Evening journal., 1915-09-27
.THINNED Delaware
Ranks REPRESENTED

Members Of the Department Of
Delaware. Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, to the number OF 100, left this
morning for Washington to attend
the National c. A. r. encampment
The Delawareans were accompanied
by the ladies' auXiliaries, their wives
and a few members of the Sons Of
Veterans. who will act as color bear
ers. The local delegates will have
their headquarters at The Wallace,
514 Thirteenth street, n. w.
DUPONT Post will parade as post with
Post Commander Bogla in command
and Post Department Commander
William Reilly, Jr, as assistant.
The official delegates frfom Della
ware are
Delegate-at-large William Forbes,
Post ?, this city; delegate, David R..
Myers, Post ], this city; alternate-at-
large, R. ID. Short, Post 10, Harring-
ton; alternate, l.. G.. Clair. Post %,
this city. Daniel Ross is the only
regular member of the national en-
campment from here and he Will at
tend
The Past Department Commanders
Of the Department Of Delaware who
went on the trip were:
J. S. Litzenberg, Post 2; r. G..
Buckingham. Post 9; Benjamin ID.
Bogia, Post 2; Robert Liddell. Post 1 I;
William A. Reilly, Post %: William
G. Baugh, Sr., Post 1 William Kelly,
Jr. Post 2 Jesse Hellings, Post g.;
Henry W. Perkins, Post %; George
G. Morton. Post /; William G. Men
dinhall, Post 2; Jesse K. Baylis. Post
%; J. Rankin Armstrong Post 81;
John Rheims. Post 3, and John p.
Riley. present Department Comman-
der, Post /.
The members Of dupont Post who
went on the trip were as follows;
j. S. Litzenberg, assistant adjutant
general of he Department OF Delaware;
| William A. Talley, Jesse S. Anderson
James II. Porter. William Kelly, Jr.
William Forbes, J. I. Mortimer, b. D
Bogia, George Montgomery, William
Mendinhall, W. II. Grant, John f. Nc
Laughlin, +. a. Newkirk, Samuel I
Johnson. William f. Boulden, A. }
Rumford, Nathan Levy, S. s. johnson
William Thompson, r. H. Williams
Joshua Conner, j. NJ. Smith, Joseph +
Booth. Frederick B. Ferree. Jehu Rob
erts. Oliver o.. Bell, J. NJ Collins, w. V
Straughn. William Z. Taylor, Samuel c
Lowman and BENJAMIN i. Dennis.
Phil Sheridan Post was represented b.
the following members:
james T. Alexander, William A
Reilly. c. A. w. Frishmuth. Jesse *
Baylis, Lewis /. Wilcox. Henry W. Per
l<ins. John w. Mitchell William p. vii
mer, Moses Peters, Charles W. Poinsett
Robert G. Turner, Lewis G. klair ant
Daniel Richardson.
Smyth Post had these representatives
J. p. Riley, William c. Baugh. Edwar'
| Horn, John Bare. John Artis. Davi'
| Myers. Peter Overdeer, Pierre Gentieu
george C. Morton. Alfred Nandevei
William Sharpless, Joseph LaRowc, Mat
thew s. Kane, John K. Myers. William
II. Miller. Dutton Peters, Jacob Minker
Robert Liddell, julius Dorshell, William
Corrigan and Henry Myers.
Grant Post was represented by Johl
! Bullock
The Union Ex-Prisoners of War Asso
citation, composed Of members who serve'
in Andersonville, Libby and other pris
ons during the war were Represented
from Delaware bv National Nice-Com
mander-in in-Chief William Kelly, IT., Jun
ior Vice Commander Chief james II
Porter. William Forbes, Commander o
the Wilmington Association; Yves
Jackson, of Milford, and William ThoI
of Harrington.
From the Sons of Veterans Alfrei
Denny, William J. Gillon and John Pat
erson, accompanied the members o
DUPONT Post as color bearers.