Evening star., 1923-02-16
PROPOSES MERGING
GRANDARMY POSTS
Commander in = Chief Also
Urges Pensions at Depart
ment of Potomac Reunion.

James W. Willett, commander-ln :
chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public, addressed the members OF the
Department of Potomac, G.. A. K, at
the opening meeting OF the depart
ment's fifty-fifth annual encampnent'
held at the e. A. L. Hall, l4l2 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, Wednesday
night
Mr.. Willett declared that he hoped
to see a suitable civil war veterans
pension bill passed before adjourn
ment OF the present Congress. He
declared "aIl of us are going to live
as long as we can, and we are GER
tainly not afraid to die" He sug-
gested the consolidation OF the va
rious posts in the Department Of Po-
tomac into one.
Ii. l.. DEAN, commander of the De-
partment of Potomac, reviewed the
work done by the department during
the past year and mentioned in particu-
lar Il brief submitted by his organiza-
tion to President Harding urging that
the discontinued custom of collecting
funds by the veterans for the purpose
OF defraying Decoration day service ex-
Amphithenter Canopy Mentioned.
A suggestion to Col. c. .. Sheriff..
superintendent OF public buildings
and grounds. recently made by thf
department. that n canopy be raised
over the Arlington Ampitheater on
Decoration day, was mentioned. Col.
DEAN pointed out that the depart
ment lad voiced its opposition to
'lie order made by N-wtOu ID. Baker,
during his term us secretary OF War,
which prevented relatives of those
inferred i'll the Arlington national
other than those suggested by the
War Department. brief on this
matter has also been filed with the
Secretary of War, declared Col. DEAN
Past Commander-in-Cht d. A.
Hall addressed the encampment.
The past commanders of the Woman s
Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Depart
mert OF Potomac, q. \. L.
j. ". Reid was nominated TO sue
caed Col. Dean as department com
lnander for the coming year. Briscoe
lioodhart nominated for senior vice
comma Ider II. T.. Moulton and Z. w.
Archibald for junior vice commander
Or. James Mckee, medical director,
and Rev. L. +. Mcbride. u. T., for
chaplain.
Delegates and Voters.
the encamDment are: IL. l.. DEAN, de-
partment comma nder; John W. Reid
senior vice commander: Rriscoe Good
hart, Junior vice commander; DR..
James Mckee. medical director; r. h
Mcbride, ID. D., chaplain; -. II. Old
royd. assistant adjutant general; e
y. Godfrey. assistant uuartermaster;
II 4. Moultou, judge advocate; Il. w
Ronney, chief mastering officer; II. T.
dunbar. Inspector: Lemuel Warner
a I'll
ouander, assistant patriotic in
structor.
Council Of fstration-Convis
Parker. ;. g. Mawson. W. 7. Foster
ana Ii. NJ. Hustled
Past department commanders -
George L. Corson, Harrison Dingman
Charles c. Royce. jerome B. Burke, J
NJ Pipes, A. L. Diusmore. S. Z
Faunce, Thomas :. Hopkins. George
II. Slaybaugh, a. =. Taslcer, Il. p. En-
trikin. Newton F'erree. Henry A. john
son, Thomas III. Mckee. Il. II. Patter-
son. DR.. A. j. Hunt"on, \. II. Frear,
H. B. Snyder and John MCElroy.
Past senior vice department COM
mander-E'rederick ". Archibald.
Past junior department commanders
j II. Jochum and Hazard Wheeler.
John A Rawlins Post, No. 1--Wil-
liam II. Small. commander; past post
commanders, X. Il. Schwickardi, John
Finn. w. J. Weiss and John H. d.
Nordeman.
Kit Carson Post. No. 2-John Nc
Elroy, commander; representatives
John T. Ryan. Charles Loetfler, w. S
Pfeiffer, James 4. Mcdowell and
Lemuel Fugitt; past post command
ers, G.. NJ. Hustled. John Middleton, T.
u. Godfrey, Charles r. Harris, John
W. Reid, John E. RastaH and David
Beattie.
Lincoln Post. No. S-James H. Per-
kins, commander; representatives
Abram Myers, George II. kunsman,
James r. Sheckels William 3. Bobb,
and Lewis Vessels; past post com
manders, W. H. Proctor Richard NJ.
Calhoun, A. 3. F'risbie, Hazard
Wheeler, Archibald Burgess. Roberts
Harleston and jeremiah Wilt.
Phil Sheridan Post. No. 6-Samuel
G. Mawson, commander; representa-
tives, j. l. Folly, Arthur Small and
Henry Clark; past post commanders,
). +. Hamilton, ". j. Hull. Thomas H.
.Ienks. P. o. Lawrence. Theodore F..
erick Shortsleevers.
Burnside Post, No. s-Daniel
knelly, commander; representatives,
W. II. Sherwood, w. S. Saxton, H S.
J. W. Palmer Edwin Perkins and E.
". oyster; past post commanders,
D. "A. Grosvenor. D. F. McGowan,
George p Davis B. F; Bracket.
IeOrSe Newton, Lemuel w arner,
H. LaFetra, f. j. Hartshorn, c. a.
Lounsberr, Charles Fl. Babbitt. A.
f. Medford, J. ". Cory, William A.
Moore, W. +. Brenizer, H H. Bunyea,
G. r. Cook and +. J. Cooksey.
Charles Sumner Post, No. 9-John
p. Quander, commander; representa-
tives, Alexander Oglesby and A. c.
Washington; past post commanders.
William II. Grimshaw, Charles w.
Hale and Nelson j. Booker.
George III. Thomas Post, No. Is
Thomas 3. Crisp, commander; repre-
sentative, LIE Clair Fulton; past post
commanders, Samuel Beight, William
Hawthorne, James w. Hughes, Will
liam H. H. Price. ]. Z. Richmond and
3. =. Entrikin.
Lafayette Post, No. 20-R. H. Cooke,
commander; representative, Matthew
F. Hughes; past commanders, Briscoe
Goodhart, Walter c. Butler, H. w.
Burns, Warner Hurley, William H
Coulter and W. T. Foster.
A banquet will be held tomorrow
evening at the New Ebbit Hotel. 14th
and + streets northwest
Neglected Colds