Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-14
OF INTEREST TO G. A. R.
GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED BY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Commander Newton Ferree of the De-
partment of the Potomac, G. A. r., has
received from Commander-in-chief r. B.
Brown at GAINESVILLE. Ohio, general orders
announcing the tentative arrangements for
the next national encampment of the
Grand Army at Saratoga Springs, N. Y;
also the appointment of several Washing
ton veterans as assistant inspectors gen.
eral and aids-de-camp. 1t is ordered that
E. c. Daugherty OF $50 18th street, this
city, report to Inspector Gen. Thomas w.
Evans of st. Joseph, Mo-, for assignment
to duty as assistant inspector general. The
Washington members Of the G. A. r. who
are appointed on Gen. Browns staff as
aids-de-camp are:
Burton R. Ross of post 6, Charles D. A.
Loeffier OF post =, George II. French of
post l. Edwin II. Holbrook of post 2, o.
H. Oldroyd of post g. w. w. Eldridge of
post 5, H. A. Johnson of post Z, ]. w.
Anderson of post s, William II. Liverpool
of post 9, c. E. Boles of post 10, William
A. OMeara of post II. N. H. Miller OF
post 13, Thomas II. jerks of post H. f.
son of post II, Rudolph Timer of post
10, Lawrence Wilson of post 20. Alexander
Oglesby of post p.
Gathering at Saratoga Springs.
In connection with the national gather
ing at Saratoga Springs. COMMANDMENTS
chief Brown says:
Pursuant to the action of the fortieth
national encampment, held at Minneapolis,
Minno., the forty-first national encampment
will be held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
during the month of September. the exact
date to be announced in future general
orders.
THE commander-in- chief is assured that
the railroads will grant the usual rates to
and from national encampments.
THE Business Mems Association of Sara
toga Springs, a corporation incorporated
under the laws of the state of New York,
guarantees that the hotel rates shall not
be increased
AFTER a full, careful and conscientious
investigation and due consideration, a vexed
and perplexing question has been settled
The authority conferred upon the COM
mander-in-chie and the executive commit
tee Of the national council of administra-
ton to change the place of meeting was
very limited. If the railroads granted the
usual rates and the hotels. boarding and
lodging houses guaranteed that the rates
should not be in excess of their usual and
regular rates and should not be in excess
of the rates usually charged comrades and
visitors to national encampments, then no
such authority existed. These requirements
having been met and guaranteed by the
Business Mems Association of Saratoga
Springs, the executive committee did not
feel at liberty to override the action of the
fortieth national encampment and hence
confirmed the same
Matters Of Great Moment.
The hope is expressed by General Brown
that the coming encampment Will be large
ly attended. as matters of great moment
are to be considered.
The commander chief congratulates the
members of the organization upon the pas
sage of the new pension law, "a meritorious
measure long strenuously advocated by the
G. A r., and which will bring relief to tens
upon tens of thousands of comrades" He
extends the thanks Of the order to Congress,
to the President for signing the ball and to
the national pension committee of the G.
, A. R. Regret is expressed because of the
failure of the passage of the bill equalizing
the pensions of widows and the hope stated
that it may be enacted by the Sixtieth Con-
gress.