Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13

Chelsea, Maine, Nov. 9, 1909.
General Order, No. 2.
| 1st. Having been reelected comman-
Ider-in-chief at the Oath annual encamp'
ment held at Auburn, Maine, Septem'
Der 18th and 30th, l hereby assume
command, and / trust every comrade
whether elected or appointed to an OIL
flee will put forth their best endeaVors
to propagate the order during TINS
year.
End. The following were elected Of
fcers of the National Command fol-
the year 19O9-10.
| COMMUNICATIVE Chief, Gen. Patrick
Hayes, Chelsea, Maine, p. o. Gardiner,
| Maine, r. F. d. 3.
| list Deputy COMMANDMENT Chief, Cen
eral James a. Hard, Rochester, N. y,
As Reynolds Arcade
| End Deputy Commander-inCh Gen.
| Cyrus Foster, Springfield, Mass.
| Surgeon General, General Arthur De
vor, Ft. Dodge, Kansas. &
| Chaplain in Chief, Gen. ID. w. Gould,
| Chelsea, Mass, Franklin Avenue. /,
| Executive Committee, with ranks of
Brigadier General: -
General James Dammers, Chelsea
Mass. Franklin Avenue; Colonel
! Charles H. Welch, West Acton Mass.
| Colonel Fred S. Snow, New Haven,
Conn.,, 1856 Bristol St; Colonel w. S.
Oaklnan, Togus, Maine; Colonel a. w.
| Moore, Rochester, n. y; Colonel S. f.
Hamilton Washington, D. c.
3rd The following comrades are
| hereby appointed on the staff of the
commander in-chief:
Chief of Staff, General Royal S. Rip
ley, No. Chelmsford. Mass; Adjutant
General, Brig Gen. ]. w. Z. Johnson,
Gardiner, Maine; Quartermaster Gen
eral Brig. Gen. Charles O. W adsWOrth,
Gardiner, Me, Inspector General, Brig.
Gen. Wainwright Cushing, Foxcroft,
Maine; CHIEF Mastering officer, Brig.
Gen. John D. Thompson, Rockland
Mass; Judge Advocate General, Brig.
Gen. Frank A. Farnham, Peabody
Mass: Asst. Inspector General, Brig
Gen. c. c. Sewall, National Home, ID.
V. S. Maine: Asst. Mastering officer
Col. George G. Reynolds, New Haven,
Conn, Darby Avenue, Asst. Adjutant
General, James Bates, National Home,
D. " s., Maine; Chief Aide de Camp,
Gen. William II. Eustis, Portland
Maine;
Personal Aide-de- Camp to Command
in Chief, with rank of Colonel:
Charles F. Burr, Auburn, Maine:
Frank M Frer, st. Louis, Michigan;
Charles e. Turner. National Home, D.
V. S. Maine; Ira p Wing, Monson,
Maine, Henry w. Ayers, Massachu
sets; F. J. Lufler Haverhill, Mass;
Charles r. Jones, Skowhegan, Maine;
General D. B. Stevens, Lewiston,
Milne; Fred TALBOT, East Machias,
Maine; Randall Grant, Togus, Maine;
Colonel William Y. White, FIT. Dodge,
Kansas; Rev. G.. B. Hiscock, Milo,
Maine; Franklin Wright, Rochester, N.
Y. c. H. Rouse, National Home d. v
s., Maine.
4th. The committee on good of the
order, recommended that the office of
Inspector general be abolished. AS
that is a constitutional matter, and
must he acted upon at the next Nation
al Encampment, / hereby appoint the
following committee on constitution
and laws:
Judge Advocate Gen. Frank A. Farm
ham, Peabody. Mass, Chairman; Col
Frank w. Marshall, National Home, d.
V. S. Me; Col. 2. P. Goddard Lowell
Mass; Gen. Charles ]. House, Angus
ia, Me-; Col David w. Benjamin, New
Haven, Conn.
The committee on good of the order
also recommended, that the per capita
tax from the departments to the Ma
tional body, be reduced from 20 cents
to 10 cents payable quarterly, and
from unattached precinct commands
from 40 cents to 20 cents payable quar-
terly, the same to take effect Decem-
Der 81, 1909.
5th. On account of this large re-
duction in the tax, which will of ne
ccssity reduce our funds for running
| expenses, it is hoped and expected
| that all officers whether elected or ap-
pointed to any Office, will Immediate
ly send to the quartermaster general
Charles o. Wadsworth of Gardiner,
Maine, the sum of s1O0 to pay for
rank strap and commission, also that
all commands will purchase supplies
Of the National body as far as possible.
9Th. The constitution was also
amended so that precinct commands
can now elect delegates and alternates
to the National encampment, one for
every twenty-five members or frac-
ton thereof, instead of every fifty as
formerly
i It'll. The new countersign is hereby
4 sent out in cipher, the same to be Civ
en- to the colonies of commands when
installed in January.
i Sth Now as this is the beginning OF
a new year for our order, may I not
call upon every officer and comrade
to make special effort toward extend
ing the order, so we may be able to
report grand increase in numbers
and interest at the twenty-fifth ann7-
versary and silver jubilee of the Union
Veterans Union in. 1910.
9th. I would call the attention of the
! colonies. adjutants, and quartermasers
! to the rules and regulations which hold
them responsible for making out the
quarterly reports to the adiutant gen
. eral, j. w. p Johnson, Gardiner
, Maine. All money orders and checks
|, should be made payable to the quarter
! master general, Charles o. Wordsworth
, of Gardiner.
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