The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-05


with shout 1870 old veseranA would have
= thoroughly disciplined and elective
force for the defense of her shore line in
caisnwcrk fartsncations that would grow
! in . siny.s night At any threatened point
i Quite two-tnirds OF this force could not
be made available Tor active seEice IN the
| neld, az fully that number Of the old
/ veterans could not stand the exacling re-
Quirements Of \ march. nor the exposure
incidental to active service. But for pic
ket duty and in manning forsincAt1ons
they would be an invaluable force and =
strong nucleus in the organization OF an
army corps. The experience had by them
n the war OF the rebellion would make
very many OF the veterans desirable as
of1cerD OF companies and regiments.
Not all OF the old soldiers are members
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic. for
while there are seyenty-one posts in the
state the membership is only about 500.
The following is complete roster OF the
posts in the state:
No. I, Stevens, Seattle. commander Al
bert H. Carr. ~ members.
No. 2. Ellsworth. Vancouver. command
er. James T.. Coss. IS members.
No. 3. A. Suiiy. Dayton. commander, g.
Thompson, 70 members
No. 4. Lincoln. Walla Walla. command
er. r. p. Reynolds. IS members.
i No. s. Thomas. Olympia. commanae..
No. 6, Custer, Tacoma, commanuer. J.
4. Noei. 1s3 members.
No. .. p. kearney. Toledo. commander,
II. d. Clifford. II members.
No. 8. Sedgwick. Spokane. commander,
J. s. Graves, Is members.
No. $. Meade. North Yakima. command
er, w. n. Badger. ~ members.
No. 10. Morton, SnohGmiSh. commander
Burton Smith. 81 members.
No. II. Parsons. Ellensburg. commander,
d. Kinkade, II members.
No. Il. Mcpherson. ka.ama, commander
8. s. Goodman. "a members.
No. IL. Garfield. ontesano, commander.
John Carathers. Sc members.
No. IA. buchanan. Sprague, commander,
]. Smith, 10 members.
No. Is. Farragut. Port Townsend, COM
mander. A. Nash. Is membera
No. 10. Logan. Garfield. commander. A.
]. Madden. IS members.
No. II. Ladd, Puyallup, commander,
Robert Lyman. "a members.
No. Is. Larabee. La Conner, commander.
J. +. Dweliey. - members.
No. Is. Lyon. Coifax. commander. ]. H.
Letter, 80 members.
No. Co. Baker GoIdendale. commander.
]. r. Putnam. Is members.
No. p Mcdowell. Pomeroy, command
er, J. Thompson, Is membera
No. q. Wright, Cheney, commander, A.
Kriner. Is members.
No. "A. SIeadman, Whatcom, commander,
]. C. Hooker. A members.
No. Is, Hooker. Chehalis, commander
j. c. Hooker, A memberA
No. q, Canby. Ewaco. commander, w.
Cobleigh.
No. q, Anderson, Palouse. commander.
Robert Bruce, 10 members
No. 30. Mitchell. Camas. commander, ].
II. Thomas, l6 members.
No. 81. Miller, Seattle, commander, L. e.
krupp, 100 members
No. 30, Reynolds. Blaine. commander,
J. NJ. Scott, II members
No. "a. Lindsay, Rosalia. commander,
John Swan. IL members
No. S5 Russell. Mt Vernon, commander,
B. r. Sumner. So members.
No. 81. j. j. Lewis, Asotin. commander,
N. Ausman. 2s members
No. 30. McCook, Wilbur. commander, H.
McManus, 80 members.
No. Al, Wyman. Rockford. commander,
J. 3. Smith, "a members.
No. AZ. Lynch. Sydney. commander, A.
]. russo. IL members.
No. a.. Sheridan. Tacoma, commander,
r. n. Johnson. q members.
No. Is. Miles. Watervi.le. commander,
r. c. Brownfield, IL members
No. IS, Hazen. Ritzville, commander, r.
J. Gent, Is members.
~,
r. Freeman. 20 members
No. IS. Pacific. Port Angeles, command
er. w. e. Ellsworth, so membeyA
No. 49. Kit Carson. Kelso commander,
o. Hinson, is members.
No. 81, Grover. Auburn, commander. L.
Y. Gilbert. II members.
No. SO. Washington, HoQuiam, command
err. A. Bridges 10 members
No. So. Whitman. Pullman, commander.
Ed Laney Is members
No 81, Reed. Orting. commander, 8. II.
Wetten. % members.
No. IS. Minor. Winlock, commander, G.
Sweeney.
No. So. Gushing. Ballard. commander. j.
II. Sprague, IL members
No. So, Sickles. Vashon, commander, Z.
f. Van Oiinda. 20 members.
No. IS, Kellogg, West Ferndale, COM
nander. A. w. Tiffany.
No, 50. Apperson. Fairhaven, command
er, A. Marshall. 70 members.
No. GO. Bentley. Crescent, commander,
| S. Hamilton. IS members.
No. 81. Miiroy. Latah. commander c. E.
Mohuniro. 20 members
No. IS. Cook. Aberdeen, commander. N,
S. Arnold. Is members.
No. ca. Wallace. SpringdaIe, commander.
A. E. Bidgocd, II members.
No s., Porter. Messy Rock commander
Thomas Lander. IA members.
NO. %, Emery, AnacorteS, commander,
8. ]. Knapp. Is members.
No. 50. Fremont. South Bend. command
er. ]. 8. Brown, % mepbers
No. 20 Union. Chewelah, commander,
c. T. Rigg, II members.
No. II, Reynolds. Buckley. commander.
w +. Cove
No. q, Smith. Wayside, commander, A.
| Eickmeyer q members
No. 70, Everett. Sumner commander, E.
| NJ. Hulse. Is members
No. -. Casey Friday Harbor. command
| er. ". II. Thacker. members.
No. IS, Houghton Harvey. commander.
w. s. Chllds
No. 7e. Burnham. Kent, commander,
George Wood. Is members
No. 50, Looms, Gig Harbor, commander,
| Joseph Alien. Is members.
No. 81, Warrington. Elma, commander.
| A. Porter. rs members
No. s.. Price. Centralia. commander. f.
Pomeroy. e members.
No 81. Saunders. Kelso commander, w.
| Il. Shankiin. II members.
| No- 81. Foote. Sidney commander A. w
Robinson, q members