The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-06-16
DEVILS LAKE. LEADER HAD THE
ATTENTION OF ALL THE COM
RADEs IN SESSION.
FORKS WAS OFFICIALLY
THROWN OPEN TO THE VET.
ERANs THIS MORNING.

the keys of the city were turned over
to both organizations by Mayor NJ. F.
Murphy of Grand Forks, who made
splendid address of welcome in which
he paid the highest tribute possible to
the veterans and to their co-workers,
the ladies Of the w. R. c. In the re-
Spouse which followed Devils Lake
played an important part, Mrs. A. NJ
Powell of this city offering the response
for the w. R. G., while Commander
Roberts of Devils Lake made the &C.
ceptance Of welcome speech for the G.
A. r.
Interesting indeed was the encamp-
ment call by Commander Roberts, who
said in part as follows:
Comrades:-
I greet you as I call to order the
Twentysecond Annual Encampment,
Department of North Dakota, Grand
Army of the Republic:
In the month of June 1910, a year
ago tomorrow in the beautiful city OF
Devils Lake where you were so hospit-
ably entertained as the guests of the
Citizens of that City-you conferred
upon me the highest honor within your
gift, that Of Department Commander
Of the Department of North Dakota
Grand Army Of the Republic. And
now here on the banks Of the Red River
of the North, SO famed in song and
story with the early history Of this
great Northwest and the Hudson Bay
Fur Company, and camping grounds
for those hardy, pioneers on their jour
neys south to dispose Of their furs
transported in the famous Red River
two wheel cart drawn by a single OK,
how changed today into this beautiful
city of Grand Forks. with its churches,
it's schools, and its beautiful homes.
located within the far famed Red River
Valley, rich in Agricultural resources
beyond, compare, and destined in the
near future to be one of the wealthiesr
and most prosperous states in our un.
ion.
We are the guests of Willis A. Cor
man Post No. 6, G. \. R. and the citi.
zens Of this hospitable city, who are
doing all in their power for our enter
tainment and to make our sojourn
among them most happy and agreeable,
during this our Twenty-second Depart
ment Encampment G. A. r., and I am
called upon to render unto you my
Comrades an accounting Of my Stew
ardship. When I was elected Com
mander, I said to you, "the G. A. R.
did not belong to me, but that I be-
longed to the G. A. r. and in execut-
ing the functions Of the office, to which
you elected me, I should be guided, by
the best interest Of all, the Comrades
Of the G. A. R. in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations, and to the best
Of my ability. In all this have endea-
vored to do so.
will not take up your time by any
long recital or eulogy Of our order, its
origin, its growth, and Its achieve
ments. To do so would be simply to
tell you what you already. know, and
what has been told to you most elo
quently for many years by my prede-
cessors.
It is with great pleasure I am able
to say that the relations existing be-
tween the Commander and his official
family through his administration have
: been most friendly and satisfactory.
Every effort has been made on their
: part to render the work Of this Depart.
ment as effective as possible, and
desire to extend to them all, and es-
pecially to the Assistant Adjutant and
: Quartermaster General, upon whom has
fallen most of the burden and work Of
, the Department, my grateful thanks.
The G. A. R. report will fully give you
the standing of the Department
} I have issued five General Orders
from these headquarters along with
National Orders, and if they have MOI
promptly reached all the posts it is be-
} cause posts failed to send to Assistant
Adjutant General the name Of the new
elected officers as many Of the posts
only sent names on their,reports, of the
post officers. General Order No 4, re-
lating to Memorial Day were delayed
few days waiting for the date to be
decided upon, on which to hold this
, Encampment. After waiting reason
able time, I issued the orders without
) knowing the date, a few days later the
Adjutant General and myself visited
Grand Forks, and while there the date
for holding the Encampnerc was fixed
for June l4th and 18th, 1911, which I
. trust WAS satisfactory to all.
OUT-POsTs.
, Under Rules and Regulations Chap
ter 9, Section II, Comrade E. G. Ste
vens, Chief Mastering Officer, has es-
tablished picket or outpost at Velva
with six members, as jerry Rusk Post
No. 2, all Of which is very gratifying,
and would recommend other p:,sts to
do the same, if this is the only way to
get the comrades to join the posts by
reason of living so far away from an
organized post.