The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13
RITUAL, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Full Report of the Committee For and Agains.
Suggested Changes.


Full Report of the Committee For and Against
Suggested Changes. |
The following is the report of the Com
mittee on Ritual, Rules and Regulations,
which was adopted by the National En-
campmcnt, and its recommendations are
now part OF the law of the Order:
Your Committee on Rules. Regulations |
and Ritual respectfully report that they |
have duly considered the amendments pro |
posed. presented according to the Rules in |
General Orders No. 8, paragraph XIV, as
follows:
l. The Department of California and
| Nevada presents a proposition to annul
| the decisions relative to Past Post Com
manders paragraph 1. article 2. chapter
81, in order that Past Post Commander
| who may remove to another Department,
on Joining n Post therein by transfer.
| shall thereby become a member of the De
partment Encampmcnt Of that State. pro
| vided said Encampment has constituted
| Past Post Commanders as members. Your
| Committee cannot see that the present rul-
| ings this subject are either Illogical
| or unjust. The comrade who served as
! Post Commander in one Department and
| removes to another retains the honor Of
having so served unless he has forfeited
it. but he certainly should not be thus
iegislated into and be permitted to vote
and act ey-officio as Il member of a De
| part,uent Encampment in which he has
not served even q day as Il Post Command
err. We report against the proposition.
2. The Department of Massachusetts
presents resolution stating that by rra-
son of advancing age the muSteT-in ser
vices shall be dispensed with. except the
obligation and badge presentation Also,
that memoriZing the services should no
longer he required in the rating OF Posts
by the Inspector.
| Your Committee unanimously concur in
this proposition. 1t is in the line nf au-
| hOrity already conferred on Posts to dis
ense with the formal opening OF closing
services. but there may he Posts who take
eaSure in and find profitable the per
sormance of the full service.
| We therefore present the following resn-
ution, which. if ADOPTED. should be an.
| -ounced in Orders, and be printed in any
suture edition of the Ritual:
Resolved, That Posts ut their option are
authorized to dispense with the services
4 the Ritual prescribed for the muster
n of recruits, hut in no case shall the oh
igation be omitted.
Resolved. That the inspection blanks b.
| modified to conform to the above i'll rating
he standing of Posts.
3. The Department of New York pro
oses amendment to article 4, chapte'
II page d., eligibility to membership. I,
| hange the present limitation of date O.
April 8. 1865, to include August -, 1859
| We are informed that this is intended
10 cover the cases of any who possibly BY
| eason of youth were unable tn enlist l.
| he Army prior to April Q. 1865. bat who
we're received in the Navy after that dat
md up to the formal removal of the block
| de on August %.
| 1t is well known that the date April Q
| 500. was selected because of the fOrIna
surrender of the Army of Northern Viz
l -,,,;n II 10 IN. h.
ield was required for some time there
ifter. recruiting had practically ceased.
| md no one then cnliSting could have an
bought that active fighting service would
ne required of them.
IL was different with the recruits VIII
.nlisted in March or early in April. 1865
| they knew that the chances were that
hey would be hurried to the front ard
| get Immediately into the most active scr
vice.
: All such are welcome, and always hav,
been. to our ranks; but your COMMITTEE
AN find no good reason for further ex
ending the limitation of date. and repor'
| adversely.
4. The same Department presents res
tuition for the constitution OF Posts with
| II County lines.
| There appears no suggestion FOR All!
| modification of the present law GOVERNS:
hat subject. 1t has evidently been over
| ooked that section >, article l. chapter
age 5, adopted in lS.JG, very faliy pT"
rides for the consolidation of Posts
through their own voluntary acts 10y !.
twc-thirds vote in each Post interested
| II cannot be understood that even the Ma
tonal Encampment shall force cOnsOiida
ton by County lines or any other.
Such action should necessarily be the
voluntary act of Posts having the lega!
number to hold their charter, but we be
lieye that the rules on this subject arr
not generally understood. and we recon
mend that the section in relation to con
;olidation of Posts. and also on tie forma
ion of "out-posts," section D, article
HAPPIER 2 page {, be published i'll the Gen
raj Orders of the several Departments
| ind all comrades be strongly appealed Ia
onsder that membership in this Or
Ter is an honor not to be lightly surren-
Tered because of any apparent lack OF
,trength TO maintain the smaller Post Or
;anizations. Such comrades can have
heir Posts consolidate or can join the
tronser Posts at the County seat or else
where.
>. The Department Of Utah presents "a
suggestion for some changes in the form
| # transfer card and the application
blank We recommend that these be re
erred to the Commander Chief and Adj
utant- General with power.
The above covers all the propositions
| egaly submitted, but a comrHde of the
| Department of Arkansas presents Il prop
,sition to enlarge the article on Eligibil
Ity. No action can be had on this be-
| .ause it has not been presented in the
manner prescribed by the Rules and Reg
ulations.
(Signe6
RORT. 3. BEATH.
HENRY NJ. MENUS,