Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-10
VETERANS HERE.
Nineteenth Annual En-
campment in Session.
Many Old Soldiers are in
Attendance.
: Parade and Camp Fire Will be Held
/, This Evening.
Old SOLDIERS LIVING HERE.

Perfect weather greeted the vet
Grams for the nineteenth annual en-
campment which opened this morning
and will close tomorrow. The White
Oaks delegation came in after three
days trip overland.
The department of New Mexico was
organized at Santa Fe, July IA, 1883.
Department Commander McFie and
other department officers are here. The
delegates and alternates are:
j. r McFie, department commander.
company E. Thirtieth Illinois infantry.
j. w. Edwards, senior department
commander, commander G. X. Warren
post, company f. Fourteenth Indiana.
Col. ]. Franco Chaves, junior vice
department commander.
f. p. Crichton, assistant adjutant
general, first lieutenant company M,
Sixth Iowa infantry.
Jacob Weltmer, assistant depart
ment quartermaster general.
Col. L.. H. Rudisille, council of ad-
ministration, company H, Thirty
eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry.
J. NJ. Moore, council of administra-
tion, past commander.
Rev. Thomas Harwood, department
chaplain, company G, Twenty-fifth Wis
consin infantry, chaplain of regiment
also chaplain of G. n. Warren post.
T. w. Heman, Kearney post, lieuten-
ant colonel Forty-eighth Missouri
State White Oaks.
G.. w. Bowman, company G, Seven
teenth Ohio Volunteer infantry, past
post commander. delegate.
A. b. Stanton, G. X. Warren post.
Albuquerque. n. NJ. company b. First
. Colorado infantry.
]. l.. Morris. Thornton, n. NJ, COM
pany c and B. First United States cav
airy and Eighth United States caval-
ry.
A. NJ. Whitcomb, regimental band,
Third Vermont volunteers.
John r. Patton, company X, One
Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania vol
unteers, company b. One Hundred and
Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers,
White Oaks, N. NJ
Smith II. Simpson, First infantry
New Mexico volunteers, Carleton
post, Santa Fe; residence, Taos, N
M
H. r. Whiting, captain Twenty-fourth
Michigan volunteers and brevet major
Albuquerque.
Aaron Pefiiy, troop d, Twelfth Indi-
ana cavalry, G. X. Warren post, Albu-
querque.
NJ. C. Castillo, company A, Thirty
fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, G. X.
Warren post.
Valentine Herbert, company H, Sec
ond Michigan infantry, company G.,
Nineteenth United States army volun-
teers, company c, Thirty-seventh, IN
tied States army infantry.
j. G. Klepinger, company +, Ninety
ninth Indiana volunteer infantry, White
Oaks.
Major Whiteman, San,a Fe.
This morning at 10 o'clock the coun-
Gil of administration met at Grant hall
and checked over the accounts. The
hrst session of the encampment was
held at the same place this afternoon
when the reports were submitted
1t was 1920 when Department Com
mander McFie raped for order; De-
partment Chaplain Harwood offered
prayer. After the roll of officers was
called the report of the committee on
credentials was received. Department
Commander McFie made his report
and annual address. TIE report of the
assistant quarteImaster general, as
sistant adjutant general. of the council
of administration and OF the chaplain
were read and approved. A telegram
of greeting was sent tC President
Roosevelt and committees were ap-
pointed for the next encampment.
This evening the campfire and ban
quet will be held at Grant hall. The
parade will form at I and move at
1880. While o'clock is the hour set
for the exercises. it will probably be
$50 before the program is com
menced.
Governor Otero will not be present
and he has sent the following letter of
regret;
Santa Fe. April s, 1902.
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of your
very kind letter of the 9Th inst, eX-
tending an invitation to myself, staff
and ladies to attend the campfire OF
the nineteenth annual encampment OF
the G.. A r., to be held at Albuquerque
on April 10. | regret to say that my
official duties will prevent me from
being present on that occasion. VIII,
however, communicate with AdJutant
General Whiteman and endeayor to
have him and as many OF my stan
present as can attend.
Thanking you for the very kind In
vitation, believe me to be as always,
very sincerely yours,
MIGUEL A. OTERO,
J. w. Edwards, Esq. Post Commander,
G. X. Warren Post, No 8, G. A. r.,
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