Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-10
Closing Business Transacted.

Closing BUSINESS 1TduSdClCo.
In addition to the election of officers at
the meeting last night the closing business
of the annual encampment was gone over
Reports from retiring officers were read
and approved as follows:
Department Commander Abraham Hart,
tho senior vice commander, as ex-officio
chairman of the employment committee;
Junior Vice Commander a. L. IaSker, as
chairman of the relief committees Assistant
Adiutant General Gilbert l.. Hustled, AS
sistant Quartermaster General FRANK l..
McKenna, the chief mastering officer, the
assistant inspector general, the judge ad-
vocate and the chaplain.
Before adjournment was taken COM
mittee on courteSies from the Woman S
Relief Corps was received. This commit
tee consisting of Mrs. Mary 5. Thatcher,
chairman; Mrs. Addie Feathers and Mrs.
Susie r. Jacobs, and as color-bearers' Mrs.
Mary E. Hall, Miss Hoagland, Mrs. lsa-
belle Bontz and Mrs. Cora Smith, acted
as escort to the national junior vice pres
ident Mrs Ida a. oldroyd, the depart
ment president Mrs Ida L. Chase, and
the department presdent-elect, Mrs. LYDIA
| j. Hart, who came to present the courtesles
| of the department of the W. r. e TO the
| department of the G. A. r. Mrs. Oldfoyd
| presented the greetings of the national
| corps, and in expressing the compliment
| of the president. Mrs. Fanny b. Minot OF
| New Hampshire said she brought TO the De-
partmeft of Potomac, c. A. R., as the
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president the greetings of 10000 loyal
women. members of the only auxiliary of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Sketch of New Commander.
| Commander elect A. p. Tasker is native
| of Newmarket n. H. and entered the army
in 1861 as a private in Troop X of the Isl
| New Hampshire Cavalry. This regiment Is
| sometimes referred to as the LIST Rhode
| Island Cavalry, as the two regiments were
| merged during the war. Commander Taskel
was teacher of music and instructor a
| one of the private schools in New Hamp
shire when he enlisted in the army. HI
| served through the war cavairyman
| participating in the battles of Front
| Royal. Cedar Mountain. Second Bull Run
Groveton, ,Chantilly, Fredericksburg ant
Mddleburg. In the last named engagement
he was taken prisoner.
AT the close of the war Mr.. Tasker en-
tered the civil service and was connected
with the War Department. For twelve
years he was a chief of division in the of
flee of the adjutant general of the army
under Adjutant General Townsend. ant
while there had charge of the confederate
records. which at that time We're used ex
tensively in the investigation of claim
brought against the United States. II
1882 he resigned his government position
and went back to his old home in New
Hampshire. He was engaged in business II
Manchester n. f., for ten years, at the en-,
of which time he sold out and closed up hi
| affairs there. In 1897 he came back to thi
city and was again appointed to a position
| in the War Department. He remained i
the War Department about a year and wa
transferred to the office of the auditor TO
the War Department, where he is now EN-
| ployed.
Commander Tasher has been prominent
G. A. r. circles for many years. He ha
held every Office in Burnside Post, No.
| Department of the Potomac. c. A. r., an
was auartermaster general of the depart
| ment in 1903. Last year he was junior vic