The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-12-21

Department Encan,pineht and ccanci
OF ADMINISTRATION. shaIl1ssrward the re
tiers. and see that all orders received
| from thence are properly published ant
obeyed. shall issue suitable charters t,
al. Posts organized in his Department
and perform such otleH duties as ar
! incumbent on cersEofalike position.
Page 1S.-Duties of Officers Section
| 6, Article VI, Chapter I'M, amended t.
read:
Sec. 6. The Judge advocate, Chic
Mastering Officer, and Department Pat
riotic Instructor. shall perform the du
| ties property belonging to their offices.
Ratio of Representation.
Page 2o.-Ratio Of Representation
from Departments to National En-
campment. Section 1. Article II, Chap
ter, w. amended to read:
Fourth. OF one representative a
large from each Department; and one
representative for each 500 members il
good standing therein, and one add
| tional representative for final frac
ton of more than one-half Of tina
number; such representatives to bt
elected by the Department Encamp
ment as provided in Chap. HI, Art. 3
Any Department having less than SCI
that number shall be entitled to one
representative in addition to one repre-
sentative at large"
National Officers.
Page 21.-Officers Section 2, Arti
Gle ", Chapter Nv. amended to read:
Sec. 2. The National officers of thu
Grand Army of the Republic shall bt
Commander-in-Chi a Senior Vict
Commander-in-Chie Junior Vice
Commander-in-Chief an Adjutant
General, Quartermaster-Gen al
Inspector-General, a Judge Advocate
General, a National Patriotic InstEue
tor, a Surgeon-General,,' a Chaplain-in
Chief, and a Council of Administration
consisting of the above-named officers
and one comrade from each Depart
ment, to be chosen by the National En-
campment."
Page 21.-Election of officers. Sec
ton 1. Article v, Chapter ", amended
to read:
Sec /. The National officers Of thu
Grand Army of the Republic, excep
the Adjutant-General, the Quartermas
ter-General, the Inspector-General, thu
Judge Acknowledgement, and the Ma
tional Patriotic Instructor, shall b.
elected annually, by ballot, at the stat
ed meeting of the National Encamp
ment, in the manner prescribed for thu
election by ballot of officers of thu
Posts in Chap. II, Art. 7, Sec. 2.
Page 24-Duties of officers. Sec
ton g. Article vi. Chapter ~, amend
Ell to read:
Sec. 8. The Judge Acknowledgement
and the National Patriotic Instructor
shall perform the duties belonging II
those Offices.
Members in Arrears.
Page 29-Arrearages. Special atten
ton is called to the amendment of Sec
ton 4 Article III. Chapter V, making
it obligatory upon Posts to drop {
member who remains II months in ar
rears for dues, after the prescribed two
months formal notices The section a:
amended reads:
Sec. A. If a member of a Post shall
be one year in arrears flor dues, he
shall be notified thereof in writing BY
the Post Quartermaster. aud on fail.
ure for two months thereafter to pay
such dues, he shall be dropped from
the rolls, unless relieved from such pay
ment: Provided, That he has been pre-
viously suspended and SO reported ir
accordance with the preceding section
A comrade may be reinstated in the
Post from which he has been dropped
by making a written statement to tina
effect, and on receiving a majority vote
Of those present at any ,regula meet.
ing, upon payment of not exceeding
one years dues. A cOmrade may bt
reinstateed in Post 9theaelr; than tina
plication duly made. referred and re-
ported upon, and on payment Of thu
muster-in fee to the Post to which h
may make application. A dropped
member on being reinstated shall no
be reobligated."
With care, consideration and fore
thought the required action can doubt
less be obviated in many cases. The
eedy require our help, and Post Com
manders should adopt measures II
have comrades in arrears visited b.
proper committees and urged to retair
membership in an organization which
has been of inestimable benefit to all.
Memorial Day.
Page 36.-Memorial Day. Articl
XIV, Chapter V. Strike out SO mucl
OF the foot-note to the article as reads
Resolution of National Encamp
flags hosted on Memorial Day be a
half-mast.'
In their recommendation that tn
words quoted be stricken out, the Com
mittee on Rules. Regulations and Rit
ual said:
when we consider the grand result
which have followed the services an,
sacrifices of our comrades now de
ceased and the grandeur of our coun
try in it's present strength and unity
we may we'll consider Memorial Day a
day of thankfulness for the work &C
compished as well as one of sorrow
for our comrades dead"
Page 36.-F'lag Day. After Articl,
XIV. (thanfpr ". insert an al6itiOp3
article as follows:
ARTICLE XIV
adopted at Denver, Colo, 1861
'FIag Day.
THE National Encampment hereb,
recognizes the 14th day Of June to b.
observed hv all mamhe of the Crane