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IOWA.

Pleading for the Iowa veterans to
honor the com ommander-in-chie of the
Grand Army of the Republic. an
Iowan, by turning out a very large
delegation from that state. the officers
have sent out to all the veterans there
a red, white and blue circular giving
the details of the proposed movement
to this city in time to participate in
the eEcampment
Comrades of Iowa" says the circu-
lar, ARE aware that the commander
in-chief is an Iowa veteran and out oil
respect to him for the honor Of the de-
partmcnt it is earnestly hupSu ana
urged that a large delegation Of COM
rades. as we'll as the regular repre-
sentatives, will attend
The Iowa forces will not mobilize
within the bounds of their own state,
but will proceed to Chicago at WILL
where the Iowa G. A. r. special tram
for Washington will be made up. Ihe
comrades have been instructed TO pro-
most convenient to them but TO ne
there in time to leave by the G. A. r.
special. at pm. Sunday, September
&c. They will arrive in washington
about l pm. Of the 21th.
Veterans who arrive IN ChlcaSo the
day. and night before the scheduled time
for the movement to the front will bivouac
for the night at the Palmer House
where SentrteS Will De posted 10 LOOK
after the welfare of the veterans.
The circular announces that the Iowa
special will travel through the battle
field territory" where the soldiers
fought for the Union in the early
SOS. 1t describes the various points
Of interest which the special will pass.
defining their relation to the war. The
circular is illustrated with pictures of
the Capitol and Harpers Ferry, where
the first blood of the war was she'd
THE city OF Washington, ID. c. says
the paper. lis showing great pride
and patriotism in it's untiring efforts to
make this encampment and the fiftieth
anniversary of the close of the civil
war a gathering long to be remember
ed. The National Capital alone offers
sights too numerous to mention. worth
the cost of the transportation"
orders for the .moveuent to- Wash
ington have been issued from the head
qua rters in the state house, Des
Moines, Iowa, by Department Com
mander j. F. Merry. The orders call
"a meeting of the Iowa delegation,
consisting of those having vote in
the National Encampment in room 3l4
Raleigh Hotel, at Up m.. Tuesday Sep
tember %. for the purpose of electing
a member of the national council OF
administration. and other business that
may be presented.
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KENTUCKY:

| kentucky is sending her force of vet
| Grams to the coming encampmcnt with
candidate for the position of junior
vice communicative chief in the person
of lie Want Lodge, twice commander of
the Kentucky department and twice
adjutant general. holding the latter po-
sition at this time
The delegation from the Blue Ora SIS
state is planning to get into Washing
ton Sunday morning and the head
quarters Immediately will be establish
ed in the New oxford Hotel. Heading
the delegation will lie Department Com
mander John T. Gum. who will have
as his personal guard his grandson,
John r. Gum.
Others in the delegation will be Past
department Commanders J.. NJ Ivy and
John Barr. Lebanon; Edwin Farley
Paducah: w. J. l.. Hughes. OwenSboro: ::
Maj ]. Fl. Ashcroft. Paducah: c. B.
Mitchell, David l.. smith and NJ. Carey
Owensboro: Prof. II. G. ToUman. Fords-
vile: Senior Vice Department Com
mander S. u. Brown of Louisville: c. c.
Furr of Frankfort. Garland r Bullock
T. J. Phelps and Lewis Simpson of Lex
ington. Asst. Adjt. Gen. lie Want Dodge
and Mrs. Dodge.
There will be about fifteen official
representatives. but the contingent
from the Blue Grass state will be rein
forced by scores OF veterans, who will
come here to participate in the ami
versary of the grand review of troops
Immediately following the close OF the
war.
Literature, and plenty of it. will be
on hand to be circulated about the con-
vention. in an attempt to get Kentucky
the honor of having one of her fighters
LAS a national officer in the veteran or
ganiZation. 1t is filled with facts on
the qualifications of Asst. Adjt Gen
Dodge.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

George q. Meade Post, No. l, Phila
delphia. Isaac II. Oakford, commander;
Henry L. Yohn, adjutant, will partict-
pate in the great parade September -,
with sixty-Ave comrades, Camp .a?,
Sos of Veterans of Pennsylvania, carry
ing thirty of the posts old battle fiaGs.
and United States Soldiers Home Mill
tary Band. Capt. John S. NJ. thinner
man, director.
Headquarters of Meade Post will be
established at the Cochran Hotel, 14th
and X streets, Tuesday, September 70.
The evening of that day there will be
band concert and singing of patriotic
airs. headed by the Welsh songstress.
Mrs. John B. Evans Carbondale, Pa, at
the Cochran, under the auspices Of the
post.
George G. Meade Post is the senior
post of the Department of Pennsyl-
vania, Grand Army Of the Republic. 1t
was organized October Is, 1866. and has
borne 1850 comrades upon its rolls.
among whom were Gen. U. s. Grant.
Gen. H. H. Bingham and Capt. Samuel
j. Randall, ex-Speaker Of the House
of Representatives.
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LOUISIANA
AND
MISSISSIPPI

with determination to nut ono of
their number on the national slate of
officers of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. the Department of Louisiana and
mississippi is marshaling it's forces for
ing twenty-one years without having a
national officer from that department,
the comrades are determined to put one
IN power now. and nothing less than
Junior vice comma nder in chief will
suit them They have the man and the
comrades who will represent the de-
partment have been instructed to use
every honorable means to put him in
Office
Comrade f. X. Russ. the department
commander. is the man selected by the
i-oulsia ma Mississippi depa rtment to
mander-ln-chief, and the delegates who
work for his election do so by COM
nland or resolution adopted at the
departmental encampment
Ihe department representatives will
come to the encampment armed with
batteries of circulars which they will
hre through the encampment in an ef-
tort to get their department command
er elected to the national office select
ed for him.
accompany ing tHe QelegatiOn to WASH
ington will be Past Department Com
mander A. ]. Barrett, who was with the
regular artillery in Texas under Gen.
Twiggs. When Twiggs surrendered the
command at the beginning of the war
Commander Barrett escaped and made bis
way to the Federal lines. where he enlist :
ed in volunteer regiment and served to
the end of the war. Also. there will be
Past Department Commander w. B. Bar
rett. colored. who was commissioned a
captain IN the first regiment of colored
troops raised in New Orleans
The other comrades to the number of
about twenty said a letter from Conn
mander Russ, will be just ordinary SOL
diers who loved their country well enough
tot offer their lives for it,
The headquarters of the Department of
Louisiana and Mississippi will be in room
e42, the New Willard
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tials emitting them to seat. and votes
at tao convention.
Orders of Commander.

Commander Underwood announces
that he will leave Knoxville, Sunday.
September 26. at $50 in the afternoon.
and the orders urge that all the vet
Grams accompany him on the same train.
which will be special one for the
veterans of the Tennessee department.
he also urges that many pos
sible of the members of the Womans
Relief Corps and the Daughters of Vet
Grams accompany him on the same
train. The order, in part, follows:
"Comrade James Turner Post -. is
hereby appointed flag bearer for parade
September ~.
"Comrade O. K. Goau. Post loS, is ap-
pointed to carry Tennessee banner in
parade, September 80.
The department commander appeals
to the manhood of every survivor of
the civil war to join the Grand Army of
the Republic and touch elbows with
their Old comrades in the evening of
life Remember that the compensation
you are now receiving for past serv-
ices was obtained through the untirins
industry of representatives of the order.
Ihey ask YOU to be honorable in
peace as you were brave in war. and
thuS DO justice to yourselves and honor
to Your comrades. living and dead. The
commander makes this appeal in the
true spirit of fraternity, charity and
loyalty.
The following named comrades
VINO are entitled to seats and votes in
The encampment. will call at headquar-
ters of Tennessee at the Metropolitan
Hotel. Tuesday. September IS. pm,
and receive badge:
Commander +. NJ. Underwood Knox
vile; Senior Vice Commander w T.
MITCHELL Greeneyille; Junior Wee
Commander William f. Rhegness.
Jackson; Assistant Adjt. Gen. and
Ieuartermaster General b. F. Bashor.
knoxville: Delegate-at-large L. "
Leigler. knoxville; Representative IL
A. Mooney. National Soldiers Home
representative Charles Matthews
Nashville: Representative F.. NJ. Fes-
senden, Chattanooga: :Alternate-at-la.,ze
j. r Kennedy, Louisville: Alternate
John o. Warwick. knoxville: Alternate
-. = French, Greeneville, and Alternate
D. II. Belcher, Knoxville
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MINNESOTA.

Located more than a thousand miles
from Washington. as they are. the
veterans of the Department of Mime
sofa NAV not bring large force with
them in addition to the regularly ac-
credited representatives. but they Will
bring two past commanders -chief OF
the Grand Army of the Republic. They
are f. Torrance and Samuel r Van
SAINT both of whom will be delighted
to receive their friends at the Mime
sofa Headquarters which l:ill be es-
tablished in the Hotel Powhatan. at
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street
northwest.
Minnesota has a very DISTINGUISHED
soldier in her ranks but Asst. Adjt.
Gen. orton S. Clark of the Minnesota
department could not state at this time
Whether tins eighty r-year-old vet
eran would make the trip. He is Maj
Gen. Lewis A. Grant. who commanded
the Vermont Brigade in the 9Th Army
Corps and commanded one of its di-
visions at Cedar Creek under Gen. Phil
sheridan at the time he made his
famous ride. turning a terrible defeat
INTO glorious victory
Asst Adjt. Gen. Clark expects to ar
rive IN Washington at 4 o'clock the
morning of the 21th. when he will pro-
ceed directly to the place of the head
quarters and open them. He will be
lo!ioWed by the main body of Minue-
sofa veterans twelve hours later.
Ihe officers and delegates who will
attend the convention are Watson w.
Hall department commander: j. A
IoWn. Post "a. Worthington, senior
wee wee commander: Charles II. Smith.
fost "a. Pipestone. Junior vice com
mander: ,orton S. Clark. Post 119. Min
heapolls. assistant adjutant general and
aSsi stant quartermaster general
Deiegates at larGe-Charles Van Ca
pen. Post A. Rochester: Luther s.
Meeker. Post 12s. Minneapolis: George
w: Gale. Post 119. Minneapolis.
District delegates-Charles F. Green
ing. first district. Post 130. Grand
MEADOW; m A. H. Pickle: second district.
third district. Post So. Northfield; John
Gunter. fourth district Post s, st. Paul;
.iohn {. Lewis. fifth district. Post %.
minneapolis: James A. Norris. sixth dis
trict' Post 40. Sau1 Center; NJ. F. Bar
Der. seventh district. Post .. Monte
vldeo: Peter CziZek. ninth district. Post
io3. Moorhead: James Hyatt tenth dis
trict. Post ,, Anoka
Alternates at large-Levi Lamson.
Post 4. Minneapolis: Robert Reed Post
St Paul. .
District alternates-W F. Glover. first
district, Post 115. Racine: David Palen.
second district, Post AZ. F'ulda: c. H.
R"binson: third district, Post SO. Water
vile; William J. Sleppy. fourth dis
trict. Post 21. st. Paul: Calvin r. Fix
fifth district. Post a. Minneapolis; John
Kaufman. sixth district. Post 1874. St
Cloud; A. r. Chase. seventh district
Post I, Marshall: Ole Larson. ninth
district. Post 80. Fergus Falls: David
Weber. tenth district, Post IS, Min
neapolis.
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up cars along the route in the stats
of Kansas.
The delegation will be headed by De
partment Commander c. a. Meek. as
sisted by Assistant Adjt Gen. G. w.
Brassfield. Mrs. Meek and Mrs. Brass
field also will be along to make de-
partment headquarters, which are TO pc
established in the New oxford Hotel.
pleasant for all visitors.
Others iii the Kansas special VIII ne
Mrs. Agnes Heigle, president OF the
Woman's Relief Corps: Mrs. Cora Gran
them, president of the Ladies OF the
IG. A. r.; Rev Bernard Kelly. the vet
eran minister. past department COM
mander and ex-pension agent: former
Representative Smith. former AsSislan'
Adit Cen. Dennison and Mrs. Dennl-
SON. SON. Past Department Commander J.
V. Harrison. Cy Leland, expansion
agent: Capt. P H. Cony. VINO mas ,le
ren,Itation of knowing more Grand
Army men by name than any comraae
in Kansas
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MASSACHUSETTS,.

Nearly whole brigade will come
down from Massachusetts to see that
state appropriately represented in
Washington during the period of the
encampment. They Will come in spe-
cial train. made UP for the Department
Of Massachusetts. Assistant Adj. Gen.
Wilfred A Wetherbee estimates that
nearly regiment. or (,opo veterans,
will come down on the Special train
under the command OF Depart ment
Commander Alfred A. Knowles.
In addition to the veterans. there
Will come an equal number represent
ing the Woman's Relief Corps. Sons
and Daughters OF Veterans and others.
The special is due in Washington on
the evening OF sunday. September 26
The headquarters of the Massa chusetts
contingent will be in the Raleigh
Hotel.
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MARYLAND.

Veterans who will represent the De-
partment of Maryland here will leave
Baltimore at 7:30 the morning of Mon
day, September 81. arriving in Wash
ington shortly before 9 o'clock. They
will establish headquarters at the Hotel
Harrington, 11th and E streets north
west, where also will be the headquar-
ters of the Womans Relief Corps, De-
partment of Maryland. The Baltimore
veterans will travel to and from Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis elec-
trio line.
The official representatives of this
department will be Joseph Brooks, Post
"A, commander: James +. Nansant, Post
s. senior vice commander; c. NJ. Smith
Post 8; c. Marion Dodson. Post IS. med
ical director, and Rev. b. 6. Clarkson'
Council of administration : George
Prechtel. Post 80; George w. Dietz
Post s; James Campbell, Post 3
Charles J. Knorr, Post A, and George
W. Sherwood, Post l.
Official stafr-Robert c. Sunstrom. as
sistant adjutant general, Post 3; John
c. Erdman. assistant quartermaSter
general. Post 3: Thomas 3. Stantield
department inspector. Post 8; Joseph }
Hooper. Post I6, chief mastering Of
ficer: George w. +. Vernon. Post ]
judge advocate: John #. Holmes. Post
3. patriotic instructor: Charles N
Emich, Post s, chief of staff, and
Joseph Dulany, Post "A. department
color bearer.
Delegates-John n. jerks. Post 3: A
D. Smith. Post As: John 7. Williams,
Post Z: B. r. Clarkson. Post 46; Joshua
Thomas, Post 4. and William J. Sher-
wood, Post 3.
Fl. Brandt, Post 3; James a: Clark
Post /; Joseph J. Hooper, Post 80;
George Holton, Post "a.
Formation for Parade.
The following formation of veterans
flor the parade has been outlined by
Department Commander Joseph Brooks
St Mary's Industrial School Band, de-
partment color bearer. Joseph Dulany;
color bearers. national John n. jerks
State Depa r,ment Commander Joseph
Brooks, Assistant Adjt. Gen. Robert Z.
partment commanders. aids to depart :
ment commanders. Chief of Stan
Charles n. Enrich, Wilson, Post. No. /.
Jacob II. VickerS, commander; Custer
Post. No. 6. James e. Vansant, com. i.
mander; Dennison Post. No. S. 4. f.
Rodgers, acting commander. A. w.
Dodge Post. No. "A, Joseph Dulany.
Zimmerman's Band, Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander James f: Nansant,
Dushane Post, No. 3, John II. Brandt,
commander; Veteran Post. No. 46.
George B. Boutelle. commander; Naval
Veteran Post, No. 76. c. E Osenberg.
commander; comrades from county
posts, drum corps, Junior Vice Com
mander c. NJ Smith. Lincoln Post, No.
Z, John T. Williams, commander; Guy
Post. No. 16. Stephen Rudell. COM
mander; JOAN A. Logan Post, No. 23
William Adams. commander; Ellsworth
Post. No. 10, John Fl. Morsell. COM
mander; Gen. Birney Post, No 80, Will
liam H. Butler. commander; comrades
from county posts.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

New Hampshire is expected to move
on to Washington with large force
to participate in the convention parade
and other activities in connection with
the forty-ninth annual encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic Re
ports from the headquarters in the
statehouse at Concord indicate that
the veterans are making every effort
to martial a large force to bring to
Washington on special train the
day before the encampment is sched-
uled to begin
Commander Martin Z. Plummer is
striving to have his command make an
excellent showing for the parade to
be held September %, when every vet
eran will march up historic Pennsyl-
vania avenue just as proudly as he did
during the grand review Immediately
following the close of the war.
The representatives to the encamp-
ment from New Hampshire have been
designated as follows: NJ. L. Morrison
Cat large). Post 6. Peterborough. w.
e. Kelley. Post 40, Bristol; NJ. B. Nc
Webster. Post 60. Salem; J. n. Patter-
son, Post ., Concord, and c. r. Parsons,
Post 44 concord.
The alternates are: ]. +. Cloush. Post
Warner; II. X. Martin. Post 25, Hills
borough; L. a. Badger. Post SO. Lake
port: G. {. Currer. Post 40. Bristol. and
J. Harrington, Post a., West Concord.
Officers of Department.
Martin B. Plummer Post 81. Laconia
is the commander of the department,
the other officers of which are Reuben
T. Leavitt. Post 90. Pittsfeld, senior
vice commander: Charles W. Hobbs,
Post :. Nashua. junior vice commander;
Granville Z. Conn. Post 2. Concord
medical director; f. W Kicker, Post
80. Pittsfeld. department chaplain. and
council of the administration. r. +.
Fiske, Post so. Epping; II. N. Tucker,
Post /. Portsmouth,: c. A. Hale. Post
80, Hollis: J. A. Cobb, Post :. Nashua
F. +. Clark. Post ., Concord.
Official staff: Frank Battles, Post ..
Concord. assistant adjutant general:
John l.. Batchelder. Post 81. Laconia.
assistant quartermaster general; Alvin
Burleigh. Post AZ. Plymouth, judge ad-
vocate; J. NJ. Sanborn, Post 36. Lake
port. department inspector: Charles r.
Parsons, Post A. Concord. chief muster
ing officer; David E. Proctor. Post 20,
Wilton, patriotic instructor, and Will
liam A. Happny, Post 2. Concor, senior
a i'd de camp.
New Hampshire also has large con-
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PHYSICIAN ARRESTED.
DR.. Brooker of Richmond Accused Of
Violating Narcotic Drug Act.

RICHMOND, Va, September 1s.-Dr.
Boyce ID. Brooker. physician. was ar
rested here this afternoon by United
States Marshal Saunders under a war
rant issued by Federal Judge Waddill,
charged with having violated the
Harris narcotic drug act passed by
Congress last December.
William Williams, wandering piano
player, who describes himself as a
dope fiend," is named as informer. He
says DR. Booker prescribed morphine,
cocaine and heroin for his use.
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Delegates and Alternates.

Following is the list of delegates and
alternates to represent Indiana at the
encampment:
Delegates:
Delega tes at -Iarge-A NJ. Scott, Post
H. Indiana polls.
First district-C. C. Schroeder, Post
81, Evansville; w. Wilson, Post 120,
Newburg.
Second district-C. f. Peek, Post r.
Washington; William 5. Mead, Post SO.
Spencer.
Tnird district. A. Gardner, Post 6S,
Hun;in-burg: w. J. Hanger, Post 81,
Salem.
Fourth district-Thomas G. Day. Post
gS. Versailles; Daniel EMpson. Post 159
Hrownstown: James NJ. Brown, Post
121. Franklin.
Fifth district-B. V. Rector. Post =
Brazil: Charles J. Ferguson, Post l,
Terre Haute.
Sixth district-John w. Ross. Post
1875, Connersville; {. J. L;mpus, Post
IS. Shelbyville.
seventh distrct-Albert j. Ball, Post
Il, indianapolis: William ID. Wilson.
Post PSI, Indianapolis.
Eighth district-A. Green, Post IS,
Union City; Clay Whiteley. Post rs.
Muncie; 5. E. Fordyce. Post So, De-
catur.
Ninth district-H. r. Tinsley. Post I,
awfordsville: f. F. McClaskey, Post
437, Darlington; n y. PerrilI. Post AZ,
Lebanon.
Tenth district-Harry Garfield, Post
3. Lafayette; Isaac S Wade, Post 3,
Hebron.
Eleventh dstrict-James T. Ross,
Post 6, Wabash; Jacob N. Bernard. Post
%, Marion: Lewis Reeves, Post 227
Hartford City.
Twelfth district-Samuel NJ. Hench.
Post 40. Fort Wayne; r. }. willard,
Post 104. Lagrange.
Thirteenth district ohm @. kratli
Post go. Knox; Jacob T.. Myers. Post
4s3. Culver; John y. Mock, Post 1924,
PiercetOn.
Alternates.
Alternate-at- -large-D. D. Rose. Post
l06, Valparaiso.
First dis,rict-W. W Blair, Post 2s.
Princeton; George -. Martin, Post Is.
Petersburg
Second district-T. =. Springer. Post
80, sullivan; }. r EIler, Post S5, Bloom
ingtou.
Third district. NJ. vesey, Post $50.
,Jefersonviiie J. IL Scott. Post 19l. New
Albany.
Fourth district-Daniel Wilson. Post
20, Seymour: J. N. ANNA, Post ,, Green's
burg: Henry Osborn. Post 49, Milan
Fifth district-Georse w. Scearce Post
1s4, Danville; Albert Martin, Post 22o,
Dana.
Sixth district w r. Murray, Post 126.
Connersville; w. II. Norris. Post Is,
Shelbyville.
Seventh distrct-Ashford Lingenfelter,
Post Il, Indianapolis; A. j. Buchanan,
Post 2S1, Indianapolis
Eighth diStrict-E Y. Sturgis Post SO,
Button Sedgwick Cooper, Post IS, Union
City; ID. f. Mustard, Post pa. Anderson
Ninth district-George Newkirk, Post
424, Greentown; Albert Haskell, Post
1903, Westfield T, K. Caldwell, Post AZ,
Lebanon
Tenth district. +. Loughry, Post 81,
Monticello; j. II. Biddle Post "a, Rem
ington; II. A. Miller, Post 3, Mont
mcrenc.
Eleventh district-Isaac r. Lee, Post
4OS, Swayzee r. G. Shinn, Post 2o7.
Hartford City; w. II. II. Ward. Post IA,
Logansport.
Twelfth dstrict-Joseph kickley, Post
40, Fort Wayne; J. r. Corlett, Post 40.
Fort Wayne.
Thirteenth district-David Smeltzer.
Post 81, 1lkhart Horace Martin, Post S.
South Bend; Charles Behn, Post 1872. Ar
gos.
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RHODE ISLAND.

Coming with about 100 veterans, a
contingent of the Womens Relief Corps
and many friends of the old soldiers.
Rhode Island is planning to take ad-
vantage of every bit of entertainment
to be provided by the Washington re-
cept1on committee. according to Philip
S. Chase, assistant adjutant general of
the department.
The Rhode Islanders plan to leave
providence on special train to he
made UP of parior cars the morning of
sunday, September 2S, at 9:45, com
ing direct to Washington, where they
VIII establish headquarters at the Hotel
Drlscoll, 1st and b streets northwest.
Just across the street from Camp
Emery, where the meetings of the
Grand Army will be held. The only so
cial function planned by the Rhode
Island contingent is a reception 10 be
given at the Driscoll by the Wonlen's
Relief Corps of that state
The following will represent the
smallest state officially at the encamp-
ment Henry j. PickerssiIl department
conmander, Joseph Cough, senior vice
department. commander; Augustine A.
Mann, Junior vice department com
manccr: Philip S. Chase, assistant ad-
1utant general; John r. Kenyon, mem
Der of the national council of admin
istration; MurGock G. Mckenzie. Will
nam +. onfle, David G. Wyatt, Chris
topher II. Carpenter and John NJ Bur
dick, delegates; Elisha II. Rhodes. past
senior vice comnander-in-ch chief, and
Fred Arnold, Charles G. Gray, Andrew
X. Mcmahon, Benjamin l.. Hall, Gideon
Spencer. Samuel W. *. Allen. Ezra
Dixon. Thomas NJ. Holden and George
II. Cheek. past department comma nd :
crs.
After the encampment the Rhode Is
lana forces VIII evacuate Washington,
E.IT /!
1Ields ON which the veterans fought
during the war. They will go to Fred :
ericksburg, make q tour of the battle
fields in that vicinity: thence to Rich
iuond. to Williamsburg. to Old Point
Comfort and Fortress Monroe, thence
up Chesapeake bay to Baltimore. and
home. where they plan to arrive on the
evening of October 5.
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SEPTEMBER I

tingent on the national staff cf the
Grand Army of the Repua,ic. Joel H
Poole. Post IS. Jaffrey. is assistant in
spector general with the national head
quarters; l. n. Wesbter. Post 60, Salem
is on the national council of admins
tration, and the following New Hamp-
shire soldiers are aids-de- camp on
the staff of the commander-in-c chief
NJ. E. Beard. Post "a, Manchester; S
Hartman Post 5S. Warner; A. p
Davis, Post ., Concord. and S. A. Loud.
Post As, Derry.