Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-21
Will Meet in Auburn,
September 1880.
General Orders Issued by
The Commander -in-chief
Gives Detailed Information to Com.
rades Concerning Encampment.


National Encampment of the Union
Veterans Union Sept. 20 and 80. Full
details regarding the plans for the en-
canEment are contained in General Or
der No. 5, which was promulgated
Tuesday by General Patrick Hayes of
lChelsea, commander-in-ch of the
Union Veterans Union. The full text
of the order is as follows:
Headquarters National Command Uni
on Veterans Union.
Chelsea, Me-, July Is, 1909
General Order No. 5.
The oath National Encampment of
the Union Veterans Union will be held
in the city of Auburn, Me-, Sept. 20
and &c. 1909, beginning at 2.3O P. M. on
the 18th.
1t is hoped that "a large representation
of the order will be present at the en-
campment and Sedgwick Command of
Auburn, and the Department of Maine,
will do all i'll it's power to make the &C.
casion both interesting and enjoyable
to the visiting comrades. -
End. The several precinct commands
will elect delegates and alternates to
| attend the encampment at their first
regular meeting in August. The Ma
tional Command consists of it's elective
officers, and thdApersonal staff of the
commandments eff, also colonies of all
precinct commands, or in their absence
the lieutenant colonel or major and one
delegate for each so members in good
| standing (Or one alternately and one del
egate for every fraction over so mem
bers, also past commander-in-c chiefs in
good standing ins their precinct com
| mands, the department commanders
and first and second deputy command
ers, the assistant adjutant generals and
| assistant quartermaster generals, as
provided in Article VI, Sections 2,
ana 4, of the constitution
Credentials should be made out in
| duplicate form, one copy to be sent tC
| the adjutant general, ]. w. P. John
son, Gardiner, Me-, and one to be pre-
scented to the committee on credentials
at the encampment by the colonel OF
| chairman of the delegation.
Sd. 1t is requested that department
| commanders and colonies of precinct
| commands see that the quarterly re-
| turns and tax are sent in promptly &c
the adjutant general, as a failure to dc
so will deprive them of representation
in the encampment.
| fth Reduced rates will be secured
! over the railroads in Maine and the
| twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn
being extensive railroad centerS, the
| facilities for reaching there are excel
| lent. Hotel accommodations are also
| ample, and of the best. AS soon as def
ute arrangements are completed re-
garding rates, etc, a circular letter will
be sent to each department, and t.
| each precinct command
5th. The committee on credentials
will consist of the adjutant general, J.
W. P. Johnson of Gardiner, Me, Gem
eral w. s. Norcross of Auburn, Me-
ard General John Munroe of George
town, Mass. They will be in session in
| the ante-room of l. o. o. F. hall, Au-
| burn, at o'clock P. M. on the day OF
the encampment to receive all creden-
tials
9Th 1t is greatly desired that each
precinct command shall be represented
| by at least one delegate, even though
The command be required to pay the
expense of such, as it is expected that
| matters Of great Importance will come
before the encampment
18th. The revised burial service of the
Union Veterans Union as ordered by
the National Encampment at Boston
| in 1908 is printed, and all acquisitions
| for same will be filled by the quarter
master general, Charles o. Wadsworth,
Gardiner Me-, at five cents per copy.
1t is hoped that all commands will pur-
chase a supply.
By Command,
PATRICK HAYES,
Commander-in-C Chief
Official: j. w. p. JOHNSON,
Adjutant General.