The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-06-04
SONS OF VETERANS,
News from Various DiViSiOnS---EIec-
lion Of Officers, etc.
COLORADO.

COLORADO.
The following is the official list Of Division
/ officers elected nc the Denver Escampment:
| Com. A. &. Patton, Greeley 8 VIC, a. @.
! Luther. Denver; J.Y. c.. +. II. Huntington,
Colorado Springs. Division Council, II. @,
Dodge. Boulder; : III. Wallace Denver; A. 8.
Mckee, Fort Collins. Delegate at-Iarge K r
Hanna, New Windsor: Alternate at-iarge, p,
~. Lrmbsek, Denver; Delegate II. G. Dodgs,
Bouiderj Alternate, T. w. Hawley, Fort Coll
Inns.
Division Commander Patton has appointed
the following staff: Surg, G. Element, Dem
yer; ChaP.. T. ;. Clapp, Canyon City; AdYt. K
r. Hanna, View Windsor ms, H. 4. Day, Boui-
der; NJ o., II. A. Abbey. Grand Junction ]. A,
Alyron ;. Lewis, LeadviIle.
ILLINOIS.
Inc I4th annual Eneampment Of the Illinois
DIVISION Was convened at Masonic Temple
chicago, May 90 by Division Commander
frank La Shepard The attendance was large.
The hrst days session was devoted mainly 10
the appointments OF the various committees
ana reading Of reports Of Division off GERS. A
Campfire and reception in the evening was at
tended by number Of comrades and brothsrs
Of the GAR and Sons of Veterans. Among
the prominent speakers were Commandsr.in-
1hief j. ~. Walker, Department Commander
w ~. Cochran, Department President of the
WIKI MeAuley, Division Commander Sbepard
and ex-Mayor Webster Davis. of Kansas CITY.
Mo. The most important business of the ses-
SION oil the 2lst was the election Of officers,
which resulted: Division Com W. G. Dustin
Dwight Camp, go; S. V. c.. @. II. Nichols,
Chicago. Camp 200; J. V. c., w. NJ Perry,
Elizabeth Camp, IS. Division Council. G. Z.
campbell. Lincoln Camp. 1O5; Geo. German.
Aurora Camp, 81; w. G., Snyder, Kankakss
camp o. Delegats-at-Large, Frank Coffin
perry, camp l, Chicago. Delegates, G. J. lis
m 10 y
lIdders Camp 3l5.
MARYLAND.
Mansfield Camp 2, Hagerstown, Nd. bas
been mustered with % charter msmbers.
DIVISION Commander Frank o. Peterson
makes special mention of the following Camps
LOT Promptness in forwarding reports for quar-
ter ending March 81: James A. Garfield, 1. Bal
umore' Md Birney, II, UnionviIIe, Md;
Abrams, IL, North East Md. Farragut %
Baltimore, Md; Col. Emory Upton. q. Anna.o.
LIS, Nd; Guy, 80, Baltimore, Nd; George H.
Thomas, 81, Washington ID. G.; GEN. Edgar
Allan, 10 Richmond, Va.
MISSOURI.
Franz Sigel Camp a. was mustered AZ e.
Charles The other evening by Assistant Di yision
mastering Officer E. E. Sehoening of st. Louis.
many comrades Of Gatzweiler Post, 554, were
present. Ofheers-Cspt, L. J. Ringe. ir.; First
Leut., Frank Pallardy; Second Lien, r 2
Bruins; Camp Council. W. f. Bloebaum. Geo.
Il. Anderson, T. BarteIs; Chap. J. W. Bruins:
First Serg't, j. c. Anderson q. NJ s. John ri
Moeller; S. of g., Vim. d. Rooney PRINCIPAL
Musician, Harry U. Rummel; G. Of G. HI.
Llnneburi e. g., Charles Stein P. G., John II.
Nahm.
VERMONT.
The Vermont Division is once more coming
to the front. Three new CAMPS have be.n
mustered az Wilmington, Ocott. and Esss
Fairfield. Prospects are very favorabls for
new Camps at Montpelier. Windsor. Chester.
Bethel, Fairfax, and Rutland, the applications
already being in the hands of the Diyision
Commander The highest point in member
ship ever reached in the Division was 1893.
June 30 1872; since then the Division has loss
members, and Dec. 81, 1885, there were 900
members IN good stauding March 81, 1896,
there were 975 members, showing an increase
of 5S. Prospects are that there will be at least
], 200 in good standing June 80 1896
The 14th annual EncampmeDt will be held
at Manchester Center, July and g It prom
ises to be one Of the largest ever held in this
Division.
An effort is being made to have one of the
best Camps work the Thrd-degree Ritual July
l. and an invitation has already been extended
to Camp 80, Huntington, to exemplify the
same.
Camp &c. Huntington, scored the highest OF
any Camp in Vermont at the last inspection,
and now is the ranking Camp Of the Vermont
Division.
The Division is now on a firm basis. All of
this has been accomplished by hard work Or
the part of Commander Monahan and his staff
A roster of the Division has Just been issued
which contains 81 names. lie is one of the
best ever issued by Division. It contains
of the Commander and STAFF, and
considerable information relative to the Order.