The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
GRAND ARMY.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER BUCK-
 LIN ISSUES ORDERS
For the Annual Encampment.

Department Commander John K
 Bucklyn, of the Connecticut Grand
 Army, has issued orders for the thirty
 third annual encampment, which will
 be held at New London, May 8 and 9. The headquarters will be at the Crock | CT House, and the staff officers will re-
 port in full uniform Wednesday, May
 S. at 10 a. m. The council of adminis-
 tration will meet at Il a. m. of that day.
 At p. m. the encampment will be con-
 vened in the Third Regiment Armony
 on Washington street. when the regu-
 lar business of the session will be taken
 up. The commander of w. w. Perkins Post, of New London, will detail an off,
 cer of the day, officer of the guard and
 six comrades for guard duty during the i sessions of the encampment. They will
 report to Assistant Adjutant General
 John H. Thacher at the armory in full
 uniform May at 10 a. m.
 Perkins Post will I've reception, Wednesday evening, to the department
 and staff officers. Governor George P.
 Mclean has been invited to be present with his staff at the reception. The Grand Army men will have parade
 before attending this event, which will
 take place at the armory
 Henry F. Royce, of Francis S. Long Post, of Willimantic, has been appoint ed an aide on the staff of the depart ment commander.
 rDL6ro will 1,o 1ar II1ci to be attended to during the encampment. The committees, which will report more or less important business, are the ones relating to the Soldiers Home, legisla- tion and picket posts. The Soldiers Home committee consists of Past De- pertinent Commander Henry R, Jones, who succeeded General l.. A. Dickinson as a member of the soldiers hospital board; D. F. Morrell of South Norwalk, Dwight w. Clark of Southngton and Franklin Gallup of New London. The committee on legislation consists of General S. B. Horne, Ira E. Hicks of New Britain, Oscar w. Cornish of Wa terbury, John M Brewer of the inter- nal revenue collectors office, and Sena- tor Andrew Gordon of Thompsonville. Mayor w. H. Loomis of Rockville, Ralph Wright of New Haven, s. G, Scotland and Judge A. B. Beers of Bridgeport constitute the committee on picket posts.
 The living past department com in the state are General Ed ward Hartland of Norwich, General William F. Disbrow of Bridgeport, George S. Smith of Norwich, Judge Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport, Ira E. Hicks of New Britain, Isaac B. Hyatt 1 of Meriden, General Frank D. Sloat of Washington, D. O., John T. Crary of 1 Norwich, Judge Henry F. Taintor, Gen. eral Samuel B. Horne, General William | H. Pierpont of New Haven, Colonel l John c. Broatch of Middletown, B. p. | Smith of Willimantic Wilbur F. Rog- l CTS of Meriden, s. G. Bakeman of Der | by, John M. Brewer of Hartford Oscar w. Cornish of Waterbury Gustavus D. | Bales of Putnam, the Hon. William E. [ Slmonds and Henry R. Jones of New Hartford.
 The present officers of the department l are: Department commander, John K. 1 Bucklyn, Mystic; senior vice comman- Ter, Irving Phelps, Winsted; medical | director, Dr. GeorgerL. Porter Bridge port; chaplain, the Rev. Henry Upson, New Milford.
 Official staff-Assistant adiutant- general, John H. Thacher, Hartford; assistant quartermaster-g general, Will jam s. Morgan New Haven; inspector, Iezekiah B. Smith, New London; chief officer, Franklin Ball, Bris- ol; judge advocate, D. c. Kilbourn, 4itchfied; senior aide-de- camp, Wal CT Price, Westerly, R. l.
 Loren D. Penfield, of New Britain, vho Is past senior vice-commander of he department, has been appointed ad- utant of Stanley Post in that city, F. l.. Caldwell.