Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

FROM this beginning new posts were added
frequently until altogether the following
were granted charters: John A. Rawlins, No. l.
Kit Carson, No. 2; Lincoln, No 3; Shaw, No. 4;
Mcpherson, No. S; John r. Reynolds, No. s;
Sedgwick, No. z; Burnside, No. 9; Lyon, No. 9;
Farragut, No. 10; Grimm, No. IL: u. s. Grant,
No. IL; U1rich Dahlgren, No. IS. T. r. Hawkins,
No. IA; George H. Thomas, No. IS; w. T. Sher-
man, No. is; Henry Wilson, No. II; George U.
Morris. No. 10; Lafayette, No. 20. and Frederick
Douglass. No. a.
Later some Of these posts shifted their num-
bers, while new names were substituted for
others. For instance, Shaw, No. 4, became
Dempsey Mabery, and later o. p. Morton;
Mcpherson, No. 5, became George G. Meade:
John r. Reynolds, No s, became U s. Grant
Sedgwick, No. 2, was changed to James A. Gar
field; Lyon, No. 9, later took the name Charles
Sumner; Griffin, No. II, became Charles p.
Stone, and later Potomac; u. S. Grant changed
places from No. IL to No. s; Ulrich Dahlgren,
No. Is, became John A. Logan. and 7. r. Haw-
kins. No. H. was changed to Phil H. Sheridan.
What became Of Post No. 10 the writer cannot
say
In the various posts which have existed in the
order from the beginning, in 1866, to the present
time there have been many commanders, whose
names must be omitted at this time for want
of space, but there being much smaller num-
Der of department commanders their names and
dates Of service viii be given, as follows:
L. E. Dudley, provisional commander, 1878
Department commanders-Samuel A. Duncan,
1869; Timothy Luby, 1902; Frank H. Sprague,
1885; Benjamin F. Hawkes. 1876 A. H. @.
Richardson 1877; George T. Corson, 1873; Har-
rison Dingman, 1879; Charles @. Royce, 1880;
William Gibson, 1881; Samuel S. Burdette,
1923; d. 8. Alexander, 1884; Newton M.
Brooks. 1895; jerome B. Burke. 1867; Charles
P. Lincoln, 1888; William S. ODell, 1889; M.
Emmett Urell, 1890; James M. Pipes 1891; A. F.
Dinsmore, 1892; Solomon e. Faunce, 1893;
Nathan Bickford. 1894; Marion T. Anderson,
1895; John McElroy, 1896, 1920-1; Thomas S.
Hopkins 1897; Arthur Hendricks 1898; Calvin
Farnsworth, 1899; George Slaybaugh. 1900;
Israel w. Stone, 1901; BENJAMIN r. Bingham,
1904; A. p. Tasker, 1905; Benjamin p Entrikin,
1906; Newton Ferree, 1907; John s. Walker,
1908; Edwin Holbrook, 1907 Henry A johnson,
1910; George c. Ross, 1911; J. d. Bloodgood,
1912; Thomas H. Mckee. 1918; J. K. Gleason,
1914; L. H. Patterson, 1915; Andres J. Huntoon,
1916; Aaron H, Frear, 1877; Samuel @. A9awson,
1918, 1929, 1881; Hiram b. Snyder 1919; Har-
rison L. Dean, 1922; John w. Reid 1928; Bris-
coe Goodhart, 1924; Hosea B. Moulton, 1925;
Charles v. Petteys, 1926; John L. Clen 1927
William M, Bobb, 1928; Harry T. Dunbar 1928,
and F. J. Young, 1880.
THE headquarters of the Department OF the
Potomac. G. A. r., in 1867, under its pro-
viSional formation, was at 266 F street north
west, which would now, according to the present
numbering, be between Thirteenth and Four
tenth streets, and the first meeting place of
John A. Rawling Post, No. /. was at the Union
League Hail. en- Ninth street between D and E
northwest
In 1869, of the seven posts then in existence,
five were meeting at the northeast corner of
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue the
first floor of which was later occupied by Bren-
tano and the upper stories by Judd & DetWeiler
Two posts met in Georgetown.
The department headquarters were at Ninth
and d streets northwest, from 1871 to 1885,
when we find it at 1851 Pennsylvania avenue
and at this last date it moved into the CornweIl
Building, just RACED, and at about this date as
stated, seven posts also moved into this building
In 1877 Dempsey Mabery Post, No. f. was
meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. on Twelfth street
In 1888 Post No. was meeting in l. o. o. f.
Hall, Seventh street between and K The
following year Posts 1, 2, ;, 6 and were meet
ing at Ninth and d streets; No. 8 at Grand
Army Hall, Seventh and L Streets and No. 8
at Tanners Hall, 1918 street.