Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-07

CaHlpInent mere also, as many OF them are
members of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie. The city of Omaha, realizing that there
would be a very slim attendance if the en-
campment were held in that city, agreed to
relinquish its claim, and the commandments
chief issued his orders for the holding of
the national encampment of the Union Vet
eran Union in this city.
The National Officers.
The national officers of the order are as
follows:
Robert G. Dyrenforth, commander-in-
chief; chief of staff, w. w. Dudley of the
Division of the Potomac adjutant general,
A C. Hawley, Division of the Potomac;
quartermaster general F. F. Bogia, Divt-
sion of the Potomac; commissary general.
Nathaniel P. Pond, Division of New York
inspector general, Walter l.. French, u
vision of Massachusetts; surgeon general,
H. NJ. Dean, Division of Iowa; judge adVo.
cate general. Eugene B. Payne, Division OF
the Potomac; chief mastering ofncer. Hngh
Stewart. Division of New York: chief chap-
lain the Rev. George b. SImons, DIVISION
of Illinois.
The following is the constitution of the
complete executive committee of the chie1
command:
Division of Maine Folsom Jones; New
Hampshire and Vermont Byron Putnam
Massa chusetts, NJ. A. Packard; Connecticut
and Rhode Island John ]. Edmands; New
York and New Jersey, Geo. J. Oaks; Penn
sylvania, J. P. Ross; the Potomac, ID. w.
Classic; Wisconsin, Sllas e Lowrey; Min
nesota C. A. Rose; Iowa, ]. A. Carson;
R. E Koch; Ohio. Peter Dickman; South
Dakota. Butterfield; Michigan, George n.
Mead; Nebraska, j. Francis Hopper; Wash
ington, Chas. H. Merriam; Wyoming, ThoS.
A. Castle; Missouri, l. ID. Hughs; MISSISSIPPI
pi, H. NJ Minger: Georgia, Alex. A. lIar-
vey; Kentucky, H. l. Irwin
Division of Potomac.
In
slant. and the division of the Potomac has
secured rooms in the Concordia Club for
the holding of it's sessions. The division of
the Potomac. while not as large in mem
bershfp as some of the other divisions. has
always wieloed an important influence in the
national encampment, to it's belief that the
commander-in-chief should be a resident OF
Washington: that its headquarters should
be at the national capital the seat of gov
eminent was due the election of General
Dyrenforth, in the first instance, and that
belief has largely entered into all subse-
quent elections.
Gen. Jno. F. Meacham, the present COM
mander of the Division of the Potomac, is
serving his second term in that office. The
commander of the list Brigade is Gen. c.
F. Noske, and the I'd Brigade commander is
Gen. e. D. Goodman. Gen. Meacham, S
staff is as follows: Col F. t. Bickford,
chief of staff. Washington, d. c.; Col. E. A.
Fenton, assistant adjutant general; Col. f.
J. Brookings, assistant commissary general;
Col. ]. II. L. Eagel. assistant judge advo-
cate general; Col. William G.. Miles, assist
ant surgeon general; Lieutenant Colonel
Horace Pardo, senior aid-de-camp; Col A.
U. Crosby assistant quartermaster general;
Col. A. b. Frisbie, assistant inspector gen.
eral; Col. G. H Hulse assistant mastering
officer; Col. S. r. Whitney, division chap
lain; Col. John c. Hart, division recruiting
officer; Aids-de Camp Lieutenant Colonel
Travers Dade, Lieutenant Colonel w. A.
Readon, Lieutenant Colonel w. P. Irving.
Local Regiments.
Hancock Command (or regiment, as the
subordinate bodies are now called, No. 1, is
the parent regiment of the order and from
it has sprung a number of other regiments
In this division, but all the regiments
throughout the country. which go to make
up the entire order of the Union Veterans
Union. Several of the commanders-in-ch ief
have been in the ranks of its membership,
and it has had the reputation of always
being the most earnest and faithful in its
efforts for the good Of the entire order. Its
present officers Are as follows: Colonel
NJ Taylor; surgeon, j. H. Jennings; quar-
termaster. G. w. Honey; adjutant, F. l..
McErnerny.
The other local regiments are Differed as
follows:
Logan Regiment, No. 2-Colonel. s. J.
Black; lieutenant colonel. E. A. Fenten:
major L. Fugitt; acting adjutant. W. Park
Irwin.
Sedgwick Regiment. No. 3-Colonel Fred.
Hope; lieutenant colonel, f. T. Beckford +;
major, James S Robinson; adjutant. George
F. Clayton.
Shaw Regiment, No. 5-Colonel, Frank M.
Welsh; lieutenant colonel John C. Hart;
major. Isaac X. Hawkins; adjutant, Sum
ner p. Belcher.
Kenly Regiment. No. 7-Colonel, Jerome
Lang; lieutenant colonel, E. S. Hart; major
yir,tr. i,1to
Green Clay Smith Regiment, No. 17-Colo-
mel. H. l.. Dean; lieutenant colonel w. J.
Johnson; major, Leroy Ellis; adjutant, A
NJ Ham.
tive committee: Hancock, E. B. Payne;
Logan, John T: Ryan; Sedgwick. A. M.
Legg; Shaw, l.. D. Goodman; Kenly, James
Anderson; Smith, c. H. Worden.
Delegates and Alternates.
The following is a list of delegates and al
ternates to the national encampment from
the division of the Potomac:
John F. Meacham, division commander:
E. A. Fenton, assistant adjutant general;
A. U. Crosby, assistant quartermaster gen.
eral; E. j. Brookings, assistant commissary
general; J. H. l.. Eager, judge advocate
general; G. H. Hulse. assistant mastering
officer; VIM G. Miles, assistant surgeon
general; S. R. Whitney, division chaplain;
A. 3. FTisbee, assistant inspector general.
Hancock Regiment No. Frank T. Howe,
colonel; G. G. Bollinger, delegate; Edw. w.
Oyster delegate; William Howard Mills,
delegate; Andrew Gibbs, alternate; D. w.
Mabry, alternate; George w. Honey, alter
nate.
Logan Regiment, No. IS. j. Block, COL
onel; S. w. Baxter. delegate; J. Hammond,
delegate; F. w Sowby, delegate; J. G..
Burchfield. delegate; A. c. Hawley, alter
nate; S. r. Stratton, alternate; ]. Talbot,
alternate; L. Fugitt, alternate.
Sedgwick Regiment, No. Erred Hope
colonel; A. NJ. Legg, delegate; 1. B. Thatch-
err delegate; T. E. Johnson, alternate; j.
3. Patterson, alternate
Shaw Regiment. No, Al. NJ. WEIGH,
colonel: John P, Quander, delegate; Henry
Clark. alternate
Kenly Regiment, No. Heroine Lang,
colonel; George knight, delegate; E. S.
Harding, alternate.
Smith Regiment. No 17-H. l.. DEAN,
colonel; w. J. Johnson, delegate; George w.
Hill, delegate; D. R. Prindle, alternate;
Robert f. HetZ, alternate.