Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-18
G. a. II.


Annual Encampment of tho Department.
of delaware To be Held To-day.
The Department of Delaware, Grand
Army Of the Republic. will hold its
annual encampment in Harrington
to-day. The membership of the
encampment comprises the post depart
ment commanders, the present depart
ment officers, past and present post
commanders and delegates from the %
posts The various classes make an
aggregate possible membership for the
encampment OF 200.
The past department commanders
entitled TO seats in the body are John
Wainwright and Daniel Ross of this
city; Charles NJ. Carey. Wyoming; J.
S. Litzenberg, Wilmington; John e.
Mowbray, Dover; r. g. Buckingham,
Pleasant Hill; Peter B. Ayars. Samuel
Lewis and A. j. Woodman of Whining
ton; George W. Stradley, Bridgeville /;
B. D. Bogia. Wilmington; j. e. Van
tine. New Castle; Edwin f. Wood,
Dover.
The department officers are as fol-
lows: Commander, William B. Nor
ton, Sheridan Post; Senior Vice
Commander, Sylvester Solomon; Smyth
Post; Junior Vice Commander, A. A.
Anderson, Sumner Post; Medical Di-
rector, Columbus Henry, Reynolds
Post, Pleasant Hill; Chaplain, j. +.
Miller. du Pont Post.
The department staff com mprises Assist
ant Adjutanf. General. W. S. Byron,
Sheridan Post; Assistant Quartermaster
General, Ellwood Craig, du Pont Post ;
Department Inspector, William Kelley,
Jr., du pont Post; Judge Advocate,
Charles Combs, Smyth Post; Chief
Mustering Officer, William II. Blake,
Grant Post; Senior Aide-de- Camp and
Chief of staff, Robert Liddeil, Smyth
Post.
Tho council of administration com.
prises G. M. Pierce, Smyth Post;
John A. Orr, Sheridan Post; j. ID.
Thompson. Torbert Post, Dover; ]. G.
Ripperger, du Pont Post, and !. II.
Fisher, Sumner Post.
Each post is entitled t, be repre-
sented by its past post commanders,
it's post commander and by delegates
the Wilmington posts, such repre-
sentatives. unless previously named,
arc as follows:
Con. Thomas A. smyth Post, Post
Commander Lewis Hahn; Past Com
mandcrs Richard Mcclellan, Jacob
Lamplugb, Hilbert Eptriken, William
G. Mcdowell and Jacob SlifeI: Dele
gates, David Myers, John Turner,
Joseph Harvey and Peter McAlear.
Admiral S. L. du Pont Post. Com
mander, James II. Porter; Past Com
manders, j. S. Litzenberg, Nathan
Bayne, Henry S. Stradley, Joseph
Wheeler, William II. Bentz and Viii
liam Haley; delegates, William Il.
Moyatin, Ethan B. King, Edward
Addicks, james a. Bond, James John.
son and John Roberts.
Charles Summer Post. Commander,
John r. Walker; Past Commanders,
l.. H.. Fisher, Simeon Hood. Isaac Fl.
Fisher, Nero Backus, Andrew Gray
and Isaac Wilson; delegates, Henry
Chase and William Smith.
U. S. Grant Post Past Commanders,
DR.. E. q. Shortlidge, James Brown.
NJ. B. Bullock, L. j. Donnelly and
Thomas Peters; delegates TO be. re-
ported.
Phil Sheridan Post, Past Commander,
L. +. Uber, Past Commanders, James
W. Agnew, George Ii. Pratt, Moses
We'll, William O'Connor and William
A. Riley; Delegates, II. G. Turner and
Il. j. Rooney.
One post. W. S. Hancock Post of
Smyrna, has been organized in the
year. The council OF administration
and officers will meet at du Pont Post
room tomorrow night TO prepare the
annual reports for tie meeting of the
encampment on Thursday. On that
morning the Wilmington delegates will
60 to Harrington on the s. l3 train.
Some interest will be aroused when
it comes to select successor TO Col.
Norton az department commander.
Robert Liddell of Smyth Post and
William Kelley, Jr., OF du Pont Post
are mentioned for tho place. Unless a
dark horse from the lower part of the
State appear as one of these two men
will probably be selected.