Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-12
ISSUES GENERAL ORDER
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, G. A.
R., CALLS ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
Banquet in Honor of COMMANDMENT
Chief the Evening of Feb
ruary %.

General orders No. 10. announcing the
| time for the holding of the thirty ninth an
| nual encampment of the Department Of the
| Potomac. G. A r., were promulgated today.
| They are signed by Department Commands
| B. p. .Entriken and countersigned by De-
partment Adjutant Edward Webster. The
encampment will be held Friday evening.
| February %, at Grand Army Hail. 142
| Pennsylvania avenue, at Z o'clock.
Capt. James NJ Edgar and Lieut.. Charles
| l.. Patten of the Old Guard are assigned
as officer of the day and officer of the
guard. respectively, and detail from the
veteran company will perform guard duty
at the encampment
committee to arrange for a banquet to
be given Saturday evening, February %, In
honor of Commander -in-Chief r. b. Brown
on the occasion of his annual visitation to
] the department has been appointed as fol-
| lows: Thomas S. Hopkins, chairman; b. +.
| Bingham, John McElroy, A. p. Tasker. A.
Hart c. M. Robinson, ii. B. Moulton, H. l..
Johnson. L. P Williams, Arthur Hendricks,
| George III. Slaybaugh and E. H. Holbrook
Committees Announced.
Department committees also an
| nounced by Commander Entriken as fol-
lows:
Observation-Disclosures Webster, chairman:
B. F. Chase. p. c. George.
On address of the department command
er-Newton M. Brooks, chairman; s. Il.
Faunce, A. p. Tasker, A. f. Johnson l.. p.
Williams, w. w. Eldridge. ]. L. Daven-
port.
On report of employment committee-I.
w. Stone, chairman; A. III. G. Richardson.
S. w. McElderry, j. l. H. Winfield, II. Ill.
Martin. J. Tyler Powell. J. II. Brooks
On report of the relief committee-A. z.
Tasker, chairman: l.. III. Holbrook. Archie
Burgess, Charles Matthews, X. NJ. Calhoun.
Thos II. jerks. Alexander Og!esby.
On report of the assistant adjutant gen.
eral-L. Vanderhoef, chairman: G. NJ. Hus-
ted, Chas T. Keefer. Geo. II. French, Alva
s. Tabor, M. NJ. Lewis, Charles T. Ben
jamin.
On report of the assistant quartermaster
generals. r. Faunce, chairman; Newton
Ferree, James NJ. Edgar James f. McCabe.
y. R. Campbell. e. r. Seavey, Thomas
Brady.
On report of council of administration
l.. G. kimball chairman; \ ID. Bloodgood,
Albert Carew, George Newton, Lawrence
Wilson. l.. F. Randolph III. L. Johnson
On report of department chaplain-A. III.
G. Richardson. chairman: Nj. l.. Leonard,
w. H. Honn. N. H. Miller, n. N. McCul-
Tough, 8. c. Robb, p. IT. Lee.
On report of department inspector-A.
Hart chairman; Burton r. Ross. J. &. 8.
Burger. o. H. Oldroyd. Z. A. Wilbur. b. w.
Bonney, Z. r. Duvall.
On report of chief mastering officer-M. +.
Urell. chairman: J. F. Hart VIM. a.
o.Meara' J. r. Hennis. w. T. Foster. H. II.
On resolItiOns-Nathan BickfOfd, chair
man; Thos. II. Mckee. S. r. Stratton. Geo.
Smith. Geo. C. Ross. Milton j. Hull, r. d.
Goodman.
Re- On legislation-John' McElrOy, chairman:
Geo. E. Corson. ]. M. Pipes, II. A. Johnson.
L. ID. Alden, VIM. ]. Weiss. T.. A. Keller.
On report of judge advocate-Geo. p.
Davis chairman VIM. II. Myers. Robert
Alton, A. II. Frear, Jerome f. Johnson, w.
H. Brown, l.. x. Brown.
Resolutions and Credentials.
The committees on resolutions and creden-
tails will meet at headquarters on Friday
evening, February 15, at o'clock.
The annual banquet of the organization
will occur at the New willard the evening
of February g. Comma nder-fn -chief B. B.
Brown, in whose honor the function IL TO
be given was quite seriously injured in an
accident not long ago. but word comes from
his home in GAINESVILLE Ohio, that he is In
proving and has every reason to believe lac