The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-04
SONS OF VETERANS,
News from Various DiViSionS-Elec-
ton of Officers, etc.
HEADQUARTERS BULLETIN.

| HEADQUARTERS CHIEF,
Rooms 2I1-212 LINCOLN INN COURT,
CINCINNATI, o., March 20, 1895.
General Orders, No. 2.
Series of 1895.
In compliance with the vote of the Council
in.Chief the I4th annual Encampment of the
COMMANDMENTS Chief will be held in the city
of Knoxville. Tenn, Sept 1913. inclusive
Division Commanders have been elected and
installed as follows: Connecticut, w. J. Bissell
Litchfeld; Kansas, w. II. RUSSELL Rush Cen.
ter; Massachusetts, Fred. E. Bolton, Boston
Missouri, Walter J. Zimmersched, Sedslia
New Jersey. James E. Pierson, Hopewell; Ne
hraska. F. E. Way. Wahoo; Rhode Island.
| Arthur B. Sphinx, Providence.
Division Encampments will be held as fol-
lows: Indiana. July ], 9. 3, at Andersen; Illi-
nois May IA, Is, 16, at Bloomington; Mime
sofa, June 19, at Glencoe; California, April %
| or 80, at Sacramento; Ohio. June %, IS, "a, %,
at Xenia; Pennsylvania, between June l and
Is, at Allentown; Wisconsin, May %, %, "a,
st Gresn Bay; West Virginia, April g. 4, at
Charleston.
Commanders of other Divisions are requested
ITO advise the Adjutant- General of the time and
place for holding the Encampments of their re-.
spective Divisions.
Immediately upon the receipt of this order
Division Commanders will send the names and
addresses Of their Cbaplains and Surgeons to
Chaplain in Chief Patton and Surg-Gen
Young, respectively. Division Adjutants are
requested to place the names of all Com
mandery- in. Chief officers ON their mailing
lists.
Division Commanders are requested to de-
stroy ali old Rituals received by them from the
several Camps OF their respective Divisions.
The question has been frequently ask ed as to
whether Division Commanders may furnish
tb., g .
Article 90, page n, of the c. r. and r., is very
plain and explicit upon this point. 1t pro-
vides that =" the general use of the Ritual for
Camp services is prohibited; no Camp shall be
allowed over four Rituals and the Camp Cap.
tain shall make it his special duty to that
each and all of his subordinates are fully in
structed as 10 their duties and parts"
The resignation of James w. Freeman as
Commander of the Division of Montana has
been received and accepted. Montana is in
arrears with reports and per capita tax for the
third and fourth quarters of 1884, and in pur-
suance of vote of the Council-in-Ohief the
Camps of this Division have been attached to
the Division of Washington.
The following questions have been frequently
asked:
Are grandsons ofhonoraby- discharged Union
soldiers, sailors or marines eligible to member
ship i'm the Order OF Sons of Veterans7 An
swer: Yes. See Section /. Article 5, page 5. of
the Camp Rules and Rituals, which reads as
follows: "All male descendants, not less than
16 years of age, of deceased or bonorably dis.
charged soldiers, sailors or marines who served
in the Union army or navy during the civil
war of 1S61-16G5. shall be eligible to member
ship" etc.
Are Camps permitted to confer upon q can
didate all three degrees at one meeting7 An
swer: The Constitution. Ritual and Proceed
ings of the Davenport Encampment are silent
upon this question. Each Camp is privileged
to use its own discretion in the natter. though
generally it would be advisable to confer but
one degree at a meeting.
Past Capt. A. L. b. Stephens. of Camp 294,
Division OF Ohio has been appointed Assistant
Adjutant-General.
Soon again the Sons of Veterans will be
called upon to exercise the highest privilege.
and to perform the most sacred duty by
joining with the Union veterans ia payinp a
tribute'of love, honor and respect to the mem
cries OF the heroic dead. Memorial Day will
soon be here. Division Com manders and Camp
Captains should begin early and make every
preparation for the proper observance Of this
day, which, by National legislation, has been
dedicated to our soldier dead. We owe it to
the sacrifices and services of our fathers and
our fathers comrades to join with the living
veterans in paying homage to those who have
answered the call of the reveile for the last
time; who have joined the silent majority, and
whose tents are spread flames eternal camp
ing ground. Camps are urged to attend in a |
body, and in uniform. the Memorial services
held in the various churches on the Sabbath |
preceding Memorial Day. Camp Chaplains are |
requested to make full and complete reports to |
Division Chaplains, in order that the latter |
may be able to make good reports to the Chap |
Brothers, let us lay garlands of |
love and wreaths of affection at the tomb of |
every Union soldier. Let us honor ourselves |
by bonoring the men who fought for the main |
tenance OF the Union and the preservation of |
the institutions Of our Government
In the South there are 81 National Gene. |
teries, and on each succeeding Goth of May the |
beautiful custom OF decorating the graves of |
the Union soldiers who buried therein Is |
followed. This observation necessitates con-
siderable expense. which heretofore has been |
borne by the Grand Army of the Republic. 1t |
IL to be hoped that the members of our Order
will be liberal in their contributions to this |
fund this year. Send all remittances to Com |
rade j. w. Burst Quartermaster- General, |
GAR. Rockford III.
1t is very gratifying to note the substantial |
gains being made in the membership of almost
every Division for the quarter ending Dec. 81, |
1894 Many new Camps are being organized,
many suspended ones are being reinstated, and
every indication goes to show that our Order
is on the forward march. There seems to be
good interest In the ranks of our organization,
and we hope and believe that such gains will |
be made during the current year as will bring
lasting benefit to our Order. Let Work - be
the watchword, and the best Of results are sure
TO follow.
ADJUTANT- GENERALS CONSOLIDATED REPORT
FOR QUARTER ENDING SEPT. 80, 1894
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