Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30
GENERAL ORDERS NO. ..
Issusd By Department Commander [.
Carleton Of the G. Ar.

Headquarters Department Of Maine,
Grand Army of the Republic.
Winthrop. Maine, Nov. %, 1897.
General Orders, No. 8.
l. Posts Will elect officers and rep
resentatives to the department en-
campment. at the first regular meeting
In December. The number of repre-
sentatives Is based upon the number
OF members In good standing, accord
ing to the report for the term ending
June 30, 1897. Each post is entitled to
elect one representative. Posts which
had rs members June 30, will elect two
representatives, and one additional
representative for each additional 80
members. Posts will elect as many al
ternates as representatives.
Post commanders will Immediately
AFTER the election report to these head
quarters. the names of the officers,
representatives and alternates elected,
on blanks enclosed; also the names Of
all past post commanders who are, and
have continued to be in good standin,
In their posts. Any past post COM
mander who has, since the expiration
OF his term, been dropped from this
rolls, or in any manner for q time.
however brief, lost his membership in
the Grand Army of the Republic. is
not entitled to vote in the depart
ment encampment. The roll of the
3lst encampment will be made from
these reports of commanders of posts
and must be in the hands of the as
sistant adjutant general on or before
the 10th day of January.
ii. The newly elected officers OF
posts will be installed the first regular
meeting in January. In all posts
where no special detail is made for
the purpose. the senior past post con.-
mander present will act as installing
officer. and in the event of no past post
commander being present any member
Of the department staff can act as in
stalling officer In case any post
should desire the services of any par
ticular comrade to install it's officers,
the detail will be made upon applica-
ton to these headquarters before jan
uary lst. All posts having no past
post commander or member of the de-
partment staff. will notify the assist
ant adjutant general before January ].
and an officer will be detailed. Assist
ant inspectors and aides-de- camp on
the staff of the department commander
will hold themselves in readiness to act
asinstalling officers whenever requested
SO to do by commanders Of posts. If,
from any cause, there should be no
past post commander. staff officer or
detailed comrade present on the night
of installation, the present post COM
mander, having been reelected, can
install the officers, and the senior vice
post commander will install the COM
handkerchief Commanders in making
application for the detail of any par
ticular comrade for installing officer,
will please be particular and give the
date of their first meeting in January.
Reports of installing officers must be
forwarded to the assistant adjutant
general Immediately after installation;
blanks for these reports are enclosed
herewith. The department command
err recommends public installations,
and this can be done If desired by
posts "at a special meeting called for
that purpose. where no opening or
closing services or signs of recognition
shall be used" d.
Officers of posts cannot be installed
uIVh lhC PoSI has DCCAA ihoPCNtCo' ~
any installing officer upon inquiry
finds that no inspection has been made
of the post whose officers he is to in
stall, he will make the inspection be-
fore installing.
III. A majority of the posts of this
department make their reports
promptly and correctly, many do not.
In order that the department officers
may make up their reports to the de-
partment encampment and to national
headquarters. the reports Of posts for
the term ending Dec. 81. 1897 (adju-
tants and quartermasters), must be in
the hands of the assistant adjutant
general on or before the 10th of Janu-
airy. Be careful in making these re-
ports to see that the adjutant's and
quartermaster's reports agree as to
number in good standing at close Of
the term; have them signed by the
proper officers, enclose the per capita
tax, and send the consolidated reports
to l.. B. Hill. assistant adjutant gem
eral. Augusta, Maine. Make all checks
and money orders payable to A. NJ
Sawyer, assistant quartermaster gem
eral, Portland, Maine.
Newell Graham, Sailors Snug Har-