The National tribune., 1908-10-01
Mark B. Taylor, Brooklyn, N. Y; Dana

Mark B. Taylor, Brooklyn, N. Y; Dana
w. King, Nashua, N. H.
VII. All orders for supplies and re-
mittances of every kind and character
will be sent to the Adjutant-General at
his headquarters, and all remittances
should be made payable to Cola ID. r.
Stowits, artermaster-General, G.. A
R., but they must be forwarded In the
first instance to the Adjutant-General,
that they may be properly entered upon
his books and by him forwarded to the
Quartermaster-G General.
Aids on the STAFF.
VIII. Aids-de-Camp on the Staff of
the n-Chief-Departmen
Commanders are hereby requested to
forward promptly to headquarters rec
concentrations for appointment of Aids
de-Camp on the Staff of the Command
er-in-Chief.
Owing to the financial condition of
the Organization and the expense nee
essarily incident to such appointment
(cost of badge, of commission, Of mail
ing tubes, of postage and Of printing
announcement in General Orders), and
following the precedent established by
the last two administrations, and upon
the approval of the Executive Commit
tee, every Aid-de-Camp SO appointed
will be required to pay 81 for his badge
anu IL lul
that every comrade SO recommended
for appointment shall be notified there
of by circular letter from headquarters,
and that upon the payment of 81
badge and commission will be issued to
him and his appointment announced in
General Orders. If the appointee does
not desire commission and badge, he
will notify the Acknowledgement to that
effect, and his appointment will be an
noupcpd in General Orders without the
payment of 81.
TX. Pursuant to the order of the En-
campment, as expressed in resolutions
thanking Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, As
sistant Secretary of War, for his action
relative to the burial of veterans wild
ows in National Cemeteries. the Com
mander-in-Chief has appointed the fol-
lowing committee to convey the thanks
of the Grand Army of the Republic to
Gen. Oliver for said action:
James Tanner, of New York.
Geo. II. Patrick, of Alabama.
Thos. S. Hopkins, of the District of
Columbia.
x. The publication of the journal of
the proceedings of the 42d National
Encampment is hereby assigned to Past
Commanderin-Chief Charles G. Burton,
of Kansas City, Mo, and all commune
cations in reference thereto will be ad-
dressed to him and addressed to Past
AdJt-Gen. Jere r. Dew, Room 221, Gov
ernment Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Request to the Order.
X1 I have just received notice that
one Henry Berger, of St. Louis, Mo-,
formerly of lockwood, ILL.,, made and
executed his last will and testament
under date of July 80, 1908, in which
he bequeathed to the Grand Army of
the Republic the sum of $4,000. This
will has been filed with the Probate
Court of st. Louis, Mo, and the two
other wills making different distribu-
ton of his property. one dated Aug. 80,
1901, and another dat June IA, 1908,
were filed at the san time. I have
directed Leo Rassieur, Past Commander
in-Chief of the GAR, of st. Louis,
Mo-. to take charge of the matter and
protect the interests of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and if necessary to call
to his assistance such counsel as may
be necessary from the comrades of RAN
som Post.
BY order of
HENRY NJ. MENUS,
Comander-in-Chief.