The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-25
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Commander in Chief Albert D. Shaw has
issued General Orders No. 5, from the
Republic. from which these extracts are
taken:
THE attention of the posts and COM
races is directed to the coming national
encampment to be held in Chicago, ILL.,,
from Aug. q to Sept. 3. inclusive. The
people of that wonderful city are pre-
pairing welcome for the veterans of
the Union that will render the thirty
fourth national eneampment memorable
NO effort Will be spared to make the
week one of interest as we'll as pleasure.
The welcome will be a royal one, and
the commander-in-chief urges posts and
comrades to attend in large numbers.
The attention of the cOmmander-in-
chief has been called to the Army and
Navy General hospital at Hot Springs,
Ark, and to the fact that the use of
the same has been put within the reach
OF the members of the Grand Army by
order of the president OF the United States,
for the last two years, upon the mere
payment day of 40 cents for subsistence.
1t has recently been learned that the ia
cflities and the capacity of the hospital
TO accommodate patients are exceedingly
limited. and that bill would be intro
large these and remove the nominal
| charge. Such bill is pending and de-
serves the earnest support Of all COM
rades of the Grand Army. Pending the
| granting of this additional legislation,
! aggravated cases will doubtless find adj
| mission upon application to the sur
geon general of the army; Inmates of
soldiers homes west of the Mississippi
| VINO desire to avail themselves of this
treatment are entitled to half rate tick
| cts to and from Malvern, near Hot
| Springs, in visiting the hospital to be
had on application. to the general pas
/ senger agents OF the roads over which
| they desire to travel.
| The comma nder-in-chief, as q result
| OF personal observation, is impelIed to
| direct attention of posts and comrades
to the wearing of lapel buttons and
! sity of posts being equipped properly
| with rules and regulation 0ateSt edition.
Blu Blue Book edition 1S99), Ritual and Serv-
Ice Books, and proper badges for post
| officers. Every comrade should possess
| lapel buttons or membership badge, to
| be worn on all proper occasions.
| Announcement is made of the follow
| ing deaths Of members of national en-
campment and of national officers:
Past Commander-in-Chief George Sar-
! gent Merrill, born in Methuen. Mass, on
| March 10, 1887; died In Lawrence, Mass.
| on Feb II, 1900
/ 'Comrade Merrill was one of the con-
spicuous and forceful leaders of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He was the first
commender of the post in Lawrence, de-
| partment commander in Massachusetts in
| lSl5, and commander-in-chief In 1881;
| afterward for many years chairman OF
| the national committee on pensions. He
! was a regular attendant at the national
encampments, and embraced every opDor-.
| tunlty to advance the interests of the
Grand Army of the Republic and be help
nal ability and fidelity many positions of
/ trust and responsibility in civil and poll
| teal life. Genial and social as a COM
rade. brave as soldier, citizen of spot
| less reputation and character, he was a
| true eXemplar of the American volunteer
soldier. By his devotion to the Grand
| Army of the Republic he honored the
| organization whose highest honor he had
| worn worthily.
John Randolph Lewis. Of Georgia. de-
| partment commander. 1889 and iuni0r
! Vice commander-in-chief, 1885; died in
! Chicago on Feb. g. 1900
/ 'Alphonso Barto of Minnesota, depart
| ment commander, 1888; died in St Cloud
| Mimi, on Nov. 4, 1899
partment commander. 1896; died in Balti-
| more on Dec so, 1899.
! Edward Sylvanus Osborne, of Penn
| sylyania, department commander, 1888;
! died dice in Washington, D. c., on Jan. /,
&c; ]. Dflworth, of Nebraska, depart
NeP., on Feb. 8. 1905.
oh John n,,,I browne. Of New Hampshire,
New Hampshire. and member of national
council of administration; died in Dover,
! N. H., on Jan. so, 1900.
| II. V. Booth, of Minnesota, aide de
| camp to commander-in-chief; died in
Long Prairie, MIMI, on Dec 15 1899
10 henry A Heath, of Wisconsin. aide
milwaukee, on Feb. %, 1900
The cOmmander-in-chief announces
VII WIN sadness the death of Mrs. Annie
W1ttenmeyer which occurred in Sana-
toga, Montgomery county, Pa, on Feb.
z, 1900 She was an army nurse of dis
tlngulshed and honorable record and
service during the war for the suppress
sion of the rebellion and a past national
president of the Woman's Relief corps,
! Turing During the years of peace she has been
among the foremost in advocating and
advancing the interests of the surviving
veterans, their widows and orphans In
the Womans Relief corps she was an
honored officer and a devoted unttring
| worker. Her life was lived in a spirit
or heipfulneSS to others, and amid the
nospIals during the terrible days of war
she was a veritable ministering angel
Such life closes like a sweet benedic-
lion or love and tenderness, and though
part OF 1t was passed amid the carnage
or the battlefield and the agony and. pain
OF hospltal-amid dead and dying its
close was calm and peaceful. The recoI-
lection Of her devotion to her country
and its defenders will render sweet and
fragrant her memory and her name will
be recorded the page of history
among those who were faithful to the
81, The ne following appointment as special
a ana ue camp to the commander n-chief
Is Bof hereby 4y al a!nnounced: William Mckinley,
| ington,, D. c. He will be obeyed and re-
spected accordingly
ID Among na21 the comrades. appointed aides
de camp on the staff of the commander
in-chief, assigned to duty in their re-
spectIye departments and ordered to re-
port by letter for Instructions to J. Cory
Winans' senior aide de camp and chief
OF stat Troy, o.. are these from Greater
New York: Charles r. Braine. of Holm
4: Dix post. No. 1856; Andrew Dodds
samuel q; Mcfarland and John B. John
son, OF Alexander Hamilton post, No
49, S; D Pan 4. Rose, of Lafayette post,
NO. no: ~; Charles IN Rininsland of KoItes
No: 2oS; John Schmidling, of j. l.. RlEer
post, NO. 62; T, II; Scott, of Edwin D.
| Morgan post, No. 307; w E. White. of
| George c. Mead post, No. IS; Walter
M thompson qLs5 Of Alexander Hamilton post,
| NO. 1S2; William Henderson, of Keno
pest pos d. No; a; T. ]. Garland, of H B.
being from Manhattan5 William Barth7
man man Of Abel Smith First Long Island
MCGOWAN, of Benjamin Ringgold post.
NO 263. Long Island City, and George A.
| Mch Gosnler of Sheridan post No 62S
| Long Island City. -''
HANGING HURRIED