Evening journal., 1916-04-03
Vets IN
Convention AGAIN
Annual Meeting TO be Held
in IriSh-American Hall
on May 4
GENERAL RILEY
ISSUES NOTICE

Inc thlrty-slNth annual convention
of the Department of the Delaware
G. A. r. will be held in Irish-Ameri-
can Hall on Thursday, May :. The
first session will be opened at 10
o'clock
John =. Riley, department cOmman-
der has issued the following general
order in regard to the encampment:
"The commanders of Post No. 2,
will detail one comrade to act as
officer of the day, and two comrades
for guards.
"The commander of Post No. %.
will detail one comrade to act as Off
Ger of the guard. and two comrades
for guard.
These details will report to the
assistant adjutant general at $50
o'clock, in the assembly room of the
lrish-American Hall. on the morning
CT the encampment for instructions.
"The committee ON credentials, CON
sistimg of Comrades Jesse Is. Baylis
Post No. 23; Thomas a. Mullin, Post
NO. q: =. :. Johnson, Post No. ,; Dut-
ton Peters. Post NO. ]. win report TO
the assistant adjutant general in the
assembly room of the lrish-American
Hall on the morning OF the cncampment
at $50 sharp; and all commanders Of
posts or other comrades who have the
credentials of the posts in charge will
report To this committee as soon az pos
siblc after that hour with a correct copy
of their posts credentials, marking who
will De present at this encampment.
"Ihe council of administration of this
department will meet in the hall of
Post No. %. on Wednesday evening,
May 3, 1916, to audit the books and re-
port of the assistant adiutant general
and the assistant quartermaster general
as soon as the meeting of Post No. 23
has closed.
Section 10 OF Article VI. OF Chapter
! III, or our rules and regulations re
lQuires all officers and committees to
make a full and complete report i'm
writing to the assistant adjutant gem
eral at the end OF their term. And it
is requested that all of these reports
be made out and mailed so they Will be
| in the hands of the assistant adiutant
general by April IS. 1916, so he can
have them in shape to be read at the
first session.
Death has visited our official family
and removed a member of our council
of administration. and the election of
Comrade Zackariah Gemmill Post No
3. is announced TO fill the uneXpired
term of Comrade Ira Lunt. Of Post No
.. deceased.
THE attention of the posts is called
to Sections VI. VII. TX, X. NI OF Ma
tional Order No. 8, dated February Is
1916. and it is the request of your com
lmander. that these sections be read al
a part of this order, and such actiol
taken on each section as the cOmrade
think best
Sunday. April 9. is the fifty-firs
anniversary Of the surrender of Ap
pomattox and your commander re
quests that wherever possible the
comrades arrange for a patriotic cele
bration Of that event.
Department headquarters has re-
, ceived a request from the Society
, of the Burnside Expedition and the
9th Army Corps" for the names oi
comrades in this department who
were members of this corps, or Of the
Burnside expedition. as the society
is compiling a list Of the survivors
Any such comrades, either within the
G.. A. r.. or not members. are re
quested to send their names, com
! pany and regiment and p. o. address
at once to George II. Patrick, coun
sellor-at-law, 290-292 Southern Build
, inf, Washington. ID. c.
2 Information is asked as to thu
whereabout of David Kelley.
+ prominent G. A. r. man. who is miss
1 ing from Sharon. Mass, since Janu
airy 21.