspolis: Charles NJ. Travis. Crawfords-
vile; w. s. Haggard, Lafayette; ID. ID. Nc
Cornell, LogsDsport; j. j. Todd, Bluffton;
David n. Foster. Fort Wayne; Jasper +.
Lewis South Bend.
The following is q revised list of the
delegates to the n ational Encampment-Ir-
WIN Robbins at largo, Indianapolis; j. X.
Elderfield. Evansville; 8. II. Stuckey,
Petersburg: Il. A. Brown, Worthington: c.
Albany; James Cleag, Madlson; j. Y.
Hit Greensburg: James NJ. Barlow.
Plsin1eld; John Burnside. Rnsselville:
George l.. Gegner. Ridgeyille; William n.
oils; John Firth. Elwood; w. w. Casio,
Macksvllle; l.. A. Foote. Charlottesville;
| George Newkirk. kokomo: Jesse Nett. Leb-
anon f. r. Brown, Monticello; G. w.
H. c. Zollinger. Fort Wayne; Charles X.
Frederick. Elkhart; Lewis c. Foust. North
| Judson.
| The list of alternates, which has not been
| published before, is as follows: Phil Dick
inson lat largel. Ft. Wayne; George NJ.
| Kimbsll Mt. Vernon; John Yeaser. FIT.
Branch: j. II. Moore. Psoli; w. ID. Lewis.
Nineennes; William Friend. Jeffersonville;
| +. M. DeMunbrum. Little York: II. IS.
| Spaeth, Aurora; w. Pollen, Columbus; w.
J. w. Tingle. Richmond; John w. Scott.
Indianapolis; w. NJ. Cochran, annapolis;
George I. Briggs. sullivan; August Lenard.
| Portland Mills; Henry Woodhaus. Pine Vii
lage; John w. Duncan, Boswell; John w.
Elan, Valparaiso; John Sanders. Fair
mount; Thomas A. Baker, Redkey: ID. 5.
Redelsheimer. Monroeville; w. +. Gorsuch,
south Bend: Edwa ard A. Stone, LaPorte; j.
| b. White, Fort Wayne.
| The Hovey monument committee is as
follows: i. N. Walker, Indianapolis; j. b.
White. Fort Wayne; c. A. Coulter, Frank
fort; A. ID. Owen. Mt Vernon; VIM. War
| rem. Evansville.
| A section of the order is devoted to re-
quest that each post name an aid-de-camp,
| W hose duty IL shall be to put forth every
exertiOn to equip members for the parade
| of the National Encampment Regarding
the encampment, Commander Johnston
! says:
The National Encampment convenes in this
| city on Sept D. 1898. and from present indic6-
tons will be one of great interest. Already the
| comrades OF other departments are preparing TO
| come here in large numbers. and II behooyes the
! comrades OF this department TO put forth every
effort to give our visiting comrades royal well
| come. Let the scamp fires" of every post be
| burning. that we may once more greet those
| that stood with In the fire OF battle, and ex-
tend TO them comrades greeting.
In regard to the work of the Evansville
encampment the following announcement
| is made:
/
| transacted much business OF Importance 10 the
order. Among others the perfecting OF The ar
| engagements by which the State soldiers home
| at Lafayette Will be carried forward, and the
| building OF the cottages assured. The encamp-
meut by unanimous vote. expressed itself as
| opposed TO the attempt TO Mexicanize the mon
ument by placing thereon the dates le46 and
| 1913.
General order No. is devoted to sug-
gestions regarding the observation of
| Memorial day and is az follows:
| /. The Grand Army Of the Republic has dedi-
| Gated and set apart the 3Oth day OF May TO the
| memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Union.
| who have answered the last grand 'roll-cal!."
That dedication has met with the patriotic az
| prevail of q grateful people.
| We have chosen the flowers of spring. the rose
| and the lily, the myrtle ana the Ivy, as tue EN-
| blems of our love and affection: deposited upon
| the graves OF dead. they testify to our de-
| votion and symbolic the hope anu faith that are
| within US.
| The flag at halfmast and borne at the head of
| our columns, whose tread is set 10 the mournfui
| measure OF the muffied drum; the anthems of
the free, voiced by loyal lips; the appropriate
address, uttered with malice toward none, -
| and the funeral lutte, recall 10 the old and i'm
press upon the young the great lesson of Me-
| mortal day.
2. The posts of this department., and the COM
| rades thereof. respectfully urged to proper
| ly and appropriately observe Memorial day
And 1t is especially appropriate and desired that
| tie WOman's Relief Corps and sons or Veterans
| should take an active part in these proceedings.
most earnestly request that all school chill
dren be requested to participate In Memorial day
| services to the end that they may be taught pa
| triotism and devotion for the cause for which our
conrad es fell.
The new department headquarters at No.
s. East Market street. ThcTno Block base
ment, have been renovated for the purpose
and made very attractive. There the as
sIstanJ adiutant-general and the assistant
quartermaster- general will be pleased to
| see all comrades.