Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-19
Annual Enoampment of;,i'the De-
partment Of the Potomac.
PROGRAM OF BUSINESS EXPECTED
The commander-in-chief to Be
Present and Make an Address.
The COM MI T T E E S

The annual encanfpment OF the Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., will open
next Monday. February "a. These yearly
gatherings are always occasions of much
moment to the veterans, and special in
terest is to be added to the coming en-
campment by the presence OF Commander
in-chief Walker. The assistant quarter
master general, James e. McCabe, is at
present busily engaged in the preparation
and fitting Of Grand Army Hall for the
business Of the encampment, and the chief
Of staff, James B. Carter, has his hands
full attending upon the committees con-
nected with the encampment, keeping In
communication with the several chatrmen
and seeing that the committees have the
necessary facilities and accommodations
till they have respectively completed their
business.
Program for the Encampment.
Department Commander Anderson ex-
poets to open the encampment as early as
o'clock Monday evening. The first busi-
ness transacted will be the receipt of the
report of the committee on credentials.
The annual address Of the department COM
mandar is to follow, after which the nomi-
nation Of officers is booked to take place.
During the evening Commander-in-chief
Walker will be escorted to the hall by the
Old Guard and the Mt. Pleasant Field
Band, and, after being formally received.
Will address the encampment. Gen.
Walker will in all probability reach this
city Sunday afternoon, and in that event
he will be met at the depot and properly
escorted to the Ebbtt House. Monday
evening about o'clock the encampment
will adjourn to the hotel mentioned and
an elaborate scale.
1t is expected that Gen. Walker will be
banqueted both Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings of Eext week, on the latter date
Gen. Walker. while confined in Libbey
prison. In view Of these circumstances the
second session of the encanpment will moi
occur until Thursday evening, when the
election CT officers will take place. There
will be another night devoted to the bust
ness of the ercampment and it is hoped to
get through by that time, although the
annual encampments have been known to
extend through seven days. The business
+" be transacted includes the reading of
reports Of all the departmental officers,
but SO far as is now known, mott hing spe-
cial will be brought w for Consideration.
several recommendations of an important
nature in. his address. 10
The Election of ORcer~.
The election of officers, for some weeks
past. has been the cause OF considerable
field for department commander are John
McEiroy and j. II. Hewlett, both of whom
are confident of securing the office. DR.
Hamilton is the only candidate, UP to date
1or the office OF senior vice commander
while DIR. Raub is the solitary aspirant for
the honors of junior vice COMMANDER as is
DR.. a. T.. johnson for the medical director
snip. No one as yet, Is in the field for the
office of chaplain.
Capt James NJ. Edgar of the Old Guard
Will serve as officer of the day, and Lieut.
w. II. Fuss as officer of the guard during
the encampment, and they will make such
details and arrangements as they deem
best Tor excluding unauthorized persons
from the encampment and for preserving
order during the proceedings. Members OF
the stan OF the ionimander-in-chef res, dent
within the Department of the Potomac will
be admitted to the platform in the hall OF
the encampment on application to the eff
Ger of the guard. leaving with him their
names and addresses.
Committees for the Encampment.
The following constitute the committees
for the encampment: Credentals-C. F.
Benjamin. G. NJ Hustled, H. H. Martin
resolutions, Nathan Bedford N. NJ. Brooks
F. l.. Campbell, A. F. Dinsmore, T. S. Hop
kins; address Of department comma nder
VIM. Gibson, E. J. Sweet, B. F. Chase G.
P. Davis S. w. Tuley; report of employ
ment committee. c. w. Shelton, L. K
Brown, G. p. Davis. J: j. Balm. H. S. Lin
coin: report of relief committee, J. II.
Bradford. d. G. Purman, J. H. Thornton,
Charles Matthews, ]. P. Quander: report
OF council of administration, j. M Pipes
B. T Janney. Jacob Moore, ]. B. Carter, G.
w. Lacy: report of assistant adiutant gen
eral. s. H. Faunce, H. H. Martin, G. NJ.
Hustled, w. P. Seville, S. w. Herbert: re-
polt OF assistant quartermaster general,
Arthur Hendricks. Newton Ferree, j. NJ.
Holmes, r. E. Smith, A. B. Frisbee: report
Of medical director, j. F. Raub. r. n,
Smith, F. L. McKenna; report of depart
ment chaplain, H. S. Stevens C. F. Mans
neld, 3. ". Bunyea; report of judge advo-
cate. I. G. Kimball, J. T. Clements. T.. D.
w. P. Seville, Michael Mahany. w. II. I,iv.
erpool; report Of chief mastering officer,
w. H. Myers, W. E. Post, ]. W. Bradbury;
report OF department historian, G. E. Cor
managers of temporary home, Eugene
Wells, Lawrence Wilson, H. W. Emo: re-
port on fraternal relations among posts,
JACOB Saeo1. Moore, ): F. Meacham. S. c. Robb;
report on relations with Sons of Veterans.
J. B. Burke, j. Tyler Powell w. H. Honn:
report on protection of pensioners c. p
Lincoln, T. r. Sheppard, L. P. Williams. +.
T.. powe en, n: =. saunders: report on head
son, p. c. Grumley, W. S. Odell: rep,.ei of
Old Guard, j. S. Mccoy, T. B. Crisp. P. O.
Lawrence; report from Woman's Relief
Corps, b. F. Chase, S. c. Robb, T. S. Kelly.
10 Facilitate Business,
10 facilitate the business and economic
the time of the encampment all posts and
comrades having resolutions to bring be-
fore the encampment are requested by
commander Anderson to deliver them to
the assistant adjutant general as early as
possible. For the convenience Of the COM
nlttee on resolutions it is further requested
tEai each resolution, or set. of resolutions,
avy,1, =
at the foot thereof. Such an explanatory
statement t. would. in many cases. it is ex-
planned DO away with the necessity for
formal preambles to proposed resolutions,
me committee on credentials and resolu-
TONS TIC, s1 VIII meet at Headquarters on Friday,
the 21st instant, at 1880 p.m,a
s. e: Faunce, historian Of the depart
m me mas requested that ALI comrades hav-
manuscript, relating to the Grand Army of
the Republic in the Department of the Po-
tomac before 1859, will please address him
at headquarters. -