Robert B. Brown, Chairman, Zanesville, Ohio. S. S. Burdett, Department of the Potomac, Washington, D. C. L. B. Raymond, Hampton, Iowa. William M. Olin, Boston, Mass. ON LEGISLATION FOR VETERANS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. Ivory G. Kimball, Chairman, Washington, D. C. Leo Rassieur, St. Louis, Mo. Geo. H. Slaybaugh, Washington, D. C. Daniel Ross, Wilmington, Del. John T. Holmes, Baltimore, Md. ON FREDERICKSBURG BATTLE-FIELD NATIONAL PARK. John McElroy, Chairman, Washington, D. C. St. Clair A. Mulholland, Philadelphia, Pa. Washington Gardner, Albion, Mich. Daniel R. Ballou, Providence, R. I. Albert E. Sholes, of Georgia (Flushing, N. Y.) Horatio C. King, Brooklyn, N. Y. E. C. Milliken, Portland, Me. ERECTION OF A STATUE IN HONOR OF BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, FOUNDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Charles A. Partridge, Chairman, Chicago, Ill. Louis Wagner, Philadelphia, Pa. John McElroy, Washington, D. C. Thomas S. Hopkins, Washington, D. C., ON BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD MONUMENTS. Louis Wagner, Chairman, Philadelphia, Pa. N. Martin Curtis, New York. E. W. Whittaker, Washington, D. C. C. A. E. Spaemer, Baltimore, Md. LINCOLN MEMORIAL. John S. Kountz, Toledo, Ohio. Thos. J. Stewart, Harrisburg, Pa. Mark B. Taylor, Brooklyn, N. Y. Dana W. King, Nashua, N. H. VI. INSPECTION.-The attention of the Commanders of the several Departments is directed to Article V, Chapter V. Rules and Regulations. By the action of the thirty-sixth National Encampment (Journal pages 191-195), whether or not there shall be an inspection of a Department or Post, is committed to the sound discretion of the Commander-in-Chief or the Department Commander thereof. In those Departments in which an inspection is desired the Department Commander will recommend to the Inspector General a suitable Comrade to be nominated by him for appointment as Assistant Inspector General. VII. The Executive Committee of the Council of Administration will meet on Tuesday, December 10th, 1907, at 10 a. m., at the parlors of the Boody House, Toledo, Ohio, for the purpose of arranging for the holding of the Forty-second National Encampment, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it. VIII. SOUTHERN MEMORIAL FUND.-The Forty-first National Encampment dedicated the Southern Memorial Fund to the sacred use for which it was created, viz: "for the purpose of assisting our comrades in the South to properly observe Memorial Day and to decorate the graves of "our dead who sleep beneath Southern soil." The amount of this fund is the sum of $1,243.75. This amount should be materially increased. An earnest appeal is hereby made to Posts and Comrades to promptly contribute to this fund. Do not neglect this appeal. IX. All orders for supplies and remittances of every kind and character will be sent to the Adjutant General at this Headquarters, but all remittances should be made payable to Charles Burrows, Quartermaster General, G. A. R., Rutherford, N. J. X. AIDES-DE-CAMP ON THE STAFF OF THE COMMANDER-IN CHIEF-Department Commanders will promptly forward to Headquarters. recommendations for appointment as Aides-de-Camp on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief. Owing to the financial condition of the Organization and the expense necessarily incident to such appointment (cost of badge, of commission, of mailing tubes, of postage and of printing announcement in General Orders). and following the precedent established by the last Administration, and upor the approval of the Executive Committee, every Aide-de-Camp so appointed will be required to pay one dollar for his badge and commission. It is further ordered that every comrade so recommended for appointment shall be notified thereof by circular letter from Headquarters, and that upon the payment of the one dollar a badge and commission will be issued to him and his appointment announced in General Orders. XI. POST SURGEONS' REPORTS.-The Thirty-sixth National Encampment abolished the report of Medical Director and Surgeon General. As these reports were based upon the reports of Post Surgeons, it is very evident that the National Encampment, by implication at least, abolished the reports of Post Surgeons. Hereafter no reports will be required or called for from Post Surgeons. XII. PERMANENT INVESTMENT FUND.-The Third National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa., Louis Wagner (Past Commander-in-Chief), President, is hereby designated as the Depository for the Trustees of the Permanent Investment Fund, and the Trustees will keep on deposit in a safety deposit box all the securities in their custody; they will also open an account with this bank depositing such money as may come into their possession, pending investment as ordered by the Forty-first National Encampment. The bond of the Trustees for twenty-five thousand dollars has been approved and is now in the custody of the Commander-in-Chief. IN MEMORIAM. DANIEL R. LUCAS, Past Chaplain-in-Chief, died at Indianapolis, Ind., November 3rd, 1907. He was born January 14th, 1840. He served as Chaplain of the 99th Indiana Infantry; was three times Chaplain of Crocker Post No. 12, Des Moines, Iowa, and three times Chaplain of the Department of Iowa. At the time of his death he was a member of George H. Thomas Post No. 17, Indianapolis, Ind., and was serving as its Chaplain for the fourth time. He was Commander of this Post for one term. He was Department Chaplain of the Department of Indiana in 1895, and Department Commander in 1904. He was elected Chaplain-in-Chief in 1898. No man in the Grand Army was more widely known or held in higher esteem. He was a leader, fearless, loyal and untiring, and no sacrifice was ever too great for him to make for a comrade, his widow or orphans, and he officiated at the funeral of more comrades than any other man in his state. BENJAMIN M. MOULTON, Past Department Commander of Ohio, died at Lima, Ohio, July 9th, 1907. He served in Company E, 117th New York Volunteer Infantry, and for frequent exhibitions of personal bravery was rapidly promoted. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29th, 1864. He was a brave, efficient soldier, a patriotic citizen and a warm-hearted generous Comrade. INFORMATION WANTED. By Jacob Barter, 373 Twelfth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., of his son Thomas H. Barter, who enlisted in a New York Cavalry Regiment. When last heard from he was at Watertown, Conn. By John J. Wilkes, Times Building, Troy, N. Y., of any person who knew John Clark of Company H, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and who was discharged as a Sergeant of that Company at City Point, Va., December 19th, 1865. By Thomas Davey, 683 Seventeenth Street, Detroit, Mich., the address of Llewellyn Hayden, Company H, Twenty-first New York Volunteer Cavalry. By Tydings Bros., Moberly, Mo., of Robert N. Gist, a veteran of the Civil War, and who is supposed to have served in Company G, First Regiment, Connecticut Cavalry Volunteers. If dead, the address of his widow and heirs at law. By order CHARLES G. BURTON Commander-in-Chief, Dew Adjutant General. HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 3. I. Comrade James Tanner, Department of New York, Washington, D. C., was appointed and is hereby announced as a member of the Committee on Erection of a Statue in Honor of Benjamin F. Stephenson, Founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. His name was omitted in the announcement of the Committee in General Orders No. 2. II. RULES AND REGULATIONS.-At the Forty-first National Encampment, Section 3, Article 5, Chapter 2, was amended to read as follows: Section 3. Eight members qualified to transact business shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of Posts having fifty (50) or more members in good standing; but in Posts of less than fifty (50), and more than twenty-five (25) members, five (5) members shall constitute a quorum; and in Posts of less than twenty-five (25) members, three (3) members shall constitute a quorum. III. IN THE MATTER OF PROPOSED PENSION LEGISLATION.-At the Eighteenth National Encampment, 1884, the following was adopted: "Resolved, That all petitions, resolutions and memorials by Posts, in regard to Pension Legislation, be required to be forwarded to National Headquarters through the Department Headquarters, and that Posts be forbidden to make separate and independent application to Congress for legislation upon the subject of Pensions." This resolution has been re-adopted by four subsequent National Encampments. Posts will govern themselves accordingly. IV. The Forty-second National Encampment will be held at Toledo, Ohio, during the week beginning Monday, August 31st, and ending Saturday, September 5th. National Headquarters will be located at the Boody House. Comrade Frank M. Sterrett has been selected by the citizens of Toledo as Executive Director, on the part of said city. Any information in regard thereto should be addressed to him, 109-110 Madison Court, Toledo, Ohio. V. ASSISTANT INSPECTORS GENERAL.-On the nomination of the Inspector General, the following named comrades have been appointed Assistant Inspectors General for their respective departments: |