The National tribune., 1898-06-23

Arson s. WooD.
command of his company. He was en-
gagged in the battles of Cold HarbOr. In
October, 1854, he was placed on the staff
of Gen. j. B. Ricketts,, Third Division,
Sixth Corps. In February, 1865, he was
promoted Major, and partic' rated in the
taking of Petersburg and the capture of
Lees army. For mertor Gus service before
Petersburg he was brevetted Lier tenant
Colonel. The regiment was mustered out
in May, 1855.
Commander Wood has been prom ent in
politics. In 1867 he was Assistant Asses
sor of Internal Revenue, but resigned in
| 1853 to accept the nominal on as mem Der
Of the State Assembly. He was Deputy
Secretary Of State urder G. Hilton Scrbner
from 1872 to 1871, and in 1879 was again
caleb to fill that office under Gen. JOS. T..
Carr. He is now residing at Woods Island
Tort Bay.
Commander Wocd was the moving spirit
in the organization of Post 55, Wolcott,
and has several times served as it's Com
mander.
PENNSYLVANIA ENCAMPMENT.
The 32d Annual Encampment of the
Department of Pennsylvania opened in
OIL City, June 7. Over 500 veterans and
their wives were in attendance. Depart
ment Commander VIM. d. Stauffer ar
rived in the afternoon, and was escorted
from the station by Mays Post and a
uniformed corps of cadets. Delegates
from the eastern part of the State were
the earliest arrivals. The reception in
the evening was attended by over 10 900
people.
The Encampment was called to order
June 8 by Commander Stauffer. The
gavel used was made from the derrick of
the first oil well, and was beautifully
mounted. Mayor Fawcett delivered an
address of welcome. Commander Stauffer
responded.
Commander Stauffer was presented with
a handsome gold watch by Comrade c. W.
Hazard on behalf of the State Depart
! ment. Past Commander Thomas Sample
presented Past Commander Alfred Darte
with gold watch as a token of the re-
gard of the boys.
Election of Department officers resulted:
Department Commander, w. J. Patterson,
Pittsburg; S. v. c., Mai. j. B. Maitland,
Oil City; J.. ". c., /. S. Seesholtz, Cata-
wissa; Medical Director, j. H. Wilson,
M. D., Butler; Chap, Rev. j. W. Sayers,
Philadelphia. The latter is pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Twentieth
| and Jefferson streets, and has been De-
partment Chaplain for 26 years.
Gen. j. p. S. Goblin of Lebanon, Com
mander-in- Chief, made an address.
Wilkes-Barre will entertain the veterans
next year. parade in the afternoon
WISCONSIN ENCAMPMENT
| The 32d Annual Encampment of the
Department of Wisconsin was called to
order at Appleton by Commander E. b.
| Gray. The attendance was fully as large
as was expected, and all portions of the
| State were we'll represented. Mayer
| Herman Erb delivered the address of well
come. Col. Gray and ex-Gov. Hoard re-
| sponded.
The report of Asst Adj't-Gen. W. III.
Bennett showed a membership of 10, 1886
there were at that time 1,029 members
| suspended for nonpayment of dues. The
losses by death during the year were 238
| There has been a net gain of four Posts
during the year, and on May Is there were
go Posts in good standing. Posts were
Wolf Creek, Berlin, Cedar Grove and
National Home. The Posts at Boaz, Min
dero and independence surrendered theil
| charters. One Post was reinstated anC
another gained by correction of an error
There has been net gain since Jan. 1 o
149 members, making the total number ir
good standing II ,209.
feature of the Encampment was the
parade. Besides large number of vet
Grams there were in line the children from
Grams. After the parade the children were
addressed by ex-GOvs. Peck and Hoard.
| At the second days session George III
Russell, of Berlin, was elected Com
mander on the second ballot. VIM. Viii
son, of Appleton, was chosen Senior Vice
Commander, and Comrade Egan, of Wes
Superior, Junior Vice Commander, by ac
clamatiOn. j. c. Noyes, of Oshkosh, was
elected Medical Director.
A. l.. Tucker, of Berlin, was appointed
| Assistant Adiutant- General, and j. f.
Jones Chief of Staff.
The expected contest over the election
of trustees of the Waupaca Home did no
develop. Col. Gray's recommendation was
acted upon and j. Fl. Woodworth and A
j. Smith were reelected without a dis
senting vote.
Milwaukee gained the next Encamp
ment almost without opposition.
One OF the important matters discussed
was resolution instructing the delegates
to the National Encampment to vote fol
| the changing of the requirements for mem
bership, so that those engaged in thu
present war may be admitted. All OF the
members of the Committee, with the ex-
ception of Col. Watrous, the Chairman
approved of the resolution. Col. Watrous
said that while there was no honor too
great to be conferred upon the soldiers. i
was probable that they would wish to form
an organization of their own. The reso
lutiOns were not carried, but the fact tha
their passage by the National Encamp
ment would result in the enrolment O
some former Confederates did not enter
seriously into the discussion and voting
i ARKANSAS ENCAMPMENT.
The 10Th annual Encampment of the De-
partment of Arkansas convened at Fay
etteville. Commander A. II. SOckland ple-
sided, and presented a very interesting
report on the affairs of the GAR. in
Arkansas.
Officers were elected as follows: Com
W. G. Gray, Fayetteville; S: v. c., Capt.
Patton, Berrivile; Medical Director. ii. C.
Pennington, Rogers; Chap, C. E. Tewks-
bury, Springdale. Council of Administra-
tion-H. W. Perere, Huntsville; S. X
Swyn, West Fork; Jerry Harlin, Fort
Smith; James Weir, Little Rock; H. c.
Lowe, Cincinnati. Delegates, James Oates
and + w. Little; Alternates, II. Stewart
and E. E. Shaw.