Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-10
GONE TO THE ENCAMPMENT
Grand Army Veterans and Their Friends
Leave for Pittsburg.
The Old Guard Will Act rs an Escort
In the Parade for the WASH
fnGtOn Contingent.

Grand Army headquarters were astir early
yesterday morning. and before the intense
heat of the day fairly set in, the Washing
ton pilgrims to the twenty -eighth annual
reunion of tie Grand Army of the Republic
had started on their journey to Pittsburg.
A list of the department officers. official
staff, council of administration and repre-
sentatives to the national encampment APP
peared in Saturdays Star. The several posts
were commanded as follows: Kit Carson,
No. 2, w. II. Doolittle: Lincoln. No. ),
James NJ. Holmes; .. p. Morton. No. 4.
Walter Middleton; John f. Reynolds, No. q.
F. l.. McKenna; Charles Sumner No. 8.
John &. Quander. Other posts sending rep
resentativeS to the encampment were
George q. Meade, No. 5; Burnside. No. 3:
Farragut. No. 10: Charles Z. Stone No. IL;
John A. Logan. No. l3: Phil Sheridan, No.
George u. Morris. No. ID. and Lafayette,
No. ~.
The Old Guard, composed exclusively of
soldiers and sailors honorably discharged
from the service OF the United States from
1851 to 1865. also went to PittSburg es-
cort to the Department of the Potomac. Ac-
companied by its cc;or guard of twelve one
armed veterans and attired in new uni
form, the famous Old Guar Will undCubted-
ly attract as much attention in the Pitts
burg parade as will any other organization
in line.
Old Guard Roster.
The complete roster of the company is as
follows:
Officers-James NJ. Edgar, captain; sam
uei NJ Gordon, first lieutenant; X. Emmett
Smith. second lieutenant; Amos $. Cunning,
junior second lieutenant. Staff-willis Il.
Pomeroy. chief: A. r. Dinsmore, judge ad-
vocate; George Y. Hansell, quarterrnaster;
10 fon tpS tor. ri 1Ir Aan
bricks, ordnance officer; DIR. Florence Dono-
hue, surgeon. Thomas ". Stewart commits
sary; William Ii. Hoover, paymaster; Rev.
Levi II. York. chaplain.
Non-commissioned oificers-Alphonso w.
Bogia, QuartermaSter sergeant; Joseph H
Lawrence and Beorge c. Harris color SER
geants: William IA. Fuss. first sergeant;
Frank II. Mooers. second sergeant: George
W. Scheerer. third sergeant. Charles L. Pat
ten, fourth sergeant: Archibald Burgess,
fifth sergeant. and Albert Brown. w. W.
Mcdonald. Benjamin Leach and Samuel r.
Swami, corporals. One-armed color guard
James NJ. Pipes sixth sergeant: Richard
Bennett. corporal: Philip W. Coleman, J.
Edgar Ensle, John Johnson. Edward Nc
Carten. William II. ONeil. Thomas Lewis,
James NJ. Miller, Norris II. Merrill. and
Edwin II. Harner
Privates-Julian G. Baker Albert G.
Brust. William S. Boyd. Joseph II. Bur-
roughs. Thomas Calver, Orlando H.Caruana,
William f. Chauncey. James F. Collins.
Cbaries F.Clasgett. John B.Gilillian. Frank
T. Hopkins. John II. Hewlett. James E. Nc
Cabe. William c. MoCuen. Francis L. Nc
kenna, Philip .. Bryon. Frank w. Paige.
John II. Peake. David NJ. Proctor. Vincent
w. Rowe, Thomas J. Shea. NJ. j. Sauter, j.
A. Edison. Edwin Haradon, NJ. Mahaney,
Edward Phillips, James Reed and A. n.
thompson. The civil officers are: James NJ
Edgar. chairman: ]. Jacobson. financial sec
Rotary; o. E. Caruana, recording secretary,
and William NJ. Hoover, treasurer.