Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1892, Page 7

—— = THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D. C6. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1892. r DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, a ‘Nearly a Thousand Veterans From the Old | Most of the Department of Virginia and North | Carolins arrived this morning: Three or four are to be here tonight and the whole num- of veterans at the encampment from that t will be about 875. Commander | Allan, Assistant Adjutant General | Wm. N. Eaton and Assistant Quartermaster | General John W. Rutter came ahead of the de- | Advocate Jas. E. Puller, Chief Mustering Officer C. T. Wolf, Senior Aid Patrick Keenan, Sentatives to the national encampment and the Post department commanders, arrived this ‘Morning. Farragut Post of Portsmouth, Va., Cailloux Post of Norfolk, Va., Thomas F. Meagher Post, Home, Va.j Shaw Post of Norfolk, Silas Fellow's Post of Portsmouth, Lincoln » Princess Anne county, Va.; J. A. Garfield Hampton, Va.; Draper Post, Deop Creek, 3 on, Fanbee Fost, Soldiers’ Home, ; Joe r Post, town, Va; J. C. Abbot Post, W: N. zg. [ Va.; Grant Post, Sherman Post. Savageville, Var Post, Franktown, Va.; Jas. C. Beeche Post, Newberne, N. C.; Worden Post, Norfolk, Ya.; John A. Logan Post, Chesapeake City, Va: ‘Tracy Post, Berkeley, Va; Holloway Post, Cape Charles; Mulligan Post, Winchester, Va.; 8. E. Post, Va; George Meade Post, Raleigh, Marion N. C.; Hartranft Post, Charlotte. N Lake Post, Bryson, Boldiers Roberts Post, Ashville, N. C.; James S. C.; W. T. Sherman Post, ’ Home, Va.; George H. Thomas Post, Petersburg, Va; the T. J’. Davis Post of Alex- andria and Geo. B. McClellan Post, Soldiers’ Home, Va., all arrived this morning. ‘The Hancock Post of Claremont, Va., and the Phil. Sheridan Post of Hendersonville, Va., will be here this evening. ‘The headquarters of the Department of Vir- @inis and North Carolina are in the cast wing of the City Hall. DEPARTMENT COMMANDER ALLA: Edgar Allan of Virginia, commander of the Department of Virginia, has had » most roman- tie career. He was born in Birmingham, Eng. fm 1842. At the age of twenty he secretly left ome to emigrate to America, arriving in Ne York eariy in ‘63. From New York the youn, Englishman went to Detroit and there eilisted | fm the afterward famous seventh Michigan cav- | . This regiment subsequently became s part of Gen. Custer’s brigude and it shared in | ‘every battle of that renowned body of horse- | dé men from Gettysburg until the surrender of | 5 Lee at Appomattox. Gen. Allan was wounded at the skirmish of Summit Point previous to the | battle of Winchester in 64. After he recovered from his wounds he was appointed an inspect- @r's clerk. By order of Gen. Merritt Be forged that officer's name in order to entrap a number of “bounty | Jumpers.” His ruse was — successful | ‘and through his efforts the miscreants were punished. Subsequently he rejoined his regi- meut and was with Custer's brigade in the en- tat Bristow's station. Gen. Allan was Geitive service during GMlai’s last campaign, being in the tightat Five Forks, at Sailor's Creek, Prince Edward Island and ut Appomat- to: x. At the close of the. war Gen. Allan deter- mined to settle in Prince Edward county, Va. He established himself there as an attorney, | and, despite the fact that he had fought against | the cause of tho-e who were — ——— | his eloquence at the bar gai: for him a large | Gen. Allan wae'e delegate-at-large to | ee Chicago natios republican convention in 1868 and was five elected attorney for the commonwealth in Prince Edward county. The Jest time the democrate declined to name an | ‘opposing candidate. Gen. Allan was elected state senator and served from 18 member of Phil Kearney Post, ) mond. Gen. Allan's popularity among his Sedoo ie very largely Jor $0 his zeslous and in- leavors to establish a fund out of ’ visitation to the graves of Union soldiers who are buried in the are paid. There are 105,000 such, and while the cemeteries in the north are annually decorated those in the south are neglected. Gen. Allan has for several years been connected With the Department of Justice. DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, Over 300 Veterans Journey 1,500 Miles to the Encampment. South Dakota may not have as many thou- sand veterans within her borders as some other states of the same area in square miles, but a big percentage of the entire 2,600 have journeyed 1,500 miles to be present at this reunion as probably the last the Grand Army will have in Washington in full ranks. Posts from Dead- wood, Aberdeen, Yankton and Carthage reached the capital after their long, dusty ride, and in Jess than no time Department Commander James B. Hoit had the South Twins headquar- ters in full running order in a prettily dec- rated room on the north side of City Hall. ‘The officials of the Department hope to make a showing of 350 men en masse. and as many of the veterans have not seen Washington since %6S their stay & likely to be full of interest until the rear guard marches beyond the District Representative J. A. Pickler is one of the Fepresentatives of the department to the busi- Beas semion of the Grand Army, and the vote of South Dakota so far is mon-committal. Y Janes R NOrT OF SOUTH DAKOTA. | Gen. James B. Hoit, commander of the De-| wt of South Dakota, was born in New ire in 1824 While @ young man he Went west, setting in Minnesota in 1856. When the war broke out, in 1861, after a few spent im reeraiting men for the serv- @tate, he was authorized to take about forty of Bis later recruits and join in Hiling up company B. third Minnesota infantry volunteers, to the strength. This he did, whereupon he was elected va ‘the was Li i i Hl i | Minn.; George A. Silsby. Mitchell: E. T. | Jennings Post, | la, | the Vicksbarg campaign. with its innumer- s able skirmishes and battles, and continued in the service until the war closed. in still bale and hearty manhood He stands in hi feet 13g inches, is spare bul the great parade at Boston in 1890. wh G. A. R. was reviewed by President Harri Gen. Sherman aud others. Gen. Hoit carri the heavy department banner of South Dakota throughout the whole length of th merch, is on Gen, a deep and practical interest in all cerns those who wore the bine. He has served two terms as post commander. three terms as colouel of division aud one term as senior vice commander of the department, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL ACKLEY. Jobn Ackley, assistant adjutant general of the Department of South Dakota, G. A. R., was born in Geneva, N. ¥., September 1, 1842. In 1855 removed to Towa with his parents. In June, 1862. he went to Cairo, TIL, and after cev- eral weeks spent on the receiving vessel enlisted as a seaman in the Mississippi naval equadron. Was discharged for promotion to master’s mate in February, 1863, but was stricken with ma- larial fever and was unable to accept commis- sion. After convalescing he came to this city, where he was for a short time in the employ of @paymaster in the army. In July, 1863, went to Philadelphia and went out as a private in company D, forty-fourth Pennsylvania militia, to serve three months. In May, 1864, went out as first lieutenant of company K, forty-fourth Towa infantry volunteers, and was musiered out with his regiment the latter part of September, 1864. He is now @ practicing attorney of Aber- deen, 8. D. THE G. A. R. IN SOUTH DAKOTA. The first post in Dakota territory was organ- ized at Fort Yates January 7, 1882. under the | &% name of Geo. A. Custer Post, No. 1, and was attached to the Department of Iowa. Col. Horace G. Wolfe was the mustering officer. Subsequently in the same year Comrade Wolfe mustered posts at Fort Abe Lincoln, Bismarck, Huron, Redfield, Yankton, Vermillion, Elk Point, Sioux Falls and Canton. The charter for these posts were issued by the Depariment of Towa. Dakota was constituted a provisional depart- ment of the G. A. K., with Thos. 8. Free, partment commander; Alex. vice commander; W. A. Bentley, junior commander: W. E. Potter, A. A.G.: N.C. Nash, A. Q. M. G., and the council of adminis- tration was composed of C. A. Lounsbury, J. A. Wallace, J. H. Alexander, A. S. Curtiss and 8. F. Hammond. Dakota territory was merzed into a perma- nent department at Yankton February 27, 1883, and Thos. 8. Free was elected department com- mander. He served also during his term as adjutant general of the militia of the territory. The annual encampments with the territory as one department were regularly held each year until 1889, during which year the division of the territory into North and South Dakota took place, since which time South Dakota has constitnted a separate department. ‘The department commanders of South Dakota, G. A R., have been as foliows: Thomas S. Free, ; Wm. V. Lucas, Hot F. Hammond, now of Minneapolis, ing~ ley, Huron; C.8. Palmer, Sioux Falls, and James B. Hoit, Aberdeen. The state of South Dakota is, for G. A. R. purposes, divided into seventeen divisions, each division comprising @ number of posts, being commanded bya colonel having under him a major, au adjnitant and a quartermaster. This arrangement has been found to work well in keeping up the interest of the posts in the order. ‘The department contains 101 posts and is, gen- erally, in a prosperous condition. Foliowing are the department officers, in- cluding personal staff of the commander, dele- gates and alternates, for the current year: De- GEN. BADGER, THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, is a native of Boston, Mass. When the confed- | erate guns opened upon Fort Sumter. followed immediately after by President Lincoln's proc- lamation for 75,000 troops, young Badger joined the sixth Massachusetts regiment ax a vate. It will be remembered that this famous command fought its way through Balti- More on the 19th of April, 1861. and reached Washington the eame evening, being the first regiment to reach the capital. For this the sixth regiment veteran organization was hon- ored by the last national encampment of the G.A.R. by an invitation to the survivors to march at the head of the column in the grand parade here tomorrow. At tbe Coe the three months’ service of the sixth Badger was commissioned second Heutenant of the twenty eixth Massachusetts, romoted to first lieutenant, served with Gen. Villiams’ brigade at the surrender of Fort St. Philip and Jackson and capitulation of New Orleans to Farragut and Butler. : After the occupation of New Orléans Lieut. Badger took an active part in the organization of the first Louisiana cavalry, the first of six regiments composed of loval’ white men of Louisiana enlisted in the Union army. Pro- moted through successive grades to the command of the regiment, he par- ticipated in the investment of Port Hudson, and in all the principal battles of the | department. of the gulf, including Bisland, | Hansfield, Pleasant Hill and alko in the revere engagements about the defenses of Mobile. During the investment of that city the first Louisiana cavalry, with a battalion of the sec ‘ond New York under Col. Badger, defeated Clanton’s rebel brigade and captured their bri: ide flag. A few days later he defeated Maury’ | fifteenth confederate regulars, with the first Louisiana, and took their colors, He was brevetted after these actions. Upon the mi tof his command in De- w, 1865. appointed master warden | of the port of New Orleans. Served six years | aa superintendent of the metropolitan police of New Orleans and adjacent territory. Was tax collector of fourth district, New Orleans. Also postmaster, Uuited States ‘appraixer and collector of customs of that city, holding the latter office six years. As brigadier general Badger commanded the metropolitan brigade, promoted to major gen- eral and assigned to command of the first di- vision, Louisiana state militia. While serving with the state troops he fought several fierce engagements growing out of the existence of dual state governments, and on the 4th of Sep- tember, 1874, the occasion of the temporary overthrow of the Kellow state government, desperately wounded. President Grant declared in proclamation that the White League or McEnery militia were an insurrectionary body and gave them five days to disperse, thus ‘oring the Kellogg government. In his many engagements Gen. Badger was wounded in both arms and both legs; also shot through the body. Only one wound, however, was received during the war of 1861-65. He was elected department commander in 1886. When the grave complications arose in the Department of Lonisiana and Mississippi over the color question in the Grand Army, resulting in the suspension of the department officers, Com- mander-in-Chief Palmer selected and appointed Past Department Commander Badger to com- mand the derariment ard rescue it from threatened dissolution. He accepted the | trust, brought order out of chaos and re-established the organization in accord- ance with the principles dcelared in the national encampment and directed by Com- mander-in-Chief Palmer. Department Com- mander Badger was re-elected in 1892. He in also past grand commander of the Knights Templar of Louisiana and at present United States appraiser of merchandise, port partment commander, James B. Hoit; senior vice department commander, E. E. Clough; junior vice department commander, Philip Lawrence; department medical director, E. W. Foster; department chaplain, C. B. Clark: coun- cil of administration, T. M. ‘Shanafelt, C. 8. Deering, Charles Sheldon, William Louel C. Nash! assistant adjutant general, John A ley; assistant quartermaster general, N. C. John- son; judge advocate, John E. Bennett; chief mustering officer, L. D. Lyon; assistant in- spector general, C. 8. Blodgett. The following amed delegates and alternates were chosen to represent this department at the twenty-sixth national encampment at Washington: Delegates, W. L. Palmer, J. A. Pickler, J. M. King. John E. Bennett: alternates, J. C.’Adams, H. E. Pel- toa, A. H. Daniels, George W. Carpenter. ‘The department headquarters are established at Aberdeen, S. D. DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA. An Organization Where Affairs Have Caused Much Discussion. The G. A. R. was first organized in Louisiana im 1867 with H.C. Warmoth department com- mander. But little attention was given to re- ports at that period, so that the records fur- | nish meager information as to the number and | strength of the posts. The unsettled condi- tion of affairs existing in the state at that time soon bastened a general breaking up of the or- ganization. A reorganization of the Grand Army commenced in Louisiana in 1872. Joseph | A. Mower Post, No. 1, was chartered on the 10th | day of April of that year, and as this was the only organized post in the state. for several years it performed a great missionary work among the old vete- rans who had located in Louisiana | and adjoining states. The friendly association | of its members with similar organizations of the ex-confedcrates was greatly instrumental in allaying the prejudices and subduing the bitter feeling engendered by th Harney Post, was organized at Baton Rouge, La. April 10, 1883, and during the same year T. Howe Post, No. 3, and A. Lincoln Post, No. of New Orleans were chartered. Custer Pos No. 5, of New Orieans was organized in 1834, }o. 6, of Jennings, La., in 1888, ksburg Post, No.7, of Vicksburg, Miss. nd John A. Logan Post, No. 8, of Hammond, in i889.” Under the reorganization the first encampment of the Department of the Gulf was held in New Orleans, La.. May 15, .1884, William Roy, commander. By general orders from national headquarters, dated June 13, 1888. the title was chanj the Department of Louisiana and M: ‘An unfortunate condition of affairs bas isted in this department since the annual campment of 1890. Early in that year nine posts were chartered by Department Com. mander Jacob Gray. The motives of C mander Gray in suddenly bringing into exist- ¢ these new posts. 9 to 17 inclusive, composed largely of colored members, were uectioned and the regularity and legality of the organizations disputed by the succeeding department administrations. In the de- partment encampment of 1890, 1891 and 1892 no representation was ‘allowed these newly created posts. The crse was | regularly brought before the natiouai encam| ments on appeal, where the principle was clearly enunciated by at least two natioual encam| ments that the colored ex-soldier was entitled to all the privileges and benefits enjoyed by his white fellow soldier in the Grand Army of the Republic, and must be accorded equal recogni- tion. During the month of May of the present year the department commander, senior vice com- mander and junior vice commander were sus- pended from oiice by the commander-in-chief for disobedience of orders in refusing to recog- nize Posts 9 to 17 after they had been directed to give these posts proper third day of June A. 8. Badger was appointed department commander. Under his supervision thorough inspection was made of the 4 recognition, and on the > of New Orleans, «| now his Berdan's Sharpshooters and was well known in the second army corps as one of the best sharpshooters in the service. Mr. George W. Lewis, a member of this post, fined the foartesnth' Peamayivants as soon se obtained the consent of his guardian, and | while here was detailed to the secret service | under the provost marshal and served some time under Capt"Dolan and about Gen. Hale leck’s headquarters. Yesterday he was looking up some of his old friends, but so greatly has | the city changed in appearance that he had ) much difticulty in finding them. Mr. L. makes firat visit xince abe war and saya that | but for the Capitol and public buildings he would not be able to realize that he iy in Wash- ington. | Simpson Post 22 of Rochester have some thirty men quartered at the Windom building. Darius A. Drake Post 36 0f Lakeport with fifty men are at the Biair school building. John L. Perly, jr. Post’ 37 of Laconia has thirty men who quarter at the Madison school building. Marshall Saunders Post 48 of Littleton brings | about 200 men, who are located at the Taylor | building. | Ephraim Weston Post 87 of Antrim numbers twenty-five men and are located at the Blair building Capt. Joseph Frecht Post 94 of Manchester have fifty men who occupy sleepers. =, DANIEL WALL OF NeW HAMPSICIRE. Daniel Hall, department commander of New Hampshire, entered the military service in 1861, with a captain's commission, as aid-de- camp to Gen. Fremont | Gen. Fremont being removed from com- mand, he wns transferred in the «pring of 1862 to the staff of Gen. A. W. Whipple, command- ing the defenses of Washington, with head- | quarters at Arlington Heights, With Gen. Whipple and a division of 10,000 men he joined the Army of the Potomac in the Antietam campaign and served on Gen, Whipple's staff in varions capacities through the Fredericksburg and Chancelioraville cam- tigns, being engaged in those battles, in the latter of which Gen. Whipple was killed. being | at the time in command of the third division | of the third army corps, He was then transferred to the staff of Gen. | . Howard and served there in the cam- paign and battle of Gettysburg. On account of failing health he left the Army of the Poto- mac, and was, in 1864. appointed provost mar- shal of the first district of New Hampshire and served as such till the end of the war, He resumed the practige of law in Dover, N. | H., and was for some’ years judge of ‘the municipal court, chairman of the republican state committee from 1874 to 1877, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, aud from 1877 to 1886 naval officer of the port of Boston. He has been in the Grand Army of the Re- public many years; has been past commander, national aid-de-camp, department judge advo- cate, senior vice commander, and ix now com- mander of the department. ‘He is also a mem. ber of the board of trustecs of the New Hamp- thire Soldiers’ Home and of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, DEPARTM. OF KENTUCKY. A Veteran of Two Wars at the Head of the Body. In calling Gen. E. H. Hobson to be com- mander of the Department of Kentucky the G. A. R.of that state honored a veteran of two wars, who in many a campaign has proved him- self a true soldier. In 1847 Gen. Hobson en- listed in company A, second Kentucky infantry, and went out to fight the Mexicans; he was made recond lieutenant of the company and at the battle of Buena Vista was promoted to first lieutenant for bravery on the field; he served through the war and returned to Kentucky and engaged in mercantile pursuits till the breaking ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GEN. KEETING. Chas, W. Keeting, assistant adjutant general, was born in Lowell, Mass, August 11, 1841. At the age of nineteen heleft Westbrook Seminary, near Portland, Me., where he was preparing for college, and enlisted as a private in company H, thirteenth regiment Masvachusetts volun- in May, 1861. Served in the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac until Febru: ary, 1863; was then ordered to re-| port to | New York city for pro-| motion, where he was mustered as a lieutenant | in the third regiment United States volunteers March 7, 1863; served in Louisiana until March | 1907, when he was mustered out of the serv- ice as captain eightieth U. 8. colured infen- try and brevet lieutenant colonel of volunteers, having served in the volunteer service for the period of nearly six years; was appointed post- master of Shreveport, La.. by President Grant in 1869; is at present examiner of merchandise ‘at New Orleans, La. In 1883 he joined Joseph A. Mower Post, No. 1, in New Orleans, La., and was elected post commander in 1983. Has been since February, 1890, assistant adjutant general department of Louisiana and Mississippi, having served under six different department commanders. DEPARTMENT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ‘Representatives Here of the Veterans of the Granite State. ‘The headquarters of the New Hampsbire de- partment is at the Riggs House and were opened this morning. Ruble’s Band of Lake Port Guard, at the Madison building, will head the department, The commander, staff, &c., are as follow Commander, Daniel Hall, .Dover; senior vice commander, Frank G. Noyes, Nashua; junior vice commander, David R. Pierce, Great Falls; assistant adjutant general, James Minot, Con- cord. Louis Bell Post, No. 8, of Manchester will head the line with 150 men. They were early on the ground and are quartered at 1213 H street and 806 12th street northwest. John G. Sedgwick Post, No. 4, of Keene, N. H., arrived by the Pennsylvania route about 4 o'clock yesterday morning and were escorted to the Carberry School building, 5th between D and E streeis northeast. This post is under the command of Wesley Aldridge and has 113 men in line, them Gen. John Babbitt A Abbut one-half of the post is composed o} New Hampshire soldiers, and ro" arrived in ‘and were taken to the Madison School building, corner of 10th and G out of the rebellion, after organization of the twen seventh regiments. hostilities bis regiment move and campaigns through Kentucky and in all of them he rendered valuable serv He com- -first and twenty one of the first to} | manded a brigade at Perryv siege of Corinth. He parti battle of Shiloh aud brigadier general for gallantry on that hotly | contested field. | He was then assigned to the command of | southern central Kentucky, with headquarters | at Mumfordsville. It was at this time that Mor- | gan made bi id into the state and at- tempted to burn the bridge at Mumfordsville, | but Gen. Hobson repelled him. While in com= mand of this department he had several en- | counters with Morgon and repulsed him at | Marrow Bone. From this place he entered of the quickest and most arduous of the whoie war. Morgan had sev- start, but Hobson went in hot pur- chasing him 900 miles. He was in the sad- dle twenty-one daysand nights, with not over forty hours’ rest, He overtook Morgan and again defeated him at Buftington Island, Ohio, destroying his comand and thus ending the raid of the great confederate chieftain. He also conducted » successful campaign against Gen. Adam Johnson, completely annihilating is forces on the Cumberland river and break- ing the rebel sway in southwestern Kentuck; n. Hobson also participated in the expodi- tion to Salt Works, in Virginia, Gen. Burbridge was in charge, but turned the command over to Hobson while in front of the enemy. Gen. Hobson found himself short of ammunition and opposed by a large force under the com- mand of Breckinridge, Williams and Early. The movements that mark’ this expedition form one of the most skillfully handled campaigns of the war. Short of ammunition and men, he was illy prepared to cope with the well-equipped enemy in front of him, but he cont the ground for 150 miles. During this time the | men lived on pawpaws and Gen. Hobson shared. all their privations, a fact that makes him be- loved by all soldiers, He was clected depart ment commander in April, 1892. THE DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE. Commander Whitaker and the Organization Over Which He Presides. H. Cley Whitaker, commander of the Do- partment of Tennessee, was born in Trenton, N.J., November 6, 1896, and he is therefore fifty-six yenrs old, During his younger days, he attended the public schools and the Penning- ton, N. J., Seminary and afterward learned the printing business in Then seventeen years old, he became a resi- dent of New Orleans and was at work at his | in-chi re At the commencement of | he was a prominent figure in all the | j, the forty-seventh general assembly of Tennes- see. of which body he is still a member. The Grand Army was first organized in Ten- nessee in 1866, but the organization did not laat more than two years. The order was revived ‘in 1883 by Col. Edward 8. Jones of Nashville, who organized a number of poste and was made commander of the provisional department, A | moyen department—the Department of ‘ennessee and Georgia —was Febru- ary 26, 1884, consisting of fourteen posts, and Col. Jones war elected commander and Te- elected in 1885. He died whilein office and was succeeded by E. E, Winters. In 1887 W. T. Ray of Knoxville was elected commander. Tho year of his adminis- tration waa very prosperous, being added and an increase eleven new posta | of over 800 mem- Tn 1888 William Rule of Knoxville was elected | commander. During the administration of | Comrade Rule the posts in Georgia and Ala-| bama were detached and the name of the de- | partment changed to Tennessee. Notwithstand- ing the lose of the detached posts the member- | ship December 31, 1888, showed a net gain of forty-nine over that of’ December 31, 1887, the number being 2,134. In 1889 Comrade Rule was succeeded by A.H. Pettibone of Greeneville. The increase this Year was fifteen poste and 877 members. In 1390 Charies F. Muller of Post 45, Chatta- nooga, was elected commander. During his administration thirteen posts were added and the gain in membership 626, leaving the num- ber in good standing December 31, 1890, 3,697. In 1891 A. J. Gahagan of Post 2, Chatta- nooga, succeeded Comrade Muller. The close of this year showed a loss in membership, the number remaining December 31 being 3,494. In 1892 H. C. Whitaker of New Market was elected commander, The department has eighty-six posts, two-thirds of which are east of Chattanooga in tho territory known as east Tennessee. The roster of odicers for the year is ns follows: H. C. Whitaker, Post 46, commander. 8. 0. Merrill, Post 67, senior vice commander. 8. N. Williams, Post’ 56, junior vice com- mander. Frank Weise, Post 1, medical director. John B. Stevens, Post 94, chaplain. Frank Seaman,’ Post 14, assistant adjutant genera’, P, O. box 154, Knoxville. R. thornburgh, Post 46, assistant quarter- Taster general, New Market. Wm. T. Mitchell, Post 8, inspcetor, Greene- Sam, W, Hawkins, Post 56, judge advocate, untingdon, W. W. French, M. D., Post 45, chief muster- ing officer, 628 } treet, Chattanooga. A. A. Cowdery, Post 45, senior aid-de-camp, 33 Peeples street, Cha tanooza. DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN. Hi A Large Representation From the Badger State. The Department of Wisconsin, which will be well represented in the parnde, was organized in 1866. Since 1880 its growth has been rapid, until it now numbers 274 poste and about 14,000 members, The department is in a healihy condition and its prospects as bright as can be expected of an organization whose lines are steadily and swiftly growing thinner and which finds no growing ranks from which to re- eruit. The list of Wisconsin's department com- manders includes several who have been na- tional officers, among them Gen. Luci sert, senior vice commander-in-chief in 1839, and Edward Ferguson, past junior commander- Following is a list of the resent officers of the department: Chauncey B. We 8. Welton, depart- senior vice de- Tubbs, junior | artment commander. i vice depar:me medical director, B, Bantly; chaplain, Milon Wells, The personal staif of the department com- mander cousista of J. H. Whitney, assistant adjutant general; Earl M. Rogers, chief of staff; Richard Carter, inspector; F. 8, Veeder, judge advocate; D. G. Sampson, chief mustering officer, and Charles A. Carter, assistant quarter- master geucral, “ae 2. WELTON OF Wiscoxmy. Chauncey RB. Welton, the department com-| mander of Wisconsin, is one of the sul stantial business men of Madison, Wis. He was born September 1, 1844, at Sharon, Medina county Ommo, and went to Wisconsin with his parents: when eleven years old, settling in Sauk county, returning three years later to Ohio. August 11, 1862, Mr. Welton enlisted in com pany I, one hundred and third Obio intantry serving until the close of the war. September 8, 1862. before he was uniformed or mustered int United States service, he wax doing | duty at Fort Mitchell, in Kentucky, bis regi- uing in that state until August, joined the east Tennessee cam- participated in that entire 8 various marches and battics ‘sboro’, and went remained third army corps. The command then he Atlanta campaign, but was ville to engage Hood's atten- Caroli y Goldsborough, where it joined army an Sherman's d marched to Raleigh about the time Gen. J. E. Johnston surrendered to Gen. Sherman. After the war Mr. Welton went to Michigan, where be eugaged soot after in the dry goods bi ess, remaining there until 77, when he went to Wisconsin. He is now ngaged in the clothing business. He stands high asaGrand Army man, bys been com- Mander of C. C. Washburn post and served two veurs as « member of the council of admin- istration of the department. ‘ASSISTANT apsuTant GENERAL WHITNEY. J. H. Whitney, assistant adjutant goners’. ———— | assi-ant | September 2, 1892, served nearly three years during the war of the rebellion in company A, fourth M. V. M., | twenty-first Massachusetts a and .ourth Maseachusetis heavy artillery. War private, nt, sergeant major ai Ne atenant Serene me aeeeeees| ; twice de; mt adjutant general in 1883 and 1884. He has) Written many war ballads for the “boys” in sin, among which ~ Ben” is, perhaps, the most popular. The Department of New Jersev. Richard A. Donnelly, departmer.t commander of New Jersey, enlisted at the breaking out the war in company I, first New Jersey volun: teers, He was rapidly advanced to the grades of corporal and eergeant respectively, paming a creditable examination for promotion just be- fore the battle of Gaines’ Mills. At this batt | he was severely wounded, and being left on the in Libby Prison until exchanged. He war discharged from service at Baltimore, Md.. by reason of ph; disability caused by wounds received in RICHARD A. DONNELLY. He has been prominently identified with the National Guard since the war and in 1890 was appointed quartermaster general of the New| Jersey National Guard, The department officers are: Commander, Richard A. Donnelly, ‘Trenton; senior. vice commander, Jacob L. White, Paterson; junior vice commander, A.D. Blanchet, Morristown; chaplain, Charles E. Hill, Red Bank; medical director, John Younglove, Elizabeth. Official staff—Assistant adjutant general, Bishop W. Mains, Trenton; assistant quarter master general, C. 8. Magrath, Camden; spector, Aug. A. Meseroll, Trenton; § vocate, Emanuel Sands, Jersey City tering officer, Wm. H. Knauss, Newark. Personal staff—Chief of staff, Ernest C. nton: ordnance officer, James C. Tayl: Trenton; commissary of subsistence, W . Howard, Newark: provost hal, J. 8. Gar- wood, Salem; cclor bearer, William Hand, Plain- field; ‘chief bugler, James N. Rue, Trenton. The Department of Idaho. The Department of Idaho was organized No- vember 15, 1887, a8 a provisional department. The department now includes twenty posts and has 423 members in good standing. The offi- cersare as follows: A. O. Ingalls, department commander; Thad D. Bellinger, senior vice commander; Charles Clark, junior vice com- G. J. McBain, chaplain: A. Friedline, director. ‘The official staff: Wm. King, assistant adjutant general; Albert Otto, assist- ant quartermaster general; Thomas J. Groome, inspector general; J. 8. Hunt, judge vocate general; Capt. J. H. Wells, senior de-camp, chief of staff. Wm. King, assistant adjutant general. is pioneer of the western country, a Pike's Peaker and an all-around old-timer in that country. Moreover he has been a gold hunter in Aus- tralia, South America and Alaska. He enlisted in 1861 in company C, first regiment Colorado cavalry, aud served until mustered out in 1864, OMicers Elected by Naval Veterans. Attherecent annua! encampment session of the naval veterans in Baltimore officers were elected as follows: Kear admiral, B. O. Orton of New York; commodore, F. B. Allen, Hartford. Conn. ; captain, Cyrus Steare, Baltimore; commander, C. H. Seaman, Dayton, Ohio: lieutenant com- mander, V. D. Woodruff, Rockford, Ill; senior lieutenant, C. K tenant, geon, chaplain, Samuel Almun, New York; engineer. samuel Beckerstatt, Cincinnati; secretary, George W. Bostwick, Brooklyn. Rear Admiral Wells’ re- ort showed an increase in membership of over ,000 during the past year. ———+e-_1__ R. FOR THE G. A. A Handsome Souvenir Cane to Be Found for Sale at Most of the Stores, This cane is made of malachi, mah oak. The hend presents a bas relief, ful of the great commander. full length badge of the G. A. R. done in most exquisite style, also in full relief on the other is an inscription which reads as follows: ‘Twenty-sixth annual encampment, G. A. Warhington, D. C. ‘The whole presente what might be sppropriately termed a trophy of this grand national occa- sion, when the boys in blue will travel once again, and possibly for the last time, the li of march they passed over in May, 1865. tainly it is a most appropriate souvenir, which every veteran can carry home as a memento of LIKE A SHELL ‘That suddenty explodes at your feet, blood diseases often attack us with little or no warning. It is the unexpected that happens. Persons who never dreamed of rheumatism, neuralgia, debility, liver, or kidney disease, are frequently taken by surprise—bave their pickets driven in, As it were— and find themselves pounced upon by these ailments, when least pre pared for a skirmish. Be always om guard, and when any signs of the enemy are visible, any weak spot in your de fense, any symptom of impure blood manifested, whether in pimples, boils, carbuncles, eczema, or any other eruptive disease, order AYER'S Sarsaparilla to the front without delay. It's the crack shot for Dlood diseases—hits the mark every time, and, like the new ammunition, gets in its work silently and effectually, Attention, comrades! AYER'S Sarsapa> Filla has cured others, it will cure you. A Soldier's Testimony. “In the late war, I was wounded in battle and made a prisoner. Iwas confined in am unsheltered stockade for ten months, during which time Tcoutracted seurvy. My wound Deing heated on the surface, gangrene set tn, and finally, Dlood-potsoning. I suffered excruciating pain until [ began to take Ayers Barsaparilla, since which time my wound has liealed, all pain has disappeared, an@ T have 90 far recovered my oldtime health as to be able to go to work again.”- John M. Britton, Barrack No. 25, Nat. Military Home. Montgomery Co... Ohio. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, Has cured others, will cure you Tarontasr orice, Curcstxe Basasct Frow Wasutxarox: RRR A nu ROR AA OTT i Raat Visitors to Washington during G. A. R. 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