The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
Issues General Order Announcing
Elections and Appoiutments


Elections and Appointments.
Headquarters Grand Army of the Re-
public, Minneapolis, Minn., Sept.
20, 1909.
| General orders No. 2.
I. At the 43d National Encampment,
held in Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. 9 to
| IA, 1909, the following COM
rades were duly elected to the Offices
designated:
Samuel r. Van SAINT, Commander-in-
Chief Minneapolis, MINI.
William NJ. Bostaph, Senior Vice
Commander in-C Chief, Ogden, Utah.
| Alfred B. Beers. Junior Vice Com
mander-in-Chie Bridgeport, Conn.
| William III. Lemon, Surgeon-General
| Lawrence. Kan.
Rev. Daniel Ryan, Chaplain-in-C Chief,
| New Lebanon, Ind.
Council of Administration.
National Council of Administration
w. NJ. Campbell, Florence, Alabama; e.
S. Godfry, Tucson, Arizona; NJ. Kirst
Little Rock, Arkansas; p. II. Mass, Sar
Francisco, California and Nevada; III
| c. Watson, Greeley, Colorado and Wyo-
ming; Virgil f. Mcneil, New Haven
Connecticut; VIM. Mendenhall, Will
sonville, Florida; p. Q. Stoner, St
| George, Georgia; James w. Shields
Twin Falls, Idaho; Charles 3. Wilson,
! Chicago, Illinois; VIM. II. Armstrong
indianapolis, Indiana; II. NJ. Pickell,
Des Moines, Iowa; F. c. Boyle, Atchison,
Kansas; Jesse II. Green, Bellevue, Ken
lucky; A. J. Barrett, New Orleans, Lou
isiana; Hugh T. Madden, Bath, Maine;
Fred c. Tarr, Baltimore, Maryland; E.
F. Wyer, Woburn, Massachusetts; John
| G. Berry, Vanderbilt. Michigan; P. G
Woodward, AnOka, Minnesota; f. NJ.
Sterrett, st. Louis, Missouri; Gotlieh
| Stuckey, BoZeman, Montana: S. K.
Spaulding. Omaha, Nebraska: S. S. Pip
er, Manchester, New Hampshire; Geo.
F. Currie, Atlantic City, New Jersey;
Fl. B. Steward, Albuquerque, New Mex
leo; James w. Owens, New York City,
New York; Joseph Sheard, Cathay
North Dakota; Joseph w. O'Neall, Leb-
anon, Ohio; ThCs. Prothero, Calament
Oklahoma; Jerome Pratt, McMinnv'lle,
Oregon; w. ]. Patterson, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania; S. w. McElderry, Wash
ington, Potomac; John T. Kenyon,
Providence, Rhode Island; Philip Law
renee, Huron. South Dakota; Theo. F.
| Brown, Cincinnati, o., Tennessee: ]. j.
Weller, Dallas, Texas; n. d. Corser.
Salt Lake City, Utah; Joel II. Lucia,
Montpelier, Vermont; Herman w. Yea
sey, Norfolk, Virginia and North Caro-
lima; G.. W. Carver, Washington and
Virginia; Phil Cheek, Baraboo, Wiscon-
| sin.
Staff appointments.
| II. The following appointments on
the staff of the COmmander-in-Chief are
announced:
Judge-Advocate-Gen Russell r.
Pealer, Three Rivers, Mich.
Inspector-General, VIM. F. Conner,
Dallas, Tex.
National Patriotic Instructor, John
B. Lewis, Boston, Mass.
Senior Aid-de-Camp and Chief of Staff,
Silas II. fowler, Minneapolis Mimi.
Assistant Adjutant-General-E. G.
Geary, Fargo, n. d.
| Assistant Quartermaster-Gener and
Custodian of Records, ]. Henry Hol-
comb, Independence Hall, Philadelphia,
Pa.
They will be obeyed and respected
accordingly.
III. BY virtue of a resolution passed
by the National Council of Administra-
tion at a meeting held at the Knutsford
Hotel in Salt Lake City. Utah. Aug. 13,
1909, the Chief, the Ad-
IjutantGeneral, the Quartermaster-Gen-
eral and seven comrades of the National
| Council of Administration. to be select
| ed by the Commander-in-Chie will
constitute the Executive Committee of
| the Council of Administration.
The Commander-in-Chief has ap-
pointed the following-named comrades
of the National Council of Administra-
ton upon the Executive Committee of
the Council of Administrations:
Comrade VIM. H. Armstrong, Indian
apOlis, Ind.
Comrade F. NJ. sterrett, st. Louis
Mo.
Comrade James Owens. 227 East
124th street, New York City
Comrade George +. Currie. Atlantic
City, N. ].
Comrade Charles r. Wilson, % South
Leavitt street. Chicago. III.
Comrade II. NJ. Pickell, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Comrade f. C. Boyle, Atchison, Kan
". Headquarters are established at
No. 317 Bank of Commerce Building
Minneapolis. Mimi, and all con;nunica-
tions to the Comma ander-in-Ch the
Adjutant-General and the Chief-ef-Staff
should be so addressed.
V. All orders for supplies and remit
tances of every kind and character
should be sent 10 the Adjutart-General
at Headquarters, and all rernittances
should be made payable 70 Cola ID. r.
Stowits, Quartermaster-Ge ~. A.
r., but they must be forwarded in the
first instance TO the kdiutlnt-General.
that they may be properly entered upon
MS DoohS anu bN MN loi u
QuartermaSter-Gene-
Aids-le-C Camp on tue SiiT of the Conn
nandcr-in-I Ihirf.
VI. Department Commanders are
hereby requested to forward promptly
to Headquarters recommendations for
appointment of Aids-de-Camp on the
Staff of the Commander-in-Ch
Owing to the financial condition of
the organization and the expense nee
essar.ly incident to such appointment
(cost of badge, of commission. of mail
ing tubes, of postage and of printing an
nouncement in General Ordcrs). and
following the precedent established by
the last three administrations, ami upon
the approval of the Executive Commit
tee. every Aid-de-Camp so appointed
will be required to pay one dollar for
his badge and commission. 1t is further
ordered that every comrade 50 rccom-
mended for appointment shall be noti-
fed thereof by circular letter from
Headquarters, and that upon the pay
ment of one dollar a badge and COM
mission will be issued to him, and his
appointment announced in General Or