Evening star., 1899-02-02
Thirty-First Annual Encampment,
Department of the Potomac.
GENERAL ORDERS BY TIE COMMANDER
appointment of the Committees
and Officers Announced.
B AN @ L Ell POST NED

The thtrty-tirst annual encampnlert of
the Department of the Potomac. Grand
Army of the Republic will meet at 6:3O
O'Clock this evening AT G.. A. r. Han. Penn
sylvania avenue between 1ith and 18th
streets. In general orders issued by De
partment Commander Arthur s. Hendricks
the appointments are announced Of Capt.
j. M. Edgar as officer of the day and Lieut..
w. H. Fuss as officer of the guard. Other
appointments are as follows:
committee on banquet to department
commander-A. H. G. Richardson. Abram
Hart, l.. z, Williams, S. s. Burdett. =. r
Janney, l. w. Stone. ]. Tyler Powell. VIM.
ii. Norton and J. H. Devices
On credentials - The assistant adiutant
general, Charles Matthews and Jacob
Moore.
On the address OF the department. conf
mander-Thos. S. Hopkins, VIM Gibson, A.
F. Dinsmore, NJ. r. Anderson, NJ Emmett
Ureli.
On the report Of the employment COM
mittee-Nathan Bickford. ]. F. Raub, MD.
W. Nj. Seton, Sidney W. Herbert. ]. NJ.
Cults
On the report OF the relief committee-N.
NJ Brooks. G. II. Slaybaugh, B. F. Bing-
ham, l.. X. Brown. ]. w. Butcher
On report of the assistant adjutant gen.
erals e. Faunee, A. n. Thompson. j. II.
Jennings. j. NJ. keogh. J. H. Brooks
On report of the assistant uriartarmast ster
general-A. J. Cunning, J. II. Reeve Thos.
Ca loway. H. w. Emo. J. T. Thomas.
On reports of medical director and chap
lain-A. G. Adams, ND. II. S. Stevens
Rudolph Cllmer, James Wells, N N Nc
Cullough.
On report Of the judge advocate-E. ].
sweet j. {. S. Burger, Patrick O'Farreu
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On reports of inspector and chief muster
ing offfcer-Hiram Buckingham, George w
Hazer, Asaph Dodge, A. D. Albert, August
Kaiert.
On report of the council of administration
John McElroy, L. ]. Bryant, b. z. En-
trikin. R. NJ. Calhoun. James S Hoover
On resoluttonS-Charles p. Lincoln. Sam
Uel c. Mills, Charles T. Scott, A F. Sperry
Stanton Weaver, w. II. Grimshaw, J. W
Stone.
Comrade James f. McCabe is appointed
special aid and assigned to duty with As
sistant Adjutant General Vanderhoef dur
ing the sessions Of the encampment,
Function Nccessarily Deferred.
The banquet to the department Command
er is usually given at the close of the first
session of the encampment, which is ordi-
narily very brief and devoted merely to for
NAL organization. but owing to the illness
of Commander-in-Chief Sexton of the order,
be hereafter selected.
The enca!npment sessions promise to be
made interesting by discussions OF the vital
subjects now confronting the nation and
concrete expressions of the sentiment of the
Old veterans upon them will find form in
the shape of resolutions. The question or
the treatment of ex-confederate soldiers
alive and dead, will doubtless also be con-
sidered.
Naturally very deep interest is evinced in
the election of a successor to the present
department commander, Arthur A Hen
bricks, and the two candidates in the field
are both men OF great popularity, which
1nSures an animated contest. The aSpirants
are Or, j. F. Rauh, who was a surgeon in
the 1Sth Pennsylvania Infantry during the
civil war, and Caleb Farnsworth, who
1st Maine Heavy Artillery
Mr.. FarnswOrth's Chances.
The chances seem to be favorable to the
election of Mr.. Farnsworth. There may be
an effort to change the rules at tonight's
meeting and hold the election but it is not
believed that this will be successful and
the contest will be, therefore, decided the
second night of the encampment as usual
Dr. Raub was a candidate last year aga
Mr. Hendricks. but withdrew before the
election He is very popular with large
element OF the organization, which does not
admit that the indications make his defeat
probable. The department comprises eight
cen posts, with total membership or 2.713.
There We're eighty-seven deaths during the
past year.