The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-01

the lOllOWlEs
MILITARY DEPARTMENT. SONS OF vETER-
| ANS, L. 5. a.
l. That the incoming Commander-in-
Chief shall at once appoint and commits
sion Chief of Staff. to command the Mil
litary Department, with the rank of Brig
adierGeueral,
H. The Chief of Stat, Ivy and through
the advice and consent Of the Commander
in-Ch;ef. shall formulate proper laws and
rules FOR the government of the Military
Department: said laws To be promulgated
in General Orders by the COMMANDMENTS
Chief and when adoi ted. said Avs shall
become a part of the rules and regulations
of the Constitution.
III. Military companies. or guards.
of all camps throughout The Order shall
become attached to b:ttalionS battalions
shall be organized into regiments ard regi-
ments into brigadeS. Companies shall con-
siSt of not less than - no,.-commissiOned
officers and privatcs. with the proper num-
her of commissioned officers. Bat;aliOnS
shall consist of from two to four compa-
MES. Regiments shall consist of two or
more battaiions; and two or more resi-
ments shall constitute Il brigade
! ". Camps shall he permitted to main
tain firing squad. to he composed of not
more than 10 men. and said firing squad
shall be compelled to become attached to
some company. battalion or regiment.
V. Officers of companies shall be elect
ed by the men composing the companies.
Officers of battalion shall be elected by
the commissioned officers of the companies
constituting the battalion.
| Officers of a regiment shall be elected by
the commissioned officers of the companies
and battalions constituting the regiment.
| VI. All officers above the rank of Col
onel shall be appointed by the Commander
in-Chief.
VII. No una ttached or Independent
companies, battalions or regiments shall be
permitted in any Division of this Order
wL,Te the Military Department exists, ex-
cept the firing squad provided for in Sec
ton ".
VIII. The Chief of Staff commanding
the Military Department shall at once ap-
point the required number of staff officers,
said officers to hold the rank specified in
the Army Regulations.
IN. The Chief of Staff commanding the
Military Department shall make an annual
report to the Commandcry- Chief of the
condition and requirements of his Depart
ment.
] y. The Military Department shall at
| all times be subject to the orders of the
Commander-in-Chief. said orders to be pro-
mulgated through the proper intermediate
official channels.
Nj. The Military Department shall be
known and styled Sons of Veterans Re
serves. ---a- ..,.--
The uniform shall consist of dark-blue
blouse, light-blue pantaloons. fatigue or
dress cap of the L. S. A. and campaign
hat, lace leggins, woven web belt, and
such arms as desired or adopted by the
companies constituting the Sons of Veter-
ans Reserves. Insignia Of rank and panta-
loon stripes shall conform to U. s. Army
Regulations. The commissioned officers
may have the Division mark of their Di
vision appear on the breast of the eagle
which is embroidered on the cap.
XII. On and after the adoption of
these amendments to Constitution and
| Laws of the Sons of Veterans, U. S. A..
| it shall not be lawful for any member of
the Order not connected with the Military
Department OF the Sons of Veterans Re
serves to wear any insignia of rank or
| side-arms, except the miniature rank
straps and chevrons now in use by officers
of the Camp.
XIII. All officers and members of the
Sons of Veterans Reserves shall be subject
| to the orders of their superior officers; and
| for refusal to obey such orders or for coll
duct unbecoming n member of the Sons
of Veterans, prejudicial to good order and
discipline or to the Order of Sons of Vet
Grams, shall be reprimanded, fined, sus-
|
after due trial.
Any member of the Sons of Veterans
Reserves guilty of any of the above Of
lenses shall be reported by his command
| ing officer, or superior officer, to the Com
mander of the Camp to which he belongs.
The Commander of his Camp shall order
a trial by a committee of five members of
said Camp. two of whom shall be mem
bers of the Sons of Veterans Reserves. Ten
| lat-S' nntira Of tho rnanttn~ of saiH trial
committee shall be given the accused and
accuser The findings Of the trial com
mittee shall be in writing and submitted
to the Camp. The Commander of the
Camp shall forward the said findings of
the trial committee, together with the ac-
ton of the Camp, to the Division Com
mander, whose approval, or disapproval,
shall be final. unless appealed from to the
Commander-in-C Chief
| XIV. Immediately after the adoption
of these additions to the Constitution and
Laws, or as soon thereafter as possible,
the Commander-in-Chicf. his Adjutant-
General, and the Chief of Staff command
ing the Military Department, shall meet
and formulate proper rules governing the
Military Department in accordance with
the provisions of these amendments.
All laws or parts of laws in conflict with
the provisions of this report are hereby
suspended pending the revision of the
Constitution and Laws.
| The Committee recommended the adOp-
ton of the foregoing, with the suggestion
that it be recognized as part of the gen.
eral law of the Order and the basis of the
regulations to be provided in the revised
edition of the Constitution and Laws in
connection with the Military Department.
1t further recommended that the fore
going be promulgated in the General Or
ders of the COmmander-in-Chef The
report was approved and adopted, as
was also the recommendation that the
Committee on Constitution appointed I'M
der authority Of the Washington Encamp-
ment be continued, said committee to re-
port at the Encampment to be held in
1904.
EVENING CAMPFIRE.
In the evening a Campfire was held at
Young's Pier, the presiding officer being
Harry K. Pencil, of Atlantic City, the
principal speaker of the evening being
Governor Durbin, OF Indiana, who dwelt
on the noble principles upon which the
Order was organized, the necessity for the
existence of such an organization to in
culcate patriotism, to teach history truth
fully and to spread and maintain the doc
trine Of equal rights, universal liberty and
justice to all. Col X. NJ. J. Reed and
Commander-in- Chief Martin also spoke of
the Order and the work it had under
taken.
Il TO GREET THE LADIES.