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STII, LINGS & Co., PKINTEKS, 55 SUDBURY STREET. 1891. ■Anr A CKNO WLEDGMENTS. "f^^ ro)np/7/i/^' i///s rolume I am indebted for valuable ^ gers aud the victories of a long and vigoi'ously Avaged war, feel themselves called upon to declare, in definite form of words and in determined co-operative action, those principles and rules wliich should guide the earnest patriot, the enlightened freeman and the Christian citizen in his course of action ; and to agree upon those plans and laws which should govern tliem in a united aud sys- tematic Avorking method with which, in some measure, shall he effected the preservation of the grand results of the war, the fruits of their lalior and toil, so as to benefit the deserving and wortliy. Sect. 2. The results which are designed to be accomplished b}' this organization are as follows : — 1 . The preservation of those kind aud fraternal feelings which have bound togetlier, with the strong cords of love and affection, the comrades in arms of many battles, sieges aud marches. 2. To make these ties available in works and results of kindness, of favor and material aid to those in need of assistance. o. To make pi'ovisiou, where it is not already done, for the supi)ort, care and education of soldiers' orphans and for the uuiintenance of the Avidows of deceased soldiers. 4. For the protection aud assistance of disabled soldiers and sailors, whether disabled by wounds, sickness, old age or mis- fortune. ."). For the establishment and defense of the late soldiery of the United States, morally, socially and politically, with a view to inculcate a proper appreciation of their services to the country, and to a recognition of such services and claims by the American people. To this section was added in l.S(;,S : — '•But this Association does not design to make nomimiti'uns for office or to use its infiueuce as a secret organization for par- tisan purposes." FFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-KOl KTII In 1869 the followin<>' nrtiele Avas added to tlu' IJulcs and Regnlations : — "No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic shall in any manner use. this organization for partisan purposes, and no discussion of partisan questions shall be permitted tit an}' of its meetings, nor shall any nouiinatiun for political office be made." At the Springfield Convention held in .June, lS(j(!, the follow- ing resolutions were adopted : — ''Resolved, That we, the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, recosruizing the power of the principles of association, do hereby pledge ourselves, eacli to the other, to render all material aid and assistance in supplying the wants of the widow and the fatherless, and in furnishing employment to tlie poor and to those wounded and disabled in the service of our country. ■•Jiesolvcd, That as we have stood by the government at the peril of our lives iu war, so will we make it ever our care that no known enemy of our country shall wield power in the republic ; but the same arms which defended its sanctuary against open violence will protect it unflinchingly against all secret machinations, and never lay down our weapons until peace based on the principles of universal liberty shall be assured. ■''Bpsolved, That treason consummated in rebellion is a crime of the most malignant nature, and every possible guarantee should be demanded of all branches of the government against the rasli adiiiission to place and power of those who were active participants in rebeUion, and tliereby forfeited the rights of American citizens ; and that we, the soldiers of the nation, who fought for supremacy of the national authority, have a right to demand that the safety of the republic should be held para- mount to all other considerations by the Executive and Congress." • Such are the declared principles and laws of government of the noblest association of soldiers and sailors ever formed and which has cemented together in firm friendship near!}- half a million veterans of the Civil war — an organization which dis- burses annually in charitable works hundreds of thousands of dollars, and labors without distinction of party or creed, rank or color, and very largely for those who have remained outside of it and have contributed nothing for its support. Its growth until the year 1868 was magical. In that year the membership in the whole country was, it is stated, 240,000. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 15 Then came the blighting effect of internal dissensions caused by inherent defects in the organization and the ambitions of its political factions, which sapped its life blood and nearly ended its existence. In 1.S71 it reached its lowest level, declining to a membership of only on,()24. During that 3'ear Dr. Stephenson died, having failed to realize most of the fond hopes he had cherished for the Grand Army and the fruitage of years of devoted effort in its behalf. •^In liis own state," Illinois, as stated in Beath's History, '• though the department maintained a nominal existence, there was hardly a Post in active operation ; in neighboring states they were entirely dead ; and while department organizations were maintained in the East, even Posts had disbanded by the score. He had dreamed of a grand organization of veterans moving en masse, a potent influence in fostering and moulding public sentiment in favor of those who had borne the battle ; that should secure recognition of their services in places of honor and profit; and. while pre- serving and strengthening the bonds of comradeship, should ])e a help to all who had followed the flag, and to the widows and or])hans of the dead, who needed a helping hand and sympathizing friend." '•Years were to pass before the Grand Army of the Republic should reach the position in any degree fulfilling" the fondly cher- ished belief of its foiuider, — years that were to test the faith and constancy of the few and show the weakness of the many who had failed to comprehend the principles of the order and measure those only by personal desires as a means for their own advancement." At the reinterment, in 1.S.S2, of the remains of Major ►Stephen- son, under the ritualistic ceremonies of the Grand Armj' of the Republic, the following eulogy Avas delivered by Judge James A. ]Matheney, of Springfield, Illinois, which will show the nobleness of Major Stephenson's chai-acter and his exalted purposes for the' amelioration of the welfare of his soldier brethren : — '• I am here today with the single purpose of laying a sprig of • immortelle' upon the grave of our departed comrade. He was the companion of my youth, the friend of my manhood. 16 UNOFFICIAL rUOCEKDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Togvtlier we coiniiR'ueed to climb life's upwnid pathway; l>iit ere we reached the suinniit, lie, wearying of the bunU'ii. laid himself down to rest. " As we burieil our cuiiiraile. the urave coveied more than his pulseless form — glad hopes that made liriuht the future, uniud thouuhts that would have left their imjjress on the minds of men, great purposes to be achieved, a lofty ambition to l»e realized : these, all these, we buried with him. '•'IMie world is full of over-estimated men. The graveyard is peopknl with under-estimated men. It is the misfortune of our comrade to be uund)ered with the latter. Thousands iulinitcly his inferior have written their names in imperishable characters on the pages of our country's history. Struggle as he did, and labor as he might, no compensating reward ever came. When abundant success seemed assured, and he stretched forth his hand to seize the coveted fruit, he grasped only 'Dead Sea apples' of ashes and bitterness. "I do not know that any marble shaft will ever tower ah^ft over the spot where sleeps our conu'ade and friend, but I do know that he liuilt for himself a monument more glorious than marble or granite ; and yi't that unrelenting fate that ever pursued him, robbing him of well-nigh all that was justly his due, is still at its relentless work. The thousands who annually meet at the lennious of the (irand Army of the Republic give no thought to the heart that nurtured and to the brain that conceived the grand idea of a brotherhood of soldiers. "AVhen this thought first came to our comrade his whole soul was filled with the grand conception. Without rest or weariness his every energy was devoted to the accomplishment of the giand design. AVith a patriotic inspiration he saw clearly the great good to be attained. lie felt that he vfaa erecting an altar ni)on which the fire of love foi' the whole rniou would buiii and burn forever. He saw with prophetic vision the Star Sjjaugled Banner of a nation, — not a confederation of discordant states, but a nation's banner unfurled to the l)reeze, — and with fancy's ear In- heard the tiamp of the million soldiers of the (irand Army as they gathered Ijeneath it to shield and (.lefend it from every harm. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. K. 17 "My friends, how well he read the future ! His glad antici- pations are more than realized. The camp-fires of the (irand Army are burning from ocean to ocean. Thousands and tens of thousands of his brotherhood of soldiers meet nightly in fraternal greetings. The banner that he so loved is floating stainless and pure in God's bright sunshine, never again to be soiled and torn by traitorous hands. "Though not here to witness it, the grand dream of his life has assumed the proportions of a bright reality. The note that he struck, single-handed and alone, has swelled into a glorious anthem. The light that he kindled is illuminating an entire land, and at the last is flinging its radiance over the consecrated spot where our comrade reposes, all unconscious that his hour of triumph has come. "The law of compensation pervades all nature. A new thought proclaimed, a good deed done, or a heroic act performed, will sooner or later meet its proper reward. It may tarr}^ long, it may linger in its coming ; but it will come, with unfailing certainty. " In obedience to that law, we have come, even at this late day, to do honor to our departed comrade. And, friends, let it not stop here. Let us by some fitting testimonial proclaim to all coming time our appreciation of the grand work accomplished by our departed friend and companion. Let us ■ Seek » 9 fui ' -tlicr his merits to disclose, Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode. There they alike in trembling hope repose : The bosom of his Father and his God.' " There were but few additions to the Grand Army from 1X74 to 1 s 7.S . ITp to the latter year it had gained only 992 members, having at that time a roll of 31,016 ; but from that date it took on a new existence. The mistakes of the past had been corrected and a reor- ganization effected on a right basis. The order sprang again into most vigorous life and extended into nearly every state and territory in the Union. Its influence for good kept pace witli its growth. On the ."Jlst day of March, ISDO, the numerical strength of the Grand Army, by Departments, is shown by the appended figures to have been ;)i);!,.s;);} members. 18 INOiniCIAI, PROCEEDIXOS TWKNTY-FDIKTII MEMBERSHIP OF THE GRAND ARMY MARCH 31, 1890. MEMISKKS IN DEl'AKTMENTS. NUMBER OF rOST.S. GOOD STAXDIXG Alabama .12 277 Arizona 8 308 Arkansas . . ... (Ki 1.74!t California lU (•..17;', Colorado and Wvoininn . 71; 2,870 Connecticut S4 . (;.740 DclaAvare 20 . i.iiu; Florida IS wr) Georgia •I 38(; Idaho . 17 . . . 44(; Illinois . . ."■'.HI . . :!2.31-) Indiana . . .".1.-. , . 2.">.(t43 Iowa ... 4-.".i . 20.. -.81 Kansas . . ... isl . IS. 44.-. 14."> .■>..".2S Louisiana and Mississippi 17 . . 1.242 Maine ... l.V". !».3.-.l Massachusetts I'.i'.i 21,742 Maryland . 42 2,200 Michigan ;;;»() ... 20,731 Minnesota . I7S . 7,237 Missouri 42:; l'.l.72.-. Montana r.' . (mI Nebraska 27'.i 7, (!(■>(■> New Ilanipslnrc ... IMJ .... 4.'J7.-. New Jersey 11;'. . 7,7.V,» New Mexico 10 . . . :!31 NeAy York .... ".>."> .... 44,G13 Potomac .... 1;; 3,047 Rhode Island 21 2,722 South Dakota 14 ;',;t4 Tennessee 71 3.171 Texas 32 813 Utah . . 3 138 Vermont . . 103 5,1G4 Yir"-inia 37 1 '^15 Washington and Alaska . _-,•> 1,894 West Virginia .... . \y.] 2.09S Wisconsin 2(;4 13.7S1 Total. 7.228 303,893 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 19 In Commander-in-Chief Alger's report to the Encampment the nnmber of members in good standing on -Tune 30, LSOO, was shown to be 427,081. That there will l)e any further increase in its nnml)ers is doubtful, though there are still many thousands of veterans not 3^et mustered in. Great efforts are constantly being made to induce those who have held aloof to join their comrades in the order. The average age at death of the veterans is fifty-six, and as but few remain who are under fifty, it is apparent there cannot be much increase of the Grand Army. Swiftlj' have fled the years intervening since the close of the war, and it is not a long look down the vista of the future to its ultimate extinction. It is painful to reflect that ere long only memories of its existence will remain ; but these can never die. On the pages of history the heroic acts of its members, their usefulness and beneficence, will ever shine with unfading lustre. To all who wore the Union blue during the war, whether within the ranks of the Grand Arm}" or not, and to all their dependent loved ones, it has ever extended, and will ever lend, a helping hand in times of adversit3^ Its mission of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty will only cease when the last veteran shall have passed from earth and joined his comrades in the Grand Reunion in the fair Eternal City. "There, on that beautiful shore, Comrades are forming to welcome, Comrades who have gone l)efore." The first National Encampment was held at Indinnapolis, Indiana, November 20, ISOT), when Stephen A. Hurlburt was chosen Commander-in-Chief. It was there that the national organization was formally effected and its work and duties out- lined. From the beginning its leaders have been men of marked ability, energy and enterprise, and have loved the cause devotedly. The original idea of an Encampment was nothing more than that of an annual convention of chosen Grand Army representa- tives, to make the necessary governing laws which experience and observation Imd tauglit them were necessarv for the u'rowth. 20 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINCiS TWKNTY-I( >ri{Tn prosperity and the furtherance of the benevolent work of the society. Hut gradually the Encampment was taken advantage of as an occasion for reunions, and a gathering, for social jMirposes, of veterans who, in the engagoinent of civil pnisuits, had been scattered in the various sections of the country. Naturally, with the increasing strength of the order, tht'se reunions grew in popularity, and a National Encanipnient was looked forward to with a joyful anticipation and interest which cannot be understood or appreciated by those who are not nicui- bers of this fraternity of citizen soldiers, until today an occasion like this not only means a gatiiering of (Jrand Army delegati's, but the massing of veterans from every portion of the country, and the holding of camp-fires, reunions, banquets, receptions, excur- sions and whatever pleasure can be had from social intercourse. It is now recognized as one of tlie great factors for ket-pinu" up an active interest in the organization and the binding togetiicr in stronger ties those who responded to the call of an imperilled country. When the city of Boston and the Department of 3Iassachu- setts, G. A. R., formally invited the Encampment at Milwaukee in 1889 to hold its 1890 session at the "Hub," the acceptance of the invitation met with general approval, not only with the dele- gates, but also with the rank and file of the (Jrand Army. There were many reasons why the reunion in Boston was desirable. To many of the veterans a visit to that city Avould be a trip to the home of their childhood, with its fond recollections and scenes, ]Many of the citizens of the central qnd western sections of the I'nited States could claim New England either as their birth- place or that of their fathers or mothers. Indeed, the coming of the comrades to New England was, to many, the return to the home of their childhood. Boston, with its traditions and historical huidmarks, I'lymoutli Rock, Bunker Hill, the scenes of the Indian and Revolutionary wars, its fame for hospitality, and last, but not least, a love and appreciation of the veterans — all coniliined to give an assurance of a most successful Eucampuient, and one which would surpass all others held in the past. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 21 It Avas the second meeting of the National Encampment in Boston, the first being held during the administration of John A. Logan, in'May, ISTl. At that time Lncins Fairchild was the Senior Yice-Commander-in-C'hief , and Louis Wagner, Junior Yice- Commander-in-C'hief, both of whom afterward filled the position of Commander-in-Chief. It met in John A. Andrew Hall ; and the entertainment consisted of a banquet in Faneuil Hall, a visit to Bunker Hill monument and an inspection of the forts in the harbor. It was very unlike the Encampment of 1890 : for that of 1871 was at the darkest period in the history of the Grand Army, while that of 1890 was held when it was at the zenith of its power and influence thronghout the country. 22 UNOFFK lAL PROCEEDINGS TWENJ V-K )rKTII TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. NK\'KR since that nieniorabU' day in LSr..'), wlicn the solid culuinn of survivors of tin' Civil War passetl in unbrokon line down the broad and niaguiticent Pennsylvania Avenue, "Washing- ton, in official review, have so many vi-terans assembled together as in Boston during the early days of August, l.s'Jd, the occasion being the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment of the (irand Army of the Republic. It marked the turning point of a quarter of a century since the soldier and sailor returned to resume the civil pursuits of life, and the best energies were employed to make it a notable Encampment. From the Atlantic to the Pacitic, from the bleak (tiuadiau line to the cotton fields of southern Texas, came the veterans. In fraternal greeting the eonu'ade from the East grasped the hand of the comrade from the West. In the war they had fought side by side, elbow to elbow ; but when peace came, their paths in life diverged. After the lapse of years, they met who had not seen each other since the Rebellion, to rehearse the stirring scenes of the past. Comrades were greeted who were thought to be resting in a soldier's grave. The occasion was one of great happiness to the veteran.* From the day Boston welcomed the citizen soldier to the hour when he bade adieu to his host of heart-bound friends, his life was full of pleasure. What a contrast were these scenes to those of the war 1 It seemed as if it were a dream, as he looked back to those dark days, — when "The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder; The rattling musketrj-, the clashing blade — And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade." N.VTIOXAL EXCAMPMEXT OF THE O. A. R. 23 For a number of days preceding the Encampment, the conn-ades poured into the city — enthusiastic, eager and expectant: a mighty host — from the far North, the sunny South, tlie East, and the great AV'est, in peace and good will to l)e the honored guests of a waiting and welcoming city. The stirring strains of martial nmsic, "The tife's shrill note, the drum's loud beat," were heard on every side, awakening the memories of bj'-gone years. Vivid the contrast I Then the turmoil of war, but hence- forth — '■ Peace : And no longer from the brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ; But, beautiful as the songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise." Under the leadership of their beloved Commander-in-Chief Alger they marched, forty thousand strong, beneath the starry emblem of the country they helped to save. Never before, in the annals of history, has such a magnihcent spectacle been recorded. Who could look upon the P'our Hun- dred of the Medal-of-Honor Legion, " All that was left of them," without emotion. The survivors of Lil)by and Andersonville and Belle Isle, the remnants of the forces of Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, of Hancock and -McClellan, of Meade and Gar- field, of Butler, Banks and Deveiis, together with sailors who had seen service under Farragut and Porter, once more were keeping step to the drum beat. Sherman, Butler, Banks, Sickles, Chamberlain, lierdan, and the President of the nation. Comrade Benjamin Harrison, all honored the occasion by their presence. Deafening plaudits rang along the line as the Grand Army of the Republic passed in review before admiring throngs. It was a procession of heroes ; they may be nameless in history, but the exploits they performed are forever enshrined iu the great heart of the Nation. Proudly, as when they marched to the Music of the Union, stepped these heroes of many battles, but with waning strength. 24 LN'oi ri< lAi. i>1{(>('i;ki)IX(;s TWKNTv-i'oiinii Side l)y side were ineu of faltering steps, bowed forms and whitened locks, and those still in the vigor and prime of life, who went to the battle front when they were lads, bnt who now leaned upon crutch and staff. Veterans who had passed the allotted years of man's life, on this supreme occasion were animated anew by the patriotic fire. Their measured tread as they bore aloft the tattered battU- flags of the Wilderness, Fair Oaks, Petersburg, Antietam aful Gettysburg, awakened the enthusiasm of all beholders, who thought of the hardships and perils these men had suffered that the Union might not be rent asunder by fratricidal hands, and that slavery's shackles should be broken from the liml)s of four millions of God's people. From every heart and lip caine a welcome and blessing. In solid columns and martial bearing, the sons marclicd in the footsteps of their fathers — soldiers by intuition and inher- itance. "With beaming faces and eyes flashing with the fire of j'outhful ambition and patriotic fervor, they proudly occupied their position in the parade as rear guard of the veterans. And Massachusetts ! Never was such a complete Department of the Grand Army assembled in line. From every city, town and hamlet in the state came the veterans. All Posts were represented in nearly full membership, only sickness or other preventing causes keeping the comrades from participating in tin- gala scenes. It told more than words could express of the pleasure it gave her to welcome the veterans to the soil where freedom had its birth and has ever flourished — that Massachusetts' arms were opened wide to receive them, and it bespoke an unmeasured tender of hospitality to those who saved the Nation in its hour of peril. In connection with this event and day, — and, indeed, with all the days of the Encampment, — it is fitting that mention be made of the beautiful weather that prevailed. Earth and sea and sky were fair. The heated air of previous days was cooled by refreshing breezes. Nothing could have been more fortunate than this, particularly upon the day of the parade, when, had the weather been marked by excessive heat, great would have been NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 25 the sufferino's of the veterans. Just before the column started a gentle rain descended, laying the dust, and for the remainder of the day the sky was overcast by fleecy clouds. In contemplation of the conditions of this great national gathering, the almost entire freedom from sickness or accidents, and the long list of favoring circumstances and incidents that brightened the whole week, together with the harmonious action and great results of the convention : shall it not be said, in deep and reverent acknowledgment of the goodness of Him who ruleth, that in all these things may be seen the ever- controlling hand and abiding care of Providence? He, at the Nation's birth, smiled with special favor on its founders, and in later 3'ears led their children's children through the blood-red sea of civil war to an everlasting peace. The tenets and underlying principles of this brotherhood of soldiers and sailors are in accord with Heaven's laws and lessons. The Grand Army of the Republic recognizes its dependence upon, and swears allegiance to, the King of kings. Before Him come its appeals of all true comrades for guidance and assistance. It claims His watch and care. In its broad, impartial work of benevolence and love, and the inculcation of its teachings of loyalty to our country, it performs His work and is His ally. The reverent observer saw Heaven's special favors vouchsafed to the Grand Armj- of the Republic during its Encampment in Boston. As .Jehovah overshadowed the army of the Union in battle, gave it the victory, has ever been to the nation "a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night," the survivors of the war have every reason still to trust Him, the Creator, Preserver, Guide and Protector. 26 INOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOLHTII THE FIRST STEPS TAKEN. FRO^l the first suggestion that Boston should hiive the National Encampment of 1lHTn centre of our mighty continental progress. We :uv willing to travel that distance to hold our next Encampment where the libert}' of America was born on the soil of INIassachusetts, where the first blood was shed for American frt'cdom. We want to go there, and Minnesota seconds the nomination of Boston. "It would be a grand thing to march down rennsylvania Avenue, but a better one to visit Faneuil Ilall, and stand whiav Charles Sumner stood more than forty years ago. and uttered the sublime sentiment, '•Aloft on the throne of (Jod, and not below in the footprints of a trampling multitude, are the sacred rules of right which no majoiity can displace or overturn" : the forging of whicii into recognized, living law is our crown of triumph. 1 want to go to IJoston. We all want to go to lioston." Comrade Goodale also read the following invitatiou from flavor Hart, of Boston : — " Let the Grand Army hold its next National Encampment in Boston. Boston is the most beantifnl, the most liospitable and the most American city in the United States. (Signed) Tuomas N. ll.wir. Mti;ior." Remarks, favoring Boston as the most desirable location for the next Phicampmeut, were then made by Comrades I'ettibone of Tennessee, Campbell of Kansas, Hutchens of Kentucky, Gard of California, Silsby of Dakota, Crocker of Illinois and McElroy of Oregon. This approval of the "Hub" from the representatives of so many states, covering such a wide range of territory, extending even to the Pacific coast, carried great weight among the unpledged delegates present ; and when the vote was taken, Boston had 400 votes to 130 cast for Saratoga, Indianapolis and Washington. On the motion of Comrade Palmer of New Yoi-k, the vote was made unanimous. It is, perhaps, needless to say that Boston was proud of the honor conferred upon that city. The prominent citizens and gen- tlemen identified with every great movement for the advancement of Boston's interests comprehended what it meant to entertain the great number of veterans who would assemble : then and there they determined to do theii- best and give the Grand Army an unsurpassed reception. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 31 At a special meeting of the council of administration of the Department of JMassachusetts, G. A. R., held at headquarters, Boylston Building, Boston, Septem})er 11, 1.S8U, Department Commander (loodale stated that the National Encampment had accepted the invitation of the Department of JMassachusetts to hold its next annual session in Boston, and asked the council to devise means to provide for the entertainment of that body. The following were appointed a sub-committee to submit to the council for its approval the names of fifty persons, consisting of comrades of the G. A. K. and citizens of JMassachusetts, to act in conjunction with the council of administi'ation as a general committee for l.SOO, viz. : — Department Commander George L. Goodale, Senior Vice- Commander George H. Innis, Assistant Quartermaster C. C. N. AVallace, Department Inspector John H. Cook, Comrade P^li W. Hall of the elective council, and Judge Advocate Solomon A. Bolster. Department Inspector John H. Cook was chosen secretary' of this sub-committee. At a special meeting of the council, held October 21, LS.S!), the secretary of the sub-committee, in behalf of that body and in obedience to the previous vote of the council, submitted the names of fifty persons as a report of the connnittee ; but after discussion, the number being deemed too small, the report was recommitted to the sub-committee with full powers, both as to number and composition of the general committee, and the sum of five hundred dollars was appropriated for the use of the sub- committee to defray necessary expenses. At the regular meeting of the council, held November l.'i, 1881), the secretary', in behalf of the sub-committee, reported a list of names of persons selected to constitute a general committee. On the motion of Adjutant-General Alfred C. IMonroe, this list was accepted as a report of progress, and the sub-committee was instructed to continue its work till the formal organization of the general ct)mmittee. The next step taken Avas a gathering of comrades and citizens to plan and carry out the arrangements for the National Kncainp- ment of l-siH). in the Green Room of tiie State House, on the 32 UNOFFICIAL PKOCKEDINCS TWEXTY-FOTKTII afternoon of November 2(i. 1SS!». Department ('oninuuider Goodnle presided ; and, as the first business, he Avas selected tem- porary chairman, with Major John 11. Cook as tempoi'ary secretary. It was voted that a committee of nine be appointed by the chair, to report at a future meeting nominations of persons to constitute permanent officers and others to compose sub-conmiittees of the general committee. The chair appointed to carry out this motion : George S. ^lerrill, Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin, V. (J. King, E. AV. Hall, George W. Creasey, George W. Walker, John H. Cook, F. C. Brownell and George L. Goodale. The next meeting was held at (^reen Koom on the afternoon of December G, at which a permanent organization was reported and unanimously accepted. The selection was as follows : — President, Treasurer, Si'crctarii, ,Tonx D. Loxr.. Elisha S. Comvkrse. Sii-vs A. liAinox. Vice-Presidents : Charles Devens. Benjamin F. Butler. William Gaston. Leopold Morse. Henry Cabot Lodge. Elijah A. Morse. Patrick A. Collins. E. W. Hincks. AV. F. Dhapkr. Harrison Hu.mi:. Geo. S. Mi'.mtiLL. An executive, finance and otlier committees were also selected and their organization completed. It is often said that a good sttirt insures success ; and the able selection of the president and other executive officers certainly lent a strength of character and purpose which meant that the carrying out of the Encampment on a broad and liberal scale was assured. The president, Hon. John D. Long, ex-goveruor of Massa- chusetts and ex-representative to the National Congress, is too well known throughout the country to need especial mention here. The universal comment was that no better selection could have been made than Governor Long to preside over the National Encampment committee. His counsel and advice, when doubtful questions on legal points arose, was most valuable : and the fact that the vast business was conducted without a shadow of litiga- tion arising attests the value of his services to the committees. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. R. 33 The treasurer, Hon. Elisha S. Converse, is one of Boston's merchant princes. He is manager and treasurer of the Boston Eubber Shoe Co., president of the Boston Belting Co., president of the First National Bank, Maiden, Mass., a director of the Revere Rubber Co. and the Exchange National Bank of Boston, president of the Rubber Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Co., trustee of the Wellesley College, and also trustee of the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. For two terms he has served the city of Maiden as its mayor, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1880-81. His appointment as treasurer of the National Encampment was most fitting and appropriate. On the departure of the treasurer to P^urope, early in the summer, his son, Capt. Henry E. Converse, was unanimously appointed assistant-treasurer, and to the close of the Encamp- ment administered the affairs of that office in an able and satis- factory manner. The secretary, Mr. Silas A. Barton, was the prime mover in establishing in Massachusetts the Thomson-Houston Electric Co., an enormous plant, having Lynn for its home and Boston for its headquarters, with great branches in the principal cities of the United States and also in foreign •countries. He is a director in this company, and the official head of its purchasing department. He is president of the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, and prominently connected with large manufacturing and mercantile interests in Boston and elsewhere. He is a comrade in the noted General Lander Post 5, of Lynn, the largest Post in the country. The superb business qualifications of Secretary Barton rendei'ed him a master in the mapping out and preparation of the details of the work at headquarters. To his planning and executive capacity may be attributed no small part of the success of this grand reunion of veterans. The vice-presidents were gentlemen widely known in their political, legal and mercantile vocations throughout the country. ^Meanwhile the state and city were by no means inactive, and assurances were early given that the hearty co-operation with the National Committee could be expected. Gov. Brackett, in his inaugural address, made prominent mention of the forthcoming event, in words as follows : — 34 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH "Important and interesting as these gatherings ahvays are, this one will be especially so, as it takes place in the same year Avith the quarter centenary of the crowning victory at Appomattox. " Massachusetts has been honored by the selection of her capital as the place for this assemblage, and should manifest her appreciation of the honor by co-operating with the members of the Massachusetts Department of the Grand Army, and with all other patriotic citizens, in making the occasion one that shall be Avorthy of the State and the organization which will be here convened." For Boston, jMayor II:nt. at the organization of the city gov- ernment, referred to the project as follows : — "The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Hepnblic, whicli is to be held in Boston, will i)robably be the largest gathering of Union veterans ever assembled in New England. I recommend a liberal api)ropriation for the purpose, in order to show that Boston is not only hospitable and loyal, but ever grateful to the men who fought for the Union. The city, the Commonwealth and the jseople ought to co-operate in making the Encampment worthy of Boston, Massachusetts and the assembled veterans." KATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 35 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE committee having in charge the reception and entertain- ment of two hundred thousand visitors for an entire week and all the necessary arrangements for the National Encampment, found itself confronted with a stupendous task ; yet it was cheer- fully assumed, never once regretted and was perfectly accomplished by the gentlemen composing its membership, with the assistance of its auxiliaries. Such a bodj" as this bears the same relation to the active sub-committees as the commander's staff to an armj^, with its presiding officer as the general in command. The executive committee maps out the plan of procedure, selects its correlative forces and directs the performance of their duties. It is to this committee that the great public looks for results, and to it credit is accorded for the success, or censure for the failure, of the luidertaking. The executive committee has yet to learn that its management of affairs has been the subject of adverse criticism. The members are contented to leave their work to the unerring opinion and judgment of the public. The watchful eye of this controlling body must be here, there and everywhere, allowing no necessary detail, great or small, to escape attention. It must ever hold itself in readiness for consultation and counsel, the solving of the difficult problems of finance, accommodations, or other vital matters which constantly arise, and be prepared to extricate the business of all the other committees from whatever complications or obstructions they may meet. To V)e productive of the right results, the relationship of the members to each other, and to their brother officials of other committees, must be entirely harmonious. The achievements of the committees were largely owing to the unity of purpose and harmony of action that prevailed, and especially to the cordial relations that existed between the aux- iliarv and executive bodies. 36 UNOFFICIAI, l'K«KEEDIN(5S TWKNTV-FOUHTII Doubtless the great end that was to be attained, an end national in its character and importance, was the grand incentive to laborious efforts. The reputation of the gentlemen composing the committees was a guarantee of right action, and their well- known zeal in everj' good Avork was evidenced 1)}' their accom- plishments in this. It may be here stated tliat the members of the connnittees, not of the Grand Army of the liepul)lic, were as enthusiastic, determined and eager for the prosperity and success of the Encampment as the comrades themselves. Their counsel carried great weight in the deliberations, and often shapeil the committees' course. The fame of this Encampment has been on every tongue. It has been told at every camp fire and in everj' Post room from Maine to California, and rehearsed to every veteran and civilian who was prevented by business cares or cause of :uiy kind fioin participating in the glorious event. It is to be hoped that the great patriotic and enthusiastic display, so perfectly arranged and carried out, will prove a potent educator to the young and rising generation, and that those of maturer years, who hitherto have, perhaps, looked coldly upon the Grand Army of the Republic, will now appreciate, as never before, the priceless services and sacrifices these veterans of the Civil war gave to the Nation when it was in peril, and that their heai-ts will ever glow with increased love of country and pride in its banner of beautj' and glory. It will be seen from the subjoiut-d list that a representative and distinguished body of men was selected to compose the executive committee. That they fulfilled all expectations, the end accomplished plainW attests. It will alwaj's be a source of pleasure to its members to review the results of their labors. 3IEMBEBS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. John. D. Long, ^ Elisha S. Converse, I Ex Officio. Silas A. Baktox, J George L. Goodale, Chairman. George S. Merrill. George W. Creasey. George H. Ixxis. Benjamin S. Lovell. F. G. Kix<;. John H. Cook. E. W. Hall. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 37 Myron P. "Walker. Richard F. Tobin. C. C. CoiEix. C. N. Wallace. W. W. Blackmail \Villl\m M. Olix. James F. Meecii. F. C. Browxell. Charles B. Rohax. The first sessions of the committee were held at headquarters of the Massachusetts Department, G. A. R., on Boylston Street; but it was deemed necessary to secure permanent and more com- modious headquarters, and these were obtained in the Lowell Building, No. 2A Beacon Street. The committee deemed it proper to issue the following cir- cular to the public : — THE GREAT GRAND ARMY REUNIONS IN BOSTON, IN AUGUST, 1890. "The Grand Army of the Republic, the great veteran associa- tion of the country, has now reached a membership of nearh' half a million ; its ranks include soldiers from all the aruiies of the Union and sailors of whatever fleet. It is absolutel}' free from partisanship ; with its comrades no political considerations ever come, and its action has been such that the leading veterans of all parties are enrolled in its ranks. It seeks only to perpetuate the patriotic memories of the great struggle in defence of the nation, to more closely cement the ties of comradeship born of battle, to care for the widows and orphans of those who died in defence of the flag, and to lessen the burdens and sweeten the life of liiin who did and dared that the nation might live. Its wonderful strength has been mainly acquired during the past ten years, and the annual sessions of the National Encampment have broadened into a magnificent national reunion of the survivors of the war. "The National J2ncampment is the congress of the order, comprising about one thousand representatives from the several Departments — the latter being generally separate states — meet- ing annually to consider questions upon which the growth and strength of the great organization depends, and to enact laws for the more perfect illustration of the triple bond of " Frater- nity, Charity and Loyalty," upon which its works rest. In 38 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH Massachusetts aloue above six hundred thousaml dollars has already been expended from the charity funds of the several Posts. " In August, l^i'JO, in response to an invitation from the vet- erans of the Department of Massachusetts, warmly endorsed by state and city officials and leading business representatives, this great assemblage of veterans is to be held in the city of Boston. " From every section of the country come indications that this will be one of the largest gatherings of the character since the war closed. The year of 18*J0 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the return of peace, and the " Boys of '(51 " propose to celebrate the event in a reunion worthy the occasion. "■ Since 18G5 tens of thousands of the sons of New England, who served in the Union armies and navies, have removed to the states of the great AVest and there builded themselves homes. These are coming in battalions to once more grasp the hands of the comrades who stood shoulder to shoulder with them more than a quarter of a century ago, and to tigain look upon the scenes of their boyhood. All the veterans of New England will be here to greet them. "Already entire Posts of the Grand ^Vrmy in the West are arranging to take part in the great celebration, which, without doubt, will bring together a larger number of the veterans than have been gathered since the days when, the great contest against rebellion ended, the victorious armies marched in grand review before the President in Washington. Boston must be prepared to welcome during the week beginning August 11, 1890, a hun- dred thousand of the men who followed the nation's flag more than twenty-five years ago. "It is not probable, at least during the years of its strength, that the Grand Arm}' will ever again come to Massachusetts ; and this anniversary will, not unlikely, be altogether the largest in its entire existence. Massachusetts, which has more liberally pro- vided for its veterans than any other commonwealth, will not be found wanting in the presence of this mighty army of patriotic men; and the extent of the hospitality of Boston, though often tested, has never reached its limit. NATIONAL EXCAMrAIENT OF THE G. A. U, 39 " These visitors will not :isk eutertainnieut at our hands ; but the work of providing places where they can be housed and fed while' here, and of extending to them a genuine IMassachusetts welcome, is a matter of no small magnitude and in which we must appeal for the cordial co-operation of all patriotic men ;nid women. " The work of preparation has been committed to a committee of some hundred and fifty, whose names have been already pub- lished. Sub-committees have been organized and are already vigorously prosecuting their labors, and we ask the kindly co-operation of the people of the state in their efforts. " Headquarters have been established at No. 2 A Beacon Street, near Tremont, which will be open at all hours, and where particulars of information will be gladly given. In behalf of the committee, John D. Long, President. E. S. Converse, Treasurer. Silas A. Barton, Secretary. Headquarters Executive Committee, Boston, Jan. 9, 1890." The first business transacted, after the adoption of tiie usual rules for self-goverment, was the formation of sub-committees. Invitations were sent out to leading citizens of Boston and vicin- ity to serve on one or the other of the committees of arrange- ments. The acceptances were prompt and hearty, with the excep- tions of a few declinations from gentlemen who either pass the summer months abroad or whose business cares do not allow of participation in outside affairs ; and the complete organization was quickly effected. Additions were made from time to time when the original number was found to be inadequate. The following sub-committees were created : President. Hon. John D. Long, 5 Tremont Street, Boston. Treasurer. Hon. E. S. Convkiise, 245 Causeway Street, Boston. Secretary. Sn.AS A. Barton, 2A Beacon Street, Boston. 40 UNOFl'ICIAI. PKOCKKDINGS TWKNTY-l'orimi Vice-Presidents. Charles Deveus, Court House, Boston. Hon. Wm. Gaston, 28 School Street, Boston. Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Washington, I). C. Hon. P. A. Collins, 194 Washington Street. Boston. W. F. Draper. Hopedale, INIass. Hon. Benj. F. Butler, Lowell, Mass. Hon. Leopold Morse. Boston. Hon. E. A. Morse, Washington, D. C. E. W. Hincks, 19 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Mass. Hon. Harrison Hume, 55 Franlvlin Street, Boston. Geo. S. Merrill, State House, Boston. Finance Committee. Edw. H. Haskell, Chairman, 11 Otis Street, Boston. Hon. E. W. Kinsle}', 20 Beacon Street, Boston. Chas. H. Taylor, Globe Office, Boston. A. Shunian, 440 Washington Street, Boston. Geo. O. Carpenter, 13 Central Street, Boston. Asa P. Potter, Maverick Bank, Boston. S. B. Newton, Fanenil Hall ^Larket, Boston. W. T. Van Nostrand, 40 Alford Street. Boston. Ephraim Stearns, 74 Franklin Street, Boston. W. W. Kellett, 273 Purchase Street, Boston. C. A. Jones, Fanenil Hall Market, Boston. H. W. Huguley, 70 Broad Street. Boston. C. A. R. Dinion, Lowell, Mass. F. W. Breed, 2Sfi Devonshire Street, Boston. Chas. Weil, corner Summer and Otis Streets, Boston. E. Rollins Morse, 38 State Street, Boston. W. W. Clapp, Boston Journal Office, Boston. Wm. A. Haskell, 102 Hanover Street, Boston. S. Henry Skilton, 33 X. Market Street, Boston. A. C. Masury. Samuel Hobbs. G. D. Oilman. N. J. Rust. John C. Randall. Joel Goldthwaite. F. F. Emery. H. 0. Aldrich. Benj. F. Hunt, Jr., 51 Hanover Street, Boston. Thos. E. Barker, Maiden, Mass. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 41 Geo. A. Keeler, 81 Washington Street, Boston. Spencer W. Eicliarclson, 40 Water Street, Boston. E. H. Woods, Boston Herald Office, Boston. E. V. Mitchell, Medfield, Mass. Jno. C. Haynes, 449 Washington Street, Boston. Levi C. Wade, 70 Kilby Street, Boston. Wm. S. Pratt. Maverick Street, East Boston. Frank J. Pope, 3G West Street, Boston. H. G. Kemp, Cambridge, Mass. Eben D. Jordan, Boston. J. N. North, 32 Bowker Street, Boston. E. C. Johnson, 33 Summer Street, Boston. W. A. Tower, 105 Devonshire Street, Boston. J. S. Paine, 48 Canal Street, Boston. Howard W. Spurr, 19 Commercial Street, Boston. Jacob P. Bates, 680 Washington Street, Boston. W. P. Shreve, 432 Washington Street, Boston. A. L. Newman, National Bank of Commonwealth, Boston. E. D. Evans, fiO Summer Street, Boston. Hon. A. W. Beard, Boston. Henry G. Parker, 2 Bromfleld Street, Boston. R. F. Barrett, Concord, Mass. John Carr, 17 State Street, Boston. J. H. Ereeland, Boylston Building, Boston. M. R. Waircn, 33G Washington Street, Boston. Executive Committee. Hon. John D. Long, ^ Hon. E. S. Converse, >■ ex officio. Silas A.'Barton, J Geo. L. Goodale, Chairman, 95 Commercial Street, Boston. Geo. W. Creasey, Custom House, Boston. Benj. S. Lovell, 147 U'ashington Street, Boston. John H. Cook, Custom House, Boston. Hon. C. C. Coffin, 81 Dartmouth Street, Boston. Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. W. W. Blackmar, 246 Washington Street, Boston. James F. Meech, 26 Henry Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Geo. S. INIerrill, Commonwealth Building, Boston. Geo. H. Tunis, 657 Washington Street, Boston. E. W. Hall, 17 Market Street, Lynn, Mass. F. G. King, 67 Lincoln Street, Boston. Richard F. Tobiu, 74 Tremont Street, Boston. C. N. Wallace, 133 Essex Street, Boston. Wm. M. Olin, Custom House, Boston. F. C. Brownell, Boston Herald Office, Boston. Chas. B. Rohan, Boston Globe Office, Boston. 42 UXOFFKIAI. ri;(M KKl>lN(;s TWKNTY-FOLKTll Accommodations. Harrison Hunie. Chairman, 55 Franklin Street, Boston. B. Read Wales, Secretary, Custom House, Boston. Thos. Langlau, 19 Milk Street, Boston. Augustine Sanderson, Custom House, Boston. F. C. Brownell, Boston Herald Office, Boston, ^r. T. Donohoe, l-l Beacon Street, Boston. Theo. Lentz, 8 Williams Court, Boston. Chas. D'W. Marcy, 155 Franklin Street, Boston Chas. B. Fox, 12 Post Ullice Stjuare, Boston. Geo. L. Goodale, 1)5 Commercial Street, Boston. Hon. W. D. I'ark, I'ark House, Bosworth Street, Boston. John D. Billings, Cambridgeport, Mass. Chas. B. Rohan, Boston Globe Office, Boston. Chas. D. White, 2 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston. James W. Brodbine, 772 Washington Street. Boston. Albert S. BusMell, Municipal Court, Boston. Chas. C. Adams, ll'.t Water Street, Boston. Chas. E. Hapgood, 4 IVmberton Square, Boston. M. C. Grant. I'M Devonshire Street. Boston. Transportation. J. R. Watson, Chairman, Fitchburg 11.11., Gen. I'ass. Agt., Boston. F. E. Orcutt, Secretary, Collector Internal Revenue, Boston. E. A. Buffinton, 521 Washingt(^n Street, Boston. W. S. Condell, 2s rcci'ived from Secretary Tracy. July l.j, stating that the North Athiiitic sqiiadrou would be ordered to Boston and remain in the harbor during the Encampiiu'iit. This message was the subject of general congratulation in Boston and 50 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH to the veterans throughout the country who intended visiting Boston, and Chairman Goodale was warmly thanked for his successful efforts. But the chairman did not stop here in his naval programme, for on August 2d he sent a letter to the Navy Department, request- ing that on August Ifi, when the delegates were to have their harbor excursion, the squadron should give an exhibition of naval evolutions. This answer was received in reply : — Navy Dkp.vutmknt, Washington. A^l;.^ fi, 1800. Gkohge L. Goodale, Esq., Chairman of the Executive Committee. National Encampment, G. A. B.,f(>r 1S90. Drar Sir : Eepl}'ing to your letter of the 2d inst., in regard to evolutions of the ships of war the Ifith inst., I have to state that a copy of your letter has heen sent to Rear-Adniiral Gherardi. the Connnander- in-Chief of the North Atlantic station, with instructions to coini)ly with your wishes as far as may be practicable. Very respectfully. J. R. SOLEY, Acting Secretary of the Nnrij. The following comnumication was received from the Secretary of War : — WaU Dr.l'AUT.MKNT, OlKICK OK THE SeCRETAHY, Washington, Aug. 6, 1890. George L. Goodale, Esq., Chairman Executive Committee, National Encampment, G. A. li., 1890. Dear Sir: Your letter of August 2d has been received. In reply I have to say that an order will be given the Conunandant of Fort Warren to fire salutes, in accordance with your refpiest, on the occasion of the passage down the harbor of the steamboat containing the dele- gates and invited guests of the National Encampment. Very truly yours, Reoi ir.Li) PnocToK. The following telegram was received in connection with the preceding letters : — Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 1890. George L. Goodale, Chairman Executive Committee, Boston, Mass. Have ordered Baltimore, Atlanta, Kearsarge, Yorktown, Dolphin. Petrel, Vesuvius and Cushiug. James R. Solev, Ac tine/ Secretary. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 51 The following coiTespondeuce is self-explanatory : — Boston, July 19, 1890. Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States. Sir : The executive committee having- iu charge the arrangements of the Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in Boston in August next, respectfully ask that all veteran soldiers and sailors in the employ of the government, who desire to attend the Encampment, who can be spared for that period without injury to the public service, be permitted to do so, and that the time between August 11 and 17, inclusive, be granted them in addition to the usual vacation allowed by the various departments. I have the honor to be j'our very obedient servant, George L. Goodale, Chairman Executive Committee. This is the reply received by Chairman Goodale : — Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, July 2-i, 1890. To Chairman Executive Committee, National Encampment, G. A. I?. My Dear Sir: The matter referred to in your letter of the 19th inst. has already been brought to attention by the commander of the G. A. R. Post for this district, and those desiring to attend the Encamp- ment, Avho can be spared at that time, can make satisfactory arrange- ments with their chiefs or superior officers. A like rule will be observed by others in the emjiloy of the government, not in Washington. Very truly yours, E. W. Halford, Private Serrctanj. The executive committee sent a circular letter to the leading wholesale and retail merchants of Boston, requesting that they close their estal)lishments on August 12, the day of the parade, and an appeal was puljlished in the newspapers for a general holiday at that time. The request met with a general acceptance. Chairman (Toodale tlien turned his attention to the post ollice department in Boston, requesting that August 12 be observed as a holiday. The following correspondence resulted : — 52 UNOFFICIAL PH(>( EKDIXGS TAVKNTY-FOIUTII Post Offick, Boston, Mass., July 25, 1890. Geouge L. Goodale, Chairman Executive Committee. Dear Sir : Enclosed please find a copy of a letter from the Tostmas- ter-General under date of July 23, inst., in reply to my indorsement of your communication, requesting that August 12th, proximo, be observed as a holiday by the post office in this city. Very respectfully, John M. Cokse, Fostmastfr. Office of the Post.mastkk-Gexekai.. Washington, D. C, July T6, IS'.IO. Dear Sir : I am in receipt of a communication from the chairman of the executive committee of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, in reference to closing the post office August 12, on the occasion of the general parade to be had in connection with said Encamp- ment, and note your endorsement thereon. In reply, permit me to sav that I do not think it Avould be wise to observe the day named as a holiday by the department to the extent of permitting your office to be closed as on a legal holiday. If you can, however, abridge the time necessary to do the Avork of the office satis- factorilj' to the patrons, or so arrange it as to allow those who actually wish to take part in thej)arade to do so, I can see no reason avIiv that may not be done. Very truly, John Wan.\makei{, General John M. Cousk, Boston. l'(»ttmaster-(: cnernl . The executive committee accepted the following as tlic oflicial programme of Encampment week : — Monday, Aug. 11, — IJecoptiou of visiting Posts. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 10 a.m. — Ciraml parade. 8 P.M. — Grand joint reception to the Grand Army of the Republic and "Woman's Relief Corps, Mechanics Hall. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m. — Opening of the Twenty-Eouith National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, Music Hall. 10 a.m. — Opening of the Eighth Animal Convention, Woman's Relief Corps, Tremont Temple. 10 a.m. — Opening of the Fourth National Convention of the Naval Veteran Association. Ikiiita's Hall. 8 P.M. — Grand Army of the Republic camp-fire at Mechanics Hall. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. II. 53 Thursday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. — Adjourned meeting, Grand Army of the I\epul)lic. 10 A.M. — Adjourned meeting. Woman's Relief Corps. 8 P.M. — Grand banquet complimentary to the delegates of the Twenty-Fourth National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, together with invited guests, IJostoii city government and legislative committee, INIechanics Hall. Friday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m. — Grand Army of the Repul)lic and Woman's Relief Corps excursion to Plymouth. 8 p. ::m. —Woman's Relief Corps camp-fire, Treinont Temple. SATUPiDAV, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. — Harbor excursion for the Grand Army of the Republic delegates and invited guests to ■witness the evolutions of the naval squadron. 9 a.m. — Excursion to Naliant for the Woman's Relief Corps. The executive committee supervised all expenditures. Debts could not be incurred without its consent and approval. ^Vll bills rendered came before it at its sessions, were read by the secretary, and on approval were handed to the auditors, by whom the}' were formally examined, approved and forwarded to the treasurer for payment. The auditors were Hon. C. C. Coffin, John H. Cook and George W. Creasey, all of them being members of the execu- tive committee. The funds of the Encampment, as they were paid in, were deposited in two banks and drew interest. The state turned over its appropriation to the treasurer without delay, on presentation of receipted vouchers, and the money given by the city was trans- ferred to the treasurer without formality. The city reser^-ed no portion of its appropriation ; the expenses of the reception and entertainment of its guests and of its reviewing stands were paid out of its own treasury. As will be seen b}' the statement here appended the outhi}^ by the committee was of small proportions compared with the mag- nitude of the preparations that were made. It renders an account of its stewardship as folloAvs : — 54 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-EOIHTII ITEMS OF ENCAMPMENT FUND, VIZ. : Anionnt appropriated hy the State of Massachusetts 8.>0,()UU UO Amount appropriated by the City of Boston 20, 000 00 Amount given uueouditionally by the citizens of Boston l.;,o.J2 00 Net amount of fund guaranteed by citizens of Boston, 40% only having been called 1 7,.S(;r» 00 Amount received from various sources, rent, interest, sale of otilce fur- nishings, stationery, etc. . . . o41 1)4* Expenses incurred by the committee on accommodations 23,047 86 Expenses incurred by the committee on entertainments 11,824 33 Expenses incurred by the committee on decorations 11,313 .'37 P^xpenses incurred by the committee on badges 4,110 00 Expenses incurred by the committee on parade . 1,072 0.') Expenses incurred by the committee on printing 4,091 .50 Carried forivarrJ . .' . 887.1.")") 2."> *When the compilation of this volume was finished and it was ready for the printer, there was an unexpended balance in the treasury, the disposition of which the committee were unable to determine upon. As the cost of the UnolHcial Pro- ceedings and Souvenir could not be accurately ascertained in advance of their issue, it was deemed expedient, in order to balance tlie account, to charge the sum on hand in with the expenditures of the executive committee. When the final expenses are paid the disposal of the amount then remaining, should tliere be any. will be announced in the newspapers. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 55 Broiigltf for/rard .... $87,155 25 Expenses incurred by the comuiittee on reunions • loi 00 Expenses incurred by the committee on grand stands 8,905 00 Expenses incurred by the committee on transportation 27 00 Expenses incurred by the committee on finance 231 81 Expenses incurred by the committee on information 1,073 5(5 Expenses incurred by the committee on press 12 00 Payments on account of emergency hospital 350 85 Amount reserved by the state from its appropriation of S5 0,000. 00 for decoration purposes and the recep- tion of its guests 804 20 Returned to subscribers to guarantee fund, 40% of the gross amount, the same as called 17,869 00 $106,4(52 67 Tlie location of the headquarters of the executive committee was convenient and accessible, being contiguous to tlie great thoroughfares, Washington and Tremont Streets, and but a short distance from the railway stations. The rooms were commodious and pleasant. At all times of the day and late into the night they were thronged with Grand Army comrades, persons seeking information, sight-seers and curiosity-hunters. All visitors were courteously treated, and none departed dissatisfied or displeased for lack of attention. Every letter received was promptly and politely replied to. There was no neglect of any known difty, and the business daily transacted was of enormous proportions. IJut the close of each day found its work completed. The number of meetings held by the executive committee was fortv-eio;ht. The average attendance of mem1)ers at these 56 UNOFFICIAL PROCKFDIXCS TWEXTY-FOIHTH meetings was eleven. The time eonsnined at all its sessions was seventj'-two lionrs : but this is a In-ief period compared with the time otherwise employed by the members on the business of the com- mittee and in the work of other connuittees. to which many of tin- executive body belongetl. The number of reports received from sub-committees and acted upon were sixty-eight. The number of votes passed were three hundred and eighty-nuic. During Encampment week the following members were assigned to duty at the Hotel A'endome, and the important busi- ness of the committee was transacted at that point: (ieorge L. Goodale, James F. Meech. Kli W. Hall, Charles ('arh-ton Collin. Fred G. King. Headquarters, 2A Beacon Street, were occupied until Septem- ber 30, by which date practicalh' all the business was completed. The only unfinished matters were the adjustment and payment of a few bills and the compilation of the iniollicial proceedings of the Encampment. Subsequent meetings wei'e held at the otlice of Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill, in Commonwealth Building, and at the State House. At the meeting held at headquarters, August 15c Snow Chandler & Co. Cobb, Bates >.<: Yerxa Chase & Sanborn Cobb, Aldrich & Co. Converse, Stanton & CuUen Case, Dudley & Battelle Carter, Rice & Co. Conant .^ Co., E. S. Crocker, Eldridge & Co. Carter & Co., John Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. Crosby & Son, C. A. W. Clark, Edward E. 50 10 .JOI) 25 25 20 5 .000 ,000 250 (_l0i> 250 200 ] 00 1 (10 100 100 100 100 100 25 25 100 100 G2 INOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Cutter Tower Co. , The 25 Coon & Co., Howard 10 Cleveland, Brown & Co. 50 Curtis, L. H. 20 Chandler & Co., J. G. 5 Cotting. Chas. IT. 100 Cutler Bros. & Co. 100 Carter, Carter & Kilhani 100 Clark's Hotel 50 Coolidsre House 50 Chandler & Farquhar 10 Curtis & Co. 50 Coy, Alonzo 10 Ditson Co., Oliver 500 Dennison Mfg. Co. 500 Draper & Sons, Geo. 250 Dana & Co., Thomas 100 Dwinell. Hay ward & Co. 100 Danforth, Clark & Co. 100 DAvight, Edmund . 100 Denny, Poor & Co. 100 Denny, Rice & Co. 100 Doane & Co., Francis 25 Davis & Co., J. Alba 25 Dickerman & Co., Geo. H. 50 Davis & Co., Curtis 100 Davis ,.<: Son, James C. 25 Dyer & Co., L. M. 50 Dunbar, D. A. 25 Deane & Co., J. M. 100 Evans, R. D. 300 Frceland, Loomis & Co. 500 Fenno & Co., Isaac 500 Faulkner, Page & Co. 250 Fenno ^Vc Co., Geo. A. 100 Frost >t Co., Rufus S. 100 Field, Thayer Mfg. Co. 100 Fowle, Cobb & Pearson Kio Fillebrown & Co., C. B. loo Foster & Co., F. A. 50 French & Co., Abram 50 Fay & Co., Temple R. 25 Frost & Adams 25 Farlow, Geo. A. 50 Falmouth House 25 Fletcher, J. V, 50 Farnum & Co. 25 Green & Co., Chas. 100 Gowing, Sawyer & Co. 100 Globe Clothing Store 50 Gay & Co., Aaron R. 25 Groom & Co., Thomas 25 Greenough, Hopkins & Gushing 25 Gilman, John D. 25 Goodwin & Co., Geo. C. 100 Gilman Brothers 50 Goodnow & Wightman 15 Gass, Doe & Co. 50 Glover i!t Willcomb 50 Gay & Parker Co. 25 Hovey& Co., C. F. 1,000 Hawley, Folsom & Martin 250 Harding, Whitman & Co. 250 Houghton, Dutton & Co. 200 Hollander & Co., L. P. 200 Hall & Co., Martin L. 100 Hill, Clarke & Co. 100 Hyde & Southworth 50 Haskell & Adams 50 Hayes & Co., James A. 25 Hecht Brothers & Co. 100 Hobbs & Co. , Samuel 25 Homer & Hammond 25 Hall, W. E. 5 Hall, Henry 5 Hildreth, Chas. W. 5 Haskell, Edward H. 100 Hall ,.<: Co., Dudley 25 Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 100 Haskell & Son, A. L. 100 Hall & Cole 25 Hirsh & Park 10 Jordan, Marsh & Co. 1,000 Joy, Langdon & Co. 100 Johnson «S: Co., H. A. 10 NATIONAL ENCAMPMKNT OK THE G. A. R. 63 Jones, McDuftee oi Stratton 50 Jones, B. M. 25 Jones ct Co., C. L. 100 Johnson, Benjamin 50 Kelley .<: Co., Tlionias 100 Kemp & Son. Lysancler 25 Kellett, W. W.' 100 Lovell & Sons, .John 1'. 201) Lodge, Henry Cabot 100 Lovett, Hart & Phipps 100 Lewis, J. H. 25 Leonard, George 10 Lockwood, R. & P. C. 100 Luce >5c Manning 100 Little, Samuel 100 Lincoln, Beza 25 Langham House 50 Lee & Shepard 25 Leonard, Samuel S. 50 Lawrence >.<: Co., H. S. 50 Miner, Beal oi Hackett 500 -Macullar. Parker & Co. 500 Morse i!i Co., Leopold 500 Mitchell, E. V. 500 Moody & Co., Chas. E. 100 Minot, Hooper & Co. 100 Maynard & Co., F. D. 50 Monroe & Co., I. W. 25 Mason & Hamlin 100 Murphy & Co. 25 McFarlin, Geo. R. 25 3Iay, Joseph 25 Myrick >!t Drake 5 Morse, Edwin F. 5 Metropolitan House 50 Morse, A. S. 10 Nash, Spaulding & Co. 100 Nickerson, A. W. 100 Nickerson & Co., J. F. 25 Nash & Co. 25 Nichols, Dupee ..<: Co. 100 Norcross, ^lellen >!i Co. 2."> Norton, Will B. 5 North Packing & Provi- sion Co. 100 New York & New England R.R. 2,000 Nash, Walter 25 Oak Grove Farm Co. 100 Old Colony R.R. 1,000 Osgood & Co., Chas. E. 100 Peavey & Brothers, J. 2(iO Pierce & Co., S. S. loO Peirce & Co., Silas 100 Parker, Wilder & Co. 100 Parker, Holmes & Co. 100 Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfafl" Kio Pinkham, Theodore loo Plymouth Rock Pants Co. 100 Parmenter, W. H. 50 Pierce, Nathaniel W. 25 Paige, John C. 100 Park House 50 Russell Paper Co. 200 Rhodes, Ripley & Co. 100 Rice, Kendall >i Co. 100 Rothwell & Co., James 100 Rand & Crane 50 Reed & Brother 50 Robinson Engraving Co. 25 Revere House 100 Read & Sons, William 100 Rust & Richardson Drug Co. 100 Ross, Turner & Co. 100 Reynolds Hotel 50 Shepard, Norwell ^<: Co. 500 Shuman & Co., A. 500 Standard Clothing Co. 500 Stearns & Co., R. H. 300 Simons, Hatch & Whitten 250 Smith. Whiting ^M: Connoi- 200 Shreve, Crump 6c Low 150 Spitz Bros. & Mork loo Spurr & Co., Howard W. loo (54 i:X(JFl-lCIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY- KOUKTH Sleeper & Co., S. S. KM) Saville, Somes & Co. 1<)(J Sticknej' & Poor 100 Sa-\vyer, Mauuing & Co. 100 Smith, Hogg- & Gardner loo SaAvtell & Co., A. .50 Swain, Earle & Co. oO Sears & Co. 10 Stimpson & Co. 100 Stoughton Rubber Co. 1 00 Spencer, A. W. 100 Strachan, Wm. M. 10 Stalker & Co. 5 Sherman House .10 SAvift Bros. & Co. 100 Swan & Newton 50 Sturtevant & Haley 2.5 Sands, Furber & Co. 25 Tower, Giddlngs & Co. 500 Talbot, Wilmarth & Co. 100 Thompson, Willis & Moultou 100 Train, Smith & Co. 100 Tileston & Holliugsworth Co. 100 Temple, Henry M. 10 Thorndike Hotel 100 Vendome Hotel 500 Victoria Hotel 250 White & Co., R. H. COO Whitten, Burdett & Young 500 Weeks & Potter 500 Weil, Dreyfus & Co. 250 Wheelwright, Eldridge & Co. 200 Warren & Co., S. D. 200 Wade, Levi C. 100 Wason, Peirce & Co. 100 Winslow, Rand & Watson 50 Whiting & Co., I. O. 50 Weeks & Co., Geo. H. 25 Washburn Credit House 25 Wilder & Co. 100 Warren & Co., M. C. 100 Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co. 100 Williams & Coburn 100 Williams & Co., Alex. 50 Warren, M. R. « 25 Winkley, Dresser & Co. 25 Ward Co., Samuel 25 Whittemore & Co., J. M. 25 Wiggins & Sons, Charles E. 25 Whitney, Edward 100 Wise, Daniel P. 25 Winthrop House 50 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GIFT FUND. Alley Brothers & Place Allen, Bradley & Co. American Powder Mills Ancient & Honorable Artil lery Co. Arey, Maddock & Locke Armstrong Transfer Express Co. 100 100 50 15 100 50 Buchanan & Lyall Batchelder & Lincoln Byam, E. G. Bent, E. & J. S. Brackett & Co., W. D. Brooks & Co. Barta & Co., L. Berwick & Smith 50 100 15 50 Boston Journal 100 Breed, Francis W. 100 Boston Lead Mfg. Co. 100 Bailey & Rankin 50 Clapp, W. W. 100 Claflin, Coburn & Co. 100 Carpenter & Son, G. O. 50 Chi]imay & Co., W. H. 100 NATIONAL K.NCAMI'JtENT OK TIIK (i. A. K. G5 Carter, Chas. M. CoAvdrey Coinpan.v, E. T. Colbnrn, Fuller & Co. Chase, Merritt & Co. Copeland, Daniel T. Cnnio. A. Carrutli & Co., Xatlian F. Cobimi & Co., H. B. Cheever, David W., Dr. Cheeney. E. P. Crocker, Geo. A. Chase & Barstow Crawford House Cuiiiuiings Frinting Co., J. A Cash Clafliu & Co., \y. II. Devens. Clias. Dunn. Green & Co. Dudley, Myron S. Dover Stamping Co. Dixwell, Arthur Davis Shoe Co. Dizer & Co., M. C. Dodd, Henry W. DeWolfe, Fiske & Co. 10 Doliber-Goodale Co. 100 .")() Gore. Fred S. 10 2."i Gillespie, J. Y. 5 KM) Gregory, F. W. 10 ."(O Guild & Son, Henry ■'.5 10 Glen Mfg. Co. 100 T) Gross, Chas. E. 5 20 20 10 Ginn & Co. 25 Hougliton, Coolidge ^''Co. 100 100 Hartley & Co., H. A. 1 00 nO Hollingsworth & Whitney 25 Co. 100 2.-) Harwood Bros. 25 10 Huguley & Co., H. W. 100 2.'> Howes, Elizabeth 100 2.-> HatlKiway, Soule & Harring- ton 100 lOi) Ilosnier, Codding & Co. 50 100 Holmes, A. S. 25 1 Hull & Co., ('. E. 5 2."> Hill. L. M. T. 5 20 Howland & Co., Frank 5 100 Higgins, Snow & Co. 25 '.50 Homer Bros. 25 50 Heath & Co. .-, Ivers & Pond Fiano Co. 100 Emery, F. F. Eaton, Chas. S. Ellis, Geo. H. Fogg, Geo. O. Frost & Dearl)orn Foss, J. W. Fitehburg R.R. Fleming & Co.. E. Ford. D. S. Foster, E. W. Fuller, Dana & Fitz Field, BuUivant & Field Goldthwait & Co., Joel Goodyear Shoe and Ma- chinery Co. Goulding, William 100 10 10 10 10 5 1,000 10 100 50 100 100 20 .Tacksou, :Mandell & Daniell 100 Jewell X: Co., Edward 50 Kettell & Blake 25 Kinsley, E. W. 25 Kinsley, C. A. 25 Leeson & Co., J. K. loO Lally & Collins 25 Leonard, G. H. 25 Loring & Avery loo Lodge, J. EUerton 50 Leach & Green 25 Lowe, Louis G. 25 Leacli, Shewell & Sanborn 5 Morse, Elijah A. 100 Masurv, Young & Co. 25 6G INOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Munroe Felt & Paper Co. 50 MaAvhinney & Co.. H. H. 100 McDonald, Perkins & Co. 25 Moody, Geo. W. 1 Marble. Jerome & Co. 25 "M. &Son" 50 Moody, Estabrook & Ander- son 100 Marshall, I. W. S. 25 Mndge, F. H. 10 Moses, Merrill 5 Mellen, Bray & Co. 100 Morrill Bros. & Co. 25 New England BreAvers' As- sociation 2,500 New England Felt Kooflng Co. 50 Noyes Bros. 25 Nantasket Beach 100 Nichols, Farnsworth & Co. 25 Noonan & Co., T. B. 5 O'Callaghan & Co., Thomas 100 O'Reilly. John Boyle 50 Ober, Louis P. 25 Osgood, John Felt 25 Potter, Asa P. 100 Paine, J. S. 100 Potter, White & Bayley 100 Pray, Sons & Co., John H. 100 Peabody & Whitney 10 Pope & Co., Arthur W. 50 Percival & Co., D. C. 25 Parker & Co., C. W. 10 Prouty & Co., Isaac 50 Pillsbury, Albert E. 15 Peabody, S. Endicott 25 Proctor, Hunt & Co. 50 Parkhill& Co., S. J. 5 Phillips, Mrs. John C. 50 Rice & Co., N. W. 100 Rice & Hntchins 100 Ray, John J. 25 Richards & Co., Geo. H., Jr. 25 Rich, Sewell W. 5 Rand, Arnold A. 25 Rogers, Wood, Loring & Co. 50 Richardson, Spencer W. 100 Roberts Bros. 25 Rousmaniere, Williams &Co. 25 Rockwell & Churchill 10 Ripley, Thomas W. 5 Stearns Lumber Co., A. T. 50 Stone & Forsyth 25 Savage, King & Co. 25 Seccomb, Kehew & Sons 25 Speare's Sons & Co., Alden 25 Spaulding & Tewksbury 50 Sawyer, A. A. 5 Storer, D. Humphreys 25 Swan, William W. 10 Stowell & Co., A. 50 Sawyer & Son, N. 25 Silver, Burdett & Co. 10 Searle, F. A. 5 Sherwin, Edward 10 Sands & Leckie 50 Sewing Machine Supplies Co. 5 Torrey, Bright & Capen 100 Trull, John 50 Tapley & Co., Amos P. 50 Thompson, Brown & Co. 10 Underhay & Co. 5 Vacuum Oil Co. 25 Vinai & Co., J. W. 5 West End Street R.R. Co. 1,500 Weston & Bigelow 10 Whiting, William B. 25 Ware & Sons, Leonard 25 Winthrop, Robert C. 100 White & Co., Thomas 100 Wolcott, J. Huntington 25 Wolcott, Roger 25 Wright & Ditson 25 Whicher & Co., T. A. 50 Wright & Potter Printing Co. 25 Woodbury, Robert S. 500 White Sewing Machine Co. 25 Young, Frank L. 10 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 67 Anticipating tiiat tiie expense of the great undertaking would necessitate an earl}- call upon the guarantee fund, the executive committee instructed the committee on finance, at the opening week of the Encampment, to call for 40 percent, of the sul)serip- tion, which was promptl}'^ sent in by the subscribers. The greater portion of the work of the finance connnittee fell upon Col. Haskell. His wide acquaintance among the citizens of Boston was invaluable to him in this position. He knew those who alwaj's contribute liberally to worthy objects, and the financial success of the Encami)inent in no small measure was due to his personal efforts. At a meeting of the executive committee held December 9, 1890, it was reported that there was $12,132.65 in the hands of the treasurer, irrespective of the guarantee fund, from which to pay any outstanding indebtedness and for the expense of publish- ing the unofficial proceedings. Chairman Haskell stated, as a matter of commendation, that 981 per cent, of all the subscriptions were paid within a week from the time of the call, and that the delay of the balance was due solely to the fact that the subscribers had gone on vacations, but that the sums were paid immediately on their return. On motion of Comrade Creasey it was voted to return to the subscribers of guarantee fund their several subscriptions. As a result of this action on the part of the executive com- mittee, a meeting of the finance committee was called at the office of A. >Shuman & Co., December 15, when it was unanimousl}' voted that the action of the executive committee, to refund to the subscribers of the guarantee fund the entire amount of their subscriptions, be approved and the instructions carried out, and that the following circular be sent to eabh subscriber : — National Encampment, G. A. R., fou 18U0. Headquarters Executive Committee. Boston, Dec. 15, 1890. Dear Sirs: It gives us great pleasure, in behalf of the executive and finance committees of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the Repul)lic. for 1890, to enclose to you the accompanying check, covering your subscription to the guarantee fund, which you so kindly and promptly forwarded to the finance committee during the Encampment. 68 INOFFICIAL PHOCEEDIXGS TWKNTY-FOUKTII It is a matter of great satisfaction to be al)le to announce, notAvith- stancling the extreme liberality with which everj' feature of this great reunion of the veterans of the war was conducted, that the expenditures in connection with that memorable occasion have been confined within such limits as to make a resort to the guarantee fund unnecessarj'. With a most grateful recognition of the munificent appropriations contributed b}' our honored state and city governments, and which were so handsomely supplemented by other generous gifts from many of our citizens, and with the assurance of the most grateful appreciation of the hearty and spontaneous contributions of every nature, which made it possible for the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of Mas- sachusetts to extend so lavish a hospitality to the great body of veterans Avho were our guests on that occasion, we have the honor to remain, yours verj^ respectfully. In behalf of the finance committee, Edward H. Haskell. Chairman- In behalf of the executive committee, Elisha S. Converse, Treasurer. Mr. A. Shumau presented the following resolution, which was iinauiniously adopted, and subscribed by the following gen- tlemen present at the meeting : A. Shuman, Edward C. John- son, Jacob P. Bates, A. C. Masury, Gorham D. Gilman. Charles Weil, Ephraim Stearns, James H. Freeland, Howard W. Spurr, William W. Kellett, W. T. Van Nostrand, and which was after- ward subscribed to by every member of the committee. Besolved, The success of the Twenty-fourth National Encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic is now a matter of history, and the memory of the grand reception to the assembled veterans from all parts of the country wiU live in the hearts of all who were fortunate enough to participate in the festivities of the occasion, so long as life shall last. It is a well-known fact that the admirably arranged system of the executive committee — whereby every detail Avas looked after and nothing omitted or left undone — made it possible for Boston to outdo every other city that had ever entertained the Grand Army as its guests. The culmination was brought about by our men of brains and genius, headed by men of great executive ability and energy ; and we attribute to Colonel Haskell the credit of being one of the foremost in zeal, enthusiasm and that pure essence of public spirit that achieves the greatest success in all that appertains to the credit of our city. Colonel Haskell devoted unlimited time, taken from his hours of private business interests, and gave it to the interests of Boston's celebration. NATIONAL KN( AMI'MKNT OF TIIK (,. A. U. 09 As a part of the result of liis earnest and untirinu' efforts, in co- operation Avitli others, the state and city made generous api)roi)riations, and he has the satisfaction of seeinsi', wliat is rare in tl\c annals of dis- bursement of funds for great nndertal\inos, the return to tlie guarantors, as has just been done b\- unanimous vote, of the entire amount called for on their several subscriptions. It is therefore, B<'t>oJKed, That the meml)ers of the finance committee of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Repnl)lic do extend to Colonel Edward H. Haskell, their efficient chairman, their hearty and impartial thanks for the conscientious manner in which he has dij^charged the onerous duties Avhich devolved upon him, and for Ids untlagging zeal aud energy iu the attainment of funds -wherewith to cai-ry on a celebra- tion that Avent to make up one of the grandest events in the history of our city. THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOMMODATIONS. As its imino implies, tlie comiuittee on aecoiiimoilations was not only one of great importance, but also one with a vast amount of work on its hands. The scope of the committee's work contemplated providing accommodations for sleeping, and the sitbsistence of two hundred thousand or more veterans and visitors for a week or longer, the securing of halls for reunions, camp-fires, and headquarters for forty- four state departments, making arrangements at the hotels for the entertainment of the Grand Army leaders and distinguished guests, and attending persoualh^ to all the details connected with such duties. (Quarters were needed for entire Posts, societies, delegations, individuals, men and their wives, children and companions. Even the task of insuring three good, wholesome meals a day was in itself no sinecure. 70 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH These gentlemen constituted the committee : — Harrison Hume, Chairman. George L. Goodaie. B. Read Wales, Secretary. W. D. Park. Thomas Langlan. John D. Billings. Augustine Sanderson. Charles B. Rohan. F. C. Brownell. Charles D. White. M. T. Donohue. James W. Broadbine. Theo. Leutz. Albert S. BusAvell. Charles D'W. Marcy. Charles C. Adams. Charles B. Fox. Charles E. Hapgood. M. C. Grant. The first meeting of the committee was held January 4., at which B. Read Wales was elected secretary. The first business was the matter of hotel accommodations, and it was voted that the proprietors of hotels be requested to present themselves at the next meeting. It being evident that a camp Avould not be feasible, immediate steps were taken towards securing halls suitable for accommoda- tions, and this matter was placed in the hands of Chairman Hume with full powers. Music Hall, Tremont Temple, Horticultural Hall and various other small halls were secured, and the use of Faneuil Hall was granted by the city. The hotels were assigned to the different members of the committee, to be visited by them, with the result that nearly all the proprietors promised to furnish what accommodations would be needed. Late in January a letter was received from Heniy Cabot Lodge, M. C, enclosing a tender from Secretary Tracy of the lofts in the Charlestown Navy Yard. In February, Mechanics Institute was engaged for four days. A contract was made with A. L. Haskell & Son for 10,000 mattresses, with the privilege of making the order 20,000. Mr. E. A. Palmer was engaged as clerk, and a set of books opened, containing a list of boarding houses and hotels which would accommodate visitors, and a canvasser employed to visit the different parts of the city to solicit accommodations. The next matter to be considered was that of catering. A contract was made with Mr. F. W. Flower to furnish, at the price of twenty-five cents, the following bill of fare : Boiled NATIONAL EN'CAAIPMENT OK THK General Orders ) No. 1. / Headquarters Camp Phil. Sheridan, Mechanics Bcildincj, Aug. 1, 18'JO. 1. In coinpliance with the order of the coiniiiittee on accomnio- dations, I liereby assume command of this camp. 2. Comrades are assigned for staff duty as follows : William E. Long, Post 143, adjutant; Edward B. Richardson, Post U;3, chief of staff and provost marshal; William B. Daily, Post 15, inspector; John A. Keefe. Post 191, judge advocate; William H. Poole, Post 11, chief quartermaster; Lewis C. Fernald, Post 4, commissary of subsistence; Gustavus F. Walter, Post 15, surgeon; Wilbur F. Lane, Post 200, pay- master; A. Brooks Frye, engineer; Daniel Eldridge, Post G8, ordinance master; J. Gushing Thomas, Post 191, signal officer; Will C. Wood, Post 199, chaplain; Charles H. Nason, Post 15, sergeant-major; William P. Henry, Post 11, quartermaster-sergeant; Horatio S. Libby. Post 4, commissary-sergeant; James B. Cherry, M. D., Post 7, aide-de-camp; Charles J. Hanson, Post 23, aide-de-camp; Fred G. Storey, Post 113, aide-de-camp; John Hunter, Post 149, aide-de-camp; George S. Pitts, Post 159, aide-de-camp; Edwin D. Wattson, Post 191, aide-de-camp; William Bradley, Post 200, aide-de-camp. 3. Calls Avill be sounded as follows : Reveille at G a.:\i. ; breakfast call at 6.30 a.m. ; surgeon's call at 8 a.m. ; dinner call at 12 m. ; retreat and supper at 6 p.ji. ; taps at 12, midnight! 4. The following rules are established for the government of the camp : No intoxicating liquors will be allowed in the building. Smoking in any part of the building is strictly prohibited. No unnecessary noise or disturljance will be allowed at any time, and after taps are sounded the camp must be absolutely quiet, as comrades will need all the rest they can get. 5. All organizations, as soon as they arrive, will be assigned to quarters by departments, and the officer in charge of each Post or other organization will report at once at these headquarters the number or name of Post or organization, the department from which it comes, and the number of comrades present. 6. The officer in charge of each Post or organization will desig- nate a comrade who will at once report in person to these headquarters, and who Avillbe held responsible for the good conduct of the organization which he represents. Everything which the wisdom of the committee on accommodations could suggest has been provided for the comfort of the comrades while in camp, and it is expected that they will cheerfully resume the old habits of discipline for the few days they are together. (Signed) Charles E. Hapgood, Commandant. Official : William E. Long, Adjutant. 76 rXOFKiri.VL I'HorKEDINGS TWENTY-I'OUHTH Gexekai. Orders 1 No. 2. J HEADQrARTERS CaMP PhIL. ShEHIDAX. Mi'XHAXics BuiLDixG, Aua;. S, 181(0. The following named comrades are hereby assigned for duty on the staS' of the commandant : Azro C. Hubbard, Post 7, officer of the guard : William T. Riley, Post 32, Samuel A. Gushing, Post (58, Samuel B. Shapleigh, Post 92, Albion P. Pease. Post 4, Kansas City, aides-de-camp : Pichard Curtis. Post 42, orderly: Fred H. Robinson, E. T. Starkweather, Harry C. Hutchius, Harry B. Sears, Camp 07, Sons of Veterans, order- lies ; James R. Murray, bugler; Peter White, drummgr. Church call will be sounded at half-past seven a.ji. and half-past six V.M., at which time the chaplain will conduct services in the hall over the headquarters. It is hoped that comrades will avail themselves of this privilege. The stafi'will report in citizen's dress on Sunday, 10th inst.. at two P.M., to familiarize themselves with the camp and duties assigned them. The entire stafl", with orderlies and musicians, will report for duty Monday, August 11, at eight a.m., at which time the tour of duty will commence, and after which time no member of the staff Avill absent him- self without pel-mission from these headquarters. The commandant is pleased to announce that through the thought- fulness of Major O. H. Marion,' surgeon-in-chief, a competent medical staff, in charge of Assistant-Surgeon H. S. Dearing, 1st Infantry, has been detailed for duty at the camp, and the sick will be provided with proper remedies without leaving the building. Through the courtesy of General Thomas Sherwin, president of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, complete telephonic communication has been made with the camp. To guard against the possibilities of fire, the board of fire commis- sioners has placed a chemical engine, with an ample force of firemen, in the camp. All the arrangements for the rapid and comfortable establishment of the comrades in quarters as fast as they arrive are believed to have been made, and the indications point to a successful tour of duty. By command of CH.4.RLES E. Hapgood. Commandant. William E. Loxg, Adjutant. NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OK THK (.. A. K. /7 Hi.AixiUAirrKRs National Enca.mi'.mext, G. A. H., roit 1800. Boston, AnsTist 15, IS'M). Col. Chaulks E. Hapgood. Curnmandiiig Camp Phil. S/k rkhiii. Mechanics Biiildiiu/. Colonel: You arc hereby ordered to discoutimie the cain]i under your com maud. You A\ ill iiive proper orders for the preservation of all camp prop- erty, and make report of your proceedings to these headipiarters without delay. Harrison Hlme, Chairman Committee on Accoriimniliitiinis. General Owdkus) Xo. 3. / HEADIilARTKr.S C^UIT PlIIL. SlIEUIDAN, ^lECHANics Building, Aug. 15, 18!I0. In coni])liance with the order of the committee on acconunoda- tions, — 1. The tour of duty at Camp Thil. Sheridan is herelty teriui- iiated and the camp discontinued. 2. At two o'clock today retreat will be sounded, the colors lowered, the guard withdrawn and the staff, orderlies, guards, clerks and telephone operators discharged from further duty at this Encampment. 3. The quartermaster will take proper steps for the security and disposition of all camp property, and report his action to tiie command- ant, at No. 2a Beacon Street. 4. The adjutant will carefully preserve all records and papers relating to the Encampment, and forAvard the same to the commandant at No. 2a Beacon Street. 5. The commandant desires to express to the stafl", orderlies, guards and clerks, his high appreciation of their unswerving loyalty to him, their constant attention to duty and their intelligent discharge of all the difficult and delicate duties intrusted to them. To the telephone opera- tors, who have been in constant attendance day and night since the camp was established, the commandant desires to convey his hearty thanks. 0. In taking leave of the gentlemen associated with hiin in the con- duct of the camp, hj Avhose invaluable assistance it has been nTade a success, the commandant believes that they may congratulate themselves on having done something to contribute to the comfort of the ten thou- sand comrades who have occupied the camp. He desires them to take with them to their homes his best wishes for their happiness and pros- perity through life. By command of Charles E. liArGOOD, Comma )idant. \Vii.LiA.M E. Lung, .Idjntant. 78 unofficial proceedings twenty- fourth Headquartkus Camp Phil. Shkkidax, Mechanics Building, Aus. 16, 1890. Hon. Harrison Hume, Chairman Committee on Accommodations. Sir: I have the honor to submit my report of the operations at Camp rhil. Sheridan. You will find appended copies of the orders under Avhich the camp was established, carried on and discontinued. I established my headquarters with one clerk and one orderly at the camp on Saturday, August 9, at ten o'clock a.m., for the reason that a great many letters and telegrams were arriving there that should have attention at once. Finding more work than I could do alone, I ordered in Sergeant-Major Nason of my stafl"; and at two o'clock p.m. three Posts from the Department of Maine arrived, and during the day about twenty comrades arrived, all of whom were provided with quarters. It Avas fortunate that I had ordered my staff to report at two p.m. on Sunday, 10th inst. ; for the comrades were arriving rapidly, and on the night of the 10th 849 comrades and eleven ladies were assigned quarters in the camp. "We reached "high water mark" on Monday, 11th inst.: and that night there were 8,705 in camp. The whole number accommodated in the camp Avas 10,403 ; whole number assigned, 8,923. I saAv before the evening of the 10th that the conduct of the com- rades Avere such that I need have no anxiety about Avhat had Avith many been a cause of solicitude, and I am happy to report that in no case has it been necessary to reprimand a single man in camp. No complaint as to quarters or rations Avas entered at headquarters. The sick Avere tenderly cared for by the corps of surgeons in charge of Lieutenant Deering, assistant surgeon, 1st Infantry, and those Avho required more treatment than could be given them at the camp Avere sent to the hospitals. My OAvn medical staff Avas in attendance day and night, and thej' Avere ■obliged to send six to the City Hospital before the Emergency Hospital was ready to receive them. For the great number of comrades Avhich Ave have provided for, I have only Avords of the highest praise. To the members of my staff and all as'sociated Avith me in the conduct of the camp, I give my hearty thanks. Caterer FloAver is to be congratulated for the Avay in Avhich he handled the great croAvd of hungry men. My commissary reports that the quantity and quality of the food Avas unexceptionable, and there Avas but one objector, to Avhom Mr. FloAver tendered his monej- again, but he refused to take it. Assistant-Surgeon Deering and his corps of surgeons merit the thanks of the entire community for their tender care of the sick. NATIOXAI. ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 79 Sergeant-ilajor Charles H. Nason of my stall' was ordered on special duty to represent the commandant late on the night of the 14th. On returning to report at seven p.m., the 15th, he found the camp aban- doned. He also found a large party of men who Avere without quarters for the night. His soldierly instinct grasped the situation at ouce and he took the party to the Armory on Irvington Street, which he found closed by order of Adjutant-General Dalton. He persuaded the officer iu charge to take the men in till he could communicate with General Dalton. This he did, and the order was modified so that all Avho might apply during the night were provided with quarters. I desire to thank you, sir, and through you all the gentlemen of the committee who have so kindly provided me with everything necessary to make the camp a success, and if I and those associated with me in the camp have met your wishes, I am more than 'gratified. I have the honor to be. sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Charles E. Hapgood, Coinmandunt. r^*^: 80 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOUKTH WORK OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES. THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. Next to the committee on accommodations, in its importance, came the transportation committee. It is a well-known fact that the rank and file of the Grand Army is not made up of men Avilo ride in palace sleeping cars. Scattered as the Posts are throughout the distant parts of the country, cheap railroad fares were imperatively demanded. The somewhat independent posi- tions of the railroads at the time of the Milwaukee Encampment was not forgotten, and it was determined that, if it were within the bounds of possibility, arrangements should l)e made with the railroad and steamboat companies for the benefit of all con- cerned. It is gratifying to say that this end was accomplished, and that transportation lines exerted ever}^ effort to aid and accommodate the Grand Army ; and nothing occurred to mar these arrangements other than an untimely strike of the employees of the New York road. It was deemed necessary to secure as members of this com- mittee men who had a practical knowledge of railroad matters. Mr. J. R. Watson, general passenger agent of the Fitchlmrg rail- road, was selected as a gentleman Avell fitted to occupj^ the impor- tant position of organizer of the transportation committee. His work in relation thereto, with its gratifying results during the Boston Encampment, will ever win for him hearty praise from the Grand Army of the Republic. The following gentlemen comprised the committee : — J. R. Watson, Chairman. S. A. Bolster, r. E. Orcutt, Secrctnrtj. George II. Innis. E. A. Bufflugton. W. C. TaUman. W. S. Condell. D. J. Flanders. E. E. Currier. E. J. Ilathorue. George W. Walker. E. ^\. Hall. George G. Bailey. Joseph H. Siuitli. Albert A. Smith. Eiissell A. Alger. C. A. Brown. Alfred Hocking. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 81 The first meeting Avas held March 8th, 18;)0, ut the National Headc^uarters and its organization perfected. It was apparent that this committee had a work of importance before it and that upon the results of its labors depended, in a large degree, the success of the Encampment. Its duties were arduous and exacting, demanding from its members continuous exertion, making great inroads upon their time and convenience. It was of great benefit to the members of the Grand Army of the Kepul)lic, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans and the gen- eral public, by its untiring zeal and labors, and all are doubtless grateful for the services rendered. To Secretary Orcutt unstinted praise is due for his able and faithful co-operation with Chairman Watson. At the first meeting of the committee, Messrs. Orcutt, Currier, Hall, Brown and Innis were appointed a sub-committee to appear before the Boston Passenger Association and the New York and Boston Lines Association, to represent the cause of the Grand Army and arrange for rates within two hundred miles of Boston. Several meetings were held with these and other railroad associations, resulting in a favorable tariff. Chairman Watson, as president of the railroad unions, was enabled to do very effec- tive work in assisting to bring about the establishment of low rates. The New England fares having been made satisfactory, the committee turned its attention to those for the entire country. This involved voluminous correspondence with the railroad com- panies, resulting in a manner entirely acceptable to the committee, and establishing a uniform rate of one fare for the round trip with a time limit dating August 3 1st. This limit of time the committee afterwards desired extended to September 30th, and the concession was granted by the different railroad associations, conditional upon the opening of a joint ticket agency and the deposit of the ticket with the agent until the time of departure. The Boston terminal lines secured commodious quarters at 337 Washington Street, and provided a corps of clerks to attend to the business. The work was, in a large measure, performed to the satisfaction and benefit of the visiting veterans. AVhatever 82 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH inconvenience and dissatisfaction was experienced was rectified as far as possible by the committee, when such matters were brought to its attention. The office was opened August 11th and closed September 30th, remaining open from seven a.m. till mid- night a portion of the time, and until seven p.m. during the latter days of its existence. There were deposited for extension over 26,000 tickets, for which a receipt was given in each case, bear- ing the number of the envelope in which the ticket was placed and the name of the depositor. These were in turn taken up when the owner called for the ticket, which was then stamped with the extension limit and the person's name. There remained uncalled for 241 tickets when the office was closed, and the same were turned over to the respective roads to which the}" belonged. All this was without cost to the depositors, the whole expense — and it was very large — being borne by the railroads. The thanks of the Grand Army of the Republic are due to the committee for the care taken for the comfort and safety of all. No accidents by rail were reported. Booths were erected at all the railroad stations in the city in which Avere stationed experienced railroad men to give information on all enquiries. The ladies' parlor at Mechanics Building was secured for the headquarters of this committee during Encampment week and supplied with time-tables, cards and other printed matter of all the leading railroads and transportation companies. Members of the committee were present at this office from nine a.m. to half past ten p.m., daily, and in addition, the services of two expert ticket agents were secured, to give desired information. After the matter of through rates had been settled the com- mittee turned its attention to low excursion rates to the different places of historic interest in New England, and, as a result, unprecedented cheap fares were obtained to and from Plymouth, Lexington, Concord, Lynn, Marblehead and many other points. The concession was gratefully appreciated and the roads liberally patronized. lu response to inquiry from the executive committee as to the amount of money desired bj^ this committee, it was voted to ask for $100.00, and this amount was set aside for the use of the committee. Of this only 827.00 was expended in payment NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 83 for the services of the two men on duty at the coininittee head- quarters, ^lechauics IJuilding. No other expense was incurred by the committee, and the liahmce of the appropriation reverted to the general treasury. It is but just to say that a hirge part of the work of this com- mittee fell upon a few members who were punctual in attendance, earnest in endeavor and prompt to act, and while all contributed in a measure to the accomplishment of its object, many, through business engagements, absence from the city or other good and sufficient reasons, Avere unable to meet as often as they or the committee desired. To those who did assist in the work, great credit is due. At the tinal meeting of the committee, the following resolu- tions were presented l)y the secretary, F. E. Orcutt, and passed unanimously : — Whkreas, This committee is aware that the success attending their eftbrts in behalf of liberal rates and careful attention on the part of the railroads and transportation companies is largely due to the untiring zeal and personal energy of James R. Watson, general pas- senger agent of the Fitchburg railroad and chairman of this committee ; therefore it is Iiesolved, That the thanks of this committee, and, througli them, those of the Grand Army of the Republic, are hereby tendered to him for his kind attention, earnest devotion and prompt action in this matter. Resolved, That we tender him our sincere thanks for the able man- ner in which he has presided over the meetings and conducted the business of this committee. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION. The Department of information was charged not only Avith the performance of its proper duties during Encampment week, but also with the hardly less necessary work of making known in advance, to the members of the order throughout the country, the arrangi'inents for their reception and entertainment. 84 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH The following gentlemen constituted the committees having the task in hand : — Thomas E. Barker, Chairman. Heury B. Pierce. Charles G. Davis, Secretary. Charles D. Nash. W. F. Hutchins. John D. Billings. Peter D. Smith. W. A. Stevens. Joseph Gregory. Charles A. Rviggles. George W. Creasey. Henry E. Turner, Jr. John H. Cook. William M. Olin. The committee chose as chief of the bureau, comrade P. H. Eaymond of Cambridge. He was the executive officer of the department, devoted his entire time to his duties and was paid a moderate compensation. Other than the chief, there were no paid employees of the bureau prior to the Encampment week. Beginning early in June, the progress of the general arrange- ments was communicated to the order through the Grand Army Record, under the direction of the executive committee, copies of the paper being mailed to every Post in the couutr}'. About the middle of July, however, a comprehensive circular was addressed to all headquarters and Posts, which stated concisely all the arrangements for the Encampment, giving the principal details of the more important features, together with the programme of the convention of the Woman's Relief Corps, which courtesy was gracefully acknowledged by that organization. A corps of comrades and Sons of Veterans was organized to act as guides, under the direction of the chief of the bureau. At each of the railroad stations and principal hotels booths were established, conspicuously marked, and intelligent, efficient com- rades selected to take charge of them. Those at the railroad stations were manned on the Saturday preceding Encampment week, but, though early at their posts, they found the ladies of the Relief Corps on similar duty before them. Throughout the week they worked together harmoniously and to mutual advantage. In addition to the guides at the railroad stations and hotels, a large detail was made for patrol duty in the streets during the week. Additional booths were established in Mechanics Hall and the Armory on Irvington Street. The patroling guides Avere easily NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OP THE G. A. R. 85 distiiio-uished by ribbou badges, aud were provided with guide book.s. directories, and other like matter, prepared for the occasion, wliich they freely distributed. Headquarters of the Department, of Infoi'mation were estal)- lished on the Tremont Street Mall of the Boston Common, opposite the "West Street gate, on the Saturday preceding the Encampment. Two polling booths, kindly loaned by the city of Boston, were set up and furnislied with a great variety of guide books and other similar matter, and here the chief of the burean, Avith assistants, or the chairman, or other members of the committee, were present the entire week, maintaining communication with every part of the city, aud bulletining all important information. An immense amount of work was done at these headquarters which was of inestimable value to the visitors. Fifty thousand copies were printed and distributed of a " Directory and Programme for the National P^ncampment," prepared and published by the committee. Its contents comprised a list of the committees, the programme of the week, locations of National, Department and Post headquarters, reunions and regi- mental headquarters, halls, hotels aud other points, the Loyal Legion. Woman's Pelief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Hospital Department, places of historical interest and miscellaneous infor- mation of importance. It was not intended to be a guide book. That field was fully covered by the enterprising business firms of Boston, who issued innumerable pamphlets for free distribution. A most valuable auxiliar}' of the bureau was a detail of the Sons of Veterans, under the personal charge of Col. AV. A. Stevens, their Department Commander. Neatly uniformed, alert, intelligent, willing and faithful, they were of great service to the bureau and reflected credit upon the organization which they represented. The operations of the bureau, though long continued, were conducted with scrupulous econom3% the estimated expenses being $1,.'>00 :ind the actual outlay but Si, 100. Chairman Barker proved to be of inestimable value to the executive committee. To his personal supervision a large share of the success of the bureau is due and the able manner in which he planned and carried out the details of the important work on hand will ever reflect to his credit. 86 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH THE COMMITTEE ON PARADE. The principal (.luty of the committee on parade was to make the necessary arrangements for the magnificent pageant which took phice on August 12th, the official opening day of the Encampment. The members of this committee are here given : — T. R. Matliews, Chairman. Samuel Daltoii. Fred G. King, Secretary. C. A. R. Dimoii. George S. Merrill. Albert T. Whiting. William Cogswell. Fred C. Brownell. Geo. L. Goodale. George H. Innis. Charles B. Rohan. The first meeting was held April .')th. Col. Mathews, chair- man, presiding, and at this meeting F. G. King was unani- mously elected secretary. The experience which these two gentlemen had acquired by a long familiarity with military affairs proved invaluable to the committee, and much praise is due them •for the* able manner in which they fulfilled their task. At the meeting held May 27th, General Alger, the Commander-in-Chief, was present, and the committee mapped out the line of march, which was officially accepted by him, although slight changes were afterwards made. It was first decided, agreeably with the views of General Alger, that there should be no carriages in the parade and that disabled veterans should be provided Avith seats on one of the grand stands where they might view the procession. This decision caused such a deep feeling of regret to those comrades that (ieneral Alger reconsidered his oixler and permission was given that all veterans, Avho, by result of injuries, were unable to march in the procession, .but who desired to participate in it, would be provided with carriages to take a position at the left of the line. Conferences were held with the West End Street Railroad Compan}^ relative to the running of street cars on the day of the parade, which resulted in the withdrawal of the cars from the NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. ' morning, followed on Saturday by individuals and scattering Posts, then by state dele- gations and lastly by the thousands which poured into the city from every state and territory of the Tnion by railroad or steam- boat. The city would have l)een uncomfortably crowded had it not been for the generosity of the suburban cities and towns which entertained many of the Posts, giving them every care and atten- tion, as well as furnishing them supplementary entertainments and excursions. The National Encampment headquarters on Beacon Street was besieged by veterans, in search of quarters, who had neglected to notify the committee of their coming. Some desired expensive quarters, while others would be content with a shelter for the night. The committee on accommodations had expected just such an exigency as this and, fortunately, w'ere prepared for it. The paying applicants were sent to vai'ious sections of the city, while those desiring free quarters were turned over to Col. Hapgood, iu Gommaud of Camp Philip H. Sheridan. The railroad stations on Monday were crowded with people waiting the arrival of trains to greet expected friends, while local Posts were present to welcome expected delegations. Owing to the strike then in progress on the New York Cen- tral railroad, coupled with the usual delays incidental to such occasions, many of the trains were late in arriving, but when they finally rolled into the stations, they were given a royal reception. Lines were formed and the delegations marched under escort to their quarters. Day and night till Tuesday morning, August 12th, the western trains were pouring their living freight into the eity. The municipalities surrounding Boston vied with each other in honoring and entertaining visiting Posts. Cambridge, with its historic landmarks, received as guests the members of NcAvhall Post 7, of Philadelphia. Charlestown entertained the California delegation, which included the Geo. W. DeLong Post 45, of Hon- olulu, Hawaiian Islands, the first Post ever organized outside the United States. This Post travelled 7,000 miles in order to be present, and attracted mai'ked attention, especially on the day of the parade. Chelsea entertained ^leade Post 49, of Eastport, lUO UNOFFICIAL rUoCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH Me., O. M. Mitchell Post 4, of Jacksonville, Fla., six camps of Sons of Veterans and other guests. Salem honored by a grand parade and reception General Alger, Mrs. Logan and other nota- bles and throughout the week kept open house for the many visitors to the " City of Witches." Gloucester gave a magniii- cent reception to the famous Ransom Post of St. Louis, of which General Sherman is a member. The official guest of Lynn was Phil Kearney Post 10, of Richmond Va., but throughout the week General Lander Post 5, of that city, the banner Post of Massa- chusetts and of the whole country, held a series of receptions, entertaining over three thousand veterans. S. C. Lawrence Post 66, of Medford, entertained the famous Yj. B. Wolcott Post 1, of Milwaukee, Wis., which included all the department officers of that state, Avith the commander. General B. F. Bryant, and Colonel A. G. Weissert, Senior Vice-Com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army. The guests were given special excursions to Plymouth and the Point of Pines, the whole town participating in the festivities. Maiden provided for the wants and pleasures of Edwin Libby Post Id, of Rockland, Me., which in addition to various excursions, included a reception by the mayors of Maiden and Rockland on the beautiful grounds sur- rounding the residence of Honorable Elisha S. Converse, treasurer of the National P^ncampment of LSIK). Waltham's guest was Vet- eran Post 49, of Elgin, 111., while Watertown looked after Custer Post 42, of Bennington, Vt., and G. K. Norris Post 127, of Monmouth, Me. East Boston entertained Aaron Wilkes Post 23, of Trenton, N. J. ; Brookline, Geo. H. Thomas Post 12, of Fort Payne, Ala., with its veteran arm}^ mule, which, it is claimed, will survive all the meinbers of the Post; Somerville, Geo. C. Strong Post 534, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Quincy, Robert (i. Shaw Post 112, of Staten Island, N. Y., and Wakefield, Philip H. Sheridan Post 615, of Oak Park, 111. Many other towns also provided for the veterans, Imt from the foregoing it can be seen what generous aid was furnished Boston in her kindly endeavor to abundantly care for tiie great veteran army. Nearly every city aud town also tendered excur- sions to the Posts quartered within their limits, either to the beaches or localities of historic interest, while citizens everywhere contributed liberally to the local posts' entertainment funds. XATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. H. 101 THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. 0\ ^[onday afternoon, August 11, the snow-white cruiser lialtiinore of the Navy, entered Boston Harbor. Its coming was welcomed l)y a sahite from the outer fortifications. The booming of the cannon arrested the attention of citizens and visiting veterans, and crowds hastened to the wliarves looking down the harbor to welcome by tlieir presence the President of the United States. The incoming vessel was met by the revenue cutter Gallatin, with the Governor of the Counnonwealth on board, together with the collector of the port, Alanson W. Beard, and Mr. and Mrs. McKee of tlie President's famil}', and the members of the governor's staff, Cliairman Goodale, INIajor King of the National committee and several ladies who were transferred to the Baltimore where the President was officially welcomed as the guest of the Commonwealth. The approacli of tlie cruiser to the inner liarlior with the President's flag floating in the breeze, accompanied by the Gal- latin, the Vigilant of the Health service, and numerous steamers, was in itself a triumphal procession, welcomed by the cannon of Fort AVarren, the Avar ships and Navy yard, with salutes 1)lown by the whistles of all the steamers in the harbor. The mayor of tlie city being engaged in welcoming incoming Posts was unable to honor the occasion by his presence. The city was unotlicially represented, except by members of the council on board the steamer J. Putnam Bradlee, wliich joined the procession of steamers, together with the Vigilant, having on board Chairman "Wilson of the board of. Aldermen, who after the rackett presided, the President sitting upon his immediate right, tlien Lieut. -Gov. Haile, Collector Beard, flavor XATIOXAL EXCAMP:MENT of the (i. A. It. 103 Hart, and Hon. Henry H. Sprague, Tresideut of the jNIassachnsetts Senate. Ou the Governor's left sat Secretaries Proctor, Noble and Rusk, Private- Secretary Halford, Admiral Gherardi, Captain Schley, commander of the Baltimore and Hon. William E. Barrett, Speaker of the JNIassachnsetts House of Representatives. It had been hoped that Vice-President Morton, Secretary Tracy, General Sherman and General Corse would be present, but they were .en route from Bar Harbor ou the Despatch. General Alger was unable to be in attendance as he was a guest at the Parker House banquet in honor of Lafayette Post of New York. Gov. Leon Abbett of New Jersey came in during the banquet and was placed between President Harrison and Lieut. -Gov. Haile. Before the close of the banquet President Harrison left to attend the banquet which was being given at the Parker House by Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, of Boston, to Lafayette Post 140, of New York. At half-past ten o'clock he returned to the liotel, escorted by the cavalry guard. During his absence the rotunda of the hotel liad been the scene of extreme animation. The fife and drum corps of Van Houten Post 3, Jersey City, and other bands of New Jersey gave a serenade to Governor Abbett of that state and to Mayor Cleveland of Jersey City, enjoyed by throngs of people. 104 rXOFFKIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FoiIiTII THE GRAND PARADE. B( )STON will never forget, or her hundreds of thousands of visitors cease to remember, tlie grand parade which formally opened the Encampment, on Tuesday, August l'2th. The inspiring sight of 40,000 veterans marching in solid columns, tlie tattered battle flags, the strains of martial music and the multitudinous cheers produced a scene which cannot be adequately pictured. One could hardly realize the fact that after the lapse of a quarter of a century such a veteran army could liave been brought together. The early morning was unpropitious, the sky overcast. At the time of the forming of the procession a light mist fell, con- tinuing an hour, followed by a cool and partially cloudy day, the verj^ best possible condition for a grand parade. The crowds began to assemble early in the morning. On every street where the parade was to pass, the available space from which a sight of the procession might be had, was taken. At the arrival of every train at the various depots, the people rushed to favorable sight-seeing positions. AVhere was Boston going to provide room for them? The Avindows, doorways and platforms on the specified thoroughfares were quickly filled and the grand and reviewing stands were occupied by the distinguished guests. The procession was advertised to have started at half- past ten o'clock, but it was an hour later before the signal to adA'ance was given. The line formed on Commonwealth Avenue and the adjacent streets. The Posts at eight o'clock began to take their positions. The location for each delegation was designated bj^ flags stationed on the park Avhieh runs through the centre of that l)eautiful boulevard, and consequently there was no confusion. The move- ments of the veterans, the variegated uniforms and the mounted aids riding through thr ranks, made a scene "both attractive and picturesque. NATIOXAI, ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 105 The decorations aloiiLi; tlie liiu' were artistic and profnse. The procession passed nnder an almost nnbroken canoi)y of stars and stripes. Multitudes lined every street on the line of inarch, and packed every house-top and availal)le place where even a glimpse of the passino- grandeur might be obtained. Never before since the organization of the Grand Army of tlie Republic had so many veterans marched in line, and it is the generally accepted belief that never again will there lie a like asseml)ling of the members of this organization. Just before the signal for starting was given (leneral Alger rode along the line and was welcomed and cheered most enthusias- tically by the veterans. A second demonstration was given to President Harrison, who with the members of his cabinet and General Sherman, entered carriages at the Hotel Veudome and proceeded to the reviewing stand. The order of the parade was as follows : — ORDER OF THE PARADE. Platoon of flfteeu mounted Police Olticers, commanded by Captain E. F. Gaskin, of Division 15. Carter's Band. Eight mounted Buglers from the First Battalion Cavalry. Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, Boston, George H. Sawin, Commander. 70 mounted men, acting as escort to General Alger. General Russell A. Alger, Commander-in-Chief. >'itii,rf'. Senior Vice-Commander, A. G. Weissert of Milwaukee, »Wis.; Junior Vice-Commander, J. F. Lovett of Trenton, N. J.; Surgeon General, Horace P. Porter of Oneida, Kan. ; Chaplain, "W. H. Childers of Tallisboro, Ky. ; Adjutant-General, George H. Hopkins of Detroit, Mich.; Inspector-General, Lewis E. Griffith of Troy, N. Y. ; Judge- Advocate General, D. R. Austin of Toledo, Ohio; Assistant Adjutant- General, James T. Sterling of Detroit, Mich.; General William Coggswell of Salem, Mass., Chief of Staff. Aids. Some 300 in number, representing all the difterent departments of the Grand Army of the Repulilic. DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS. Department Conunander, William L. Distin. Starf'. Senior Vice-Connnander, , I. H. Harral; Junior Vice-Commander, William N. B. Thistlewood ; Adjutant-General. A. D. Reade: Inspec- tor-General, Fred Spink: Mustering Officer. F. (i. Bnrdick : Senior Aid, J. J. Healey. 106 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Aids. J. N. Reece, J. M. Brj-ant, J. B. Clark, Assistant Inspector-Gen- eral, W. F. Walcott, Department Chaplain, G. W. Gue. Past Department Commanders. General James Martin of Salem ; Philip Sidney Post, M. C, of Galesbnrg; Col. James Sexton, postmaster of Chicago; Col. A. C. Mathews, first comptroller of the treasury; Col. Thomas G. LaAvlor, of Rockford ; representatives, Horace S. Clark of Mattoon, C. E. Blackburn of Kirkwood, George R. Lisle of Wanhegan, S. A. Oliver of Joliet, Colonel S. McKnight of Girard, Colonel Thomas Shaw of Pittsfleld. Worcester Band. George H. Thomas Post 5, Chicago, H. H. Gage, Commander, 260 men. With this Post were comrades of Nevins Post 1 of Rockford ; Lyon Post 9 of Chicago and Bartleson Post 6, Joliet, General Thomas' headquarters flag, carried through Chickamauga and through his closing campaigns, was borne by Lieutenant W. H. Kinney, Company C, Eighty-ninth Illinois Infantry, of Thomas Post. Will Thomas Post 274, Sterling. L. L. Johnson, Senior Vice-Commander, 30 men. Aurora Post 20, Aurora, J. M. Kennedj', Commander, 45 men. Trans- parency inscribed " Home of Lincoln, Grant and Logan. Aurora, Illinois," with rising sun. U. S. Grant Post Fife and Drum Corps. U. S. Grant Post 28, Chicago, Kirk N. Eastman, Commander, 150 men. Custer Post 40, Chicago, James O'Donnell, Commander, 55 men. Admiral Farragut Post 602, Chicago, George R. Seavey, Commander, 10 men. Veteran Post 49, Elgin, Senior Vice-Commander W. H. Kimball, Com- 1 mander, 50 men. Dunham Post 141, Decatur, R. G. Roberts, Commander, 20 men. George G. Meade Post 444, Chicago, Edward Kirk, Jr., Commander, 35 men. Phil Sheridan Post 615, Oak Park, A. L. Cheney, Commander, 36 men.. Landau with disabled veterans of Sheridan and Custer Posts. DEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN. E. B. Walcott Post 1 Drum and Fife Corps. Department Commander, General Benjamin F. Bryant. Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, D. D. Gray of Milwaukee ; Senior Vice-Commander, James K. Coon of Merrill; Department Chaplain, J. II. Whitney of Barraboo ; Medical Director, 0. F. Carlsen of Milwaukee. Aids. H. G. Rogers, L. Ferguson, James Davidson, Headquarters Banner-Sergeant, A. Bluel, Past Department Commander-Generals, Lucius Fairchild and Governor W. D. Hoard. "Peck's Bad Boy," the live Wisconsin badger of Mayor George Peck of Milwaukee, was NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 107 carried by Past Junior Vice-Commander George Sutherland, one of Sherman's Bummers, who wore a full suit of trapper's buckskin, and was assisted by comrades JNIorris ]McKennon, A. Heuwood and George Spratt. E. B. Walcott Post 1, Milwaukee, E. \l. Stillraan, Commander, 100 men. George Harvey Post u7, Racine, Robert Bell, Commander, 12 men. Frank A. Haskell Post 146, Columbus, I. II. Ford, Commander, 14 men. Cutter Post 55, Warsaw, William Mahoney, Commander, 20 men. W. H. Sargeant Post 20, Janesville, J. T. Wilcock, Commander, 6 men. C. C. Washburn Post 11, Madison, Jolin W. Hudson, Commander, 40 men. Robert Chivas Post 2, ^Milwaukee, M. P. Walsh, Commander, 12 men. Edward A. Clapp Post 15, Hudson, D. B. Jewell, Senior Vice-Com- mander, men. Henry Bertram Post 194, Oconomowoc, 4 men. Henry Randall Post 202, Dartford, 3 men. George G. Egelson L'ost, Appleton, 8 men. A. F. Mathrece Post 149, Waterloo, 4 men. H. F. Swift Post 139, Edgerton, 4 men. Frank H. Potter Post of Cambridge, 2 men. Phillips Post 182, Price county, 2 men. Rank and File Post of Milwaukee, 10 men. Robert Miller Post 25. Thomas Post 174, Lime Ridge, 4 men. Charles G. Beacon Post 48, Neillsville, 3 men. W. H. Hamilton Post. Captain Schilling with the National Flag, accompanied by his daughters. Misses Selma and Matilda Schilling, dressed as vivandieres. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Department Commander, Major J. F. Dennitson. Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, John R. Osier ; Junior Vice-Commander, Colonel Shattuck; Chaplain, John Sayers ; Medical Director, Dr. Burchfield; Judge Advocate, G. ILarry Davis; Inspector-General, Abraham Lovering. CiiundJ of Administration. William Emsley, Eli G. Sellers, William E. Horrocks, John F. Hunter, Levi W. Shingle, Assistant Adjutant- General, Samuel P. Town. Jennings' Sixth Regiment Cornet Band. George G. Meade Post 1, Philadelphia, G. Harry Davis, Commander, 150 men . Meade Post Veteran Color Guard, Captain C. IM. Beale, carrying the two original flags which waved over the famous Cooper Shop in Phila- delphia from 18(11 to 18G5, and 24 tattered, battered liattle flags. Post 2 Flute and Drum Corps. Armed Guard of Post 2, Captain J. T. Hickman, 32 men. 108 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH Post 2. Philadelphia, James G. Cooper, Commander, 125 men. U. S. Grant Post Drum and Fife Corps. General U. S. Grant Post 5, Philadelphia, James McLaui^hlin, Com- mander, 45 men. Comrades of Ellis Post 6, German town. Cai)tain Walter S. Newhall Post 7, Philadelphia, William Gilman, Commander, 90 men. Delegation of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, Post 11>1, Pennsylvania Reserves. Frankenfleld's West Philadelphia Band. Baker Post Cadets, Captain C. J. Handler, 35 men. E. D. Baker Post 8, Philadelphia, John S. French, Commander, 185 men. General Zook Post Drum and Fife Corps. General S. K. Zook Post 11, Norristown, Duncan Forsyth, Commander, 100 men. J. F. Reynolds Post 71, Philadelphia, Richmond Joynes, Commander, 40 men. McLean Post 16, Reading, W. II. Houck, Commander, 66 men. E. S. Griffin Post 139, Philadelphia, E. W. Pierce, Commander, 130 men. Ellis Post 6, Germantown, Albert Isinger, Commander, 25 men. Philip Schuyler Post 51, Philadelphia, W. N. Taggart, Commander, 128 men. Birney Post 63, Philadelphia, Augustus Luker, Commander, 24 men. J. C. Hull Post 157, Pittsburgh, W. J. Patterson, Commander, 12 men. McPherson Post 117, Pittsburgh, L. S. Houghton, Commander, 20 men. John B. Clark Post 162, Allegheny City, H. C. Bair in command, 35 men. John A. Koltes Post 228, Philadelphia, Charles Horsch, Commander, 6 men. Pennsylvania Reserves 191, Philadelphia, Corporal Bell in command, 6 men. Athletic Military Band, 25 pieces. Anna M. Ross Post 94, Philadelphia, William Cojipelberger. Commander, 130 men. Lysle Post 128, Allegheny, Alexander Dawson, Commander, 125 men. George Gowan Post 23, Pottsville, Isaac B. Rich, Commander, 20 men. Naval Post 400, Philadelphia. Joseph V. Ilorne, Commander, 60 men. ^Courtland Saunders Post 21, Philadelphia, William Bromwood, Commander, 20 men. Charles Sumner Post 103 (colored), Philadelphia, A. Haines. Commander, 10 men. John A. Logan Post 115, Philadelphia, W. B. Gilmore. Commander, 30 men. Post 58, Harrisburg, George G. Boyle, Commander, 10 men. Robinson Post 20, Hazleton, Nathan Schaefter, Commander, 7 men. Fred Taylor Post 19. Philadelphia, James X. Calely. Commander, 10 men. NATIONAL ENCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. K. lO*) Geor.ire Smith I'ost 79. Conslioliocken, Samuel Coats in foiniiiaiul. Lawry Post 548, Wilkensbura;, Thomas McCune, Commauder, 12 men. Georiie B. McCIellan Tost 515, Sclnveniisville, I. E. Hunsicker in command, 4 men. Josiali Wliite Tost 45, Phoenixville, John McCloskey, in command, i;5 men. J. J. Andrews Post 70, Correy, Seth Weeks, Commander, 5 men. James Ilamm Post 198, Honesdale, Graham Watts, Commander. 4 men. DEPARTMENT OF OHIO. Department Comnumder, P. H. Dowlinij. Staff. Qnartermaster-General, W. R. Alcorn ; Assistant Adjutant-General, Charles Reed; Senior Vice-Commander, C. M. Hassler: Medical Director, C. M. Galloway; Department Inspector, W. M. Reeser ; Chief Mustering Ofhcer, E. S. Billis; Chief Aid, C. M. Reynolds; Judge R. H. Brewster, Comrade C. W. R. Cline. Fremont Light Guard Band of Fremont. Toledo Drixm Corps. Delegates from the Department of Ohio, to the number of Kin. under command of Captain J. T. Roper. J. il. Wells Post Drum Corps of Columlius. Grand Army of the Republic Drill Corps of CoUnnbus. Captain A. G. Chapman, 30 men. J. ^I. Wells Post 451, Columbus, T. Jetlrey, Commander, 125 men. Buckeye Brigade, Columbus, Col. C. W. Geer, 30 men. Forsyth Post Drum Corps. Forsyth Post of Toledo, J. W. Cook, Commander, 100 men. George H. Thomas Post 13, Cincinnati, Joini Kisane, Commander 200 men. Old Guard Post 23, Dayton, Park Rusl)y, Commander, 73 men. Augustus Willis Post 195, Cincinnati, Max Silber1)erg, Commander, 25 men. George B. Wliitcoml) Post 189, I). W. C. Belleville, Commander, 25 men. W. H. Lytle Post 47, Cincinnati, Charles Collins, Commander. 75 men. Buckley Post 12, Cincinnati, A. P. Baldwin, Commander, 50 men. Bond Post 12, Grand Rapids, 3 men. Memorial Post 141, Cleveland, G. C. Barnes, Commander, 75 men. Middleport Post 125, Middleport, F. M. Cline, Commander. 2n men. Charles Lyon Post 447, Kingerville, 2 men. MemV)ers of Steadnum, Orrin G. Crane and Forrest City Posts, with the Cincinnati delegation. Niel Post 62, Sidney. 11(1 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK. Department Coininander, Floyd Clarkson. Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, II. B. Webb ; Junior Vice-Commander. G. C. Hibbard; Medical Director, II. W. Carpenter; Chaplain, , Kobert F. Hurley, D. D. ; Assistant Adjutant-General, L. C. Brackett; Quarter- master-General, Theodore Fieldstein ; Assistant Quartermaster-Gen- eral, Charles Appleby ; Judge Advocate, Martin T. McMahon ; Inspec- tor, Alfred Lythe ; Chief Mustering Officer, James F. Ashley. Aids. G. A. Price, Dudley F. Phelps, W. P. Rooms, C. G. Dobbs, C. H. Freeman, Samuel Collins, H. B. Webb, A. M. Cudner, Frederick Cossun, W. D. Russell, J. S. Koster, J. E. Clark, JVIartin Sadler, Robert Wilson, W. S. Duryea, Francis Saddler. New York 7th Regiment Band. Lafayette Post 140, New York, Gen. Egbert L. Viele, Commander, 150 men. OKoites Post Band, 45 pieces. OKoites Post 32, New York, Fred Leitseige, Commander, 140 men. Kearney Fife and Drum Corps. Phil Kearney Post 8, New York, A. I. Decker, Commander, 50 men. Rankin Drum and Fife Corps. Rankin Post 10, Brooklyn, Alexander Jeffrey, Commander, 125 men. Band of Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, 65 pieces. Steinwehr Post 192, New York, Jastron Alexander, Commander, 6S men. Jackson Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. Jackson Post 644, Albany, S. T. Bentham, Commander, 53 men. Ricker Post Drum Corps. Ricker Post 62, New York, William Rahling, Commander, 75 men. Anderson Zouaves Post 62, New York, George H. Mosen, Captain, 62 men. Natick Band. Alexander Hamilton Post 182, W. T. Wood, Commander, 75 men. Willard Drum Corps. G. L. Willard Post 34, Troy, C. M. Leet, Commander, 75 men. Kilpatrick Drum and Fife Corps. Judson Kilpatrick Post 143, Tottenville, Staten Island, Samuel H.Bailey, Commander, 70 men. Wade Band. Wade Post 520, New York, John A. Blair, Commander, 35 men. Morgan Drum Corps. E. D. Morgan Post 307, New York, Alexander Newberger, Commander, 40 men. , Abraham Lincoln Post 13, New York, Thomas AValsh, Commander, 25 men. Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. Lew 0. Morris Post 121, Albany, George M. Holmes, Commander, 70 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. Ill Miuislield Drum Corps. Mansflekl Post 85, Brooklyn, John Brown, Commander, 300 men. EUsAvorth Post 619, Saratoga County, J. AV. Smith, Commander, .50 men. Greeley Fife and Drum Corps. Horace Greeley Post .")77, New York, Georsi:e H. Moore, Commander, 70 men. Keno Fife and Drum Corps. Reno Post 44, New York, Philip S. Biglin, Commander, (;0 men. General John A. McConnie Post 185, Troy, 50 men. Hamilton Fife and Drum Corps. L. M. Hamilton Post 152, East New York, P. J. Kennedy, Commander, 45 men. Tottenville Drum Corps. Lenhart Post 10:5, Tottenville, Staten Island, David C. Johnson, Commander, 17 men. R. G. Shaw Post 12, New Brighton, Staten Island. E. Openshaw, Commander, 50 men. Plymouth (Mass.) Band. IT. S. Grant Post 327, Brooklyn, C. J. Collins, Commander, 125 men. George C. Strong Drum Corps. George C. Strong Post 534, Brooklyn, David W. Wilson, Commander, 125 men. Richmond Post 524, New York, Bernard Mullen, Commander, 20 men. Hunting Drum and Fife Corps. Edward Hunting Post 353, New York, S. A. Hawkins, Commander, 53 men. Lew Benedict Post 5, Albany, J. R. Terwilliger, Commander, 35 men. P. E. S. Young Post 33, Amsterdam, M. Dove, Commander, 35 men. Giflbrd D. Bailey Post 200, Lowville, H. E. Turner, Commander. 36 men. Eighth Brigade, J. 1^. Cleary, Colonel. O'Rourke Post and Drill Corps, Rochester, P. C. Flemming, Commander, 40 men. Fife and Drum Corps. Mozart Veteran Association, New York, M. Cannon, Colonel, 20 men. DEPARTMENT OF CONNECTICUT. Department Commander, John C. Broatch, Post 53, Middletown. Staff. Chief of Staff, Assistant Adjutant-General John H. Thatcher, Post 50, Hartford; Henry N. Fantou, Senior Vice-Commander, Post 18, Danbury ; B. E. Smith, Junior Vice-Commander, Post 30, AVillimantic ; M. W. Robinson, Medical Director, Post 0, Colchester; D. H. Miller, D.D., Chaplain, Post 65, Mystic; William E. :\Iorgan, Quartermaster General, Post 17, Ncav Haven ; James N. Coe, Inspector, Post 17, New Haven ; Samuel H. Seward, Judge Advocate, Post 54, Putnam; Albert F. Hall, Chief Mustering Officer, Post 8, Meriden ; F. D. BreAvster, aide-de-camp, Post 53, Middletown. 112 L'NOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Tubb'.s Military Band. XorAvicli. Sedgwick Post 1. Norwich, K. Feckliam, Coiniiiander, 150 men. City Drum Corps, Hartford. Xatlianiel Lyon Post 2, Hartford, H. F. Roberts, Commander, 75 men. Elias Howe, Jr., Band, Bridgeport. Elias Howe, Jr., Post 3, Bridgeport, John R. Howe, Commander, 75 men. Drake Post 4, South Manchester, Henry BarroAvs, Commander, 40 men. McGregor Post 27, Dennisonville, E. S. Xash, Commander, 40 men. Meriden Fife and Drum Corps. Mcriam Post 8, Meriden, A. W. Harvey, Commander. 125 men. A. H. Dutton Post 30, "Wallingford, Jacob Job, Commander, 20 men. Morton A. Taintor Post 9, Colchester, M. W. Robinson, Commander, 30 men. Independent Fife and Drum Corps, Newbury. Stanley Post 11, Ncav Britain, C. B. Erickson, Commander, 135 men. Burnside Post 62, Unionville, Thomas Brooks, Commander, 23 men. Winter Post 43, Stafford Springs, Reuben Burleigh, Commander, 30 men. Sons of Veterans Drum Corps, Bristol. Gilbert W. Thompson Post 13, Bristol, George J. Shubert, Commander, 48 men. Nathan Hale Drum Corps, Bethel. James E. Moore Post 18, Danbury, A. Morehouse, Jr., Commander. 8 men. Hobble Post 23, Stamford, Eli E. Palmer, Commander, 18 men. Kellogg Post Drum Corps, Birmingham. Kellogg Post 26, Birmingham, L. P. French, Commander, 54 men. Willimantic Fife and Drum Corps. Francis S. Long Post 30, Willimantic, Thomas Handley, Commander, 28 men. • T. G. Brown Post 97, Chaplin, W. C. Burdick, Commander, 13 men. Upson Post 40, Seymour, John H. Riggs, Comuumder, 40 men. George Van Home Post 39, Milford, S. A. Warburtou, Commander, 25 men. John M. Norris Post 66, AVeathersfleld, George W. Adams, Commander, 20 men. Burpee Post 71, Rockville, D. F. Andrews, Commander. 30 men. St. Mary's Band, Putnam. A. G. Warner Post 54, Putnam, William C. Beebe, Commander, 100 men. W. W. Perkins Post 47, NeAv London, M. P. Johnson, Commander, 50 men. Samuel Brown Post 56, Thompsonville, F. E. Hastings, Commander, 56 men. N. S. Mauross Post 57, Forestville, R. A. Potter, Commander, 35 men. James B. Kilburn Post 77, Plainfleld, James P. Pullette, Commander, 35 men. Hancock Post 81, Stonington, W. H. Burdick, Connuander, 50 men. Mansfield Post 53 Band, Middletown. Mansfield Post 53, Middletown, M. S. Dunn, Commander, 120 men. NATION Vr. r.NCAMI'MKNT Ol' THE C. A. K. 113 W. Fowler Post 48, South Norwalk, Frederick Arnold. Comiiiiiuder, 'Jo men. AVadliani Post 4;i. Waterbury. .lohu S. Hayes. Commander, ;')S men. Moodiis Fife and Drum Corps, Moodus. Kol)ert O. Tyler Post 50, Hartford, W.Clark, Commander, 17.". men. Marvin Wate Post 51, Hartford, Alnion H. Boswortli, Commander, 20 men. T. M. Kedsliaw Post 75, Ansonia. A. P. Ivirkham. Connnander, 5.". men. General Steinbui'ii' I'osi 7(!. New Haven, Louis Trappee. Commander, 28 men. Buckiuii'liaiii Post 12, Xorwalk, A. Hanselieldt. Commander, 40 men. Admiral Foote Post 17, Colored Pioneer Corps, \e\v Haven. .lames H. Wilkins, Commander, 80 men. Salem Cadet Corps. Admiral Foote Post IS, Xew Haven, X. I. Striekland, Commander, 475 men. DEPARTMENT OF NEW JERSEY. Department Commander, A. M. Matthews. Staff. Senior Vice-Commander, J. A. Wildrick, Post 97, Bt'lvidere; Junior Vice-Commander, J. M. Atwood, Post 73, Plainfield ; Medical Director, Dr. W. A. Conover, Post 18, Hackettstown ; Chaplain, C. E. Hill, Post 61, Red Bank; Assistant Adjutant-General, Thomas Pearson, Post 11, Xewark; Assistant Quartermaster-General, H. L. Hartshorn, Post 5, Camden; Department Inspector, John F. Pratt, Post 12, Orange; Chief Mustering Officer, Joseph L. Franklin, Post 31, Woodbury; Judge-Advocate, W. J. Buckley, Post 28, Paterson ; L. H. Bi'idgem, Post 5, Xewark, Council of Administration ; Past Department Commander, Edward Burd Grnbb, Post 21, Beverly; Chief of Stall', Joel Vv^ilson, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Post HI, Xe-wton ; Senior Aide-de-Cainp, George E. Martin, Post 5, Camden; Alfred H. MatHiews and Charles II. Walker, Aids. Patriarchs Militant Band of Boston. Uzal Dodd Post 12, Oi'ange, Dr. W. D. Ilobinson, Commander, 75 men. Bayard Post Drum Corps. Bayard Post 8, Trenton, J. W. Hoyle, Commander, 100 men. Lincoln Fife and Drum Corps. Lincoln Post 11, Xewark, C. E. Clearman, Commander, 110 men. West Jersey League, represented by T. M. K. Lee, Jr., Post 5, Camden, Arthur Stanley, Commander, 45 men, and William B. Hatch Post 37, Camden, (icorgc W. Ferguson, Commander, 20 men. Aaron Wilkes Post Band. Aaron Wilkes Post 23, Trenton, Budd S. Bodine, Commander, 133 men. G. Van Houten Post Band. G. Van Houten Post 3, Jersey City, E. Sands, Commander, 170 men. Winfleld Scott Post 73, Plainfield, Charles B. Steplums, Commandei , 17 men. 114 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Marcus L. Ward Drum Corps. Marcus L. Ward Post 88, Newark, Joseph Hattersle}', Commander, GO men. D wight Post 103, EngleAvood, J. H. Buckleys Commander, 15 men. Arrowmith Post 61, Red Bank, Charles Curtis, Commander, 20 men. Judson Kilpatrick Post C>4, Elizabeth, Edwin Marsh, Commander, 10 men. Kearney-Janeway Post 15, New Brunswick, J. T. Whittier, Commander, 30 men. Chaplain Butler Post 35, Paterson, J. H. Cole, Commander, 10 men. John G. Tolmie Post 50, Phillipsburg, Allen J. Clifton, Commander, 10 men. General George B. McClellan Post 99, Frenchtown, John Misson, Com- mander, 16 men. Gabriel R. Paul Post 101, AVestwood, T. A. Ilaring, Commander, 12 men. DEPARTMENT OF MAINE. Department Commander, John D. Anderson. Staf. A. E. Nickerson, Swanville, member of Council of Administra- tion ; Assistant Adjutant-General, Edward C. Milliken, Portland; General B. B. Murray, Pembroke, Aide-de-Camp ; Senior Aide-de- Camp, Colonel Henry G. Staples, Augusta; Harlon P. Ingalls, Port- land; J: E. Alexander, Brunswick; Captain Chas. Baker, Belfast; George H. Fisher, Monroe; J. A. Hobbs, South Waterboro'; Joseph L. Small, Biddeford; Assistant Inspector, J. F. Lamb, Auburn. National Home Band, Togus. Honorable Hannibal Hamlin, ex- Vice-President of the United States; General Selden Connor, General I. S. Bangs, General John D. Ross, Past Department Commanders H. S. Burbank, S. W. Lane and F. M. Drew, Assistant Department Quartermaster-General B. F. Beals, Captain L. J. IVIorse, Dr. A. R. Lincoln, surgeon First Maine Heavy Artillery, in carriages. Cutler Post -18, Togus, 70 men, T. C. Goodwin, Commander, escort to the Department Commander. Major W. H. (ireen, Portland, Commander of the Cumberland Company Battalion. Portland Band. Bosworth Post 2, Portland, William S. Dunn, Commander, 200 men. Drum Corps. Thatcher Post 111, Portland, A. H. Prince, Commander, 100 men. Mountforth Post 22, Brunswick, Philip R. Goodrich, Commander, 40 men. Bridgton & Harrison Posts 27 and 153, G. ;M. Burwell, Commander, 30 men. Standish Band. Chas. A. Warren Post, Standish, S. H. Dresser, Commander, 75 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPJIKNT OF THE G. A. R. 115 J. D. Fessenden I'ost, Freeport. James II. Bunks, Coiiimaiuler, ;>u men. Band. Clondman Tost Kio, Saccarappa, Hczekiali Ehvell, Commander, so men. W. L. HaskellPost Kis, Yarmoutli, Joseph A. Chase, Commanchn-, 20 men. Geo. E. Shepley Post 7S, Gray, 11. H. Mountfourth, Commander, 15 men. Willard Post 70, Sprinavale, J. F. Day, Commander, 80 men. E. B. Chiyton Post l;'.4, Stronsi'. George T. Jacobs. Commander, 23 men. H. Bolster, South Paris, Commander of the Oxford County Brigade. Turner Band. Harry Rush Post 54, Norway, 26 men. W. K. Kiml)all Post 148, South Paris, Leonard Briggs, Commander, 13 men. Fessenden Post, Buckfield, H. A. Conant, Commander, 15 men. A. M. Whitman Post C?, Bryants Pond, J. L. Bowker, Commander, in men. Rumford Post 41, 9 men. Charles S. Stevens Post 70, Castine, George A. Wheeler, Commander, 40 men. Vining Post 107, "Windsor, Luther B. Jennings, Commander, 20 men. T. A. Roberts Post 49, Oxford, W. R. Farris, Commander, 30 men. Grover Post 126, Fryeburg, T. E. Eastman, Commander, 27 men. L. D. Kidder Post, Dixfleld; Demerritt Post, Peru; Parker Post, Lovell Centre ; 10 men each. Colonel Isaac Dyer, Commander of the Somerset County 15attalion. Band. Russell Post 90, Skowhegan, George B. Sartbrd, Commander, CO men. X. F. Blunt Post 109, Bingham, Horatio B. Baker, Commander, 12 men. E. 0. C. Ord Post 91, North Anson, E. F. Sprague, Commander, 12 men. V. A. Weston Post, Madison, H. H. Steward, Commander, 13 men. George Goodwin Post 32, St. Albans, H. C. Coston, Commander, 15 men. Colonel Anson Wardsworth, Commander of the Waldo County Battalion. Thos. H. Marshall Post 42, Belfast, W. C. Dilworth, Commander, 75 men. F. McGilvery Post 30, Searsport, H. N. Edwards, Commander, 25 men. Warren Post 66, Winterport, Benjamin Atwood, Commander, 30 men. James E. Hall Post 53, Bucksport, S. P. Lagross, Commander, 2S men. E. M. Billings Post 74, Monroe, George B. Ordway, Commander, 25 men. E. H. Bradstreet Post 44, Liberty, Ithiel Pease, Commander, 25 men. Grant Post 91, New Hampshire, 16 men. AV. H. H. Kice Post 56, Ellsworth, Francis A. Macomber, Commander, 16 men. Custer Post 6, Lewiston, Chas. S. Crowell, Commander, 75 men. J. Knowles Post 52, Corinna, George R. Barker, Commander, 20 men. G. K. Xorris Post 27, Monmouth, E. A. Richardson, Commander, 15 men. W. S. Heath Post 14, Waterville, P. S. Heald, Commander, 30 men. H. F. Sartbrd Post 8, Dexter, H. A. Johnson, Commander, 10 men. 116 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOrRTH Calvin S. rilley Post 35, Unity, Kenben libodes, Commander, 1.5 men. E. II. Beal Post 12, Bangor, A.B. Farnham, Commander, 125 men. J. P. Ilarj-is Post 60, North Dixmont, L. I). Smith, Commander, 28 men. Charles Keizer Post 135,- Waldoboro', Kaymond "W. Iloffscs, Commander, 27 men. Drum Corps. Bradbury Post 15, INIachias, Stephen Hadley, Commander, 30 men. Setli "Williams Post 13, Augusta, Dr. "William McDavid, Commander, 50 men. BroAvn Post 84, Betliel, Arthur M. Bean, Commander, 30 uien. .Joseph W. Lincoln Post 113, Sidney, James H. Bean, Commander, 17 men. E. G. Parker Post 99, Kittery, Jethro H. Swett, Commander, 56 men. N. W. Mitchell Post 80, "West Xewfield, A. H. Langley, Commander, 52 men. -John ^V. Brown Post 117, "Waterboro, "V^. C. Goodwin, Commander, 15 men. Fred S. Gurney Post 36, Saco, Francis J. Cousins, Commander, 40 men. "Wade Post 123, Presque Isle, James H. Phair, Commander, 18 men. Cooper Post 124, Union, J. Sleeper, Commander, 24 men. Vinalhaven Band. Edwin Libby Post 16, Rockland, John W. Titus, Commander, 100 men. Lafayette Carver Post 45, "Vinalhaven, "V\''ooster S. Vinal, Commander, 23 men. Bath Drum Corps — Continentals. Sedgwick Post 4, Bath, George T. Silsbj-, Commander, 75 men. Horse captured at the battle of Cedar Creek, and brouglit home by General T. "W. Hyde. Webster Post 9, Kennebunk, "Wm. F. Bowen, Commander, 30 men. J. S. Sanborn Post 31, Milo, Asa S. Carver, Commander, 40 men. Thomas F. Rideout Post 25, Bowdoinham, "Wm. A. "Wood, Commander, 15 men. Sergeant "Wyman Post 97, Oakland, Charles "W. Henley, Commander, 18 men. Harlow Dunbar Post 59, Newcastle, C. E. Ames, Commander, 40 men. Meade Post 40, Eastport, John A. Lowe, Commander, 30 men. Major B. F. Hill, Auburn, Commander of the Androscoggin Battalion. Fife and Drum Corps. , Wilson Post 17, North Turner, Shirley Merrill, Commander, 30 men. Kimball Post 38, Livermore Falls, George Tarr, Commander, 25 men. Burnside Post 47, Auburn, Charles L. Metcalf , Commander, 100 men. Heath Post 6, Gardiner, J. W. P. Johnson, Commander, 50 men. Libby Post 93, Litchfield, A. C. True, Commander, 20 men. David Escancey Post 69, Appleton, E. D. Gushnell, Commander, 50 men. George S. Cobb Post 63, Camden, J. W. Acliorn, Commander, 45 men. NATroXAI. KNCAMl'MENT OV THE C. A. It. 117 DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA. Depavtiiiout ('omiiiaiick'r, A. J. Buckles. Staff. Senior Vicc-Coiniiiaiider, A. E. Mintie; Past Depart incut Coui- niandcr. Colonel \V . \l. Sniedber.ii": Junior Vice-Coniuiander. W. If. Whartt"; Delegates M. K. Tate, A. E. Leavitt ; T. K. Stelelier, In- spector. Lincoln Post 1, San Francisco, L. Hopewell, Connuauder. 2."> uieu. Georsre W. DeLonij,- I'ost 4.'>, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, W. 11. Wauner, Commander, 5 men. .1. A. Garfield Post ;U, San Francisco, A. W. Ba])cock, Connuauder. DEPARTMENT OF RHODE ISLAND. Department Comnuiuiier. Benjauuu F. Da\is. Sf'iff. Senior Vice-Connnander, Benjamin H. Childs ; Junior A'ice-( Oui- mauder, George M. Turner: Assistant Adjutant-General, E. M. Prentiss; Judge-Advocate. Nathan B. Lewis; Quartermaster-General, D.ivid S. Ray: Councilors of Administration, William A. Harris. Ileniy S. Gluey. Henry C. Luther; Past Senior Vice-Commander-in- Chief, Eli.sha H. Rhodes; Past Department Commanders, H. L. Hall. Charles C. Gray, (iideon Spencer, Edwin C. Pomeroy, Alonzo Williams, Charles II. Williams. Charles B. Braytou, Major Henry U. Barker of Providence. A. K. MacMalion and 2.") aides-de-cami). Reeves' American Band. Prescott Post 1, Providence William A. Spicer, Commander. 2i)i) uu-u. Pleasant \'ie\v Drum. Fife and Bugle Cori)S. IJnrnside Post 2, Shannock, Klisha Whitford, Commander, ]:'> men. IJallou Post ;?, Central Falls. Theodore F. Dexter, Commaiuler. 12.". men. Fred E. Davis Camp, Sons of Veteran Drum Corps. Arnold Post 4, Providence. W. F. Hutchinson, Commander, 12."i men. General I\euo Post (1. ICast (;reeu\vich. Auuustus Paine. Connuauder. 20 men. Cari>entt'rs" Drum Corps of Waketield. H. I. Sedgwick Post 7. Peacedale. David Hudson, Connuauder. .".n men. Charles F. Lawton Post .">, Nt'wport. ( ». I?. Laugeley, ComuKinder, 7.'> men. Farrag'it Post s, Riverside, Robert Laird, Commander. ('>(» uumi. Woonsocket Continental Band. Smith Post ;•. Woonsocket, T. A. Buell, Commander, loo men. Disley National Band of Providence. hilocum Tost JO. I'roN idence, William Stone. Commandei'. 2(m) men. I\i's Post Drum Corps. Thomas Post 1 1 . .Vpponaugh, Robert M, !'ollai-d. Couuuandcr. .'m nicii. Ives Post l.">. Pro\ idence. .lohn A. Jenkins. CouuiunHler, loo men. ( ' men. 11. H. Smith Post 19, Stowe, H. Warren, Commander, 13 men. Waterson Post 45, Chelsea, G. 0. Smith, Commander, 15 men. Mason Post 10, Glover, V. T. Eisher, Commander, 88 men. Brooks Post 13, Montpelier, W. E. Waterman, Commander, 54 men. StoAve Post 29, Calais, E. W. Bliss. Commander, 15 men. -Vhraluim Lincoln Post 85, White IJiver Junction. .V. B. Voodry. Com- mander, 4(1 men. William C. Tracy Post 35, Windsor, C. II. Hill, Commander. 20 men. Flint Post 15, Craftsbury, IL W. Cowles, Commander, Ki men. Erastus Buck Post 78, Island Pond, M. L. Dyer, Commander, 25 men. W. E. ISLirtin Post 101, Plainville, Homer HoUister. Commander, 25 men. Sheridan Post 46, Weston, J. M. Tarbell, Commander, 22 men. DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC. Department Commander, M. Emmett. Sl'ijl'. Solomon Eannce, Senior \' ice-Commander ; Calvin Earnsworth, .lunior Vice-Commander; Horatio N. Howard, Medical Director; John Keough, Assistant Adjutant-General; A. H. G. Pichardson, Assistant Quartermaster-General ; Abraliam Hart, Insi)ector ; Harry Jenkins, Cliief Mustering Officer. Nine Past Department Commanders. Aids. D. A. Grosvenor, N. D. Adams, S. L. Wilson, A. E. Dinsmore, L. B. Cutler, J. F. Vinal, W. E. DeKniglit, J. W. Deneane, C. II. Ingram, John McElroy, G. A. Deering, W. W. Eldridge, G. E. Lemon, R. E. Smitli, C. P. Randall, Elnathan Meade, Fred Thompson, E. S. Fletcher, John Cameron, E. A. liruter, P. H. Carson, A. J. Uuntoon, J. M. Edgar. Old (Jnard Union N'etfran Corps, Washington, 1). C., rianies W. Edgar, Captain, 52 men. Rawlins Post Drum Corps. John \. Rawlins Post 1. Wasinngton, I). C, Alva S. Tabcr. Commander, 75 men. 122 TKOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH Kit Carson Drum Corps. Kit Carson Post 2, Washington, T>. C, George ^lackay, Commander, 200 men. Lincoln Post 3, AVashington, D. C, Marion T. Anderson, Commander, 70 men. O. P. ^Morton Post i (colored), Washington. T). C, George T). Graham, Commander, 34 men. George G. :Meade Post .'>, Washington, ]). C, William M. Potter, Commander, 68 men. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. Department Commander, N. J. Smith. Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, W. N. Eaton; Assistant Quarter- master-General, John W. Ruiter ; Member of the Council of Admin- istration, Frank Slade ; Delegates to the National Encampment. .James M. Williams and W. .7. Manning; Past Department Commanders, H. Carlisle, J. W. Woodman ; Past Junior Vice-Commander, Edgar Allen; Senior Vice-Commander, J. E. Puller ; Aid, H. D.B.Clay. Parragut Post Drum Corps. Parragut Post 1, Portsmouth, James Clegg, Commander, 15 men. Eichmond Drum Corps. Phil Kearney Post 10, Richmond, J. B. Merrill, Commander, 30 men. Delegations from Cailloux Post 2, Norfolk; Dahlgren Post 4, Norfolk; James K. Clay Post 17, Hampton ; Garfield Post 9, Hampton ; Warden Post 25, Norfolk. DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND Department Commander, George H. Graham. Staff. Adjutant-General, Hugh A. Maughlin ; Quartermaster-General, John AV. Worth; Aide-de-Camp, John Taylor. Wilson Drum and Bugle Corps. Wilson Post 1. Baltimore, William King, Commander, 70 men. A. W. Dodge Post 44, Baltimore, John Barrows, Commander, 49 men. Dushane Drum Corps, Baltimore. Dushane Post 3, Baltimore, Prank M. Smith, Commander, 123 men. Delegations from Burnside Post 49, and others, 75 men. DEPARTMENT OF NEBRASKA. Department Commander, T. S. Clarkson. Staff'. Past Department Commanders, Paul Van Der Voort, Governor John M. Thayer, H. C. Russell, H. E. Palmer, A. V. Cole, W. C. Henry; Assistant Adjutant-Generals, J. B. Sawhill. C. E. Bnrmester, A. Aller. NATIONAL f:XCAMrMF.NT OF THE G. A. R. 123 About 100 men in line, representing Seclg-wick Post 1, Kearne}^; J. W. Gerry Tost 81, Juniata; Farrayut Post 2"). Lincoln ; Lyon Tost 11, Grand Island; Stricl\land Tost 13, Hastings; Mansfield Post 54, Palmyra; George A. Custer Post 7, Omaha; Hooper Post 133, Hooper ; Sam Rice Post 256, Merna ; McPherson Post 4, Fremont ; L. L. Richards, Commander. DEPARTMENT OF MICHIGAN. Department Commander, Henry ]M. Duftield. Staff. Assistant Adjutant-General, W. P. Sumner; Assistant Quarter- master-General, A. ]\I. Holt; Senior Vice-Commander, William Jibb ; Junior Vice-Commander, E. L. Negus. Fourth Regiment Band of Detroit. Detroit I'ost 383, Detroit, W. A. Greene, Commander, 3(1 men. Fairbanks Post Drum Corps, Detroit. Fairbanks Post 7, Detroit, Thomas Davey, Commander, 23 men. Delegation of 300 men from the various Posts in the Department. DEPARTMENT OF IOWA. Department Commander. ]\Iason P. Mills. Staff. G. M. Parker, Chief of Statt"; C. L. Longley, Adjutant; 0. L. French, Senior Vice-Commander; E. B. Messer, Junior Vice-Com- mander; A. U. McCormick, Chief Mustering Officer. Aids. J. B. Raymond, Sargent Quiers, H. Diehl. Delegation of 200 men from the different Posts in the Department. DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA. Department Commander, Gil R. Stormont. Stuff. J. N. Walker, Adjutant ; General O. P. Weaver, Quartermaster ; Lieutenant Governor Chase, Past Department Commander; J. G. W. Hardy. Aids. J. S. Epperson, A. Fite, J. W. Pollock, Isaac L. Elson, George Butler. Platoon of 105 men, representing various Posts of tlie Department. DEPARTMENT OF COLORADO AND WYOMING. Department Commander, 1). L. Holden. G. W. Cook Zouave Drum and Fife Corps of Denver. Leadville Drum and Fife Corps of Leadville, Colorado. Staff of Commander. R. H. Dunn, Assistant Adjutant-General; W. A. Olmstead, Quartermaster-General; A. V. Bohn, Past Department Commander. Aids. James Inman. C. E. Emery, W. B. Upton, A. M. SaAvyer, G. W. Haskell, G. S. Smitli, A. Coan, J. D. Hill. Platoon of 40 men from various Posts. 124 UNOFFICIAL PEOCEEDIN(;S TWENTY-FOURTH DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS. Department Comiuaiider, I. F. Collins. Staff. Past Department Commander, T. J. Anderson; Past Department Commander, Newton Stewart; Adjutant, John C. Carpenter. Tliird IJeiiiment Band of Iloulton, Kansas. Murdock Singing Club of Topeka. Platoon of 7."> men from various Posts. DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE. Department Commander, Samuel P. Lewis. Staff. J. W. Messiclv, Junior Vice-Commander; John Stradle.v, Assist- ant Adjutant-General. Platoon of 3.J men from various Posts. DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTA. Department Commander, James Compton. Staff. Charles H. Parker, Senior Vice-Commander: L. M. Lange, Junior Vice-Commander; G. W. ^Moorey, Adjutant-General. Platoon of ."JO men from various Posts. DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI. Department Commander, Leo Rassieur. Staff. George W. Martin, Senior Vice-Commander; Thomas H. Hagerty, Chaplain ; Thomas B. Rogers, Assistant Adjutant-Gen- eral; E. C. Baugher, Valentine Barth, Antoine Demuth, Stephen Dillacella, W. IL Thomas, C. G. Burton," Louis Grund, J. N. Hartzell, I. T. Bronson. \Vm. Lowe, J. R. Milver, J. W . :\roore. William Page, G. W. Bryant, Charles Emery, G. W. Bailey. T. A. Ackerman, William Warner, Nelson Cole, Hiram Smith, Jr., J. E. Phelps, Oscar Iloefer, N. W. Taylor, Arthur Duifus, Aids. Kansas City Rifles Band. Kansas City Rifles, A. R. Taylor, Commander, 44 men. Wausau 3d National Guard Band of ^Milwaukee, Wis. Frank P. Blair Post 1, St. Louis, J. J. Scharr, Commander, 175 men. Gen. Lyon Post 2, St. Louis, Jacob N. Evers. Commander, ."iO men. Roxbury Drum Corps. Col. Ilasseudevbel Post 13, St. Louis, Ernest Kretschmar. Commander, 7-t men. Arsenal Corps Band of St. Louis. Hansom Post 181, St. Louis, H. N. Pollard, Commander. KIS men. Col. Shaw Post 343 (colored), St. Louis, F. R. Clarke, Commander, 10 men. NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OF TllK (J. A. K. 125 DEPARTMENT OF OREGON. Department ( 'oniiiKnider. .hiuies A. A'aniey. Eepresentatives of Posts -i, 20 and 320, 5 men. DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY. Department Commander, M. Mittou. Staf. All)ert Scott, Assistant Adjntant-General; F. AY. Hagar, T. P. Hrowning, A. J. Hammond, A. Bnrchard, Albert Ka2;al. 15. Mathews, A. T. Thorpe. 15. Xinekerk, Aides. F. V. Miller Drnni Corps of Lonisville. George II. Thonuis Post (I, Lonisville, C. E. Carroll, Commander, ?>() men. Detachment of ' men. Pliil Sheridan Post 4, Boise City, Jolm Dntton, Past Commander, ."> men. U. S. Grant Post 8, Shoshone, F. W. Coolid^-e, Commander, 2 men. George II. Thomas Post 0, Blackfoot. Delegate E. S. Whittier, Com- mander, 3 men. DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA. Department Commander, David Porter. Staff. C. T.Watson, Junior Vice-Commander ; Thomas F. Gleason, S. F. B. Gillespie, Delegate A. E. P.uck, Alternate W. W. Brown, General John K. Lewis. W. S. Hancock Post 3, Savannah, Eugene Ybanes, Commander, ."i men. O. M. Mitchell Post 1, Atlanta, A. E. Buck, Commander. 3 men. Edward S. Jones Post o, Macon, \V. W. Brown, Commander, 2 men. Major Robert .Vnderson Post 7, Charleston, James U. Ladd, Commander, 2 men. DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA. Department Counnander. W. II. Hunter. W. H. Uice Military Band. George H. Thomas Post 12, Fort Payne, C. D. Reamer, Commander, 52 men. DEPARTMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA. Department C(jmmander, George 15. Winshi]). Representatives from several Posts of the De[)artnient. 12 men. 12-S INOFFiriAL rnOfEKDINGS TAVKNTY-FOIRTII DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS. (icDiiauhi Uaiul. JJo.sloii. Daliliircu Post 2, South Boston, Benjamin F. Brown, Coniniander, KlU men, as escort to Department Commander. Department Ileadqnarters gnidon and colors. ('olor-Sergeant, Tlieodore Lentz of Boston. Department Commander, George H. Innis. Staff. Chief of Statl", Andrew E. Perkins of Boston ; Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, J. Fayson Bradley of Sonth Boston; Medical Director, Dr. J. Y. BrcAvster of Plymonth; Judge-Advocate, W. B. Rowell of ]Methnen ; Quartermaster, John II. O'Donnell; Chaplain, Alexander Blackburn of Lowell. Aida. William 11. Warner of Fall River ; Charles S. Anthony of Taunton ; Fred Bullard of East Brookfleld; F. L. Boyden of Brockton; Myron H. Whittredge of Lynn ; Timothy Andrews of Essex; A. A. Putman of Uxbridge. First Division Guidon, Sergeant William S. Dane of Post 1."). FIRST SUB-DIVISIUX. Chief of Division. Department Senior Yice-Commander, A. A. Smith. Chief of Division Staff. George A. J. Colgan of Boston. Aids. O. B. Wood, J. A. Ilawson of Amherst, James A. Horton of Greenfield, William O. Ryan of North Adams, John McCrillis of Roxbury, John R. McCrillis of Marlboro', Myron J. Ferren of Stone- ham, William L. Gage of Braintree, Dr. James Oliver of Athol, G. Pinkham of Lowell, S. C. Spooner of Millbury, R. S. Ryan of Canton, Dr. H. J. Millard of North Adams, Andrew Saner of Shelburne Falls, Henry P. Kennedy of Brighton. Musical Exchange Band. William Logan Rodman Post 1, New Bedford, G. P. Giftbrd, Com- mander, 200 men. City Fife and Drum Corps of Taunton. William II. Bartlett Post 3, Taunton, A. H. Blake, Commander, 103 men. * Melrose Drum and Fife Corps. IT. S. Grant Post i, Melrose, John Gray, Commander, .".(i men. Lynn Brass and Lynn Cadet Bands consolidated. General F. W. Lander Post 5, Lynn, Eli W. Hall, Commander, -10 com- panies, 725 men. Continental Band of Providence. P. T. Wyman Post 6, Holliston, D. F. Travis, Commander, 40 men. E. W. Pierce Post 8, Middleboro, R. M. Dempsey, Commander, 75 men. Charles Russell Lowell Drum and Fife Corps. Charles Russell Lowell Post 7, Boston, W. .). Gillespie, Commander, ■102 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 121) First lloiilnu'iit Drum. Fife and I)ii, Brockton, ,1. W. 15roAvn, Commander, 14."> men. Armed T5attalion Band. John A. Andrew Armed Battalion, Major E. 1). Sanlioru. John A. Andrew Post 15, Boston, James A. Fox, Commander, ?>'>0 men. Colt's First IJeiiimeut C. X. G. Band, of Hartford. E. K. Wilcox Post 1(1, Springfield, E. :\I. Tinkham. Commander. 200 men. Oranjre New Home Band. Sedii'wick Post 17, Oranu'e, Israel Newton, Commander, 101 men. Drum Corps. Colonel Prescott Post 1.'^, Ashland, G. C. Fisk, Commander, 40 men. Miller's Brass Band. H. M. Warren Post 12, Wakefield, AV. L. Hawes, Commander. 200 men. Allen's Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps. Edwin V. Sumner Post 19, Fitcliburf"-, N. F. Bond, Commander, 200 men. Woburn Band. Joseph Hooker Post 2?., East Boston, Edward Preble, Commander, 110 men. :Milford Brass Band. :Major E. F. Fletcher Post 22, Milford, H. A. Pond, Commander, 150 men. Drum and Fife Corps. A. B. R. Sprague Post 2-1, (irafton, B. F. Gibson, Commander, 42 men. H. I\. Legge Post 25, Uxbridge, Edward Parker, Commander, 34 men. Baldwin's Cadet Band. Thomas G. Stevenson Post 28, lvoxl)nry, J. E. Killian, Commander, 250 men. Rutland Band. George D. Wells Post 28, West Boylston, Silas Newton, Commander, 30 men. Post 29 Drum and Fife Corps. F. P. 11. Rogers Post 29, Waltham, M. H. Stevens', Commander, 150 men. Wellington Camp Sons of Veteran Drnm Corps. W. II. Smart Post 30, Cambridgeport, T. W. Mahady, Commander, 179 men with naval squad and armed color guard. Drum Corps. Washington Post 32, South Boston, George Myrick, Commander, 103 men. Post 33 Drum Corps. 130 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVENTY- FOURTH liurhaiik Post 33, Woburn, W. W Warren, Coiinuiuuler, -42 men. Salcra Brass Band. Phil Sheridan Post 3-t, Salem, Almon Allard, Commander, 298 men. One company was com])osed entirely of Salem Police under command of City Marshal, Comrade John W . Hart. Theodore AVinthrop Post 3.j, Chelsea, Geo. F. Oliver. Commander, 220 men. F. A. Stearns Post 37, Spencer, II. J. Clark, Commander, 05 men. Dexter Post 38, Brookfleld, William H. Nichols, Commander, 2'> men. Ninth Infantry Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. Needham Post 39, Lawrence, C. E. Lock, Commander, 200 men. Westfleld Drum Corps. Lyon Post 41, Westfleld, L. F. Carter, Commander, 70 men. SECOND Si;i5-DI VISION. Junior Vice-Commander, James K. Churchill in command. Staf. E. A. Stevens, Charlestown, Chief of Staft'; W. F. Sinclair, .Mar- blehead; Percy Goddard, Grafton; W. H. ^Mellen, Athol; Georiie W. Smith, Lawrence; W. T). Planchard, Leominister; H. W. Page, Shrewsbury : A. L. Jones, Harwich; A. Lovejoy, Ayer ; R. D. Bates, Dan vers. Aids. Dr. J. M. Rice, Worcester, Chief; Medical Staff: Drs. C. W. Chamberlain, Lawrence; E. R. Wheeler, Spencer; A. I). Kingsbury, Needham; E. A. Chase, Brockton. B. F. Butler Drum and Fife Corps. Worcester Brass Band. George H. Ward Post 10, Worcester, C. 11. Pinkliam, Commander, 419 men. B. F. Butler Post 42, Lowell, E. T. Rowell, Commander, 150 men. Sixth Regiment Band, Marlboro. J. A. Rawlins Post 43, Marlboro, F. C. Curtis, Commander, 105 men. George L. BoutAvell Post 48, Ayer, G. L. Sawyer, Commander, 50 men. 1). O. Frost Drum Corps, Gloucester. Colonel Allen Post 45, Gloucester, E. G. Winchester, Commander, 100 men. American I5and, Fall River. Richard Borden Post 46, Fall River, J. M. Deane, Commander, 275 men. Haverhill Drum and Fife Corps. Major Howe Post 47, Haverhill, Loren/o Frost, Commander, 75 men. Newburyport Cadet Band. A. W. P>artlett Post 49, Newburyport, George W. Latimer, Commander, 150 men. Ezra Batcheller Post 51, North Brookfleld, Josei)h H. Lombard, Commander, 50 men. A. B. Randall Post 52, South Boston, (ieorge G. Smith, Commander, 40 men. XAIIONAL 1:N( AMl'.ArEXT 01-' THE G. A. K. 131 C. S. Hastings Post o^, Berlin. .1. I>. l):iy. ('onniiaiidcr. L'."i men. Leoniin.ster J'.and. (.'liarlc's ir. Stevens Post 5;^, Leominster, II. X. Spring, Couiniander, 110 men. .Vrliniiton Hand. Cliarles IJeck Tost .")(!. Caniliridge, A. .1. Littlefield, Commander. 11.") men. IJunker Hill Cadet Drum, Fife and IJngle Corps. 1'. Stearns Davis Tost .")7, East (Cambridge, W. F. Newman. Commander, 110 men. Weymouth Brass Band. Keynolds Post .")S, Weymoutli, F. A. Bieknell, Commander. 2-l(). Major J. A. Pratt Post 59, Sterling, E. W. Toombs. Commander, 2.') men. Webster Drum Corps. Xatlianiel Lyon Post 01, Webster, A. K. Snow, Commander, '.xi men. Crescent Band, Waltliam. Charles Ward lN)st C)2, Xewton. S. S. Whitney, Commander, 12."> men. Xatiek Cadet Band. Ceneral WadsAvorth Post (;;L Xatiek, A. B. Pierce, Commander, 1.30 men. E. D. Baker Post (U, Clinton, H. J. Brown, Connnander. oO men. American Band, Boston. S. C. Lawrence I'ost (!('>, Medford, J. B. Simpson, Commander, so men. Med way Band. Benjamin Stone, Jr., Post ()8, Dorchester, H. P. Paige, Commander, 200 men. City Band, Quincy. George S. Thayer Post 87, South Braintree, H. A. Mai'ks, Commander, 75 men. J. P. Rice Post (;;», Westminster, L. M. Drury, Commander, 25 men. A. St. John Chaml)re Post 72, Stonghton. Lysander Wood, Commander, 50 men. American Baud. South Weymoutii. Paul Uevere Post S,s, Quincy, J. D. Williams. Connnander, So men. Holyoke Drum Corps. Kiipatrick Post 7L Holyoke, F. A. Streeter, Comnniuder. 75 men. Abington Band. McPlierson Post 7:!, Abington, H. T. llocliefort. Commander. (lo men. Saugus Drum Corps. General E. W. Hiucks Post H5, Saugus. C. D. Fiske, Commander. 50 men. Pockland Drum ;uid Fife ('or|is. Harlsurt' Post 74, Rockland. ('. 11. Cliul)buck, Commander, (lo men. Cadet Drum, Fife ami liugle Corps, Boston. J. P. Gould Post 75, Stoneham, .1. R. Foster, Commander, loo men. Ozro Miller Post !)8, Shelburne Falls, W. Woodward, Connnander, 50 men. Gro\c;land Drum Corps. Cliarles Sunnier Post lol, Crovclaud, Isaac C. Dav, Connnander. 50 men. 132 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH Plymontli Hock Band. Silver Spring Fife and Drum Corps. "Colliugwood Post 76, Plynioutli, N. L. Savery, Commander, 80 men. Theron E. Hall Post 77, Holden, T. C. Clark, Commander, 30 men. David A. Russell Post 78, Whitman, James E. Bates, Commander, 115 men. Centennial Drnm Corps. Charles D. Sandford Post 79, North Adams, A. J. Hough, Commander, 115 men. Associated Drum Corps, Marblehead. John Goodwin, Jr., Post 82, Marblehead, R. B. Brown, Commander, 200 men. J. E. Wilder Post 83, Hanover, 0. T. Whiting, Commander, 25 men. J. W. Lawton Post 85, Ware, D. W. Ainsworth, Coinmander, r>0 men. Sons of Veterans Drum Corps. J. H. Chipman. Jr., Post 89, Beverly, W. D. Eldredge, Commander, 150 men. Danvers G. A. R. Drum Corps. Ward Post 90, Dauvers, E. D. Bates, Commander, 110 men. Foxboro Post 91, Foxboro, D. Scott, Commander, 35 men. E. Humphrey Post lOJr, Hingham, Thomas Weston, Commander, 50 men. Templeton Drum Corps. Ericsson Post 109, East Templeton, E. W. Stone, Commander. 40 men. Everett Peabody Post 108, Georgetown, Benjamin Martin, Commander, GO men. Brockton Heights Band. Captain Horace Niles Post 110, Randolph, H. C. Alden, Commander, 80 men. J. E. Simmons Post 111, Pembroke, C. A. Bryant, Commander, 30 men. D. Willard Robinson Post 112, Norwell, J. H. Prouty, Commander, 50 men. Colonel C. R. Mudge Post 114, Meirimac, Bailey Sargent, Commander, 40 men. South Gardner Drum Corps. D. G. Farragut Post 116, Gardner, Harvey Clark, Commander, 85 men. Moses Ellis Post 117, Medfleld, L. Babcock, Commander, 30 men. Wicklifle Drum Corps, Lynn. James L. Bates Post 118, Swampscott, S. F. Douglass, Commander, 30 men. Dedham Brass Band. T. Ingraham Post 121, Hyde Park, W. C. Bryant, Commander, 80 men. E. P. Wallace Post 122, Amesbury, C. E. Kennard, Commander, 80 men. Parker Post 123, Athol, B. W. Spooner, Commander, 75 men. Justin Dimick Post 124, East Bridgewater, G. R. Dyer, Commander, 40 men. S. L. Bonney Post 127, Hanson. .h)hn Scales, Commander, 40 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 133 George E. Sa}ies Post 12(5, Adams, R. S. Harron, Commander, '2r> men. Geori>-e H. Tliomas Post 121, Leicester, Henry Bisco, Commander, :!.") men. Allen's Drnm Corps, Boston. Robert A. Bell Post i:U, Boston (colored), Joseph H. Smith, Commander, '.10 men. George C. Marshall Post 1:51!, Rntland, George A. Brown, Commander, 30 men. TIIIllD SUB-DIVISION. Department Inspector, W. A. AVetherbee, Commander of Division, Post (52, Newton. Staf. II. W. Downs, Post (;2, Newton, Chief; Medical Start": J. F. Galloupe, M.D., Chief, Post 5, Lynn : Dr. George B. Coggswell, Post 52, North Easton ; Dr. George Jewett, Post 19, Fitchburg; Dr. H. F.Copeland, Post 78, Whitman: Dr. A. E. Paine, Post 13, Brockton. Aidcs-dc-Camp. ^y. A. Hopkins, Post 134, Boston; Division Colors: I. M. Holt, Post 88, Qnincy; S. G. Southwick. Post .j(J, Peabody ; Amos Stillman, Post 34, Salem; Fayette S. Bidwell, Post 19.5, Pep- perell; A. J. Bennett, Post 1.5(5, Everett; W. M. Gilman, Post 104, Ilingham; E. P. Morton, Postfil, Webster; H. A. Starkey, Post 1.53. Winchendon ; C. E. Palmer, Post 121, Hyde Park ; J. Walter Bradlee. Post 105, Milton; N. Richardson, Jr., Post lOG, Rockport; David Dines, Post 47, Whitinsville; Calvin Clafliu, Post 1G8, Southbridge ; L. C. Lane, Post 20,^Waltham; C. W. Gale, Post 19, Fitchburg. Somerville Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. W. C. Kinsley Post 139, Somerville, H. B. Sellon, Commander, 150 men. C. W. Carroll Post 144. Dedham, J. A. Lothrop, Commander, 75 men. Water town Drum Corps. J. B. Patten Post 81, Watertown, J. R. Harrison, Commander, 40 men. Burnside Post 142, Saxonville, G. A. Reed, Commander, 40 men. M. E. Stowell Post 84, South Deertield, D. F. Hagar, Commander. IC men. Topsfleld Brass Band. Union Post 50, Peabody, W. F. Wiley, Commander, 100 men. St. James Cadet Drum Corps. A. D. Weld Post 148, Winchester, E. Robinson, Commander, 30 men. Maplewood Cadet Band. General H. G. Berry Post 40, Maiden, F. T. Hawley, Commander, 100 men. Roma Band, Boston. Francis Washburn Post 92, Brighton, Josiah Rhodes, Commander, 90 men. C. 11. Phillips Post 14, Hopkinton, C. B. Holman, Commander, ;'.0 men. ilattapan Drum Corps. H. F. Walcott I'ost 102, Milton, J. F. Farrell, Commander, 40 men. Southboro Band. Otis Chapman Post 103, (.'hicopee, W. C. Tracey, Commander, 35 men. Major Boyd Post 151, AVest Newbury, H. D. Lay, Commander, 22 men. O. H. P. Sargent Post 152, Essex, J. H. Burnham, Commander, 30 men. 134 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Frederick Hecker Post 21 Drum Corps. Froderic'k Hecker Post 21, Boston, F. B. Baiiburg, C'oiiunnmlcr, 45 men. Xorthampton Drum Corps. W. L. Uaker Post 86, Northampton, L. B. Parkhurst, Commander, 190 men. Home Drum Corps. Major (i. L. Stearns Post H'.). Cliarlestown, C. E. Folsom, Commander, 60 men. Jolip Kogers Post 170, Mansfield, H. E. Slierman, Ccjnnnandcr, 25 men. La^Arence Military Band. William B. Greene Post 100, Metliuen, M. W. Keyes, Commander, 60 men, accompanied by battery. J. Orson Fiske Post 105, Upton, D. AV. Morse, Commander, 2(i men. L. L. Merrick Post 107, Palmer, George O. Henry, Commander. 25 men. 0. W. AVallace Post 106, Roekport, H. C. Davis, Commander, ;-!5 men. Agawam Band. General James Appleton Post 128. Ipswicli. C. W. Bamford, Commander, 60 men. George W. Berry Post 31, Scituate, A. A. Seaverns, Commander, 40 men. Athol Drum Corps. Hubbard V. Smith Post 140, Athol, W. J. Jaquith, Commander, 75 men. Andover Drum Corps. General W. F. Bartlett Post 09, Andover, M. L. Farnliam, Commander, 30 men. Hobb's Band, Boston. Francis Gould Post 36, Arlington, S. C. Frost, Commander, 4(i men. Artlmr G. Biscoe Post 80, Westboro, J. W. Fairbanks, Commander, 80 men. W. W. Rockwell Post 125, Pittsfleld, C. B. Scudder, Commander, 50 men. Drum Corps. Woburn Post 161, Woburn, J. L. Pinkhani, Commander, 85 men. Norfolk Brass Band. Prentis M. Whiting Post 192, North Attleboro, S, M. Bugbee, Commander, 45 men. G. A. R. Post 120 Band, Lowell. James A. Gartield Post 120, Lowell, C. W. Nevers, Commander, 125 men, and battery. Marcus Keefe Post 155, Monson, A. A. Gage, Commander, 48 men. South Franiingham Drum Corps. General J. G. Foster Post 163, South Fi'amingham, E. F. Phinney, Commander, 50 men. Alpha Drum Corps, Boston. John A. HaAves Post 159, East Boston, L. H. Dutton, Comnuvnder, 80 men. Juniata Brass Band, Stonehani. Veteran Post 194, Reading, W. S. Parker, Conmiandcr, 75 num. NATIONAL ENCAMPMKNT OF THE G. A. K. 135 Concord Drum Corps. Old Concord Post l.sO, Concord. E. F. I'helps. Connnandcr, 4o men. General H. C. Lee Post 17(:, Hiintinnton, J. K. Knox, Commander, 40 men. Samuel F. Woods Post 171>. Barre, B. F. Brooks, Commander, ."iO men. E. J. (xrisiis Post it;, Belcliertown. A. W. Morse, Commander, ;55 men. (ieori>:e H. Patch Camp 80 Drum Corps. James A. Perkins Post 15(), Everett, G. C. Gould, Commander. oO men. George G. Meade Post 119, Lexington, E. S. Locke, Commander, 30 men. J. C. Freeman Post .").'j, Provincetown, J. Cook, Commander, 30 men.' Isaac Davis Fife and Drum Corps, Acton. Isaac Davis Post KkS, West Canton, D. H. Hall, Commander, 40 men. ^Martha Sever Post l."')4, Kingston, (i. A. Graves, Commander, :5.j men. Camlnidge City Band. John A. Logan Post 180, Cambridgeport, J. W. Brown, Commander, ."iO men. Dalton Drum Corps. Hancock Post 187, Dalton, Edwin Northrup, Commander, 2."> men. Preston Post 188, Beverly Farms, Eben Day, Commander, 30 men. American Watch Company Band. Gettysburg Post I'.H, Boston, Harrison Hume, Commander, lOo men. Allen's Band, Billerica. Ladd and Whitney Post 18.5, Lowell, J. D. S. Baldwin, Commander. 130 men. Scott Bradley Post 177, Lee, J. H. Casey, Commander, S~> men. George A. Custer Post 70, Millbury, J. A. Coffin, Commander, 30 men. Gilman C. Parker Post 153, Winchendon, B. K. Thomas, Commander, 40 men. William H. Freeman Post 129, Blackstone, P. Cavanaugh, Commander, l.j men. M. E. Taft Post 1(;2, Turners Falls. J. F. Bartlett. Commander, 40 men. Armstrong Post 150, Montague, Jason Mann, Commander, 20 men. George H. Maintien Post 133, Plainville, H. E. Coombs, Commander, 30 men. Hill's Band. Xew Bedford. R. A. Pierce Post 190, Xew Bedford, W. J. Nickerson, Commander, 100 men. ;Medway Cornet Band. James H. Sargent Post 130. Medway, D. S. Woodman, Commander, 35 men. German Band, Pittsfleld. Berkshire Post 197, Pittsfleld, Walter Cutting, Commander, 50 men. William B. Eaton Post 199, Revere, L. L. BuUai'd, Commander, 20 men. Henry Clay Post 201, Cottage City, H. W. Coye, Commander, 20 men. Samuel Sibley Post 137, East Douglass, G. E. Bigelow, Commander, 25 men. Norwich Band. Rowse R. Clarke Post 1G7, Whitinsville, James Critchton, Commander, 35 men. 136 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH M. Ammido-\vn Post 168, Southbridge, E. T. Morse, Commander, 50 men. George K. Bird Post 109, Norwood, Alvin Fuller, Commander, 40 men. East PeppereU Drum Corps. Thomas A. Parker Post 195, PeppereU, G. H. Morrill, Commander, 50 men. Xeedham Drum Corps. Galen Orr Post 181, Needham, A. E. Foss, Commander, 25 men. C. M. Wheaton Post 182, Somerset, W. H. Belden, Commander, 20 men. Charles C. Smith Post 183, South Iladlej', Patrick O'Gara, Commander, 40 men. Sergeant Plunkett Post 184, Ashburuham, W. 0. Parker, Commander, 25 men. Greenfield Drum Corps. Edwin C. Day Post 174, Greenfield, Anson Withey, Commander, 50 men. William Wadsworth Post 165, Duxbury, H. H. Lewis, Commander, 35 men. NAVAL DIVISION AND REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS. Commander-in-Chief, Syrames E. Brown, Commodore of National Association of Naval Veterans. Staff. Lorenzo H. Traver of Providence, R. I., and John H. Dougherty of Boston. Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, Boston, Commodore Paul H. Kendriken, Commander, 175 men. Naval Post 516, New York, B. S. Osborn, Acting Commander, 40 men. Farragut Naval Veterans, New York, Lewus Richards, Commander, 20 men. Edwin A. Stevens Post 104, Hoboken, N. J., E. D. Egbert, Commander, 20 men. Connecticut Naval Veterans, Hartford, F. B. Allen, Commander, 9 men. About 26 members of this Association were scattered throughout the column with their Posts. Naval Veteran Legion, Philadelphia, Isaac K. Archer, Commander, 100 men. Farragut Association of Naval Veterans, Providence, R. I., William H. Place, Commander, 40 men. Farragut Association, Philadelphia, Commodore William Simmond, Commander, 50 men. Farragut Naval Association of the West, A. P. Johnson, Commander, 6 men. Gushing Naval Veteran Association of Milwaukee, Wis., 3 men. Minnesota Naval Veteran Association, one delegate. Three Falls Naval Veterans, Louisville, Ky., one delegate. Boston Fife and Drum Corps. Robert G. Shaw Veteran Association, Major Westley J. Furlong, Commander, 50 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. l'"'>7 SONS OF VETERANS. Lieut. -General II. I?. Uauley, Department Coininander. Staff. Adjutant-General. .1. 1$. Maccabe; Assistant Adjutant-General, C. F. Sarsrent; Cliief of Statt". J. H. Hinclcley. AidK. Colonels G. F. Goulding, W. R. Davis, X. C. Upliam, D. B. Fnrbeck, F. J. Bradford. James Joyce, C. H. Messenger; Lieuten- ant-Colonel Perkins, Major 11. W. AVilcox, Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Abbot, Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Sweetland, Major R. J. Leonard, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank S. Hitter and Lieutenant-Colonel E. E. FMlbrook. Maiden City Baud. Division Commander, Col. "\V. A. Stevens. Staff. Lieutenant-Colonel, Charles K. Darling: Major. W. II. Delano ; and Judge-Advocate, AVillard Rowland. Camp 41 Drum Corps. Gen. N. P. Banks Camp 41, Waltham. Watson Johnson. Commander, o2 men. William F. Barry Camp 7(3, ^Melrose. Everett Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps. General A. P. Martin Camp G2, Everett, William E. Lee, Commander, 4.5 men. Camp lOn Drum Corps. J. Wiley Edwards Camp 100, Newton, A. G. Shattuck, Commander, 30 men. Nonpareil Drum Corps, Roxbury. Admiral Winslow Camp 31, Roxbury, W. T. Sheehan, Commander. 142 men". Cami) SI Drum Corps. Theodore Wintlirop Camp 81, Chelsea, 11. S. Thompson. Commander, 80 men. Captain Richard Phillips Camp 3, Marblehead, Willard White, Commander, 40 men. Camp 2 Drum Corps. Goodell Camp 2, Worcester, James A. Getting, Commander, 6.5 men. Colonel L. D. Sargent Camp 21, Lawrence, David S. Farquer, Com- mander, 24 men. K. Randall Jenness Camp 10, Haverhill, E. P. Coggswell, Commander, 20 men. Gloucester City Band. J. F. Dyer Camp 24, Gloucester, Charles B. Corliss, Commander, 3.5 men. Naunikeag Drum Corps, Salem. Henry Merritt Camp 8, Salem, A. IL Iliggins, Commander, r,o men. Nathaniel Bowditch Camp 30. Dorchester, A. L. Stiles, Commander, 40 men. 138 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH ('aiiip i;^ Drum Corps. J. A. Andrew Camp i;>, Srouiiiitoii. Harry ('. Weston, Coninnuulor. 'M men. William Palmer Camp 4. Randolph. Walter Lyons, Commander, 31 men. Clark S. Symouds Cami) 2S, Fitchbnrg, Frank White. Commander, 50 men. Roanoke (Janip 105, Sonthbrids-e, E. Meade, Commander, with delegates from Albert Prince Camp 12, Oxford, and W. S. Hancock Camp 32, Webster, 28 men. Dahlgren Post i)8, South Boston, E. G. Priest, Commander, 25 men. Rockland Drum Corps. Howard A. Wheeler Camp 50, Rockland, John Carney, Commander, 3G men. General D. N. Conch Camp 20, Taunton, Fred Plummer. Commander, 55 men. Richard Borden Camp HO, Fall River, Frank McGraw, Commander, 60 men. E. A. Bennett Camp 52, Leominister, George A. Woodward, Commander, 36 men. W. H. Carney Camp 82 Drum Corps. W. H. Carney Camp 82, Boston, A. A. Seldon, Commander, 20 men. E. A. Bridges Camp 83, HoUiston, N. E. Bridges, Commander, 24 men. Charles C. Clark Camp 69, Pembroke, Percy Damon, Commander, 34 men. Camp 36 Drum Corps. J. L. Bates Camp 36, Weymouth, M, P. Garey, Commander, 50 men. General George G. Meade Camp 67, Abington, George Hunt, Commander, .30 men. Camp 72 Drum Corps. Charles S. Meade Camp 72, Ilingham, G. O. Henderson, Commander, 53 men. C. E. Bates Camp 88. Scituate, A. A. Coleman. 20 men. Stephen M. Weld Camp 75, Dedham, G. L. Hargraves, Commander, 55 men. W. G. Scanlan Camp 42, Grafton, B. D. Adams, Commander, 33 men. Joe Hooker Camp 73, North Brookfleld, Charles L. Dickinson, Commander, 20 men. R. F. Bowen Camp 74, Millbury, James Dunn, Commander. 10 men. Brighton Drum Corps, 7 men. Joel D. Dudley Camp 89, Brighton, F. W. Clarke, Commander, 40 men. Benjamin S. Lovell Camp 112, West Acton, O. L. Clough, Commander, 30 men. Henry Cabot Lodge Camp 114, Boston, J. J. Coftey, Jr., Commander, 28 men. Henry AVilson Camp 49, Xatick, Xelson H. Peirce, Commander, 30 men. NATIONAL KNCAMl'MKNT OF THE G. A. R. l.Il) V. (,'. Ciii'tis Caiiip m, Maiihorn", IJ. ( ). Clark. Coiiiiiiaiulcr. 4s iiu'U. Cluuics D. Force Camp Cii;. Xorwood, Will IJatcinan, CoiiiuiaiKlcr, L's iiicu. Georse A. Custer Camp 11. W'iiitmaii. Frank Ford, Commaiuler. 40 men. C.eiieral Willlnni F. Draper Camp 44. Franklin, C. ]). Vauarsdaleii. ( 'ommander. ]'.' men. B. \V. Harris Camp (11. Fast Bridijewater. 11. 11. Williams, (ommander, 14 men. Josepli B. Smith Camp 117, Hanover, S. A. Lutlier. Commander, 10 men. W. F. Bartlett Camp lOs, IMttsfleld. H. D. Sisson. Commander, 38 men. A. B. Fuller Camp 102, .Vudi'ew F. Xnttinsi;, Commander. L'll men. Colonel E. E. EUsAVorth Camp ;!f<, Attleboro', W. A. Cook, Commander, 1(! men. I. II. Bonner Camp 58, Foxboro', M. E. Hawes, Commander, 12 men. John Smitli Camp 84, ^Mansfield, Ralph Gibbs, Commander, U; men. J. U. Hanson Camp 7, Danvcrs, F. D. Nimblett, Commander, 2C> men. John Low Camp (!, Beverly, W. S. Hall, Commander, 30 men. General Slieridan Camp '>o. Oraniie, A. A. Upton, Commander, 2(; men. Nelson Gardner Camp 10:3. East Marshfield, F. A. Holmes, Commander, 10 men. U. S. Grant Camp 20, South Boston. F. W. Weller, Commander, l'> men. Arlington Drum, Fife and Bugle Coi'ps. Charles B. ^Marsh Camp 4.5, Arlington, William Keuuison. Commander, :;.") men. Luther Hill Camp (i4, Spencer, F. L. Powers, Commander, 40 men. Company E Military Band, New Bedford. Jolm A. Hawes Camp d'>. New Bedfoi'd, A. L. Allen, Comnuinder, 48 men. Ezra J. Trull Drum Corps. Colonel Ezra J. Trull Camp Ho, Charlestown, Fred C. Stotz, Commander, :i:> men. Colonel Shatswell Camp 8."). Ipswich. G. A. Perkins, Commander, 2.5 men. K. E. Bowen Camp 74, ]\Iillbury, James Dunn, Commander. 10 men. Camp 7'J Drum Corps. William F. Barry Camp 711, ]\IeIrose. Captain 0. H. Cook, 42 men. S. S. Sleeper Camp 5(1, Canton. F. L. Pearson, Commander, 50 men. Walt ham Drum Corps. John P. Lovell Camp 82, Boston, A. A. lihodes. Commander, 00 men. C. R. Mudge Camp 1, Lynn, George C. Atkinson, Commander. 40 men. Farragut Camp 78, Lowell, S. Pickering, Commander, 30 men. General G. A. McClellen Camp (50, Holyoke, C. L. Hammond, Commander, 10 men. Charles Devens Camj) 7o, Upton, Henry Corbin. Commander, 10 men. Walter L. Lincoln Camp 111. .\ndover, C. B. Jenkins, Commander, 30 men. Francis L. Southwick Camp 27, Quincy, C. E. BoAvker, Commander, 40 men. 140 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH Warren II. rudworth Camp 95, East Boston, W. T5. "Wliitney, Com- mander, ;{2 men. S. S. Bond Camp 91, Ware, Will Newcomb, Commander . 18 men. Cadet Drum Corps, CharlestoAvn. Warren Camp 10(i, Charlestown, E. J. Swift, Commander, -iO men. Gerniania Drum Corps, Clinton. L. A. Fuller Camp 19, Clinton, Charles Thomas, Commander, 24 men. American Drum Corps, Roxbury. John F. Andrew Camp 96, F. E. Bolton, Commander, 103 men. Charles Sumner Camp 37, Gardner, R. B. Howard, Commander, 25 men. John H. Dyer Camp 86, Stoneham, W. G. Bartlett, Commander, 26 men. General J. F. Reynolds Camp 23, Reading, John Webster, Commander, 17 men. General J. M. Corse Camp 57, North Attleboro', Thomas McAnllifle, Commander, 30 men. H. S. Greeuleaf Camp 99, Shelburne Falls, F. H. Chandler, Commander, 30 men. Charles P. Warner Post 87, Peabody, George Green, Commander, ■10 men. NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVISION. Colonel James H. Joyce, Commanding. Aids. Captain II. A. Cobb, Captain W. S. Willey and Lieutenant R. L. Day. S. J. Wentworth Drum Corps. S. J. Wentworth Camp 14, Great Falls, Captain H. A. Cobb, Commander, 65 men. J. Q. A. Warren Camp 18, Nashua, W. E. Caft'rey, Commander, 50 men. Delegates from Dover, Laconia, Rochester, Manchester, Milford and Milton, W. S. Willey, Commander, 34 men. MAINE DIVISION. F. .T. Bartlett, Commanding. Portland Drum Corps. Shepley Camp 4, Portland, J. R. Lowell, Commander, 50 men. Chaplain Camp Drum Corps, Bangor. Daniel Chaplain Camp 3, Bangor, F. J. Bartlett, Commander, 40 men. VERMONT DIVISION. Major H. C. Slack, Commanding. Aids. \Ciipt(iin E. L. Ilaj'wai'd, Captain E. C. Barrett, Past Colonel E. T. Griswold. Delegations aggregating 35 men from the following camps : 52, of P'ollis, 60, of Manchester; 94, of Springfield; 28, of Chelsea; 65, of Port Mills; 67, of Windsor; 50, of Morrisville ; 4, of Bennington; 39, of Calais; 2, of Brattleboro' ; Major II. C. Slack, Commander. NATIONAL EXCAMVMENT OF TIIP: G. A. K. 141 CONNECTICUT DIVISION. Captain E. Reisel, Coininandiug. G. A. Stedman Camp (1. Hartford, George E. Fox, Commander, 24 men. Delegation of 20 men from the following camps : 3, of Norwich ; 40, of Unionville; 1"), of Deep River; 8, of Seymour: and 3:?, of Windsor Locks ; E. Reisel, Commander. Sons of Veterans Drnm Corps, Mew Haven. Nathan Hale Camp 1, New Haven, A. E. Lincoln, Commander, ."U men. FROM OTHER STATES. Delegations to the nnmber of 15 from Rnfns King Camp of Jlilwankee, Wis., C. K. Pier Camp 35, Milwankee, and Carl Witty Camp 37 of Sheboygan, Wis., G. T. Schimnnock, Commander. Charles H. Byers Camp t»0, Hoosick Falls, N. Y., E. C. Ryers, Com- mander, 41 men. Reno Camp 102, New York City, accompanied by Lafayette Camp 140, New York City. William A. McCarthy, Commander, 4i) men. Delegations of 15 men from General Reynolds and General U. S. Grant Camps of Philadelphia. I'enn., Colonel W. P. McNulty, Commander. Delegations from Camps IGG and 254 of Chicago, III., Captain Leonard of Camp H]C>, Commander, 12 men. Garfleld Camp ;)0. Burlington, Iowa, one delegate. Delegates from John A. Logan Camp 2, Washington, D. C. RHODE ISLAND DIVISION. Colonel Theodore A. Barton, Commanding. Staff. Lieutenant, E. O. Briggs ; Major, W. R. Williams ; Adjutant, H. C. Dana; Quartermaster, W. H. McCormick; Surgeon, W. D. Russell; Chaplain, E. O. Witter, and Inspector, Ora T. Mason. Continental Band of Providence. McClellan Camp 2, Providence, G. L. Rogers, Commander, 30 men. F. C. Greene Camp 1, Phenix, Alex. Wood, Commander, 22 men. General A. G. Lawrence Camp 3. Newport, S. N. Millington, Com- mander. 17 men. General A. E. Burnslde Canij) 5, Providence, W. P. Fox, Commander, 65 men. A. Iv. Tilton Camp !», Pawtucket. J. E. INIason, Commander, 49 men. General Custer Camp 5, Uockland, W. P.. Bentley, Commander, 18 men. C. F. Gordon Camp lo, Woonsocket. W. S. Preston, Commander, 2G men. Garfield Camp 11, Providence. James Warren, Jr., Commander, 50 men. General G. K. [Nleadc Camp 12, East Providence, G. R. Comrie, Com- mander, 30 men. 142 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TAVENTY- FOURTH r. E. Davis Camp 13, Providence, G. E. Coraaii, Commander, 68 men. George W. Stcdman Camp 14, Westerly, R. A. Mason, Commander, .-53 men. I. r. llodiuan C;niip 1.'). Wakefield, S. H. Donalinc Coinmauder, 3.') men. ^y. ir. p. Steere Camp k;. Central Falls, .1. F. Clark, Commander. 38 men. C. 1). Bowen Camp 18, Apponang, Walter Hoatley, Commander, 27 men. Colonel .lames Barton Camp lit. Providence. George H. Kibbey. Com- mander. 1.5 men. AGED AND CRIPPLED VETERANS. There were nearly loi) baronclies and barges in the line, occupied exclusivelv bv "wounded and aged veterans Avho were iniable to march. POINTS OF THE PARADE. Tlie parade started from the juuctiou of Commonwealth Avenue and Arlhigtoii Street and passed through Arlington and Boylston Streets to Copley Square, thence through Dartmouth Street to- Hanover Street, where it was dismissed. The line was five liours and forty minutes passing a given l^oint. To attempt to describe singly all the points well worthy of mention in the great parade, a much larger volume than this would l)e necessary. The similarity of the uniforms of the Cxrand Army of the Repul)lic led the majority of the people to believe that there would be a sameness to the procession which, to say the least, would soon become monotonous. But such was not the case. It was an ever varying sight, and as the veterans of each state passed by, the interest increased rather than lagged, and the great crowd, which liad been holding their positions since morn- ing, only left them at night when the last carriage had passed. There Avere four revicAving stauds : the presidential in Copley Square, the city stand in Franklin Square, one for the Grand jVrniy of the Kepublic and Woman's Kelief CorjJS in Blackstone Square and one in Adams S(|uare, where Connnander-in-Chief Alger, surrounded by his staff, and (ieneral Butler Avere saluted by the veterans. NATIONAL E\( A:\irMKNT OF TlIK (i. A. \t. 143 'l"lu" iuinati'.s of tlu' SoldiiTs" 1 Ionic in Chelsea and those of the Sailors' Home iu (^nincy ()ccii[)ie(l seats ou tlie stand in Adams Square and had a i)»'i-t'ect view of the procession. The ureat inteicst was centered in Copley Square. The President and party arrived promptly at half past ten o'clock, the hour on which the procession was advi'rtisi'd to stai1. 'I'he grand stand was a picture for an ai'tist. It would be a dillicult task to secure a gatlu'rinu- of nioiH' celeltrities than at that houi'. There was hardly a state or territoi'y in the Union Imt what was represented liy a favoiite and distinguished son. .Vt the ofHcial end of the stand were seen, in addition to President Harrison, Vice-President ]NJorton. who stayed, however, only an hour; (Governor IJrackett. Cent-ral Sherman, Secretai-y of War Proctor, Secretary of the Xav^- Tracy, Secretary of the Interior Noble, Secretary of Agriculture Pusk, ^lajor McK-inley of Ohio, Cieneral Devens, General Sickles, ex-Senator Warner ^Miller of New York. (Governor Burleigh of ]Maine, Governor Dillingham of 'N'ermont, (Governor Thayer of Nebraska, Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut, Congressman Boutelle of Elaine, Senator Winkley of "Wisconsin, (ieneral Poltinson of New York, Assistant-Secretary (ii'ant of A'ermont, Adjutant-( ieneral Sprague of INIaine, Adju- tant-( ieneral Peak of Vermont, ^Ir. and Mrs. J. K. jNIcKee, Mrs. Alger, the blisses Alger, ]Mrs. Logan, ]Mme. Nordica, 3Ir. and Mrs. A. L. Coolidge. Mrs. Cogswell of Salem, Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, the Governor's council and staff, Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Haile, Secretary of State Pierce, Auditor Ladd, Congress- man Dorsey of Nebraska, Speaker Barrett of the ^lassachusetts House of Pepi'csentatives. President Sprague of the State vSenate, General .lohn M. Corse, Lieutenants Arnokl. Iluse and Hill of the Admiral's staff", Commander Horace Elmore, commanding the United States corvette Kearsarge ; Commander Sterling, com- manding the Unit«'d States despatcli boat Dolphin ; Connnander Chadwick, conunanding the United States gunboat Yorktown ; General B. F. Butler, Cieneral A. W. Greeley of the signal ser- vice, Collector lU'ard. Private Secretary Halford, Ilonoralile Charles Carleton Collin and Mayor Hart. (^n other portions of the stand were Cor])oral Tanner, Honor- al)le W. W. DudK'V and many others of similar note. 144 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Persons who had rendei-ed conspicuous service, whether in the procession or on the stands, were loudly cheered. The entire procession rent the air with hurrahs as the veterans recognized the comnumding form of General Sherman, who was not alone the' recipient of this enthusiasm. During the early part of the parade General Butler took his place among the notables, and cheer after cheer went up for him as the veterans recognized his well-known countenance. Mrs. Logan also came in for her sliare of applause, togetlier with every well-known per- son on the stand. The Franklin Square stand was occupied by the city otticials and their ladies ; and the interest was little compared with that centered upon the Adams Square stand, where General Alger, in company with General Butler, otlicially reviewed the procession. The ovation given there to the two Generals was spontaneous. Few, indeed, passed who did not doff their hats to their popular Commander-in-Chief and the hero of New^ Orleans. As to the general make-up of the parade and the chief attractive points, there was enough to please the eye and repay the tired throngs for their hours of endurance in maintaining their vantage ground of observation. Illinois, the birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic, was w^armly welcomed, while the crowds applauded the live badger carried by a Wisconsin veteran in his buckskin trappings. The tattered battle flags of Pennsylvania was a mute but effective appeal for royal and hearty tribute. Connecticut, with its wooden nutmeg, and Ala- bama's historic mule caused great merriment. Ohio and New^ York, the latter with its famous Lafayette Post of New York City, marched in perfect line ; and the veterans of every passing department were applauded as their various qualifications were brought to view. The Naval Division and Sons of Veterans received a fitting ovation. The wonderful massing of the Massachusetts veterans was everywhere the signal for outbursts of applause. The Depart- ment was an army in itself and marched with unsurpassed precision. Post 2 carried the original Stars and Stripes, an emblem which created endless interest. The owner of this precious torn NATIONAL KM A.Ml'-MKXT OF TlIK (i. A. I!. 145 but li'lorioiis eusiiiii is ^^^s. Tlarriet R. T. Stntford of Cottage City. Mass. Her liiisliaiKrs father. ^Iv. James IJayard Statfonl, was tlie uiaii who. when tliis very t1a>2; nas siiot from the mast- head of Paul .loiu's' •• r>oii Iloiiime Kiehard" in the eiieouiiter with and victory over tlic •• Scrapis." plunged overboard and secured tlie American cusii^n and restored it to its phice. \\'hih' performinii" this heroic service he received a sabre stroke on tlie sliouhler by a British soldier. Afterward the flag Avas presented to !N[r. Stafford in recognition of his meritorious services con- nected with this feat, and has ever remained in the family. It bears honoralih> marks of tlie great Revolutionary conllict of 177."), and has in it several hulU-t holes, the result of Ijalls from the '• Serapis." The origin and history of the flag is very interesting in view of the glorious achievements wrought under it since Paul .lones raised it in triumph over his British adversary. The idea was taken from Geneial \\'ashington's family ensign, bv patriotic ladies in Philadelpiiia. who made the flag and presented it to Paul Jones, who iunnediately put it at the mast-head of a small boat and sailed up and down the Schuylkill river to show the people of the country what their future National ensign should be. Tt was exhibited at the Philadelpiiia Centennial in 187(), also at the anni- versary of the l)attle of Lexington. The family lived formerly at Trenton, New Jersey, the scene of so man}- revolutionary opera- tions, and it was there that ]Mrs. Stafford married Mr. Stafford, son of ^Ir. James Bayard Stafford, whose glorious achievement was the occasion of presenting the old troj)hy to him. The presentation was a formal one through a committee appointed for that purpose, and to(^)lv place at Trenton. The original letter of pn'sentatiou is in the hands of Mi's. Stafford and is as follows : — Jamks Havv.m. Sta>kok,>. I'niLAUKLruiA, Pa., Sept. 1st. 17S4. Sir: I am directed by the committee to inform you that on Thurs- day, the '.)tli, they decided to bestow upon you, for your meritorious ser- vices in the late war. Paul Jones' starry tlag of the " Hon Tlonnue Richard." which was transferred to the -'AlUance," a boarding- sword of the same sliip. and a nuisket captured from tlie " Serapis." If you write to Captain Joiiii Brown, at the yard, what sliip you wish them sent by. tliey will be forwarded to yon. Your humble servant. , ,r ... James aIkviju!, Serr(-Uir>j jiro tern. 10 14G rXOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH It is the intention of Mrs. Stafford to keep the flag in her possession while she lives, and present it to the Smithsonian Institute at Washington at her death. Although an elderly lady of over 70 years of age, she reviewed the great parade from tlie presidential stand at Copley Square. Nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the day. Of the number of people congregated in the cit}'' only an approximate estimate can be given ; but a*s the steam railroads brought more than two himdred thousand visitors, it is supposed that nearly half a million people, in addition to the resident population, were present on the eventful occasion. NATIitNAL KN('A:\I1'MENT OF THE G. A. 1!. 147 MASSACHUSETTS GREETS THE VISITORS. TII1*> joint I'cci'ptiou to the (irnnd Ariny of tlii' ]\i-piililic inid llie Woiiunrs Relief Corps in ^leelianies Hull, on Tui'sdny <'veiiinu'. was a hriUiant affair. Shortly after eight o'clock the veterans and ladies her who helped to complete the work wliicli was there begun for coun- try, liberty and the rights of man. Massachusetts Avelcomes you to the hearts and hearthstones of her people, and she hopes that your sojourn here may furnish you with a rich and radiant fund of experiences Avhich will linger in your minds and l>righten your memories forever." 152 TXOFIICIAL I'liorEEDINGS TWENTV-FOIKTII Capttiiu C'reasey said : — "Boston, true to her past, true to that generous hospitality wliioh has always characterized her, and true to the patriotism of lier sons who did so much to secure the blessings we are today enjoying, also desires through her Chief Magistrate to extend to you a cordial greeting. Permit me to present to you Honoraljle Thomas N. Hart, Mayor of Boston." ADDRESS OF MA YOU IIAKT. " lu the uame of the people of Boston I thank you for liaving accepted our invitation to hold 3'our National Encampment in this city. As you could never doubt, and as you have found out by experience, you ai'e all welcome. We are glad to see those that fill high places in the National Government, especially the President of the United States, whom we all honor. AVe are no less glad to see those who come from the far "West, even from the shores of the Pacific, and the Grand Army man who is our neighbor and daily companion. Our city government decided early in the year to devote $25,000 to the National Encampment of 1890. In order to secure the most satisfaetorj^ expenditure of this sum it was handed over, without condition, to the Grand Army committee that is providing for your comfort. The city government wanted nothing for itself : it wanted the Encamp- ment in Boston to be a success. "Asa business man I want to say a word of business to you. AN'e have heard some muttering about the great cost of the war, and the pensions and matters of that kind. If the war had not ended as it did twentj^-five j'ears ago, we should have had two countries, a Northern Union and a Southern Confederacy. Each Avould have maintained a standing army, a strong uav}' and a line of fortifications. These would have cost money, a great deal more tiiau we have expended for pensions and other subjects consequent upon our great war. Our actual expenses of the past twenty-five 3'ears were a good business investment, I think, having cost the American people less than to keep up two gov- ernments north and south of the Potomac, together with two standing armies, two navies and a double line of fortifications. NATIONAL EN( A.Mr.MKNT OF THE (i. A. i;. 1 O^ "At the same tiiiu' iicitlicr the Nortlieni liiioii nor the Southern Confederacy would liave lieen content. The wliole American peoi^le. iuchidin^' our ln'ethren of the South, wouhl have demanded that somehow we ouuiit to come together aiiaiu ; for what (iod has put together \vi no man i)ut asuiKh-r. Twenty-tive years auo you prevented tliat separation. Vou stood iif the Itreacli. For that we thank yon and honor yon. And we shall continue to do so as long as we are one country, under om- Hag and one (iod."' Captain Creasey said : — " ('o,iir(i(h's, during the war we were cheered and encouraged liy kind and loving words from wives, mothers, sisters and sweet- hearts, so today, after more than twenty-five years have elapsed, and we are endeavoring to smooth the pathways of those of our comrades less fortunate than ourselves, we are assisted l)v an organization, the hearts of whose members lieat in nnison with ours, and whose highest mission is to assist us in our work. England, my friends, had but one Floreuce Nightingale, luit for us there came from hundreds of American homes women just as true, just as loyal and just as devoted to suffering humanity as she, and I have the honor of presenting to you hei" counterpart, a lady whom every comrade in the army of the West, aye, and all who wore the Union blue, remembers as a kind-hearted, devoted mother, 3Irs. Annie Witteumj^er, National President of the Woman's Kelief Corps." ADDRESS OF IMKS. ANNIE WrTTENMEVEU. "I do not know that I shall l)e able to make any lai'ge nund»er of you hear, but I desire, on behalf of the Woman's Kelief Corps, to thank you for these eloquent and gracious words of welcome. I very well understand that they are not personal. The}' are given because of the grand work of the ^^'onlan's Kelief Corps, and because of the high claims of the heroes for whom we la1)ored. Nations have had honors all down through the cen- turies ; but there never was an army nmstered into battle line which coidd match the army that was mustered for the defence of this countrv from isci to l.sc,'). 1")4 UNOFFICIAL rROCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH "Tliey charged along lino of glittering bayonets that pro- tected treason. They scaled the highest heights where the Stars and Bars were floating, and facing belching cannon they tore the emblem of secession from the flagstaff. They pre-empted eveiy foot of American soil for freedom, and with their sharp', swift swoMs they snndered the chains that bound in human slavery four millions of slaves, and planted the grand old Stars and Stripes as God planted the tree of life for the healing of the nations." Referring to the growth of the Woman's Relief Corps, the speaker said : — "We began seven years ago with forty-two members, without a dollar in our treasury. Today we number over a hundred thousand members, and we have in our various treasuries, local and general, $165,000. We spent last 3"ear, or this year just closing, about $75,000, and in all these seven years, S.'350,O00, and we are just going on spending money and Avorking for you. In addition to this, we have opened a home for army nurses, for the widows of soldiers, for the broken-down old veteran, with his wife. For a good while we have been thinking that it Avas not right that the soldiers should go to the Soldiers' Home and the wife should go to the poor house. We have opened the door for this grand work and we mean to continue it to the end." Captain Creasey said : — "It is unnecessary, m}^ friends, for me to speak words of commendation regarding our organization of the Grand Army, and you are all familiar with our distinguished Commander-in- Chief. Permit me, however, to present to you Commander-in- Chief Russell A. Alger of the Grand Army of the Republic." ADDRESS OF GENERAL ALGER. "I was notified today that, in your behalf, I was to return thanks to the city of Boston and to the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts for the magnificent reception that they have tendered to us, and for all that they are doing for us ; and I do it very gladly. I wish to say to Boston, however, that when we Avere asked here we were promised a Avarranty deed of the city, and Ave think Ave have pretty nearly completed the title ; but we expect the balance XATIOXAL ENCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. R. 1.").") of it before we leave. I wish to say to the good people of INIassa- ehusetts aud Boston who are not Grand Army men that we consider ourselves a sort of a family of nohility. Wr have with us tonight the distinguished men of the nation. We have on this platform a man and a conn^ade who occupies the next to the highest position in tlie world — the liighest one being that of Com- mander-in-Chief of tlie Orand Army of the Repul)lic. We are sorr}' for Comrade Harrison, l)ut he cannot have that offlce this year. AVe have with us tonight a man who has led us over bloody fiehls, and whose name is a household word in every loyal home, and we love him aud Ave always love his presence, and yet he is but conu'ade General Slierman. '•We have the Vice-President of the United States, a man wiio during the war did great service to aid us who were in the field, ^ye have here tonight the Secretary of War, (reneral Proctor ; the Secretary of the Interior, General Noble ; we have also the Secretary of Agriculture, General Rusk ; and there may have been a few more of tliose secretaries strayed in here that I have not seen, but if they are here, Ave welcome them all. We have here tonight one of Ohio's gallant sons, Major McKinley. But tlie beauty of our oi-ganization, comrades, is that it matters not what station men maj- occupy in civil life in this country, if they served in the army and are entitled to membership in our great organization, they aiv but comrades. We meet hei'e tonight on a common plane, and it is the glory of the organization — it is that which makes it so dear to us all — that we all stand on one level, simply comrades. •'Governor Brackett and Mr. Mayor, in behalf of this great organization of men, 4oO,()0(), whose representatives are here tonight, I tender to you. sirs, the grateful acknowledgments that are due for your generous hospitalit}^, and I assure yoii that while we stay in this magnificent city of yours, we know we shall be full — of joy. We Avere ])i'()mised when Ave came here that you had eA'erything and did everything on a magnificent scale, and here Ave are holding this grand camp-fire simply in one of your bedrooms. What Boston undertakes to do she will do. And again thanking you for your cordial greeting, I A\dll say that as long as Ave remain Avith you Ave Avill try and make you glad Ave came, and possibly when Ave go." 156 UNOFFK lAI, I'HOCEEDINOS T\VENTV-Fi )rKTH Captain Crease}^ said : — " Mil Frhiids: Howrvci' iiiiich we iiiny dift'iT upon tlie o'clock, President Harrison and i>arty and Governor Braekett left the hall. As the President marched along the front of the i)lat- form the hands of many of the veterans were stretched up to him, and he grasped them one after another, with heartv welcome. He left the phitform amid great cheering ; calls were given for Vice-President ]Morton and ^lajor McKinley. ]\Iajor ]\IcKinley could not be prevailed upon to respond, but Mce-President INforton sjioke brit'Hy us follows, his rising being greeted with loud clu'ciing : — ADDUKSS OK Vl( K-l'KKSIDKNT MoKToN. •• I>oston tonight is the centre of patriotic memories. The representatives of that (irand Army which was the ex|)ressi()n and embodiment of the Nation's [)urpose and patriotism are here. The occasion, therefore, brings to all our minds the greatest and gravest event in all oui' national life — the supreme crisis of free government. n. Four times a year this money goes to all parts of tlu' country. There is not a community which does not feel its influence, and to which it is not a heli). It pays the necessary bills to the merchant and the farmer, who in turn are alile to pay their debts, and so on. \\'iiiU' these are not reasons for paying pensions, they are a source of consolation to the people who bear the burden. " Since the war the nation has doubled in [ujindation. and more than (piadrupled in wealth. Its prosperity is known to no other land, and I am sure its people are gladly contributing to tiie support of those who. at every sacrifice, made it possible for it to be what it is. ••Much misapprehension exists, 1 think, concerning the dis- al)ility liill heretofore referred to, passed under date of June ^Tth, 1890. Let me quote from Section •> : 'All persons who served ninety da^'S or more in the military or naval service of the United States during the late War of the Kebellion, and who have been honorably discharged therefrom, and who are now, or who may hereafter be, suffering from a mental or physical disability of a permanent character, not the results of their own vicious habits, which incapacitates thein from the performance of manual labor in such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support, shall, ui)on making due proof of the fact, according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the lists of invalid pensioners of the Lnited States, and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding twelve dollars per month, and not less than six dollars per mouth, proportioned to the degree of-inaltility to earn support.' •'Under the official rules and regulations attached to the bill are the following: — This law requires in a soldier's case, • 1st. Ail honorable discharge. '2d. That he has served at least ninety days. •.")d. A permanent physical or mental inability to earn sup- port, liiit not due to vicious habits.' (It need not have originated in the service. ) 164 rXOFFICIAL PROCKEDIXGS TWENTY- FOURTH "By a careful reading of this law, and the official explana- tion of above quoted, it will be seen that, no matter what a man's financial condition maj^ be, if he be physically disabled from performing manual labor, he is entitled to a pension, the condi- tions being, first, physical disability, not necessaril}^ contracted in the service ; and second, that proof of such disability may be made upon certificate, from liis physician probably, and without the testimony of his former comrades. Should any member of this Encampment today receive a permanent injury ' not the result of his own vicious habits,' he will be entitled to a pension. Let us be just to our law-makers, even though they have not given us all we ask. No country on earth is or ever has been nearly as generous to its soldiers as ours. MEMORIAL DAY. "As the years pass, the interest shown b}^ not only the conn-ades, but by the citizens generally, in the services of this hallowed day, vastly increases both North and South wherever the grave of the Union soldier is marked. As an example, the chaplain of the Department of Michigan reports that in his Department over 303,000 citizens and over 39,000 children par- ticipated in memorial exercises the present year. " The Quartermaster-General purchased and sent flags to the cemeteries in the South, which were placed at the heads of the graves of our gallant dead upon that day. I hope this may not only grow into a custom, but that it ma}-' be ordered that, in communities where it is not probable that flags will be furnished for this purpose, the Grand Army of the Republic will see to it that they are supplied. ' ' It has been my pleasure in going over the country to find in many cities and towns, as also in the country, flags floating over the public school- houses. Let us hope that the time will soon come when this beautiful custom will be universal, and that the Union flag may not only be found upon the school-houses, but in every home, and that the love for the old stars and stripes shall prevail everywhere. CHARITY. "There has been expended in charity, according to our official records, during the past year, $217,650.52, Of course XATIOXAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE (i. A. K. l(5o this is iu no measure of the nione}' collected and expended in a private way, nor does it include the great suuis collected and expended by the heroic women who were our strong right arm in war, and are now donating their time to our dependent comrades and their widows and childn'U. We shall never know of the great good these noble women are doing in our behalf. They should' receive every possible encouragement, and they have, I know, the thanks of every man who wore the Union blue. Hold up their hands iu the work they are doing. SONS OF VETERANS. " This organization, numbering over one hundred and twenty- five thousand members, is growing rapidly, and is reported in excellent condition. We should do everythiug in our power to aid them in their work. They are ouj- Itoj's, and to them we must soon commit our trust. "Wherever I have been in the different Departments I have received marked courtesies from them, and am glad to be able in this public manner to acknowledge the same, and to say, God speed you, 3'oung men, in 3'our patriotic work. THE GRANT COTTAGE. "The Twenty-third Encampment left it optional with the National Council of Administration to provide for the care of the last earthly resting place of our beloved old commander ; and while it should be kept as a sacred relic, it is a question for your careful consideration as to whether or not tliis expense should be borne by the Grand Army of the Republic. It is situated in a place inaccessible in winter, and upon a plat of land which, under the will bequeathing it, reverts to the original owner should the cottage be consumed by fire. This, perhaps, was a wise provision, as the land would be of little value without the cottage ; but the question of its future maintenance and repairs — it being of Avood and needing constant care — is one that should be carefully considered. THE GENERAL LOGAN MONU.MENT. "The funds in the hands of the trustees for the Logan Mon- ument, outside of the appropriation made by Congress for the site KIT) UNOIFICIAI. rK«)(KKI)INO< TWEXTV-KoVKTH and pedestal, amount to 812,841.67. I sincerely trust that the time is not far distant when this tribute to this beloved leader will have been completed. Iowa Circle, in the citj^ of AVashingtou, has been selected as the permanent site for this monument. It is, as you are aware, a beautiful place, and Avas selected in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Logan. THE GEXERAL SHEKIDAX MOMMENT. ' ' In accordance with the wishes of the Society of the Army of the C'uniberhuid, expressed at its last annual meeting. General Orders No. 10, dated June 28th, 1800, were issued from these headquarters to the Posts throughout the country, asking for contributions of from ten to twenty-five cents per member, to be sent in at an earl}- date, for the erection of an equestrian statue to the memory of our lamented comrade, General Philip H. Sheridan, and that such contributions be forwarded to me as treasurer of the fund, or brought here and delivered to the treas- urer at this Encampment. ^' Under this order there has been received to August 2d, inclusive, 8447.94. Congress has heretofore passed a law grant- ing 840,000 each for the purchase of site and pedestal for monuments to Generals Sheridan, Logau and Hancock. Unless this law can be so amended that a portion of the amount not needed as specified can be converted to the purchase of statues, when we consider the fact that an equestrian statue costs about 830,000, it is evident that the time for their final completion is far distant. These works should all be pushed with the utmost vigor. THE GENERAL GKAXT MOXUMEXT. "An ordinary plain vault on the banks of the Hudson marks the resting place of our great chieftain. This is not creditable either to us or to this nation. There should be erected at the capital of this government, dedicated to the memory of this great UKUi. a memorial building such as will be a credit to tlie whole people. Not a shaft : not a statue ; but a monumental structure such as has not been builded in this or any other country — one to which every citizen within the domains of this great land can refer witli just pride. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. H. 1()7 •• I reeomuv'ud that a committee of five be appointed by tliis Encampment, wliose duties shall be in accordance with the forego ing. and (■m[)()\vi'r('d to solicit aid from the general govei'u- ment and from individuals. I think we give too little thought to patriotic sentiment, "to the glories of the past, and to the shrine of the veteran— THE OLD FLAG! Too little thought to the blessings we enjoy I Ever}' patriotic act, every subscription to a monument fund, every dollar devoted to the relief of the suffering, every gathering where patriotic sentiments are expressed, ludp to build a wealth that cannot be represented in figures, because every such act breathes the life that will perpetuate our love for the nation and continue its prosperity. IIAUTRANFT. '•Comrade John F. llartrauft, the fifth Commander-in-Chief, within the year has responded to the call of the Great Commander and now has his seat at ttie great Encampment on the other side. "Hartrauft, the modest, kind and brave soldier, the honored, lo^'ed and trusted citizen — his memory is a living fragrance of deeds well done. " Comrades, the honor conferred upon me by the Twenty- third National Encampment in electing me your Commander-in- Chief was by far the greatest I have ever received. The task of performing the duties of the office is indeed a great one ; but with it are mingled the greatest pleasures that can come to man in this world, outside of his own sacred home, and while life shall last I shall never cease to be thankful that this great trust was, for a time, committed to my keeping. "For your generosity, your aid, and for your many acts of personal kindness, I thank you most sincerely, and hope you will carry mj^ grateful acknowledgments to those of our number not permitted to be here. Wherever I have been I have found the same enthusiastic, loyal sentiment of comradeship shown here today. May it grow stronger and stronger while we are permitted to live, and, when the end comes here, may we be gathered in that great camp where the bugle sounds neither the reveille nor lights out. ••Again and again I thank you." 168 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH The address Avas frequently applauded and his references to General Sherman aroused great enthusiasm. REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL. The report of the Adjutant-General, George H. Hopkins, stated : " Owing to the fact that the Twenty-fourth National En- campment is held two weeks earlier in the year than the preceding Encampment, the reports from some of the Departments are not as full as they would have been had more time been given to the Posts in the various Departments to make their reports. When 3'ou assumed command of the Grand Armj' of the Republic there were fortj^-two Departments, with 6,711 Posts, and a membership in good standing of 3'S2,589. The consolidated report for the quarter ending June 30th, 1890, shows forty-three Departments, with the provisional Department of Indian Territory and Okla- homa, and a membership in good standing of 427,981, being a net gain of 2 Departments, 464 Posts, "and 47,116 comrades. "The following table gives the strength of the several Departihents, and the gains of each in Posts and membership, between June 30, 1889, and June 30, 1890. " These tables show that on June 30th, 1890, there were in the several Departments 7,178 Posts, with a membership of 897,885. The gains since June 30th, 1889, were 520 Posts and 20,217 members. The losses were 20 Posts and 1,581 members : Members in good staudmg, June 30, 1889 . . 382,617 Gain by muster 40,027 Gain by transfer 8,320 Gain by reinstatement 20,1G0 Gain from delinquent reports 13,138 Total gain 81,945 Aggregate 464,562 Loss by deatli 5,476 Loss by honorable discharge ..... 1,774 Loss by transfer 10,277 Loss by suspension 6,111 Loss by dishonorable discharge .... 537 Loss by delinquent reports 12.406 Total loss 36,581 Members in good standing June 30, 1890 427,981 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 1 G9 Net gain iu membership in good standing, 47,llt;. Net gain in Posts reporting, 464. Members remaining suspended . . . . 25,140 Members last quarter by delinquent reports . . 2,389 Total in suspension .... 27.529 Total members on rolls Jun6 30. 1890 . . . 455,510 Adding to this those on transfer (who are, of course, still members of the order) . . 2.720 Total membership 458,230 " The loss b}' deliuquent reports is caused chiefl}' by the neg- ligence of Post ofHcers iu fiiiliug to make their reports, aud it would seem that there is uo excuse ou the part of these oflicers for this negligence. " If to the number of 427,981 in good standing Juue 30, 1890, were added the number lost by deliuquent reports, and the number suspended, who, although suspended, are still members of the order, there would be a total membership upon the rolls of 4.")o,")10; to such should also be added 2,720 who are out on transfer cards. "The number of deaths during the year was 5,470. The amount expended for relief for the j'ear ending March 31, 1890, was $221,350.18 ; number of comrades relieved, 19,470; others relieved, 8,949 ; total number relieved, 28,419. ' ' In this sum no mention is made of the large amount of pri- vate aid expended b^^ thousands of our members individually or collectively, and of which no record can be kept. For the quarter ending June 30, 1890, $51,599.01 was expended. " The total amount expended by the Grand Army from July 1, 1871, to July 1, 1890, amounts to the enormous sum of $1,987,534.55. "In the table showing the progression made during each quarter in the last 13 years, the folloAving shows the gain in six departments which take the lead : Ohio, 2,593 ; Missouri, 2,028 ; Massachusetts, 1,043; Tennessee, 903; Indiana, 957; Illinois, 779. " Two new Departments have been organized. The Depart- ment of North Dakota, embraced in the territorial limits of the state of North Dakota, was organized at Grand Forks, North Dakota, 170 UNOFFICIAL I'ltCXKEDINGS TWENTY- FOUUTH on April 24, 1H90. Comrade Greorge B. "Winship was elected Department Commander, who appointed Comrade William Aeker- nian a.s Assistant Adjntant-Geiu'ral, with headqnarters at (irand Forks. *■' The Provisional Department of Indian Territory and Okla- homa Avas authorized by special orders No. 21, dated June 28, 18'JO, and a Department Encampment was called for the purpose of organizing a permanent Department at Guthrie on the 7th day of August, 1890." REPORT OF THE SURGEON-GENERAE. The report of Horace P. Porter, M.D., of Foster, Mo., is best summarized b}^ his recommendations as follows: "That hereafter the inspectors of Posts shall be required to examine all of the officers of all Posts within their jurisdiction concerning their knowledge of general and Department orders and circulars and the edicts of the National and their Department Encamp- ments which affect them in their respective stations ; that Post surgeons who are physicians and past medical directors be admitted to full delegates' privileges in their Department Encamp- ments, and that present medical directors and past Surgeons-Gen- eral be hereafter included in the rolls of the National Encamp- ments, provided that the officers herein above-mentioned are in good standing in the order ; that this Encampment use all honor- able means to secure the enactment of an amendment to the effect that the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, when considering pension claims under the old law, which are based upon disability that was practically^ latent for several 3'ears after the war, may exercise discretion in the matter of the continuance or pathological continuity of said disability, and in case of a war disabilit}^, that is exceedingl}^ prevalent among ex-soldiers as a class, he may, when the facts seem to warrant such action on his part, assume the incurrence of said disability in the service ; the early establishment of a commodious branch of the National Military Home for disabled volunteer soldiers at some point remote from probable epidemic infection on either the Atlantic or Gulf coasts of the peninsula portion of the state of Florida. NATIONAL KNCAMrMKNT Ol" THE G. A. K. 171 The fact is einpliasized that the possibility of making an institn- tion of this kind self-snstainino- ( particularly in a suli-tropieal elimate ) is wortliy of serious considrration." Dr. Porter expressed his belief tliat the Grand Army of llie l\epul)lie should have its own disability records. Those in the hands of the u-ovei'unient are not accessible. The (irand Army of the Republic has never made a great effort to sliow the world hoAV nmch the soldier sacrificed in diminution of life prospects, or that, these life-shortening and comfort-destroying war disaliilities mean something, and are not creatures of the imagination. An annual per capita tax of one cent upon our membership Avould maintain for several years, at least, a Grand Army of the Keimblic Bureau of Vital Statistics, where facts could be accumulated that are going to be needed in the near future to meet a wholesale denunciation of the legitimate claims of the ex-soldier. KKPoirr ol' THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL. Inspector-General I). K. GritHth of Troy, X. Y., reported that the Order is not only growing numerically stronger, but is working earnestly and harmoniously in furthering the grand objects for which it was organized. A glance at the amounts exi^ended for charity by the Posts in the several Departments will prove that no organization on the face of the earth more constantly l)atrols that broad road between Jerusalem and Jericho, in the exercise of the sweet office of ministering to the helpless and unfortunate. "I regret," he said, "that reports from several Departments show that not one-half of the Posts have been inspected. The rules and regulations (Article V., Chapter 5) require tliat tliere shall be a thorough inspection of each Post every year. The reason for this must be obvious. Me cannot secure uniformity of work and a compliance with our ritual and laws unless a thorough inspection of each Post shall be made every year, and tliat inspection should be made b}' a comrade assigned to such duty who is not a member of the Post to be inspected. Neither should assignments to such duty be made only to compliment a comrade or to repay a debt of obligation, but rather in the interest of the sood of the organization and with reasonable assurance of 172 UXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH a prompt and intelligent discharge of the duty imposed. The inspection should have been completed by June 30th, yet some of the Departments have waited until August 5th before sending their reports to this office, while others have not reported as required by orders from national headquarters. I have been delayed and greatly embarrassed by the negligence of Department and assistant inspectors, and respectfully suggest that some means should be devised to secure a more thorough inspection of Posts, and a more prompt return from Departments." < Connecticut reports 84 Posts, with a membership of G,740; expended in charity, $10,59G.87 ; relief fund, S()3,009.29 ; Post fund, $19,787.63; value of other property, $39,415.45. This Department gained two Posts during the year. Maine reports 157 Posts, with a membership of 9,482; expended in charity, $8,028.50 ; amount in relief fund, $9,051.55. Massachusetts reports number of Posts, 199; membership, 21,742; expended in charity, $44,741.36. New Hampshire reports 93 Posts, with a membership of 5,047; expended in charity, $4,157.29 ; amount in relief fund, $11,486.65. Rhode Island reports 2 1 Posts , with 2,732 members ; amount ex- pended in charity, $3,213.94 ; amount in relief fund, $23,513.68 ; amount in Post fund, $16,911.38; Post property, $11,776.75. Every Post in the Department has been inspected. Vermont reports 105 Posts, with a membership of 5,247; amount expended in charity, $2,500.07 ; amount in relief fund, $6,402. From the facts and figures in his possession the Inspector- General has compiled a table showing that the number of Posts in the Grand Army on June 30th, 1890, was 6,928; number of comrades in good standing in Posts inspected to June 30, 351,244 ; number of Posts inspected, 5,010 ; number of Posts not inspected, 1,051 ; Posts in which benefits are paid on account of sickness, 649 ; number of Posts having a relief fund for charity, 1,621 ; total amount expended for charity, $282,556.01 ; amount remain- ing in relief fund, $475,350.07. NATIONAL ENCAJirMENT OF THE G. A. K. 173 QrAKTEKMASTEK-OENERAL';; KEPOKT. The report of Quartermaster-General John Taylor of I'liila- delphia. cousitsted entirely of figures. Que set showed the ofHcial in account Avith the Grand Army. Itgave cash balance August 3 1st, l.ss'j, of $12,333.49 ; receipts from sale of supplies, $22,89(5.35 ; receipts from capita tax, S7,()ll .Oi; ; interest on United States bonds and deposits, 8825.21 ; total to be accounted for, S43,(;85.11. The expenditures had amounted to $34, 239. .'JO, of which S15,72G.90 had been for the purchase of supplies, and $18,512.40 for incidentals, postage, salaries, etc. Another table gave the total assets as follows: — Cash balance on hand, 89,445.81; due by Department, $852.11; United States bonds, 19,800.00; supplies, $1,571.08; total, $31,669.00. The Grant Monument fund was shown to have been increased by $981,76 since the last Encampment, and to amount to $11,114.55. Comrades AVilliam A. Wallace of New York, A. D. Reed of Illinois, J. W. Thatcher of Connecticut, and Thomas D. Rogers of Missouri, and Adjutant-General George H. Hopkins of Detroit, as chairman, were appointed a committee on credentials. On motion of Commander Clarkson of New York, by unani- mous rising vote, it was ordered that a portrait of John A. Andrew, the War Governor of Massachusetts, be placed upon the j)latform. DETROIT IN ism. A comrade from jMiehigan presented tlie following, which, in the shape of a map, Avas hung in front of the desk of the Chair : — The following resolutions were unanimouslj' adopted by the Common Council of the city of Detroit, July 1 0th, 1890, presented by Alderman Burt : — Whekeas, The annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Kepublic, Department of Michigan, has instructed its delegates to the National Encampment of the G. A. R. to use all honorable means to have the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic for the year 1891 held at Detroit; Whkhkas, The citizens of Detroit and of ^lichigan are earnestly and heartily in accord with this desire, and will assure the brave defenders of the Union, composing that grand Order, a most cordial Avolcomc to and hospitable entertaimnent while in our city; 174 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDIXGS TAVEXTY- FOURTH Hesulved, That the freedom and most generous hospitality of this city is hereby tendered to the Grand Army of the Republic, and they are hereby cordially invited, through the National Encampment to beheld in Boston in August next, and earnestly requested to hold their National Encampment in the year 1891 in the city of Detroit. Ii('si)h:ed, Tiiat a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be presented to the National Encampment at Boston, by the delegates to tiiat Encampment from this state, and that His Honor, the Mayor, be requested to call a citizens' meeting to take suitable measures to assist the members of the Grand Army of the Republic in this state in securing the National Encampment in 1891 in this city. I hereby ■ certify that the above is a true copy of the resolutions adopted by the Common Council of the city of Detroit, July 10th, 1890. In witness Avhereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said city, this tenth day of July, 1890. H. S. PiNGREi:, Jkujor. A. G. KitONiiKRG, Citij Clerk. At noon the eoiivention adjourned until two p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION. It wns near]}' half-past two o'clock when General Alger called the convention to order. During the recess the Depart- ments had been assigned seats in the order of seniority. A pleasing incident occurred at the opening of proceedings, when General Alger announced that a representative from Honolulu desired to be heard. Immediately there appeared upon the platform Colonel Y. V. Ashford, Commander of the Hawaiian military forces, and Adjutant of Post 45 of Honolulu. He said that, in response to the wishes of his Post, which was the outpost of the Grand Armj^, he desired to present, for the use of the Commander-in-Chief, a gavel made of twelve different kinds of native wood. This gift was intended to represent the admiration jMid zeal which that Post felt for the Conunander-in-Chief. The next business in order, uuder a vote of the Encampment, was the nomination of candidates for the office of Commander-in- Chief. TIk' roll was called, and tlie representatives from each state IukI an opportunity to name their choice. California led off by NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. It. 175 presentiiiii' the claims ol" Coluucl Snu'dbtTii', a retired ollicer of the regular army, wjio lost his leg at the battle of the "Wilderness. 'Jlie delegate who advocated the claims of Colonel Smedberg asked if the Encampment could remember a time Avhen a far western state had had a Commander-in-Chief. California wanted to put forward a gallant soldier, but whatever might be the result she would be true to the Grand Arnw, and to the comrade selected as its leader. When Connecticut was called, Comrade Taintor, in an eloquent speech, nominated Colonel AVheelock G. Veazey of Vermont, and Maine seconded the nomination. At the mention of Colonel Veazey's name there was great enthusiasm. Indiana gave its support to General Alvin P. Ilovey, and Ohio, Avith a Department of 4(),0(i0 members, named General Hovey as its choice. Minnesota had no candidate, for its Department had enrlorsecj the nomination of Colonel Yeaze}'. Missouri voted and Nebraska >upported Colonel Veazey ; ]\lontana for Colonel Smedberg, and Xew Ilamjjshire, New Jersey. Idaho and Iowa expressed a prefer- ence for Colonel Veazey. AVhen the state of Xew York was reached, Warner Miller arose as its representative, and was greeted with prolonged ap})hiuse. He was obliged to take the platform, and after quiet [)revailed, said he had been instructed to second the nomination of one whom the delegates loved and honored. If New York had no candidate of its own, he did not Avant the Encampment to forget that New York once owned a little strip in the Green .Mountain state. Althouuh its soil miuht be unfitted for ordinary , -- ^ crops, yet there was one crop it could raise to perfection — the crop of loyal men. In conclusion Mr. Miller named Colonel \'eazey as the comrade who would be supported by the entire delegation of New York. Penns3-lvania, Kliode Island, Tennessee and Texas in quick succession named Colonel Vi>azey, and for Vermont, Ex-Governor and Comrade Pingree euh^gized the services of Cohmel \'eazey, and said that Vermont sent to the field oI.OOO of her sons, or more than one in ten of her entire population. A larger i)rop()r- ti(^n of her sons poured out their lilood llian of any other state of 1 76 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTV-FOUKTH the loyal North. Utah, Virginia, Washington and Alaska Avanted Colonel Smedberg, and Illinois was the last state to respond for Colonel Veazey. Massachusetts would have had an able repre- sentative in General Charles Devens, whose familiarity with the soldier and judicial record of Colonel Veazey gave him an excep- tional opportunity to speak in praise of Vermont's choice ; but as the delegation was divided in the matter of Senior Vice-Commander, it was decided to take no part in the selection of Commander-in- Chief. As soon as the roll call ended, Colonel Smedberg ascended the platform and gracefully withdrew his name, and he was followed by General Hovey, who pursued a similar course. This action was greeted with great applause, and by unanimous vote Colonel Veazey was declared elected Commander-in-Chief. Comrades Smedberg, Hovey and Miller were appointed a committee to escort Colonel Veazey to the platform, and when he appeared there was a great deal of enthusiasm. Although suffering from a severe hoarseness, Colonel Veazej^^ succeeded in making comrades at the further end of the hall hear his voice. He said : — REMARKS OF COLONEL VEAZEY. "Had I the lips of a genius, I should not be able to find words to evince the expression and gratitude that is your due, or the feeling of thanksgiving that lies down deep in my heart. "I recognize the great responsibility of this highest of all offices. I can make you but one simple pledge — that, with God's help and your support, which I know I shall receive, because you never fail to give it when you face death, I will do everything in my power to preserve untarnished, even as I receive it from this ideal Commander (turning towards General Alger) as he received it from those who preceded him, the fair escutcheon of the Grand Army. God grant that I may never forget what is due to every man, even the humblest, of that Great Army which preserved our country one-quarter of a century ago, and which through this glorious organization of ours has been laid deep in the foundation of the future security of our countiy. Perhaps it may not be improper for me to announce that I feel prepared to say that my Wheelock G. VEAZEY. COMMANDER - IN CHIEF- ELECT G. A. R., 1891. XATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 177 business now will be of such a character as to keep me at the National Cai)itol, where so many of you I liope may often come, or at tlie centres of tlie country, and thus keep up in tlie touch of elliows with you and all the comrades of the Grand Army. " .Vnd may 1 not say that I sincerely hope that it will not be simply the touch of elbows, but the touch of hearts bi'tween us all? Of course, conu'ades, I cannot expect to enuilate the example which this, your Commander, has set. because you know that there is, and can be, but one General Alger. ]?ut, comrades, 1 feel that I can safely say this to you, that after more than twenty years in the ranks, and within the different grades of ottice of the (xrand Army, I do feel as if I knew something about our glorious organization, and I say to you that I purpose to know everything that it is possible to know about the Grand Army in every Depart- ment in the hind, and wherever the (Trand Army demands my presence, nothing will stand between me and it, which I regard my first and great duty. ''Now, comrades, it is not necessary for me to say to you what you all know, and that is, that the Grand Army of the Republic is founded on a rock, and with God's blessing the gates of Hell cannot prevail against it. I speak with deep feelings of gratitude iu my heart for the greatest honor you have conferred upon me or could confer upon any other living man." Xext in order Avas the selection of a candidate for Senior \'ice-Commander-in-Chief, and it being conceded that the otHce, out of eonrtesj', belonged to Massachusetts, the matter was left to the delegates from that state. After a length}^ conference Captain J. G. B. Adams, on behalf of the delegation, presented the name of Richard F. Tobin, and said that he was the unani- mous choice. The Encampment thereupon instructed the Adju- tant-General to cast one vote for Mr. Tobin, and he accepted the position in the following speech : — REMAUKS OE COMKADE TOBIN. " Co niinaiide r-in-Cliicf, and Connutdi's of tlic Tu'i'iitii-foiirtli Xationcd Encampment : lam deeply sensible of the obligations under which I rest, and for the high honor which my associates of the Department of Massachusetts have today conferred upon mi'. 12 178 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDIXGS TWEN'TY-FOLRTII I tli:uik them most sincerely for their kiiidly expression of confi- dence, and I thank you, comrades of the Encampment, for the manner in which that expression has been received. 1 stand here today as a representative of that arm of the service which co- operated with you whenever and wherever there was water enough to float a guu-boat. I stand here as a representative of that arm of the service whose brilliant achievements have been rarely equalled and never excelled b}' the navj^ of any other nation in the world. I will not attempt to impose further upon your time other than to say that so far as in me lies, I will exert every effort and eveiy influence to second the efforts of him whom you have toda}' made your Commander-in-Chief. Alwaj^s having in mind the Grand Arm}" of the Republic, with the aim in view that it shall ever be upward and onward. I hope that when the next year will have closed that I, together with m}- associates in official position, maj^ be able to turn over to the next Encampment an organization so blessed with prosperity, so filled with enthusiasm as 3'ou ( to General Alger ) , Commander-in-Chief, have the pleasure of turning over to your successor today. Comrades, from the inmost depths of my heart I thanlv j'ou." In the meantime the Encampment had proceeded to select a Juuior Yice-Coinmauder, and California, first on the list, put forward the claims of Alonzo AVilliams, a professor in Brown's University at Providence. Ohio and Indiana favored the selec- tion of Judge David R.' Austin of Ohio, but as nearly every other state desired the election of Geo. P. Creamer of Baltimore, the names of Mr. Williams and Judge Austin were withdrawn and Mr. Creamer was elected by unanimous vote. There were several candidates put in nomination for the offices of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chaplain-in-Chief, but the En- campment decided not to take any action until Thursday. THE NEXT ENCAMPMENT AT DETROIT. General Alger temporari-l}'^ surrendered the Chair to Honora- ble Warner Miller, who, in brief remarks, moved that the next Encampment be held at Detroit, the home of General Alger. The motion prevailed by unanimous vote, and General Alger expressed thanks at the action of the Encampment, and assured NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. 1!. 17'.) till' delegates that they would receive a warm welcome, altliouuli it would be a hard task to t'qual the reception they had received iu Boston. The Kncanipuient then adjourned uutil ten a.m. Thursday. THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The Grand Army Encampment was not called to order until shortly before 11 o'clock Thursday and nearly every deleu'ate was present, except General Sherman, who soon appeared. in-.ronT on tensions. Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill presented the following report of the pension committee: — '• To the National Encampment of the G. A. 7?. ; The com- mittee on pensions appointed uuder resolution of the National Encampment, herewith presents its ninth annual report: '■'•Iu pursuance of the instructions of the last National En- campment, your committee proposed for presentation to Congress tAvo bills : "1. The disability bill, so many times endorsed by this body, providing pensions for all widows of veterans without regard to the origin of the disease from which the death occurred ; an increase for minor children ; a pension for dependent parents from date of dependence, whether existing before or arising since the war ; and a pension for all veterans who are now or may hereafter become so disabled as to pri'veiit the earning of a liveliluxjd. "2. A per diein service pension of a rate per month equal to one cent for each day's service, with an $8.00 minimum limita- tion, this to be an absolute pension for service, and, therefore, in addition to any disability pension. " The connnittee has held six sessions during the year, and on four occasions presented to the committees and members of Con- 180 UNUIFICIAL I'UOCEEDINGS TAVEXXy-FOURTH gress these two bills as embodying the desire of the veterans of the Republic as to general pension legislation. No action has yet been taken in relation to the service pension bill. " Following the formal presentation of the two bills by your committee, the Senate speedily passed a disability bill, broad in many of its provisions, but containing a dependent clause. A different bill was pending in the Plouse, having no such provision and authorizing pensions to all veterans who have reached the age of sixt}^ years. Believing that more satisfactory results could be reached through committees of conference than in an}- other way, 3^our committee urged that the House disagree to the Senate measure, and pass its own bill, which was done. Neither of these was the bill of your committee, but each included some features thereof. Committees of conference having been appointed, j^our committee requested a hearing, which was granted, and subse- quently a bill was agreed upon, passed by both houses, and on June 27th, by the signature of the President, became a law. This bill provides a pension of 88. OU per month for all widows of veterans without requiring proof that the death of the soldier or sailor was occasioned by reason of au}- disability incurred during the service; a pension of $12.00 a month for each dependent father or mother from date of dependence, instead of a pension, as under the former law, in case of parents, only when depend- ence existed at time of death of the son; a pension of 86.00 to 812.00 per month for all veterans now or hereafter so disabled as to be unable to earn a living h\ manual labor without proof to connect such disability with service. '' This law, while not in the precise form of the bill presented b}" your committee, preserves the most important features thereof. So far as the soldier or sailor is concerned, it contains no cause or requirement of dependence. For this your committee has from the beginning of the discussion earnestly contended, and no disa- bility bill containing a dependent clause as applicable to the veterans has ever had our indorsement. "The new law enables all pensioners now receiving less than 80.00 to avail themselves of the minimum provisions thus established, .increasing all lesser pensions to 8(>.00 and wiping out the multitudinous smaller grades with Avhieh the pension rolls have been disfigured. NATIONAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 181 '■ While not just what wc asked, it is tlu' most liln'ral pension nieasuiv ever passed l>y any lei>islative body in the woi'ld, an.s..')7, inakin;^' a total of S;)7.').(i:is.A(». As the delegation left the hall the Encampment rosi' and cheered. The most interesting discussion came on the report of the connnittee on resolutions against adopting a resolution offered ])y the Department of Massachusetts to so amend the rules and regu- lations as to deprive Past Department Commanders of the right to seats in the National Encampment. Comrade Keifer of Ohio presented the views of the majority, and was supported hy Past Commander-in-Chief Wagner, Comrade Hall of Maine, and others, Avho made earnest speeches against the same. The minorit}' had as its representative Comrade Weymouth of Massachusetts. By a unanimous vote the report of the majority was sustained. OTIIEU MATTERS. Comrade Warner jNIiller reported a I'esolution which met the heai'ty approval of the Encampment, that a suitahle testimonial lie procured for the Commander-in-Chief in recognition of his val- ualile services. A communication was received from the wife of General E. B. Haj'es of the Confederate Armj-, offering to return the flag of some Union regiment, probably the Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania, or the Seventy-third Ohio, which was captured b}^ the Eighth Lonisiana at Gettysburg. The thanks of the Encampment were extended to Mrs. Hayes for her kind offer. A resolution was passed thanking Congress for tlie passage of pension laws, and to the President for his prompt approval of the disability pension bill. A resolution was adopted asking Congress to pass an act to prohibit the display of Confederate flags on public occasions. A resolution that the P2ncampment favor the making of Ford's Theatre in Washington a National Museum for war mementos was adopted. 18G UNOFFICIAL PROCEEUIXGS TWENTY- FOUltTH A resolution was adopted favoring the passage of a law exempting veterans from examination in classified civil service. A petition from William 31. Collins, for restoration as Past Department Commander of Kentucky, caused considerable dis- cussion, and was referred to the new Council of Administration, witli full powers. SERVICE PENSIONS. On the subject of service pensions, a majority of the com- mittee on resolutions submitted the following : — Believing that the Grand Army of the Republic is, and of right ought to be, entitled to speak for and represent that host of patriots that in the hour of the Nation's need came to its rescue, from 1861 to 18(;o ; and believing that every pension granted ought to be a badge of honor ; and believing that any pension that may be granted on the ground of service, in order to be an honor to the man Avho receives and the nation that grants, must be the spontaneous, voluntary offering of a grateful people, and not procured by the eager efforts of a combination or organization banded together to urge or demand recompense for services ren- dered, the Grand Army of the Republic, in National Encampment assembled, does now Eesolve, That while we will carefully watcli and diligently urge that all proper provisions shall be made and continued for our Avounded, disabled and helpless comrades, it is not consistent with the dignity of this organization, or its high and patriotic aims, to take part in asking for legislation looking to the granting of a pension, by which every member of this organization shall be placed upon the pension roll for service merely. A minority of the committee, through Governor Hovey of Indiana, presented the following : — Besolved, That while we are thankful for the aid given to our help- less comrades and their widows by the present Congress, in the passage of what is called the disability pension bill, tliey have failed to comply with the request of the Grand Army of the Republic at the twenty-second National Encampment at Columbus, Ohio, and re-affirmed at the twenty- third National Encampment at Milwaukee, and also have failed to comply with the resolutions of Grand Army Posts and petitions, representing thousands of veterans in every loyal state in the Union, asking for the passage of a service pension bill, and we therefore re-affirm and endorse NATIONAL 1.XCAMPMENT <)1-' THE G. A. K. IS? the resolutions passed at the National Encanipmeuts at Colnmbns and Mihvankee, and tlic petitions of Posts askina: for tlie passage of a service pension bill. In behalf of tlie minority report, the speakers were C'onu'ades Gibson of Ohio, Haubach of Kansas, Starmont of Indiana, (lark of Illinois, and Bine of Kansas. For the majority. Comrades Ketchnm of Illinois, Fairchild of "Wisconsin, Rea of Minnesota, and Bnrdette of Washington, spoke. The minority' report was snbstituted by a vote of 174 to 1()0. COUNCIL Ob' ADMINISTRATIOX. Alabama, C. D. Eeamer ; Arizona, Vi. J. Mnrphy ; Arkan- sas, Heniy C. Colwell; California, Magnus Taft; Colorado and Wyoming, J. B. Cook; Connecticut, Nathan Esterbrook, Jr.; North Dakota, John D. Black; South Dakota, C. S. Blodgett; Delaware, Richard McClelland; Florida, Thomas S. Wilmuth; Georgia, Thomas F. Gleason; Illinois, 11. S. Dietrich; Indiana, W. H. Armstrong; loAA'a, L. B. Raymond; Idaho, George L. Short ; Kentuckj^, Albert Scott ; Louisiana and Mississippi, C. H. Shute ; Maine, Thomas J. Libby ; Massachusetts, J. Payson Bradley; Maryland, Frank Nolan; Minnesota, J. H. ]Mullen ; Michigan, F. D, Newberry; Missouri, James R. Milner; Montana, Mark W. Shaw; Nebraska, Joseph A. Miles; New Hampshire, Robert T. Leavitt ; New Jerse}^, Charles F. Kirkup ; New Mexico, J. H. Purdy; New York, R. F. Knapp ; Ohio, R. H. Cochran; Oregon, ; Pennsylvania, William McClelland; Potomac, Joseph H. French ; Rhode Island, Henry C. Luther ; Tennessee, W. W. French ; Texas, J. M. Steere ; Utah, F. B. Addleman ; Vermont, E. J. Ranslon; Virginia, James E. Fuller ; Washington and Alaska, George H. Boardman ; West Virginia, Charles E. Anderson; Wisconsin, O. W. Carlson. THE DEATH OF JOHX BOYLE o'rEILLY. The following were adopted, on motion of Comrade Henry A. Barnum of New York : — Whereas, At tlie zenith of his i)o\ver and nsefulness, death has suddenly removed a lyric poet, a soldierly man, born in the strife of a patriotic people for liberty, who gave to his adopted country the fruits of a rare iienlus denied to the green land of his birth, who for nearlv a 188 UXf)rFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH quarter of a century, in suuir aud oration, in daily editorial eloquence here in the lionie of his adoption, has upheld and .2;loritied the godlike cause of freedom to man ; and WiiKREAS, This National Encampment now beins held in this patriotic city of his adopted home, being keenly alive to tlie great value of his public services and the irretrievable loss his death has brought to the cause of liberty, it is liereby Ordered, That tiie Grand Army of the Repuljlic express their deep sorrow for the too earlj' death of John Boyle O'Reilly, poet, orator, soldier and patriot, and tliat this expression of their grief and sorrow be certitied to the bereaved family of tlie deceased. THANKS FOR COURTESIES. Amid much enthusiasm, resolutions were adopted thanking the C'onmionwealtli, the city of Boston, and the citizens of Boston for the niagnifieent reception tendered to the National Encamp- ment of the Grand Army. B. F. Stephenson of C'ynthiana, Ky., was elected Surgeon- in-C'hief, and Myron AV. Reed of Denver, Colo., Chaplain-in- Chief. The Commander-in-Chief-elect, Senior and Junior Vice- Commanders were installed by Past Connnander-in-Chief Charles Devens. General Yeazey named as his Adjntant-Cieneral, Com- rade Joseph H. Goulding of Rutland, Vt., and John Tajdor of Philadelphia, Quartermaster-Cileneral. At eight o'clock the Encampment was at an end. Annie Wittenmyer, NATIONAL PRESIDENT W. R. C, 1890, NATIOXAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. K. 189 THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS CONVENTION. WHILE the (U'U'giitcs of the (Jrand Army of tlie Kei)ul»li(' were assembled in Encampment at Music ITall, Wednes- day morning, the Woman's Kelief Corps Avas in session in Tremont Temple. The noble Avork accomplished by the members of that organization, both individually and collectively, has been so identical with that of the (ii'and Army of the Kepublic that its patriotic deeds deserve a lasting record upon the historic page. The object of the gathering was to hold the Eighth Annual Convention of that organization. The hall was gav with buutiugs and decorations symbolical of the Order. On the ])latform were seated ]Mrs. F.. Florence Barker, the first presi- dent, Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, Mrs. Elizabeth D'A. Kiinie, ^Mrs. E. L. Hampton, Mrs. L. A. Turner, Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and ]Mrs. Emma B. Lowd. Down the centre of the hall extended a line of white satin and gold banners, marking the places assigned for delegates from the various states. Occupying seats in the press gallery were several members of the National Press Association of Washington, President, Mrs. M. D. Lincoln (Bessie Beach) ; Vice-President, Mrs. INIar}- S. Lockwood ; Sec- retary pro tern, Miss Georgie Snow ; Treasurer, Mrs. Hannah B. Sperrj', and Vice-President for Massachusetts, Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods; INIrs. Voorliss (Dora Dartmon) ; Mrs. Lucy A. Leggett, Detroit Tribune ; Mrs. Emily L. Sherwood, Washington Sunday Herald. Above the table where the}' sat was a beautiful black satin banner, lettered in gold, "The Woman's National Press Association." Early in the session it was aiuiouueed that Secretary Pusk of the Ignited States Department of Agriculture was in the corri- dor to the hall, and the President ordered an escort to usher him in. He Avas enthusiastically received and made a brief address. Speeches were afterwaid made by Past Department President, rjO UX<^)FFICIAL PKOCKKDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH Mrs. Belle T. Bagley of Ohio, Mrs. Mary A. Logau, Mrs. ^Eary A. Livermore and others. Mrs. Geueral Alger was called upon hut declined to speak. National President, Mrs. Witteiunycr called the Convention to order, and delivered the annual address. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WITTEXJIYER. She said: "Today our membership reaches nearly a hun- dred thousand ; our charity work during this one year is over $100,000, and we have in the treasuries of the local Corps through the land a reserve fund on hand of over Slo3,000, and the name of the Woman's Relief Corps has become a precious household word throughout the republic. "There has been a spirit of earnestness and enthusiasm throughout our entire Order this year. But it has by no means been equal to the demands made upon us, or the wonderful oppor- tunities all around us. Thousands of heroes have needed help this 3'ear who have never called for aid before. We have done what we could for their comfort, but if our numbers had been doubled, every needy veteran in the land could have been reached and properly cared for. There are thousands of loyal women all about us, who carelessly look on, and do not realize that there has come to them the one grand chance in all the ages for them to minister to the heroes who saved their countrj^ from utter destruction. ' ' During the year the following permanent Departments have been organized : Texas, North Dakota and the Potomac. A great deal of work has been done in West Virginia, and the Corps are ready to come in as a Department, but it was deemed best to allow them to farther extend their work, and to hold their conven- tion for organization in connection with the next Encampment of the Grand Army of the KepuV)lic. So the completion of that work has been left to my successor in office. "The preparatory work in Texas and West Virginia was accomplished under great difficulties by Sarah A. C. Plummer, my energetic and able instituting and installing officer. "Josephine Folsom was appointed Provisional President of Nor til Dakota, and soon brought it in as a strong, vigorous, per- manent Department. NATIONAL ENCAMl'.MENT OK THK G. A. H. 191 '•I li:i(l the honor of oruanizuiii' Ihc Department of the Potomac, with seven Corps, not including the Potomac Corps, which stands as heretofore, directly auxiliary to the National. "Early in m}^ administration I detached Texas from New Mexico, continuing- Maggie Monroe Rudisille, Provisional Presi- dent of NeAV Mexico. Tennessee still remains a Provisional Department, with Bianca R. MuUer as Provisional President, in the place of Helen M. Nixon, resigned. "At the request of the officers of the Department of Wash- ington, I attached Alaska to that Department, and already there has been an advance into that distant region. Various efforts having been made to extend the work into Montana, without success, I have recenth^ attached Montana to North Dakota, believing that the earnest workers in that Department Avould be able to enlist the women of Montana, to whom they are so closely linked by social ties and commercial highways. "I have not deemed it best to organize the detached Corps of Virginia into a Department, but the School of Instruction ordered by the National Convention was held at Norfolk, Va., by Sarah E. Fuller, Past National President. After much pre- paratory work, a good attendance was secured, and every part of the work was fully exemplified. INIrs. Fuller also inspected and instructed the Corps in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. I think the fact has been clearly established that the colored Corps auxiliary to local Posts, and having relations directly with National Headquarters, are doing good work. ' ' A vast amount of hard work has been done during the year, to secure the passage of an Army Nurse Pension Bill, but unfortunately there was a division of sentiment among the friends of the measure, as to the amount demanded, Avhich resulted in the preparation of a special bill, asking pensions for the army nurses whom the Woman's Relief Corps have been aiding, which bill is now on the calendar, and may yet pass. "With the consent of my council, after a thorougii examina- tion of tlie property near Madison, Oliio, offered to the Woman's Relief Corps for a National Home, I accepted the gift, on condi- tion that the grounds be increased to ten acres, and that the Seminary building be put in complete repair. 192 UNOFFICIAL FKOCEEUIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH "This was agreed to l)y the generous citizens of ]Madison, Geneva, and the surrounding country, and the agreement has been kept in every particular ; the two houses stand complete irithout one cent of debt. "The citizens of Madison and Geneva have given with lavish generosity, and toiled with unselfish zeal to fit up this Home for our use, and it is a magnificent present from a patriotic whole- souled community to the Woman's Relief Corps for a sacred purpose. The property was legally transferred to the Woman's Relief Corps on the 17th of July, 1890. ' ' I had the honor of visiting seventeen Department Conven- tions, and had the privilege of presenting our work in the business meeting of ever}' P^ncampment but one. I Avas accorded a most enthusiastic hearing, and our plans and work received the most hearty and emphatic endorsement. "No National President has ever had a more competent and willing-hearted corps of oflicers and aids than have served with me this year. I desire to thank all for their able work, and all members of the Order, who have, without exception, treated me with tender regard and unfailing kindness. 'And only ask for gracious words, Servant of all, well-done.'" Just previous to the adjournment of the morning session, Past Commander-in-Chief Paul Van Der Voort of Nebraska was ushered to the platform and was introduced as the one above all others who had been instrumental in the organization and success of the Woman's Relief Corps. He made a pleasing address in response. REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SECRETARY. The report of the National Secretaiy stated that for the year ending June 30th, 1889, there was a total of twenty-six Depart- ments, two Provisional Departments and twenty-seven detached Corps; a total of 1,937 Corps, with a membership of 73,055. There was an increase during the year 1890 of eight3'-five Corps and 4,724 members, making a net total for the year ending June 30th of 2,022 Corps and 77,779 members. No supplementary NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 193 reports were received aucl there was, iu eousequenee, a large loss both in the Corps and the membership, 238 Corps failing to report, causing a loss of T),!)?;") delinquent reports. The Department of Texas was organized March a, and the Department of North Dakota, April 23. Charters were issued to four detached Corps, two in the District of Columbia, and two in Virginia. The financial statistics were as follows: — General fund on hand ...... .$85,407 ;>4 Relief fnnd on hand 5D.4r>3 20 Total !$ 144.870 .54 .Vniount expended in relief dnvini;- the year . 8(52. 221) 12 Amount turned over to Posts dnrinu' the year . 2C>,0C>i> 54 Total 888,291 fiO Amount expended by National Tension and Kelief Committee ......... 3,755 50 Amount expended at National IIead((uarters ... 22 95 Amount expended Wells fnnd 959 78 Total amount expended in relief ..... 8''''n029 89 KF.roiiT OK Tin; national tri;asi kkk. AniiilJit A. Cheney, National Treasurer, in nrcount vnth Woman's Relief Corps, Dr. Cash on hand as per last report, general fund . . . $10,fi04 53 Received for per capita tax during the year . 5,588 85 Received from sale of supplies during the year . . . 18,54(! 29 Received from Mrs. Charity Rusk-Craig, balance cash on hand at National Headquarters 10s 10 Received for interest on deposits at New England National r.ank. Boton 12 53 Received for interest on tleposits at Mechanic Bank, Detroit, 210 95 Total receipts $35,071 25 By expenditures $22,399 9G Bj' one-half per capita tax (85,588.85) for year ending June 30th. 1890. transferred to pension and relief fund . 2,794 42 $25,194 38 13 194 UNOFFICIAL PROCKEDINGS TWKNTY-FOURTH Balance general fnnd to new account ..... Balance pension and relief fund ...... Balance liead(iuarters relief fund r>ulance liead(|uarters incidental fund ..... Balance memorial buildiuii- fund ...... Balance Jennie Wells fund ....... Total cash in all funds. June 30tlK 1S90 .... S0,S76 87 31G 30 22 95 153 39 1,913 91 959 7iS $13,243 20 aftp:rno()n sp:ssion, The reports of National Inspector Mrs. Clara E. Nichols, submitted at the afternoon session, showed that the varions state Departments were in a Honrishing condition. The report of Mrs. A. C. Plummer for the National Institutino- and Installing otiicer was instrtictive and enconraging. jNIrs. jNI. E. Knowles, Department President of INIassachu- setts, announced that a message had been received from the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, that Colonel ^"eazey had been elected Commander-in-Chief. This announcement was received with enthusiastic applause. Mrs. INIaggie p]. Ilutchings, President of Needham Corps of LaAvrence, Mass., presented two beautiful bouquets, one to the National President, Mrs. AVittenmyer, and one to Mrs. Knowles, President of the Department of Massachusetts. INIiss Clara Barton received an ovation. She referred to meeting veterans whose limbs she saved during the war, and expressed her deep interest in the work of this Order. An official delegation from the National Encampment was escorted to the platform, consisting of Hon. John C. Linnehan, New Hampshire; Colonel CJeorge W. Hooker, Vermont; General Smedberg, California; Comrades Cole and Young of Missouri. The chairman stated that they came by vote of the National Encampment, and to extend fraternal greetings to the Woman's Kelief Corps. He referred to their good work of the past seven years, and said the Woman's Kelief Corps had the good wishes of a great majority of the conn-ades. MARY SEARS MCHENRY, NATIONAL PRESIDENT-ELECT W. R. C, 1391. NATIONAL KNCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 195 The otlier inoniltcrs of the roimiiitteo gave their hearty iiuh)rseineiit of thi' uood work of tlie aiixiluiry Corps. Tlie National I'l'esideiit stated that 8.") 7.'.. Odd had lieeii ex- ]U'iided I)}- the national oi-'. Department President of that state; IMrs. Hampton of Detroit. Past National President ; iNIrs. IMnminer of Lansing, National Institutinu' and Installing odieer. and Mrs. Sterling of JNIichigan, extended eoidial invitations to the National Convention, assuring them of their heartiest reception. A committee Avas appointed to return the greetings of the (ii-and Army, viz. : ]\Irs. Mary K. Kiiowles, ^Massachusetts ; Mrs. Cora Day Young. Ohio; ^Nlrs. Knnna P.. ^Manchester, Nebraska; jMrs. Nancv AA'. ]Moore, New Hampshire; Elizalieth D'A. Kiiine. California. The convention adiourned at six o'clock. SI^CONl) DAY'S WOPK. The second day's proceedings opened with the consideration of reports of committees. The work of the National Seci'etary and Treasurer was commended hy the connnittee having the work in charge. 'I'he organization known as the Union Prisoners of War National ^Memorial Association was heartily endorsed, following Avhich came the election of otiicers. This was the result: — President, ]Mrs. ]Marv S. 31cllenry of Dennison, Iowa ; Senior AHce-President, IMrs. Lizaheth A. Turner of Poston, Mass. ; .lunior A'ice-President, ]Mrs. Bessie K. Young of Missouri; Treasurer, jMrs. Armilla A. Cheney of Detroit, IMich. ; Chaplain, IMrs. Kniily V. Littletield of Bangor, Maine. A board of directors for the Woman's Relief Corps National Home was elected, as follows : Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Penn- svlvania, for live years ; Mrs. I'luma L. Cowles of Ohio, tV>r four 196 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVEXTY- FOURTH years; ]\Irs. Emma B. Lowd of Massachu.si'tt.s, for three years ; Mrs. Sarali C. Mink of New York, for two years; ^Irs. M. B. Moulton of New Hampshire, for one year. The following Avere elected as the National Executive board: Mrs. Harriet S. Durfee of Eockville. Conn. ; ^.Irs. Emma K. McCammon of Carthage, Ohio ; Mrs. America Anderson of Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Mary E. Wright of Baltimore, Md. ; Mrs. Melissa Caylor of Evansville, Ind. At the close of the convention, resolutions of thanks were extended to the state of Massachusetts, the city of Boston, and the several committees for the entertainments provided the organ- ization, also to the Department of Massachusetts AVoman's Relief Corps, the press and others, for courtesies. A resolution of thanks was also voted to the generous people of Madison and Geneva, Ohio, for the gift of the site of the National Woman's Relief Corps Home in that state. The convention then adjourned to meet in Detroit in I'SHl. NATIONAL ENCAMl'MENT OF THK G. A. K. 197 THE GRAND CAMP-FIRE. THE second great event which took phice in ^Mechanics Hall was the grand camp-fire held Wednesday evening, August i;3. The spacious edifice was crowded with veterans and ladies, expect- ant, enthusiastic, and ready to extend an ovation to those who weR' 1o address tht'in. Invitations were extended to tlie National Encampment, (irand Army of the Republic, and the National Convention Woman's Ki'lief Corps. Patriotic nmsic was rendered by the Salem Cadet Band throughout the evening. AVhen Commander George H. Innis of the Departnu'ut of Massachusetts called for order, soon after eight o'clock, there was every prospect that the camp-fire w'ould be an unusually interest- ing one. Around Mr. Innis sat a large number of ladies and gentlemen of proniinence. Among them were the governor of Massachusetts, John Q. A. Brackett, Mayor Hart, Lieutenant- Governor Ilaile, Honorable II. H. Sprague, Honorable W. E. Barrett, Adjutant-General Dalton, and many other distinguished men. After a few brief introductory remarks by President Innis, Governor Brackett was introduced and spoke as follows : — i;kmarks of goveknok brackett. "J/r. Coiiiiiiuitdcr, SolrUers and Gentlemen: Where else can a Grand Army camp-fire be more fittingly kindled than on the soil of Massachusetts. And when it is ignited and kept alive by the efforts, not onl}' of her own soldier sons, but of their conn-ades from all over this land of ours, the Connnonwealth would be derelict in her duty did she not send her Chief Magistrate here to represent her and to join with you in the service, although he may be able to contribute but a single fagot to the blaze or to do no more than to faiiitlv fan the tlame. Massachusetts has alwavs r.)S UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTV-FOURTH endeavored to do her duty to her soldiers. She takes a just pride in the record they made in the terrible ordeal of war, of which the current week brings to our mind so many vivid reminders. Emu- lating the example of their ancestors, who were the earliest to take the field in the Revolutionary contest, they were the first to respond to Lincoln for troops. And among them were the first whose lives were olYered up in sacrifice for their country's cause. Not only at the beginning, but all through the four years that ensued, the State was represented valiantly upon every battlefield of the great conflict. As Governor AndrcAV once said, ' There has been no loyal army the sliout of whose victory has not drowned the dying sigh of a son of Massachusetts. There has been no victory gained which her blood has not helped to win.' "These allusions are made in no vaunting spirit. They are not made to exalt one state at the expense of others. No state can monopolize the glory won by its sons. It is a part of the history, not of the state only, but of the Republic. Its radiance illumines no one section alone, but the whole country. It is a glory achieved by men who were not simply residents of the state, but who were American citizens, and in it all American citizens as countrymen have a right to share. The people of Massachusetts cherish the memorials of their defenders. You will find them scattered all over the Commonwealth — ^ in the soldier's Monu- ment, upon the village green, in the memorial hall, in the treas- lu'ed mementos of the loved and lost in every home upon which the war cast its shadow and brought its bereavement. You will find them at the State House in the torn and tattered battle-flags, mutilated by shot and stained by blood, 1)ut never disfigured by dishonor. "In accepting these, twenty-five years ago, our great War Governor said : ' They will be preserved and cherished, amid all the vicissitudes of the future, as mementos of brave men :ind noble actions.' That promise has been faithfully kept for a quarter of a century, as it will he kept through all the centuries that are to come. I have been gratified at seeing so many of our visitors at the State House today viewing these and thi' other trophies of the glorious past which are there preserved. I hope all of you are enjoying your visit here as much as we are enjoying NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 11)9 y<->iir i)ivst'nee with us. I trust tluit you all fome lieii' witli a good opinion of this dear old Coninionwfaltli of ours, and that yon will return to your homes with a hiuher opinion still and with a' Avanner affection for her and for all the sister states which unite to form our connnon country." ^Ir. Innis then called upon ^Ir. Charles 0. Fellows, of the snb- connnittee on camp-tire, to take charge of the proceedings, who ainiounced a selection l)y the .Mendelssohn Glee Club as next on the progranune, after which. Miss Jeiniie O'Neil Potter, dressed as a vivandiere, read '• Slieridan's Ride." The Salem Cadet liand gave "A I);iy in Camp," portraying the life of a soldier from reveille in the morning to taps at night, bnt was interrupted l)y the entrance of General Sherman nnder escort of Connnander George L. Goodale, ^Nlr. Iloyt Sherman and Past Connnander- in-Chief William Warner, (ieneral Sherman was cheered very heartily. Then the '-Day in Camp" was continued. As it closed, Connnander-in-Chief Alger ascended the steps to the platform accompanied by General B. F. Butler, Congressman McKinley, Congressman Boutelle. Police Connnissioner Osborne and a num- ber of ladies. After the ap[)lause had subsided Mayor Hart was [ji'esented. Tlie mayor said : — UEMAKKS OK MAYOR IIAKT. '' ^^l■. C(>inin(iiidf'j\ Ladies dud Genfleinen : A line has been recited here tonight which says, ' I'nder a Union Sky.' AVe are under a Union sky and we know it in fact. And why? Because you men went to the front antl you made it a Union sky. I begin to believe it more and more, for today I had the pleasure of intro- ducing a mayor of Galveston, Tex., to an audience like this, and I asked the audience to give him three rousing cheers because he had come a long way to Boston to see what he could do here at the North and the cheers were enough to lift the roof. \\e ' live under that Union sky because of your efforts and the efforts of our friends here. General Sherman, General Butler and all the other good ones. We have a Cnion flag and we have forty-four stars on that flag, soon to be, and no star shall ever be obliterated as long as you and I shall live, as long as you and I can do any- thing to save it. 200 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENXy-FOURTH "Now, gentlemen, I did not come here to expect to speak for the city of Boston. AVe have asked you to come here. We have done what we could for you. Are 3'ou satisfied? (Shouts of 'Yes.') Is there anything else that you want Boston to do ? If we have done all that you ask us to do, then just give thi'ee rousing cheers for General Sherman." The cheers Avere given in true soldier fashion. Mrs. Ellen Carter Wright sang the "Star Spangled Banner," and then, amid prolonged applause, General Alger was presented by President Fellows. REMARKS OF GENERAL ALGER. ''J//-. Chairman: If any one in this vast audience will tell me what I am going to do with this now it has been presented to me, I will be much obliged. When we came to Boston, comrades, we were promised everything, but we did not expect Boston would turn out en masse to deliver the goods. And I suppose it is the thing for me to do, particularly as the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, to formally accept from Boston tonight the title and to thank them for it. jSTow to you, people of Boston, who have promised so much and have given us more than you con- tracted to, in the name of the Grand Army of the Republic, in the name of the comrades who have come here, I thank you most sincerely. We have had a welcome here in Boston such as we never dreamed of. We have seen here poured out for us hospi- tality in unstinted quantities. Everybody has been subject to our orders. Every person has been asking, 'What more can we do for you ? ' and I have simply told them today that we are all full, and that Ave can't take any more. "General Sherman sits here tonight as complacently as if he did not know that he was subject to my orders. The time was when he had his Avaj^ He then wore four stars and I didn't have any. Tonight I am in command and I do not propose to do the work of my subordinate, great as he thinks he is, large as he appears, much as we love him. Take the others here. Here is General Butler, who used to issue his orders. Along down the line are fellows Avho used to look at my captain's stripes and think they did not amount to much, but I give them notice tonight that I will call them all out, and we will have every one talk. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 201 " Coinradi'S iiiid c-itizciis of Mitissnehusctts. no words of iiiiue can adequately express the f\H'liu<2;s of i>ratitude. the tlirol)bings of love that we have for this oreat C'onimoiiwealth. >\'i' love you not because you are taking care of us so. We love you because of all other states in this great Nation of ours you are doiug more for the defenders of the tiag today, and have been doing more for the last twenty-five years, than any other dozen states taken together. AW' have watched your record, and we know what you are doiug. We kuow that you appreciate the services and the sacrifices made by your people whom you sent to the war. You have stood l)y them royally. You have poured out your money to them in unstinted quantities. You are the richer today for it, and the men who saved this Commonwealth and this country have the more gratitude to you foi- what you have done. I Avant to say to you, people of Massachusetts, that if other states would enmlate your example, — if other states would do what you have done, — tliose great states Avould sleep better, would be richer, would have more patriotic spirit in their hearts, more warm, patriotic blood in their veins than the\' have now. Thej' are doing nuich for our old comradi's ; they are going to do more, and we assure you that we appreciate all that is done in our behalf. '• C'onn-ades. when we leave this magnificent entertainment so amply provided for us, let us go to our homes more and more grateful that we served in the Union in the time of its danger, prouder than evi'r that we can wear the Grand Army Itadge. And let us say forever, that live as we may, in povi'rt}' or in aflfluence, we will hand down to our children, as I said last night here, I think, a heritage tliat no other generation can give to their children, of a membersiiip of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic, a button that cannot be purchased with money, a button that is beyond price, an association that is better than everything on earth, and the rival, I think, of Heaven itself." General Sherman was then introduced and received a thun- dering ovation. He spoke as follows : — KEMAKKS OF (iENEKAL SHERMAN. "I have been to a great many camp-fires in my da}', but I must confess that tonight I am disappointed because I expected 202 UNOFFICIAL I'KOCEEDIXGS TWEXTY-FOrKTH to tiiid a tahk' with a tin cup and some coffee in it, and a pot of beaus at all events, in ^Massachusetts, to make a camp-fire out of. But I see nothing but hnman l)einos here, and I am not going to eat you np, so don't l)e afraid. The fact is, I have been reading the newspapers for the last two or three years, and I had become alarmed lest NeAv England was being effaced from the earth, that there was no longer any people here. I heard that the people of Arizona wanted to buy a part of ^'ermont to put their patches on, and I thought there was not a single Puritan or Pilgrim in exist- ence save those two magnificent steamers which run from Fall River to New York. But I guess there are a good many Puritans and Pilgrims ; and I have l)een amazed at their numbers, their intelligence, their comfort, their surplus with which they are feed- ing us, I suppose, for the purpose of deyouring us at the proper time. "■But, my friends, it certainly is a pleasure to us old army friends to come face to face with the people. We love to meet yon becaiise we were aware in years gone by, that we could feel the influence of a powder behind us stronger than ourselves. We were merely the advance guard of the great purpose which domi- nated this continent. You were the power behind the throne, stronger than the throne itself. We realized it then ; we realize it now, and we submit, as I do tonight, for I am a high private of this grand organization, and a judge, I am told, is my Com- mander-in-Chief. Now there was a time when in soldier life we did not count a judge much account, but I will give that judge as much loyal fidelity, I will fight for him, and guard him, and sustain him in houor and affluence as much as if I had never been Commander-in-Chief of a great army in the field, leading it even from Atlanta to the sea. Our friend Alger, he is no longer." General Alger walked up to the (Tcneral at this and said, laughingly: "I want you U) understand that 1 am in command yet." (Great laughter.) General Sherman : — " Well, it's got to be pretty quick because I don't expect to obey your orders long, but to Judge Veazey I shall certainh' give my most unqualified and loyal support, as I will to all the author- ities. And, my friends of Massachusetts, I Avill tell you it is not NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 203 till' mail, il is tlie fact that we liavc in this hiiid of lilnTty a priu- cipU' -which is onr kiiiislatnres. everythinu', we have :i prin- cipk^ whicli is onr kin\'e bothei' about tariffs, a very good thing to bother about wheu you bothei- on tlu' right side. We talk about force bills, a very good thing to have done Avhen they are U(>ed(Ml. We talk about building" all manner of things for everybody iu order to get rid of the surplus. Pay your debt. Pay your soldiers and don't go back upon them. Pay what you honestly agreed to. The law now remains on the statute book that we were to be paid iu gold. The country could not })ay us then and we did not grum- ble. W\' went ou fighting. We loau the countr}' still what we had offeri'd to loan them first, our lives and our limbs ; we kept on that loan, although we were paid, w*' knew, tliirty-three. forty and forty-five per cent, sometimes, out of the contract. " We recognized wheu we got through the war that the coun- trv was bound down, was not prosperous at first, that slie was poor and in debt, and we stood back aud let the banker have his. Evervbody is paid that is willing to take his pay. Xow we want our own. And let me ti'll you how I would like to see it given. Calculate the amount ; 1 don't expect the country to pay it all in one dav or one hour. It will be a great deal betti'i'that they do not. but pay once in tinxH' months an aliquot part of the share that would come to a man on a fair basis of calculation for his life, so that everybody shall have a support while he lives, however imprudent he may be. and the remainder to go over to his wife and children, antl that will be an iuheritance to leave them that we have earned, belongs to us ; aud if God ever in his infinite mercv strikes this countrv for sin, it will bt- because this 206 UNOFKICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOURTH oouiitry with overflowiiio- gold in its coffers, Avitli overflowing prosperity, witli tlie power to pay all its soldiers their fair share year by year, what it owes, refuses to do it. (Jod in Heaven ought to send His lightning l)olts on this earth and this vicinity if we do not do as we ought to do. '" You see I am one of the ungrateful ones. I have explained to you why I do not feel grateful for anything that has been done. I never liappened to ask a pension, because I could get along without it. But I have seen the poor soldier and the poor sailor come in rags and in sorrow and in hunger when I knew that the country owed him enough to support him handsomely the rest of his life. I know the fact, I know the law. I never heard anyliotly dispute the law, and it is our fault if we do not enforce it. We enforced the power and the glory of the country before. It is hard to do it. We stood and shot together. If we had sliot every which way, we should never have conquered tiie re1»ellion. If we got in all manner of quarrels which way we should shoot, we never should have won anything. Go home and ask your old gun — for you kept it no doubt, if you haven't ask your neighbor's, it is just as good — ' Which way did I shoot ? ' Always shot the way that you thought it would do the most good. I don't care about politics. I am past politics. I am almost as far out of them as is my friend, General Sherman, and that is a long way, sir. I have nothing to do with them, and care less about them, but I am Avilling to do anytJiing that I can during the remaining years, which are few, which are before me, to see justice done to the Grand Army of the Republic. And it will be done. "The farmers out west got a little start of this state, had to act together, and they frightened ever}^ politician in the United States Senate. Could the farmers turn out in this procession as you did yesterday ? No. Why don't they care for you? Because yon do not act together. You can control every district in this country if you will act together. Don't have any trouble on that subject. I heard one man, I thought, say, 'Oh, not in the South.' Y'es, in the South. I speak advisedly. The South, in order to gain your votes on their side, have granted you four times more |)i'nsions since they have had the power, without a light against NATIONAL KN(AMr:MENT OF THE G. A. K. 207 tlu'iii. than lia.s tlir Kcptildicau party. Let tlu' South sec that you ari' tlu' coiiti-oHiuu- iiowci-. and all they want is to have tlu'ir liand in tlu' c-oiitroUiiiu power. ••iM't'i'v nortlieru district you can control. Don't try to control it on the tarift. Ask. will you vote to pay the veterans of the (irand Army of the Kepuhlic what the ectuntiT owes them, in such amounts as the country can afford to \n\\ from time to time, for their support, and for the supi)ort of their wives, widows and children after them? Ask that. If the man give you his pledi>e that he will vote that, why. then, altout the minor matters of [)olitics, disperse as you please. ^Ve don't care anythini:- aliout them. 'I'hey do not affect our ])oor comrades. They do not affect oui' comrades" widows and ciiildien, any one of them. It is nothiuii' ; but this is vital, this is jnst, this is lawful, this is our right, and if we don't get it "we have ourselves to blame." Congressman McKinley of Ohio was applauded very heartily when President Fellows presented liim as the next s|)eaker. lie said : — 1;KMA1;KS of ( ((NMiUESSMAX .aickixley. '•J//'. PrcsliJi^iif (lull ( 'niii raih/s of f/tc (rrainl ^Inin/. of tlic Jh'jiiihlir : I dislike very nmch to disagree with the distinguished gentleman wlio has just preceded me. General Butler, Init I am forced to dissent from his statement when lu' said that the ( ii'and Army of the Republic, many of Avhom sit before me here tonight, had been engaged in a bad 1)argain. It is not true. Xo more honorable obligation was eS'er made, no more worthy contract was ever entered into by human kind, than that contract you made in l.Sdl to save your Hag and to preserve this Union to mankind. And there is not a veteran here before me, there is not a veteran throughout the length and l)readtli of this nation, who would give u|) his relation to that great contract for the wealth of Boston or the money of the world. If there is such a one in this vast audi- ence, let liim speak out tonight, and speak out now. It was ti good bargain, for it saved to mankind, now and hereafter, the freest government ui)()n the face of (iod's earth. "General Butler cannot outdo me in desiring to the old soldiers of the Republic the most generous offerings from the nation's treasury. I have stood in my place, as (ieiieral Butler 208 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH has stood in his place, votiiiiit Ave uiusr ne'er prove faithless To the gallant blood they slied ; Our foes may be forgiA'en, But ne'er forget our dead. Oh, boys Avho fell at Shiloh, At Kichmond and Bull Run. The Avork your brave hands finished Shall never be undone. Sleep SAveetly through tlie ages, O, dear and gallant d\ist. The men — Ave men — Avho saw your victories Stand faithful to the trust.' " General Butler arose, Avalked to the desk and said : — GENEKAL BLTLEK SPEAKS AGAIN. "I come here, comrades, to speak a word for another class of soldiers. I have great praise, due praise, from the gentleman who last addressed 3'ou for the Aarious regular generals of the arm}'. He has forgottou that there was a volunteer general any- where, lie has got his mind so wrought up Avith West Point that he forgot Garfield, from his own state." (A A'oice — "And he for- got Butler, too.") *' Oh, that I am forgotten is of no conse- quence." (A A-^oice — "Hurrah for Butler." Another voice — "Aud John A. Logan.") " Oh, yes, John A. Logan, forget him. And who is asking to forget him? Who is asking to forget those and remember the others? The volunteer soldiers Avho are before me? No, regular army men, not enough to coA'er up a mustard pot. How comes it that all tin; big victories won by the volunteers are forgotten, no, not forgotten. I know' General Sherman freed the slaves, because he did not haA^e an^'thing to do 14 21 (» UXOFKICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOLRTH with it. He fouglit the liattles of iiis country, aud Abraham Liu- eohi freed the shives l)efore Sherman "ot to the sea, or started for tlie sea. And I detract no hiurel from Sherman's brow. I would not do it for my life. Again in 1i)0- mattox answer." The speaker in concludinu' warmly applauded the pension bill signed on the 27th of June, and disclaimed the imputation that the (irand Army of the Republic men were sources of (huiger to the (iovernment as pension seekers. General Daniel K. Sickles was the next s[)eaker, and his address lirought the s})eech making to an end. He sjjoke in strong advocacy of lil)eral pensions and concluded b}' paying an eloquent tribute to the AVoman's Relief Corps. Singing by the Gilee Club closed the exercises. 212 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOUKTH BANQUET TO ENCAMPMENT DELEGATES. OX Thursday evening 1,')00 Grand Army veterans assenililed in Mechanics Hall to partake of a bountiful banquet. Department Commander luuis, in cliaroe of the management, was ably assisted in the preparations by the sub-committee on arrangement, Captain J. G. B. Adams and Representative Joseph Maccabe. Every seat was numbered to correspond to the coupons distributed. It was nearly nine o'clock when Governor Brackett and staff, and members of the state legislature, took their seats on the platform. The only sight that met their view on the floor of the hall was the long rows of white tables, tastefulh" decorated for the occasion. But the balconies were crowded with Grand Army men who, at a given command, marched down stairs and took the places reserved for them. Arrangements were made so that each state delegation sat together, a plan which was greatly appreciated, as it enabled the delegates to be seated among their personal friends and acquaintances. The decorations were beautiful, a principal feature l)eiug an elaborate American eagle, crossed flags, clasped human hands and an appropriate inscription, composed of red, white and purple asters, helianthus, native ferns and smilax. The form contained 2,000 asters, and in its construction fifteen men were employed for fifteen hours. Each guest found beside his plate an elegant souvenir menu, with a life-like portrait of General Alger. At the guests' table were seated Department Commander Inuis, General Sherman, General Fairchild, Past Commanders-in- Chief Devens and Warner, Hon. Warner Miller, Governor Brackett, Mayor Hart, Hon. John D. Long, Hon. Henry H. Sprague, Hon. AV. K. Barrett, and others, Connaander-in-Chief Yeazey and Past Commander-in-Chief Alger came upon the platform during the banquet and each was warmly welcomed. An hour was passed in discussing the elaborate menu, at the conclusion of which Commander Innis spoke as follows : — NATIONAL EXCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 21.) ADDRESS OF COMMANDEK INMS. " CoiiinKlrs (if fill' Xdtiiiinil Eiica/npiiK'iit : On lu'lmll" of the l)rp;\rtinciit of Massachusetts T extend to you a soldier's wi'leonie. And in doinu' so I wish also to thank you. and throu\vi'(l to spL'uk iiioiv lluiii iWc iiiinutt'S. I thank vou most liciirtily foi' the cordial reception thnt you have given me, niid the coi'dinl innmicr in wliich you ivccived all of these honored guests who are present, and who are called upon to entertain von by their words. Thanking j'ou again, 1 will hid you all good night." Colonel 'i':iylor : — "Now, comrades, you Imvc iienrd a great deal, you have said a good deal about what ^Massachusetts has done for you this week. You have said a good deal about and have appreciated what Massa- chusetts has done for you in the past few daj^s, and I want to present to you the governor of the state, John Q. A. Brackett, who litis dont' his utmost to make this occasion a great success. I know you will be glad to hear him and to listen to all he has to say. Governor Brackett of Massachusetts." Governor Brackett spoke as follows : — ADDRESS OK GOVERXOR BRACKETT. '■'■ Mr. Commander, Jlr. Toastmaster and Veterans: 1 nm pleased to be again one of the guests of the Grand Army of the Republic, and to have an opportunity of signifying by ni}' pres- ence the interest of the Commonwealth in the exercises of the evening. One of your comrades said to me a few minutes ago ou the platform, ' This is . the biggest week w^ e have ever had in Boston.' I agree to that statement. It certainly has been the biggest week to me in my life. To have had the experiences I have had ; to have stood as I stood on the platform Tuesday, between the President of the United States and General Sherman, and in that position to have witnessed this magnificent parade of yours ; to have sat, as I have sat this evening, with General Sherman on my right hand and the newly elected commander of the Grand Ami}- of the Republic upon my left hand, and to have enjoyed all the other things which this week has brought to me, have comliined to constitute an honor, or rather a series of honors, which rarely fall to the lot of any governor of Massachusetts. This week may, perhaps, be called, like that Boston charity which aims to give to the poor of the city a few days' enjojnnent of country scenery and country air in the summer, although in a differ- NATIOXAL ENCAJIPMENT OK THE G. A. R. 217 ent sense, our ' eoniitiy week.' The iiitluenee of wli;it liiis been tiikiiiii' phice liere in Boston sinci' Monday, of the words spoken at l)anquets and eanip-Hres and reunions, of the siuhts and sounds in our streets, of the pi'eseiiee of myriads of veterans whose inareiiino; has reinindecl us of the d;iys when they inarched throu^li our city on the Avay to the l)attlelield, or of those happier days wlien the survivors were welcomed back after the victory was o'ained. or of the martial music and the enthusiastic clieers, of the wavin<>' l)anners and the decorations upon ])ublic l)uiidinus and private al)odes and places of business, and of ail thi' othi-r dis- tinctive features of this occasion, lias made an impn'ssion which cannot fail to be lasting upon all who have taken part in or iiave witnessed them, and whicli cannot fail to turn their minds for the time l)eini>' from tlieir ordinarv vocations and ambitions, to surround them with an atmosphere of patriotism, and to give tlieir country, its glories in the past, its needs in the present, and its hopes for the future, a strongi-r iiold upon their minds and hearts. '•It is a week to which the people of Massachusetts, civilians as well as soldiers, have l)een looking forward for many months. Their most sanguine anticipations concerning it have heen more than realized. The government of the state has been lieartily in accord with the public sentiments with reference to tiie event. At the time of your National Encampment in ^Milwaukee last year, it was suggested to me that a letter to l)e publicl}' read there, from me as acting governor of the Commonwealth during the illness of Governor Ames, urging that the next Encampment be held in Boston, might have some effect ni helping to bring about that which the INIassachnsetts Department so earnestly desired. I wrote such a letter, in which I took the liberty of conveying the assurance that both the legislature and the citizens of ^Massachusetts would unite with the Department in welcoming the delegates and in making their meeting here a pleasant and successful one. The result has justified the prediction. In my message to tlie legislature in January last, I recommended liberal action on its part ui)on tiie subject, and that bod}' responded by appropriating $50,000 for the purpose, and providing for the proper representation of tlie Commonwealth upon the occasion. The Commoni\'ealth also cordially joined with the Grand Army in 218 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH iuviting the President uf the United Stiites to honor the occasion by his presence. He kindly complied with the request and you all know how his [)resence added to the success and the interest of the celebration. "Now, in Avhat this state lias done in this direction, it has acted with a wise regard for the public welfare. Your National Encampments exert an influence upon the people which is salu- toiy and ennobling. The meetings of the men who have fought side by side, who have faced the same dangers, who have endured the same hardships, who have won the same victories — the renewal of friendships formed in battle and in camp, the revival of the recollections of the old days and the old scenes and all the incidents and experiences of these annual reunions of yours, are not only exhilirating to you, but they are also useful to the Republic. " They give an added strength and IVrvor to that patriotic sentiment Avhich induced you to defend it in the past and to thereby contribute to that grand destiny which it is fulfilling. That patriotic sentiment, that spirit of consecration to a great cause which animated the soldier in the war, is needed in the cit- izen in peace. And as the country looked to the army for its defence, so whenever and wherever it is menaced today by social, political, moral or economical perils, among the forces upon which it confidenth^ relies for its deliverance is the power and patriotism of the (irand Army of the Kepu1)lic." The band then played '"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching," the whole concourse in the hall heartily helping on. Colonel Taylor : — "Comrades, we have a distinguished hero here tonight Avho has been introduced in glowing terms so many times that I am going to pi'esent him to you simply as a delegate from Missouri, Coun-ade Sherman." (Long continued cheers.) ADUREfiS OF GENERAL SHERitAN. '■'■ 3L-. President and Coiurode.s: This magnificent Encamp- ment has surely been a notable occasion. Even the heavens have smiled upon you. Every day has l)een just such a day as we could have chosen h:id we had the command of the Avinds and the NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 219 waves, and even toiii^lit. in inid-siiiniiier, in Anii'ust (loii'-days, we sit in a conifortalile hall with our chosen guests, with the imlniy air of a Ma}- nioruinii-, as cool and pleasant as any conn-ade could ask for, and you can look around you and ahove you and see the decorations of this hall, not too elaborate, yet distinctive, and everywhere in Boston you see the smiling faces of men, women and children, all hespeaking the welcome with which the Grand Army has been received in this great Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts. Of course 1, a veteran, almost the last of the ]\[ohi- cans, have received much honor and more than I wanted, but I am glad, my young fi'ii'iids, that you have taken couunand. I have seen one 3^oung man pass out of otlice today and a nt'W one installed, with that gentleness and subordination to authority whicii marks our American history and which is the best promise of a glorious future, of any single feature in our Government. "Now, my friends, T do not intend to break or make even the five or ten minute rule. l>ut to si)eak to you from my heart, as the people on the street have done, and to assure you that in look- ing back npon the past, I, one of your old comrades, am well pleased with you, my sous. As the governor of this C'onnnon- wealth has well stated, the feelings which you breathe, the senti- ments which you express publicly or in conversation, all tend to form a bond of union, it may be of silk, but stronger tluui any that Avas ever forged on the anvil of A'ulcan. We are bound together as a whole and not confined to any one locality. Each locality has its own scenes, each locality has its own history and scenery. Surely those in Boston command the respect and love and veneration of every American. You have all been to Bunker Hill, of course, and seen that monument, and you know its tale of history. You have been where (ieneral Washington first assumed the command of the American army, which was a command that resulted in the freedom of the thirteen American colonies, now extended Ity your fathers to the furtherest coast, consisting of forty-four states, each governed l)y its own local laws, with all subordinate to the wholi', like to the solar system, which God spreads abroad in the heavens. Now, my friends, the Grand Army of the Republic has for its first characteristic, as your President has well said, voui' Commander-in-Chief, order, svstem. '2'2i} rXOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH respect for each otlu-r, fraternity, as expressed by your code, cluirit}' and fraternity, and these are great virtues amongst all men, but especially amongst soldiers, where they mean something. "You who have fought^ in the field and touched elbow with your fellow soldier never can forget the spark thus caused, stronger tlian an}' electric spark now, when you meet him in citizen's clothes. He was once your comrade and you love him as a brother. That is fraternity, and that is what the Grand Army was organized to preserve and maintain. LoN'alty is the greatest of all. It may not l>e more than charity, but loyalty, obedience to the constituted autliority so tliat you may be safe, goes l)efore them all. You may differ as widely as the poles, yet, for the time being you sub- mit to your Commander-in-Chief, or to the ma^'or of your citj', or to the governor of your state, or to the Chief Executive in Wash- ington, with not an unwilling love, but with that obedience which comes from the heart and makes every American citizen boast of his country. Charity comes in, and very few here, even in Boston, realize the charity done ]»y the Grand Arm}- of the Republic. I have seen Posts way down in southern Missouri, I have seen them awa}' off in the mountains of Montana, Oregon and Washington, I have looked at their books, and about one-half of their fees go to charit}', and when it comes to be aggregated it runs up into millions of dollars. Those little deeds of charity which pervade the continent and stamp this order, entitle you, the Grand Arm}' of the Repul;)lic, to be the representative body of the survivors of the war. Of course we have organizations like the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, the Army of the Cumberland and others. They are local. But this organization covers the whole land and permeates it in every fibre, so that wherever there is a Grand Army Post there is a point where the patriot ma}' go and claim the authority of this grand, noble order of men. "The heavens have smiled upon you here in Boston. I was prepared for it. Yesterday you had a grand and glorious oppor- tunity of seeing and being seen, of speaking to each other, of renewing the old friendships and of making an impression upon the body politic here in Boston whicli will be carried to the four corners of the earth and which will make this a notable occasion. May God bless you and may you continue in the work, just as NATIOXAL ENCAJIPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 221 voiir fathers hegaii ami coiitiiiiu- in it forever. For wars liave not ceased and inav come again. God grant that they may nc)t * * * But as long as man is man he will have passions, and wars have been, not by reason and good sense, but by want of it. Why. Ave have seen here witliin the last fcAv days a greaf conven- tion of South Anu'ricans and of course everything Avas to be settled by arbitration. Well, now the}' are going for each other, from the Istiunus down to Buenos Ayres. And so in Europe they had a peace congress the other day, which our glorious, good man Dudley Field ]n'esided over, and they decided that war should cease and that arbitration should take its place. All right; I hope they will succeed and all good soldiers hope they will suc- ceed. But. my friends, I do not l)elieve they will succeed. Wars will continue as long as man is on earth and thosi' who are here together should obey the laws of their own country- and sub- mit to that necessary restraint which you, 3'ourselves, submitted to in 18G1 and l-SO.'i, and which you exhibit today and exhibited on the streets the other day, and you will come out victors and conquerers in the grand struggle for existence. I hope and pray that each and every one of you Avill reach your homt's in good health. I expect to go elsewhere tomorroAV, but Avherever I go I will carry with me the memory and remembrance of this occasion. (Great and prolonged applause.)" Colonel Taylor : — " Now, conu'ades, I Avant to present to you the hero of Gettysburg, General Sickles. General Sickles has done ii good deal of pioneer work for this order, and his reception this A\eek has been a grand one, and his war record and his serA'ices for the order liaA'e generously entitled him to it. General Sickles of New York." ADUKESS OF GENERAL SICKLES. "Mr. Co)it/iirackett (turning to 224 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH his excelk'uey) , so long as a man lives who faces 3'ou here tonight they will hold you and the people you so ably represent in grate- ful memory for the care you have taken of us. IMaj'or Hart (turning to his honor) , I wish to sa}-, sir, that the lioys in front of you, old some of them in years but young in heart, extend to you their most cordial thanks for all that you and your magnificent city has done for them and for us. And as we leave the confines of your city, as we pass the borders of 3'our state, Governor Brackett, be assured that you will never be forgotten, but so long- as we live, will be held in grateful rem.embrauce. " Comrades, in the little souvenir that has been giveu to you here, filled with cigars, in which I have been complimented Ijy having my face placed upon it, I want to make a correction. The committee has represented me in that picture as turning my back upon Commander Innis. Tliat I never did and never will do. I wish the}' would turn the face the other waj-. I like to face the Massachusetts men, Comrade Goodale, Comrade Innis and all the comrades who have done so much for us. Comrades of Massa- chusetts, we will face j'ou while we live and when we die we will ask that we be buried with our faces turned toward old Massa- chusetts." Colonel Taylor : — ••Comrades, we are favored tonight with the presence of General Devens of Massachusetts, a man of whom Massachusetts is justly proud, and a man whose war record is known through- out the length and breadth of the land. I will invite him to speak to you for a few minutes ; Past Commander-in-Chief, General Devens of Massachusetts." ADDRESS OF GENERAL DEVENS. ••It shall be for a few moments, only, conn-ades, for we who are the Past National Commanders have been sitting here in a row like extinct volcanoes who have vomited their flames in times past, but were now quite worn out. I can assure you, couu'ades, that 5'our visit luis toiK-hed deeply the heart of Massachusetts, and that its governor has not spoken one word too strongly in its behalf. It has been delightful to clasp again the hands, to look again into the faces of brother soldiers, to hear again their voices, NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 225 provided, of course, thev ilo not s[)enk too loiiu', :ind to meet encli other ill this corditd ;iiid friendly way. Certainly no incident could occur, liettt'r showiiiLi' how intiniatelv the fame of the Northern and all the armies of tlu' I'liited States are bound together than that which you have seen mxui this platform, when voii have seen (ieiieral Sherman and (xeueral Sickles speaking together, and rememlu'i' that \'icksl>urg and (iettyshurg came together. •• I reiiuMiilK'r that the j-'ourth of .July, lS(;;i, was the looudest day that tiie American arms had t'ver known, because, with the thunders that welcomed in the Nation's natal day, throughout the North rang the cannon that announced the great victory of Gettys- burg; and they were echoed and re-echoed from the South and West by those that told that \'icksburg had fallen, and that the Mississippi, its whole mighty length, to use the noble phrase of Abraham Lincoln, -ran unvexed to the sea.' You are in a city which is an historic city. It is a city which has once lieeii taken by force of arms; it has received the cannonade directed by General Washington. It has l»i'eii a beleaguered city. Its inhabi- tants, it is true, were all heaitily in sympathy Avith the besiegers. It bears in various parts the marks of the cannon balls of the Revolutionary army that besieged it. It has yielded to its capture b}^ General Washington, and again ^nelded no less generously to its capture l>y you. The states of Massachusetts and Mrginia were the great states of the Revolution. They are old states. I hope the love between them is not gone 3^et. "I sat today upon the platform of the Grand Army of the Repulilic, and there were at the other end of the hall before me four face>s and four pictures. One was the picture of our great commander, to whose trumpet call every man of us has answered, that of (reneral (4rant. Another was that of General Logan, endeared to all of us liy his exertions in behalf of this verv asso- ciation : who did more to put it in the position in which it now is than perhaps any one of its commanders; to whom has been accorded the praise of being the liist volunteer soldier in the army ; who had never received the lienetit of any academic instruction in the art of war: upon whom was thrown in the early hours of the battle at Atlanta, by tlu' unfoitumite death of the gallant McPhersoii early in tlu' morning, tlu' whole weight of that liattle, 15 226 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH which lasted until seven o'clock in the evening, and where, as General Sherman in his report states, with his determined gallantry, whenever any brigade or au}' division flinched, or lost ground liy an inch, he personally conducted it into its proper place in the line of battle. The two other portraits were portraits of Virginians. Honor and praise to the men that retained the true faith and that maintained the true honor. One was the face of George H. Thomas, noted for his magnificent victory at Nashville. And the other was that of David Farragut, whom j'ou have seen, pictured at least, as he was lashed to the maintop of the Hartford, above the smoke of battle, directing the battle of each one of his ships. Honor forever to the state that brings forth such sons to maintain her true honor and g'lor3\ "And now, not to prolong these remarks, let me end with the single remark of the greatest Virginian of them all, which is applicable today to our army, as it was to the army to whom it was addressed. They are the words which General Washington addressed to the armj^ which he commanded, and they are as fit to be addressed to you as they were to be addressed to your great forefathers, 115 years ago. 'The fame of the federal armj^,' said he, ' is secure ; and let the men who compose it remember that simple virtues of industry, econoni}' and frugality will render them as amiable in civil life as the more splendid qualities of courage and valor have rendered them respected in the field.'" ADDRESS OF GENERAL WARNER OF MISSOURI. The next speaker introduced was Past Commander Warner of Missouri. He said if there was one thing he was glad of, it was that he was a Missourian, and that the next thing was that he was a Past Commander of the Grand Armj^ of the Republic. The people from the West who were visiting Boston had greatl}' enjoyed the hospitality shown them on all sides, and would carr}^ back with them to their homes only the pleasantest remembrances of their sta}' here. He referred in a ver}' humorous manner to the feast which h;id just been enjoyed, and likened it to those which the comrades had enjoyed ( ?) iu the trenches at the front. As he gazed on the ranks of the Sons of Veterans in the parade on Tuesday, he realized, in a forcil)le manner, their likeness to the NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 227 voluuteer soldiers of '(11, '(')2 aud '(;;5 ; but he also realized that they possessed far more knowledge of military science now than did the veterans of '(ii. With all the ceremonies and reunions of the past week, uot one word of bitterness or of vengeance had been uttered toward those who fought against the Union. He realized more than ever before that the war ended in '(JT) ; that the Northern soldier laid down his arms and took up again the imple- ments of industry, feeling that, with the last throb of the drum, the hand of fellowship was extended to the vanquished foe, and allowed them to take back to their homes the horses which they would need in their pursuits of life. The annals of time Avould l)e searched in vain for a parallel to such magnanimity ; aud the evidences of the loyalty of the Union soldier could be found ou every battlefield, could be seen shining from every star or in every stripe of the old flag. ADDRESS OF GENERAL FAIRCHILD OF WISCONSIN. Colonel Taylor next introduced Past Commander Fairchild, of Wiscoutsin, whose remarks were brief owing to the lateness of the hour. He said that the people of the great West appre- ciated the hospitality which had been extended to them by the people of Boston. For months previous to the Encampment pre- parations had been going ou, and he was very glad that it had been such a splendid, enthusiastic and glorious success. Although the comrades might differ in their desires aud iu their preference for office, the spirit of loyalty was still throbbing in their breasts. He paid a glowing tribute to the loyalty of the soldier in the fight for the Union, and said that the battle was waged uot for state or section, but for the Union. He was glad that one great fact was clearly evident : that the defeated shared equally with the victors. He hoped that all might be spared to attend the Encampment in Detroit in 18'J1, aud upon closing was greeted with loud applause. ADDRESS OF CORPORAL TANNER. The last speaker of the evening was Corporal James Tanner. Colonel Taylor, in presenting him, said that the high otficials of the Grand Army of the Republic had had their full share in the speaking of the evening ; and he introduced Corporal Tanner as a 228 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH vopreseutativo of the rank and file. The Corporal's address closely held the attention and interest of the audience, notwith- standing the lateness of the hour. He said that the only fitness which he deserved in appearing upon such an occasion arose from the desire to recall stirring days of endeavor for a just cause. The men in the ranks were a neces- sary adjunct to the commanding otHcers, and he thanked God that the brilliant galaxy of leaders in the war had had supreme confi- dence in the men of their commands, knowing full well that their devotion to their country would sustain them in whatever peril they might l)e. The years are fleeing ; yet all who attended the Eucampment felt years younger than l:)efore they came, and would carry back with them to their distant homes onl}^ the kindest feelings towards their entertainers. He thanked God that he was born just when he was ; that he was permitted to get into line and help to make the flag of the Union the only one which had a right to float over this Nation. The comrades are getting old, and some are passing from the stage of activity ; but as they go from Boston, never perhaps to gather again, he was happy in knowing that when they passed away they would leave the Nation so cemented together that it shall be preserved forever. At the conclusion of Corporal Tanner's address the assembly joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne," and the banquet was a thing of the past. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE ti. A. R. 'iL^'.l THE PLYMOUTH CLAM-BAKE. IT was a current jest ninong the veterans en route to Boston that tliey would l)e fed durni*>' the Eneampineut on l)rown l)read and heans. with a siirinkhnti' of eh\ins thrown in. by way of variety. Aniouii' the tinticipiitrd pK'asures of Encaniitnieiit week was tlie (hial attraction of an t'xciirsion to Plvinoutli :ind a clam- bake in that historic town. If a town was ever Hterally cai)tured by the veterans, Plymouth experienced that distinction on Friday. They manifested a solemn reverence ns they walki'd tlu' winding" streets of .Vniericn's oldest town, and beheld the mementos handed down liy that little band of Pilgrims, who, thnt they might be free to cai'ry on religions worship according to the dic- tates of their own consciences, braved the dangers and wintry gales of an iinknown sea in search of a haven of rest. No visitors ever appreciated these mementos of the birth of freedom more than the veterans on that memoral)le occasion. The excursion was complimentary to the (irand Army Enciimpment. :ind long before the advertised time for the trains to start the Old Colony station in Boston was thronged with excursionists. Four special trains were provided by the railroad management. The tirst train consisted of ten cars ; the second of twelve cars; the third of nine cars, and the fourth of ten ears, all filled. 'J'he second was the olllcinl tniiu. The tirst two cai's were I'eserved for the (irand Army leaders and members of the state didega- tions, while the others were occupied by the representatives of the National Fn<-ampment and their ladies and friends. A great nndtitiide desired to take the lirst train that they might havi' a full day in Plymouth, and hundreds rushed pell mell for the i)lat- forms the minute the gates wert' opt'iied. Delegates l)ecame 230 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH separated and were forced to try their luck with the crowd. There was no chance for the examination of Ixidges. Fortunately no one was injured bj^ the rusii to he the first one to board the cars. Each of the special trains liad on Vtoard a detail from the ambulance corps of the state militia. There were a few cases of sickness needina; care. The stretchers Avere called into use and the sick men were taken to the baggage car, which was turned into a temporary hospital. Governor Brackett could not join the excursionists, owing to previous engagements. The newly-elected C'ommnnder-in-Chief of the Grand Army was also absent. Lieutenant-Governor Haile represented the State, and General Alger represented the Grand Arm}' as the retiring Commander-in-Chief. With the General were his wife, his two daughters and one of his sons, also Governor Thayer of Nebraska, General Fairchild of Wisconsin, Mrs. Stockbridge, wife of Senator Stoekbridge of Michigan : Miss Piatt, Congressman Cogswell, Colonels Sidney M. Hedges, August M. Goetting and A. M. Jackson of the governor's staff; Miss Clara Barton, Counciloi's Keith, Flynn and Mudge ; Senators Coffin and Lowe ; Colonel George H. Hopkins, Adjutant-General, and Colonel James T. Sterling, Assistant Adjutant-General, of General Alger's staff ; Past Commanders-in-Chief Rea, Burdette, Beath and Kountz ; Representatives Dallinger of Cambridge, Howland of Chelsea, Kendall of Gardner, Oakman of Boston, Maccabe of East Boston ; Captain George W. Creasey and wife, Past Assistant Adjutant-General J. F. Meech and wife. Past Judge- Advocate Genei'al W. C. Reddy of New York, Captain W. H. Thomas, Hon. Benjamin S. Lovell, Mrs. and Miss Lovell. Mrs. Tanner and daughter. Chairman Goodale of the National Executive Committee, Grand Army of the Republic, J. AL Greenfield of Michigan ; John G. Hutchinson, Commander of Post ;i, jNIanchester, N. H. ; Colonel Nat. Schackford, Lake Vil- lage, N. H. ; Commander S. S. Whitney of Post (52, Newton ; Commander George A. Sawin, Post 11 o, Boston; Wyzeman Marshall, Edmund F. Prentiss ; Past Department Commanders Aloivzo Williams, Hall, Charles H. Williams, and Commanders Pomeroy and Spencer of Rhode Island ; Past Assistant Adjutant- General Turner of Rhode Island, Past Department Commanders NATIONAL ENCAMPJIENT OF THE G. A. K. 2o 1 Pli'i-sey and Nash of Massachusetts ; Chaphiiu-iu-Chief Mis. Little- tield of the Woman's Kelief Corps ; V. M. ^Manson, Commander Department of Vermont, Grand Army of the Republic ; Colonel J. H. (ionldino-, Adjutant-General of the Grand Army of the Repul)lic; Colonel W. 8. Cummins which marked Encampment week as one of the most notalile in the history of the order. With oratory, uiusic. poi'ti'y and song the eycning passed swiftly a\v:iy. (iovenior l)rackctt. Lieutenant-! iovrrnoi' Ilaile, Mayor Hart, Adjutant-( ieiieral Dalton, the memliers of tliciioy- ernor's staff, C'onnnander-iu-('hief Veazey ;ind wife, Mrs. , Julia Wai'd Howe, General Alger and wife, Mrs. (iem-ral J.ogan and other distinguished people canie upon the platform. The meeting was called to order by ]\Irs. K. Florence Barker, Past National President, who presided. The audience reached its highest altitude of enthusiasm when (uMU'ral Sherman was seen walking up aside aisle leaning upon the arm of Past Department Conunander (xeorge L. Goodale. The orchestra struck up, '^Hail to the Chief," and the ripple of api)lause ended in a tremendous round of cheers led by Mayor Hart. The feelings of the audii'uce was stirred by the singing of "The Star Spangled lianner" liy Mrs. Nellie Brown Mitchell, during which, at the ap[)roi)riate moment, a soldier and a sailor appeared at either end of the [>latform and wayed a National ensign and the Union .Jack, which created great enthusiasm. ^Irs. Barker said : — " Ld'Jics of the WoiiKdi's Relief Corps, Members of t/ie fTroii'l Armii (iiul Friends: ( )n behalf of the National A\'ouian's Relief Corps I bid you welcome to our camp-fire. Heiv in Bos- ton, where twenty-three ladies joined together to form a Relief Cor])!?, we tonight hold this, our grand festiyal, because it is our success. The child that Ave bore and watched and prayed for, we haye seen Avalk, but not without the aid of the braye men of the (4rand Army of the Repul)lic. •■ We haye iuyited the (governor, the Mayor and friends of the Woman's Relief Corps of 3Iassachusetts to join with us in this camp-fire. But it is asked, 'How can you ladies Imild a 238 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH camp-fire? You have no smoke.'. Still we have pleutj' of diT wood, and I propose to light it, ( A voice, ' That is better than smoke.') We have with us many pei'sons who will speak our endorsement, which will sound better than if expressed by our- selves. Friends, we have with us this evening one of the greatest friends of the Union soldier, one who has furnished, perhaps, as much inspiration to our army as any person in this land. I have the pleasure of presenting to you Mrs. Julia Ward Howe." REMARKS OF MRS. HOWE. " I do not know, dear friends, how my small voice will reach you. I have been asked to recite something that I suppose is vei'y familiar to you, ' The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' and when the President of this Association said that she would pro- vide dry wood for the camp-fire, I thought that in presenting me she had brought forward a tolerably seasoned piece of timber. I could not do the noble hospital service that many did, but I went again and again to see the soldiers in their camp. The result of one of those visits, the first that I made, was the hymn that I will now recite to you. I might say before beginning it, that the first time I ever attempted to speak in public was when I visited a regiment in the neighborhood of Washington. Colonel Green, I don't know why, said to me, ' Mrs. Howe, you shall speak to my men.' ' AYell,' I said, ' I never spoke ; 1 cannot speak,' and I ran away three or four times. Finally he brought me back ; and when I stood face to face to those gallant soldiers, I could only say how glad I was to see them, how proud and happy I was to be in their piesence, and that is what I say to you tonight." NATIONAL ENCAMPMEKT OF THE G. A. R. 239 3Irs. Howe theu recited the BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC. Mine eyes have seen the glorj' of the coiiiina; of the Lord : He is trampling out tlie vintage wliere the grapes of wrath are stored ; He liatli loosed tlie fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword : His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps ; His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel : " As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal ; " Let the Hero born of woman crush the serpent with His heel, Since God is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ; He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat : Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me : As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. While God is marching on. Mrs. Barker : "Friends, I have now the pleasure of presenting to you the Governor of the State of Massachusetts. He has overcome his joy at the arrival of the ladies and has got control of his feelings so he can welcome 3'ou. It is late in the week, but he has had a hard time to get into condition for this evening. REMAUKS OF (iOVF:RNOR BRACKETT. " Ladies and Genlleinen : During the present year it has been my good fortune to be present at many camp-fires and other assemblages of the Grand Army Posts of the Commonwealth. On these occasions a number of speeches are generally made, and all of them, except the governor's, are invariably interesting and eloquent. There is one voice with which the oratory usually closes, to which it always gives me especial pleasure to listen, and which most of all I should regret to miss. That is the voice of the President of the Massachusetts Department of the Woman's Relief Corps. This c:inip-tire closes the series of pul)lic meetings 240 UNOFFICIAL rROCF.EDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH which have l>eeu held in eomiection with the National Eneami)- nient during the week, and it is one which I should have specially regretted to have had to omit. " I am very much gratified to be present in behalf of the Commonwealth to give 3'ou a cordial welcome, to pay my respects to this organization, and to join with others in commendation of its noble Avork. It is an anxiliai-y of the Grand Army of the Republic, and, like it, it is liased upon the principles of Frater- nity, Charity and Loyalty. I :nii informed that the delegates attending the National Convention represent a membership of nearly 100,000 women of this country, that there are some thirty State Departments, and also other detached organizations in states having no Departments. Such a l)and of American Avomen joined together for patriotic and benevolent purposes, and actively fulfilling their mission, constitutes an institution for Avhich the nation may Avell be grateful. Beautiful as are the virtues of pJiilanthrophy and public spirit in men, they are more l^eautiful still when seen in Avomen. They give au added charm to their possessors and an elcA'ating influence to the social circle in which thej^ are displayed, and the aims and the activities of which they aid in shaping. •• AVhatever differences of opinion may exist as to the partici- piitioii of women in political affairs, there can be none as to the propriety of their position and their efforts in directing and carrying on and stimulating humane and charitable work. Massachusetts has recognized the Aalue of their serA-ices in this direction by placing them upon the boards intrusted Avith the superA'ision of the charitable, reformatory and penal institutions of the state. And Massachusetts, which lias always sought to be just and generous to its deserA'ing soldiers, welcomes their co-operation in this field of beneficent action ; and in its name 1 thank you for this generous and useful serA-ice, and I trust that an cA-er increasing and enlarging capacity may be granted to you for rendering this same service in the future." After the vSwedish Quartette had i-endered a vocal niarcli in an excellent manner. Mrs. Barker presented His Honor Mayor Hart, as one Avho had ordered the Aveather and had been Avorking in his floAver garden on the Connnon ever since the spring opened, preparing for this Encampment. national encampjient of the g. a. h, 2-il i;i:mai;ks ok mavoi; hakt. '• We (lid eoiiiiiU'iKH' in thr iinrdi'ii t'arlyiii the season. AN'lieu it was suoiit'sted that we should phu-e tiiere n'presentations of all the Grand Army and Ai mv Cori)s badges that existed at this time, it was a verv jiivat (juestioii whether it could l)e done. ^fr. Dooo'ue, the SuperintencU'Ut of thi' ( 'onniioii, said to me. •! ean do it, if you will give me cartr lilauche lo go to \ew York and [Udcin'e the flowers that wr nci'd." I said. • You have my a[»[)r()val. and vou can go jihead. in'oxided you can carry out the j)lan. Tlu're is a great deal of criticism u[)ou this woik. or was at the beginning, and we do not want to start on anything unless we can do some- thing that will be satisfactory.' In my judgment, we have shown you the handsomest Public Garden and the handsomest array of flowers that there is in the world. When 1 Avi'nt on to the Public (iarden on Tuesday, and saw the crowd of people there, as hand- some as lliese pt'ople that are before me tonight, tlieir presence was the only addition that was needed to make it a veritable (iarden of Eden. •• All this week 1 have been attending your camp-fires, and have bi'cn hearing how nuicli Boston has done for vou. 3Iv time has now come to tell you how much we respect the (irand Army, and I mean the Woman's Relief Corps just as well, because with- out the women there would not be much for the (Jrand Army to do. liut, by their combined efforts, we have seen Avhat the (irand Army and the Relief Corps are enabled to do as an organization. In thanking you for your invitation and reception, I want to tell you as to tlie character of your presence in Boston. It was said that we should need an extra police force for the Public Garden, to protect evei-ything Ave had there. T asked the Board of Police to give me that force, which they did; but we had no occasion for the police Avliich we had there before. I have received a letter from Air. Doogue in which he said that there Avasu't even a blade of grass missing. 1 got up pretty early Tuesday morning and went to the Garden to see just wh;it condition it was in. and cer- tainly it looked just as bright and fresh as it did the morning before you came. •• When I sent a message to ^Milwaukee, last year, asking the (irand Army to come here. I was in great doubt. 1 did not know IG 242 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH just what we should do, niid wlieu I promised to do what 1 did promise it was with a considerable mental reservation. But when the appropriation had been passed by the City Council, I bent all my efforts to have it turned over entirch' to the committee of the Grand Arm}-. It has been done, and your committee has done the work most excellently Avell. 1 have followed things up very carefully' and had the streets through which the procession was to march put in as good condition as it was possible. On Tuesday morning, at five o'clock, I went over those thoroughfares, and I found them in first-class condition. Your President has given me the credit of ordering the weather. I certainly prayed for it, for I heartily believe in prayer, and I believe the prayer was answered. I praj^ed for sunshine. The sunshine didn't immediately come ; but the clouds lifted, and it has been pleasant up to this time. I hope and trust that it will be just as pleasant for you all from the time j^ou leave Boston until you get to your homes and for all your natural lives." Mrs. Flora E. Barry next sang "The Flag's Come Back to Tennessee." Mrs. Barker, in a few complimentary words relative to the National Organization of the Woman's Relief Corps, presented its retiring President, Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Chicago, who was cordially received. "You perceive by my very first utterance that 1 am not in condition to address you, so I will not inftict a speech upon this audience after the clear utterances that I have heard tonight. We expected a great deal of Boston, and those expectations have been more than fulfilled ; in fact, it has proved itself the combi- nation of everything that is excellent. I believe from this day that Massachusetts has beeu true to its reputation. One word Avith regard to the Woman's Relief Corps. We accept with grati- tude all the kind words you have been good enough to say about it tonight. Seven short years of existence has gathered together ]()0,()0() of tlie very best women in the land. We are on dress parade toniglit ; but we work three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, Sundays excepted, and we have spent this year, in our charity work, $87o,O()0. We are in the work to stay, for the veterans, and have at our finger-tips thousands of dollars to help those brave men who have fought for us." NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. U. 248 Mrs. yUwy E. Knowk's road the following poem wi-ittcn for the occasion by Kate Brownlec SluTwood : — THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN. A salute 1 And yet another : A salute while the biiufles i)lay I For tlie i)eei-Iess riiritau mother, For the mothers of riymouth I5ay I For the royal Relief Corps \\()men, The glory of Boston toAvn '. For the Avomen of the grand old Commonwealth Who sliare in Jier hold renown I Tiirongh the ice antl the snows The Mayflower goes, Through the racking, roaring sea, And the breakers that dash on the lee; And the old hull knocks On the ragged rocks ; And the Puritan kneels to pray. To the Lord whom the winds obey. Matrons and maidens are there With their soothing Ininds on the head Of the fainting and famished, And the wrinkled brow of care; Maidens and matrons are there Where the savage has made his lair, Heartsick, homesick and weary, Bravest Avhen all is most dreary ; Gaining courage and trust From the frost and tiic snows and the rust. And the fever and famine sore, Ami liie shadow of death at the door. Matron and stately nuiiden. Mothers and mates of men. Of invincible Puritan men ; Sowing with hands full laden, Seed that shall blossom again ; — Blossom in Bevolution And the birth of a Constitution Brought forth in the freeman's tight. In tlie diring defence of right; In the splendor of right made nnght ; In the century flower of State ; In a Union grand and great, Tiie fruit of a mighty endeavor. One and forever. 244 INOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOIRTH Aye, it is brave to be goiiiii Fortli to the pipe and tlie drinn, Out where the buajles are blowing, Hearing the drum say, " Come;" Loosed is the voice of the (hiuib, And the halt and the lame They leap in acclaim. And the ))eardless boy says, " Come;" And the horses are neighing, And the trumpets are braying. And the heroes are shouting, " Come." Aye, it is brave to be going Where the bugles are blowing ; Where free men are met. With faces Arm set ; And they hold up strong hands. And they vow to be true. To dare and to do, For their land of all lands ; And the shells are a-screaming, And the rockets are gleaming ; And the roar of the cannon says, " Come, Come, patriot, come." But the mother at home in her sorrow, Or the wife with the bal)e on her knee. No cymbals shall gladden her morrow. No mourner so mournful as she ; And she savoous in her pain When she hears the refrain Of the jubilant marches afar; Of the thunderous chorals of war. O son, Avith the golden locks All crimplcd and crimsoned and wet. With the dews of death in them set. Where the surge of the battle shocks I father, so stark and still. Where the gunners charge over the hill. And the mowers of death are thick, And the heart of the hero is sick ! Do you hear her calling you, " Come," Above the fife and the drum. And the cannon that roars and rends Both foes and friends? But O for the I'uritau mother, Or the maiden of Plymouth Bay, When husband, father and brother NATIONAL ENCAJirMENT OF THE G. A. H. 245 And lover are iiiarcliiiiii away I When tlic last bread is broken, And the last vows are spoken : And llie kissi's -n-e sweet on the lips .V.S honey fi'oni cond) as it drips; And the sword and the belt are in place, And the liorror of death creeps ajtace I And she smiles a farewell, And she Avhispers, "Be true To the cause that is callinii- for yon ; For death is the portal of life. And dearer than mother or wife. The truth that is callinu- for you. From the scorn and confusion of hell; And better the bonds of the grave Than the gyves of the slave!" Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? They have leai)t the dread valley of bones: Above them the brow overarching, Beneath, the sacrifical stones "Where the martyrs are making their moans. Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? They are shaking the kingdoms and thrones. They are marching and marching and marching. The bow of tlie Lord overarching. And the son takes the place of the sire. And their path is a pillar of tire. As they're marchina" and marching ami marching, The promise of God overarching. Do you hear them? The Minute Men nnirching? In the Baltimore streets they are marching. And the drops of their fiery baptismal Have crimsoned the cup of their chrismal. Do you hear them? The Minute Men marching? The shadows of deatli overarching. And Ijeneath them confusion abysmal? Do you hear them? The Minute Men maridunii? O imperious Puritan mother? Lo, the ruddy red cross overarching, Slie comes, keeping time with her brother ! When he faints she is there to relieve him, When he falls she is there to receive him ; When the cannon roars out. In the cliarge and the rout, And the frenzv of wratii 246 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDIXGS TAVENTi'-FOURTH Cuts its lurid long path, 'Till the rider aud horse Are dOAvn in its course ; No horror shall force her to leave him. No disaster to question or grieve him, And her voice is the tinkle of timbrels When the battle is crashing its cj'mbals : " B\- the Stars and the Stripes floating o'er 3'ou, By the mothers and wives who adore you. By the Commonwealth blazing with glory, By a Union transfigured in story. By the Puritan pride of endeavor. Be freemen forever and ever." And the hosts of the Lord overarching, Massachusetts goes marching and marching. O heroes of siege and of battle. Recounting your conquests again, "When the drum throbs of victory rattle Make room for the angels of pain ! For the angel avIio sang in the dawn Of the glory of God marching on 1 For the white-ribboned angel of right Lifting up pleading voice in the night ! For the angel Avho carries unfurled The bannered red cross to the world I For the angel who bears on her breast The badge of sweet charity's quest : — The cradle of liberty swung From the cross that the crusader sung ! A salute and yet another ! A salute while the bugles play ! For the peerless Puritan mother. For the mothers of Plymouth Bay ! For the royal Relief Corps women, The glory of Boston toAvn ! For the women of the brave old Commonwealth Who share in her bold renown 1 Mrs. Barker snid : — "We have with us one whom we deli^iht to honor, the wife of him who created Memorial Day in the Grand Army of the RepubUc, and who, Avhen the Woman's National Relief Corps was organized, and there was doubt of our success, said to us : NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 247 'What Ladiic will you ladies adopt?' And a ineniber of the coiu- niittee said : 'We shall uot infringe upon yours, General.' He said : ' Do not misunderstand me ; I shoidd like to pin the hadge of the Grand Army of the Republic on the breast of every woman wlio is read}^ to work for the veteran soldier, and I should not be afraid to trust it tliere.' We owe very much to his companion who tauiiht him this noble faith in woman. It is with very great pleasure that 1 present to you ^Ii's. Mary A. Logan, the wife of General John A. Logan." Mrs. Logan was received with tremendous cheering, but was so much affected by it and by the touching allusion to General Logan that she was unable to speak, but took her seat, after bowing her acknowledgments amid renewed cheering. ]Miss Ella Chamberlain then whistled Fior Di Margherita in such a manner that the audience demanded an encore, and con- tinued to applaud, causing Mrs. Barker to remark: — "We always call upon the Commander-in-Chief to help us when Ave get into danger. I have the pleasure of presenting General Alger. He has just retired from the chair, and we liave not yet learned to say Past Commander-in-Clhef." REMARKS OF GENERAL ALGER. " I am indeed grateful, ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps, for being permitted to say a single word to you, to encourage you in the great work you are doing. I am, however, somewhat of the opinion that we may about as well stop praising you, for the fact is, ladies, we begin to feel towards the A\''oman's Relief Corps tlie sentiment expressed by President Lincoln concerning Mrs. Lincoln : ' Why,' said he, ' I never think of thanking Mrs. Lincoln for what she does for me' — the highest compliment tliat man can pay to woman. "What she does for charity comes as naturally as the breath comes to the lungs. It comes as sweetly and surely as the fra- grance from the rose. There is not a woman in the land whose first impulse is not to aid the suffering and the needy. " The fact is, ladies, j'^ou have gotten so strong I don't think you need very nnicli help from the men. We think it is about time that you take the lal)oring oar and that Ave take our places 248 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH as passengers in the craft. "We have Itecome so accustomed to having you meet every want, that we do not think it possible that any needs can come Avithout a supply from you to meet it. "But, ladies, seriously, as I have travelled over this great country during the i)ast year, visiting many places, perhaps I have seen one hundred kindred organizations of yours. I have found in every i>lace willing and glad testimony to the fact that you are doing the major part of the work of charity and relief for our disabled conu'ades, for their wives, for their widows, for their old fathers, their old mothers and their children. And it seems to me that it is superfluous talk to tell you that you are doing the noblest work on earth. "You may be sure your work is appreciated. I am certain that you never find a man whose heart beats beneath the blue, who does not wish to show in his every act that he is grateful to 3'ou and appreciates your magnificent work. " It is one of the great sorrows to me in laying down this great otllce of Commander-in-Chief and handing it over to the man whom I know will till it more ably than I, that I shall have no excuse to go where the representatives of the "\^^oman's Relief Corps gather, where I can always be announced and Avhere I can have the first sa}^ ; and I want to tell you. Comrade Veazej", that if you get along at home without any difficulty, when you come to settle up your accounts and turn them over to Mrs. Veazey, you Avill do pretty well. But, sir, I wish you every success. I wish the \\'oman's Relief Corps every prosperity. Every dollar you collect from a man for charity, helps your work and enriches the giver. Every dollar that is given in charitj", whether it be for soldiers or whether it be for those who know nothing of the suf- ferings of war, enriches l^y just so much the man who contributes it. As I said here a short time ago, and as I say now, and shall always repeat, the one great blessing of life to man is the privi- lege and the opportunity of doing something for others less fortu- nate than himself." At this point a l)iu-st of applause went up, the cause for which was apparent when ffeneral Sherman was seen approach- ing down one of tlie side aisles. The applause grew into cheers as he came upon the i)latforiu. Resuming, General Alger said: — NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE O. A. H. '24:U "General Shennan, you eanie in at the last end and the best part of my speech; but I want to say to you, sir, tliat you are the dessert for any man's speech, and I uladly surrendei' my place to you." Mrs. Barker: — ••TIk' last speaker found a little fault because he was inter- rupted by the rankinu' otticer. It is impossible to outrank the comi'adc 1 now have the pleasure of introducinii' to ycni. All who outrank liim have passed over. His equals in rank have passed over, lie alone is left to speak for his representatives. I have the honor to introduce to you(Jeneral Sherman." ( (ireat ap})lause, which culminated in a most enthusiastic ovation when ]Mayor Hart sprang to his feet and called for three cheers for the General.) ItEMARKS OF GENERAL SHERMAN. '■' LndiPii and Gciitli'iticn : I am just from the cars, having- spent a charming day with a most delightful family at the old city of Salem. I did promise yesterdaj' to make an appearance here tonight, not to speak, but merely to manifest by my presence the interest I feel in every mo\'ement which tends to increase the kindly nature which men and women should share in the glorious destiny of our countr}'. Of course, ladies habitually have homes and the care of children, and they train future heroes to be ready for whatever contingenc}' may arise, be it peace or war. For their efforts in that regard we all bow to them. Kindly ofilces constitute their agency. It has been so in tlie past, is now and ever will be, as long as man is man and woman is woman. I cannot speak for the other sex. I can only speak in general terms of the feelings of a soldier toward those at home who maintain the domestic relations while we are struggling with a fearful eneni}'. I hardly suppose I can interest an audience of this kind. But so far as manifesting an interest in the objects of this association, the "Woman's Kelief Corps., I certainly Avill add m}' mite of praise and approval. 1 wish them prosperity, I wish them success in their movement. I hope they may be spared the care of the wounded and of the sick, or of making provision for those who are at the fi'ont. They know their interests quite as 250 UXOFFICIAL PROCEKDINGS TWEXTV-FOURTH well as -Nve do. We must bear the bruut of the battle. And they can alleviate its necessities and sorrows. That is their office ; and I am sure from what I have seen of the ladies connected with this association, that they will fulfill it all over this land of ours. ' ' I can hardly disassociate myself from the army itself. I do not mean by ' army ' a body of men assembled and organ- ized, armed and equipped for war, but I mean that noble army of men that constitutes the strength and force of a nation. All 3'oung men are more or less soldiers, all middle aged men are more or less soldiers. The old are excused, properly so, because they know not when their powers of usefulness cease, and they had better get out of the way and let these young people take the ropes, the reins in their hands and drive us to the destination, be it what it may. I am always delighted to see the young men of our country rise to the occasion ; and at ever}'^ assemblage of the Grand Army of the Eepublic I am more and more impressed that the laws of nature are the true laws : that the old men should retire, — the}' may tender counsel from time to time when they are asked for it, not otherwise, — and that the 3'oung men should do the work, and that the ladies should sympathize with them in their tasks and aid them when it lies in their power. "We stand here on historic ground. We stand beneath a temple whose historic fame is world-wide. Here have occurred scenes which every patriot loves to dwell upon. And wherever we go, whether it be in the streets of Boston or in the suburbs of Boston, or in the villages which lie round about, we see repeated the names which were made dear to us as boys and gMs in our schools. AYho has not heard of Bunker Hill and Lexington and Concord? They are here now today. Their children are here, their grandchildren, their great-grandchildren, yea, it may be the fourth generation. And so of Dorchester Heights, and so of man}" other places 3'ou could name around Boston, every one of which recall memories of which even I only remember from books : for, gentlemen and ladies, I was not in the Kevolutiouary war. It sometimes makes me feel old when I see boys twenty-five and twenty-six yeiws of age turning up their ears to hear more dis- tinctly about the war of the Rebellion. They are just as innocent of it as we were of the Revolutionary war when we went to school. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 251 " But these oi-^aiii/.ations — the (iraiid Army of the K('[)iihlie, the various army societies, the Ladies' Kelief Association — all aid in teaching the yonng' what their fathers and grandfathers did l)e fore them: the lesson of patriotism, an object lesson stronger tiian any ever spread before you in types, whether of gold or silver or common black ink. Yes, my friends, you of the (irand Army of the Kepublic. your wives and children, whether they belong to the Kelief Corps or not, spread before the youth of the rising generation a 1 tetter knowledge of the jn'inciples which begot our Constitution, wiiieh were developed as we progressed, and which finally met a glorious result in giving us a united countr}', one and indivisible, now and forever, to the end of time." Mrs. Nella Brown Pond then recited "The Bivouac on the Battlefield," after which Corporal Tanner was presented and spoke as follows : — KEMAKKS (»F CoIU'OKAL TANNER. '' Ladies of Woman's Edief Corps a ikJ Friends : Last night Ave thought that we had reached the altitude of Boston's possibili- ties, but we are tonight again surprised by the magnificence of this great gathering. This would not be the city of John A. Andrew in the past if it would not be read}^ at all times to welcome the men who made this gathering possible, and I am not surprised that the MayOr of the city has turned himself into a gardener for the purpose of welcoming the men who fought our battles in the past. *' Let mesa}' tiiat if it had not been for the impetus given to the South bj- the women of the South we could have conquered its armies in one quarter of the time. They braved our onslaught with the strength of their lives because the}' knew if they did not do all that was possible in the Imttle line they would have to l)rave the contumely of their women at home. Tonight we are the guests of the Woman's Kelief Corps — I wish I could say more in praise of their woi'k. Some of them may grow gray- haired with time, but they will always be young to us. Thank you, and God bless you for your great work." Mrs. Barker : — *'The Commander-in-Chief has issued his first order to his conn-ades, and we are now ready to receive it for tlie Woman's Relief Corps." 252 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH COMMANl)EK-IN-< HIEF A'EAZEY. '• Lddirs of the Relief Corps: I did not come in here toniuht for tlu' pnrpose of reeeivino" an :i|i|)l:uidine Itow to this <>rand organization and to express, as you see I shall he obliiied to from the condition of my voice, in tlie fewest words, my feelinos of profound gratitude and respect for the gi-and. glorious, nohle work of your organization. When your committee came into our Encampment yesterday and told us of your great nundiers and of your great contribution to charity, amounting to many hundred thousand dollars, it occurred to me how nnicli more potency and j»ower tliere is in simple facts than in any words, and how much loftier is the eloquence of such facts than any that can fall from human lips. " When I was elected to the great otlice to which your pre- siding officer has been pleased to allude, I was depressed and well- nigh overcome at the thought of the tremendous respousibility that was resting upon me. But then, wlien I thought again that the Woman's Relief Corps is the right hand of the Grand Arm}' of the Republic, I felt that I should be equal to this great under- taking. But again tonight, when I just heard from my prede- cessor that this grand and great occasion of the Woman's Relief Corps is but the Ijeginning of what I have got to encounter for twelve months to come, my heart again sank, until I thought : ' We have another auxiliary force, that is the left hand of the Grand Army of the Rei)ul)lic, upon which to call to sustain me ou such occasions as this and others, and that is the Sons of Veterans of war.' "Ladies of the Relief Corps, in closing, l)ecause I must not delay you at this late hour, and especially not in tlie condition of my voice, I wish to say that if there is any act, any influence of mine that <'an be of any aid or assistance to your organization, I hope you will freely call upon me, because while I shall freely give it I know that I shall receive an hundred fold more from you than it will be possiltle for me to do for you." OTHEIt EXERCISES. Clai'a ]iarton was next introduced, but declined to speak. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 253 Curporal 'I'niiiuT was then calli'd upon to n-ad the woi'ds of tlie soiiti' entitled "'riu' W'tci-an's Last Son<>/' as rx-('hai)laiii .1. II. Lozier Avas uiialtli' to siiioulter of the "Western Veterans of Topeka, Judge (Jeorge Green of 3Ianhattan, Thomas J. Anderson, Chief of the Modocs, Colonel U. B. l>rown of Concordia, Captain Henry Booth, Past Department Com- mander of Kansas and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Frank Aneal, the Artemus Ward of Kansas. Department Commamler Collins was the toastmaster of tlie evening and addresses were made by ex-Governor Anthony, Cor- poral Tanner, Comrade Jack Burst of Illinois and others. The musical end of tlie programme was rendered by the famous ^loode Club. DEPARTURE OF THE PRESIDENT. Tresideiit Harrison left Boston for AVashington on tiie New York A: New England railroad by special car shortly before mid- night. Tliursdav. Governor Brackt^tt and staff and a hii-ue niiin- 2()2 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH ber of pooplo wore at the depot to bid him farewell, aud as the train slowly di'i'w out of the station he stood on the rear platform and l»()wed his acknowledgments to the cheers that were accoixled liiui. President Harrison had tlie pleasure of being the first Pres- ident of the United States paying an official visit to Boston on a Government vessel. The (irand Army of the Republic will ever feel grateful to him for his aid in the success of the Encampment b}'^ lending his official presence to the occasion and for his hearty co-opi'ration ^Vlierever and whenevei' i)()ssiltle. WEDNESDAY'S FESTIVITIES. ^Vednesday was the great reunion day, and regiments from nearly every state in the Union met in their respective headquar- ters in annual session. General Sherman was given a serenade at the Vendome in the afternoon by Ransom Post of Missouri, of which he is a member, and Cambridge gave Mrs. Mary A. Logan a royal reception in the evening. RECEPTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH. At noon the Commonwealth authorities received and enter- tained the visiting governors of the various states at the Ven- dome. Secretary Noble represented the National Government. Among those present were Governor Brackett and full staff and Lieutenant-Governor Haile, Governor Burleigh of Elaine, Gover- nor Dillingham and Lieutenant-Governor U. A. ^Voodbury of Vermont, Governor Hovey of Indiana, Governor Thayer of Nebraska, Mayor Hart, Collector Beard, Attorney- General Waterman, General McGinness of Indiana, Major Fred G. King of the First Regiment, Governor Bulkeley of Connecticut, Speaker Barrett of the House of Representatives, General Banks, Post- master Corse aud several members of the State Senate and House, includiug Messrs. Donovan of Boston, Barnes of Chelsea and Maccabe of East Boston. Of Governor Dillingham's staff these gentlemen were presented to Governor Brackett : Quartermaster W. II. Gilmore, Adjutant-General T. S. Peck, Colonels C. S. Forbes, II. E. Uaylor, L. C. Levens and R. J. Campbell. There were present also fi'om the Maple Sugar State : Auditor E. H. Powell, Collector (i. (i. Benedict, Department-Commander Z. M. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. It. 2()3 Mauzur of Island Pond uiul Major L. G. Kiugsley. 'Vhv ouly Rhode Island repl'esentative present was Quartermaster-General John Dennis. Of Governor Burleitiirs party there were : Lieu- tenant-Governor Chase, Colonels W. B. Roberts, M. G. McLean, Gil Stormount, C. II. Travis, K. F. Eftennan and Charles II. Mej'^ers. Of Governor Bulkeley's company there were : Adjutant- General Embler, (Quartermaster-General W. F. Rood, Connnis- sary-General E. S. Bass, Paymaster-General Wallace I). Fenn, and Colonels William B. Skinner, John Y. Fairman and E. A. Bulkeley, the last named a nephew of the governor. THE MAINE VETERAN ASSOCIATION. .Another important reunion was that given by the Maine Veteran Association in Mechanics Hall, during the afternoon. The occasion Avas purely informal, and therefore, greatly appre- ciated by the veterans of the Pine Tree State. ^lanj' distinguished guests were present. Among the most interesting features Avas the singing of two original songs to patriotic tunes, composed' by "Father Locke," the famous army song writer and lialladist. Although seventy-three years of age, he sang with vigor and spirit, and was enthusiasticalh' cheered. The addresses were made by the venerable Hon. Hannibal Ilandin, Rev. W. W.. Hayward, Chaplain of the famous Neal Dow regiment, Governor Ihirleigh, Captain J. H. Roberts, Lieutenant Shaw, General CilU-y and Brevet Brigadier-General A. B. Spurling. THE NAVAL VETERANS' CONVENTION, The annual convention of the National Association of Naval Veterans was held in Bauta Hall, Washington Street. Delegates from the following organizations were there : Farragut Associa- tion of Naval Veterans, Cincinnati, Ohio; Farragut Association of Providence, Rhode Ishiiid ; Naval Association, Chicago, Illinois ; Falls City Naval Association, Louisville, Kentucky ; Gulf Naval Veteran Association, New Orleans, Louisiana ; Hart- ford Association of Naval Veterans, Hartford, Connecticut ; Essex Association, Lawrence, Massachusetts ; Minnesota Association, St. Paul, Minnesota ; California Naval Legion, San Francisco, Cali- fornia ; Cnshing Association, Milwnukee, Wisconsin; Potomac 264 UNOFFICIAL PKOCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Njival Veteran Association, Washington, D. C. ; Kansas Associa- tion, Kansas Cit}^, Missouri; Dupont Association, Dayton, Ohio. The annual report of the paymaster showed that $196.75 had been received from assessments, contriltutions and charters ; and the expenditures, $181.60. The Secretary reported that associations at Providence, K. I., Dayton, Ohio, and Louisville, Kj'., had been chartered during the year, and a recommendation was made that a Recording Secretary be provided whose duties shall be to keep a record of naval sur- vivors and furnish the names of shipmates to all interested persons who require them. Resolutions were adopted requesting Congress to provide for the strict enforcement of a law to compel all steamboat companies to carry a sufficient number of competent seamen to assure the safety of life and property on the inland lakes. The election of officers resulted as follows : Connnodore, AVilliam S. Wells of New Haven, Conn. ; Captain, B. S. Osborne of New York City ; Commander, E. J. McMahon of New Orleans ; Lieutenant, Judge Edward J. Tyrrell of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Second Lieutenant, John Driscoll of Milwaukee, Wis. ; Chaplain, Rev. Robert Edwards of New York City ; Paymaster, John F. Mackie ; Surgeon, Dr. Lorenzo Traver of Providence, R. I. The conven- tion then adjourned for one year, the next annual meeting to be held at Detroit. William S. Wells, who was elected Commodore, has an excellent Avar record. He was a Second Assistant Engineer in the regular navy from November 18th, 1862, till October 12th 1870. He served on the celebrated United States man-of-war New Ironsides, during every engagement in which the vessel participated. He also served a short while in the army previous to joiniug the navy. ]Mr. Wells is a resident of New Haven, Conn. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 265 EVENTS OF THURSDAY. One of the events of the Boston Encampment was the recep- tion extended to Mrs. Logan b}' Mr. and ]Mrs. D. Lothrop at their charming country residence, "The Wayside," Hawthorne's old home at Concord. The reception was held on the lawn, and a large number of guests were present. Hon. John D. Long presided, and delivered a brief felicitous address, and remarks were made by other well-known speakers also. One of the most interesting features of the entertainment was the following note and poem, written in honor of ]\rrs. Logan, by the Quaker poet, John Greenleaf Whittier : — Eliot. Me., Aug. 1st, 18!)0. Dear Jlr. Lothrop : It would give me great pleasure to accept thy kind invitation to meet at your 'MVayside" Mrs. Logan, a lady for whom I have the liighest respect, not only as regard for lierself per- sonally, but as the life companion of a brave and noble man, whose memory will be kept green forever in the American heart. I cannot be with you on the Uth, owing to my state of health, but I send some lines which I hope may not seem inappropriate. I am, very truly, thy friend, John G. "WnnxiER. OUR COUNTRY. Our thought of thee is glad with hope, Dear country of our love and prayers ! Thy way is down no fatal slope. But up to freer sun and airs. Tried as by furnace fires, and yet By God's grace only stronger made. In future tasks before thee set Thou shalt not lack the old-time aid. The fathers sleep, but men remain As true and wise and brave as they ; "Why count the loss without the gain. The best is that Ave have todav. 2(jtJ UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH No lack Avas in thj' primal stock, No Aveakling foiiudors buikled here, Tliine were the men of Plymouth Rock, The Puritan and Cavalier. And they whose firm endurance gained The freedom of the souls of men, "Whose hands unstained, in peace maintained The swordless Commonwealth of Penn. And thine shall be the power of all To do the woi'k that duty bids ; And make the people's council hall As lasting as the pyramids. Thy lesson all the Avorld shall learn, The nations at thy feet shall sit ; Earth's farthest mountain tops shall burn With watch-fires from thine own uplit. Great, Avithout seeking to be great B.y fraud or conquest — rich in gold, But richer in the large estate Of Airtue Avhich thy children hold. With peace that comes of purity, And strength to simple justice due, So oAA^ns our loyal dream of thee, God of our fathers ! make it true. Oh, Land of lands ! to thee aa'C giA'e Our loA'e, our trust, our serAace free ; For thee thy sons shall nobly IIa'c, And at thy need shall die for thee ! THE LOYAL LEGION EXCURSION. An excursion was given on the steamer Xcaa' York to the visiting members of tlie Loyal Legion, at tliree o'clock in the afternoon, by the Massachusetts Commandery. There were a ■thousand members of the Order, Avith their friends, on board, and a most delightful trip was made doAvn the harbor. A landing Avas made at Fort Warren, Avhere the guests AA-ere received and shoAA'u al)out by the Commander. The steamer then skirted along the Hull shore, past Boston Liglit, and returned to her moorings at six o'clock. NATIONAL EXCAMTMENT OF THE G. A. K. 267 OFFICIAL CLOSING DAY. Friday was devoted, chiefly, to packing knapsacks preparatory to making a retreat for honu', l)y the veterans who Avere not booked for one of the various excnrsions. It was also a (hiy for reunions and for the closing receptions given the l\)sts quartered outside the city. During the afternoon and evening extra trains were sent out from all the railroad stations for the Xorth. South and AVest. THE EVOLUTIONS OF THE NAVAL SQUADRON. Although the Encampment was otiicially closed Friday noon, the real ending of Boston's great holidaj^ week was not until the close of 8aturda3% which was given up to excursions and pleasures of every nature. The chief event of the day was the evolutions of the naval squadron in l^oston Harbor. The fleet consisted of the York- town, Dolphin, Petrel, Kearsarge and the wonderful little torpedo boat, Cushing. It was inspiring to witness the naval tactics of the great war ships, to see the Cushing move swiftly through the water, and to hear the broadsides fired by the fleet. The steamer New York carried a majority of the Grand Arm}- leaders and otHcial guests, and the expressions of delight heard on every side would have well repaid the connnandauts of the cruisers for the efforts they were making to please the veterans, could they have been heard. As it was, their pleasure Avas manifested by the sounding of whistles, the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and resonant cheers . Thousands of people gathered on the beaches in the hope that they might be able to witness the evolutions of the Avhite fleet. At the close of the manieuvres the cruisers steamed away, under orders, to other posts, and Boston Harbor assumed its accustomed appearance. 2G8 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY- FOURTH AN EXCURSION ON THE NEW YORK. .Viiother happy closing-day event was the excursion down the harljor on the steamboat New York, tendered to the Grand Army delegates and invited guests, which included not only the beautiful scenery along the shore, but the witnessing of the evolutions of the white fleet. An interesting episode was the discovery of Comrade W. H. Beaslee of Ithaca, Mich., who could not help feeling that he was uo stranger to the steamer. He hunted up the chief engineer and ascertained that the New York was the truce boat in 1864, that carried three lots of exchanged prisoners of war from City Point, Va., to Annapolis, Md. Comrade Beaslee was one of those exchanged prisoners, and he pointed out, with great enthusiasm, the exact spot where he slept on the steamer's deck. Colonel Thomas B. Rodgers, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Depart- ment of ^Missouri, who was also on the excursion, was equally demonstrative, as he, too, was one of the exchanged prisoners on board the New York, only with another lot from that of Comrade Beaslee. On the return trip, remarks of a felicitous nature were made by General Alger, Comrade Goodale and others ; and the singing of war songs added to the enjoyment of the occasion. THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS EXCURSION. Members of the Woman's Relief Corps, to the number of five hundred, representing every state in the Union except Alabama and South Carolina, passed their last day in Massachusetts l)y taking an excursion to Nahant, where the beauties of that charming resort were enjoyed until three o'clock, when carriages were taken for Lynn, where a reception was tendered the visitors in the hall of General Lander Post 5, by the Relief Corps of that Post. Addresses were made by Mrs. Mudgett, Mrs. Parker, ]\[rs. McIIenry, ]Mrs. Turner, JNIrs. \yittenmyer, Comrade Barker, Comrade Xnn Der Voort and others, after which there was a ban- quet and more speechmaking. 'I'lie ladies returned to Boston at six o'clock. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 26^ The evenin0, and also that the man was one of the slaves whom he set free in l'S()2. The scene was a touching one as they indulged in reminiscences of the past, and will never be forgotten b}- the two veterans. Comrade Fuller is now seventy-three years of age and is still l)rimful of patriotism and love for the old flag. He marched with his Post during the entire parade. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. H. 271 GENERAL ORDERS PERTAINING TO isiK) ENCAMPMENT. The following general orders were issued from the head- quarters at Detroit, in eouuectiou with the Twentj^-fourth National P^ncampnient : — General Okdehs, \ No. 7. i Headquarteus Grand Army of the REruisLic, Detroit, ]Mich., Dec. 3, ISSy. The time for holding the Tweiity-foxirth National Encampment at Boston, Mass., has been fixed for the second week in August, beginning with the parade on Tuesday, August 12th. By order of R. A. Alger, Commander-in-Chief. Geo. H. Hopkins, Adjii t ant- Gen era I . General Orders, ) No. 17. / Headquarters Grand Army of the Eepublic, Detroit, Mich., July 19, 1890. I. The Commander-in-Chief hereby announces that the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, at the TAventy-fourth National Encampment, will take place at Boston, on Tuesdaj', August 12th. 1890. II. The headcjuarters of the Connnander-in-Chief will be estab- lished at the Hotel Vendome on Commonwealth Avenue, at 9 a.m., at which hour all departments will form in their designated positions, and the columns will move at 10.30 a. m., over the following route : — Commonwealth Avenue (south side) to Arlington Street, thence via Boylston Street. Huntington Avenue, Dartmouth Street. Columbus Avenue, West Chester Park and Square (south side), Washington Street, Hanover Street, and dismiss corner of Washington and Hanover Streets. 272 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH III. The formation of the line -will be in the Park on Common-wealth Avenue, the right resting at the corner of West Chester Park (south side) and extending to Arlington Street. Departments will take posi- tions in line in order of senioritj' of date of charter, and form in single rank, platoons of twelve files front, closed en masse. Detailed order will be issued later from these headquarters, giving exact position of each department, which will be designated by flags. IV. Department Commanders will at once report to these head- quarters the approximate number of men who Avill be present from their respective departments. V. Department Commanders and staffs will be mounted, if possible. Mounted Posts will parade with their own departments, their place of rendezvous to be designated hereafter, but at places where they can fall in in their proper places in the column. VI. Organizations other than the Grand Army of the Republic will follow the Grand Army of the Republic in the following order : — All associations of Naval Veterans, regimental and other military associations, camps of Sons of Veterans. VII. All naval associations will form on Arlington Street, and extending south. Regimental and other military associations will form on the left of the naval associations. Sons of Veterans will form on Marlboro Street, right resting on Arlington Street and extending south. VIII. Carriages Avith crippled veterans will form on Beacon Street, in double line on street curbs, right resting on Arlington Street, and extending south, and will move into position on the left of the column of the Grand Army of the Republic. IX. Each department will parade as a division under command of its department commander. Naval associations will parade as a division under a commander to be designated by the Commander-in-Chief in later orders. Regimental and other military associations will parade as a division under similar orders. Sons of Veterans will form as a division under command of the ranking officer of their order present. Column of crippled veterans in carriages will be in charge of an officer who will be designated by the Commander-in-Chief in later orders. X. The Massachusetts Department, being the entertaining Depart- ment, will take position on the left of the column of the Departments of the Grand Army of the Republic. By order of R. A. Algek, Commander-i)i-Chicf. Geo. II. IIoi'KiNS, Adjutaiit-Ge)i('rnl . NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. K. 273 General Ohdeks, \ No. 18. J Headqi'artkks Grand Akmy of the Kei'ublic, Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2, 1800. In couipliance Avith General Orders No. 17, the position of the various Departments in the parade on Tuesday, August 12th, aauII be as follows : From right to left, forming according to date of permanent organization as shoAvn liereAvith. with the exception of Massachusetts, whicli Avill take left of the Grand Army of tlic Eepuljlic division. Department. Illinois Wisconsin Fennsjivania Ohio New York Connecticut New Jersey Maine California llhode Island Xew Hampshire Vermont Potomac Virginia Maryland Nebraska Michigan Iowa Indiana ♦Colorado and Wyomin Kansas Delaware [Minnesota Missouri Oregon I\entncky West Virginia * South Dakota Washington and Alaska Arkansas of permanent organization . July 12, 1866. Sept. 7, 18G6. Jan. 16, 1867. Jan. 80, 1867. April 3, 1867. April 11, 1867. Dec. 10, 1867. Jan. 10, 1868. Feb. 20, 1868. March 21r, 1868. April 30, 1SG8. Oct. 23, 1868. Feb. 11, 1869. 1871. Jan. 9, 1876. June 11, 1877. Jan. 22, 1879. Jan. 23, 1879. Oct. 3, 1879. Dec. 11, 1879. March 16, 1880. Jan. 14, 1881. Aug. 17, 1881. April 22, 1882. Sept. 28, 1882. Jan. 17, 1883. Feb. 20, 1883. Feb. 27, 1883. June 20, 1883. July 11, 1883. 18 274 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH Department. New Mexico Utah Tennessee ♦Louisiana and Mississippi Florida Texas Montana Idaho Arizona Georgia Alabama North Dakota Indian Territory and Oklahoma Massachusetts Date of permanent organization. July 14, 1883. Oct. 19, 1883. Feb. 26, 1884, May 15, 1884. June 19, 1884. March 25, 1885. March 25, 1886. Sept 1, 1887. Sept. 10, 1887. Jan. 25, 1889. March 12, 1889. April 23, 1890. Aug. 7, 1890 May 7, 1867. *As Department of the Mountains ; name changed to Colorado, July 31, 1882; name changed to Colorado and Wyoming, August 28, 1886. *As Department of Dalcota; name changed to South Dakota, April 11, 1890. *As Department of the Gulf ; name changed to Louisiana and Mississippi, June 13, 1888. In issuing this order the Commander-in-Chief does not intend to prejudice the rights of any Department in its claims for seniority, but follows the records as found in the Adjutant-General's office and given above. By order of R. A. Alger, Commander-in- Chief. Geo. H. Hopkins, Adjutant- Generah NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 275 Gexkral Oudeus ) No. 19. / IlEADCiUAIMKltS Gl{AXl> ARMY OK TIIK ReITULIC, Boston, Mass., Aug. 11, 18i)0. I. Ileadquarters Grand Army of the Republic are hereby estab- lished at Hotel Veiidome, Room 10, where all Department Commanders will report, either by person or by staff officer, immediately on arrival in Boston. II. Department Commanders will obtain at these headquarters a map showing the position of each Department in the formation of the column for parade on Commonwealth Avenue. Coming into position on Commonwealth Avenue, they will move on streets parallel to it until nearly opposite their proper places. They will have their respective ■commands in position at 9.30 a.m., Aug. 12th, without further instruc- tions. In order to do this Avithout friction or blockade. Department Commanders should at once make themselves familiar with the forma- tion of column, and personally visit the localities designated, and the approaches to the same. III. All Departments will take their positions on the north side of Commonwealth Avenue, which will be indicated by a white flag bearing the name of the Department, and be posted where the left of the Department will rest. The right of each Department will l)e indicated by a red tlag similarly inscribed, and will be posted on the south side of Commonwealth Avenue. IV. Platoons, when forming previous to the march, will be closed ■en masse on the lanes facing south. V. Between Departments, sixty feet; between Posts, twenty feet. Comrades will march in platoons of twelve, single rank, with intervals of eight feet. . VI. The column will march guide left, except when approaching the revieAving stands the guides Avill be changed to right, and when Avithin six paces thereof the commanding officers of Departments and Posts Avill salute. VII. The Presidential reviewing stand will be located at Copley Square, and will be designated by the national colors and the President's flag. VIII. The Commander-in-Chief will review the column at Adams Square. IX. After passing the Comuiander-in-Chief in review. Depart- ments will march under the grand arch and be dismissed, taking streets which will enable them so to do most expeditiously and without block- ing the column in rear. By order of R. A. Aegku, Geokgk H. Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief. Adjutant-General. 276 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TAVENTY-FOUKTH The appended circular has been issued from headquarters of the Grand Army of the Kepublic : — WORK FOR THE DELEGATES. CllJCULAK. Office of the Adjutant Genekal. Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Detroit, Mich., July 14th, 1890. Proposed alterations and amendments to the Rules and Regulations and Ritual. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the National Encamp- ment, June 13th, 1889, the following proposed amendments to the Rules and Regulations, which have been received to date, are brought to the attention of the members of the Twenty-fourth National Encampment, to be held at Boston, Mass., Aug. 13th, 1890 : — I. Presented by the Department of the Potomac : Strike out the word "Northern" on line 22, page 37, of the service book, and insert in lieu thereof the word "National," so that as amended it will read, — "whereby today our national homes are secure," etc. II. Presented by the Department of Kansas : 1. That Article VI., Chapter V., Rules and Regulations, be amended so as to provide for that class of comrades created by Section 3 of said article, to be known as "retired members." 2. That Section 3, of Article IV., be amended to read as follows : — Section 3. Any member of a Post who is six months in arrears in the payment of his dues shall be notified thereof in Avritiug by the Post Quartermaster ; and if the same are not paid within tAvo months there- after, he may be suspended from all privileges of membership by vote of the Post, and be then so reported in the quarterly report to Department Headquarters until such dues are paid. While so suspended the Post shall not be subject to the per capita tax of such member, and he shall not be counted in the representation of tlie Post in the Encampment of the Department, nor of the Department in the National Encampment. 3. That the following be adopted as a part of Article IV., of Chapter v.. Rules and Regulations : 4. That hereafter, Avhen any comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic shall become unable to pay his annual dues to his Post, and shall ask to have the same remitted, he may be placed upon the retired list of said Post by a majority vote of those present. 5. The retired list shall include all members Avho voluntarily ask to have their dues remitted because of their inability to pay the same ; and all such comrades shall have and retain all the rights and privileges accorded to other members of the Order. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 277 C>. Whenever a comrade is in arrears for dues for six montlis, lie shall he so reported h.v the Post Quartermaster, and shall be notified by- printed or written notice, and shall have sixty days thereafter in which to pay said dues before he shall be considered as eli,<>-ible to ])c placed on the retired list, or suspended under provision of Section :], Article IV., Chapter Y., Rules and Regulations, as the Post may elect. 7. Pefore any comrade may be placed on tlie retired list, as pro- vided in Section -t of this Article, he shall make application in person, by letter, or through a comrade of his Post in good standing, stating that he is unable to pay his dues. 8. Whenever a comrade desires to be transferred from the retired to active membership in the Post, he will be so transferred upon pay- ment of dues of six months in advance, and the Quartermaster shall so report him to his Post, and inform the Adjutant that such comrade is re-instated. 'J. The Adjutant and Quartermaster shall keep a roster of all com- rades on the retired list; and all transfers from the retired list shall be made by majority vote of the members present and voting at any regular meeting. 10. Returns and reports to the Assistant Quartermaster-General and the Assistant Quartermaster shall include the enumeration of each class separately ; and the Post shall pay per capita tax to tlie Department, and the Department to the National Encampment, only upon the active membership, as shown by such reports. 11. Members of the retired list shall be entitled to the Post and National countersign, and may be transferred or discharged; or, when a travellery is issued, the following shall be written on the margin thereof : "Retired." 12. The Commander-in-Chief shall, within thirty days after the adoption of these amendments, issue a General Order containing a full text thereof; and he shall also issue an amnesty order, declaring all members of the Grand Army of the Republic heretofore suspended or dropped for non-payment of dues to be eligible to re-instatement upon tlie retired list of the Post of Avhich they were members when so sus- pended or dropped, by making formal applications for that purpose; provided, that no suspended or dropped member shall be re-instated to the active lists of his former, or any other Post, except as provided in Section 13 ; and provided further, that re-instatement to the active list shall be Ity l)all ballot, the same as for a recruit. 18. Whenever a dropped or suspended member of any Post has removed to another locality or Department, or in case the Post of which he was a member when dropped or suspended has ceased to exist, he may become a member of the retired list of any other Post, ui)on satis- factory proofs that no charges were pending against him in his former Post and that his Post has ceased to exist ; provided, that in all such cases a sum not less than the regular fee shall accompany the application. 278 LN'OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH U. That Section 4, of Article V., be ainended so far as to read : Section 14. If a member of a Post shall be one year in arrears for dues, he shall be notified thereof in Avriting, by the Post Quarter- master; and, on failure for two months thereafter to pay such dues, he may, by vote of the Post, be dropped from the rolls unless relieved from such payment as provided in Section 4 of this Article, and can be re- instated to membership on the retired list as provided, and from that to the active lists provided in Section 8 of this Article. III. The Department of Kansas at their last annual Encanii)ment adopted a resolution, recommending that Post surgeons Avho are physi- cians be admitted to a seat and a vote at Department Encampments, and that medical directors be admitted to seats in the National Encampment. IV. Presented by the Department of Georgia : 1. Itesolved, That, in the opinion of the comrades of the Depart- ment of Georgia, the changes made in the Ritual by the committee ■which reported at the National Encampment of 1888, were, in many instances, for the worse, and that much of the beauty and impressiveness of the previous ceremony, particularly in the charge, has been taken away and nothing added. 2. BesoJved, That the National Encampment be requested at its next meeting to appoint a ne^v Committee on Ritual, who shall endeavor from the old and new Rituals to devise a still newer one, Avhich shall meet with more general approval. V. Presented by the Department of Illinois : 1. In Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., of the Rules and Regula- tions, there is a clause that reads as follows : " He shall not be eligiljle to membership in any Post without the consent, by a two-thirds vote, of the Post rejecting him." VI. Presented by the Department of ^Massachusetts : 1. Itesolved, That the delegates and representatives from this Department to the next National Encampment be, and they are hereby, instructed to vote to eliminate Paragraph 3, Section 1, Article II., Chap- ter IV., of the Rules and Regulations, and that hereafter no comrade shall have voice nor vote in the National Encampment without corre- sponding responsibility to the Department in which he holds membership. 2. Itesolved, That the Ritual of the Grand Army of the Republic be restored as it was before the last amendments. VII. Presented by the Department of Minnesota: 1. In Article III., Chapter III., prefix the words "Ex-offlcio members of the Department Encampment cannot be represented by proxies ; but any elected representative of a Post may, in the absence of alternate, ^be represented in such Encampment by a proxy in the hands of any repre- sentative of the Post who is present." NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 279 VIII. Presented by Past Commancler-in-Cliief Robert B. Beath : 1. To amend Section 1, Article VII., Chapter II., by adding after the title " Q. M. Sergeant" in second paragraph, "and may remove the ofRcer.s so appointed at his pleasui'e." 2. To amend Section 3, Article VI., Chapter V., by striking out all the words "their respective jurisdictions," and insert "provided, that Department officers designated in Section G, Article IV, Chapter III., other than the Commander, shall only be tried bj' courts ordered by the Department Commander, or Commander-in-Chief ; and the Depart- ment Commander and the General officers designated in Section 2, Article IV., Chapter IV., other than the Commauder-iu-Chief, shall only be tried by courts ordered by the Commander-in-Chief." IX. Presented by the Department of Illinois : Amend Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., to read as follows : — Sect. 5. If any applicant be rejected, his admission fee shall be returned, and he shall not be eligible to admission to the Grand Army of the Republic iintil six months after such rejection. A second, and all subsequent applications, shall be in the same form, and subject to the same conditions as the first. X. From the Department of New York : A request that -the present ritual be changed to the form as it ex- isted prior to January 1, 1889. (Signed) Geokge II. Hopkixs, Adjuta n t- Ge nera I . 2)^0 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH COMMAXDER-IN-CHIEF VEAZEY'S FIEST ORDERS. Conimander-iu-Chief Veazey, Grand Army of the Republic, issued the following as his first order to the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic : — General Orders \ No. 1. i Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, Aug. 1-i, 1890. Having been elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by the Twenty-fourth National Encampment, held in Boston, Mass., Aug. 1.3th and 14th, 1890, I desire to express my appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the comrades of the Encampment. Other comrades, except the Council of Administration, Avere elected to the respective offices designated as follows : — Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Richard F. Tobin of South Bos- ton ; Junior Yice-Commander-in-Chief , George B. Creamer of Baltimore, Md. ; Surgeon-General, Benjamin F. Stevens, Cynthiana, Ky. ; Chaplaiu- in-Chief , Mj^ron W. Reed of Denver, Col. The following appointments upon the staft' of the Commander-in- Chief are hereby announced : — Adjutant-General, Comrade Joseph H. Gonlding of Rutland, Vt. ; Quartermaster-General, Comrade John Taylor of Philadelphia, Pa. The headquarters of the Grand Army are hereby established at Rutland, Vt. Announcement of the Council of Administration elected, and further appointments upon the staff', will be made in subsequent order. "Wheelock G. A'eazey. Commander-in-Chief. Official : J. H. Goulding, Adjutant- General. NATIONAL EN'CAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 281 AN IMPORTANT ORDER. General Orders ) No. 3. j" IIkadqu.\rter.s Grand Army of hie Repurlic, Rutland, Vt., Sept. 24, 1890. I. The foUoAving Ainendments to the Rules and Regulations adopted hj the Twenty-fourth National Encampment at Boston, Mass., are published for the information of the order : — Section 5, Article II., Chapter II., to read as follows : Section 5. If any applicant be rejected, his admission fee shall be returned and he shall not be eligible to admission to the Grand Army of the Republic until six months after such rejection. He shall, after the expiration of that time, be eligible to membership in any Tost upon filing with his application a statement in Avriting from the Post which rejected him, as to the fact of such rejection. A second and all subse- quent applications shall be in the same form and subject to the same conditions as the first. Section 1, Article VII., Chapter II., to read as follows: Section 1. The Post officers (the Adjutant, Sergeant-Major and Quartermaster excepted) shall be elected at the first stated meeting in December, by ballot, unless a ballot be dispensed Avith by unanimous consent. They shall be installed in their respective offices at the first^ stated meeting in January following. At the installation of officers the Post Commander shall appoint the Adjutant, and, upon the recommen- dation of the Adjutant and Quartermaster respectivel3S he shall also appoint the Sergeant-Major and the Quartermaster-Sergeant, and may remove these officers at his pleasure. They shall enter upon their duties at once; and all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall hold offices until their successors are installed ; and such installation may be con- ducted publicly at a special meeting to be lield for that purpose, when no part of the opening or closing services or signs of recognition shall be used. Section 3, Article IV., Chapter V., to read as follows : — Section 3. All accusations shall be made in the form of charges and specifications, and shall be tried by courts-martial. Courts-martial may be ordered by the Commanders of Posts or of Departments, or by the Comnninder-in-Chief. for the trial of oftlcers in their respective jurisdictions, provided that Department officers designated in Section 2, Article IV., Chapter IV., other than the Commander-in-Chief, shall only be tried by courts ordered by the Commander-in-Chief. 282 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH II. The following change in the service-book was adopted by the Encampment, viz. : In line 22, page 37, strike out the word " Northern." III. The Encampment voted to restore to use the Ritual as it was before the last amendments, and a new copy will be at once prepared and Avill be ready for distribution so as to go into eflect June 1, 1891. It maj' be obtained, free of cost, from the Quartermaster-General, upon requisition to be made by the several Assistant Quartermasters- General of Departments. IV. The committee on revision of the " Blue Book," appointed at the last Encampment, consists of comrades — Past Commander-in-Chief, Robert S. Beath of Philadelphia, Pa. Past Commander-in-Chief, S. S. Burdette of Washington, D. C. Past Judge Advocate-General, 1). R. Austin of Toledo, 0. Past Department Commander, J. W. O'Neal of Lebanon, O. Past Department Commander, H. M. Duffleld, Detroit, M'~' V. The Encampment also voted that semi-annual reporto only will be required of Department and Post Officers hereafter. This regulation Avill also take eflect Jan. 1, 1891, and the usual reports will therefore be required for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1890. Every eftbrt shall be made to render these reports promptly. Assistant Adjutants-General of Departments will consolidate their reports to these headquarters as provided by the regulations, within twenty days from the end of the quarter for which they are made. A record will be kept showing the dates upon which the several Depart- ments made their reports. VI. Department Commanders Avill recommend comrades for appointment as Aide de-Camp upon the staff of the Commander-in-Chief upon a basis of one for each one thousand members in good standing, and one additional for a final fraction of more than five hundred. As a rule comrades should be selected who have been active, working mem- bers of the Order and whose appointment will conduce to its efficiency and strength. The object sought is not only to honor the individual but to also secure competent aids, in fact as well as in name, whose exer- tions may help the order in its onward march, and through whom the Commander-in-Chief may have knowledge of its needs and progress. By command of W. G. Veazey, Commander-in- Chief. J. II. GOULDIXG, Adjtitant-General. Richard F. Tobin, SENIOR VICE-COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF G. A. R., 1891. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 283 RICHARD F. TOBIN. NOVEMBER 22, 1890. RICHARD F. TOBIN, Senior Vice-Coinmauder-iu-Chief of the Graud Army of the Repubhc, died at his home in South Bostou, Saturday, November 22, 1890, at 4.15 o'clock in the morning. His death was caused from nervous prostration, brought on by overwork, and valvular troultle of the heart, complicated with Bright's disease. The news of the death of "Dick" Tobin, as he was familiarly known, cast a gloom not only over the city of Boston, but among his vast number of friends both in and outside the ranks of the Grand Army. For several months it was known to many that Captain Tobin was by no means a well man. He had been repeatedly advised to take a rest, but his invariable answer was that he could not be happy unless he was busy. During the Encampment he labored day and night, and no small share of its success is attributable to his indefatigable work toward that end. He was a member of the Executive Com- mittee and chairman of the Committee on Decorations. His co-laborers will remember his pale face at the Encampment headquarters on Beacon Street, how it would light up with enthusiasm as he unfolded plan after plan which would add to the enjoyment and pleasure of Boston's honored guests. Immediately after the Encampment, Captain Tobin, acting upon the advice of his physician, made a visit to Vermont ; but the air there being too bracing for his constitution, he was forced to return after a few days. Earl}' in October he took to his bed. Day by day he grew weaker and his life slowly ebbed away. He bore his illness with that fortitude and patience which always characterized his life, and apparently did not realize that his end 2.S4 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH was near. At four o'clock ou the morning of the da}- of his death he seemingly dropped into a doze. Ilis wife spoke to him, but received no response. His children were immediately summoned to the bedside : and then, surrounded by those whom he most loved in life, he passed away. HIS EVENTFUL CAREER. Richard F. Tobin was born in Boston, November 20, 1844. At the early age of seventeen he mastered the iron moulder's trade, which he carried ou in his after life, with the exception of the period of his war service and those of his holding ollicial positions. He was but a boy when the war broke out. When the call for three mouths' men was issued, a company was formed in Cambridge and ordered to report at Faneuil Hall. Tobin left his work one afternoon and attempted to enter the hall, but Avas refused admittance, and it was only by a wonderful display of j'outhful strategy that he succeeded in his purpose. It was not five minutes after he entered the hall before he was an enlisted man in the United States service. Young Tobin was doomed to disappointment, however, as within twent^^-four liours his company was disbanded and he was ordered home. Although under age, he managed to enlist in the navy, and was assigned to duty on botird the sloop Preble. After the destruction of that vessel, he was transferred to the frigate Potomac, and afterwards to the gunboat Pinola, all of which rendered effective service under Admiral Farragut, in the West Gulf squadron. Tobin filled many ottiees of trust and honor. He was assistant engineer of the Cambridge fire department and a mem- ber of the Cambridge city council. In 1884 he was elected to the IVIassachusetts Legislature as a Republican. He failed to secure a Republican nomination, but ran as an Independent can- didate, and was elected. AVhile a representative he favored and worked for the soldiers' exemption bill and other measures for the benefit of the veterans. Comrade Tobin joined Post 7 of Boston about twelve years previous to his death, but was transferred to Post 30 of Cam- NATIONAL ENCAMTMEXT OF THE G. A. K. 285 bridge shorth' after, in which he was an active and interested worker. The following year he transferred his membership to Dahlgren Post 2 of South Boston, and lie was in that Post at the time of his death. In 188G he was chosen Commander of the Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, and Senior Vice- Commander of the National body at the Boston Encampment of 180(1, being the nominee of ^lassachusetts for that high honor. In 1887 he was appointed one of the tire commissioners of Boston, a position which he held at the time of his death. He was an active and hard worker in everything with which he was connected, and was successful in all. He left a widow and seven children. GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED. The folloAvini;; General Orders were issued immediateh' after Captain Tobin's death : — Gexkrai. Ordkhs ) No. 9. y IIr.Ai)QUAi:TEi;s Grand Aioiy of the REPrBi.ic. Rutland, Vt., Nov. 12, 1890. I. It is the sad duty of the Commander-in-Chief to annonnce that Comrade Richard F. Tobin, Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief , elected at tlie Twenty-fourth National Encampment at Boston, in August last, died at his home in South Boston this morning, passing away from this world of shadows before daybreak to the land of cloudless skies and never- ending day : " for there shall be no night there." A gallant young sailor in the navy under Farragut ; an able and accomplished official of his native state and city ; a Avorthj' comrade from his entry as a recruit; a distinguished Commander of his Depart- ment in 1886, and fitlj' chosen to the high office from which he has been mustered out by death. Comrade Tobin was universally and justly loved, trusted and honored, and his record will be a fair and spotless escutcheon to all coming time. BraAe, true, loj'al and sincere, we all mourn his death. Born November 20, 1844, he was yet young for his final bell to strike, to bid farcAvell to shipmate and comrade. II. As a mark of respect to his memory, all National, Department and I'ost officers Avill, for thirty days after the receipt of this order, wlien on duty, wear the usual badge of mourning upon tlie left arm, 286 UNOFFICIAL PUOCEEDIXGS TWENTY-FOURTH black crape five inches wide, and a knot of the same material upon the sword hilt ; all colors of the Order Avill be draped in mourning for a like period by attaching, with black ril)bon, two streamers of black crape, six inches wide and four feet long, to the ferrule upon the lance below the spear-head. Departments of Posts having stall" colors will display them at half mast on the day succeeding the receipt of this order. By command of W. G. Veazey, Comma iider-in- Chief. J. II. GOULDESTG, Adjutant-General. Mayok's Office, Boston, Nov. 22, 1890. Gentlemen: Richard F. Tobin. Fire Commissioner, died at his home in South Boston, this morning. You are requested to meet in your respective chambers in City Hall, on Monday, Nov. 2-1, at uoon, to take such action as may be appropriate. Commissioner Tobin has been in office since May, 1887, giving all the services that loyalty, integrity and special training and the deepest interest in his calling could possibly render. Commissioner Tobin held the second highest position in the' Grand Army of the Republic, and was an honor both to the Grand Army and to the city of Boston. Respectfully yours, Thomas N. Hart, Mayor. The Department of Massachusetts, "Woman's Relief Corps, also passed appropriate resolutions deploring the death of Com- rade Tobin, and requesting that the charters of the Corps be draped in mourning for thirty days as a tribute of love and respect to the memory of the gallant sailor hero. TRIBUTES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Both branches of the Boston city council met in special ses- sion on Monday, Nov. 24, and passed resolutions on Commis- sioner Tobin's death, and appointed a special committee to attend the funeral services. The board of Fire Commissioners also met to take action on the death of their co-laborer, and issued a gen- eral order instructing that all houses of the department be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days, and appointed members ■of the department to attend the funeral. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 287 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. The Executive Committee of the Nationnl Encampment, Grand Army of the Rcpiililic, for l.s!»0, met in room D, State House, lioston, ]\ronday afternoon, Nov. 2.'). Chairman Goodale opened the meeting l)y formally announcing the death of Com- rade Tobin and delivering a touching eulogy on the noble char- acteristics of the deceased. Major John H. Cook next addressed the meeting and sub- mitted the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by a rising vote : — The Executive Coinmittee of the Ncational Encampment of tlie Grand Array of the Republic for 1890, at a special meeting called for that purpose, express their sorroAv and a profound sense of the loss they have sustained by the death of their associate and co-laborer, Richard F. Tobin. It also desires to put on record its appreciation of tiie hiiih qual- ities which characterized him both as an officer and as a man. He brought to this committee unstinted energy, tireless industry, honest purposes, and a thorough, ceaseless and conscientious devotion; and we declare tliat to liim as much as any individual was due the success so honorable to the Comraonwealth, the city of Boston and the Grand Army of the Republic of this Department. We bring to his memory our tribute of respect and affection. His generous heart, his open hand, liis eloquent voice, his merry humor, his gentleness, his quick sympathy, his fidelity to his sense of duty, his absolute integrity, formed a character Avhich will remain with us — ^not a memory alone, but an inspiration. We tender to his family our sympathy, and, as a mark of our esteem and affection, Avill attend his funeral in a body. Ordered, That the foregoing be recorded in tiae history of the Encampment of ISUO, now in course of compilation by the Secretary. Eloquent tributes were also paid to Comrade Tol)in by General W. W. Blackmar and Charles Carleton Coffin. It was voted to send a floral offering to the funeral, and that the connnittee report at the department headquarters on the following Wednesday morning, and from that point take carriages for the cathedral, where the services were to be held, Chaii-man Goodale having been appointed as one of the pall-l)earers. It was decided that ex-Governor Long should head the committee and that the members should wear the Executive Committee badges, draped in mourning. 288 UKOIFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWEXTY-FOURTH THE FUNERAL SERVICES. The funeral services were held at the cathedral, Wednesday morning, November 26. At nine o'clock the sad procession left the late home of Captain Tobin for the church, accompanied by the members of the three Posts with which the deceased was at one time connected, the Kearsarge Naval Veterans, Chief Webber of the fire department and one hundred firemen, employees of the Walworth Manufacturing Company, where Captain Tobin was engaged for a number of years, Commander Innis, the honorary pall-bearers, bodj'-bearers and bands. The church was crowded with distinguished mourners. The Grand Army was represented by Commander-in-Chief Wheelock G. Veazey and several of his stalf. Department Commanders Clarkson of New York, Anderson of Maine, Lewis of Delaware, Davis of Rhode Island, Urell of Potomac, and staffs, Colonel Kriker of the National Council, Grand Army oflScials from Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut and man}" other states, Massachusetts Posts, naval organizations, the Executive Committee of the National Encampment of 1890 and the Woman's Relief Corps. There were also present representatives of Governor Brackett, the state and city governments, state fair commission, fire, police and other city departments, temperance societies and many other organizations. The floral tributes were the most beautiful ever seen in Boston. They were the loving offerings of comrades and friends from all over the country, and consisted of huge broken columns, symbolical designs of the Grand Army and every variety of set pieces. The services comprised a solemn requiem mass for the dead, the clergymen from the Gate of Heaven church officiating. The music Avas a Gregorian chant, rendered by fifty male singers. Rev. Robert Johnson, pastor of the Gate of Heaven church, delivered the sermon. NATioNAi, i:n( a:\ii'mi:m i"ravi', and tlu' caitli covcri'd from human siiiiit the caskcl coiilaininii' all that ifmaincd ul' Ijcloved Kicliurd Tobiu. " Once more a coiniuon sorrow saitli, ' A strong, true man has died.' Lo, k't tlie inoiUMiiMii' l)ells 1)C nnig. Thc'hanner droops its folds half Avay ; And let tlie piihlii- pen and tongue Their lilting trll)Ute i)ay." 2U0 UNOFIICIAL I'KOCEEDINGS TWENTV-FOUinil RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS. TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. \\'jiKUKAS, The Uniti'il States (ioveniment, by its active syiiiitathy and co-operation Avitli the loyal soldiers and sailors of the Ixt'publie, contributed very largely to the great success Avhich attended the reunion of the veterans at Boston in August last, on the occasion of thi; Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the (4rand Army of the Tvepublic ; and WiiEKKAS, The Government ordereil the naval squadron to IJoston at the time of the Encampment, to instruct and entertain by its presence and evolutions the veterans and their friends who had assembled here in such vast numbers ; and Whereas, The President of the United States, our beloved conu'ade, Benjamin Harrison, attended the Encampment, and not only brought to the occasion the dignity necessarily accompanying the presence and recognition of the Chief Magistrate of our coun- try, but as a comrade interested himself in this reunion of the veterans of the late war : Now, therefore, it is Resolved, By the executive committee having iji charge the reception and entertainment of the visiting veterans, that the thanks of this committee and the five hundred thousand veteran soldiers, sailors and their friends are due and are hereby tendered to the President of the United States, and through him to all the people who by interest, sympathy and active co-operation aided in making the Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic so pronounced a success. George L. Goodale, WlLMON W. BlACKMAR, Charles Carletok Coffin, George S. Merrill, James F. Meech, j Boston, December 30th, 1890. Committee oil Resolutions. NATIONAL ENCAMl'MENT OV THE G. A. K. 201 TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. "WiiEKKAs, 'J1ie Legislatui't^ of the ("oTiinionwealtli of Massa- chusetts, when it was auiiomu'ed that the veteran soldiers and sailors of the Ihiited States of America had chosen its capital city as their place of rendezvous, on the occasion of the Twenty- fourth National Encampment of the Grand Army of tlie liepu])lic, appi'opriatcd and paid over to the executive conuiiittee, having in charge the arrangements for thi' same, tlie generous sum of fifty thousand dollars, to l»e expended for thepropci- cntertainmi'ut of its guests ; and WiiEUKAs, His Kxcellency John (^>. A. nrackett, fiovernor, together with the citizens generally of the C'onunouwealth, were untiring in their endeavors to make every visiting comrade and iiis friends most welcome : Now, therefore, it is Resolved, That the thanks of the conunittee and the fort}' thousand veteran soldiers and sailors of the Rej^ultlic who were entertained through the generous provision of the Legislature, are liereby heartily rendered to liis Kxcellency the (lovernor, tlie Leg- islature and to the citizens of tlie Connnonwealtii. Geoiuje L. Gooi>ai.i;, ] Wir.MoN W. P>r,A(KMAK, I (Joi'iiiilttee C'llAHMCS C'aULEToN C'olFIN, | Oil (4EoR(iE S. JMEKitii.r., I Uvsolutlons. James F. IMkkcii, j Boston, December ;>Otli, IS'JU. 292 tS'OKlK^ I At. IMtorKKDINCS 'nVKNTV-ForUTlI TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. WnEHKAs, The city of Uostou. on Icni'iiiiiii' the fact that tlu' National Encanipmcnt of the (irand Ai'niy of tlie Kepulilic had voted to hold its Twenty-fonrth National Kncampmont in Boston ( licin^- the ((naitcr-ccntnry ci'lcliration of the ending of the war), believing tiiat its citizens wonld wish to do special honor to the veterans of the Avar of the rebellion, who, on tiiis occasion, prob- alily the last on which they will ever assemble in such vast numbers, had honored our Iteloved city by selecting it as the muster-field for its hosts, did most generously appropriate the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollai's, which it placed at tlie disposal of the executive connnittee to lie added to the gifts of many private citizens, corporations, and of the Commonwealth, to the end that the visiting veterans and their friends should be properly enter- tained while within its limits ; and Whereas, His Honor, Mayor Thomas N. Hart, and the city government of I)Oston and its ofHcials, together witii i)rivate citizens, entered into the spirit of the occasion from its inception to its close : iVr>»', thcrffore, The executive connnittee, in behalf of the (irand Ai-my of the Republic, tender to the city of Boston their thanks and heartfelt gratitude for her generosity and boundless welcome. AV^e are assured from all parts of our country that our guests took home witli them the most affectionate memories of Boston and of the hospitality of her citizens for the veteran soldiers and sailors who upheld our country's flag on land and sea during the wai' of the I'eltellion. Co lit mi (tee (III Geokge L. Goooale, Wjl!\i(^n W. Beackmau, CiEutEEs Caiu.eton C'ofkin, Geohoe S. Mkuimi.i., I h>i's(iliilHiiis. James F. Meecii, j Boston, Decendicr ;Wl. ISDO. NATION A I. EXOAMPMEXT OF THE G. A. U. 2!)3 The cxeentive eoininittee wish to extend tlieir hearty thanks and api)i-eciation for the vahial)Ie aid fnrnislied by the hidies and li'cntlenien not on tiie nieiiiliershiii rolls of the various coniiiiittees. The eonipiler has en(U'avored to assist in this very i)leasant task throughont the paii'es of this l)ook, and he hoi)es that no over- sights have lieen made. To the New England Telephone and Tel- egraph Company for the free use of telephone ; ^^'. ('. Ireland, for eommodions safe; and Lawrence Wilde & Co. and W'm. White, for furniture loaned at the executive conniiittee head(piar(ei-s, the thanks of the eonnnittee are specially due. The eonnnittee on acconnnodations wish to render their thanks to Commandant Thomas (). Selfindge, Capt. 1). (). Matthews of the •• ^Val)ash," Connuander Benjamin F. Da}', Connnander F. A. Cook. Surgeon J. IJ. IJarker, Paymaster C. AV. Abhot, Pay Directoi- Kufus Park, Chief Fngineer Alexander Ilench'rson. Civil Engineer T. C. ^NlcCollom, Col. C. 1). He)))) and Capt. Louis E. Fagin, all at the Charlestown Navy Yard, for generous assistance rendered. 294 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS TWENTY-FOURTH ILLUSTRATIONS. '' roKTKAiT I'Asr Commander-in-Chikk C'hakles Devens, Frontispiece Page / PoiMRAiT ("ommander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger ... 8 / Portrait foMMANDER-iN-CHiEF-ELECT AVueelock G. Veazey . 17G v' Portrait Annie AVittenmyer, National President Woman's Relief Corps . . . . ; 188 ^ Portrait Mrs. Mary S. McHenry, National President-elect, Woman's Relief Corps 194 / Portrait Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief Richard F. Tobin, 282 NATIONAL KNCAMl'MENT OF THE G. A. K. 21)5 CONTENTS. IJKDICAIOKV to THK Mk!M(»KY of CnARLKS Df.vkns ThK GkANO AkMY ok TIIF, REri'BLIC TWENTY-FOUHTH AnNI'AI, ENCAMPMENT The First Steps Taken . The ExECiTTiVE Committee The Sub-Committees .... The Committee on Finance Subscribers to the Guarantee Fund Gift Fund The Committee on Accommodations Transportation Department of Information . The Committee on Parade Reunions . Entertainment Decorations The Reception Committee The Committee on Printixg . Press Badges Grand Stands Inviiations The Massachusetts Aids to Commander-in-Chief Ready to Receive the Veiekans . . . . PA(iE 2fi 35 39 58 t;i M C.) so 83 8(; 87 S'J ;to ill III 92 93 93 93 94 96 296 TVVENTY-FOLKTll XATIONAI> KNCAMPJMENT, G. A. K. THK AkKI\AI- of TllK I'kksidknt TiiH (ii:ANi> 1'ai;ai)i; ..... MASSACHUSETT.S GREETS THE ViSITOKS (ReCEI'TIOX) The Work ok the Delegates TiiK Woman's IIeliee Coki's Convention TiiK (iiiANi) Cami'-Fii:i,, (i. A. R. The Hani^uet to Encamtment Dei-egates The "Plymouth Clam-Bake" . A Novel Cami'-Fike, W. K. C. Interesting Evexis of the Week Okitcial Closing; Day .... Genkkai, Oudeus Pertaining to Encampment Death of JIichard F. Tobin . Resolutions of Thanks .... 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