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 PRESENTED BY 
 
GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 
 1881-82. 
 
JOURNALS 
 
 ENCAMPMENT PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Ct - 
 
 Department of Massachusetts 
 G. A. R. 
 
 From i88i to 1887 Inclusive. 
 
 Reprinted by 
 
 Order of the Department Encampment 
 
 OF 1900. 
 
 BOSTON, MASS.: 
 
 E B. Stillings & Co., 368 Congress Street. 
 
 1902. 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 •W 3r 
 
 Encampment at Boston, 1882 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Creasey, 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, 1883 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Patch . 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, 1884 . . 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Evans . 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, 1885 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Billings, 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, ISSfi . . . . 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Hersey . 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, 1887 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Tobin . 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Encampment at Boston, 1888 . . . . 
 
 General Orders of Department Commander Nash 
 
 Roster of Department Officers and Posts . . . . 
 Portraits of Department Commanders : 
 
 George W. Creasey, facing 
 
 • George H. Patch " 
 
 George S. Eyai^s /c 
 John D. BilUiigSc' ' 
 John W. Hersey 
 Richard F. ToMtt,' 
 Charles D. Nash,' 
 
 
 pages 
 1-53 
 54-66 
 67-72 
 73-133 
 134-143 
 144-148 
 149-217 
 218-235 
 236-240 
 241-319 
 320-334 
 335-340 
 341-408 
 409-428 
 429-434 
 435-492 
 493-507 
 508-513 
 515-580 
 581-594 
 595-600 
 
 Title 
 73 
 149 
 241 
 341 
 435 
 515 
 
 24M'03 
 
NTRODUCTION. 
 
 At the Thirty-fourth Annual Encampineut held at Boston in 
 February, 1900, Department Commander John E. Oilman, in his 
 address, said : " 1 suggest the consideration by this Encampment 
 of the advisability of creating a similar committee to that of 1892, 
 with authority to continue the publication of the early history of 
 the Department, beginning with 1881, and including as many 
 administrations as will make books of convenient size. Should 
 this plan be adopted, I would further suggest as an economical 
 measure that for the purpose of distribution to public libraries, 
 four hundred extra copies of the reports of this and subsequent 
 administrations be printed and retained at headquarters until a 
 sufficient number accumulate to make another book, when practi- 
 cally the only expense would be the binding." 
 
 The Committee on the Commander's Address reported the 
 following which was adopted by the Encampment : — 
 
 "That this Encampment authorize the printing of the Pro- 
 ceedings of the Department Encampment beginning with that of 
 1881 Tnd continuing to that of 1899 inclusive, and insufficient 
 numbers for distribution to every public library in the State, that 
 the history and good work of our organization may be placed in a 
 position and condition for permanent preservation. The printing 
 of four hundred extra copies we most heartily endorse and we 
 offer the following : — 
 
 •' Bcsoh-ed, That the same committee as was appointed by resolution 
 of Department Encampment in 1892, viz. : Past Department Commander 
 George W. Creasev ; Past Department Commander Austin S. Cushman; 
 Past Department Commander John D. Billings; Comrade William M. 
 Olin, Post 20; Comrade George \V. Powers, Post 15. be such committee 
 to carry out the provisions of this recommendation and to complete said 
 history and cause the same to be printed." 
 
 In compliance with the above instructions the committee have 
 caused to be printed this volume embracing the administrations of 
 1881 to 1887 inclusive, which together with the volume entitled: 
 " The p:arly History of the Department," furnishes a complete 
 record of our Order from the organization of the provisional depart- 
 ment in 18^6 to and including the administration of Commander 
 Nash in 1^87. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, G.A.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1882. 
 january 30.— evening session. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Faueuil Hall, Boston, 
 Jan. 30, 1882, at 7 o'clock p.m., in compliance with General 
 Orders No. 11 from Department Headquarters, and was called 
 to order at 7.40 by Department Commander George W. Creasey. 
 The Officer of the Day reported all present members of the Order. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Department Chaplain John W. Lee. 
 
 Commander Creasey announced the Encampment opened in 
 due form and appointed the following Committee on Credentials, 
 viz.: the Assistant Adjutant-General; Comrade W. A. Sloane 
 of the Council; Comrade George W. Powers of Post 15; Com- 
 rade George L. Goodale of Post 66 ; Comrade John D. Billings 
 of Post 94. 
 
 Commander Creasey reported that the Commander-in-Chief 
 was in waiting and desired to visit the Encampment, and that he 
 had taken the liberty to appoint a committee of three, consisting 
 of Charles A. Stott of the Council, Charles B. Fox of Post 68 
 and Andrew C. Stone of Post 39, to wait upon the Commander- 
 in-Chief and escort him to the platform. The committee retired 
 under escort of four Aides-de-Camp and immediately returned 
 and presented to the Department Commander, who in turn 
 presented to the Encampment, Commander-in-Chief George S. 
 Merrill of Lawrence, Mass.; William G. Haskell of Lewistou, 
 
2 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Department Commander of Maine, and Silas A. Barton of Lynn, 
 of the National Council of Administration. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief was accompanied by the following 
 members of his staff, viz.: Adjutant-General William M. Olin ; 
 Assistant Adjutant-General Alfred C. Monroe ; Senior Aide-de- 
 Camp John G. B. Adams; Aides-de-Camp Edward A. Fiske, 
 George G. Bailey, Jr., George H. Innis, W. J. Mansfield, and 
 Assistant Inspector-General Thomas H. Hill. 
 
 The party was enthusiastically received and after the interest 
 in the reception had subsided the regular business proceeded. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Stott of the Council, it was 
 
 Voted, That the reading of the records of last Department 
 Encampment be dispensed with. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 383 
 
 Number present 293 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 13 
 
 Past Department Commanders 3 
 
 Post Commanders 98 
 
 Delegates 179 
 
 Total 293 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1882. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander Geohge W. Cueasky. 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander . . . . Benjamin S. Lovell. 
 
 Junior Vice- Commander Royal B. Wight. 
 
 Medical Director *Azel Ames, Jr. 
 
 Chaplain John "W. Lee. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 tJOHN SCATES. Charles A Stott. Benjamin A. Bridges. 
 William A. Sloane William S. Frost. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General .... James F. Meech. 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . . Edward T. Raymond. 
 
 Inspector William L Baird. 
 
 Judge Advocate William H. Hart. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer Alfred C. Monroe. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 A. B. Underwood - 
 George S. Merrill 
 
 Horace Binney Sargent. 
 John G. B. Adams. 
 
 [Only the names of comrades present are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commancler James L. Wilbur. 
 
 Post 2. Commander George A. Thayer, William S. Brown, H. S. 
 
 Everett. 
 Post 3. Commander T. C. Lucas, A. B. Hodges, J. W. Brown, D. S. 
 
 Elliott 
 Post 4. Commander Chas. O. Boyd, James Pope. 
 Post 5. Commander Horace A. Sawyer, S. A. Barton, George A. Hunt, 
 
 Alex. S. Wright, Kirk Stark, Gustavus A. Badger, A. A. 
 
 Davis, Geo. F. Batchelder, John L. Parker, Frank Swain, 
 
 Thomas T. Hines, C M. Sprague, H. H. Babb, C. W. 
 
 Sears, C. K. Mansfield, J. W. Colcord. 
 Post (!. Wm. Birch, R. S. Dorr. 
 Post 7. Commander Dennis Meehan, Thomas J. Tute, George B. 
 
 Martis, Patrick W. Doherty. 
 Post 8. Commander B. W. Bump, C L. Starkey. 
 Post 9. Commander Rufus Howe, Chas. L. Woodbury. 
 
 •Reported sick. tNot present. 
 
4 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 10. Commander T. M. Kemington. T. J. Hastings, J. B. Lamb, 
 
 S. F. Babbitt, Geo. F Thompson, W. L. Robinson, E. L. 
 
 Drury, F. H. Rice, J. B. Willard, H. T. Buck. 
 Post 11. Commander Thomas Crozier, Alvin R, Bailey, Henry E. 
 
 Wright. 
 Post 12. Commander W. J. Manstield, W. N. Tyler, George H. Teague, 
 
 AS. Atherton. 
 Post 13. .John B. Parker. 
 Post 1.5. Commander Richard F. Lynam, J. dishing Thomas, Thomas 
 
 Langlan, George O. Noyes, George W. Powers, Chas. H. 
 
 Nason. 
 Post 16. Commander .Tames 0. Smith, John L. Rice, .John L. Knight, 
 
 Fred L. Perry, George Smitli. 
 Post 17. Commander A L. Shattnck, R. W. Rand. 
 Post 18. Commander Ezra Morse, Thomas Taylor 
 Post 19. Commander James Cuthburt, John F Bruce, Moses Hoyt, 
 
 George A. Sawyer. 
 Post 20. Commander Geo. H. Carpenter, Henry A. Howard. 
 Post 21. Commander Theodore Leutz, Philip Wachter. 
 Post 22. Commander B. H. Montague, Geo. L. Maynard. 
 Post 23. Commander Eben B. Lincoln, Wm. H. H. Emmons, George 
 
 A. Butler, Geo. E. Harrington. 
 Post 24. Not represented. 
 Post 25. Geo. M. Rice. 
 
 Post 26. Commander Wm. M. Olin, Jediah P. Jordan, John E. Killian. 
 Post 27. Commander Leonard E. Thayer, J. E. Nichols. 
 Post 28. Commander H. O. Sawyer, W. L. G. Haskins. 
 Post 29. Commander John H. Whelon, James H. Fisher. 
 Post 30. Commander Edward J. Dolan, P. Allen Lindsey, W. T. Alden. 
 Post 31. Commander A. A. Seaverns, Thomas F. Bailey. 
 Post 32. Commander A. C. Belcher, James A. Kelly. 
 Post 33. Commander Charles H. Harding, B. F. Whittemore, Albert 
 
 P. Barrett. 
 Post 34. Commander J. Frank Dalton, James Arrington, James H. 
 
 Anderson, William L. Welch, Lewis R. Pratt, John 
 
 O'Connell. 
 Post 35. Commander Chas. O Fellows, H. T. Holmes, G. W. Marsh, 
 
 H. Hinckley, G. H. Buck, C A. Merriam 
 Post 36. Horace Durgin. 
 Post 37. Commander Jarvis H. Jones, Walton Livermore, James A. 
 
 Black. 
 Post 38. J. M. Bellows. 
 Post 89. Commander John F. Hogan, .\ndrew C. Stone, Moses F. 
 
 Hutchins, C U. Bell, David S. Crockett, John Upham, ,Jr. 
 Post 40. Commander E. E. Currier, Thos. E. Barker. 
 Post 41. Commander C. H. Watson 
 Post 42. Commander Charles W. Sleeper, E. W. Thompson, C. H. 
 
 Richardson, J. P. Maxfield, F. B. Peabody, H. W. Allen. 
 Post 43 Commander A. M. Page, R. D. S. Mortimer, J. R. McGrillis. 
 Post 44. Commander S. F. Draper, Francis Wright, George Cantello. 
 Post 45. Commander Charles H. Parsons, D. S. Watson. 
 Post 46. Commander Frank McGraw, Edward 0. Driscoll, John H. 
 
 Abbott, Joseph E. Nye 
 Post 47. Commander Chas. E. Peabody, A. M. Tilton, J M. Davis, 
 
 E. G. W. Cartwright, D. S. Kimball. 
 Post 48. Commander John Q A. McCollister, John H. Sprague. 
 Post 49. Commander Daniel B. Whiting, Philip H. Creasey, Thomas 
 
 E. Cutter, J. Albert Mills, Daniel M. Felch, Caleb P. 
 
 Davis. Jr. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 Post 50. 
 
 Post 51. 
 Post .52. 
 Post 53. 
 Post 54. 
 Post 55. 
 Post 56 
 Post 57. 
 Post 58. 
 
 Post 5Jt. 
 Post 00. 
 Post Gl. 
 Post G2. 
 Post 63. 
 PO.ST 64. 
 Post 65. 
 Post 66. 
 
 Post 67. 
 Post 68. 
 
 Post 69. 
 Post 70. 
 Post 71. 
 Post 72. 
 Post 73. 
 Post 74. 
 Post 75. 
 
 Post 76. 
 Post 77. 
 Post 78. 
 Post 79. 
 Post 80. 
 Post 8 1 . 
 Post 82. 
 
 Post 83. 
 Post 84. 
 Post 85. 
 Post 86 
 Post 87. 
 Post 88. 
 Post 89. 
 
 Post 90. 
 
 Post 91. 
 Post .92. 
 Post 93. 
 Post 94. 
 Post 95. 
 Post 96 
 Post 97. 
 Post 98, 
 Post 99 
 
 F. Hobart. 
 
 Commander Windsor M. Ward, William II. Hildretb, George 
 
 B. Miller, John J. Sheehan. 
 Commander .Tohn S. Cooke, Osborn Gallup. 
 George G. Smith. ,„.,,, 
 
 Commander T. J. Ames, S. F. Maynard, S. A. Meads. 
 Commander .John L. Bruce, S. E Chamberlam. 
 Edsrar G. Blandin. 
 
 Commander Wm. H. Eveleth, James E Barrows. 
 Commander J. F. Capelle, Otis S. Brown, W. F. Marks. 
 Chas. :W. Hastings, Chas. S. Redmond, Geo. A. Gushing, 
 
 David Dunbar. 
 Commander A. H Melendy, A. H. Newhall. 
 Commander George W. Nason, George E. Lovejoy. 
 
 A. K. SnoAV, John M. Clarke 
 
 Commander U W. Downs. 
 
 Commander Frank P. Simonds, D. H. L Gleason. 
 
 Commander Louis L. Stone. 
 
 Commander Amos Bliss. J H. Goodhue. 
 
 Commander John S. Beck, George L. Goodale, J. Henry 
 Eames. 
 
 Commander Henry T. Bingham, Edwin P. Stanley. 
 
 Commander Herbert S Cole, Chas. B. Fox, Wm. C. Cumings, 
 S. A. Gushing, Jr. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Rodney D. Loomis, H 
 
 Geo. H. Smith, Geo. E.Whitaker. 
 
 Luther S Bryant, John Mills. , r^ o *. i 
 
 Commander A H. Wright, John W. Sproul, T. S. Atwood. 
 
 John W. Wheeler, E. T. Harvell. ^ ^ o-„ t 
 
 Commander L. P. Benton, C K. Johnson, T. C. Silke, James 
 O. Laughlin. 
 
 Commander John Shannon, Benj. A. Hathaway, S C. Wright. 
 
 Commander Isaac Damon, J. H. Gleason. 
 
 Commander Timothy Reed, Chas D. Nash, William K. Vining. 
 
 Commander Peter Snyder, E. O. Wiley, F. H. Fleming. 
 Commander Chas. P. Winslow, Louis J. Elwell. 
 
 George E. Teele. ,,. ^ , 
 
 Commander Samuel B. Hidden, Jr., Beiij. Pitman, Joseph 
 
 Bartlett. 
 Commander R. C. Waterman. 
 Not represented. „ ,, i 
 
 Commander Chas. E. Woodward, George S. IVIarsh. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Henry A. Monk, E. S. Dean. 
 Commander Isaac M. Holt, William P. ISIartin 
 Commander William H. Morgan, John W. Mcknight, James 
 
 Maguire. ^. , 
 
 Commander George W. Kenney, AViUiam T. Damon. Timothy 
 
 D. Crowley. 
 A. L. Bundy. ^ ^ , . 
 
 Commander A. B. Collier, Thomas L. Perkins. 
 Commander G. R. Pierce. 
 
 John D. Billings. ^ ^^ , „ 
 
 Commander James IT. Boyce, Chas. A. Newhall. 
 Commander D. M. Bailey, F. M. Harrington. 
 Not represented. 
 Not represented. 
 Commander Peter D. Smith, A B. Cutter. 
 
6 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., U.A.R. 
 
 Post 100. Not represented. 
 
 Post 101. Commander Chas. F. Payne, N. E. Ladd. 
 
 Post 102 James W. Fletcher. 
 
 Post 103. Commander C. H. Tracy, Chester H. Bullard. 
 
 Post 101. Commander I. Frank Goodwin, Peter N. Spragiie. 
 
 Post 105 George S. Ball. 
 
 Post 106. Not represented. 
 
 Post 107. Commander H. R. Stoughtou, William Holbrook. 
 
 Post 108. Not represented. 
 
 Post 109. Not represented 
 
 Post 110. Commander William A Croak, John Mahony. 
 
 Post 111. Commander Henry H. Collamore, Sylvanus Shedd. 
 
 Post 112. Commander Alpheus Thomas, Frank Dyer. 
 
 Post 113. Commander T. R Mathews, A. N Sampson. 
 
 Post 114. Commander Chas. 0. Roberts, Alex. Smart. 
 
 Post 115. Commander M P. Palmer, Chas. Blood. 
 
 Post 116. John D Edgell. 
 
 Post 117. Jonathan G. Wight. 
 
 Post 118. Commander W. G. Earp, John R Merritt. 
 
 Post 119. Not represented. 
 
 Post 120. Commander Chas H. Coburn, C. F Uraun, G. C. Bassett, 
 
 J. S. D'Evelyn. 
 
 Post 121. Commander Geo. L. Eldridge, David W. Lewis, George H. 
 
 Wood. 
 
 Post 122. Commander M. M. Dennett, L. F. Currier. 
 
 Post 123. Commander James Oliver, Charles E. Taft. 
 
 Post 124. Not represented. 
 
 Po.'^T 126. F. L Wheelock. 
 
 Post 127. Commander Charles Atwood, Josiah G. Cook. 
 
 Post 128. Commander Leach Clark. 
 
 Post 131, Commander R. H. Newton, J. D. CogswelL 
 
 Post 134. G. W. Johnson. 
 
 Post 135 Commander Hammond W. Paige, Samuel Jordan. 
 
 Post 136. Not represented. 
 
 Post 139. Commander Martin Binney, John M. Woods. 
 
 Post 142. Commander Chas H. Fnlfer, N. S. Robinson, E. P. Simpson. 
 
 Post 143. Commander T. W. Clements, W. Y Gross. 
 
 Post 144. Not represented. 
 
 Post 145. Commander Edward W. Rhodes, Fred L. LeBarron. 
 
 Post 148. Commander Wm. A. Suoav. 
 
 Post 149. Commander Wm. H. Seymour, D. D. Pike. 
 
 Post 151. Commander Ephraim Bailey. 
 
 The next business was the reports of the Department 
 officers, commencing with the address of the Department Com- 
 mander, George W. Creasey, as follows: — 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 7 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER GEORGE W. CREASEY. 
 
 Comrades: I do not propose to commence my report by 
 reminding the sensitive natures before me that another year has 
 passed, another milestone on the road of time has been left behind 
 us ; for, however conscious we may be of the fact and however 
 much the faded jiotvers of the past remind us of the sad havoc 
 time is making among the human race, yet there are some of our 
 number who delude themselves with the idea that with them time 
 is at a standstill and that nature in its solemn round has been 
 defrauded. 
 
 We are again assembled as comrades of the Grand Army to 
 review our labors for the past year and to make such provision 
 for the year upon which we have just entered as will enable us to 
 exemplify in the fullest degree the great value of our organization 
 and to awaken in us a renewed friendship for each other, a 
 greater charity for those who look to us for encouragement and 
 support, and a stronger loyalty to the government under which we 
 live and for which so many of our associates freely gave their lives. 
 
 In presenting to you the present condition of the Department, 
 I shall endeavor to do so in as clear and concise a manner as 
 possible, that whatever questions you may be called upon to dis- 
 cuss or legislate, you may do so understandingly and in such a 
 manner as will be of permanent benefit to the Department. 
 
 There are several questions of importance that were referred 
 by the last annual Encampment to the present Department 
 officers, the first of which was the petition presented by my 
 immediate predecessor to our State Legislature, asking that 
 Memorial Day be made a legal holiday. The petition was favor- 
 ably reported upon by the Military Committee of the Legislature 
 to whom it was referred. The bill passed and on the eighth day 
 of March last the Governor of the Commonwealth approved the 
 same by affixing his official signature to the bill. The pen used 
 by his Excellency in performing this act he has presented to the 
 Department in the following words: " With this pen was signed 
 the bill making Memorial Day a legal holiday. It is presented to 
 the Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 in response to whose petition the bill was enacted." Later his 
 Excellency announced the action of the Legislature and called 
 upon the people of the Commonwealth to observe the day by the 
 following proclamation : — 
 
 Whkreas, At the recent session of the Legislature, the thirtieth 
 day of May in each year, beini? the clay set apart for the decoration of 
 the <j;raves of deceased soldiers and sailors, and known as Memorial 
 Day, was made a legal public holiday ; and Avhereas, this is the first year 
 in which it is so by law ; 
 
8 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Now, Therefore, I call atteution to its observance. Let us reap 
 as they sowed, not war, but peace ; not hate, but love ; not discord and 
 chains, but Union and Liberty. Let us scatter their graves Avith the 
 everlasting not the cypress. So through tears shall unbend the rainbow. 
 
 " With malice toward none, with charity for all," with firmness in 
 the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the 
 work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wound ; to care for him who' 
 shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans ; to do 
 all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among our- 
 selves and with all nations. 
 
 Given at the Executive Chamber this twentieth day of May, in the 
 year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. 
 
 JOHN D. LONG. 
 By his Excellency the Governor, 
 
 Hexry B. Peirce, 
 
 Secretary of the Commonwealth. 
 
 It has been said of Memorial Day that there is a falling off 
 in the enthusiasm. This is natural where a great event recedes 
 into the past and a younger generation forgets what was vivid to 
 their fathers ; but the making of the day a legal holiday, the 
 proclamation by the governor, the general suspension of business 
 throughout the Commonwealth, the joining in the service of manj' 
 who have been deprived of the privilege by the demand of labor, 
 the united observance of the day by the Posts of Suffolk County, 
 made our last Memorial Day a memorable one. Let our interest, 
 comrades, in the services commemorated to the memory of our 
 departed associates be renewed and strengthened with each 
 recurring year, that those who follow us on the stage of life may 
 be continually reminded of the patriotism, devotion and self- 
 sacrifice of those who preserved in the days of rebellion what our 
 fathers so heroically contended for and established in the days of 
 the Revolution. 
 
 The recommendation of the Council of Administration, as 
 contained in paragraph" B " of their report of last year, that the 
 delegates to the National Encampment secure if possible the 
 repeal of Sections 3 and 4, Article IV., Chapter V., of the Rules 
 and Regulations, and the inserting of a new section to the effect 
 that a comrade may be suspended and may be dropped, instead 
 of shall 6e, was presented to the National Encampment through 
 the Committee on Rules, Regulations and Ritual. The report of 
 the committee being adverse to the proposed change, the Encamp- 
 ment refused to make the alteration. 
 
 PENSION CLAIIIS. 
 
 Immediately after the last Department Convention, quite a 
 number of articles appeared in the daily papers of Boston, giving 
 the history of various pension claims and illustrating the delays 
 in the Pension Office at Washington in the settlement of pensions. 
 
q 
 
 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 John A. Andi-ew Post 15 of this Department, anxious to be 
 of service to those who are justly entitled and greatly ni need of 
 ?he pension allowed by the government, adopted a senes of reso 
 unions eallincr attention to the unsatisfactory working of the 
 PensSn Ottice, a copy of which they fonvarded to Department 
 Headquarters, as well as to each Post in the Department. 
 
 At about the same period circulars were being sent through 
 the country by the then Commissioner of Pensions, showmg the 
 vastTcumulaLn of claims at the Pension Ortice and the insuth- 
 dent means at his disposal of settling the f^^J^^^^^^ 
 able lime. In response to the resolutions of Post 1. , foity-thiee 
 Posts ithis Department forwarded memorials to the President, 
 requesti^o him to urge upon Congress the necessary legislation to 
 S the difficulty. The Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army 
 Tent circulax^ throughout the country recommendmg a petition 
 ask no for the passage of the bill known as the ' «^--ty Sjirgeon 
 Bill ''" The Suffolk County Grand Army Association sent though 
 Us Pension Committee a delegation to the Department Com- 
 mander, urging upon him to send a delegation to Washington to 
 ?^-ther if possible some measure of relief. Deeming the mattei 
 o sufficient importance and remembering Jhe -soUUion adopted 
 at the last Department Convention to the effect, That the 
 Commander of this Department be instructed to forward a memo- 
 Sato the President and Congress of the United States, urgurg 
 the immediate passage of such laws as shall be effectual in settling 
 as s3ilv as possible the just claims of pensioners and prevent- 
 inV d fiLdulent claims," the Council of Aclministration wa 
 coin^ned and at an adjourned meeting held to consider the 
 sub ect it was unanimously voted that a delegation be sent to 
 WaihVnoton. The delegation, consisting of the Department 
 Commander, the Department Senior Vice-Commander Benj b. 
 Loveu! Comrade Charles A. Stott of the Council ot Administra- 
 t^^r^nd Comrade E. B. Loriug of Post lo, proceeded at once 
 {nVaTl gZ: wL.-e they we-e ioioed by .be Medica, .M.ec.ov 
 nf the Deoartment, Comrade Azel Ames, Jr. Ihe delegation 
 Is corSy recei;ed by the Commissioner of Tensions, who 
 rnormed thJm that they' were the /r.s. ^'epresenta tive body of 
 soldiers who had ever visited Washington in the interest of the 
 pensioLr Every opportunity was afforded them by the com- 
 mTssione to become familiar with the working of his office and to 
 rierand the reasons for the great and in very many instance 
 unnecessary delays in the settlement of claims. It ^as found bj 
 Tcareful examination of the report of the commissioner, as well 
 as by in onnation from him, that there were at that time thirty- 
 one thousand unsettled claims on ^le at the Pension Office, that 
 were nresented between the years of 1861 and i860. 
 
 In consultincr with the members of the Pension Committee 
 as wen as wrCongressmen who had given the subject much 
 
10 HISTOKY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 thought and altention, it was found that the members of Congress 
 themselves were at a loss for a remedy of the evil ; that the 
 subject needed discussion in Congress, and that the only thing 
 that could be done at that session in Congress was to secure as 
 large an appropriation as possible for additional clerical force in 
 the three departments affected by the pension claim, namely, the 
 Adjutant-General's, the Surgeon-General's and the Pension Office. 
 The delegation interviewed and urged senators to take part in the 
 discussion then going on in the Senate. They followed the 
 appropriation bill through the committee until its final passage by 
 both houses of Congress. By that bill a very large additional 
 working force to the three departments above named was made. 
 
 That the sending of such a delegation to Washington was of 
 benefit to the unfortunate soldier who has been patiently waiting 
 for years for what be should in many instances have received 
 with but little delay, I am clearly convinced of. No public 
 question interests the disabled soldier and sailor more than that 
 of pensions ; for in thousands of families throughout our country 
 its payment by the national government is looked upon as a 
 sacred legacy, and indeed, in many instances is the only resource 
 had for comfort and support. 
 
 The payment of millions of dollars annually by the national 
 government and a probable increase in both the number of pen- 
 sions and the annual appropriations by Congress to meet the 
 unsettled claims, have caused many to distrust the soldier and 
 in too many instances to regard the applicant for a pension as 
 one who is willing to take from the government all that could be 
 got, even at the sacrifice of honor and principle. The cry of 
 fraud has been so often repeated that we are almost forced to 
 believe that it is the rule and not the exception with the claimant. 
 The Arrearages Act, a m.easure conceived and persistently advo- 
 cated by the claim agent at Washington and not by the soldier, is 
 responsible for this unjust belief and criticism. That unworthy 
 claims have been urged and finally allowed by the department is 
 not strange, for there can be found among all classes selfish and 
 unscrupulous men ; but when we remember that the army of the 
 Union numbered nearly two and one-half millions of men, that 
 the number killed and wounded aggregated two hundred and 
 eighty thousand, and the number discharged for disability 
 amounted to two hundred and eighty-five thousand men, there 
 cannot be among the two hundred and seventy thousand pensions 
 of all descriptions now on the rolls, including thirty-five thousand 
 dollars paid to the survivors of the War of 1812, a very large 
 percentage of fraudulent claims. 
 
 Let the government, through officers in each Congressional 
 district, come directly in contact with the claimant ; let the 
 departments at Washington, that have the complete record of the 
 soldier and sailor from the day he was mustered into the service 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 11 
 
 of the government to the time of his discharge, and that now 
 positively refuse to furnish any portion of it to the claimant, be 
 authorized to provide all desired information ; indeed, let some 
 such bill as that presented by Senator Blair from New Hampshire, 
 who is a member of the Pension Committee, become a law, and 
 the chances for fraud will be greatly diminished. 
 
 We can, comrades, through our Grand Army, be of great 
 service to the Commissioner of Pensions. If the worthy and 
 deserving soldier need our assistance and evidence, it should be 
 freely given ; if the unworthy seek it, it should be unhesitatingly 
 refused. 
 
 In response to the circular from Department Headquarters, 
 dated February 16, asking for a contribution from the Posts to 
 pay the expenses of the delegation, S251.25 were received. The 
 expenses amounted to $223.77, leaving a balance in the hands of 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General of S2-S.08. 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 The report of the Assistant Quartermaster-General will 
 present to you the financial condition of the Department for the 
 year ending Dec. 31, 1881. This report, as has been the custom 
 for several years, embraces the receipts for the last quarter of 
 1880 and the first, second and third quarters of 1881, while that 
 of the last quarter of the present term, being larger than for 
 several years, will be included in the report of next year. For 
 the past few years, owing to the smallness of our numbers and 
 the necessary expense of maintaining a Department Headquarters, 
 we have been in debt to an amount varying from $300.00 to 
 $450.00; this, for a long period, was provided for by borrowing 
 from some comrade, until it was thought that, so long as an open 
 account was kept with National Headquarters, the indebtedness 
 might as well be to them as elsewhere. At the time of the meet- 
 ing of the National Fucampment at Indianapolis in June last, the 
 several Posts of the Department were indebted to the Department 
 for dues and supplies to the amount of $809.35; this increased 
 the indebtedness of the Department to National Headquarters, 
 until at the time mentioned it amounted to $1,281.49. While 
 attending the session of the National Fucampment and after 
 consulting with many of the delegates who represented the 
 Department, the indebtedness was settled by the Department 
 Commander giving a personal note for the amount. The action 
 of the Encampment instructing the Adjutant-General not to fill 
 requisitions for supplies unless the same be accompanied by the 
 money, caused the Department to adopt the same method, which 
 has been most gratifying in its results ; the Posts without an 
 exception have paid their indebtedness, until, at the present time, 
 but $2.G7 are owed the Department from this source. This 
 
12 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 prompt settlement, with the reduction of tlie per capita tax from 
 six cents to four, and the increase in revenue to the Department 
 b}' the additional membership, has enabled us to take up the note 
 of $1,281.49 and to say today we are free from debt, with a bal- 
 ance of cash and supplies on hand amounting to $"000.00. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 ™"^0n the first day of January, 1881, the Department of Massa- 
 chusetts consisted of 129 Posts, with an aggregate membership 
 of 8,880. During the year one Post, 146 of New Bedford, has 
 surrendered its charter, and notwithstanding this and the losses 
 by death and suspension, and the constant diminishing in numbers 
 of that class of men from whom we can alone recruit our num- 
 bers, there are at the present time 138 Posts in the Department, 
 with a total membership of 10,252 comrades. This gain of 
 twelve Posts, nine absolutely new and three reorganizations, I do 
 not attribute to any increased interest or energy on the part of 
 the present Department officers over those of previous years, but 
 rather the simple result of earnest and faithful labor of the indi- 
 vidual comrade to gather into our ranks all who are entitled to 
 associate with us as members of our organization. The time has 
 not yet arrived when we should look for a decrease in our num- 
 bers ; there are still thousands of soldiers and sailors who would 
 make good and valuable members among us, and if we will but 
 continue to labor, — if the Posts composing the Department would 
 carefully canvass the soldiers in their respective localities who are 
 not identified with us and properly present to them the influence 
 and strength they would give to our noble work and Order by 
 joining our ranks, — we can at the expiration of another year see 
 still greater improvement in our membership. 
 
 In addition to the Posts constituted during the year, there 
 are on file at Department Headquarters applications for charters 
 from the towns ot Pittsfield, Med way and Sandwich. These, I 
 assure you, would not have been bequeathed to my successor had 
 there been sufficient time to have organized the Posts previous to 
 the meeting of the Convention. 
 
 soldiers' home. 
 
 Within the past year, through the untiring energy of its pro- 
 jectors and the cheerful and hearty co-operation of friends, a 
 Home for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors has been purchased, the 
 building formally dedicated, and, by the bazaar recently held in 
 its interest, a fund amounting to nearly forty- three thousand 
 dollars has been established for its maintenance. 
 
 This, comrades, is the work of the Grand Army and its 
 friends, and no more noble or worthy object can claim the atten- 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 13 
 
 tiou and the benevolence of our organization than this. And 
 w^en this Home shall be filled with the wounded and disable.! 
 who can feel that they are not the recipients of charity, bu. are 
 rnToyhi the comforte of a home fairly earned by their services 
 to tlfeir country,- when the sound of the revedle is heard and as 
 the sun rises to adorn the day, the stars and stripes are hoisted; 
 wheulhe hill-top shall be dotted with the soldier in the army 
 blue with an empty sleeve, perhaps, not young and vigorous, 
 but old and infirm; when all who are entitled to admission who 
 did service in the army or navy during the War « 1- f be^;- 
 can feel that, should misfortune assail them or friends foisake 
 ?hem, there is still one door open to them, where peace, happiness 
 and comfort may be enioyed,- when this shal ^-e been accom- 
 Dlished as it will assuredly be within a very short time, then ^^e 
 tn say with pride and satisfaction that the Fraternity and 
 Charity'of our organization, with the earnest labors of n any 
 devoted hearts and hands, is consecrated to a work that wdl be 
 remembered in years to come and long after our Order has ceased 
 tHxisr^^s theLblest achievement of the citizen soldiers of the 
 
 ^''twrid' respectfully suggest as a n.ethod of assisting in 
 defraying the annual expenses of the Home, that hereafter on 
 h fi'st^lay of January in each year, «- various Posts in the 
 Department either contribute an amount per capita, oi donate 
 such a sum as their circumstances will permit. 
 
 GRAND ARMY GATHERINGS, CAMP-FIRES, ETC. 
 
 It has been my pleasure during the past year to )?^^^ 
 in very many social gatherings of our Grand Army ; and if m 
 :s;:nse to some of "the kind -d urgent iinitationsi..^^^^^^^^^^ 
 have been obliged to decline, I assure you it has iiot^ been because 
 of the location, distance, or the size ot the Post, toi w th a 1 such 
 invitations I have considered their acceptance a ^'^^'^^^^^^ 
 and have regretted exceedingly when I could not taNOiably 
 
 '''^ The Department has been represented at sixty-four gather- 
 ings durino he past year, fifty-six of which I have attended in 
 ^efson and while I am of the opinion that the interest and use- 
 LbieTs'of our organization is g-^^ly promoted by these .at^^^^^^^^ 
 cratherinas, where we live over again tor a short penod the scenes 
 S the pJsi and renew the friendships of those days .vben we wen 
 soldiering together, yet I have at times during he yeai that has 
 tu t closed alked myself the question. What is to become of the 
 Department Commander? He is human, and unless some prov i- 
 S i^ ^ie to pacify his family, the benefit tl- Department w^ 
 derive from his continued absence from home will but slightly 
 
14 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 compensate him for the misunderstandings that may occur iu the 
 household. 
 
 I desire to call your attention once again to the subject of 
 an encampment of all the Posts in the Department. The State, 
 through its Legislature, has granted our organization the use of 
 such "camp and garrison equipage as we may desire, and I have 
 recently petitioned the Legislature asking for the use of the camp- 
 ing ground at Framingham. 
 
 Among the very pleasant and enjoyable visits made by me 
 during the summer, were my visits to the camp of the Posts of 
 Middlesex County at Tyng's Island, on the Merrimac river ; that 
 of the Posts of Plymouth County at Brant Kock, on the South 
 Shore, near Marshfield, and that of the Posts of Essex County 
 at Balche's Grove, Grovelaud. Since the formation of County 
 associations these annual gatherings have become quite popular 
 with the comrades and are looked forward to with much interest 
 and pleasure as a means of bringing together old associates and 
 renewing the friendships of bye-gone days. 
 
 The annual encampment of the soldiers of Maine, New 
 Hampshire and other States have, for the past three years, been 
 most successful, and the expense to the comrades has been so 
 greatly reduced as to come within the means of all. The Assist- 
 ant Adjutant-General has such facts and figures relating to other 
 encampments as will be of benefit to us in arranging for such a 
 gathering. I am strongly of the opinion that an encampment 
 of the Department, where all the soldiers of the State could be 
 invited to participate, and where they could have the privilege of 
 meeting their old commanders, would be of great benefit to us as 
 an organization and do more than could possibly be done in any 
 other manner to increase our numbers. 
 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 While the Rules and Regulations of our Order are silent 
 upon the question of jurisdiction, there are, I think, good reasons 
 why it should be observed in this Department. It will be remem- 
 bered that in my report of last year as Department Inspector, it 
 was shown that nearly fifty per cent of the Posts in the Depart- 
 ment numbered less than fifty comrades each. These Posts are 
 located in the smaller towns of the Commonwealth and are not, 
 generally speaking, in as flourishing a condition as those in the 
 cities. It is not encouraging to either the officers or comrades of 
 a Post, who are perhaps working earnestly to increase their 
 numbers, to have the soldiers of their town admitted to another 
 Post. If this is practised to any considerable extent the larger 
 and more wealthy Posts will increase in strength to the injury of 
 the smaller ones and the number of the Posts in the Department 
 will ere long begin to diminish very rapidly. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 15 
 
 I would respectfully suggest that the Convention, by resolu- 
 tion, recommend to the Posts in the Department the practice of 
 the customar}' rules governing jurisdiction. 
 
 The time is very near at hand when I shall surrender to 
 another the honors and responsibilities you so kindly invested me 
 with one year ago, and before doing so I desire to express to all 
 comrades, whether present or absent, my very great appreciation 
 of their many kindnesses to me personally and my thanks for 
 their earnest efforts to promote the interests and usefulness of the 
 Department. To the officers of the Department and my personal 
 staff, who have been so closely associated with me during the 
 past year and vvho have expressed, by faithful and continued 
 labor, their interest and attachment to the good work of our 
 Order, I am greatly indebted; for through their kindness, hearty 
 co-operation and prompt response to the demands made upon 
 them have the labors of my position been made happy and enjoy- 
 able. To the Assistant Adjutant-General I feel we are all 
 indebted ; for while it is true that he is compensated for his laboi*s 
 to the Department, yet there are very many favors requested and 
 expected of him entirel}^ foreign to the duties of his office, that 
 not onl}' consume his time but are often a positive inconvenience 
 and hindrance. For the past year his duties have been unusually 
 laborious, for not only has he performed the work required of 
 him in connection with the Department, but, as a labor of love 
 and with a desire to promote the success of the Soldiers' Home, 
 in which I believe we are all most heartily in sympathy Avith, he 
 has labored unceasingly ; and while very manj' are deserving of 
 praise, his constant toil from the conception of the bazaar to its 
 close, should not be forgotten. 
 
 And now, comrades, I can only express the hope that those 
 of us who are soon to give place to others and those of us who 
 have alread}' stepped from the responsibilities of office to the no 
 less honorable position among our comrades in the ranks, may be 
 as interested and as zealous in working for our noble cause out 
 of office as we have been in office. Let us falsify for once the 
 charge that as officers we were workers, but as comrades we are 
 drones. Let us all remember that there are none to take our 
 places in the Grand Arui}^ ; what our Order has accomplished in 
 the past we ourselves have done ; the good it may do in the future 
 we must labor for. 
 
 Let us in our association together as the representatives of 
 the loyalty of the citizen soldier of the republic, strive to exert 
 such an influence as will teach those who in after years are to 
 constitute the body politic of our nation, a greater love of 
 country, a clearer and better understanding of the duties and 
 responsibilities of citizenship, that in the years to come the prog- 
 ress and advancement made through the trials of civil war may 
 
16 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 1)6 felt and enjoyed by all, aud that our country still marching 
 onward aud developing to a more perfect state the possibilities of 
 freedom, universal manhood, equal rights and justice to all men, 
 may exert such an influence as to make the world better and 
 mankind happier. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, op Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Dec. 31, 1881. 
 
 Department Commander and Comrades : In accordance with 
 the requirements of our Order, I have the honor to present here- 
 with my sixth annual report, which will cover the affairs of the 
 Department for the year ending to date; and in view of the 
 fact that I have prepared more elaborate tabulated reports than 
 at any time previous, I will not worry you with any preparatory 
 remarks, either congratulatory or otherwise, but will at once 
 present to you the condition of the Department : — 
 
 Number of Posts, Dec. 31, 1880 129 
 
 " Comrades reported in good standing same date, 8,889 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 1881 137 
 
 " Comrades reported in good standing same date, 10,252 
 
 A clear gain in membership for the year, of ... . 1,363 
 
 The above gain, by quarters, is shown by the reports to be 
 as follows, viz. . — 
 
 First quarter 65 
 
 Second quarter 696 
 
 Third quarter 336 
 
 Fourth quarter 266 
 
 I present herewith a detailed report of the changes that have 
 taken place in each Post during the year. This has been compiled 
 with much care and I am sure that it will repay perusal, and trust 
 it will be considered of sufficient importance to be made a part of 
 the proceedings for the year. Realizing that the reading of this 
 report might be tiresome, and would consume much valuable 
 time, I will not read it unless called for. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 17 
 
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HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
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 94 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 19 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ADJUTANT-GENERAL— ConfiKwed. 
 
 
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20 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Of the 137 Posts comprising the Department, 95 have gained 
 in membership, 7 have the same number as one year ago, and 35 
 have lost in number. 
 
 The foregoing report shows that the following changes have 
 taken place in the membership of the Department during the 
 year : — 
 
 Number of comrades gained by muster-in . . . 1,796 
 '' " " transfer .... 141 
 
 "- " " reinstatement . . 1,439 
 
 Total gain 3,376 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death 110 
 
 " " honorable discharge . 48 
 
 " •' transfer . . ". . 201 
 
 "• " suspension . . . .1,641 
 
 " " dishonorable discharge, 1 
 
 " •' disbanding of Post 146, 12 
 
 Total loss 2,013 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 1,368 
 
 Number of rejections during the year 60 
 
 Only one Post has surrendered its charter during the year, 
 viz.. Post 146 of New Bedford. This Post was composed of 
 colored comrades and consequently had a small and limited 
 membership, and against gi'eat odds they struggled manfully for 
 an existence, but without avail. It is to be hoped that these 
 comrades will not be lost to the Order and I think I express the 
 wish of the mass of the comrades of this Department when I hope 
 that the mother Post of the Department will take such as are 
 worthy within her membership and thus illustrate " the broad 
 foundation stone on which our Order rests." 
 
 Two Posts have been reconstructed during the year, viz., 41 
 of Westfield and 97 of Belchertown. These two Posts, through 
 misfortune and the changes in business and population, ceased to 
 make their reports in 1878, and the Department officers of that 
 and succeeding years had allowed them to retain their books and 
 charters, with the expectation on one hand and the promise on 
 the other, that they would " come out all right," and so it proved ; 
 they each paid the per capita tax for ten quarters and both have 
 over four times as many members today as they started with six 
 months ago, and with them it is clearly proven that nothing 
 " succeeds like success." 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 21 
 
 Post 106 of Rockport has been reorganized with its original 
 name and number and while it is the baby Post of the year, — 
 having been reorganized on December oO, — I believe tliat it will 
 be of credit to itself and the Department. 
 
 Eight new Posts have been organized as follows : — 
 
 Post 21 . . . . Boston. Post 99 . . . . Andover. 
 
 " 36 . . . . Arlington. " 105 .... Upton. 
 
 " 60 . . . . Franklin. " 107 . . . . Palmer. 
 
 " 80 . . . . Westboro. " 120 . . . . Lowell. 
 
 These Posts were started under favorable auspices and with 
 a membership varying from 22 to 105. 
 
 MISSIONARY WORK. 
 
 I beg your indulgence for a moment while I refer to the 
 missionary work that has been done in the Department during the 
 past year. In the early spring a circular was prepared, con- 
 cisely giving the reasons why the Grand Army was in existence, 
 what it existed for, what it had done, and what it hoped to 
 accomplish. A blank was also prepared which was forwarded 
 with a circular letter to the town clerk in over sixty of the large 
 towns of the Commonwealth, where there were no Posts of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, asking for the names of at least 
 six of the most prominent ex-soldiers or sailors of the town, 
 regardless of wealth, politics or religion, and in nearly every 
 instance the information was cheerfully given. To the addresses 
 thus obtained the missionary circulars, together with blank appli- 
 cations for charter, were sent, and out of that grew a call for 
 information regarding the Grand Army of the Republic. This 
 was readily given, in many instances by personal visits, but more 
 generally by correspondence, and out of that has grown the 
 interest in the Order from all sections of the State, as shown not 
 only by the new Posts and by the applications for charter for at 
 least three more now on file and awaiting muster, but b}' the 
 anxious inquiries relative to other new Posts and the prospect of 
 speedy organization. I believe that but a little Avork will be 
 necessary to restore the membership of the Department to the 
 number reached in its palmiest days, and certainly the vacant 
 numbers on our Roster can be filled and the end referred to 
 attained, previous to May 30. 
 
 COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR WORK. 
 
 I desire again to put myself on record as having much faith 
 in county organizations when properly conducted, as those in this 
 State are today. They may be made the mediums of increasing 
 
22 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 our growth ; but, best of all, they present an opportunity for the 
 illustration and extension of what must be the main corner-stone 
 of our existence, viz., fraternity. 
 
 I would urge the immediate organization of a county organi- 
 zation wherever one does not exist, as by so doing Posts and 
 comrades may become better acquainted and not only exchange 
 plans for promoting the growth and interest of the Posts, but 
 also see to it that every town and village in such county is repre- 
 sented in our Order wherever an efficient number of eligible 
 persons may be found. There are many towns in this Common- 
 wealth where we should have a branch of our organization, and 
 basing my calculations on having a Post in every town of 2,000 
 inhabitants or over, — and there are a number of good Posts in 
 towns of less than that number, — the following summary by 
 counties may be interesting : — 
 
 Barnstable County has no Post within her limits, but she has 
 eight towns large enough for our needs. We have just received 
 an application for a charter from Sandwich and one partially 
 promised from Harwich. 
 
 Berkshire County has two Posts, with a membership of 73. 
 Pittsfield has just moved in the matter and decided to organize 
 and there is room for at least eight more. 
 
 Bristol County has six Posts, with a membership of 588, and 
 there ought to be at least three more Posts within her borders. 
 
 Essex County has twenty-one Posts, with a membership of 
 2,481. There is still room for more Posts and a consequent gain 
 in membership. 
 
 Franklin County has four Posts with a membership of 150. 
 The number of Posts might be doubled without exhausting all the 
 material. 
 
 Hampden County has 444 comrades in five Posts, and that 
 record might also be doubled. 
 
 Hampshire County is struggling along with 76 comrades in 
 two Posts, where there should be at least eight Posts. 
 
 Middlesex County has twenty-seven Posts, but the total 
 number of comrades is' 1,875. Five new Posts should be created 
 here without delay. 
 
 Norfolk County has a membership of 750, distributed 
 through thirteen Posts ; a little effort would carry the number of 
 comrades to 1,000 or 1,200 and increase the Posts by six. 
 
 Plymouth County has a Post in every town of 2,000 inhabi- 
 tants and over, but there is need of more earnest work in Posts, 
 so that the membership of the thirteen Posts will aggregate more 
 than 746, as at present. 
 
 Suffolk County has fourteen Posts, with a membership of 
 1,363. Considering the vast population, it is fair to assume that 
 there should be at least 5,000 comrades in this great center. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 23 
 
 Worcester County closes the list with the largest number of 
 Posts, viz., thirty, and the third largest number of comrades, 
 v'z., 1,7C6. There should be at least five or six more Posts, 
 with a large proportionate increase in membership. 
 
 Therefore it will be seen that a little earnest work by com- 
 rades, as well as officers, will double our present membership and 
 add at least fifty Posts to our Department. 
 
 I submit herewith the condition of the organization V)y 
 counties, giving the Posts numerically and the date of charter of 
 each : — 
 
24 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 BERKSHIKE COUNTY. 
 
 No. 
 Mems. 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 Post. 
 
 79, North Adams, 39, Mar. 20, 1869 
 
 12(i, Adams, 34, June 12, 1870 
 
 Total — Posts, 2 ; members, 73. 
 
 BRISTOL COUNTY'. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 No. 
 Mems. 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 Post. 
 
 85, Ware, 33, May 12, 1869 
 
 97, Belchertowu, 43, Nov. 23, 1872 
 
 Total — Posts, 2; members, 7G. 
 
 1, 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 140, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14 
 
 1866 
 
 
 iUlJJUl.liJBJi.^ 
 
 .. ut 
 
 JUJNTY. 
 
 
 
 3, 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 161, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2 
 
 1867 
 
 4, 
 
 Melrose, 
 
 56 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19 
 
 1867 
 
 46, 
 
 FaU River, 
 
 125, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 22 
 
 1868 
 
 <>, 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 53 
 
 March 8 
 
 1867 
 
 52, 
 
 South Easton, 
 
 51, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 29 
 
 1868 
 
 9, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 45 
 
 May 
 
 27 
 
 1867 
 
 55, 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 31, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 5 
 
 1872 
 
 12, 
 
 Wakefield, 
 
 138 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 1867 
 
 145, 
 
 Attleboro, 
 
 80, 
 
 June 
 
 6 
 
 1871 
 
 18, 
 
 Ashland, 
 
 40 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12 
 
 1867 
 
 
 Total — I'osts, 6: 
 
 members, 588. 
 
 
 29, 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 74 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21 
 
 1867 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 93 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23 
 
 1867 
 
 
 ESSEX 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 33, 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 94 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 1867 
 
 5. 
 
 Lynn, 
 
 607, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27 
 
 1867 
 
 36, 
 
 Arlington, 
 
 40 
 
 May 
 
 26 
 
 1881 
 
 34, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 266, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15 
 
 1867 
 
 40, 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 71 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1 
 
 1873 
 
 .39, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 279, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 10 
 
 1867 
 
 42, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 196 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15 
 
 1868 
 
 45, 
 
 Gloucester, 
 
 77, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21 
 
 1880 
 
 43, 
 
 Marlboro, 
 
 113 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15 
 
 1868 
 
 47, 
 
 Haverhill, 
 
 176, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28 
 
 1868 
 
 48, 
 
 Ayer, 
 
 30 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18 
 
 1868 
 
 49, 
 
 Newburyport, 
 
 218, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17 
 
 1868 
 
 56, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 69 
 
 June 
 
 26 
 
 1868 
 
 50, 
 
 Peabody, 
 
 129, 
 
 April 
 
 28 
 
 1879 
 
 57, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 79 
 
 June 
 
 29 
 
 1868 
 
 67, 
 
 Manchester, 
 
 26, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29 
 
 1868 
 
 62, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 76 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 82, 
 
 Marblehead, 
 
 95, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29 
 
 1880 
 
 63, 
 
 Natick, 
 
 49 
 
 July 
 
 23 
 
 1880 
 
 89, 
 
 Beverly, 
 
 117, 
 
 June 
 
 5 
 
 1869 
 
 66, 
 
 Medford, 
 
 91 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 90, 
 
 Danvers, 
 
 91, 
 
 June 
 
 8 
 
 1869 
 
 75, 
 
 Stoneham, 
 
 103 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15 
 
 If 69 
 
 95, 
 
 Saugus, 
 
 23, 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 1869 
 
 81, 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 37 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20 
 
 1871 
 
 99, 
 
 Andover, 
 
 •54, 
 
 April 
 
 18 
 
 1881 
 
 86, 
 
 Maynard, 
 
 21 
 
 May 
 
 26 
 
 1869 
 
 100, 
 
 Methuen, 
 
 "3, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 1 
 
 1877 
 
 115, 
 
 Groton, 
 
 40 
 
 July 
 
 30 
 
 1874 
 
 101, 
 
 Groveland, 
 
 51, 
 
 July 
 
 16 
 
 1869 
 
 119, 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 106, 
 
 Rockport, 
 
 27, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30 
 
 1881 
 
 120, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 105 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26 
 
 1881 
 
 108, 
 
 Georgetown, 
 
 31, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18 
 
 1869 
 
 139, 
 
 Somerville, 
 
 72 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18 
 
 1870 
 
 114, 
 
 Merrimac, 
 
 56, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20 
 
 1869 
 
 142, 
 
 Framingham, 
 
 38 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29 
 
 1870 
 
 118, 
 
 Swampscott, 
 
 31, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 1870 
 
 148, 
 
 Winchester, 
 
 .35 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 1872 
 
 122. 
 
 Amesbury, 
 
 40, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 23 
 
 1870 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 27 
 
 me 
 
 mbers. 
 
 ,87 
 
 >• 
 
 151, 
 
 West Newbury, 
 
 14. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10 
 
 1874 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 21 
 
 . members. 2.48 
 
 1. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NORFOLK 
 
 CO 
 
 UNTY. 
 
 
 
 
 FRANKLIN 
 
 COUNTY'. 
 
 
 
 .58, 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 192 
 
 July 
 
 2 
 
 1868 
 
 17, 
 
 Orange, 
 
 56, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9 
 
 1867 
 
 60, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 30 
 
 May 
 
 16 
 
 1881 
 
 20, 
 
 Colerain, 
 
 25, 
 
 March 4 
 
 1875 
 
 72 
 
 Stoughton, 
 
 35 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13 
 
 1868 
 
 84, 
 
 South Deerfleld 
 
 20, 
 
 April 
 
 17 
 
 1872 
 
 87, 
 
 Braintree, 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 2 
 
 1869 
 
 93, 
 
 Shelburne Falls 
 
 49, 
 
 June 
 
 15 
 
 1869 
 
 88, 
 
 Quincy, 
 
 60 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 1869 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 4; 
 
 members, 150. 
 
 
 91, 
 
 Foxboro, 
 
 30 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 94, 
 
 Canton, 
 
 62 
 
 June 
 
 24 
 
 186:) 
 
 
 HAMPDEN 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 102, 
 
 Milton, 
 
 52 
 
 April 
 
 3 
 
 1879 
 
 16, 
 
 Springfield, 
 
 244, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 
 
 1867 
 
 110, 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 36 
 
 Oct, 
 
 29 
 
 1869 
 
 41, 
 
 Westfield, 
 
 42, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9 
 
 1868 
 
 117, 
 
 Medtield, 
 
 20 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3 
 
 1870 
 
 VI, 
 
 Holyoke, 
 
 73, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25 
 
 1868 
 
 121, 
 
 Hyde Park, 
 
 114 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22 
 
 1870 
 
 103 
 
 Chicopee, 
 
 .56, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 27 
 
 1879 
 
 143, 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 43 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 1871 
 
 107, 
 
 Palmer, 
 
 29, 
 
 July 
 
 18 
 
 1881 
 
 144, 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 46 
 
 , May 
 
 22 
 
 1871 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 5; 
 
 members, 444. 
 
 
 
 Total— Posts, 13 
 
 ; m 
 
 3mbers, 
 
 750 
 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 25 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUl^iTlES — Continued. 
 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 
 WOHCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 Pos 
 
 
 No. 
 
 i> 
 
 ite ■ 
 
 r 
 
 I OS 
 
 
 No. 
 
 Date of 
 
 :. 
 
 Mom 
 
 Cl 
 
 :irt. 
 
 
 
 
 Mems 
 
 Charte 
 
 r. 
 
 s, 
 
 Middleboro, 
 
 S", 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1867 
 
 10 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 400, 
 
 April 
 
 13 
 
 18(i7 
 
 13, 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 55, 
 
 July 
 
 1, 
 
 1867 
 
 19, 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 1.51, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 1867 
 
 31, 
 
 Scituate, 
 
 .36, 
 
 July 
 
 15, 
 
 1875 
 
 22, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 61, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19 
 
 1867 
 
 73 
 
 Abingtou, 
 
 !)9, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23, 
 
 1868 
 
 24, 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 20, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 1867 
 
 "i, 
 
 Rockland, 
 
 102, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 11, 
 
 1869 
 
 25, 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 24, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30 
 
 1867 
 
 76, 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 .SI, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19, 
 
 1869 
 
 27, 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 •12, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 1870 
 
 78, 
 
 So. Abington, 
 
 108, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 .30, 
 
 1869 
 
 28, 
 
 West Boylston, 
 
 19, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 
 1867 
 
 S3, 
 
 Hanover, 
 
 38, 
 
 April 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 37, 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 102, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 1867 
 
 104 
 
 Hingham, 
 
 66, 
 
 July 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 38, 
 
 Brookfleld, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27 
 
 1867 
 
 111, 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 33, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 44, 
 
 Southboro, 
 
 38, 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 1878 
 
 11-2, 
 
 South Scituate, 
 
 27, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1, 
 
 1869 
 
 51, 
 
 N. Brooklield, 
 
 53, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28 
 
 1868 
 
 124, 
 
 E. Bridgewater 
 
 19, 
 
 June 
 
 7, 
 
 1870 
 
 .53, 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 90, 
 
 June 
 
 13 
 
 1868 
 
 127, 
 
 Hanson, 
 
 25, 
 
 June 
 
 11, 
 
 1870 
 
 54, 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 24, 
 
 June 
 
 ■2 
 
 1868 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 13 
 
 members, 
 
 "40. 
 
 
 ,59, 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 26, 
 
 July 
 
 3 
 
 1868 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 61, 
 
 \Vebster, 
 
 86, 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 
 SUFFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 64, 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 66, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17 
 
 1868 
 
 •_', 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 113, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2(5, 
 
 1880 
 
 65, 
 
 Warren, 
 
 44, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 7, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 145, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 11, 
 
 1867 
 
 69, 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9 
 
 1866 
 
 11, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 74, 
 
 April 
 
 23, 
 
 18(!7 
 
 70, 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 45, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3 
 
 1876 
 
 15, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 215, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 •'«, 
 
 1867 
 
 "~, 
 
 Holden, 
 
 2-1, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19 
 
 18(i9 
 
 21, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 i". 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 ISSl 
 
 80, 
 
 Westboro, 
 
 59, 
 
 June 
 
 18 
 
 1881 
 
 23, 
 
 East Boston, 
 
 ,S2, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 1", 
 
 1867 
 
 96, 
 
 Northboro, 
 
 SJ, 
 
 .lune 
 
 28 
 
 1869 
 
 26, 
 
 Roxbury, 
 
 103, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1867 
 
 98, 
 
 Princeton, 
 
 18, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3 
 
 1877 
 
 32, 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 66, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1867 
 
 105, 
 
 Upton, 
 
 31, 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 1881 
 
 35, 
 
 Chelsea, 
 
 284, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 109, 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 18, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11 
 
 1869 
 
 68, 
 
 Dorchester, 
 
 76, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 s, 
 
 1868 
 
 116, 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 50, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30 
 
 1869 
 
 ;i2. 
 
 Brighton, 
 
 47, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1873 
 
 123, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 58, 
 
 June 
 
 1 
 
 1870 
 
 113, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 65, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 
 
 1869 
 
 131, 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 48, 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 1870 
 
 134, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 23, 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 1870 
 
 135, 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 IS, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30 
 
 1873 
 
 149, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 23, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 
 
 1872 
 
 136, 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 11, 
 
 July 
 
 1 
 
 1870 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 14 
 
 members, 
 
 1,363 
 
 
 
 Total — Postal, 30 
 
 ; members. 
 
 1,7( 
 
 6. 
 
26 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R 
 
 HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 The volume of business has increased very materially during 
 the year, as in fact it has every year since I have been at head- 
 quarters, so that there is four or five times as much correspondence 
 as there was as many years ago ; and to conduct this correspond- 
 ence for the past year it has required twenty-two hundred letter- 
 heads, nineteen hundred postal cards, and $136 worth of postage 
 stamps. Eleven General Orders, seventy-one Special Orders and 
 six Circulars have been issued during the year. 
 
 Now, comrades, with an abiding faith in the glory of our 
 organization, with the hope and trust that it shall continue to 
 exemplify the three great principles under which we labor, and 
 with a grateful appreciation of many favors extended to me 
 during the year, I submit this report in Fraternity, Charity and 
 Loyalty. 
 
 JAMES F. MEECH, 
 
 Assistant Adjutayit- Getter al. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Dec. 31, 1881. 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant- Geiieral. 
 
 Comrade : In accordance with the requirements of our Order 
 I submit herewith a statement of the doings of the Assistant 
 Quartermaster-General's department for the year ending to date. 
 
 receipts. 
 
 1881. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $100 35 
 
 Received for dues, fourth quarter, 1878 .... 1 60 
 " " first, second, third and fourth 
 
 quarters, 1879 6 40 
 
 " ■■' first, second and third quarters, 
 
 1880 8 08 
 
 fourth quarter, 1880 .... 712 18 
 
 " " first quarter, 1881 .... 716 32 
 
 " " second quarter, 1881 .... 772 00 
 
 third quarter, 1881 .... 798 88 
 
 " " books and blanks 298 22 
 
 " " badjies 1,181 55 
 
 " " sundries 142 65 
 
 Total receipts .$4,738 23 
 
 Total expenditures 4,705 06 
 
 Balance cash on hand $33 17 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 2i 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 1881. Cr. 
 
 Paid inspection expenses for 1880 $2 50 
 
 "■ Department Inspector, as per vote of Council 50 00 
 
 " National Headquarters for supplies, badges, 
 
 books, etc 1,475 50 
 
 " National Headquarters for dues -107 03 
 
 " Salary of Assistant Adjutant-General . . - 1,300 00 
 
 " Rent and care of Headquarters 350 00 
 
 " for printing and furnishing (ieneral Orders, 
 circulars, rosters, blanks, envelopes, books, 
 etc 518 98 
 
 " postage stamps, postal cards and office ex- 
 penses 204 32 
 
 " printing Proceedings 70 00 
 
 " missionary work and organizing new Posts 100 32 
 
 " sundi'ies, such as badge ribbon, decorating 
 and draping Headquarters, May 30, and at 
 death of President Garfield 86 90 
 
 " Inspector's expenses for 1881 79 51 
 
 Total expenditures $4,705 06 
 
 Vouchers No. 401, 413, 461 to 528, 530, 534, 536 cover the above expenses. 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 Dues received from Posts for fourth quarter, 1881 $820 16 
 
 Due from Posts for sundries 2 64 
 
 Value of supplies on hand 364 00 
 
 " " office furniture .... .... 175 00 
 
 " colors 30 00 
 
 Total assets $1,391 80 
 
 Total liabilities 834 01 
 
 Excess of assets over liabilities $557 79 
 
 LIABILITIES. 
 
 National Headquarters, for supplies $481 48 
 
 " " '• dues 102 53 
 
 .lames F. Meech, as per vote of Encampment of 
 
 1881 200 00 
 
 Inspection expenses, estimated 50 00 
 
 Total liabilities $834 01 
 
 E. T. RAYMOND, 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General. 
 
 Approved : 
 
 Charles A. Stott, 
 Ben.i. a. Bridges, 
 W. A.. Sloane, 
 
 Auditing Committee. 
 
28 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Dec. 31, 1881. 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to submit herewith the report in 
 duplicate of the inspections of the Posts of this Department for 
 the year ending Sept. 30, 1881. 
 
 At the present time the Department numbers 137 Posts, new 
 Posts having been organized during the year, as follows : — 
 
 Post 21 ... Boston. Post 99 ... . Audover. 
 
 "36 ... Arlington. "105 . . . . Upton, 
 
 "60 ... Franklin. " 107 ... . Palmer. 
 
 "80 ... Westboro. "120 . . . . Lowell. 
 
 Post 106 reorganized at Rockport with original number, and 
 Posts 41, Westfield, and 97, Belchertown, have been reconstructed. 
 
 Of the 137 Posts in the Department, 128 have been inspected. 
 
 Of the number not visited, two have been organized during 
 the last quarter and one was excused at the request of the Com- 
 mander, leaving six Posts which have been neglected. 
 
 It is a matter for regret that every Post organized previous 
 to September 30 has not been inspected, and it is to be hoped 
 that previous to the next annual tour some plan will be devised 
 so that no Post will be neglected ; and all comrades detailed as 
 Assistant Inspectors who may find themselves unable to perform 
 the duties assigned them will be required to notify the Department 
 in time to admit of making new arrangements. 
 
 The 128 Posts inspected report 9,955 comrades in good 
 standing, being a gain of 1,104 over the Inspector's report of 
 last year. 
 
 Twenty-eight Posts are reported to be in excellent condition, 
 60 in good condition, 29 in fair condition, and 11 in poor con- 
 dition. 
 
 Two Posts in the Department number more than 300 com- 
 rades, namely. Post 5 of Lynn, 641, and Post 10 of Worcester, 
 385 ; three Posts, 34 of Salem, 35 of Chelsea and 39 of 
 Lawrence, number between 250 and 300; four Posts, 15 of 
 Boston, 16 of Springfield, 49 of Newburyport and 58 of Wey- 
 mouth, number between 200 and 250 ; five Posts number between 
 150 and 200; tAvelve Posts number between 100 and 150 ; four- 
 teen Posts number between 75 and 100; thirty-one Posts number 
 between 50 and 75 ; forty-two Posts number between 25 and 50 ; 
 eleven Posts number between 20 and 25 ; four Posts number less 
 than 20. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 5^^ 
 
 By this Classification it appears that of the IfJ^f^J^/Jy; 
 seven number less than 50 comrades each bemg t.vo less than 
 ia«t vpir when five less Posts were mspectecl. 
 last year, wueu ^^^^vt Relief Funds amounting ui the 
 
 N netv-nine Posts repoit Kcuei ^ "u*^' ^fciiR-7171 
 
 7. L 9,11 029 60- beina a gain over last year of SU, 821. <1. 
 
 Sue hfmdred and two Posts report «f "I' "'-^.^J"' tv 
 for the year ending Sept. 30 1881 amouoUng to S20,.21.6S, 
 an increase over last year of i\,i-J.-'^- 
 
 Twenty-six Posts report no expenditure f" '«'«'• .„ 
 
 The largest Relief Fund reported by any Post .s $n,iM.iM, 
 
 '" ''Th?iateJt''a„,ount expended tor relief by any one Post is 
 
 *''"T;e"ntv-flveXts-pay weekly benefits in case of sickness or 
 disabmtrS comrades, f'o/tenns It eight weeks or n,ore, averag- 
 
 '"^ 'Sue'p'o^trifof Danvers. pays r2.00 per week in like cases, 
 to soFdLrs not members of the Order, for '-"^X^tLd bv 
 One hundred and three Posts report 34 muskets ownea j 
 Posts Twenty-three Posts report no muskets. 
 
 attended by the largest '•^\>lf''''^^''Zfn^\ioTZ^^ 
 
 -=:S,frc^s^tr^en.L^^^ 
 
 any Post in tbe /unsd^ Uon of '- J-^'" .f ™y "^^ t,e heartiest 
 
 beino- o-iven with a tidelit) lo cieuuib »uiv. 
 
 commendation and which should cause the comrades of that Post 
 
 '° '%rti::^S:^n^^^^!^^ been made during the 
 last f^w yt:;"s'have effected '^-^'^'^Z^!^Z^S 
 
 the work ^'"f y ^;«-«'™"^^,„*'' ^Xh tJ such an unvarying 
 :Z::d\rsL:id\!tL"rr: the numbers mo. n«.riye,^^^^^ 
 From mv experience during tlie past year, and as Assistant 
 inspe'cr ii'form'er years, I am convmced ft th^ pro,- - 
 
 'i:ii=foTrur:Ct:e = 
 
 and not during the last quarter. 
 
30 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 W. L. Rodman 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 VV. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell. 
 
 E. W. Peirce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 rietclier Webster 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 E. V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Ma.i. E. F. Fletcher.. 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague.. .. 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 T. G. Stevenson 
 
 Chas. Devens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perry 
 
 Washington." 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan.... 
 Theodore Winthrop. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry 
 
 Lvon 
 
 B". F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols... 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 Geo. S. Boutwell 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 I. D. Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Maj. J. A. Pratt 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 141 
 111 
 
 160 
 61 
 
 641 
 53 
 
 152 
 57 
 52 
 
 385 
 74 
 
 137 
 57 
 
 211 
 
 234 
 55 
 42 
 
 152 
 23 
 42 
 61 
 85 
 20 
 21 
 
 101 
 37 
 21 
 72 
 95 
 36 
 57 
 94 
 
 262 
 
 264 
 42 
 
 103 
 27 
 
 269 
 73 
 31 
 
 198 
 
 111 
 39 
 64 
 
 115 
 
 179 
 34 
 
 212 
 
 126 
 54 
 50 
 95 
 24 
 30 
 65 
 79 
 
 205 
 26 
 27 
 83 
 
 2 2 
 
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 Yes 
 
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 58 
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 5 
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 10 
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 Y'es 
 
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 Y'es 
 
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 Y'es 
 
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 No 
 
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 No 
 
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 31 
 
 Massachusetts G.A.R., for Year Ending Sept. 30, i881. 
 
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 Yes i None 
 
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 3 00 
 
 75 
 
 No 
 
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 702 18 
 
 Y'es 
 
 29 75 
 
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 Yes None 
 
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 4 00 
 
 65 
 
 No 
 
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 1,771 64 
 
 Yes 
 
 230 57 
 
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 Yes None 
 
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 25 00 
 
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 12 00 
 
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 75 
 
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 4 00 
 
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 11,336 60 
 
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 2,693 00 
 
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 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 5 00 
 
 75 
 
 No 
 
 
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 17 57 
 
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 125 00 
 
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 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 3 00 
 
 75 
 
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 89 50 
 
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 175 45 
 
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 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 75 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 377 16 
 
 Ves 
 
 22 35 
 
 Good 
 
 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
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 3 00 
 
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 1,742 74 
 
 Yes 
 
 122 65 
 
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 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 3 00 
 
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 No 
 
 
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 119 15 
 
 Ves 
 
 1,318 70 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Yes 
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 5 00 
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 1,767 00 
 657 40 
 
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 None 
 
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 766 66 
 
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 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 3 50 
 
 75 
 
 No 
 
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 1,605 91 
 
 Y'es 
 
 480 35 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Yes None 
 
 None 
 
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 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
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 50 39 
 
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 189 00 
 
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 Yes 
 
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 2 00 
 
 50 
 
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 101 67 
 
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 80 73 
 
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 None 
 
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 1 00 
 
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 200 00 
 
 
 
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 4 34 
 
 Ves 
 
 60 89 
 
 Good 
 
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 None 
 
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 ;! 00 
 
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 2,708 40 
 
 Y'es 
 
 192 21 
 
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 Yes 
 
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 None 
 
 None 
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 3 00 
 2 00 
 
 50 
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 122 41 
 
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 133 00 
 
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 268 81 
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 103 00 
 
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 125 66 
 
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 40 00 
 
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 43 00 
 
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 138 10 
 
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 23 46 
 
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 75 
 
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 719 14 
 
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 121 78 
 
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 1 00 
 
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 80 73 
 
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 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
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 355 00 1 Yes 
 
 
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 18 00 Y'es 
 
 23 00 
 
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 565 31 Y'es 
 
 140 88 
 
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 3 00 
 
 75 
 
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 307 34 Y'es 
 
 1,017 19 
 
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 3 00 
 3 00 
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 1 00 
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 3 66 
 
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 676 37 
 
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 38 
 
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 461 06 Yes 
 
 132 67 
 
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32 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Chas. Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S.C.Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 J. R. Rice 
 
 Geo. A. Custer 
 
 Kllpatrlck 
 
 A. St. John Chambre 
 
 MePherson 
 
 Hartsufl 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Theron E. HaU 
 
 David A. Russell , 
 
 Chas. D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten , 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 Henry Wilson. . . 
 
 Gen. "S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 John H. Chipman, Jr. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. 1*. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn — 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hincks... 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E.J. Griggs 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett. 
 
 Wm. B. Green 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 H. F. Wolcntt 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 E. Hvimphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fisk 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Oapt. Horace Niles 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 
 E. W. Kinsley 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 Timothy Ingraham... 
 
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
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34 
 
 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., (r.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 George E. Sayles.. 
 
 [Not inspected.] 
 
 G-. H. Thomas 
 
 Robt. A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall.. 
 
 W. C. Kinsley 
 
 Burnside 
 
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 Mass. G.A.R., for Year Ending Sept. 30, 1881 
 
 35 
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36 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The total expense for inspection dnriug the past year has 
 been $128.10. 
 
 In conclusion I desire to express my hearty thanks to all the 
 comrades with whom I have had official connection daring the 
 year, and particularly to the Assistant Adjutant-General for con- 
 tinuous courtesies and unvarying kindness. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L.. 
 
 WILLIAM L. BAIRD, 
 
 Ins2:)ector. 
 
 REPORT OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1882. 
 George W. Creasey, Commander Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 
 Commander and Comrades : I herewith submit my report as 
 Judge Advocate for the current official year. 
 
 Eight opinions, involving twenty-one distinct propositions, 
 have been rendered in cases regularly referred for my decision. 
 
 Appeals have been taken in two instances, in the first of 
 which the decision of this Department Avas sustained and in the 
 second it was overruled. 
 
 I have been called upon to review the proceedings of but one 
 court-martial. 
 
 Nearly all the questions submitted to me were upon a proper 
 construction of the Rules and Regulations and to these I have 
 cheerfully given my time and attention, because such an unusual 
 amount of business coming to my department indicated that the 
 members of our Order respected the Rules and Regulations estab- 
 lished for our govei'ument and desired to be guided by them in 
 every particular. And this observation leads me to remai'k that 
 I find among the comrades generally a very intelligent conception 
 of the meaning and intent of the written law of the Order. I 
 desire, however, to call attention, more particularly of Post 
 Commanders and Adjutants, to the importance of strictly comply- 
 ing with the requirements of the Rules and Regulations in regard 
 to official correspondence and the right of appeal. All the neces- 
 sary forms of correspondence are to be found on pp. 38, 39 of 
 the pamphlet entitled, " Manual for the Guidance of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic," a copy of which is or should be in the 
 possession of each Post Commander. The matter and manner of 
 appeals is also fully set forth on page 22 of said manual. 
 
 My attention has recently been called to an organization 
 known as the " Beneficiary Fund of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic," an association claiming to be duly incorporated under 
 the laws of the State of New York, and having its headquarters 
 at Buffalo. The object of this association is to do an insurance 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 37 
 
 business on the co-operative plan, now so much in vogue. It is 
 officered by members of the G.A.R., who are designated by the 
 same titles by which our Department officers are known. I 
 understand that this organization has the official recognition of 
 the Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, but 
 whether it is or is not thus sanctioned, the fact remains that its 
 name, and the additional fact that its officers are thus designated, 
 may tend to lead to confusion and pervert the principles of our 
 Order from their true end, aim and purpose. We cannot be too 
 solicitous, comrades, for the purity and welfare of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. We should zealously guard its fair fame 
 by keeping the Order aloof from each and every class, organiza- 
 tion or person attempting to trade upon its name, or to make 
 capital out of the great principles upon which it is so securely 
 founded. We should discountenance clap-trap and repudiate all 
 side shows, to the end that, recognizing no class, condition or 
 creed, the Grand Army of the Republic may be kept true to the 
 course which its founders in their wisdom marked out for it to 
 follow, until that day when the last comrade is " mustered out" 
 to pass on to the reassembling of the Grand Army above. 
 
 I desire, in closing this report, to tender my sincere thanks 
 to the Assistant Adjutant-General and other Department officers 
 for their uniform kindness and courtesy extended to me on all 
 occasions. 
 
 Respectfullv submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 WM. H. HART. 
 Judge- Advocate. 
 
 REPORT OF THE CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1882. 
 
 Commander and Comrades : I appear before you again, after 
 the trials and hardships of another year, to present to you my 
 third annual report. I should fail in the discharge of my duty 
 as your spiritual advisor, did I not recognize in your presence 
 tonight that an All-Seeing Eye had rested upon you for good 
 during the year. You, Commander, and your noble associates, 
 have gone in and out among the various Posts of the Depart- 
 ment In the discharge of your duties, and Avhether travelling in 
 the cars, or other modes of conveyance, the care of the Almighty 
 has gone with you, and the life of each of you has been precious 
 
 in His sight. •, r^ . 
 
 To you, comrades, delegates of the various Posts and Depart- 
 ments now present, God has graciously smiled upon you during 
 the year. Some who have met with us in Convention in the past 
 are not present tonight. They have crossed the Dark River to 
 
38 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 the other side ; they have given the proper signal at the outer 
 door ; have been admitted to the presence of the great Commander, 
 at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore. 
 
 Thus, 1 am exceedingly grateful with you, not only in the 
 blessing of preserved lives, but in the great and noble work that 
 has been accomplished in this Department during the year. 
 Surely it has been ope of great prosperity. No year has been 
 freighted with such grand results ; and each have followed in the 
 wake of its predecessor, until we are ready to shout, "Victory ! the 
 Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!" Memorial Day, in Boston, with 
 the united Suffolk County Posts, did much to open the way for 
 this great success. 
 
 The fine appearance of the men on parade, the soldierly 
 bearing of each on the line of march, the absence of the greatest 
 of all plague-spots to the true soldier, drunkenness, — the man 
 who, so forgetful of his own reputation or of those associated 
 with him, falls out by the way and takes too freely and too often 
 of the intoxicating cup, and then forgets to hide himself from the 
 sight of others, — was scarcely seen upon our streets on that day. 
 
 It was a Memorial Day long to be remembered. It was a 
 Holy Day. Thanks to the rulers of the good old Commonwealth, 
 it was a legal one. The large gathering in Tremont Temple, the 
 inspiring and enthusiastic address of our beloved governor, — all 
 tended to make the day what it should be, a memorable one, 
 sacred to the memory of our noble dead. 
 
 Then followed in quick succession, June 8, the dedication of 
 the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, the crowning work of our beloved 
 Past Commander, Horace Binney Sargent, and his noble asso- 
 ciates of the Department. God bless them ! 
 
 It was my privilege to offer the Prayer of Dedication, pray- 
 ing for the Divine blessing upon the building, and upon those 
 that shall be sheltered under its roof in years to come. May it 
 indeed be a soldiers' home. We are much indebted for the suc- 
 cess of that day to Post 35 ; to the ladies of Chelsea ; and to the 
 officers and members of the Woman's Relief Corps, led by its 
 President, Mrs. Fuller, who presented to the Home two fitting 
 emblems — the Bible and the flag ; the one to be a guide in the 
 journey of life to a better lapd ; the other to inspire with patriot- 
 ism and love for the country he had helped to save. Then came 
 the closing scene, — the bazaar, — to which the Posts of Boston 
 and the Department, aided by the ladies and gentlemen of the 
 Commonwealth, made it a great success, and put in the hands of 
 the treasurer between forty and fifty thousand dollars. Not 
 included in this sum is the munificent gift of Capt. J. B. Thomas 
 of Charlestown, of ten thousand dollars, and the smaller sums of 
 others ■ — so that the Home was paid for without touching the pro- 
 ceeds of the bazaar. And could my voice be heard tonight by 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 39 
 
 every true soldier in this Commonwealth, who, weary and :dmost 
 destitute, sometimes feels himself forsakeu and homeless, or to 
 that man who, through misfortune and sickness, has been com- 
 pelled to seek shelter \vith the paupers of the State, I would cry 
 to him in thunder-tones, My comrade, you are not forgotten. 
 Look — look to Chelsea's noble city, and upon an eminence floats 
 the stars and stripes, and a building beautifully furnished, fit for 
 any gentleman of the land. This is the Home — your home. Be 
 aratSul — be grateful to God — be grateful to the ladies and 
 o-eutlemen of the Commonwealth — but do not be unmindful of 
 the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, who, inspired 
 by the noblest attribute of God, Love, hath prepared this home 
 
 for you. 
 
 But amid all these pleasing thoughts of the past year, one 
 dark shadow hath passed in review before us. Not in our own 
 Department, but in the nation. It was a comrade who died. He 
 was our comrade. And when the bullet of the assassin struck 
 him, each member of the Grand Army felt the shock; and when 
 he died, we wept for the loss of a good man and great — James 
 A. Garfield, President of these United States. Honor to the dead! 
 But the nation lives, and we rejoice in the success of our present 
 Chief Magistrate — Chester A. Arthur. Long may he live ! 
 
 The present success and spiritual condition of this Depart- 
 ment is chiefly due to our present Commander. Your gentlemanly 
 bearing, sir, and cheerful disposition, have done much to aid the 
 Chaplain in the work of reform. Until the present year the work 
 was immense, unaided by the Department Commander. But since 
 your occupancy of the chair, sir, the work has become so thorough 
 that the only unmarried one upon the staff has taken to himself a 
 wife, and now the inspection has become double and complete. 
 Even the Adjutant-General, since last year, has become a new 
 man, and tonight I can take him by the hand and call him 
 brother, and pray that his life may be a successful and useful one. 
 So that all the officers of the Department have followed in your 
 footsteps. Commander, and a good work has been accomplished ; 
 so much so, that we now number 10,000 strong. 
 
 Comrades of the Grand Army, when this Encampment shall 
 close, go back to your posts of duty, encourage your comrades, 
 replenish your charity funds, bring in every true soldier to the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, do deeds of valor worthy of your 
 name, and if, during the year to come, in the providence of God, 
 you fall, let it be at the post of duty. So shall the community 
 say of you, he was a good man and a true soldier. And the great 
 Commander-in-Chief, into whose presence you shall enter, will 
 say, " He hath fought a good fight; he hath finished his course ; 
 enter into my rest, and sit down with your Lord." 
 
 Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 JOHN AV. LEE, 
 
 Chaj^lain. 
 
40 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1882. 
 
 Comrades: Owing to the unavoidable absence of Comrade 
 Scates, senior member of tlie Council of Administration, it 
 devolves upon me to present the report for the Council. After 
 the very interesting and exhaustive address of the Commander, 
 and the concise and intelligent reports of the other Department 
 officers (who are ex officio members of the Council of Adminis- 
 tration), it would seem that there remained but little for us to 
 report upon. 
 
 We have held eight sessions during the year, and have also 
 attended to the inspection of Posts, and the auditing of the 
 accounts of the Assistant Adjutant-General and the Quartermas- 
 ter-General. We carefully examined the source of all receipts, 
 and the vouchers for all payments, and it is a pleasure to report 
 that we found everything correct, and the accounts neatly kept. 
 
 We would recommend that the accounts be examined and 
 audited every quarter, not waiting until just before the Department 
 Convention to perform this important duty. 
 
 The Council congratulate the Department that the long stand- 
 ing indebtedness to National Encampment has been wiped out, 
 the last payment having been paid during the present month. 
 
 A departure having been taken by the National Encampment, 
 as well as by this Department, in the matter of supplies, — every- 
 thing being now conducted on a cash basis, — the Council recom- 
 mend that the Assistant Adjutant-General hereafter keep his 
 accounts open long enough to bring in the last quarter of each 
 year. We believe that this can be done, as the Convention is not 
 usually held until the last of January. As now conducted the 
 last quarter of this year goes into the accounts of 1882, and so on. 
 
 We find the receipts of the Department for the year to have 
 been : — 
 
 On hand, last report $100 35 
 
 Receipts 4,G37 88 
 
 $4,738 23 
 
 And the expenditures, $4,705.06, for which vouchers are on file 
 at Department Headquarters. 
 
 The Department is in a healthy and flourishing condition, as 
 3^ou have already been informed ; eleven new Posts have been 
 chartered, and our membership increased during the year 1,363, 
 making our total membership 10,252. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 41 
 
 We congratulate the Department that the labors of our Com- 
 mander and Assistant Adjutant-General have been crowned with 
 so much success, and we trust the time is not far distant when 
 every veteran soldier and sailor will feel it a duty, as well as a 
 pleasui'e, to be enrolled as a member of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic. The experiment of printing the proceedings of the 
 Convention for distribution to the Posts we believe has met with 
 general appi'oval, and we recommend its continuance. 
 
 The Convention of last year voted the sum of $200 to the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General for clerk hire. This came none too 
 soon, for the duties of his office are increasing with the growth of 
 the Department, and we recommend that the sum of S'200 be 
 appropriated to that purpose for the coming year, thereby enab- 
 ling him to devote more time to missionarii work, the good results 
 of which during the past year we see in our increased membership. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General being the on\y salaried 
 officer of the Department, he must necessarily absent himself from 
 his office, attending to the interests of the Grand Army in various 
 parts of the State ; but we recommend that during such absence 
 he leave some one at headquarters to attend to the wants of the 
 comrades. This we believe he can do, with the extra allowance. 
 
 The Commander has alluded at length to the pension ques- 
 tion, and nothing remains for us to add, except that we heartily 
 endorse the suggestions therein contained. 
 
 The question of uniforms has received more or less consid- 
 eration from the Council, and your special committee will report 
 upon the same. 
 
 The Council believe the}' acted wisely in taking the necessary^ 
 steps to call the attention of Congress and the Pension Office to 
 the fact that the Grand Army are interested in the method of 
 examination of pension claims, and we recommend that this 
 Department put itself on record upon this much vexed question. 
 
 All of which is respectfully submitted, 
 
 CHAS A. STOTT, 
 For the Council of Administration. 
 
 The reports of all the Department officers having been pre- 
 sented, it was moved by Comrade J. G. B. Adams of Post 5, 
 that the reports be accepted and placed on fde. Judge Advocate 
 William H. Hart offered an amendment, which was adopted by a 
 rising vote of ninety-nine to sixty-eight, that the recommendations 
 in the address of the Department Commander, and the reports of 
 the various officers, including the Council of Administration, be 
 
42 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 referred to a special committee of five to be appointed by the 
 Commander; and the following committee was appointed, viz. : — 
 
 Judge Advocate William H. Hart ; Charles B Fox of Post 
 68 ; W. J. Mansfield of Post 12 ; George W. Powers of Post 15 ; ' 
 William K. Vining of Post 78. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 moved that a committee 
 of eleven be appointed by the Commander, to report a list of 
 delegates and alternates to National Encampment ; and five com- 
 rades to serve on the Council of Administration. The motion 
 was adopted and the Commander announced the following com- 
 mittee : — 
 
 J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 ; Wm. M. Olin of Post 26 ; Henry 
 T. Holmes of Post 35; J. B. Lamb of Post 10; F. M. Harring- 
 ton of Post 96; Andrew C. Stone of Post 39; Geo. A. Thayer 
 of Post 2 ; John F. Bruce of Post 19 ; A. A. Davis of Post 5 ; 
 C. H. Parsons of Post 45 ; Geo. E. Whittaker of Post 71. 
 
 A motion was adopted that comrades in speaking be limited 
 to five minutes, and that no one shall speak more than twice on 
 the same question except by unanimous consent 
 
 Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 moved that when we 
 adjourn it be to meet at this place at 9 o'clock January 31 ; an 
 amendment to meet at 10 o'clock was lost, and after a brief dis- 
 cussion the original motion was adopted. 
 
 No other business being presented, the Encampment 
 adjourned at 10.20 p.m., until 9 o'clock January 31. 
 
 Immediately after the close of the first session the hall was 
 cleared, and the officers of Theodore Winthrop Post 35, G.A.R. , 
 of Chelsea, exemplified the work of the Order in a very complete 
 and satisfactory manner ; after which a branch of a subsidiary 
 organization illustrated the improbabilities of Grand Army life as 
 experienced in Chelsea. 
 
 Faneuil Hall, 10 a.m., Boston, Jan. 31, 1882. 
 
 The hour to which the Encampment adjourned having arrived. 
 Commander Creasey called to order, and after prayer by Depart- 
 ment Chaplain Lee, the Encampment was declared ready for busi- 
 ness, and the roll was called for. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 43 
 
 COMMUNICATIONS FROM POSTS. 
 
 Comrade James E. Barrows of Post 56, Cambridge, presented 
 a communication from that Post relative to the alleged abuse 
 of the G.A.R. badge. On motion of Comrade Joseph H. Gleason 
 of Post 77, Holden, it was voted that the communication be 
 referred to the incoming Council of Administration. 
 
 Comrade Charles D. Nash of Post 7S, South Abington, pre- 
 sented a communication from that Post relative to the formation 
 of a Mutual Benefit Association in connection with the G.A.R. , 
 and by vote of the Encampment the subject was laid on the table. 
 
 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 Tlie Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials, as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 383 
 
 Number of comrades present 295 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 12. 
 
 Past Department Commanders 4 
 
 Post Commanders 97 
 
 Delegates 182 
 
 Total 295 
 
 Comrade Silas A. Barton of Post 5, Lynn, reported for the 
 Committee on Uniform, appointed at the last Encampment, as 
 follows': — 
 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1882. 
 
 Commander and Comrades of the Encampment : The com- 
 mittee appointed at our last Annual Encampment, to take into 
 consideration the expediency of adopting a uniform for the Depart- 
 ment, have given the matter careful thought, and as the result 
 thereof respectfully submit the following report : — 
 
 We earnestly recommend to the Department the following 
 uniform, a sample of Avhich is worn by the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, and the cost of which, including coat, pants and cap, is 
 $10.00, coat and pants without cap, S9.50. 
 
44 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 First. A cap or hat, as the Department may determine. If 
 a hat is adopted, we recommend the style worn by the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, and submitted herewith. 
 
 Second. A dark blue single-breasted coat, average length 
 thirty inches, cut to button high in the neck, with a box collar, 
 four large G.A.R, buttons on front, and two small G.A.R. but- 
 tons on each sleeve. 
 
 Third. Pants of same material as coat, with light blue welt 
 made into each outside seam. 
 
 Fourth. A white belt of webbing or leather with G.A.R. 
 clasp on front. 
 
 Fifth. The present mixed cord and wreath with number of 
 Post inside the latter. 
 
 Respectfully submitted. 
 
 JOHN 
 
 D. BILLINGS, 
 
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 Committee. 
 
 After presenting the report. Comrade Barton moved that it 
 be adopted. The motion was seconded by Comrade Billings of 
 the committee, who expressed his personal preference for light 
 blue pants, and certain modifications, but believing fully in the 
 desirability of a Department uniform. After a discussion which 
 was participated in by a number of comrades, the report and 
 recommendations of the committee were adopted, with an amend- 
 ment, that Posts may adopt hats or caps at their option. Com- 
 mander Smith of Post 16 moved, and it was voted, that the Posts 
 of this Department be recommended to procure this uniform as 
 soon as possible. 
 
 Comi-ade Charles B. Fox of Post 68 presented the following 
 report for committee of five, appointed last evening to consider 
 the several recommendations in the address of the Commander 
 and the reports of the other officers, viz. : — 
 
 The committee to whom was committed the recommendations 
 in the Commander's Address, and the reports of the various 
 Department officers, having attended to their duty, would respect- 
 fully report, as follows : — 
 
 First. In relation to the recommendation that a ijer cajyitct 
 contribution be made by the several Posts of the Department for 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 45 
 
 the support of the Soldiers' Home, your committee would report 
 that they are unauimously of the opinion that such action would 
 be inexpedient. 
 
 Second. lu the matter of a Department Encampment, your 
 committee are of the opinion that it presents enough of possible 
 advantage to warrant the recommendation that it be tried at least 
 one year as an experiment. 
 
 Third. In regard to the question of jurisdiction, your com- 
 mittee would recommend the adoption of the following resolu- 
 tion : — 
 
 B^'solved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the applications 
 for admission of recruits living without the territorial limits of a i'ost 
 should not be encouraged. 
 
 Foirrth. Your committee would recommend the adoption of 
 the sucraestion of the Council of Administration, that the fourth 
 quarter^of each year be hereafter included in the annual reports. 
 
 Fifth. Your committee would recommend that the appro- 
 priation of $200 for clerk hire in Assistant Adjutant-General's 
 department be continued, it being understood that this appropria- 
 tion will enable the Assistant Adjutant-General to keep his office 
 open during office hours when he is necessarily absent on official 
 business ; and also that the report of the proceedings of the Con- 
 vention be printed as recommended by the Council of Adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 Si.vth. In regard to the matter of pensions, your committee 
 recommend the adoption of the following resolve : — 
 
 He'^olred, That this Department is ready to co-operate with other 
 Departments of the Grand Army, and with the Commission of Pensions 
 in any system which will expedite the settlement of just and the rejection 
 of fraudulent claims. ^^^^^ H.HART. 
 
 W J MANSFIELD, 
 GEORGE W. POWERS, 
 WM. R. VINING, 
 CHAS. B. FOX, 
 
 Co^nmittee. 
 
 Comrade Billings moved and it was voted that the foregoing 
 report be accepted, and the several recommendations be acted 
 upon separately. After the reading of the first recommendation, 
 it was voted on motion of Department Chaplain Lee, amended by 
 Commander Smith of Post 16, as a substitute, that the Com- 
 mander of each Post in this Department ask for a collection in 
 each church in the city or town where the Posts are located, on 
 the Sunday next preceding Memorial Day. 
 
 The second, third, fourth and fifth recommendations as pre- 
 sented by the committee, were adopted. 
 
46 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The sixth recommendation was discussed at length, and a 
 motion to indefinitely postpone was laid on the table, after which 
 the resolution was adopted, and the Commander instructed to 
 send a copy of the same to each Department of the G.A.R. , and 
 the Commissioner of Pensions. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 142, South Framingham, 
 moved and it was voted, that we proceed to the election of 
 Department officers, and that a committee of five be appointed by 
 the Commander to collect, sort and count votes for Department 
 Commander. 
 
 The following committee was appointed : — 
 
 E. P. Simpson of Post 142, South Framingham ; E. G. W. 
 Cartwright of Post 47, Haverhill; J. H. Gleason of Post 77, 
 Holdeu ; Peter D. Smith of Post 99, Andover; J. H. Jones of 
 Post 37, Spencer. 
 
 Nominations being in order. Commander C. W. Sleeper of 
 Post 42, Lowell, presented the name of Comrade Thomas H. Hill 
 of Post 33, Woburn, seconded by Comrade B. F. Whittemore of 
 Post 33, and others. 
 
 Comrade John G. B. Adams of Post 5, Lynn, nominated 
 Comrade Geo. H. Patch of Post 142, South Framingham, seconded 
 by Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 142. 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42, Lowell, it 
 was voted that the roll be called and delegations step to the front 
 of the platform and vote as they are called. 
 
 The roll was called as directed, and after all had voted for 
 Commander, the committee proceeded to a count. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Edwin Earp of Post o, it was voted 
 that a committee of five be appointed to collect, sort and count 
 ballots for Senior Vice-Commander. 
 
 While the committee was being appointed. Commander 
 Fellows of Post 35 nominated Comrade William H. Hart of Post 
 35, Chelsea, for Senior Vice-Commander. The nomination was 
 seconded by Comrade George L. Goodale of Post 66. In accord- 
 ance with Comrade Earp's motion, the following committee was 
 appointed to collect, sort and count votes for Senior Vice-Com- 
 mander, viz. : — 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 47 
 
 Edwin Earp of Post 5 ; Wm. H. Morgan of Post 89 ; 
 Dennis Meelian of Post 7 ; G. H. Carpenter of Post 20 ; Thos. 
 E. Cutter of Post 49. 
 
 A ballot was at once ordered, and after all had voted for 
 Senior Viee-Coinmander, the committee on ballot for Commander 
 reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast . . 
 
 Necessary for a choice ... 
 George H. Patch, Post 142, had 
 Thomas H. Hill, " 33, had 
 Scattering 
 
 281 
 142 
 
 210 
 
 68 
 
 3 
 
 And Comrade George H. Patch of Post 142, South Framingham, 
 was declared elected Department Commander for the ensuing year. 
 The committee on ballot for Senior Vice-Commander reported 
 as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 
 Necessary for a choice 
 William H. Hart had 
 Geo. W. Powers had 
 Scattering 
 
 247 
 124 
 
 234 
 
 5 
 9 
 
 Comrade William H. Hart of Post 35, Chelsea, was declared 
 elected Senior Vice-Commander for the ensuing term. 
 
 Nominations for Junior Vice-Commander being in order, 
 Comrade P. Allen Lindsey of Post 30 presented the name of Com- 
 rade John D. Billings of Post 94, Canton. Comrade T. J. Ames 
 of Post 53 named Comrade John F. Bruce of Post 19, Fitchburg. 
 Comrade Thomas Langlan of Post 15 nominated Geo. W. Powers 
 of the same Post, and Commander Smith of Post 16 presented 
 the name of John L. Rice of Post 16, Springfield. 
 
 The several nominations were seconded, and on motion of 
 Commander C. W. Sleeper of Post 42, Lowell, the following com- 
 rades were appointed a committee to collect, sort and count votes 
 for Junior Vice-Commander, viz. : — 
 
 C. W. Sleeper of Post 42 ; L. F. Currier of Post 122; G. 
 W. Johnson of Post 134; C. H. Watson of Post 41 ; Theodore 
 Leutz of Post 21. 
 
48 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 While the above committee were counting the votes they had 
 collected, Commander Fellows of Post 35 moved that a committee 
 of one be appointed to wait upon Comrade George H. Patch and 
 introduce him to the Encampment. An amendment offered by 
 Comrade John Upham of Post 39 was accepted, that the commit- 
 tee consist of three comrades, and Commander Fellows of Post 
 35, Comrade Upham of Post 39 and Commander L. E. Thayer of 
 Post 27 were appointed. The committee retired, and in their 
 absence the committee on ballot for Junior Vice- Commander 
 reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 262 
 
 Necessary for a choice 132 
 
 John D. Billings, Post 94, had 123 
 
 John L. Rice, " 16, " 69 
 
 John F. Bruce, " 19, " 31 
 
 Geo. W. Powers, " 15, " 16 
 
 Wm. H. Wade, " 145, " 13 
 
 A, O. Kinney, " 103, " 7 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 There was no choice and a new ballot was ordered ; the same 
 committee collected votes and proceeded to count. 
 
 The committee appointed to wait upon Comrade Patch put 
 in an appearance and presented to the Encampment Commander- 
 elect George H. Patch, who, in a short speech, accepted the posi- 
 tion, thanked the comrades for their confidence as expressed in 
 the election, and promised to devote his best efforts to the advance- 
 ment of this Department and the Order generally. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Benj. S. Lovell moved that a com- 
 mittee of three be appointed to conduct the Senior Vice-Com- 
 mander-elect to the platform. The motion prevailed, and Comrade 
 Lovell, Comrade Geo. S. Evans of Post 30 and Comrade Savillion 
 Arnold of Post 9 were appointed. 
 
 The committee attended to their duty, and introduced Com- 
 rade William H. Hart, who expressed himself as grateful for the 
 honor conferred, and promised the most unqualified assistance in 
 the upbuilding of the organization. 
 
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 The committee reported the second ballot for Junior Vice- 
 Commander, as : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 250 
 
 Necessary for a choice 126 
 
 John D. Billings, Post 94, had 181 
 
 John L. Rice, " 16, " 51 
 
 John F. Bruce, " 19, " 9 
 
 Geo. W. Powers, " 15, " 8 
 
 Wm. H. Wade, " 145, " 1 
 
 And Comrade Billings was declared elected Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Powers of Post 15 it was voted that 
 a committee of three be appointed to escort the Junior Vice-Com 
 mander to the platform. The committee, consisting of Comrade 
 Geo. W. Powers of Post 15, John F. Bruce of Post 19 and Com- 
 rade William H. Wade of Post 145, attended to the duty assigned 
 them, and presented Comrade John D. Billings as Junior Vice- 
 Commander-elect, who briefly thanked the comrades for the honor 
 conferred by the election, and promised the best service at his 
 command to perfect and maintain the G.A.R. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General was instructed by a unani- 
 mous vote to cast a ballot bearing the name of Comrade John W. 
 Lee for Chaplain, and Comrade Azel Ames, Jr., for Medical 
 Director of the Department for the ensuing year. The ballot was 
 cast as directed, and the comrades named were declared elected. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Lovell called attention to the fact 
 that many Posts depended, in a great measure, upon the collec- 
 tions taken in churches, on the Sunday preceding Memorial Day, 
 as a means of paying expenses incurred in decorating graves on 
 May 30, and he therefore moved that the vote passed at an earlier 
 stage of the proceedings, providing for a collection to be taken 
 on the Sabbath next before Memorial Day, for the benefit of the 
 Soldiers' Home, be reconsidered, and it was so voted. 
 
 He then moved that the collection for the Soldiers' Home be 
 taken on the third Sunday in October of each year, which motion 
 was adopted. 
 
 Comrade Horace Binney Sargent referred to the magnificent 
 
50 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 gift of $10,0C0, recently made to the Soldiers' Home, and moved 
 that the thanks of this Department be extended to Capt. Joseph 
 B. Thomas for his munificent gift, and that the same be suitabl}^ 
 engrossed and forwarded to Captain Thomas. The motion pre- 
 vailed unanimously. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfield, for the committee appointed at the 
 first session of this Encampment to nominate five comrades to 
 serve on the Council of Administration, and a list of delegates 
 and alternates to National Encampment, reported a complete list 
 which was read, and he then moved that the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General deposit one ballot bearing the names as reported by the 
 committee. There was no objection ; the ballot was cast as 
 directed, and the following comrades were declared elected, 
 viz. : — 
 
 FOR COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 W. A. Sloaue Post 37, Spencer 
 
 Wm. S. Frost "43, Marlboro 
 
 Wm. S. Brown " 2, South Boston 
 
 M. P. Palmer "115, Groton 
 
 C. H. Parsons "45, Gloucester 
 
 Representatives to National Encampment. 
 
 delegate- at-large. 
 Henry B. Peirce Post 73, Abington 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Andrew C. Stone Post 3'J, Lawa-ence 
 
 C. O. Fellows "35, Chelsea 
 
 Alvin R. Bailey " 11, Charlestown 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell "58, East Weymouth 
 
 J. P. Maxfield "42, Lowell 
 
 J. E. Killian "26, Roxbury 
 
 C. H. Tracy " 103, Chicopee 
 
 Thomas J. Ames " 53, Leominster 
 
 J. B. Lamb "10, Worcester 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr " 12, Wakefield 
 
 ALTERNATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 J. Frank Dalton . . . . • . Post 34, Salem 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 51 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 John F. Bruce Post 19, Fitcbburg 
 
 Benj. Pitman "82, Marblehead 
 
 J. D. Edgell "116, Gardner 
 
 J. H. Dwyer " 5, Lynn 
 
 Nathaniel E. Ladd "101, Groveland 
 
 F. W. Merriam "93, Shelburne Falls 
 
 Charles B. Fox "68, Dorchester 
 
 J. Payson Bradlee " 2, South Boston 
 
 E. P. Gibbs " 9, Hudson 
 
 George Gurney "55, Taunton 
 
 Comrade George S. Ball of Post 105, Upton, offered the 
 following, which was adopted unanimously by a rising vote : — 
 
 Whereas, As a part of the Grand Array, we recall most gratefuUj' 
 the service rendered to the woimded and sick soldiers in camp, field and 
 hospital, by the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, and recognize their 
 efficient organizations as vital links between the Union Army and the 
 charity, care and love of the people throughout the cities, towns, villages 
 and hamlets of the loyal North ; and 
 
 Whereas, We have heard of the death of Rev Dr. Bellows of New 
 York, whose prolific brain and warm heart sought, with a few others of 
 the same spirit, to increase and perfect that mighty engine of tender 
 care and help to sufiering soldiers, the Sanitary Commission ; 
 
 JResolved, That in the death of Rev. Dr. Bellows, we lose a friend 
 of the great army and the Republic, and, in grateful remembrance of his 
 services, would now inscribe this tribute to his memory on our records. 
 
 Besolved, In the death of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, we recognize 
 the departure of a tender and sympathizing comrade, whose memory is 
 near to the hearts of all in this Department of the Grand Army. 
 
 We also recognize in this death, the loss of a loyal, large-hearted 
 and efficient soldier and citizen. We are assured that history wall do 
 justice to his ability as a general, and coming generations of loyal men 
 and women will hold his character in reverence and gratitude ; and we, 
 as his comrades, will cari-y his benign image in our hearts as long as 
 they shall beat, and extend to his afflicted family our sympathy. 
 
 The following resolution, presented by Comrade J. P. Max- 
 field, was unanimousl}' adopted, viz. : — 
 
 Besolved, That it is the sense of this Department in Convention 
 assembled, that the practice by any members of the G.A.R. in this 
 
52 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Department, to charge, besides the necessary expenses, for their ser- 
 vices as orators on " Memorial Day" is in bad taste, and should be 
 discouraged ; and this Encampment condemns such practice, believing it 
 detrimental to the best interest of the Order. 
 
 Inspector William L. Baird offered the following, which was 
 unanimously adopted : — 
 
 Voted, That the thanks of this Encampment be and they are 
 hereby tendered to the officers of Post 35, for the very acceptable 
 manner in which they exemplified the ritual of the Order last 
 evening ; also to the officer of the day, officer of the guard, and 
 comrades of the same Post, for their efficient performance of guard 
 and ordei'ly duty. 
 
 Comrade Horace Binney Sargent moved that a vote of thanks 
 be extended to Comrade Arnold A. Rand, and the patriotic women 
 and men w^ho assisted in making the Soldiers' Home Bazaar so 
 eminently successful. The motion prevailed. 
 
 Comrade John G. B. Adams presented certain correspondence 
 relative to the decoration of the graves of Union soldiers at 
 Andersonville and Florence, and on his motion it was voted that 
 the whole subject be referred to the incoming Council of Adminis- 
 tration, with full powers. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General called the attention of the 
 Encampment to the long-continued illness and more recent acci- 
 dent to Medical Director Azel Ames, Jr., and the following was 
 unanimously adopted : — 
 
 Voted, That the Assistant Adjutant-General express to Com- 
 rade Azel Ames, Jr., Medical Director of this Department, the 
 warmest sympathy of this Encampment in his recent affliction, 
 and the hope of the comrades of the Department that his recovery 
 may be speedy and complete. 
 
 Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68, presented the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 Besolved, That, in the judgment of this Convention, the interests 
 of the Grand Army in this Department would be promoted by such 
 changes as will shorten and simplify the ritual and secret work of the 
 Order ; and that our delegates be instructed to advocate such changes at 
 the next session of the National Encampment. 
 
 The foregoing was duly considered, and after a brief dis- 
 cussion the resolution was lost. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 53 
 
 The following resolution was offered by Comrade Thomas 
 Langlan of Post 15 : — 
 
 Eesolvech That for the purpose of more perfect organization, and 
 to promote the efficiency of the Grand Army of the Republic in the 
 Department of Massachusetts, the Rules and Regulations be so amended 
 as to provide for the creation of Divisions limited to include the Posts 
 within the county lines in each county ; and that hereafter any county in 
 this Department containing five or more Posts of the Grand Army, shall 
 constitute a Division of the Grand Army of the Republic of this Depart- 
 ment subject to such conditions as the Department Encampment may 
 hereafter determine. 
 
 The resolution was laid on the table. 
 
 Comrade George S. Merrill moved, and after some discussion 
 
 it was 
 
 Voted, That the Department Commander petition the General 
 Court for an annual appropriation of ten thousand dollars in favor 
 of the Massachusetts Soldiers' Home. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Adams of Post 5, it was 
 
 Voted, That the thanks of this Encampment be, and the same 
 are, hereby extended to his associates, the I.O. of B.J.'s, for 
 their entertainment on the evening of January 30. 
 
 The usual vote. of thanks to the retiring officers was passed, 
 and upon a call for business there was none presented. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill then installed 
 the following officers : — 
 
 Department Commander .... George H. Patch 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander . William H. Hart 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander, John D. Billings 
 
 Department Chaplain John W. Lee 
 
 ( W. A. Sloane 
 j W. S. Frost 
 Council of Admmistration . . . "i -y^. §. Brown 
 
 l^C. H. Parsons 
 
 Upon the second call for business, and none being presented, 
 the Encampment dissolved at 2..")0 p.m. 
 
 A true account of the proceedings 
 
 JAMES F. MEECH, 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
54 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 General Orders and Circular Letters. 
 Series of i88i. 
 
 SI 
 
 Headquartkrs Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 53 Tremont St., Room 
 
 General Orders, "» Boston, Jau. 28, 1881. 
 
 No. 1. / 
 
 I. Having been elected and installed as Commander of this Depart- 
 ment for the ensuing year, I hereby assume the duties and responsibilities 
 of the office, and in doing so I desire to urge upon all comrades the 
 necessity of a thorough, energetic and determined eflbrt to promote the 
 efficiency and usefulness of the Department by the increase of our mem- 
 bership. The time has not arrived, comrades, when we should look for 
 the diminishing of our numbers ; for while there are thousands of hon- 
 orably discharged soldiers and sailors in our State who are eligible to 
 membership in our Order, we should use every effort to interest them in 
 our work, and induce them to help us in our labors by joining our ranks 
 An increase in membership is not only beneficial to the individual Post, 
 but is the source of additional revenue to the Department; and if we will 
 but labor earnestly and zealously with the determination to succeed, we 
 can, before the expiration of the present year, sAvell our membership to 
 ten (10) or twelve (12) thousand comrades. Let ns labor for this result, 
 and not rest content until all who are worthy and eligible are enrolled in 
 our " Grand Army." 
 
 II. The following comrades are announced as the Official Start' of 
 the Commander, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 Assistant Adjxitant-General, James F. Meech of Post 10, Worcester, 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General, Edward T. Raymond of Post 10, 
 
 Worcester 
 Inspector, William L. Baird of Post 5, Lynn. 
 Judge Advocate, William H. Hart of Post 35, Chelsea 
 Chief Mustering Officer, Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 
 III. All official correspondence must be signed by Post Commanders 
 and addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General, whose office hours will 
 remain as heretofore. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 55 
 
 IlKADQUAKTERS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 53 Tremont St , Room 
 
 -s.| 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, March 18, 1881. 
 
 No. 2. ( 
 
 I \ list of the officers elected at the Annual Encampment of this 
 Department held at Boston, January 2G and 27, appears in the roster 
 accompanvins this order. Two rosters are forwarded to each Post one 
 to be filed with General Orders, the other is for the use of the Post 
 
 II The following comrades are appointed on the Stafl'of the Depart- 
 ment Commander, and they will be obeyed and respected accordmgly 
 
 AIDE.S-DE-CAMP. 
 
 Thomas E. Barker . . Maiden. George I. Goodale . . Medf-.rd. 
 
 E P Gibbs .... Hudson. John D. Billings . . Cambn-lgeport. 
 
 David W. Lewis . . . Hyde Park. James S. Lowell . . Newburyport. 
 
 \ M Tilton .... HaverhiU. George C. Joslin . . South Boston. 
 
 George W. Powers . . Boston. M. J. Ferrin .... Stoneham. 
 
 E M Clapp .... Chicopee. P. Allen Lindsey . . Cambridgeport. 
 
 e'c'riske Ashland. L P. Connig .... Fitchburg. 
 
 Melville C. Beedle . . Cambridge. J. Albert Blake . . . Danvers. 
 
 George R. Pierce . . Shelburne Falls. John T. Wilson . . . Winchester. 
 
 Joseph Gregory. . . Marblehead. W.T.Woodbury . . Somerville.. 
 
 III The petition presented to the Legislature by the Department 
 Commander, in compliance with instructions from the Department 
 Encampment of last year, asking that Memorial Day be made a legal 
 holiday, has been favorably acted upon by that body, and on the 8th inst. 
 the Governor of the Commonwealth approved the same by aftixing his 
 official signature to the bill. , . ^ , , 
 
 The pen used Ijy His Excellency in performing this act he has pre- 
 sented to the Department in the following words : '• With this pen was 
 5-ned the bill making ' Memorial Day ' a legal holiday. It is presented 
 ti'the Department o'f Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, m 
 response to whose petition the bill was enacted." 
 
 IV The Department Commander desires to call attention to his 
 letter of February 5, regarding the increase of our membership and to 
 aS Jrge upon all comrades, particularly the officers of the Posts the 
 hnportlTuce if earnest and continued labor for the accomplishment of 
 
 that resuU.^^ commencement of the year very many of our associates in 
 arms have identified themselves with our organization, one new 1 ost has 
 beSi or<^anized, others are being formed, while eftbrts are being made in 
 someof'the lal-ger towns in the CommonweaMi to recall chart^^^^^^^ 
 have been surrendered, or to organize new Posts. Let all join in tne 
 ANork, and by a united eflbrt we can again place our Department in the 
 front rank of the Grand Army. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 ^ . , . Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
56 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3. ) 
 
 General Orders, } Boston, April 26, 1881. 
 
 No. 3. f 
 
 I. General Orders Nos. 13, 14 and 15, from National Headquarters, 
 G.A.R., are herewith promulgated to this Department. 
 
 II. That the establishment and success of the "Soldiers' Home" 
 may be brought moie prominently before the people of this Common- 
 wealth, the Department Commander would suggest that the Commanders 
 of Posts request their orators or speakers on Memorial Day to refer to 
 the subject in such terms as may seem fitting and proper. 
 
 III. Since the Department Encampment, two new Posts have been 
 organized as follows : — 
 
 Friedrich IIecker Post 21, Boston, Theodore Leutz, Commander. 
 Gen. W. F. Bartlett Post 99, Andover, James B. Smith, Commander. 
 
 Other Posts are in process of organization in various parts of the 
 State, and the assistance and co-operation of Posts and comrades is 
 invoked, that there may be a material increase in our numbers, not only 
 by the addition of members in existing Posts, but in the creation of new 
 Posts. 
 
 IV. The discharge of John Johnson, formerly a Private in Co. A, 
 30th Mass. Infantry, has been forwatded to these Headquarters, and 
 awaits his order or that of any of his relatives or friends. 
 
 V. Information is wanted at .this oflice as to the present address 
 of any member of the 5th U.S. Cavalry who was with the regiment in 
 1861 and 1862. Information is also wanted as to the address of any 
 soldier who was a member of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, and who 
 knew James Balfe, alias James Kelly, of Co A of that regiment. The 
 inquiry is made in the interest of the said Balfe or Kelley's father, who 
 is a helpless invalid, and an applicant for a pension. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3. ) 
 
 General Orders, / Bo.ston, May 4, 1881 
 
 No. 4. ) 
 
 In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of our Order, estab- 
 lishing the 30th of May as a day to be observed by the Grand Army of 
 the Republic in decorating the graves of our fallen comrades and com- 
 panions-in-arms, and in response to Genei'al Order No. 13 from National 
 Headquarters, the several Posts in this Department are directed to make 
 such arrangements for a proper observance of the day as will best 
 accommodate their respective localities and honor the memories of those 
 whose loyalty and devotion to the land they loved has secured to us the 
 blessings of a free republican government. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 4 
 
 As the day has been made a legal holiday by the Legislature of our 
 State it is hoped that every comrade will regard it as a sacred duty to 
 forsake the busy haunts of trade, to forget the cares of daily life, and 
 ioin with his Post in visiting the silent camping grounds of the dead. 
 
 Let the militia companies and the people generally be invited to par- 
 ticipate with us ; extend an invitation to the clergymen in your vicinity 
 to remember in some appropriate manner, on the Sabbath preceding 
 Memorial Day, the great sacrifices made by the loyal people of our nation 
 for human liberty and equal rights. 
 
 And, comrades, as we lav our tribute of love and respect upon the 
 craves of our departed associates, let us not forget the thousands who 
 sleep in ank)iown graves by the roadside, on the picket-hue and in the 
 prison pens : — 
 
 " For what they were, and all they dared, remember them to-day." 
 
 Reports of the proceedings had by the several Posts will be forwarded 
 to these headquarters. ^ , . , 
 
 Post Commanders Avill see that the provisions of this order are 
 
 complied with. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Qjpflgjj^^ . Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headqu.^rters Depaktment of M.^ssachusetts, 
 
 Gkand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room ?>. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, June 22, 1881. 
 
 No. 5. j 
 
 I. General Orders No. 18 from National Headquarters are herewith 
 promulgated to this Department. 
 
 II Comrades: At the recent meeting of the National Encampment, 
 held at Indianapolis, Ind., on the 15th inst., the Department of Massa- 
 chusetts was again honored by the election of Comrade George S. Merrill 
 of Post 39, Lawrence, to the position of Commander-in-Chief. This honor, 
 conferred upon one who has been so closely identified with the interest ot 
 oui Department, one Avho has labored earnestly and zealously for its suc- 
 cess and advancement, should be appreciated by us individually. Let us 
 therefore acknowledge the compliment by doing all in our power to 
 strengthen our membership and increase our influence, so that at the 
 expiration of the year Ave may be able to shoAV a permanent and substantial 
 advancement in the strength and efficiency of our Department. 
 
 III Bv a formal vote of the National Encampment at its recent 
 meeting. Comrade Austin S. Cushman, the first Commander of this 
 DepartVnent, was restored his honors as a Past Department Commander, 
 which he had lost by reason of his absence in Europe for a number 
 
 of years . , , , ^ ., i * 
 
 " IV Chief Mustering Officer A. C Monroe is hereby detailed toi 
 duty at these headquarters. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 V. Post 54 G.A.R. of Berlin has changed its name to " Captain C. 
 S. Hastings," and the same is hereby approved. 
 
58 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 VI. Since the date of last General Orders the foUowina; new Posts 
 have been organized, viz. : — 
 
 Francis Gould Post 36, Ai-liugton, Middlesex Co., E. F. Kenrick, 
 Commander 
 
 Franklin Post 60, Franklin, Norfolk Co., George W. Nason, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Arthur G. .Biscok Post 80, Westboro, Worcester Co., C. P. Wins- 
 lovy, Commander. 
 
 VII. Post 21 G.A.R. of Boston having adopted the name of "Fried- 
 rich Hecker," and Post 99 G.A R. of Andover having adopted the name 
 of " General William F. Bartlett," those names are hereby approved. 
 
 VIII. The address of either of the following-named members of 
 Co. D, 28th Mass. Vols., viz. : John Colman, Barnej' Hart, Michael Pow- 
 derly, or Timothy Ryan, is desired at these headquarters. 
 
 IX The address of Capt. A. F. Holt, James Speed, Maj. J. Hoyt, 
 H. C Jordan, F. A. Vaughn, Capt. F. A. Flanders, H. C. Hunt, or Col. J. 
 L. Hains, late of the 1st Texas Cav., is wanted at this office. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant AdjtUant- General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3. 
 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, Aug. 31, 1881. 
 
 No. 6. ; 
 
 T. The following Department officers are hereby detailed to inspect 
 the Posts Avhose numbers appear against their names : — 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell, Department Senior Vice-Commander, 8, 31, 73, 74, 78, 83, 
 
 104, 111, 112, 127 
 Royal B. Wight, Department Junior Vice-Commander, 18, 62, 92, 117, 142 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr., Medical Director 33, 75, 99, 113 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant-General 5, 35 
 
 William L. Baird, Inspector 10, 34, 42, 49, 82, 90, 95, 118 
 
 William H. Hart, Judge Advocate . . 23. 149 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Chief Mustering Officer, 1, 3, IG, 20, 37, 41, 46, 55, 76, 
 
 87, 93, 110 
 
 COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 John Scates 2, 21, 32, 102 
 
 Charles A. Stott 39, 48, 115 
 
 Benj. A. Bridges 22, 63, 105 
 
 William A. Sloane, 27, 38, 51, 61, 65, 70, 77, 85, 97, 103, 107, 131, 136 
 William S. Frost 6, 9, 44, 80, 96 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
 
 Thomas E Barker . . 4, 12 
 
 George L. Goodale 13, 36, 124 
 
 E. P. Gibbs 19, 28, 43, 54, 64, 86 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 59 
 
 John D. Billings 56, 57, 143, 144 
 
 David W. Lewis .... 52, 60, 72, 91, 94, 145 
 
 .Tames S. Lowell 45, 47, 67, 114, 122, 151 
 
 A. M. Tilton 100, 101, 108 
 
 George C Joslin 7, 26, 68, 88 
 
 George W. Powers 11, 30, 58, 121 
 
 M. J. Ferrin 40, 119, 148 
 
 E. M. Clapp 71, 84 
 
 P. A Lindsey 15, 134, 139 
 
 G. C. Fiske 24, 25, 135 
 
 I. P. Connig 53, 59, 69, 98, 109, 116 
 
 .1. Albert Blake 50, 89 
 
 George R. Pierce 17, 79. 123, 126 
 
 W. W. Woodbury 29, 66, 81 
 
 As it is important that the inspections should be concluded on or 
 before November 15, it may be necessary to call special meetings of Posts 
 in some instances, therefore Commanders of Posts will govern themselves 
 accordingly. 
 
 The travelling expenses of the officers will be borne by the Depart- 
 ment, but all local expenses will be paid by the Posts visited. At each 
 inspection the complete ceremony will be shown, including muster-in, and 
 all books and papers of the Post, including records of the Relief Com- 
 mittee or Trustees, must be presented for inspection. A statement of 
 amount expended for relief, for the year ending September 30, will be 
 required. 
 
 Inspectors will insist upon a strict compliance with Section 1, Article 
 VII., Chapter 5, General Rules, Rules and Regulations, a blank bond hav- 
 ing been furnished each Post in the Department to secure uniformity. 
 
 II. The following new Posts have been organized since date of last 
 General Orders : — 
 
 J. Orson Fisk Post 105, Upton, Worcester Co., E. Warren IIarl)ack, 
 Commander. 
 
 L. L. Merrick Post 107, Palmer, Hampden Co., C. P. Stone, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 III. Since our comrades are interested in the advancement and suc- 
 cess of our Department, the Commander desires that the progress made 
 during the past six months should be communicated to the Posts, that 
 those who have worked so earnestly may see the results of their labors, 
 
 The Department on the first day of January of the present year 
 numbered 8,889 comrades; since that time, seven (7) new Posts have 
 been instituted and two (2) old Posts reorganized, and are now in active 
 working order. The quarterlj'^ report ending June 30 shows the aggre- 
 gate membership to have increased to 9,650 — a net gain of 761 members 
 for the first six months of the year. 
 
 Let us not feel satisfied with this improvement but continue the 
 work; let every comrade constitute himself a recruiting officer for the 
 Grand Army ; let no worthy soldier or sailor have occasion to say that 
 he has not been solicited to join our ranks. 
 
 IV. Officers of Posts will bear in mind that the reports for quarter 
 ending September 30 determine the representation in next Department 
 Encampment. In this connection attention is also called to the necessity 
 of forwarding reports promptly on the jlrst of the quarter, as less time 
 is given for consolidation by National Headquarters than formerly, and 
 by resolution of last National Encampment all Posts in arrears for reports 
 on the twentieth (20th) of the first month of each quarter are to be 
 reported in General Orders. 
 
60 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 V. Information is wanted at these lieadquarters of the present 
 address of any member of Battery M, 4th U.S. Art., or G Battery, 5th 
 U.S Art., who served in either of those commands from 1861 to 1865. 
 
 VI. A person calling himself Charles H. Lynch, well posted in 
 G.A.R. matters, and claiming; to be a member of Post 7, G.A.R., has been 
 heard of recently in the central portion of the State Post 7 disclaims 
 any knowledge of him and he is believed to be unworthy. . 
 
 VII. The findings and sentence in the court-martial of William L. 
 OrciTtt of Post 40, G.A.R., are hereby approved, and the said Orcutt is 
 dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 61 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachusetts, j 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [- 
 
 53 Tkemont Street, Room 3. ) 
 
 General Orders, "i Boston, Sept. 20, 1881. 
 
 No. 7 / 
 
 "God reigns and the governinent at Washington still lives." The 
 loug-sufl'ering stricken President is dead. The great heart of the Ameri- 
 can people could not shield the old soldier, and in the long contest 
 between life and death, death is again victorious. 
 
 To the roll of martyrs who have died to insure permanenc.v to 
 our republican institutions has been added the name of 
 
 James B. (3arfiel&, 
 
 and in long years to come, when our country shall have more fully 
 accomplished its mission among the nations of the earth, his name with 
 that of Lincoln will be honored and revered by all who love pureness of 
 life, honesty of purpose, and a true loyal heart. 
 
 All Department and Post Officers will for thirty days from the date 
 of this order wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm and 
 sword-hilt when on duty, and the chartei* of each Post Avill be draped in 
 mourning in honor of our departed President and comrade. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
62 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 IIeadquahters Department of Massachusetts, ] 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, >■ 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3. ) 
 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Oct. 22, 1881. 
 
 No. 8. / 
 
 Comrades : As you are aware by circulars that have been issued by 
 the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home, active preparations are now being 
 made to liold a grand bazaar in the Meclianics Fair Building in this city 
 about the 1st of December or immediately after the closing of the 
 Mechanics Fair. 
 
 The objects of the bazaar should interest us, not only as members of 
 the Grand Army, but as soldiers. We have, through our Trustees, pur- 
 chased a Soldiers' Home, where all comrades who are sick and destitute 
 can be provided for. The only reason why those who are enfeebled because 
 of their faithful service during the war are not admitted to it — why it 
 is not at the present time sheltering very many of our comrades Avho are 
 unable to provide for themselves — is for the want of money to meet the 
 ordinary running expenses. 
 
 To provide this the bazaar is to be held, and the success it attains 
 depends greatly upon the support we give to it, individually, as members 
 of the Grand Army. Every Post Commander is reminded that the deter- 
 mination of this Department to establish a Soldiers' Home in Massachu- 
 setts has been so often expressed in Department Conventions, that the 
 vigorous co-operation of every Post is a duty. By charter, lifteeu out 
 of eighteen of the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home now established must 
 be members of the Grand Army. The Home, over which the old flag now 
 flies, is a Grand Army charity, and the most conspicuous and useful 
 monument to our destitute comrades that can be raised. 
 
 The Trustees have appointed large committees, including the Com- 
 mander of every Post in the State, to organize the bazaar in aid of the 
 Home. The citizens in many localities are already active in our soldierly 
 cause. These committees and citizens look to us of the Grand Army, 
 and reasonably expect the prompt, vigorous and whole-souled co-opera- 
 tion of the men whom the ettbrt honors and is intended to benefit. 
 
 Every Post is, therefore, expected to take some immediate action in 
 securing the aid of the people in its locality, in order to furnish an hon- 
 orable Home and Hospital for our poor, and to make the bazaar a success 
 as one of the means to carry out the will of the Department Convention. 
 
 Commanders of Posts will report immediately to these headquarters 
 what action has been taken by their Posts, and what is Ijeing done by 
 the people in their locality in aid of the Home. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 J.\MES F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 63 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, r 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3. ) 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Dec. 15, 1881. 
 
 No. 9. i 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 11, from National Headquarters G.A.R., is 
 hei'ewith promulgated to this Departmeut. 
 
 II. Tiie order announcing Mustering Officers will be issued on or 
 about Deceiuber 24, and the chief will be governed by the wishes of the 
 Posts in their selection when practicable. Recommendations must be 
 received previous to the above date, and in no case will an assignment 
 be made unless the Post or its representative so designates. 
 
 III. As the election of Post Officers and representatives to the 
 Department Encampment is to be held at the first regular meeting in 
 Decemljer, a blank is herewith enclosed on which return of such election 
 is to be made. 
 
 IV. The following new Post has been organized since the date of 
 the last General Order, viz. : — 
 
 James A. Garfield Post 120, Lowell, Chas. H. Coburn, Commander. 
 
 V. The address of the following persons is wanted at these head- 
 quarters, viz.: — James McArdle, late of Co. I, New 15att., 1st Mass. 
 Cavalry, and James P. Prince, late surgeon 22d Mass. Infantry. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 
 Official : Department Commander-. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 ETTS, 1 
 BLIC, [■ 
 >M 3. J 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Repubi 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 
 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Dec. 27, 1881. 
 
 No. 10 [ 
 
 I. The following-named comrades are hereby detailed as Mustering 
 Officers, and will install the officers of the Posts whose numbers appear 
 against their names : — 
 
 Abner Coleman, Taunton 3 
 
 A. S. Trowbridge, Hudson 9 
 
 R O Houghton, Fitchbnrg 19 
 
 M. H. Stevens, Waltham ' 29 
 
 Geo. O. Vinal, Scituate 31 
 
 Gilman A. Andrews, Salem 34 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale, Medford 4, 3() 
 
 John Collins. HoUistou 44 
 
 C. T. Batchelder, Peabodv 50 
 
 E. P. Gibbs, Hudson *. 64 
 
 Chas. I). Nash, S. Abington 73, 74 
 
 Chas. F. Allen, S. Abington 78 
 
 Wm. L. Crosier, N. Adams 79, 126 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell, E. Weymouth 88 
 
64 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 J. A. Riclimond, Shelburne Falls 93 
 
 Andrew C. Stone, Lawrence 99, 100 
 
 J. Edward HolUs, Boston 113 
 
 G. A. Churchill, Boston 102 
 
 Charles A Stott, Lowell 120 
 
 Charles Grey, Athol 123 
 
 Thos J. Tnte, Boston 7 
 
 J. B. Willard, Worcester 10, 70 
 
 P. A. Lindsey, Cambridgeport 22 
 
 Richard F. Tobin, Cambridgeport ... 30, 57, 92 
 
 John T. Wilson, Winchester 33 
 
 Henry T. Holmes, Chelsea .... 35 
 
 F. L. Perry, Springfield 41, 97 
 
 H. C. Sherwin, Ayer . . 48 
 
 Geo W. Powers, Boston 15, 21, 56 
 
 J. G. Leach, Warren 65 
 
 A. P. Barrett, Woburn 75 
 
 Wm. S. Frost, Marlboro 43, 80 
 
 J Frank Dalton, Salem 82 
 
 Isaac H. Edgett, Beverly 89 
 
 Charles Newhall, Danvers 90 
 
 J. R. Merritt, Swampscott 95 
 
 W. A. Sloane, Spencer 107 
 
 John Metcalf, Lynn 118 
 
 Dudley E. Gale, Amesbury 122 
 
 Geo. H. Patch, So Framingham 142 
 
 Chief Mustering Oflicer A. C. Monroe will install the olHcers of Posts 
 5, 63 and 105. 
 
 II. The commanders of the above-indicated Posts will at once put 
 themselves in communication with their Mustering Officers, giving time 
 and place of installation. In case of the absence of the comrade desig- 
 nated above for any Post, and where no comrade has been assigned, any 
 National or Department Officer or Past Post Commander (in his own 
 Post), in good standing (except the retiring Commander), may act. In 
 no case will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues 
 have been forwarded. (See page 51 of the Service Book.) 
 
 Special attention is called to the recent changes in the Installation 
 Service. Copies of the new Service Book may be obtained immediately 
 on application to these head(|uarters; price 25 cents. 
 
 III. A year's supply of new forms A and B — Adjutant and Quarter- 
 master — has been sent to each Post Commander; and if the same have 
 not been received immediate notice should be given to this office, as it is 
 important that reports which are due January 1 should be made on these 
 forms; therefore all old-style forms should be destroyed 
 
 IV. Blank credentials have been furnished on which the return of 
 election of Post Commanders and Delegates and Alternates is to be made ; 
 one copy only is to be forwarded (if it has not already been done) with 
 Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports, together Avith j^e?- capita tax, 
 previous to January 10. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Alfred C. Monkoe, Department Commander. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer. 
 Official : 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 65 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3. 
 
 Boston, Jan. 18, 1882. 
 General Orders, "I 
 No. 11. f 
 
 I. The annual Encampment of this Department will be convened in 
 Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Monday, Jan. 30, 1882, at 7 o'clock p.m., for 
 the election of Department Officers and the transaction of such other 
 business as may come before it- Posts are entitled to the following ratio 
 of representation : One delegate for every fifty members reported in 
 good standing September 30, with one additional for a final fraction of 
 more than half that number; but each Post, whatever its numbers, shall 
 be entitled to at least one delegate. Post Commanders are members of 
 the Encampment by virtue of their oftice, but by the action of the last 
 National Encampment, the Senior Vice Post Commander may repi'esent 
 the Post in the absence of the Post Commander, and in case neither of 
 them are present, the Junior Vice Post Commander may act 
 
 II An invitation having been extended to the officers of Post 35 of 
 Chelsea, to exemplify the Avorlc of the Order in the presence of the 
 Encampment, and the same having been accepted, it is desired that evenj 
 Post in the Department should be represented at this meeting, not only 
 for the purpose of witnessing the Miister-in Service, and the extraordinary 
 exercises at the conclusion of the same, but to take part in the general 
 business of the Convention, which promises to be of more than usual 
 interest. The Commander of Post 35 will detail an Officer of the Day, an 
 Officer of the Guard, and at least ten (10) comrades for guartl and other 
 duty, during the Encampment. The Officer of the Day will report to 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General at Faneuil Hall, at 6 p.m , on the 30th, 
 for instructions. 
 
 III. In accordance Avith the requirements of the Manual, and Section 
 I., Article VII., Chapter V., Rules and Regulations, a blank Bond for Post 
 Quartermaster is herewith forwarded to each Post in this Department 
 
 IV. Post 142 of South Framiugham having changed its name to 
 " Burnside" the same is hereby approved, to date from January 1. 
 
 V. Otis W. Wallace Post 10(j of Rockport, Essex County, has been 
 reorganized, with William Wingood, Jr., as commander. 
 
 VI. A new Post has been organized at Ipswich, Essex County, to 
 be known as Post 128, Leach Clark, Commander, 
 
 VII. The address of any member of Co. B, 21st Regiment Veteran 
 Reserve Corps, who was taken out of Portsmouth Grove Hospital in 
 18G3 , and served in Troy, N.Y., on Provost duty previous to November, 
 1864, is wanted at this office, in the interest of a worthy pension claim. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F Mekch, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
66 HISTORY DKPT, OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 IIeadquaktehs Dkpaktmknt of Massachusetts, | 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, >- 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3. ) 
 
 Circular, \ Boston, Feb. 16, 1881. 
 
 No. 1. / 
 
 A special meeting of tlie Conucil of Adniiuistration was lield on Sat- 
 urday, 12tli inst., to discuss the pension question, but tlie importance of 
 the subject was so apparent that an adjournment Avas made to this 
 (Wednesday) afternoon when, after the most careful investigation, it 
 was unanimously decided that this Department should take immediate 
 and earnest action. 
 
 To this end a committee consisting of Commander George W. Creasey, 
 Senior Vice-Commander Benj. S. Lovell, Comrade Charles A. Stott of 
 the Council of Administration, and Junior Vice-Commander E. B. Loriug 
 of Post 15 of Boston, was appointed to proceed to Washington as soon 
 as possible, and secure such legislation from Congress before the close 
 of the present session as Avill relieve the existing over-crowded and sloAv- 
 moving condition of things. 
 
 There are at present over two hundred and eight'/ thousand (280,000) 
 unsettled pension claims on file in the Pension Office. New claims are 
 being presented at the rate of about two thousand (2,000) per month, and 
 the total number of claims allowed last year (1880) was less than 1.5,000 
 Therefore it will readily lie seen that under the present system the newly 
 filed claims cannot be disposed of, to say nothing of the hundreds of 
 thousands of claims that have been on file, many of them for nearly a 
 decade. 
 
 Comrades: This is a subject that is considered to be not only the 
 right, but the duty, of the G.A.R., to be interested in, standing as we do 
 as the representative soldiers' and sailors' organization of the Union ; we 
 owe it to the widows and orphans of those who "gave the last full 
 measure of devotion," and we owe it to those Avho stood shoulder to 
 shoulder with us in the " old days," but who do not appreciate as v-e do 
 the three great principles of our Order. Therefore in order to make 
 the burden as light as possible in the matter of the actual expenses of the 
 above delegation, the Council voted to ask for a contribution from each 
 Post of at least five cents per capita, and as the committee will start at 
 onre, it is especially desirable that remittances be made to the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General without delay A full account of receipts and expendi- 
 tures of this fund will be submitted to the Department. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjtitant-GeneraL 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 G7 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 1881. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Georce W. Ckeasef, Commander . . . Newburyiiort. 
 
 Benjajiin S. Lovell, Senior Vice-Comnmnder, East Weymouth 
 
 Royal B. Wight, Junior Vice-Commander Natick. 
 
 AzEL Ames, Jr., Medical Director . . . Wakefield. 
 
 .JOHx W. Lee, Chaplain Charlestown. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 John Scates South Boston. 
 
 Charles A. Stott Lowell. 
 
 Bexjamin a. Bridges Holliston. 
 
 William A. Sloane .Spencer. 
 
 William S. Frost . Marlboro. 
 
 Official Stuf. 
 
 James F. Meecii, Assistant Adjutant-General , 
 Edward T. Raymond, Assistant Q.M.-General, 
 William L. Baird, Inspector .... 
 William H. Hart, Judge Advocate 
 Alfred C.Monroe, Chic/ Muster ing Officer . 
 
 ,">.3 Treinont St., Room 3, Boston. 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3, Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Aide s-de- Camp. 
 
 Thomas E. Barker, 
 E. P. GiBits, 
 David W- Lewis, 
 A. M. Tiltox, 
 George W. Powers, 
 E. M. Clapp, 
 G. C. Fiske, 
 Melville C. Beedle, 
 George R. Pierce, 
 Joseph Gregorv, 
 
 INIalden. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Chicopee. 
 
 Ashland. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 George L. Goodale. 
 John D. Billings, 
 James S. Lowell, 
 George C. Joslix, 
 M. J. Fehrin, 
 P. Allen Lindsev, 
 
 I. P. CONNIG, 
 
 J. Albert Blake, 
 John T. Wilsox, 
 W. W. Woodbury, 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Stonehani. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 Winchester. 
 
 Somerville. 
 
68 
 
 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Bepresentatives to Xational Encampment. 
 
 DELEGATE-AT-LABGE. 
 
 Thomas H. Hill, Woburn. 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Silas A. Barton, 
 George S. Evans, 
 John F. Bruce, 
 Azel Ames, Jr. 
 Alfred C. Monroe, 
 Andrew C. Stone, 
 MvEON P. Walker, 
 John R. Merritt, 
 Henry B. Peirce, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Swampscott. 
 
 Abington. 
 
 alternate- at-large. 
 George F. Moore, Haverhill. 
 
 James K. Churchill, 
 Charles F. Read, 
 Charles D. Nash, 
 Freeman C. Luce, 
 C. W. C. Rhoades, 
 Henry B. Thayer, 
 George C. Joslin, 
 S. F. McClearn, 
 Frank McGraw, 
 
 ATES. 
 
 Worcester. 
 South Gardner. 
 South Abington. 
 New Bedford. 
 Roxbury. 
 Milford. 
 South Boston. 
 Marblehead. 
 Fall River. 
 
 Fast Department Commanders. 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague, Worcester. 
 
 William Cogswell, Salem. 
 John W. Kimball, Fitchburg. 
 
 Horace Binney Sargent, 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Francis A. Osborn, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 John G. B. Adams, 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Fairhaven. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 69 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Will. Logau Rodman . 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. A. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lauder 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell . 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Colonel Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 (German) 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher . . 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. T5. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson .. 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart. ... 
 
 George W. I'erry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Rurbank 
 
 Phil. H.Sheridan .... 
 Theodore Winthrop. . 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Geo. H. G. Berry 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols ... 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell . . 
 
 A. \V. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 New Bedford . . . 
 South Boston . . . 
 
 Taunton 
 
 Melrose 
 
 Lynn 
 
 Holliston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 Brockton 
 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Orange 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Colerain 
 
 Boston 
 
 Milford 
 
 East Boston 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Uxbridge 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston . . 
 
 Waltham 
 
 Cambridgeport • 
 
 Scituate 
 
 South Boston 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Salem 
 
 Chelsea 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 Maiden 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Marlboro 
 
 Fayville 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Fall River 
 
 Haverhill... . . . . 
 
 Ayer 
 
 Newburyport. . . . 
 
 Peabody 
 
 North Brookfield 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Andrew J. Smith 
 
 George A. Thayer 
 
 T. C. Lucas 
 
 Charles O. Boyd 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer — ( 
 
 P. O. Box 23. i 
 
 A . E. Chamberlain 
 
 Dennis Meelian ( 
 
 Station A, P. O. i 
 L. M. Alden 
 
 P. O. Box 442 
 
 E. P. Gibbs 
 
 William H. King ) 
 
 190 Union Street I 
 
 Al vin R. Bailey i 
 
 116 North St , Boston f 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe 
 
 J. Gushing Thomas — 
 103 Chestnut Street 
 
 James O. Smith 
 
 A. L. Shattuck 
 
 S. S. Baker 
 
 John F. Bruce 
 
 George H. Carpenter .. 
 Griswoldville 
 
 Theodore Leutz 
 
 •241 Washington St. 
 
 Alfred A. Burrell 
 
 Charles E. Dodge 
 
 12.T Chelsea Street 
 
 William C. Fletcher 
 
 Andrew J. Alexander . 
 P. O. Box m 
 
 Jediah P. Jordan 
 
 4f) Federal St., Boston 
 
 Leonard E. Thayer 
 
 Henry O. Sawyer 
 
 .Tames H. Fisher 
 
 Wm. T. Alden 
 
 21 Essex Street 
 
 A. A. Seaverns 
 
 North Scituate 
 
 Alfred C. Belcher 
 
 Post Office, Boston 
 
 William H. Matthews.. 
 
 P. O. Box 40'.» 
 
 Frederick Grant 
 
 Charles O. Fellows 
 
 i!4.5 Chestnut Street 
 
 William A . Sloane 
 
 P. O. Box r)55 
 
 J. A. Josselyn 
 
 Andrew C. Stone 
 
 William L. Prouty 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 George E. Worthen — 
 123 Cross Street I 
 
 Sidney A . Brigham 
 
 George Cantello 
 
 Charles H. Par.^ons 
 
 Oscar F. Douglass , 
 
 TO South Main Street \ 
 
 George F. Moore ( 
 
 P. O. Box 1369 I 
 
 E. O. Harlow 
 
 Daniel B. Whiting 
 
 Windsor M. AVarcV 
 
 John .S. Cooke 
 
 Wedftesdav 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 Thursday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 Alter. Fridays 
 Wednesday' 
 Thursday. 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 Wednesday 
 2d Tuesday 
 2d and last Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 Thursday. 
 
 Tuesday 
 Friday. 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 Friday 
 Monday 
 Thursday 
 
70 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of POfST. 
 
 A.B.Randall 52 
 
 Charles H. Stevens 53 
 
 .John B. Gough 54 
 
 I. D. Paull I 55 
 
 Charles Beck ■ 5f) 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 57 
 
 Reynolds 58 
 
 59 
 60 
 61 
 02 
 63 
 64 
 
 65 
 66 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt. 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon . . 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 (Jen. Wadsworth.. 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton. . . 
 S. C. Lawrence. 
 
 Allen; 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr. 
 
 J. R. Rice 
 
 George A. Custer. 
 
 Town. 
 
 Kilpatrick 71 
 
 A. St. .John Chambre.. 72 
 
 McPherson 73 
 
 Hartsnff 74 
 
 .J. P. Gould 75 
 
 Collingvrood 76 
 
 Theron E. Hall 77 
 
 David A. Russell. . . 
 Clias. D. Sanford. , . 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr. 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 1 84 
 
 .J. W. Lawton ', 85 
 
 86 
 87 
 88 
 89 
 90 
 91 
 92 
 
 Henry Wilson. 
 Gen. S. Thayer. . . . 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 J. H. Chapman, Jr. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Cariienter 
 
 Francis Washburn. 
 Ozro Miller I 93 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen.E. W. Hinka. 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J.Griggs 
 
 J. D. Mirick 
 
 AVilliam B. Greene. 
 Charles Sunnier 
 
 Huntington F.Wolcott 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 E. Humphrey 
 
 Everett Peabody. . . 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Cajit. Horace Niles. 
 J. E. Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. 
 
 E. W. Kinsley. 
 
 113 
 
 South Easton 
 
 Leominster 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Taunton 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 East Cambridge.. . 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling , 
 
 Webster. 
 Newton. . 
 Natiek.. . 
 Clinton.. 
 
 Warren 
 
 Medford 
 
 Manchester . . 
 Boston . . . 
 
 Westminster. 
 Millbury 
 
 Holyoke 
 
 Stoi'ighton 
 
 Abiiigton 
 
 Rockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington. 
 North Adams . 
 
 Watertown 
 
 Marblehead 
 
 Hanover 
 
 South Deerfleld. 
 
 Ware 
 
 Maynard 
 
 South Braintree. 
 
 Quincy 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Fox borough 
 
 Brighton 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Canton 
 
 Saugus 
 
 Northboro 
 
 Belchertown 
 
 Princeton 
 
 Methuen . . 
 Groveland 
 
 Milton... 
 Chicopee . 
 
 Hingham 
 
 Georgetown 
 
 East Templeton. 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate. 
 Boston 
 
 Commander. 
 
 George A . Larky 
 
 Wni. B. Frissell 
 
 John L. Bruce 
 
 George Gurney 
 
 .John H. Wells 
 
 Otis S. Brown 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell 
 
 East Weymouth 
 A. H. Melendy ." 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 E. W. Smith 
 
 Henrj' W. Downs 
 
 Frank P. Simonds 
 
 Luther E. Wilkins } 
 
 r. O. Box .594 \ 
 
 J. H. Goodhue 
 
 Geoi ge L. Goodale 
 
 Charles H. Stone 
 
 William C. Cumings . . . / 
 Neponset j 
 
 Hobart Raymond 
 
 Rodney D. Looinis ( 
 
 P. ( ). Box 145 ( 
 
 George H. Smith. . . 
 
 Ly Sander Wood 
 
 A. H. Wright 
 
 Henry Damon 
 
 Mark Allen . . . , 
 
 John Shannon 
 
 J. H. Gleason 
 
 Wm. R. Vining 
 
 A. W.Fulton 
 
 Geo. F. Robinson 
 
 Sam'l B. Hidden, Jr. 
 
 R. C. Waterman 
 
 W. W. Foster 
 
 Charles E. Woodard 
 
 George Flood 
 
 Thomas Fallon 
 
 Isaac M. Holt 
 
 Wm. H. Morjian... . 
 
 J. A. Roberts 
 
 .T. B. Davidson 
 
 A. B. Collier 
 
 George R. I^ierce 
 
 A. R. Holmes 
 
 James A. I'arker. .. . 
 Levi Whitcomb 
 
 E.W.Gill. 
 
 Charles E. Trow 
 
 George K. Anderson I 
 
 South Groveland i 
 
 George A . Fletcher 
 
 Amos O. Kinney / 
 
 1'. "0. Box 2 \ 
 J. Frank Goodwin 
 
 Patrick Cole 
 
 B. F. French 
 
 Wm. A. Croak 
 
 H. H. Collamore........ I 
 
 North Pembroke j 
 
 Alpheus Thomas 
 
 Ridge Hill 
 
 T. R. Mathews 
 
 50 Central St. 
 
 2dandlastThur8 
 2d and 4th Thurs 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 Monday 
 Monday 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d AVed. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and"3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday , 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Monday " 
 
 2d and ■4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 2d and lastThur. 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 2d Saturday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 Last Friday 
 1st Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 2d and last Mon. 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 71 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge... 
 E. S.Clark 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade.. . 
 
 Timothy Ingraham 
 
 E. l\ Wallace 
 
 I'arker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 George E. Sayles . . . 
 T. L. Boiiuev". 
 
 George II. Thomas. 
 
 Robert A.Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews . 
 
 (Jeo. C. Marshall — 
 
 W. C. Kinsley 
 
 I). B. Eames 
 
 C.L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll..., 
 Wm. A. Streeter... 
 R. G. Shaw 
 
 .A. D. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns 
 
 Major Boyd , 
 
 NO. 
 
 Town. 
 
 Merrimac 
 
 Groton 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Medfield 
 
 Swampscott 
 
 Lexington 
 
 Hyde Park 
 
 Amesbiiry 
 
 Athol 
 
 East Bridge water 
 
 Adams 
 
 Hanson 
 
 Leicester 
 
 Boston 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 
 Rutland . . ." 
 
 Somerville 
 
 So. Framingliam. . 
 
 Brookline 
 
 Dedham 
 
 A ttleborousrh 
 
 New Bedford 
 
 Winchester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 West Newbury 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Frank E. Hall 
 
 Moses 1'. Palmer 
 
 Charles F. Read _. 
 
 South (iardner 
 
 William F. (iuild 
 
 John R. Merritt 
 
 L. G. Babcock 
 
 David W. Lewis 
 
 Moses M. Dennett — 
 
 Edwin .T. Shaw 
 
 William H. Osborne . . 
 
 N. T. Howland 
 
 E. H.Stearns 
 
 Cherry Valley 
 
 L. IT. Thompson 
 
 Post Office 
 
 Hammond W. Paige 
 
 Cyrus H. Wesson 
 
 John M. Woods , 
 
 E. P. Simpson 
 
 C. E. Hapgood 
 
 Amasa Guild 
 
 E. S. Horton 
 
 G. A. Hall 
 
 Wm. H. Johnson 
 
 Cor. Shawm ut & Cross 
 Sts., Somerville 
 E.P. Stanwood 
 
 NlOHT OF 
 
 Meeting. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 1st Saturday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 Monilay 
 
 1st Friday 
 Monday 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Alternate Wed. 
 2d Saturday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Wed, 
 1st Monday 
 
 1st and .3d Mon. 
 
 2d and last Sat. 
 3d Monday 
 2d Friday 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
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 2d and 4th Sat. 
 
GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 
 DEPARTIVrENT COMMANDER, 
 1882-83. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, G.A.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1883. 
 
 JANUARY 29.— EVENING SESSION. 
 
 The Auuual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Faneuil Hall, Boston, 
 Jan. 29, 1883, at 7 o'clock p.m., in compliance with General 
 Orders No. 11, from Department Headquarters, and was called 
 to order at 7.30 by Department Commander George H. Patch. 
 The Officer of the Day reported all present members of the Order. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Department Chaplain John AV. Lee. 
 
 Commander Patch announced the Encampment opened in due 
 form, and appointed the following Committee on Credentials, viz. : 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General; Chief Mustering Officer A. C. 
 Monroe; Assistant Quartermaster-General Geo. L. Goodale ; 
 Comrade Chas. H. Parsons of the Council; Comrade E. P. Gibbs 
 of Post 9 ; Comrade W. J. Mansfield of Post 12. 
 
 Commander Patch then announced that the Commander-in- 
 Chief, with some members of his staff, were in waiting, and desired 
 to visit the Encampment. He was waited upon by the following 
 committee, viz.: Judge Advocate E. P. Simpson; S. B. Dear- 
 born of Post 12; James Pope of Post 4; Benj. A. Bridges of 
 Post 6; Zoeth R. Knowles of Post 11 ; James Maguire of Post 
 89 ; Peter D. Smith of Post 99 ; Geo. A. Fletcher of Post 102 ; 
 S. T. Chamberlain of Post 116; Chas. F. Urann of Post 120; 
 Chas. H. Fuller of Post 142 ; who retired to the anteroom and 
 immediately returned and presented to the Department Com- 
 
74 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS.. G.A.R. 
 
 mauder the distiuguisbed visitors, who escorted them to the plat- 
 form and presented to the Encampment, Commander-in-Chief 
 Paul Van Dervoort of Omaha, Neb. ; Junior Vice-Commander-in- 
 Chief Isaac S. Bangs of Waterville, Me. ; Surgeon-General Azel 
 Ames, Jr., Wakefield, Mass.; Past Judge Advocate Geo. W. 
 Williams of Ohio; Silas A. Barton of Lynn, National Council of 
 Administration. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief was accompanied by the following 
 members of his staff, viz. : Adjutant-General Francis PL Brown 
 of Omaha, Neb. ; Aides-de-Camp Geo. G. Bailey, Jr., F. W. 
 Merriam, John F. Bruce, Geo. C. Joslin, and Assistant Inspector- 
 General A. C. Monroe. 
 
 The party were received in a most cordial manner, and after 
 the interest incident to the reception had subsided, the regular 
 business proceeded. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Hill of Post 33, it was 
 
 Voted, That the reading of the records of last Department 
 Encampment be dispensed with. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 437 
 
 Number present 351 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 15 
 
 Past Department Commanders 6 
 
 Post Commanders 115 
 
 Delegates 215 
 
 Total 351 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMl'MKNT. 
 
 75 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1883. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander George II Patch. 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander ^^ illiam H. Hart. 
 
 Junior Vice-Commander John D. Billings. 
 
 Medical Director Azel Ames, Jr. 
 
 Chaplain J^n^-' W. Lee. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 Willi \M A. Sloane. William S. Frost. William S. Brown. 
 Moses P. Palmer. Charles H. Parsons. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General .... James F.Meech. 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . ■ George L. Goodale. 
 
 Inspector William L. Baird. 
 
 Judge Advocate E. P. Simpson. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer Alfred C Monroe. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 Austin S. Cushman. William Cogswell. 
 
 John W. Kimball. George S. Merrill. 
 
 John G. B. Adams. George W. Ckeasey. 
 
 Post 1. Senior Vice-Commander Ezra K. Ely, Monro Holcomb, James 
 
 F. Tripp, Leopold Bartel. 
 Post 2. Commander George C. Joslin, J. Payson Bradlee, Charles II. 
 
 Ross, George H. Inniss. 
 Post 3. Commander Joshna W. Brewer, G. E. Dean, G. T. Fisher, 
 
 J. L. Presbrey. 
 Post 4. Commander James Pope, C. B. Baldwin. , . . ^^ . 
 
 Post 5. Commander Charles H Baker, A. G. Shepherd, A. A. Davis, 
 
 L O Kirk, John Macfarland, John L. Parker, James W. 
 
 Hoitt, J. H Dwver, (ieorge W. Littlefield, Frank SAvain, 
 
 Edwin Earp, George D Stiles, A. J. Hoitt, Hubert O. 
 
 Moore, Charles W. Sears, George A. Hunt, John G. 
 
 Dervan. 
 Post 6. Commander Daniel F. Travis, John M. Hart. 
 Post 7. Commander A. E. Perkins, Dennis Meehan, G. B. Martis, l.W/. 
 
 Doherty. 
 Post 8 Commander F. E. Wood, Ebenezei; W. Pierce. 
 Post 9. Commander Rufus Howe, E P. Gibbs. ,,,,.,, t • 
 
 Post 10. Commander William L. Robinson. Samuel i . Babbitt, Janus 
 
 B. Lamb, Joseph F. Lovering, E. II. Dunl)ar, H. T. Buck, 
 
 F H Rice, L. J, Goodell, Thomas O'Gara, E. L. Dewey. 
 Post 11. Commander Zoeth R. Knowles, Thomas Crozier, Lyman H 
 
 Post 12. Comnifnde7 Stanly B. Dearborn, W. J. Mansfield, Rufus F. 
 
 Draper, George A. Seaver. 
 Post 13. Commander George A. Grant, Charles W. Tilton. 
 Post 14. Commander T. N. Drawbridge, II. E. Snow. 
 
76 HISTORY DEl'T. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 15. Commander Dennis Linehan, Geora;e W. Powers, Thomas 
 
 Lauglon, E. B. Lorinji, John Keefe, Edward F. Rollins. 
 PjOST 16. Commander James O. Smith, li. R. McGregor, C. C Margerum, 
 
 C. C. Morrill, J. W. Hersey, R. J. Hamilton, W. C. Good- 
 rich. 
 Post 17. Not represented. 
 
 Post 18. Commander John H. Balcom, W. F. Merritt. 
 Post 19. Commander James Cuthbert, A. T. Hamlet, I. G. Wilkins, 
 
 George E. Goodrich, B M. Merchant, Alphonso Marsh 
 Post 20. Commander David W. Snow, Fred. I. Shippee. 
 Post 21. Commander Theodore Lentz, Philip Wachter. 
 Post 22. Senior Vice-Commander Henry Hancock, Joseph Hancock, 
 
 James H Barker 
 Post 23. Commander Wm. H. II, Emmons, Samuel M. Weale, George 
 
 E. Harrington. 
 Post 24. Junior Vice-Commander Thomas A. S. Mitchell, G.W. Hastings. 
 Post 25. Not represented. 
 Post 26. Commander William M. Olin, John L. Perkins, John E. Killian, 
 
 Hiram A. Wright. 
 Post 27. Commander John A. Taft, J. E. Nichols. 
 Post 28. Commander W. L. G. Haskins. 
 
 Post 29. Commander John G. Miller, Henry C Hall, John II. Whelon 
 Post 30. Commander Horace J. Gray, Richard F. Tobin, George II. 
 
 Copeland, P. Allen Lindsey. 
 Post 31. Commander A. A Seaverns, Benj. Brown, Henry Young. 
 Post 32. Commander A. C. Belcher, Warren D. Lord, Charles M. Mason 
 Post 33 Commander J. H. Carton, Thomas H. Hill, A. P. Barrett 
 Post 34. Commander Albert J. LoAvd, Mark Heathcote, J Frank Dal- 
 
 ton, Charles J. Sadler. William H. Eastman, William E. 
 
 Welch. 
 Post 35. Commander Charles O. Fellows, Henry T. Holmes, George W 
 
 Newhall, Charles A. Merriam, Jos. B. Everdean, Ivory R. 
 
 Allen, Ezra A. Batchelder, George H. Buck, George F. 
 
 Henderson, William F. Gillings. 
 Post 36. Commander John H. Hardy, Horace D Durgiu. 
 Post 37. Commander George L. Smith, Jarvis H. Jones, Charles P. 
 
 Barton. 
 Post 38. Commander J. A. Josselyn, M. A. Octwell. 
 Post 39. Commander William D. Curtis, Robert A. Seaver, John Cross, 
 
 Daniel F. Kiley, Andrew C. Stone, John Upham, Jr. 
 Post 40. Commander W. w'. Sampson, E. E. Currier, T. E. Barker. 
 Post 41. Commandei- Charles H. Clark, William H. Clark, John C. 
 
 Schmidt. 
 Post 42. Commander George H Richardson, C. H. Richardson, M. N. 
 
 Peabody, C. A. R. Dimon, J. C. Quinn, F. B Peabody. 
 Post 43 Commander E. C. Marsh, John S. Fay, William A. Alley. 
 Post 44. Commander Samuel F. Draper, Freeman Faii:.banks. 
 Post 45. Albert C. Andrews, Benj. E. Cook. 
 Post 46. Commander John H. Abbott, Frank McGraw, Charles Hoar, 
 
 John Fleet. 
 Post 47. Commander William H. Johnson, E. G. W. Cartwright, Charles 
 
 E. Peabody, Edgar () Bullock, Dudley P. Corson. 
 Post 48. Commander J. Q. A. McCollester, Henry C. Sherwin. 
 Post 49. Commander John A. Bean, Thomas E. Cutter, George W. 
 
 Thomas, Caleb P. Davis, Jr , Philip H Creasey. 
 Post 50. Commander William H. Hildreth, B. Hardy Millett, George 
 
 O. Peirce, Edward C Spofford. 
 Post 51. Senior Vice-Commander Emmon B. Corbin, Palmer P. Johnson. 
 Post 52. Commander Ellis R Holbrook. Marcus F. Delano. 
 
SEVENTEKNTH ANNUAL. ENCAMl'MKNT. 
 
 Post 53. 
 Post 54. 
 Post 55. 
 Post 56 
 Post 57. 
 Post 58. 
 
 Post 59, 
 Post fiO. 
 Post 61. 
 Post 62. 
 
 Post 63. 
 Post 64. 
 Post 65. 
 Post 66. 
 Post 67. 
 Post 68. 
 
 Post 69, 
 Post 70. 
 Post 71. 
 Post 72. 
 Post 73. 
 
 Post 74. 
 Post 75, 
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 Post 77. 
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 Post 79. 
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 Post 83, 
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 Post 87. 
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 Post 90. 
 
 Post 91. 
 Post 92. 
 
 Post 93. 
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 Post 95. 
 Post 96, 
 Post 97. 
 
 Post 98. 
 Post 99. 
 
 Commander M. Beals, T. J. Ames, Henry Joy. 
 
 Commander .lohn L. Bruce 
 
 Commander Simeon T. Wilber, Ed^ar G. Blandin. 
 
 Commander Daniel T. Dubii?, Melville C Beedle. 
 
 Commander J. F. Capelle, A. M. Lunt, William Gallagher. 
 
 Commander Benjamin S. Lovell, Geoi'ge F. Mavnard, Francis 
 
 A. Bickucll, John P. Burrell, John W. Hart, Charles 
 
 Hawes. 
 Commander Edward F. Winn, Peter O. Lynds. 
 Commander O. H. Ingalls, W. H. Williams. 
 Commander E. P. Morton, T. K Bates. V M. Jepson. 
 Commander W. A. Witherbee, Thomas Pickthall, D. A. Conant, 
 
 S. E Morse. 
 Commander F'rank P. Simonds, James H. Wright. 
 Commander Louis L. Stone 
 Commander Henry C. Bruce, H. M. Converse. 
 Commander John S. Beck, E. B. Withered, W. H. Warren. 
 Commander Henry T. Bingham, Wm. A. Stone, 
 Commander Herbert S. Cole, Charles B Fox, S. A. Gushing, 
 
 Jr , Cnther Moulton, .Jr. 
 Commander Edward S. Kendall, Abner E. Drury. 
 Commander Rodney D. Loomis, A. H. Batcbelor. 
 Commander Harry Crosby, J J. Callanem, A. N. Ricker, 
 Commander Lysander W^ood, E. A. Lothrop. 
 Commander Augustus H Wright, John W. Sproul, Henry B. 
 
 Peirce. 
 J. II. Harper, W. B. Seavey. 
 
 Commander R. K. Brown, L. P Benton, T. C. Silke. 
 Commander Alouzo H Perry, Benj. A. Hathaway, Arthur S. 
 
 Byrnes. 
 Commander Isaac Damon 
 Commander Timothy Reed, William II. Gurney, Darius B. 
 
 Mason. 
 Commander Peter Snyder, George S. Stockwell. 
 Commander George T. Fayerweather, T. N. Gates. 
 Commander H. W Martin, George F. Robinson 
 Commander William H. Brown, Joseph Gregory, Thomas 
 
 Swasey, Jr., William F\ Sinclair. 
 Commander K. C. Waterman, Horace S. Tower. 
 W. W. Foster. 
 
 Commander George S Marsh, Henry Council, Frank P. Clark. 
 Commander W. C. Pomeroy. 
 Commander Henry A Monk, Royal Belcher. 
 Commander Isaac M Holt, AVarren B. Muuroe. 
 Commander James Maguire, Jeremiah Ferguson, Rufus B. 
 
 Ferguson, William H. Morgan. 
 Commander P. H. O'Connell, George W Kenny, William J. 
 
 ^lurphy. 
 Commander A. L Bundy. 
 
 Commander Benjamin F. Sanborn, David Reed, Michael Cal- 
 lahan. 
 Commander G R Pierce, J A. Richmond. 
 Commander Alexander R. Holmes, Raymond S Byam, 
 Commander James H. Boyce, Charles II. Mansfield 
 Commander D. M Bailev, F. M. Harrington, Josiah Proctor. 
 Commander George M. Abbey, D. K. Shumway, Alvertus 
 
 Morse, Myron P. Walker. 
 Commander C. A. Gross 
 Commander Peter D. Smith, Brainard Cummings, Sanford K. 
 
 Goldsmith 
 
78 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., O.A.R. 
 
 Post 100. 
 Post 101. 
 Post 102. 
 Post 103. 
 Post 104. 
 Post 105. 
 Post lOG. 
 Post 107. 
 Post 108. 
 Post 109. 
 Post 110. 
 Post 111. 
 Post 112. 
 Post 113. 
 Post 114. 
 Post 115. 
 Post 116. 
 Post 117. 
 Post 118. 
 Post 110 
 Post 120. 
 Post 121. 
 
 Post 122 
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 Post 125. 
 PO.ST 126. 
 Post 127. 
 Post 128. 
 Post 129. 
 Post 130. 
 Post 131. 
 Post 132. 
 Post 133. 
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 Post 135 
 Post 136. 
 Post 137. 
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 Post 139. 
 
 Post 140. 
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 Post 143. 
 Post 144 
 PO.ST 145. 
 Post 146. 
 Post 147 
 Post 148 
 Post 149 
 Post 150. 
 Post 151. 
 Post 152. 
 
 Coinmander Ernest Wagner, Charles E. Trow. 
 
 Commander W. W. Ray. N. E. Ladcl 
 
 Commander George A. Fletcher, J. Walter Bradlee. 
 
 Commander Charles H Tracy. 
 
 Commander William H. Thomas, P. Nichols Spragne 
 
 E. Warren Harback 
 
 Commander Eugene R. Prior, Calvin W. Pool. 
 
 C W. Cross 
 
 Commander E. P. Wildes, 11. X. Harrison. 
 
 Commander B. F. French. 
 
 Commander W A Croak, Sam. White. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander E. H. Richards, A. N. Sampson 
 
 Commander CO. Rol)erts, George A Grant. 
 
 Commander M P. Palmer. 
 
 C. B. BeckAvith. 
 
 Commander William F. Guild, John H. Pember. 
 
 Commander John R. Merritt, William G Earp. 
 
 Morse, Leonard G. Babcock. 
 
 F. Uraun, F. C Wasley, W. W. Tattle. 
 
 B. French, George L. Eldridge, David 
 
 Roswell L. Doane. 
 
 Commander John N, 
 Commander Charles 
 Commander Lemuel 
 
 W. Lewis. 
 Commander L F. Currier. 
 Commander James Oliver, Jr. 
 Not represented 
 
 Commander Charles M. Whelden, Robert B. Dickie. 
 Commander S. H. Smith, F. L. AVheelock. 
 Commander Charles Atwood, Edward Pendleton. 
 Commander Leach Clark. 
 Not represented. 
 Commander Henry A Walker. 
 Commander Jerome Bottomly, J. F. KeWer. 
 Commander S Wells Hunt, ,J. H. Stevens. 
 Commander William H. Wade, Edward P. Davis 
 Commander Jolm D. N. R Powell, John C. Lambert. 
 Commander Hammond W Page, Joseph Mitchell. 
 Commander Edward W. Hubbard, James G. Shannon. 
 Commander George H. Walker, Cornelius Emmons. 
 Commander Charles W. Parker, Isaiah Hutchins. 
 Commander Charles F King, John A. Cumraings, F. H 
 
 Buftum. 
 Commander William E. Jaquith, J. H. Cox. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Charles IL Fuller, N. S Robinson. 
 Commander T. W. Clements, A. G. Sanborn, W. Y. Gross. 
 Commander C. A. Taft, A. B. Wentworth. 
 Commander Fred L LeBaron, Thomas K. Gay, E. S. Horton. 
 Commander Chas. H. Harrison. 
 Commander H. C. Corains. 
 Commander William A Snow, E. B Stillings. 
 Commander William H. Seymour, David D. Pike. 
 Commander F. A. Fisk. 
 Commander Ephraim Bailey. 
 Commander Timothy Andrews. 
 
 The next business was the reports of Department Officers, 
 commencing with the address of the Department Commander, 
 George H. Patch, as follows : — 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 79 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER GEORGE 11. PATCH. 
 
 Comrades : Another circuit of the seasons brings us again 
 together face to face as members of the organization we love so 
 well, to review the work of the past year, take counsel as to the 
 duties of the present, and prepare ourselves for the work of the 
 future. 
 
 And as we meet here in that full fraternit}' of feeling that 
 always marks the true comrade, and consider for the hour the 
 present strength and prosperity of our Department and the har- 
 mony that has prevailed among the various Posts in our jurisdic- 
 tion, sve should not forget (no matter what altar we bow before 
 as individuals) to thank the Great Commander of the Universe 
 who has protected and preserved us through the changing vicissi- 
 tudes of the past twelve mouths, and by His grace and mercy so 
 controlled our daily lives as to make us more willing than ever to 
 practise to the fullest extent the virtues of our creed. Fraternity, 
 Charity and Loyalt}', — Fraternity toward each other. Charity to 
 the need}" and destitute, and Loyaltv to our principles and our 
 common country. 
 
 We have met here not as a body of men to advance selfish 
 schemes or encourage personal aims, but as the representatives of 
 a grand and victorious contest in behalf of freedom and union ; 
 not to plan for the beuelit of the few, but in behalf of personal 
 freedom, true manhood and our nation's honor, all allied to the 
 desires and hopes of the many. 
 
 AVe do not meet here in the boyish enthusiasm of youth, but 
 in strength and maturity of manhood, with a full knowledge of 
 our position before the generation of today, and as ever with loyal 
 and true hearts to our country and its flag. 
 
 We meet to renew our faith in the great principles of our 
 Order, faith in the true comradeship of Fraternity that shall bind 
 us more strongly together as age increases our infirmities and 
 depletes our membership. Faith in that universal Charity that 
 embraces in its beneficence the deserving soldier or his family 
 wherever found, and faith in those vows of devotion to Loyaltj' 
 and to the government we fought to maintain, the best that human 
 wisdom ever devised, and under which the principles we fought 
 for can best be secured. And finally we meet in full accord with, 
 and undimmed faith in the belief that Ave are the representatives 
 of that Grand Ami}- of the Union, which stood as a wall of 
 patriotism against the assaults of treason, and added to the dig- 
 nity and glory of the citizen soldiership of America. 
 
 As in those days of our soldier life we questioned no com- 
 rade's race, sect, or creed, but only his patriotism and love of 
 
80 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.H. 
 
 country', so tonight we question no comrade save in accordance 
 witli our Rules and Regulations that we may test his patriotic 
 devotion to, and faithful service in the Grand Army. Rank, 
 position and service disappear in the title " Comrade," and all 
 meet upon equal and exact footing in our Encampment. 
 
 With such sentiments inspiring our hearts, we have met to 
 perform the annual work of this Encampment, and in full frater- 
 nity of feeling I bid you welcome and ask your attention while 
 I review the work of the 3'ear, and render an account of my 
 stewardship in the high and honorable position to which I was 
 elevated by your suffrages at the Encampment held in this hall 
 Jan. 30 and 31, 1882. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1882, the Department was composed of 137 Posts, 
 with an aggregate membership of 10,252, a clear gain of 1,363 
 under the commandership of Comrade Creasey. The report of 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General imbued me with the idea that the 
 excellent S3'stem adopted by m}^ predecessor was worthy of con- 
 tinuance, and with the hope in my heart that the end of my offi- 
 cial year would see at least 15,000 members in our ranks and 150 
 Posts in our Department, I took up the work Commander Creasey 
 laid down. While the fondest anticipations have not been real- 
 ized the results have been very satisfactory, as we number today 
 more than 12,400 members and they are represented by 151 Posts. 
 Three of the new Posts belong by courtesy to the administration 
 of Comrade Creasey, but by the record they are placed to the 
 credit of the present year. And to offset that I have organized 
 three Posts since Jan. 1, 1883, and have at headquarters the 
 application for a new Post at Wincheudon, with the prospect of 
 another from Somerset, both of which I leave as seed corn for my 
 successor to cultivate and cause them to bring forth good fruit. 
 The net gain of the Department to Dec. 31, 1882, was 2,161, and 
 the present condition of the Order has never been equalled. 
 Stronger in numbers and finances, and I believe stronger in Fra- 
 ternity than ever, we stand today without a single dissenting or 
 discordant element in our ranks, ready for the coming duties and 
 work of the future. 
 
 FINANCIAL. 
 
 The financial condition of the Department was never so good 
 as today. At Department Headquarters there are no liabilities, 
 and we are in possession of property and funds to the amount of 
 81,293.77. 
 
 The report of the Department Inspector will show that we 
 are the banner Department in charity. There has been expended 
 in the year from Sept. 30, 1881, to Sept. 30, 1882, $28,429.53, 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNLAL ENCAMPMENT. 81 
 
 and ill Post treasuries there remain $88,280.53, thus presenting 
 indisputal)le evidence that our comrades understand the objects 
 of our Order. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 This day of hallowed remembrances and sad recollections was 
 never so generally observed as the one o*" the past j'ear. Reports 
 received from all parts of the Commonwealth show that the mem- 
 bers of our Order paraded in larger numbers than ever before, 
 took a deeper interest in the ceremonies, and had the cordial 
 co-operation of the pulilic to a greater degree than has ever been 
 noticed. This is due largely to the fact that it has been made by 
 law a legal holiday. That it is too much of a holiday in its tech- 
 nical sense is regretted by the members of the Order and by that 
 class of our citizens who regard it as a national day of consecra- 
 tion, but while, as on other public days, sports and games will be 
 resorted to ijy the pleasure-loving portions of our communities, 
 it gives an opportunit}' for the comrades to lay aside the pursuits 
 of business, forego the demands of labor, and assemble with their 
 various Posts, and in the quiet cemeteries, removed from the bus- 
 tle of every-day life, touch elbow to elbow again with the shadowy 
 hosts of the past, who, by their sacrifices and devotion, made 
 the day a possibility. Many of the Posts have changed their 
 former program of arrangements, and assemble in the afternoon 
 of the day in a quiet way, proceed to the cemeteries, decorate the 
 graves, and return to the Post headquarters and dismiss ; and 
 assemble in the evening, and, joined by the general public, hold 
 impressive memorial services in church or public hall. If this 
 can be done without neglecting the visitation to every grave, I 
 believe it to be an innovation worthy of practice, for, it seems to 
 me, the Grand Army must not lose sight of the great lesson we 
 are teaching by our presence and influence upon the generation of 
 today, who are familiar with the causes that produced the war and 
 the cost by which our flag was kept unsullied and country undi- 
 vided, onl}' by the pages of history. Some of the Posts in our 
 Department iiave adopted the custom of a special memorial ser- 
 vice on the Sabbath prior to or following Memorial Day, as those 
 exercises partake both of a religious and patriotic nature. I 
 recommend each Post to hold such services yearly, when possible, 
 the Sunda}' prior to Memorial Day, in order to prepare the people 
 for the observance of the coming day of consecration. 
 
 I cordially concur in the suggestion I was asked to make con- 
 cerning the presence of the children. Let them join with us, by 
 all means, in dedicating one day in the year to the memory of the 
 brave men who died that the nation might live. Train their young 
 hearts to love and respect men who died for prinoii)le, turn their 
 childish steps to those quiet resting-places of the dead, where they 
 
82 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 may learn the true nobility that humanity is capable of, and 
 guided by such teachings, they will attain the dignity and stature 
 of manhood and womanhood, and realize more fully that the 
 safety of a free republic depends upon the services of her sons. 
 
 We must use every effort and encourage every movement 
 that will tend to keep the day sacred to the people, so that in the 
 age and feebleness of our organization, the generations that come 
 after us shall see to it that the sentiments that cluster around the 
 Day of Memorial may cement more firmly the bond of union, and 
 control and guide them to a nobler citizenship, and a higher 
 appreciation of the blessings of free government, which under the 
 Constitution was made certain and secure by the patriotism of 
 those men whose services are that day commemorated. 
 
 THE soldiers' HOME. 
 
 Since the assembling of the last Convention the Soldiers' 
 Home on Powder Horn Hill in Chelsea has been opened. I regret, 
 as I believe you all do, the absence of the master mind who for 
 years has been the head and front of the effort to make it a suc- 
 cess ; and I rejoice with you that he has lived to see the fondest 
 realization of his expectations. With increasing 3'ears the usual 
 robust health that has blessed him in the past began to fail, and 
 he is today in the far West, hoping to regain some of his former 
 vigor. As Department Commander he was loved and respected, 
 as President of the Board of Trustees of the Home none were 
 better known, and I ask you, my comrades, to join with me in 
 sending to him in his far-away home our heartiest sympathy, and 
 our united wish for his complete restoration to health, and that 
 the blessing of the Almighty may comfort and sustain him every 
 daj' of his life. 
 
 The Department Chaplain will embody in his report a detailed 
 story of the condition of the Home, and I only desire to state that 
 up to the present time everything is working in a most satisfac- 
 tory manner under the efficient superintendent. Gen. James A. 
 Cunningham, and the assistance of his wife, the matron of the 
 Home, who is a treasure indeed, and loved by every one of the 
 veterans who are the recipients of her kindness. 
 
 The average number of inmates for the last three months has 
 been about one hundred, the maximum number that can be accom- 
 modated with the present fund to draw from. 
 
 The trustees will ask an appropriation from the Legislature 
 of a sufficient sum to maintain such a number as the Home will 
 accommodate. The only fund now at the disposal of the trustees 
 is less than $25,000, and as that is not large enough to create an 
 interest fund of sufficient magnitude to support the Home, the 
 principal is rapidly and surely depleting. 
 
SEVKNTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPJIENT 83 
 
 The trustees rely upon your cordial support iu their endeavor 
 to raise the necessary amount of funds to make secure the benefits 
 of the Home to the a<ied and disabled soldiers of the Common- 
 wealth, who, in the prime of their manhood, took their lives in 
 their hands and marched to the front in defence of the honor of 
 the State of their birth or adoption. 
 
 I recommend that at each succeeding annnal Convention of 
 this Department the trustees of the Home be requested to submit 
 a report of the yearly work of the Home to the delegates assem- 
 bled, in order that the Grand Army which created the Home may 
 be kept fully informed as to its condition and needs. 
 
 COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 I give my voice and influence to the encouragement and con- 
 tinuance of county associations, and am glad to know that the 
 comrades are realizing their value when conducted entirely in the 
 interest of the Order. If used to gratify personal ambition, the 
 sooner they are abandoned the better. 
 
 Tlie plan of action lately adopted meets my hearty approval, 
 and I am sure will reduce the expense of a county association, 
 simplify its system of organization, and redound to the good of 
 the Posts in the counties where it is carried out. I refer to the 
 apparent intention to abstain from yearly encampments and 
 parades, and have monthly and semi-monthl}' visitations. I am 
 of the opinion that the day for parades and camps of the Grand 
 Army is past. Disguise the fact as you may, notwithstanding 
 the youthful appearance of many of our comrades, the truth is we 
 are getting too old to endure the tramp over paving stones in a 
 city, or the usual march through every accepted street of the 
 large country town. But we can assemble in delegation and in 
 barge, omnibus or boat-sleigh, as the season permits, ride several 
 miles to attend a camp-fire, and after enjoying the flow of elo- 
 quence, wit and reminiscence, supply the inner man with sub- 
 stantial yet inexpensive collation, and cheered by the exhilaration 
 of the appetizing coffee, our nerves calmed by the customary 
 smoke, ride home again, even at a late hour, and after a sound 
 sleep, such as must come after temperate enjoyment, awake 
 refreshed for the duties of the coming day. 
 
 To these visitations, which may be had at stated intervals 
 not to interfere with the regular meetings, I recommend that 
 worthy soldiers not members of the Order be invited, that they 
 receive the baptism of spirit that may bring them into the fold. 
 
 In this connection I desire to state that on such occasions as 
 Posts may decide to be best for their interest, I recommend that 
 the general public be invited to attend, that they may see how the 
 Grand Army enjoys itself, and learn that a camp-fire means noth- 
 
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 ing but a gatheriug of soldiers who are glad to see their friends, 
 aud at those meetings nothing occurs that any good citizen can 
 object to. 
 
 I am inclined to doubt the good results of an encampment 
 under canvas, from the fact that it appears to be ditHcult to get 
 a sufficient number together to make it a success. Most of our 
 comrades are poor men, and the loss of time, with the extra 
 expense, little though it may be, draws too heavily upon those 
 whose presence would add much to the interest of the encamp- 
 ment. In alluding to this subject I desire to cast no reflection 
 upon those camps that have been held, or the comrades who have 
 labored hard to make them successful. 
 
 THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 It was my pleasure and privilege to attend the National 
 Encampment at Baltimore, and I was honored by the escort of 
 Dahlgren Post 2 of South Boston, to whom I desire to publicly 
 express my thanks for the courtes}' and kindness extended to 
 myself and such of my staff as joined me in accepting the honor 
 of a special escort. By their kindness I joined with them in 
 receiving the true soldier's welcome from the comrades of Phila- 
 delphia, and I, as Department Commander of Massachusetts, 
 received all the honors the position was entitled to. The recep- 
 tion of, and attention paid to Dahlgren Post, and the honor paid 
 to me otticially, I am sure cemented stronger the true comradeship 
 of the veterans of the Keystone State aud the old Bay State, 
 and I believe I spoke the sentiments of your hearts when, in 
 responding for the Department of Massachusetts, I assured them 
 a warm welcome should their footsteps turn toward our Depart- 
 ment, for T am convinced that P^raternity is not one of the lost 
 arts among the comrades in our old Commonwealth. 
 
 Massachusetts was represented at the National Convention 
 by a full delegation, and I am glad to say all were united in 
 purpose and harmonious in action. The evening of the day we 
 arrived in Baltimore I called a meeting of the delegates, and 
 after a full and free discussion of more than four hours unani- 
 mously agreed upon our course in the Encampment; and all 
 acted in unison when the Convention assembled. 
 
 In the ballot for Commander-in-Chief we cast our first vote 
 for that eloquent veteran, the legless Corporal Tanner ; but as it 
 was apparent that the voice of the Convention was calling for the 
 private soldier from the West instead of the corporal from the 
 East, we changed our vote on the second ballot and the present 
 Commander-in-Chief was elected. 
 
 The last day of the Convention caused the position of 
 Chaplaiu-in-Chief to be transferred from Massachusetts to New 
 York, but our delegation, alive to the interests of our Depart- 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 85 
 
 ment, secured the election of another comrade to a position in the 
 National Encampment, Surgeon-General Comrade Azel Ames, 
 Jr., the present Medical Director of the Department. Upon his 
 return from the Elncampment he tendered his resignation as 
 Medical Director, but as his position was an elective and not an 
 appointive one, by the advice of the Council of Administration, 
 in concurrence with my own opinion, he withdrew the resignation 
 in order that the comrades of this Encampment might elect his 
 successor. 
 
 I am greatly impressed with the necessity of sending a full 
 delegation to each National Encampment in the future, that the 
 prestige Massachusetts has obtained in the past may lose nothing 
 of its influence hereafter; and in my recommendations to the 
 Encampment shall suggest something for their consideration in 
 relation to the delegates to the next National P^ncampment. 
 
 THE woman's relief CORPS. 
 
 This association, which came into existence four years ago, 
 has passed its days of swaddling clothes and todaj^ stands upon 
 a firm basis. Its objects are well understood by the comrades 
 and the results of the labors of that earnest band of women 
 workers is, 1 am sure, a benefit to this Department. Recognized 
 by the comrades of this State as auxiliary to our organization 
 and commended by the Commander-in-Chief in General Orders, 
 I believe we should extend to them that fraternal feeling that the 
 principles of our Order inculcate. Their work is confined to 
 assisting the widow and orphan and our suffering comrades ; 
 surely there seems to be nothing in such action to merit the 
 disapproval of any member of the Grand Army, and so far as 
 my personal observation and inquiry has led me to investigate, I 
 am satisfied that in communities where Posts and Relief Corps 
 work in harmony together, the best possible results have been 
 obtained. And if, in the history of the organization, it has some- 
 times happened that the best of feeling did not exist, I submit 
 that it would be fairer to place the blame where the facts of the 
 case leave it, rather than censure the motives of the organization 
 whose objects are kindred to our own. The Relief Corps in this 
 State now number nine hundred and forty-one members — a 
 gain of two hundred and twenty-seven the past year, with a net 
 gain of five regularly organized Corps. This, certainly, is an 
 evidence of their vitality. They expended in the year 1882 the 
 sum of Sr>,043.70, against $1,117.97 in 1881, and have a balance 
 on hand in the treasurj^ of 81,155.5G. This surelj' indicates 
 charity and also united work, which is necessary to secure sub- 
 stantial results. If the above are recognized as facts, then indeed 
 does the Woman's Relief Corps deserve our hearty commendation. 
 I am satisfied that the Corps, like the Grand Army, is gaining 
 
86 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 wisdom by experience and is fast outgrowing wliat may have 
 seemed to some to be vital defects in its organization ; and wliile 
 I may differ with tliem upon questions of policy, I certainly feel 
 it to be my duty to commend their organizations to all Posts who^ 
 can unite and work in harmony with them as an organization. 
 In answer to my request for a few facts to present to this 
 Encampment concerning their work during the past year, the 
 Secretary of the Relief Corps says, after giving me the figures 
 above used: "And we look forward to the coming year with 
 hopefulness and deep earnestness, that the results of our work 
 as a baud of women may prove financially and socially a benefit 
 to that noble organization, the G.A.R., for whose advancement 
 and interest we most fervently pray." To such sentiments we 
 can all say amen. And while we maj^ not be able to reconcile 
 individual opinions contrary to our convictions, we can stand 
 upon that broad plane of fairness and justice and as comrades 
 and gentlemen pay to these honest, earnest women that tribute 
 of respect and esteem due to all wives, sisters and mothers, who, 
 by their silent influence, exert such a power in our homes, our 
 State and our nation. 
 
 THE SONS OF VETERANS. 
 
 Twenty-two years ago this coming summer, when President 
 Lincoln called for men to defend the national capital, many 
 young men who today are citizens enjoying all the rights and 
 privileges under the law, Avere unborn. That significant fact 
 warns us that we are growing old in years, if not in enthusiasm 
 and love for the Order. I have always been opposed to the 
 introduction into our ranks of any but the genuine soldier ele- 
 ment, trusting that we shall complete our work with our original 
 membership unbroken save by death, and leaving to posterity 
 the grateful task of recounting our virtues and pronouncing our 
 epitaph; and I am still of the same opinion. But without any 
 attempt at prophecy, I can lift the veil of the future and see not 
 far distant the Grand Army of the Republic reporting more 
 losses by death each year than we gain by muster-in, and on 
 Memorial Day decorating more graves than we have members. 
 In this Department alone we place flowers on more than eight 
 thousand comrades' graves each year. I trust and believe that 
 our influence among the people of that day will increase in pro- 
 portion to our decreasing membership. But with increasing age 
 and its accompanying decrepitude comes a lack of power to 
 prosecute our work. Who shall take our place? Who shall 
 hold up our hands? Who better than our sons can take up the 
 work that we lay down and in the strength of their young man- 
 hood, inspired by the example of their fathers, honor our record 
 and perpetuate our principles? So, while I am heartily in favor 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. Si 
 
 of excludiug from our membership any but those allowed by the 
 preamble iu our Rules and Regulations, I cordially welcome the 
 Sons of Veterans who are of us, but not with us. They are, as 
 I understand it, an association composed of the sons of soldiers, 
 of sixteen years and upwards, banded together for the following 
 purposes : To establish fraternal and social relations between 
 each other for the mutual benefit of all concerned. To create 
 by their united effort a charity fund to be used to assist each 
 other in time of need. And an organization to encourage such 
 sentiments among the people as the principles of our organization 
 teach and by keeping their membership intact, take up the work 
 of the Grand Army, perpetuate its principles, and care for the 
 aged and needy veteran when the door of the Post room is closed 
 upon him forever by reason of disbaudment. I am not prepared 
 to ask this Encampment to take any action concerning them as 
 an organization, but recommend Posts to examine the merits of 
 the young association and, if they can endorse them and believe 
 it to be a benefit, assist them in increasing their membership. 
 
 FROM THE LAST ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 At the last meeting of this Encampment it was voted that 
 the Department Commander petition the General Court for an 
 annual appropriation of $10,000 in favor of the Massachusetts 
 Soldiers' Home. The petition was duly presented and referred 
 to the Joint Military Committee. I appeared before that com- 
 mittee twice and was supported b}' Past Commanders Adams 
 and Creasey and Senior Vice-Commander Hart, and we advocated 
 the appropriation, supporting it with such statements as the case 
 demanded. The committee, a majority of whom happened to 
 be Grand Army men, received us courteously and gave us a fair 
 hearing ; but owing to the fact that the Home was unopened and 
 at that time we could not decide upon a date for opening, the 
 committee, fearing the project would be defeated during its 
 passage thi'ough the Legislature, deemed it wise to refer it to the 
 next General Court, which was accordingly done. 
 
 The vote of the last PLucampment, providing for a collection 
 for the Soldiers' Home on the third Sundav in October, should 
 have been carried out by a circular being sent from Department 
 Headquarters, calling attention of Posts to the fact. I plead 
 guilty to an entire forgetfulness of the vote of the Convention 
 until the time stated had passed. The near approach to Thanks- 
 giving and the holiday season, and the fact that the trustees 
 intended to again petition the General Court for an appropriation, 
 caused me to question the expediency of sending the circular later, 
 and the vote of the Encampment has not been carried into effect. 
 
88 HISTORY DEI^T. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 WORK 01- POSTS, 
 
 Paragraph 5 of General Order No. 8 called upon all Post 
 Commanders to report the number of camp-fires, fairs, missionarj' 
 meetings and other gatherings held by Posts during the year. I 
 desired to show what the Posts had been doing under my admin- 
 istration to build up the Order and thought to embody it in my re- 
 port to this Encampment. But as only nineteen Posts responded 
 to the order, I am led to believe that they care but little about 
 the matter, and therefore no report of such facts will be made. 
 
 RECOMMENDATIONS. 
 
 The suggestions I offer under this head are made after care- 
 ful consideration of the various propositions they refer to and a 
 conviction that such action as is covered by the recommendations 
 will result in benefit. 
 
 soldiers' records. 
 
 The preparation of several regimental histories has developed 
 the fact that there are many inaccuracies in our records at the 
 State House, also in the rolls of the War Department at Wash- 
 ington. Men are reported dead at Andersonville who died at 
 Macon, others reported dead who are living today; some men 
 who enlisted and served for months in a company and are living 
 today and can prove their service, are met by the fact that they 
 were never officially in such a command and should they desire 
 to secure State aid, pension, back pay or any other legitimate 
 claim, can never obtain it until the error has been corrected. 
 Just how far the Grand Army can take any action 1 am in doubt. 
 But I recommend that the incoming Council of Administration 
 investigate the facts in the case and if they can devise any remed}' 
 for the evil, give them full power to request the State and 
 national authorities, upon proper evidence of an error being 
 shown, to cause an official correction to be made or an addenda 
 made up announcing such corrections ; such addenda to be 
 attached to the original record of each land and naval organi- 
 zation. 
 
 DEPARTMENT RECORDS. 
 
 Since the organization of this Department the records have 
 been well kept and of late years a great deal of care- has been 
 used to place them in such a position as to insure them from the 
 disastrous effects of fire, that on one occasion proved to be of 
 incalculable damage to the Department. The books and papers 
 are at present stored in a fire-proof vault for safe keeping, while 
 the increasing business of the Department causes an aggregation 
 of the value of the papers and the urgent necessity of safe 
 keeping. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMIWIENT. 89 
 
 The fact thnt our organization has come to stay for a term 
 x)f 3'ears, to say the least, makes our records of peculiar interest 
 to our membership. Each year the records of our annual 
 Encampment are printed in pamphlet form for distribution to 
 the several Posts. I recommend that the incoming Council of 
 Administration be authorized to cause the reports of the various 
 Encampments to be published in one volume, including all 
 General Orders issued by the various Commanders, and fui-nished 
 at cost to the Posts who shall desire thein ; the Council not to 
 proceed to incur such expense until a sufficient number are 
 ordered to insure the expense of publication. With over twelve 
 thousand members in the Department I am inclined to believe 
 that there are enough members who would like such a record to 
 refer to occasionally, and in case of fire at headquarters such of 
 the records as would be embodied in the volume could easily be 
 replaced. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 I recommend that the delegates in Convention assembled 
 instruct the delegates to the National Encampment to cause the 
 last sentence of Article VII., Chapter 2, to be stricken out. The 
 sentence referred to is as follows: "If there is no election on 
 the first two ballots, the name of the comrade receiving the lowest 
 number of votes shall be dropped and so on in successive ballots 
 until an election is made." As I understand the spirit of the 
 Grand Army, the right of free and equal suffrage is assured to 
 all comrades in good standing. Believing that the sentence 
 referred to disfranchises every comrade who desires to continue 
 voting for the comrade who receives the " lowest number of 
 votes," I am opposed to its remaining as a portion of the Rules 
 and Regulations. 
 
 SUSPENDED MEMBERS. 
 
 I again renew a recommendation that I have several times 
 endeavored to carry through the Convention when a delegate, 
 that under the caption " Arrearages," the word " may," in 
 Sections 3 and 4, be substituted for the word " shall," leaving it 
 optional with Posts as to the disposition of non-paying members. 
 The rule is peremptory and is as unjust as it is iron-clad. For 
 the (Quartermaster who obej's the rule is clearl3' bound to suspend 
 every member who is six months in arrears, or drop from the 
 rolls any comrade one year in arrears. Such comrade may be 
 one thousand miles away from home, may be confined to his bed 
 by sickness, and, if the facts are not known to the Quartermaster, 
 great injustice may be done. There appears to be no need of 
 such a rule, as Posts, in my judgment, are the best judges of 
 their own membership and if the harsh word " shall " be stricken 
 out and the milder word " may " inserted, Posts who feel that 
 
90 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 they need to use severer measures can so adapt their by-laws to 
 reguhite any necessary difficulty that may arise. I trust the 
 Convention may agree with me and ask our delegates to the 
 National Encampment to endeavor to secure such amendment to 
 the Rules and Regulations. 
 
 TRANSFERS. 
 
 One of the most vexatious provisions of the Rules and Regu- 
 lations is the system of transfers. In my opinion it is as useless 
 as it is troublesome, of no benefit to the Gi'and Army, and 
 a positive injury in many cases to comrades holding such a paper. 
 Under the present rules any comrade in good standing who desires 
 shall receive a transfer, good for a year from the date of its 
 issuance, and during that year he pays no dues, enjoys all the 
 privileges of every comrade who is paying, and if, at the end of 
 the year, he is not admitted to membership in anj' Post, he is 
 honorably discharged and during the year is subject for purposes 
 of discipline only to the Post giving the card. If a comrade 
 present such transfer to any other Post he has to accompany it 
 with an application, and if rejected by the Post his name has to 
 be forwarded to Department Headquarters, when, in point of 
 fact, if he is not admitted to membership in any other Post 
 prior to the expiration of the j^ear, he is honorably discharged. 
 Section 3, Article IV., Chapter I., provides the remedy for all the 
 trouble of the transfer system. That provides for an honorable 
 discharge ; any comrade in good standing can receive one by 
 asking and then can do just what he would have to do if he had 
 a transfer, make out a new application. He could be elected, 
 admitted without muster and renew his membership by renewing 
 his obligation. I trust this Encampment will coincide with my 
 views and instruct the delegates to amend Article IV., Chapter 
 I., by striking out the whole of Section 2. 
 
 COUNCIL AND DELEGATES. 
 
 In speaking of the Nfltion^l Encampment I stated I should 
 suggest something to the Convention concerning delegates. The 
 recently awakened interest in the Grand Army in the great States 
 of the West and their inc;'ease in membership makes it possible 
 in the near future for any National Encampment to contain a 
 majority of delegates who may by their votes keep the annual 
 meeting west of the Mississippi river, and can, if strong enough, 
 elect officers without any special regard for the interests of New 
 England. Massachusetts has always been a power in the 
 National Encampment because of the united front presented by 
 their delegation, which in many cases was supported by the dele- 
 gates from all the New England States. To keep that position 
 in the future it will be necessary to send a full delegation ; and. 
 
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 as the ncKt Encampment is to be held at Denver. Col., twenty- 
 four hours' ride beyond Omaha, it is important that only those 
 deleo-ates are selected who will pledge themselves to go; and as 
 the Selection of our representatives is a matter that ought to be 
 carefully considered, I recommend that the committee usually 
 appointed l)e divided and suggest that two committees be selected, 
 viz., a committee of Hve to bring in a list of names for the 
 Council of Administration, and one of eleven to bring in a list ot 
 deleo-ates and nlternntes to the National P:ncampment. This will 
 divide the responsibilities and prevent members of the committee 
 from having a pressure brought to bear upon them from two 
 directions. ^ I trust the comrades will agree with me in this 
 matter to the end that proper representatives may be selected 
 who are sure to go and make the influence of our Department a 
 power for good in" our next National Encampment. 
 
 PERSONAL WOKK. 
 
 The sense of inward satisfaction I feel at the results of the 
 past year has induced me to give to the Encampment a brief 
 resuv'e of my labors, in which I have everywhere been met by 
 such loyal support and fraternal recognition that the cares of 
 official responsibilities and the duties of my office have been so 
 lio-htened and my efforts so encouraged that what was a duty 
 became a pleasure. I have been able to represent the Department 
 on eio-hty-ei^rht different occasions and as near as I compute from 
 my note-book, have met the comrades of more than one hundred 
 and ten Posts of this Department. 1 have represented the com- 
 rades of this State at Calais, Me., Philadelphia, Pa., and Balti- 
 more Md In our own Department I have attended twenty-tour 
 camp-fires, thirteen Grand Army fairs, eight anniversary dinners, 
 ortranized one Post and assisted at the organization or remstitn- 
 tio^u of four others, attended the dedication of the Colosseum at 
 Lynn and the dedication of three Grand Army halls, attended 
 six memorial services, delivered two Memorial Day addresses 
 and one special memorial address at Beverly, visited a meeting 
 of the Loyal Legion, attended eleven regimental reunions and 
 three balls given by Posts of this Department ; and at all these 
 gatherings I have endeavored to fitly represent the organization 
 which I have the honor to command. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OFFICERS. 
 
 When I first met with the Council of Administration and 
 explained to them my ideas of building up the Order and my 
 hopes for the coining^ year, I expressed the wish to all present 
 that they would use their own iudgment in visiting Posts, taking 
 upon themselves the full authority to officially visit any Post at 
 their convenience; and I urged the Senior and -lunior Vice-Com- 
 
92 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 mautlers uot to feel under obligation to accompany me when I was 
 called, but rather to be prepared to represent me before Posts 
 whose invitations I should be obliged to decline. This suggestion 
 Ihey have carried out to the letter as their report to me will show. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Hart has accompanied me but six 
 times the past year, although he has made thirty-two otticial 
 visitations, having represented the Department Commander at 
 nine camp-fires, one monument dedication, one Colosseum dedi- 
 cation, four fairs, one picnic, one annual supper, attended the 
 National Encampment, visited and inspected four Posts, and 
 delivered three Memorial Day addresses. 
 
 Junior Vice-Commander Billings has made fifty-three official 
 visits to thirty-nine different Posts, in nine different counties of 
 the State, exclusive of marching with Plymouth County Conven- 
 tion at Marshfield ; or, in detail, he has both visited and inspected 
 six different Posts, performed two regular and two special instal- 
 lation services, attended three memorial services, ten camp-fires, 
 eight fairs, three anniversaries and five Norfolk County visita- 
 tions, and has in this work accompanied the Department Com- 
 mander on fifteen different occasions. 
 
 The members of the Council who were called upon to perform 
 certain duties did all they were asked to do. Comrade Sloane 
 inspected six Posts and visited ten others during the year. 
 Comrade Brown both visited and inspected four Posts, making 
 eight visitations in all. Comrade Parsons has made about 
 twenty visitations, beside attending to his inspection duty, and 
 assisted the Department Commander in organizing Post 1.52. 
 
 OFFICIAL STAFF. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General Meech has assisted at the organi- 
 zation of six Posts, visited and inspected eighteen Posts, attended 
 sixteen fairs, camp-fires and missionary meetings, and organized 
 three Posts. He has travelled three thousand miles in carrying 
 out the missionary work of the Order. 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster Goodale has visited and inspected 
 ten Posts and attended to the various duties of his office, and. 
 but for a long and severe illness, would have devoted much more 
 time to the work of the Order, and has been at the post of duty 
 whenever ordered by the Department Commander. 
 
 Inspector William L. Baird has performed all the duties of 
 his office faithfully, as his report will show, and has always 
 manifested great interest in the upbuilding of the Order. 
 
 Comrade E. B. Loring of Post 15 was appointed as Judge 
 Advocate of this Department and served in that position until 
 December 6. During that time he inspected several Posts, 
 attended camp-fires, Grand Army of the Republic fairs, and 
 performed such other duties as were required in the discharge of 
 his office. 
 
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 Judge Advocate Simpson has visited aud inspected five 
 Posts and attended the Department Commander on ionr oflicial 
 visitations, beside installing the otlicers of two Posts, making 
 sixteen tours of duty in all. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer Munroe has assisted at the organiza- 
 tion of eight Posts, visited four Posts in the spring and inspected 
 fourteen Posts in the fall, attended three camp-lires, thjee fairs 
 and one misionary meeting. In addition to this duty he was 
 called by the Commander-in-Chief to Omaha to open National 
 Headquarters and assist the newly appointed Adjutant-General in 
 starting the new National administration for the coming year. 
 During his visit West he attended several large gatherings of the 
 Grand Army in that section of the country, and during the past 
 two months has rendered valuable service to the Department in 
 the capacity of acting Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
 
 Early in the year I called together my staff and aides-de- 
 camp and the Council of Administration and laid before them a 
 plan of spring visitation to be oHicially made at the expense of 
 the aides-de-camp and other officers. I had the idea in view of 
 two official visitations, one in the early springtime, to get at the 
 condition of the several Posts, and thus, by reports to Headquar- 
 ters, show us where the weak points in our line were, so we could 
 attend to it at once ; and again, to have the same comrades 
 inspect the same Posts in the fall and note the loss or gain in 
 numbers, discipline or efficiency. 
 
 In this plan I was cordially supported by all, both elected 
 and appointed officers and aides-de-camp, but, owing to the time 
 taken in the selection of my aides, the work was delayed so that 
 but ninety-four Posts were visited and some of the Posts that 
 needed instruction and encouragement were neglected. But even 
 with the work partially done, I am more than satisfied wdth the 
 experiment, knowing that the spring visitation saved at least 
 three Posts to the Department who are now thriving aud prosper- 
 ous, and helped a number more over what soer-.ed to their, to be 
 a hard road and set their faces toward the r.:orniug. 
 
 The fall inspections were much more satisfactory ; as I am 
 happy to state, the report of the Department Inspector will show 
 that for the first ti:r.e in the history of this Department every 
 Post has been officially inspected. In selecting my aides-de-camp 
 I invariably sought present or past Post Commanders, whenever 
 such were found in the locality from which I desired to select an 
 aide. I selected twenty-eight, in order that I might get from that 
 number a corps of active workers who would carry out my ideas 
 to the letter. Contrary to my expectations, all but two have 
 proven loyal to the core and performed gallant service ; and the 
 
94 mSTOHV DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 two referred to were, from causes entirely beyond their control, 
 obliged to abstain from night work, but their hearts were in it, 
 though their bodies were absent. By the efforts of my aides-de- 
 camp I have been greatlj^ assisted and in justice to them I desire 
 to give you a brief rhume of their work. 
 
 Comrade Counig visited and inspected seven Posts and 
 attended three camp-fires. Comrade Pitman has inspected three 
 Posts, besides making several visitations to camp-fires and fairs. 
 Comrade Fellows has visited and inspected two Posts and 
 visited four other Posts, and attended the National Encampment, 
 a camp-fire and a dedicatory service. Comrade Philip Creasey 
 has accompanied the Department Commander on eight different 
 occasions, beside visitiug and inspecting five Posts. Comrade 
 Newhall has visited and inspected three Posts and made four 
 other official visits. Comrade Gross has attended twent}' gath- 
 erings, including his work of visitation and inspection. Com- 
 rade Atwood has visited and inspected six Posts, beside attend- 
 ing other Grand Arm}' of the Republic gatherings. Comrade 
 Wheatou has visited and inspected eight Posts, besides two other 
 visits during the j'ear. Comrade Teele has made six official visits 
 and inspections, and attended one memorial service and two camp- 
 fires. Comrade Pierce has visited and inspected eight Posts, 
 installed the officers of one Post and attended three camp-fires. 
 Comrade Remington has visited and inspected three Posts and 
 attended four camp-fires. Comrade Sa.w3'er visited and inspected 
 nine Posts and attended seven camp-fires, and installed the offi- 
 cers of two Posts. Comrade Elwell visited eight Posts, inspected 
 six, attended nine camp-fires, two picnics and one dedication. 
 Comrade Cushing has officially visited four Posts, inspected six, 
 visited with the Department Commander twelve Posts, assisted 
 in organizing a new Post, and attended the National Encamp- 
 ment. Comrade Cook has visited seven Posts. Comrade Thomas 
 has inspected four Posts and attended five other gatherings 
 of the Grand Army. Comrade Hodges has visited four Posts 
 and inspected five, beside attending two other meetings of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. Conuade Lindsey has visited 
 four Posts, inspected six and installed the officers of three Posts, 
 attended eight meetings of Posts and three camp-fires. Comrade 
 Black has visited and inspected four Posts, attended three camp- 
 fires and two Grand Army of the Republic fairs. Comrade 
 Gibbs visited in the spring ten Posts and inspected them in the 
 fall, attended two camp-fires, the opening of two fairs, delivered 
 one Memorial Day address, and did special duty at Posts 86 and 
 98, in closing up their work after they voted to disband. Com- 
 rade Frost has visited and inspected four Posts and attended 
 several camp-fires and other Grand Army gatherings. Comrade 
 M. B. Palmer attended several camp-fires, installed the officers 
 
SEVKNTEENTII ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 95 
 
 of one Post and visited a number of Posts in the northern part 
 of Middlesex County, and did a grand work in instituting memo- 
 rial services in a town where the day had never before been 
 observed. 
 
 This work of the elected aud appointed officers, though done 
 willingly, has often been i)erformed at some personal sacrifice 
 and no inconsiderable expense ; and as the system of frequent 
 visitation seems to be the imperative rule for the future, and as 
 I am to step down into the ranks again, I desire to speak plainl}' 
 to the comrades and give them my views on the matter. To 
 those who may succeed me that may be the possessors of plenty 
 of this world's goods, the burden may not fall heavily upon them ; 
 but unless the Encampment can select such comi-ades to serve 
 them aud thus bar out the worthy but poor comrade who ma^- 
 possess the needed qualifications for high oflicial position, the 
 burden will still be hard to bear. 
 
 As it is generall}^ understood that the visits of Department 
 officers are for the benefit of the Post visited, I ask the comrades 
 to take into careful consideration the question of necessary 
 expense and loss of time incurred by visitations. Every earnest 
 comrade can cheerfully and safely give what time is needed, but 
 the legitimate expenses of travel and hotel bills should, in my 
 judgment, be borne by the Post who may feel the need of the 
 Commander and his Staff. This will lift the burden from the 
 individual aud place it upon the Post and it will not be felt by 
 the mass of men as in the single case. With the adoption of this 
 idea and a fair distribution of elected and appointed officers, no 
 public gathering of the Grand Army^ ought to be held without a 
 Department representative present, if such be the wish of the 
 Post, although I am led to believe many successful meetings may 
 be held with good results and no such officer be present. 
 
 THE FUTURE OF THE GRAND AR5IY. 
 
 Having arrived at the full maturity of our manhood as an 
 organization and realized even the fondest anticipations of the 
 projectors of the Grand Army, we now ought to look calmly into 
 the future and in our health and power devise ways and means 
 not only to add to our lease of life, but to lighten the burdens 
 of our later years, when, by reason of feebleness and lack of 
 numbers, we may not present so strong a front as today. We 
 have been fraternal all these years, through prosperity and 
 adversity, through good report and evil report, and need indulge 
 in no regrets for the past. "W'e have been loyal to our principles 
 as we were to our country and its flag. And we have been chari- 
 table, yes, too much so, in my judgment. I am fully aware 
 that the second clause in the objects of the Grand Army distiucth' 
 states: " To assist such former comrades in arms as need help 
 
96 EARLY HISTORY, DEPT. OK MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 and protection and to extend needfnl aid to tlie widows and 
 orphans of those who liave fallen," and I believe to refnse to 
 assist any such worthy person would certainly violate the spirit 
 of our Order ; but 1 wish the word " deserving " could be inserted 
 therein. 
 
 The Grand Army of the Republic has been in existence 
 sixteen years ; it has outlived ridicule, contumely, attacks of 
 enemies and false charges, and has steadily progressed to its 
 present condition of prosperity and power. And all these years 
 thousands of dollars raised by our labor and enterprise have been 
 expended by our relief committees, to whom? Those who stood 
 shoulder to shoulder in the work of maintaining and perfecting 
 our organization ? By no means ; the record of all our Posts 
 will show that the soldiers outside our ranks have received by far 
 the larger portion of it. 
 
 Far be it from me to condemn the record of the past or to 
 take one jot or tittle from that charity that has been so universal. 
 But we stand strong today ; we command the respect and confi- 
 dence of the citizens of our State ; and while there are no doubt 
 satisfactory reasons existing in the minds of many ex-S( Idlers 
 that may prevent them from being with us, as they were of us in 
 the past, ye't to my mind no good reason can exist that will allow 
 them to see us bearing the heat and burden of the day and then 
 expect us to aid them when in distress. If the organization is 
 not good enough for them lo join, it should be too good for them 
 to receive assistance from. I believe the time has come when 
 each Post ought to set aside a small per cent of their charity fund 
 from which to assist outside soldiers, and devote the balance to 
 the cai'e and protection of " deserving" soldiers; and that word 
 should include only members of the Order in good standing. 
 The consideration of the question of charity has caused me to 
 give some thought and attention to the future charities of the 
 Order and how the veterans of the Grand Army are to receive 
 the care and attention that age and decrepitude call for. 
 
 The remedy is in our own hands, tait it must be applied ere 
 we lose our numbers and with them our power. If we can cut 
 off promiscuous assistance to soldiers not members of the Order 
 and devote our energies to creating a large relief fund, that, 
 properly invested, would yield a handsome income, then in the 
 later years of our organization or further in the future, when a 
 few white-haired veterans represent our Order, the result of our 
 labors and theirs, if they are with us today, may enable them to 
 live in happiness and contentment and, removed far from the 
 visitations of poverty, prepare themselves for the glories of the 
 unknown future. Some ^of our Posts have already adopted this 
 idea with good results, but I believe that even this method may 
 be improved on. The fact that a Post has a fund, whether in 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 97 
 
 the bauds of trustees or of the Post Quartermaster, is sometimes 
 of itself a disturbing element. Many Posts have within their 
 ranks a certain number of good comrades who have influence, 
 but who would not be good financiers and might, if permitted, 
 expend a fund legitimately but not carefully. This would not be 
 any serious disadvantage if the fund could be recreated ; but if it 
 was invested to secure old age against poverty, its expenditure 
 would be disastrous to the interests of expectant beneficiaries. 
 This may be averted by investing funds in real estate in growing 
 localities and, having purchased, make it impossible to ever sell 
 it again. The income will be small at first, but lease it for the 
 erection of buildings thereon and the ground rent, adjusted to 
 keep pace with added valuation, would yield an income that in 
 twenty years would be actually surprising. This plan might be 
 carried out in many of our cities and growing towns and by 
 entailing the property to our descendants, lay the foundation for 
 the comfort if not competence of our children. There is a great 
 need of some action on our part in creating now, in our vigor, a 
 revenue for the days of our decrepitude ; for, unlike other chari- 
 table organizations, ours has no specified system of benefits and, 
 if it had, we shall soon have no one to work to create the money 
 necessary to carry on a system of charity. 
 
 With these facts before us, it will at once be seen that the 
 future of the Grand Army must be a future of work and not of 
 idleness, and you and I, comrades must be the workers. We 
 must work to increase the membership, hoping to secure the aid 
 of every soldier worthy to join our ranks ; work to increase the 
 system and efficiency of our Posts and our Department ; work 
 to inculcate harmony in our ranks, to cement still more closely 
 the tie of that Fraternity that has thus far marked our career as 
 comrades ; work to create means of assistance for needy and 
 suffering comrades and their principles and apply the principle of 
 equal and exact justice in its distribution; work to renew in the 
 minds of the people of today that sentiment of loyalty that made 
 our republic a possibility ; work to teach our children the inesti- 
 mable value of liberty and the blessings of free institutions which 
 we, by our efforts and in the providence of God, saved from 
 disruption and transmitted unsullied to those who shall succeed us. 
 
 When I accepted this position from your hands, with my 
 heart filled with pride and gratitude for the confidence reposed in 
 me, and realizing the responsibility placed upon me, I said at 
 that time: " The example set by my predecessor will be a stimu- 
 lus for untiring exertion and I trust that, when at the close of'the 
 year I return to you the stewardship you this day have confided 
 to my keeping, our ranks will have gained many recruits, our 
 charities become more beneficent, and the banner of our Depart- 
 ment, unsullied as it has been in the past, shall be held higher 
 
98 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., O.A.R. 
 
 than ever iu the national cohimns of our Order and still in letter 
 and spirit symbolize those grand principles that make us better 
 soldiers and more loyal citizens." The work of the year is 
 accomplished, its record is made up, and in a few hours more my 
 stewardship will pass to other hands, whom you shall elect to 
 receive it. That the work of my hands has not been all I could 
 ask I do not hesitate to say ; that it has been productive of better 
 results than I dared even hope, I am proud to acknowledge. But 
 with all the personal satisfaction I feel comes the tender and 
 grateful remembrance of cordial and loyal support from every 
 comrade iu the Department, without which any effort of miue 
 would have been unavailing ; and I hope that when I yield up to 
 my successor the responsibilities of the office, I may be spared 
 many years of activit}' and usefulness in the ranks from which 
 your suffrages called me. And iu conclusion let me invoke you 
 to give to those comrades you shall place in official position that 
 same support that has made the past year of our life in the Grand 
 Army so successful. AVith that prayer upon my lips, I await the 
 further pleasure of the Encampment. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1883. 
 
 Department Commander and Comrades: I have the houor to 
 present herewith my Seventh Annual Report, covering the doings 
 at Department Headquarters for the year 1882. 
 
 Number of Posts, Dec. 31, 1881 137 
 
 " Comrades reported same date 10,252 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 1882 ........ 148 
 
 " Comrades reported same date 12,413 
 
 A clear gain during the year of 2,161 
 
 The foregoing gain, by quarters, is shown by the quarterly 
 reports to be as follows, viz. : — 
 
 First quarter 606 
 
 Second quarter 760 
 
 Third quarter 394 
 
 Fourth quarter 401 
 
 The following changes have taken place in the membership 
 of the Department duriug the year : — 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 99 
 
 Number of comrades gained by muster .... 2,364 
 
 " " ' transfer .... 228 
 
 *" " '• reinstatement . . 1,452 
 
 Total number gained 4,044 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death 125 
 
 " " " honorable discharge . 37 
 
 " " '•' transfer . . . . 251 
 
 '' " " suspension . . . 1,437 
 "■ "• '• dishonorable discharge, none 
 
 " " '• disbanding of Posts . ;')3 
 
 Total loss 1,883 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 2,101 
 
 Number of rejections during the year .... 60 
 
 POSTS . 
 
 Two Posts have surrendered their charters during the year, 
 viz.. Post 86 of Maynard, and Post 98 of Princeton. These 
 Posts were small and had been ailing for a long time, and owing 
 to their climatic surroundings the}' were forced to surrender. The 
 latter Post had become so demoralized that they have never made 
 their reports for the last quarter they were in existence, conse- 
 quently their affairs were not "closed up honorabh' " and the 
 members are not eligible to admission to other Posts until that 
 indebtedness is paid. 
 
 Three Posts have been reorganized during the year, viz. : 
 Post 14 of Hopkinton; Post 133 of Plainville ; and Post 146 of 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Ten new Posts were organized during the year, viz. : — 
 
 Post 86 . 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Post 137 . 
 
 . East Douglas. 
 
 " 125 . 
 
 . Pittsfield. 
 
 " 138 . 
 
 . West Acton. 
 
 " 128 . 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 " 140 . 
 
 . Athol. 
 
 " 130 . 
 
 . Medway. 
 
 " 141 . 
 
 Harwich. 
 
 " 132 . 
 
 Sandwich. 
 
 " 147 . 
 
 Amherst. 
 
 These Posts are reported in generally excellent condition, and 
 some of them have taken an advanced position in our Order. 
 
 MISSIONARY WORK. 
 
 The missionary work of 1881 has been continued with mag- 
 nificent results, as shown by all reports. The ploughing that has 
 been done in previous years by other administrations, together 
 with the active work of the odicers of the year just closing, places 
 
100 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 the Department on a sure foundation not only numerically but 
 financially. As a result of these labors three new Posts have been 
 organized since January 1, and as many more are awaiting organi- 
 zation. I see no reason why the growth of the Department should 
 not continue for several 3'ears yet, and with careful, earnest work 
 on the part, not alone of Department officers, but of Posts and 
 comrades, I predict a larger growth for the year to come than that 
 which has gladdened our hearts for the one that is closing. 
 
 COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS. 
 
 In previous reports I have referred to this matter and have 
 expressed my faith in them. I renew it again, and would see 
 them encouraged with much caution and not officially. There may 
 be danger in allowing to be established in different parts of the 
 Commonwealth headquarters for such and such counties, with all 
 the paraphernalia and machinery as a sort of dividing line or 
 wedge to separate the Posts from the Department. I believe that 
 the machinery of the Grand Army is as complicated as it should 
 be, in fact its very simplicity is the strongest point in its favor. 
 Therefore, in these days when certain organizations are clamoring 
 for recognition by our Order, even with half an eye on the perpetu- 
 ation of the Grand Army, I am decidedly of the opinion that 
 their advances should be firmly but politely declined. 
 
 The County Summary has been omitted in this report, as the 
 necessity of a continuation of it does not seem to exist. I how- 
 ever, beg to present herewith a tabulated report by counties. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 101 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 BERKSHIKE COUNTY 
 
 Post. 
 79, North Adams, 
 
 125, rittsttekl, 
 
 126, Adams, 
 
 No. Date of 
 
 Mems. Charter. 
 
 39, Mar. 20, 1869 
 72, Mar. 10, 1882 
 34, June 12, 1870 
 
 Total — Posts, 3; members, U.'i. 
 
 BRISTOL COUNTY 
 
 1, New Bedford, 
 
 3, Taunton, 
 46, Fall River, 
 52, South Easton, 
 55, Taunton, 
 
 145, Attleboro, 
 
 146, New Bedford, 
 Total — Posts, 7 
 
 140, Oct. 14, 1866 
 
 161, .Jan. 2, 1867 
 
 125, .Jan. 22, 1868 
 
 51, Feb. 29, 1><68 
 
 31, Feb. 5, 1872 
 
 80, June 6, 1S71 
 
 19, April 27, 1881 
 
 : members, 607. 
 
 HAMl'DKN COUNTY. 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 a, 
 34, 
 39, 
 45, 
 47, 
 49, 
 50, 
 67, 
 82, 
 89, 
 90, 
 95, 
 99, 
 100, 
 101, 
 106, 
 108, 
 114, 
 
 lis, 
 
 122, 
 128, 
 151, 
 
 Lynn, 
 Salem. 
 Lawrence, 
 Gloucester, 
 Haverhill, 
 Newburyport, 
 Peabody, 
 Manchester, 
 Marblehead, 
 Beverly, 
 Dan vers, 
 Saugus, 
 Andover, 
 Methuen, 
 Groveland, 
 Rockport, 
 Georgetown, 
 Merrimac, 
 Swampscott, 
 Ainesbury, 
 Ipswich, 
 West Newbury, 
 Total — Posts, 22 
 
 607, Feb. 
 266, Nov. 
 279, Dec. 
 77, Jan. 
 176, Jan. 
 218, Feb. 
 129, April 
 
 26, Sept. 
 95, Mar. 
 
 117, June 
 91, June 
 23, June 
 54, April 
 73, Feb. 
 51, July 
 
 27, Dec. 
 31, Aug. 
 56, Dec. 
 31, Jan. 
 40, Mar. 
 51, Jan. 
 14, Jan. 
 
 ; members, 
 
 27, 1867 
 15, 1867 
 10, 1867 
 21, 1S80 
 
 28, 1868 
 
 17, 1S68 
 
 28, 1879 
 
 29, 1868 
 
 29, 1880 
 5, 1869 
 8, 1869 
 4, 1869 
 
 18, 1881 
 1, 1877 
 
 16, 1869 
 
 30, 1881 
 18, 1869 
 20, 1S69 
 24, 1870 
 23, 1870 
 
 17, 1882 
 10, 1874 
 
 2,532. 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 
 17. Orange, 56, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 20, Colerain, 25, March 4, 1875 
 
 84, South Deerfield, 20, April 17, 1872 
 93, Shelburne Falls, 49, June 15, 1869 
 Total — Posts, 4; members, 150. 
 
 Post. 
 
 16, Springfield, 
 41, Westfleld, 
 71, Holyoke, 
 103, Chicopee, 
 107, Palmer, 
 
 No. 
 
 Werns. 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 244, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 42, Jan. 9, 1868 
 
 73, Nov. 25, 1868 
 
 .56, Oct. 27, 1879 
 
 29, July 18, 1881 
 
 Total— Posts, 5; members, 444. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 85, Ware, 33, May 12, 1869 
 
 86, Northampton, 46, Aiig. 4, 1882 
 97, Belchertown, 43, Nov. 23, 1872 
 
 147, Amherst, 54, Oct. 31, 1882 
 
 Total — Posts, 4 ; members, 176. 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 4, Melrose, 
 
 6, HoUiston, 
 
 9, Hudson, 
 12, Wakefield, 
 14, Hopkinton, 
 18, Ashland, 
 
 29, Waltham, 
 
 30, Cambridge, 
 33, Woburn, 
 36, Arlington, 
 40, Maiden, 
 
 42, Lowell, 
 
 43, Marlboro, 
 48, Ayer, 
 
 56, Cambridge, 
 
 57, Cambridge, 
 
 62, Newton, 
 
 63, Natick, 
 06, Medford, 
 75, Stoneham, 
 81, Watertown, 
 86, Maynard, 
 
 115, Groton, 
 
 119, Lexington, 
 
 120, Lowell, 
 
 138, Acton, 
 
 139, Somerville, 
 142, Framingham, 
 148, Winchester, 
 
 Total — Posts, 
 
 56, Feb. 
 53, March 
 45, May 
 138, Aug. 
 22, July, 
 40, Aug. 
 74, Oct. 
 
 93, Oct. 
 
 94, Nov. 
 40, May 
 71, Oct. 
 
 196, Jan. 
 
 113, Jan. 
 30, Jan. 
 69, June 
 79, June 
 76, July 
 49, July 
 91, Aug. 
 
 103, Dec. 
 
 37, Dec. 
 21, May 
 40, July 
 17, 
 
 105, Oct. 
 44, May 
 72, Aug. 
 
 38, Nov. 
 35, May 
 
 29; members. 
 
 19, 1867 
 8, 1867 
 27, 1867 
 16, 1867 
 1882 
 12, 1867 
 21, 1867 
 23, 1867 
 
 6, 1867 
 26, 1S81 
 
 1, 1873 
 15, 1868 
 15, 1868 
 18, 1868 
 26, 1868 
 
 29, 1868 
 21, 1868 
 23, 1880 
 21, 1868 
 15, If 69 
 20, 1871 
 26, 1869 
 
 30, 1874 
 
 26, 1881 
 2, 1883 
 18, 1870 
 29, 1870 
 22, 1872 
 1,9,51. 
 
102 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES— Confmwed. 
 
 
 NORFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 Post 
 
 
 Xo. 
 
 Date of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mems 
 
 Ch 
 
 artei 
 
 
 Pos 
 
 . 
 
 No. 
 Mems 
 
 Date 
 Charte 
 
 r 
 
 92, 
 
 Brighton, 
 
 47, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1873 
 
 58, 
 
 Weymoutb, 
 
 192, 
 
 July 
 
 2 
 
 1808 
 
 113, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 65, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 
 
 1869 
 
 60, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 30, 
 
 May 
 
 16, 
 
 1881 
 
 134, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 23, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1870 
 
 Ti, 
 
 Stoughton, 
 
 35, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 
 
 1868 
 
 149, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 23, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 
 
 1872 
 
 87, 
 
 Braintree, 
 
 30, 
 
 June 
 
 2, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 14 
 
 , members, 1,36:3 
 
 
 88, 
 
 Quincy, 
 
 60, 
 
 June 
 
 4, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 91, 
 
 Foxboro, 
 
 30, 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 94, 
 
 Canton, 
 
 62, 
 
 June 
 
 24, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 102, 
 
 Milton. 
 
 ,52, 
 
 April 
 
 3, 
 
 1879 
 
 1<1, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 400, 
 
 April 
 
 13, 
 
 1867 
 
 110, 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 36, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 19, 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 151, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 117, 
 
 Medfleld, 
 
 20, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 
 
 1870 
 
 22, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 61, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 121, 
 
 Hyde Park, 
 
 114, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22 
 
 1870 
 
 24, 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 20, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25, 
 
 1867 
 
 130, 
 
 Medway, 
 
 22, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18, 
 
 1882 
 
 25, 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 24, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 .30, 
 
 1867 
 
 133, 
 
 Plainville, 
 
 30, 
 
 May 
 
 23, 
 
 1882 
 
 27, 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 42, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1870 
 
 143, 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 43, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 1871 
 
 28, 
 
 West Boylston, 
 
 19, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 1867 
 
 144 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 46, 
 
 May 
 
 22, 
 
 1871 
 
 37, 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 102, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20, 
 
 1867 
 
 
 Total— Posts, 15 
 
 ; members, 
 
 802. 
 
 
 38, 
 
 Brookfleld, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 8, Middleboro, 
 13, Brockton, 
 31, Scituate, 
 
 73, Abington, 
 
 74, Rockland, 
 76, Plymouth, 
 78, So. Abington, 
 S3, Hanover, 
 
 104, Hingham, 
 
 111, Pembroke, 
 
 112, South Scituate, 
 124, E. Bridgewater, 
 127, Hanson, 
 
 Total — Posts, 13; 
 
 57, Mar, 
 
 55, July 
 
 36, July 
 
 99, Dec. 
 
 102, Jan. 
 
 81, Jan. 
 
 108, Jan. 
 
 38, April 29, 
 
 66, July 29, 
 
 33, Oct. 29 
 
 27, Nov. 1 
 
 19, June 7 
 
 25, June 11 
 members, 746. 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1875 
 1868 
 1800 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1870 
 1870 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 2, South Boston, 
 
 7, Bob-ton, 
 11, Charlestown, 
 15, Boston, 
 21, Boston, 
 23, East Boston, 
 26, Roxbury, 
 32, South Boston, 
 35, Chelsea, 
 68, Dorchester, 
 
 113, Feb. 26, 1880 
 
 145, Mar. 11, 1867 
 
 74, April 23, 1867 
 
 215, Aug. 6, 1867 
 
 47, Feb. 22, 1881 
 
 82, Sept. 17, 1867 
 
 103, Oct. 1, 1867 
 
 66, Nov. 6, 1867 
 
 284, Nov. 16, 1867 
 
 76, Oct. 8, 1868 
 
 44, Southboro, 
 51, N. Brooktield, 
 
 53, Leominster, 
 
 54, Berlin, 
 59, Sterling, 
 61, Webster, 
 64, Clinton, 
 05, Warren, 
 
 69, Westminster, 
 
 70, Millbury, 
 77, Holden, 
 80, Westboro, 
 96, Northboro, 
 98, Princeton, 
 
 105, Upton, 
 109, Templeton, 
 116, Gardner, 
 123, Athol, 
 131, Leicester, 
 
 135, Shrewsbury, 
 
 136, Rutland, 
 
 137, East Douglas, 
 140, Athol, 
 
 Total — Posts, 32 
 
 38, May 
 53, Feb. 
 90, June 
 24, June 
 26, July 
 86, July 
 66, Aug. 
 
 44, Aug. 
 28, Nov. 
 
 45, Aug. 
 24, Jan. 
 59, June 
 24, June 
 18, Aug. 
 31, July 
 18, Oct. 
 50, Dec. 
 58, June 
 48, June 
 18, Dec. 
 11, July 
 
 39, Sept. 
 72, Feb. 
 
 ; members. 
 
 17, 1878 
 28, 1868 
 13, 1868 
 
 2, 1868 
 
 3, 1868 
 21, 1868 
 
 17, 1868 
 21, 1868 
 
 9, 1866 
 3, 1876 
 19, 1869 
 
 18, 1881 
 28, 1869 
 
 3, 1877 
 15, 1881 
 11, 1869 
 30, 1869 
 
 1, 1870 
 21, 1870 
 30, 1873 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 21, 1882 
 
 22, 1881 
 1,817. 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 
 
 132, Sandwich, 23, Feb. 24, 1882 
 
 141, Harwich, 41, Mar. 15,1882 
 
 Total — Posts, 2 ; members, 64. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 103 
 
 RECORDS. 
 
 The conditions of the records of the Department is a matter 
 to which I have given much thought. The older members of the 
 Department will recall the fire that destroyed our headquarters on 
 May 80, 1878. At that time not only our own records and prop- 
 erty, but all belonging to National Headquarters, which had but 
 the day before been transferred from New York, was a total 
 loss ; and all we have so far as the early history of the Depart- 
 ment is concerned is rather a matter of tradition. We have noth- 
 ing definite previous to 1873, either written or printed, and even 
 our records for 1873 and 1874 will require immediate attention, 
 as they are partly written and partially made up of newspaper 
 cuttings, and the latter are turning yellow and becoming other- 
 wise indistinct. 
 
 I am sure the material is at hand or can be secured that will 
 complete these records from the earliest days, especially as many 
 of the comrades are living who were active then. 
 
 I have endeavored to secure as much material as possible in 
 the years I have been at headquarters, but have not been as suc- 
 cessful as I could wish, owing to a press of other business. In 
 view of the fact that I may have more leisure to attend to such mat- 
 ters in the year to come, I propose to the Department, with your 
 permission, to secure the information necessary and put it in such 
 shape as will seem to be the most desirable, and at some future 
 meeting of the Department I will submit the result of my labors 
 for your approval. So far as the expense is concerned, I would 
 suggest that none be incurred without the approval of the incom- 
 ing Council of Administration, and then only for postage, etc. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 The oflRce we have used for a little over four years past is 
 wanted for other purposes and must be vacated at once. Whether 
 the new administration will succeed in obtaining so desirable a 
 location is a question, but I trust that the climbing propensities 
 of our comrades will be taken into consideration when the selec- 
 tion is made. 
 
 The amount of business transacted at headquarters has aver- 
 aged with the previous year not only as to the correspondence 
 received, but forwarded, with somewhat of an increase in the 
 latter. Twelve General Orders and one hundred and twelve 
 Special Orders have been issued under the present administration. 
 
 During the latter part of the year I have been obliged to absent 
 myself from headquarters more or less, but was satisfied that 
 naught could ^o wrong under the guidance of the acting Assistant 
 
104 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Adjutant-General and the young man who has seemed to have 
 become a part of headquarters. 
 
 I respectfully present a recommendation at this time regarding 
 the incoming Assistant Adjutant-General, not only that the 
 salary and extra allowance for clerk hire be continued, but that 
 his actual hotel and travelling expenses while attending the ses- 
 sions of the National Encampment be paid by the Department. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Comrades, I presume it is generally known that with the close 
 of this Encampment my official connection with headquarters will 
 cease. After nearly seven years' occupancy of the position as 
 Assistant Adjutant-General, it would be strange indeed if I did 
 not look upon my connection with the Department with mingled 
 feelings of interest and satisfaction, especially the latter, when it 
 is taken into consideration that I have seen some wonderful 
 changes in the condition of the Department. I have seen its 
 membership go down to 7,550 and its finances at a very low 
 point, and today we see a handsome surplus on hand and 12,600 
 members, a larger paying number than ever before, and the end is 
 not yet. I am sure the glorious future of the Department is 
 assured, and that no backward step will be taken for years at 
 least. 
 
 In taking leave of you, my comrades, and in severing my 
 official connection with headquarters and the Department, I can- 
 not refrain from expressing my sincere and heartfelt appreciation 
 of favors received from all, without reserve, and 1 bespeak for 
 my successor the same cordial and fraternal relations. 
 
 JAMES F. MEECH, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1883. 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : As required by the Rules and Regulations of our 
 Order, I submit herewith a statement of the doings of the Assist- 
 ant Quartermaster-General's Department from Dec. 31, 1881, to 
 the present date. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 105 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report . . . 
 
 Received for dues, fourth quarter, 1881 
 
 " " first ([uarter, 1882 
 
 " '■ second quarter, 1882 
 
 '' third (luarter, 1882 
 
 " " books and blanks . 
 
 •' " badges .... 
 
 " " sundries 
 
 Total receipts 
 
 Vouchers No 525 to 623 cover expenditures. 
 
 $33 
 
 17 
 
 821 
 
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 806 
 
 24 
 
 929 
 
 44 
 
 955 
 
 32 
 
 509 
 
 74 
 
 1,808 
 
 75 
 
 187 
 
 70 
 
 5,112 11 
 
 In compliunce with instructions of last p:ucampment 1 sub- 
 mit a statement of affairs of the Department to date, thus iuelud- 
 ino; the fourth quarter of 1882, and all items up to 4 o'clock this 
 
 P.M. 
 
 Balance former account $298 24 
 
 Received for dues, fourth (juarter, 1882 .... 988 05 
 
 " books and blanks 78 10 
 
 badges 195 00 
 
 " sundries .... ..... 32 50 
 
 $1,591 89 
 
 Jan. 29, 1883, balance cash on hand .... $683 71 
 
 Paid 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 inspector's expenses, 1881 $55 84 
 
 1882 96 28 
 
 National Headquarters, books, badges and 
 
 supplies 1,730 25 
 
 National Headquarters, dues 447 40 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General's salary to Dec. 
 
 1, 1882 1,191 67 
 
 rent and care of oflSce 350 00 
 
 printing proceedings, furnishing General 
 
 Orders, rosters, books, etc 668 24 
 
 postage stamps, postal cards and otflce expense 288 24 
 
 missionary work and organizing new Posts . 151 38 
 
 extra clerk hire .... 300 00 
 
 balance due on National Headquarters . . 481 49 
 sundries, chairs used at Encampment, elec- 
 trotypes of G.A.R. badge. Headquarters 
 
 Eutaw House, cabinet for blanks, etc. . . 53 08 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance to new account 
 
 $5,813 87 
 298 24 
 
 86,112 11 
 
106 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Paid inspection expenses 
 
 printing General Orders, books, etc. . . 
 
 postage, postal cards, office expenses . 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General's salary for Dec. 
 1, 1882 
 
 extra clerk hire 
 
 National Headquarters, supplies . . . . 
 " " dues .... 
 
 missionary work, new Posts 
 
 rent and lease of office 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General's salai-y for Jan- 
 uary, 1883 
 
 Expenditures for month 
 Balance to new account 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 Value of supplies on hand . . . . 
 Due from Posts, C O D. not returned 
 Office furniture, colors, etc. ... 
 Cash 
 
 $55 98 
 
 
 201 25 
 
 
 35 29 
 
 
 108 33 
 
 
 100 00 
 
 
 125 00 
 
 
 124 13 
 
 
 20 70 
 
 
 29 17 
 
 
 108 33 
 
 
 
 908 18 
 
 
 683 71 
 
 
 $1,591 89 
 
 $387 27 
 
 
 2C 50 
 
 
 200 00 
 
 
 683 71 
 
 
 
 $1,297 48 
 
 It is with greatest pleasure that I present to you this most 
 favorable report of the financial condition of the Department at 
 the present time. For the first time within the past ten years 
 the Department is absolutely free from debt and has a handsome 
 balance at its credit. This most pleasant condition of affairs is 
 due to the increased membership and the consequent demand for 
 books and papers ; thus not only does au increased membership 
 add numerically to our numbers, but it adds very materially to 
 the financial standing of the Department. 
 
 With the hope that the present good showing of our finances 
 may be an incentive and a stimulus for us all to labor for the 
 future progress and strengthening of our Order, I am, 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
 GEORGE L. GOODALE, 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1883. 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to submit herewith the consoli- 
 dated report in duplicate of the inspections of the Posts in this 
 Department for %q year ending Sept. 30, 1882. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 107 
 
 The report includes 148 Posts, being the whole number in 
 existence at that date, and I believe that I am not mistaken in 
 sa3nng that this is the first time in the history of the Department 
 that the Inspector has been able to make a full report. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing Sept. 30, 12,288 
 The work of the Ritual is committed to memory and 
 
 properly performed in 71 Posts. 
 
 The officers and guards are uniformed and equipped in 91 " 
 
 Comrades are uniformed and equipped in ... GU " 
 
 877 muskets are owned by 125 " 
 
 Officers are regular in attendance in 128 " 
 
 Comrades are regular in attendance in . . . . 117 " 
 
 They exhibit an interest in the Post in . . . . 133 " 
 
 The records are complete and well kept in . . . 140 " 
 
 Orders are received and regularly read in ... 146 " 
 
 They are duly obeyed in 143 " 
 
 Orders from headquarters are missing iu . . . . 12 " 
 
 All reports and dues have been forwarded from . 147 " 
 The amount charged for muster-in averages . . $2.26| 
 
 The amount charged for dues quarterly averages . ,65f 
 
 Weekly benefits are paid in sickness by 38 Posts, 28 Posts 
 paying regular amounts averaging $3.03.^ per week, and 10 
 Posts paying such sums as the Post may vote in each case. 
 
 There are relief funds for charitable purposes in 116 Posts. 
 The amount of money in these funds is $89,280.53. This fund 
 is systematically dispensed in 112 Posts. 
 
 Amount expended in charity from Sept. 30, 1881, to Sept. 
 30, 1882, $28,429.53. 
 
 Prospects of the Posts are reported to be as follows : 
 
 Excellent, 30; good, 81; fair, 26; poor, 10. 
 
 The gain in membership to September 30 has been 2,333. 
 
 There are four Posts numbering more than 300 comrades, 
 namely: Post 5 of Lynn, 783 ; Post 10 of Worcester, 434 ; Post 
 35 of Chelsea, 390; and Post 16 of Springfield, 328; four Posts 
 number between 250 and 300, namely : Post 39 of Lawrence, 
 Post 34 of Salem, Post 58 of Weymouth and Post 15 of Boston ; 
 two Posts number between 200 and 250, namely : Post 42 of 
 Lowell and Post 49 of Newburyport ; eight Posts number between 
 150 and 200; seventeen Posts number between 100 and 150; 
 seventeen Posts number between 75 and 100; twenty-eight Posts 
 number between 50 and 75 ; fifty-two Posts number between 25 
 and 50 ; eight Posts number between 20 and 25 ; seven Posts 
 number less than 20. 
 
 The increase in the amount of money in the relief funds 
 during the year is $12,250.93. 
 
108 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman. 
 
 Dalilg:ren 
 
 W. IT. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell. 
 
 E. W. Peirce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 0. C. Phillips 
 
 .lohn A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Ma.i. E. F. Fletcher.. 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague.. .. 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . . 
 
 Chas. Devens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 P. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan.... 
 Theodore Winthrop. 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Hiram G. Berry 
 
 Lyon ' 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A.Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols... 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 Geo. S. Boutwell 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union .. . 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 1. D. Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Maj. J. A. Pratt 
 
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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 109 
 
 Massachusetts G.A.R., for Year Ending Sept. 30, i882. 
 
 
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 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Tost. 
 
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 Ohas. Ward". 
 
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 E. U. Raker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
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 3 00 
 
 50 
 50 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 3 00 
 5 86 
 
 
 Yes 
 
 
 Good 
 
 Yes 
 
 None None 
 
 Yes 
 
 2 00 
 
 75 
 
 No 
 
 
 Yes 
 
 60 45 
 
 Yes 
 
 215 33 
 
 Fair 
 
 Yes 
 
 2 ' None 
 None None 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 2 00 
 2 00 
 
 25 
 50 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 By Vote 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 481 88 
 609 17 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 
 
 Yes 
 
 154 33 
 
 Good 
 
 Yes 
 
 None None 
 
 Yes 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 No 
 
 
 Yes 
 
 666 45 
 
 Yea 
 
 43 32 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Yes 
 
 None None 
 None None 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 1 00 
 
 1 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 75 
 
 1 00 
 1 05 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 '3 06' 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 58 84 
 15 00 
 
 
 Yes 
 
 
 Fair 
 
 Yes 
 
 None 
 
 None 
 
 350 00 
 
 Excellent 
 
 Yes 
 
 None 
 
 None 
 
 Yes 
 
 2 GO 
 
 1 00 
 
 No 
 
 
 No 
 
 
 No 
 
 
 Poor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
114 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., U.A.R. 
 
 The increase in the amount of money expended for charity 
 over that of last year is 87,907.84. 
 
 The increase in membership has been about twentj^-four per 
 cent, the increase in the relief funds has been about fifteen per 
 cent, while the increase of the amount expended from that fund 
 has been nearly forty per cent. 
 
 The largest amount reported in any one relief fund is 
 $9,400.30, being that of Post 58 of Weymouth. 
 
 The largest amount expended for charity by any one Post 
 during the year is 83,573 by Post 5 of Lynn. 
 
 In my report of last year, I suggested that, in my opinion, 
 the proper tii^ie for inspection and instruction is at the beginning 
 of the year instead of during the last quarter. At a meeting of 
 the Council of Administration, held in February, the Commander 
 brought the attention of the Council to the matter, and it was 
 decided that the officers of the Department should make an official 
 visit of observation and instruction to each Post as soon as the 
 arrangements could be made. The details were made with the 
 understanding that they should hold over for the fall inspections, 
 and were perfected as soon as possible, and the order announcing 
 the details was promulgated April 19. 
 
 Owing to the unavoidable delaj^ it was too late to visit all 
 the Posts, but enough were visited and the effects of those visits 
 noted at the fall inspections to demonstrate that it was a step in 
 the right direction, and it is to be hoped that this year will wit- 
 ness at least two official visits by the officers of the Department 
 to each Post within their jurisdiction. 
 
 In conclusion, I desire to express my siucere thanks to the 
 officers and comrades throughout the Department with whom I 
 have been brought in contact bj' my official or social duties for 
 their unvarying kindness and courtesy on all occasions. 
 
 I have the honor to remain. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 WILLIAM L BAIRD, 
 
 Ins2')ector. 
 
 REPORT OF CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1883. 
 
 Commander and Comrades: Another Grand Ai-my year has 
 passed, and I come again to-night in this historic hall to present 
 to you my fourth annual report ; and as we shall soon enter upon 
 another year of labor, let us be thankful for the blessings of the 
 past, and convenaut anew that, with God's help, what has been 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 115 
 
 neglected by us during the year 1882 shall be redeemed, so far as 
 in us lies, in the year 1883. 'Tis a mercy indeed that no one 
 among the ranks of the Department of Massachusetts, from your 
 Commander down to him who holds the least important office on 
 your personal Staff, has been taken away by death during the 
 year. All haA'e been preserved, and we can look each other in 
 the face to-night, and from each other up to Him who is the 
 giver of every good and perfect gift, and ascribe to Him glory 
 and honor and praise for ever and ever. 
 
 Comrades, we said to you as our parting words one year 
 ago, on this very spot, when this Encampment shall close, go 
 back to 3'our posts of duty, encourage your comrades, replenish 
 3'our charitj' fund, bring in every true soldier to the ranks of the 
 Grand Army of the "Republic, do deeds worthy of your name, 
 and if, in the providence of God, you fall, let it be at the post 
 of duty. How well each of you heeded the advice then given, 
 our increased membership and deeds of charity shall give the 
 answer. 
 
 We know. Commander, that much of the praise for this 
 increase in membership and patriotism belongs to j'^ou and your 
 noble associates, and the Grand Army of Massachusetts will 
 have no cause to regret that George H. Patch was elected its 
 Departn)ent Commander for the year 1882. 
 
 In regard to Memorial Day no one of us wnll ever regret it 
 was made a legal holiday ; our increased ranks and the sabbati- 
 cal stillness of the day all attest the wisdom of the movement 
 made by the Grand Army of the Republic, and so ably and suc- 
 cessfully seconded by the rulers of this grand old Common- 
 wealth. 
 
 The Soldiers' Home! Have 3'ou seen it, comrades? It 
 must be seen to be believed. Its comforts, its blessings, the 
 wisdom of its founders, who can for a moment doubt? It was 
 m}' privilege to spend some four hours or more on Monday last 
 within its doors and among its inmates. I was received very 
 cordially by the superintendent and his excellent wife, the 
 matron, and I will give you tonight as briefly as possible the 
 result of my own inspection and the statistics of the Board of 
 Trustees, given by Past Department Commander Creasey. After 
 making all the necessary alterations and repairs upon the prop- 
 erty, for the proper accommodation of those who were ready and 
 anxious to avail themselves of its privileges, such as steam heat- 
 ing, water supply, hospital accommodations, change of bedsteads 
 from wood to iron, the putting in of double windows on the 
 entire building, and indeed in every respect making it a con- 
 venient and comfortable home, such as any soldier might be 
 proud of, I for one feel extremely grateful that we have such a 
 place of refuge in our midst. 
 
116 HISTORY DEPT. OP MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 The trustees felt obliged, owing to the limited aniouut of 
 money at their disposal, to fix the number of permanent bene- 
 ficiaries during the present winter to one hundred men. There 
 have been admitted to the Home, however, since its opening on 
 July 25, one hundred and fifty one comrades, fifty-one of whom 
 have been cared for in the hospital ; sixty-one of the" number 
 were received direct from the city or town almshouse ; one hun- 
 dred and ten were native born ; forty-four of foreign birth ; one 
 hundred and thirtj'-nine served in the army, and twelve in the navy 
 during the war. Several of the inmates are over seventy years of 
 age, while the average of those who have been received is fifty-five 
 years. 
 
 There are at the present time ninety-five comrades at the 
 Home. Twenty-three of the number are sick in the hospital and 
 need the constant attention of physician and nurse ; thirteen have 
 died and ten have been buried from the Home since its opening, 
 and this ma}^ seem to you, who hear me tonight, a large number, 
 and so it is. But when we consider that a large proportion of 
 these came from the poorhouse and were received with the seeds 
 of disease and death upon them, some of them even dying, we 
 cease to wonder. 
 
 Charles D. Hatch came to the Home December 29, sent by 
 the selectmen of Natick, from the poorhouse. He died January 
 1 , less than four days in the Home, but he died in the Home, and 
 the flag he fought to save sheltered him and he was content. 
 
 Patrick Dac}' came from the poor-farm at Raiusford's Island, 
 was but a short time in the Home and died January 7. 
 
 William Sanborn, from Lynn, died in great peace, exclaim- 
 ing that he was in heaven, and the angels were around him ; and 
 then placing his hand in that of the matron, said, "This is 
 indeed heaven and you are an angel," such was his joy to be in 
 such a Home with loving hands to care for him and tend him. 
 
 Bariah Williams coming from the New Bedford poorhouse, 
 says, " I am a man now, and not ashamed to look in the face of 
 my fellows ; I am in a Soldiers' Home now, and not in the poor- 
 house." 
 
 Daniel Frederictou, an old sailor, aged seventy-one, with no 
 relatives or an}' one to care for him, came from an almshouse to 
 the Home, often exclaimed, " What a beautiful place I What a 
 home ! " 
 
 From the lips of others who have died have come expressions 
 of gratitude for the many comforts and blessings they had 
 received there. Another who has since died, said, after returning 
 from a visit to his friends, " I am so gl:id to return to this beauti- 
 ful spot; for this is truly my home." Five have been discharged 
 from the Home for drunkenness and disobedience of orders, so 
 that the trustees are determined that none but the true man and 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 117 
 
 soldier can receive slielter in the Home, nor retain it if lie be a 
 constant transgressor. 
 
 The method adopted by the trustees for admission to the 
 Home, and to guard against the imposition of the unworthy, is 
 this : Every applicant must be recommended by some one of the 
 trustees, and the application must receive the indorsement of the 
 board of aldermen of the city, or selectmen of the town, as well 
 as the officers of the Post of the Grand Army, if there be one. 
 The applicant then, before he is permanently received, is exam- 
 ined by the surgeon and the committee on permanent applica- 
 tions. So that the trustees and superintendent have great reason 
 to congratulate themselves that so few of those admitted have 
 proven themselves unworthy the care and attention bestowed upon 
 them. But in every instance where a mistake has been made 
 all have been ready to rectify them, and they have not been 
 allowed to continue. The inmates of the home are all uniformed 
 with the infantry pants, blouse and cap, and are provided with 
 everything to make them happy, even to the soldiers' greatest 
 luxur}', pipes and tobacco. 
 
 To every man is issued a clean towel every morning, and 
 he is expected to take a bath once each week. Each comrade 
 has a bed to himself, with springs and hair mattress to each 
 bed, with three good wholesome meals each day in the week. 
 The Home is open to visitors every day in the week except 
 Sundays, and the trustees would be pleased to have all who are 
 interested in the work it is doing visit it ; very many have 
 availed themselves of the privilege, so that on nearly every pleas- 
 ant day there are from ten to twenty visitors. Quite a number 
 of the Posts have spent an evening there, coming in a bod}' and 
 bringing with them music, vocal and instrumental, thus furnish- 
 ing amusement for the men, for which they are very grateful. 
 Among the Posts visiting have been Posts 11 and 149 of Charles- 
 town ; Posts 40 of Maiden, 35 of Chelsea and 5 of Lynn ; each 
 bringing something with them to cheer and comfort the men. 
 
 The Ladies' Aid Society have been of great benefit to the 
 Home. At the time of its opening they bought all the white 
 quilts for the beds, made the sheets, pillow-cases, and towels, 
 besides furnishing forty large quilts, providing the money for a 
 temporary stage and scenery, and completing a bookcase for the 
 books and reading matter that have been donated to the Home. 
 
 They hold their monthly meetings at the Home and have a 
 committee who visit the home weekly, arrange for the Sunday 
 service, and provide very many articles of luxury and comfort to 
 the comrades in the hospital. Keligious services have been held 
 at least once every Sabbath since the opening of the Home. 
 
 Of the physical condition of the men, but few of them are 
 able to perform manual labor; indeed, at times since winter 
 
118 ' HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 began, it has been difficult to find those who could attend to the 
 necessary labor around the premises. 
 
 Thirty-two of those who are at the Home to-day, quite one 
 third, are suffering from paralysis in some form, so that the idea 
 held by some when the institution was first opened, that the 
 inmates might after they became well established produce some- 
 thing by their labor, has proven a delusive one, and experience 
 has thus far taught that as the Home continues, the men admitted 
 will be less able to care for themselves and more in need of the 
 assistance of others. 
 
 The location of the Home aud the fact of its being built for 
 a summer lesidence or hotel were by some thought at the time of 
 its purchase to be an unfortunate situation for winter quarters. 
 How often the observation was made that those who were obliged 
 to occupy the Home in winter would certainly suffer from cold ! 
 The experience has been that with burning considerably less than 
 one ton of coal per day, aud with an average of about eight 
 pounds of steam, and at times barely enough pressure to force 
 the steam through the pipes, the difficulty, if any, has been to 
 keep it cool enough, even though the mercury on the outside was 
 near the point of zero, and this with the use of but two boilers 
 and the third one standing idle. The expense of running the 
 Home, including salaries aud all necessarj' expenses, as well as 
 clothing the men, amounts to $3.30 per man per week, — or 
 $176.60 per year, — comparing, as we think, exceedingly favor- 
 ably with other institutions of the State. Some donations are still 
 coming in from friends of the Home, for which the trustees are very 
 grateful and return to them their sincere thanks. The market-men 
 in Faneuil Hall Market sent the inmates a grand Thanksgiving din- 
 ner, which made their hearts glad for that day and others which 
 followed ; again the trustees are in receipt of a check through 
 Post 30 of Cambridge, from J Warren Merrill, Esq., of that 
 city, for -f 1000, all of which are received with many thanks from 
 the comrades of the Home and the Board of Trustees. Thus I 
 have given you a brief statement of facts in regard to the Home 
 and its managemeut, and in my opinion no mistake was made by 
 the trustees in the selection of a superintendent and matron. 
 They are the right parties in the right place. So that the Home 
 is now in good working condition, while the trustees have still on 
 hand, after paying all expenses to date, the sum of 1240.00. 
 But this will not always last, and it behooves the friends of the 
 Home to look around and ask the question. From what source 
 shall come our future supplies? 
 
 In regard to this, Commander and comrades, I have faith ; 
 faith in the justness of our cause ; faith to believe in a Christian 
 public, that these men shall never be returned to a pauper's home ; 
 faith in the business men of our beloved State ; faith in you, — 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMl'MENT. 119 
 
 you men and comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic; — 
 faith in the legislature of our good old Commonwealth that the 
 men who saved the nation in its emergency shall be sheltered in 
 this Home and cared for, — this "beautiful home," prepared bv 
 the ladies and gentlemen of the State and Grand Army of the 
 Republic, — so that these beloved comrades of ours, many of 
 them maimed and disfigured for life, shall as they pass away, one 
 after another, never to return to us, shower blessings of peace 
 and good will upon every cheerful giver. And when their poor 
 mutilated bodies shall be carried from the Home wrapped in the 
 flag of our country, and each be laid away by tender hands beside 
 his fellows, then shall we, his comrades who are left behind, sing 
 together the anthem of peace to Him who hath redeemed us ; to 
 Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever, and the whole 
 angelic hosts shall take up the refrain amid their loud hosannas, 
 and point to earth and say, These men saved the nation ! This 
 is the nation's gratitude ! 
 
 Yours in Fraternit}'^, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 JOHN W. LEE, 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1883. 
 
 Geo. H. Patch, Department Commander. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to submit the following as the 
 Report of the Medical Director of this Department for the past 
 j'ear. I may be pardoned, I believe, for availing myself of the 
 earliest opportunity these opening lines afford to return my most 
 sincere and grateful thanks for the exceptionally kind and con- 
 siderate manner in which the distinguished honor which this 
 Encampment two years ago conferred upon me was again given 
 me a year since, when severe illness prevented my presence. 
 
 The assurances of fraternal regard and sympathy then so 
 delightfully expressed have been, and I trust will ever be, incen- 
 tives to increased fidelity and love. 
 
 Due regard to military proprieties and my own deep sense 
 of obligation compel me to acknowledge here also that most 
 generous advocacy of the delegates of this Department in the 
 last National Encampment, the result of which places me in an 
 anomalous position, that of appearing as the Medical Director of 
 this Department, while honored with the ollice of Surgeon-Gen- 
 eral. The resignation of the former oflice, promptly forwarded, 
 
120 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 having at the hands of yourself and the Council been dealt with 
 in that same generous kindness so long and so freely shown me, 
 nothing has remained for me but to continue to occupy in name, 
 at least, the position of Chief Medical Officer of this Department. 
 
 The abolition of Form "F" by the National Encampment 
 has reduced the routine duties of the medical staff to the mini- 
 mum, and were it not that the Surgeons of Posts and the Medical 
 Director found a range of fraternal opportunity outside the line 
 now prescribed by regulations, their offices might be discon- 
 tinued except as it may be desirable to meet military form. 
 
 I can but count it matter for great regret that something of 
 the business-like zeal of these later days in the Grand Army had 
 not fallen upon its earlier years, and that that care for full rec- 
 ords and complete returns which now marks us had not been 
 maintained, especially in the Medical Department. It is not too 
 much to say to assert that had the present exactness of the Adju- 
 tant-General's office been observed in the medical records of 
 Posts and Departments from the early days of organization, they 
 would have become and would today be simply invaluable. 
 
 The opportunity is past, and can only serve now as a mentor 
 to those of us who may live to see another war, and growing out 
 of it the same experiences that have arisen from this, to impress 
 upon those who, coming after us, shall have its conduct, the 
 necessity of preserving with minute care every record of the 
 soldier's life. I have, however, to express the hope that it may 
 be thought worth while to call the attention of Post Commanders 
 and Adiutants and Surgeons to the opportunity that still exists 
 to save very much that may yet be of value by the most complete 
 bringing up possible of their records and the authenticated his- 
 tory of comrades for future reference. It has occurred to me that 
 whenever the descriptive list of a comrade is filled out in a Post 
 it might be of great value for the comrade to present all his 
 official military papers, proving the record the list becomes, and 
 that in such case it would be of lasting value if the Adjutant 
 against each such record should certify, on oath, that he had 
 made this record from original official papers seen by him. 
 
 It is a most distinguished mark of honor and of the confi- 
 dence reposed in the Grand Army that its records and the testi- 
 mony of its officers are recorded as evidence in the adjudication 
 of pension and similar claims as are no other, but it goes without 
 saying that the more full and accurate its records, the sounder 
 and surer will the exercise of that confidence be. 
 
 I have intimated that the Post Surgeons and Medical Director 
 are not without occupation, although their prescribed duties have 
 been somewhat lessened. The large-hearted, active Surgeon of a 
 Post, especially if he be — as I believe, when at all possible, he 
 always should be — a physician, is, nine cases in ten, the com- 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 121 
 
 rade to whose ears comes first the kuowledge of want or woe. I 
 am satisfied that it would be well if the Post Surgeon were always 
 a member of the Relief Committee. 
 
 To him, even before the spiritual adviser, are the suffering 
 and distress among comrades confided ; and it is, I believe, a 
 rule that those delicate confidences that are intrusted to no other 
 are made his perhaps because of the facts that it is seen that to 
 his eye much is apparent otherwise hidden, and that from his 
 advice relief must often come. It thus happens that in that 
 work of charity, which is so great and so fundamental a part of 
 our Order, the Surgeon becomes, by the logic of events, a prime 
 factor, an invaluable aid, and it is to him that, in matters of 
 State and military aid, of pensions, and of the matters of burial, 
 comrades and their families naturally so often turn. 
 
 I believe I should be borne out by the solid testimon}^ of 
 Post Surgeons and Medical Directors in all the Departments in 
 the assertion that in the work attendant on the settlement of 
 pensions they have numerous and multiform calls for their best 
 endeavors in aid of the pension cases of comrades or their 
 widows and orphans, and from their usual relations of more or 
 less influence with those in authorit}^, they are, I believe, able to 
 render material assistance. My own experience leads me to infer 
 that the medical staff of the Grand Army has thus been able 
 to do, and is today doing, a work for the deserving soldier not 
 easily equalled otherwise, and of equal value with the more defi- 
 nite duty assigned it by rules and regulations. No officers are 
 less likely to be deceived, and hence none are more valuable in 
 doing that proper work of guarding the government against fraud 
 and wrong-doing. The Grand Army owes it to itself to aid the 
 government in preventing all impositions upon it in its endeavor 
 to do justice and meet its obligations to its defenders. I am 
 clearly of the opinion that the government has made no mistake 
 in what seems its large provisions for disabled soldiers and 
 sailors. 
 
 That they have started the wheels of industry, distributed 
 means to men needing only this help to help themselves, and 
 brought comfort to the widow and orphan, and calmed the dying 
 hours of many a stricken veteran, every village and hamlet can 
 testify. With a surplus revenue of one hundred and fifty million 
 dollars a year, with its paper certificates at par with gold, with 
 its revenues rolling higher and higher all over the land, from the 
 fast developing resources of a country first saved, and then made 
 great by the earnest purpose, fidelity and thrift of its citizen 
 soldiers, I do not fear that the liberality of the government has 
 done or will do harm. The Commissioner of Pensions rightfully 
 expects the Grand Army to aid him, both in rightfully establish- 
 ing the claims of those the country has provided for, and in 
 
122 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS , G.A.R. 
 
 preventing the designs of those who have no desert. The action 
 of the National Encampment in aid of the speedy and equitable 
 adjudication of pensiuns has already borne abundant fruit. That 
 this Department has been able, by its double representation upon 
 the committee in charge thereof, to add something to the result, 
 I believe is a matter of congratulation. With the hope that the 
 largest Fraternity, Charity and Loyalt}^ may continue for the 
 future, as for the past, to mark the history of this Department, 
 with the most sincere concern for the well-being of all its com- 
 rades, and with the greatest esteem for yourself, and my cordial 
 acknowledgment of your many acts of kindness to me through- 
 out our entire official and personal intercourse, I am 
 Faithfully yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 AZEL AMES, Jr , 
 Medical Director. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 21), 1883. 
 Comrades: The Council of Administration, in submitting their 
 report to the Convention, find but little to add to the very inter- 
 esting address of the Commander and the concise reports of the 
 several Department officers. They will, however, report that 
 they have, during the year, held four meetings, and attended to 
 all the duties assigned them. They have, with the assistance of 
 the pei'sonal Staff of the Commander, twice visited the Posts 
 of the Department, and, as far as possible, become acquainted 
 with the conditions of the Order in the different sections of the 
 Department ; and it is certainly pleasing to all to find that there 
 is much enthusiasm and a strong determination among all the 
 comrades to promote the welfare of our organization. 
 
 During the year there have been 10 new Posts organized, 
 and its membership increased hy an addition of 2,161 comrades, 
 making a total of 12,413 members. 
 
 In addition to our other duties, the Council have audited the 
 accounts of the Assistant Adjutant-General and the Assistant 
 Quartermaster-General, and report that the books are correctly 
 and systematically kept, and the Department, financiall}'^, is in a 
 healthy condition. 
 
 At the last report there was a cash balance on hand of 
 S33.17. There has been received during the year, from all 
 sources, $6,078.94; and there has been expended, as per vouch- 
 ers, *5,813.86; leaving a balance, Dec. 31, 1882, of 8298.25. 
 
 The Council have no recommendations to suggest, but feel it 
 their duty to tender to you, Commander, and the members of 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 123 
 
 3'oiii' orticial and personal Staff, our grateful acknowledgments for 
 the uniform courtesy manifested towards us during the year just 
 closed. 
 
 All of which we most respectfully submit. 
 
 W. A SLOANE, 
 WM. S. BROWN, 
 CHAS. H. PARSONS, 
 WILLIAM S. FROST, 
 M. P. PALMER, 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 The reports of all the Department officers having been pre- 
 sented, it was voted, on motion of Comrade F. H. Buff urn of 
 Post 139, that the reports be accepted and placed on file, and 
 that the recommendations in the address of the Department Com- 
 mander, and the reports of the several officers and the Council of 
 Administration be referred to a special committee of five, to be 
 appointed by the Commander ; and the following committee was 
 appointed, viz. : — 
 
 F. H. Buffum of Post 130, Geo. W. Powers of Post 15, 
 A. C. Belcher of Post 32, J. Frank Dalton of Post 34, C. H. 
 Tracy of Post 103. 
 
 Comrade Meehau of Post 7 moved that a committee of 
 eleven be appointed to report a list for Council of Administration. 
 [Carried ] 
 
 Comrade John S. Beck of Post 6G moved a reconsideration 
 of the above vote. After some discussion, the motion was carried 
 by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 104. 
 
 Medical Director Azel Ames, Jr., then moved that a com- 
 mittee of eleven be appointed by the Commander to report a list 
 of Delegates and Alternates to National Encampment, and a com- 
 mittee of five to report a list to serve on Council of Administra- 
 tion. The motion was adopted, and the Commander appointed 
 the following committees : — 
 
 DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES. 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr. 
 Geo. S. Merrill 
 John L. Parker 
 .James O. Smith 
 Frank McGraw 
 B. S. Lovell . 
 
 . . Post 12 
 
 James Cuthbert . 
 
 . Post 19 
 
 
 39 
 
 S. M. Weale . . 
 
 " 23 
 
 
 5 
 
 G. T. Fisher . . 
 
 3 
 
 
 16 
 
 0. H. Ingalls 
 
 " 60 
 
 
 46 
 
 Wm. H. Wade . 
 
 . " 133 
 
 
 58 
 
 
 
124 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Dennis Meeban . . Post 7 S. A. Cusbing, Jr. . Post 68 
 Joseph Gregory . . " 82 J.B.Lamb ... "10 
 Horace J. Gray . . " 30 
 
 Comrade J. G. B. Adams moved that Commander Lineban 
 of Post 15 be granted leave to present resolutions, whicb were 
 read by the Assistant Adjutant-General, and tbat they be referred 
 to the Committee on Resolutions, when the same shall have been 
 appointed. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that when we 
 adjourn it be to meet at Tremont Temple at 9 o'clock, Tuesday, 
 January 30. 
 
 Commander-in-Chief Paul Van Dervoort of Omaha, Neb., 
 being introduced, made an eloquent address. Remarks were also 
 made by Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief I. S. Bangs, Water- 
 ville, Maine; Adjutant-General Frank E. Brown, Omaha, Neb. ; 
 and Comrade Williams, Past Judge Advocate, Department of 
 Ohio. The Commander appointed the following Committee on 
 Resolutions : — 
 
 Dennis Linehan of Post 15 ; J. G. B. Adams of Post 5 ; H. 
 T. Holmes of Post 35 ; Philip Creasey of Post 49 ; E. P. Morton 
 of Post 61. 
 
 No other business being presented, the Encampment adjourned 
 at 10.55 P.M. until 9 o'clock, January 30. 
 
 Tremont Temple, 9 a.m., Boston, Jan. 30, 1883. 
 
 The hour to which the Encampment adjourned having arrived. 
 Commander Patch called to order, and after prayer by Depart- 
 ment Chaplain Lee the Encampment was declared open for busi- 
 ness, and the roll was called for 
 
 communications from posts. 
 Comrade John S. Beck of Post 66 offered a resolution. 
 [Referred to Committee on Resolutions.] 
 
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 125 
 
 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-Genei-al reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 437 
 
 Number of comrades present 383 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 15 
 
 Past Department officers 5 
 
 Post Commanders 130 
 
 Delegates 233 
 
 Total 
 
 383 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that an informal 
 ballot for Department Commander be taken at 10 o'clock and a 
 formal ballot at 11 o'clock. Comrade J. H. Quinn of Post 42 
 moved to amend as follows : The informal ballot to take effect at 
 once and the formal ballot at 10.30. [Carried.] 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General Geo. L. Goodale of Post 
 66 moved that a committee of five be appointed to receive, sort 
 and count votes for Department Commander. The following 
 committee was appointed : — 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 ; C. O. Fellows of Post 35 ; J. 
 H. Quinn of Post 42 ; C. B. Fox of Post 68 ; W. C. Pomeroy of 
 Post 86. 
 
 Proceeded to ballot. 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 
 Necessary for a choice . . . . 
 Henry M. Phillips, Post 16, had 
 Wm. H. Hart, " 35, " 
 George S. Evans, " 30, " 
 Wm. M. Olin, " 26, " 
 Geo. L. Goodale, " 66, " 
 Scattering 
 
 367 
 
 185 
 
 132 
 
 113 
 
 107 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 Comrade A. N. Sampson of Post 113 moved that the vote 
 on time for formal ballot be extended. Commander Chas. F. 
 King of Post 139 moved the ballot be taken in fifteen minutes. 
 
126 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 J. Frank Daltou moved to substitute for the above to take formal 
 ballot at once. [Carried.] 
 
 Nominations being in order, Comrade J. W. Hersey of Post 
 16 presented the name of Henry M. Phillips of Post 16, Spring- 
 field ; Comrade F. H. Buffum of Post 139 presented the name of 
 Senior Vice-Commander Wm. H. Hart of Post 35, Chelsea ; Com- 
 rade E. G. W. Cartwright of Post 47, Haverhill, nominated 
 Comrade Geo. S. Evans of Post 30, Cambridge, seconded b}' 
 Comrade Thos. H. Hill of Post 33, Woburn. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Dennis Meehan of Post 7, Boston, it 
 was voted that the Assistant Adjutant-General call the roll, and 
 delegations step to the front of the platform and vote as they are 
 called. 
 
 Proceeded to ballot. 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 142 it was 
 voted that a committee of five be appointed to receive, sort and 
 count votes for Senior Vice-Commander. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Dennis Meehan of Post 7 it was voted 
 to lay above on table, pending the counting of the ballots for 
 Commander. 
 
 Comrade F. H. Buffum of Post 139 presented the following 
 report for Committee on Address of Department Commander and 
 other officers : — 
 
 Your committee, to which was referred the address of the 
 Commander, has attended to the duty assigned it and respectfully 
 presents the following report : — 
 
 Concerning the approval which the address gives to the cus- 
 tom of some Posts on Memorial Day, of " assembling in a quiet 
 way" . . . going to the cemeteries . . . then dismissing, etc., 
 and subsequently holding a public service in some hall in the 
 evening, — 
 
 The committee endorses so much of the suggestion as refers 
 to holding a public service on the evening of Memorial Day and 
 earnestly recommends the general adoption of the practice. So 
 far as the address may approve of dispensing with the parade on 
 Memorial Day, the committee cannot endorse it. The public 
 demonstration on that day in military parade is one of the most 
 emphatic tributes which the veteran can render to his fallen com- 
 rades. 
 
 Concerning the recommendation in the address for a Memorial 
 Service in some church on the Sabbath previous to Memorial 
 Day, — 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 127 
 
 Cordially approved and recommended. 
 
 That the report of the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home be pre- 
 sented to the Annual Encampment, — 
 
 Recommended. 
 
 Disapproving Annual Encampment, — 
 
 Approved. 
 
 Concernino- the remark contained in the address, i.e., " I am 
 of the opinion that the day for parades and camps of the Grand 
 Army are past. Disguise it as we may, the fact is the men are 
 too old to endure the tramp, etc." — 
 
 Your committee cannot endorse these sentiments, and recom- 
 mend that no action be taken which shall discountenance or in 
 any way tend to check public parades of the G.A.R. 
 
 On the recommendation that " worthy soldiers, not members 
 of the Order, be invited to attend the meetings when visitations 
 are made," — 
 
 The committee recommend that caution be exercised, and 
 that the matter be left to each Post. 
 
 Concerning the remark in the address doubting the good 
 results of Encampments under canvas, — 
 
 Your committee recommends the adoption of the suggestion. 
 
 Yonr committee earnestly commends the recommendation of 
 the address relating to the division of the Committee on Nom- 
 ination, in the interest of securing a full delegation to the National 
 Encampment. 
 
 Your committee believes the suggestions in the address rela- 
 tive to the Woman's Relief Corps should be generally regarded, 
 and that the said Auxiliary Corps should receive the cordial sup- 
 port of the G.A.R. 
 
 The committee is of the opinion that the suggestions concern- 
 ing a publication of the reports of Annual Encampments should 
 be acted upon and carried out without delay. 
 
 Concerning the recommendation that the delegates to the 
 National Encampment be instructed to advocate the change in 
 Article VIII., Chapter II., of the By-Laws, which refers to drop- 
 ping the names of candidates after the second ballot, — 
 
 The committee cannot approve the same, and recommend that 
 no such action be taken. 
 
 Concerning the recommendation relative to the rule regulating 
 the question of arrearages that the word "may" be substituted 
 for " shall" in the action of the Posts dropping members when 
 six months in arrears, — 
 
 The committee considers that the recommendation should be 
 carried out. 
 
 Your committee approves the recommendations of the address 
 relative to transfers and reports in favor of instructing the dele- 
 gates to the National Encampment to advocate the changes 
 recommended. 
 
128 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Youi' committee calls the attention of the Encampment to the 
 omission in the address of the services of Judge Advocate Loring 
 and two members of the Department Staff. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 F. H. BUFFUM, 
 For the Committee. 
 
 During the reading of the foregoing report, the Committee 
 on Ballot for Department Commander reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 381 
 
 Necessary for a choice 191 
 
 Wm. H. Hart, Post 35, Chelsea, had . . 130 
 Geo. S. Evans, " 30, Cambridge, " . . 128 
 H. M. Phillips, " 16, Springfield, " . . 123 
 
 There being no choice, proceeded to a second ballot for 
 Department Commander. 
 
 Commander Linehan of Post l.j, Boston, chairman Committee 
 on Resolutions, reported as follows : — 
 
 Resolution 1. Leave to withdraw. 
 
 Alpha Hall, No. 18 Essex Street, 
 Boston, Jau. 26, 1883. 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates of this Post to the Department Con- 
 vention present the following communication to the Convention : — 
 
 (Joiamander and Comrades: An appeal from the decision of • the 
 National Commander, declining jurisdiction, Avas made by Post 15 to the 
 last National Encampment; that appeal was referred by the Encamp- 
 ment to the incoming Commander. This Post has received no decision 
 and now aslis this Department what steps they shall take to secure a 
 decision in a matter they consider of importance to all Grand Army 
 
 Posts. 
 
 DENNIS LINEHAN, Commander. 
 E. F. Rollins, Adjutant. 
 
 Resolution 2. Referred to National Encampment. 
 
 Alpha Hall, No. 18 Essex Street, 
 
 Boston, Jan. 26, 1883. 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates from this Department to the next 
 
 National Encampment urge the amendment of the Rules and Regulations 
 
 so that Posts shall not be required to reobligate former members upon 
 
 reinstatement. 
 
 DENNIS LINEHAN, Commander. 
 E. F. Rollins, Adjutant. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 129 
 
 Resolution :). Adopted. 
 
 Alpha Hall, No. 18 Esskx Stkekt, 
 Boston, Jan. 26, 1883. 
 Resolved, That Post 15 earnestly protests against the unofficial pub- 
 lication by comrades of private Grand Army matters in the public prints 
 as being contrary to the Ritual and to the obligation every comrade has 
 assumed ; and that this Department take the necessary caution to prevent 
 its recurrence in the future. 
 
 DENNIS LINEHAN, Commander. 
 E. F. Rollins, Adjutant. 
 
 Resolution adopted by Post G6. 
 
 Besolved, That the Delegates to National Encampment secure such 
 changes in our installation service as will be more satisfactory to the 
 Order. 
 
 JOHN S. BECK, Commander 
 
 DENNIS LINEHAN, 
 
 J. G. B. ADAMS, 
 
 E P. MORTON, 
 
 P. H. CREASEY, 
 
 HENRY T. HOLMES, 
 
 Committee, 
 
 Committee on Ballot for Department Commander reported as 
 follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 365 
 
 Necessary for a choice 183 
 
 Wm. H. Hart, Post 35, Chelsea, had . . 148 
 Geo. S. Evans, " 30, Cambridge, " . . 126 
 H. M. Phillips, " 16, Springfield, " . . 91 
 
 There being no choice, proceeded to a third ballot for Depart- 
 ment Commander. 
 
 Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 142 moved the question in 
 regard to appointing a committee to receive, sort and count votes 
 for Senior Vice-Commander be taken from the table. [Carried.] 
 
 The Commander appointed the following committee : — 
 
 E. P. Simpson of Post 142; R. J. Hamilton of Post 16; 
 P. Allen Lindsey of Post 30; M. H. Heathcote of Post 34; 
 J. F. Capelle of Post 57. 
 
130 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The Committee on Ballot for Department Commander reported 
 as follows, viz. : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 359 
 
 Necessary for a choice 180 
 
 Geo. S. Evans, Post 30, Cambridge, had . 11)3 
 Wm. H. Hart, " 35, Chelsea, " . . 165 
 
 J. D. Billings, " 94, Canton, " . . 1 
 
 And Comrade George S. Evans of Post 30, Cambridge, was 
 declared elected Department Commander for the ensuing year. 
 
 A ballot was at once ordered for Senior Vice-Commander. 
 After all had voted and the committee had retired. Comrade Wm. 
 H. Hart of Post 35, Chelsea, moved that a committee of three be 
 appointed to wait upon Comrade Geo. S. Evans and introduce 
 him to the Encampment. Commander Fellows of Post 35, Wm. 
 H. Hart of Post 35, and John W. Lee of Post 12 were appointed. 
 The committee retired and in their absence the Committee on 
 Ballot for Senior Vice-Commander reported as follows : — 
 
 AVhole number of votes cast 414 
 
 Necessary for a choice 208 
 
 J. D. Billings, Post 94, Canton, had . . 257 
 C. M. Whelden, " 125, Pittsfield, " . . 149 
 Scattering 8 
 
 And Comrade John D. Billings of Post 94, Canton, was 
 declared elected Senior Vice-Commander for the ensuing year. 
 
 The committee appointed to wait upon Comrade Evans 
 escorted him to the platform, and he was duly presented to the 
 Encampment, and in a short, earnest speech accepted the position, 
 thanked the comrades for their confidence, and promised to devote 
 one-half of his time to the work of the Order, and announced to 
 the Encampment that he had appointed Comrade Alfred C. 
 Monroe of Post 13, Brockton, his Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Nominations for Department Junior Vice-Commander being 
 in order. Commander Geo. C. Joslin of Post 2, South Boston, 
 nominated Comrade H. A. Sawyer of Post 5, Lynn, seconded 
 by John L. Parker of Post 5. Comrade John W. Hersey of 
 Post 16, Springfield, nominated Comrade William A. Sloane of 
 Post 37, Spencer. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 131 
 
 Proceeded to a ballot while the committee were out counting. 
 
 Comrade George H. Patch moved, and it was voted, that a 
 despatch be seut to Past Department Commander Horace Binnej' 
 Sargent. 
 
 The Committee on Ballot for Department Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 318 
 
 Necessary for a choice 160 
 
 William A. Sloane, Post 37, Spencer, had , 245 
 Horace A. Sawyer, " '>, Lynn, " . Go 
 Scattering 8 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General was instructed by a unani- 
 mous vote to cast a ballot bearing the name of Comrade James 
 H. Wright of Post 63, Natick, for Medical Director, and Com- 
 rade John W. Lee of Post 12, Wakefield, for Chaplain of the 
 Department for the ensuing year. The ballot was cast as directed, 
 and the comrades named were declared elected. 
 
 Comrade Dennis Meehan of Post 7, Boston, for the com- 
 mittee appointed to nominate five comrades to serve on the Council 
 of Administration, reported a complete list, which was read, and 
 then moved the Assistant Adjutant-General deposit one ballot 
 bearing the names as reported by the committee. There was no 
 objection ; the ballot was cast as directed, and the following com- 
 rades were declared elected, viz. : — 
 
 FOR COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Charles H. Parsons 
 W. W. Scott . . 
 Richard F. Tobin . 
 J. Cushing Thomas 
 Benj. Pitman 
 
 Post 45, Gloucester 
 " 10, Worcester 
 " 30, South Boston 
 " 15, Boston 
 " 82, Marblehead 
 
 Comrade Geo. S. Merrill of Post 39, for the committee 
 appointed to prepare a list of delegates and alternates to National 
 Encampment, reported a complete list, which was read, and he 
 then moved that the Assistant Adjutant-General deposit one ballot 
 bearing the names as reported by the committee. There was no 
 
132 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 objection ; the ballot was cast as directed, and the following com- 
 rades were declared elected, viz. : — 
 
 Representatives to National Encampment. 
 
 delegate- at-large. 
 James F. Meech Post 10, Worcester. 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Wm. H. Hart . 
 Wm. M. Olin . 
 Andrew C. Stone 
 Chas. S. Anthony 
 Thos. J. Ames . 
 W. H. H. Emmons 
 Hart well S. French 
 Chas. M. AVhelden 
 W. S. Frost . . 
 C. H. Coburn . 
 Thos. H. Hill . 
 J. Paysou Bradley 
 
 Post 35, Chelsea 
 " 26, Boston 
 " 39, Lawrence 
 " 3, Taunton 
 " 53, Leominster 
 " 23, East Boston 
 ^' 5, Lynn 
 " 125, Pittsfield 
 " 43, Marlboro 
 " 120, Lowell 
 " 33, Wo burn 
 " 2, South Boston 
 
 ALTERNATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 M. R. Greeley Post 58, Weymouth 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 Andrew F. Smith . 
 A. A. Seaverns . 
 Geo. G. Bailey . 
 E. S. Horton 
 G. H. Smith . . 
 E. C. Spofford . . 
 Philip H. Creasey . 
 A. B. Wentworth . 
 Myron P. Walker . 
 Benj. A. Hathaway 
 Geo. W. Nason 
 Geo. W. Powers 
 
 Post 1, New Bedford 
 31, North Scituate 
 121, Hyde Park 
 145, Attleboro 
 71, Holyoke 
 50, Peabody 
 49, NcAvburyport 
 144, Dedham 
 97, Belchertowu 
 76, Plymouth 
 60, Franklin 
 15, Boston 
 
 Comrade Adams moved, and it was voted, that the incomiug 
 Council of Administration purchase a suitable testimonial, not to 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 133 
 
 exceed seventy-tive dollars, and present it to Comrade James F. 
 Meech, the efficient Assistant Adjutant-General, for his faithful 
 labors in the interest of our organization for the past seven years. 
 
 The usual vote of thanks to the retiring officers was passed, 
 and upon a call for business there was none presented. 
 
 Past Department Commander Austin S. Cushman then 
 installed the following officers: Commander, Geo. S. Evans; 
 Senior Vice-Commander, John D. Billings ; Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander, Wm. A. Sloane ; Medical Director, James H. Wright; 
 Chaplain, John W. Lee ; Assistant Adjutant-General, A. C. 
 Monroe; Comrades Chas. H. Parsons, Benj. Pitman, R. F. 
 Tobin, and J. C. Thomas of the Council of Administration. 
 
 Upon a second call for business, and none being presented, 
 the Encampment dissolved at 3 p.m. 
 
 A true account of the proceedings. 
 
 JAMES F. MEECH, 
 
 Assistant Adji it ant- General. 
 
134 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 General Orders and Circular Letters. 
 Series of 1882. 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont St , Room 3. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Feb. 2, 1882. 
 
 No. 1. j 
 
 I. Having been elected Comniander of this Department, I accept 
 the honor conferred upon nie and assume the duties of the office. 
 
 Realizing fully the responsibilities, and the inability of my unaided 
 eflbrts to carry forward the Avork of the Order, I call upon all comrades 
 to join in the upbuilding of the Grand Army in our Commonwealth. 
 
 The results of the past year shonld be a stimulus to renewed eflbrts, 
 and a determination on the part of comrades to enlarge the membership 
 of their own Posts, will increase the aggregate number of our Depart- 
 ment, and add to the efficiency of the Order. 
 
 No good reason exists why evei'y ex-soldier or sailor should not 
 associate with us in the prosecution of our woi'k of Charity, in advancing 
 the sentiment of Fraternity, and in cultivating the principle of Loyalty, 
 which is the foundation upon which our Republic rests. 
 
 Much, of course, depends upon the earnestness and activity of those 
 who hold positions of responsibility, but every comrade, however humble, 
 can do something to promote the good Avork, and if in everything pertain- 
 ing to the Grand Army we lay aside all motives of ambition and personal 
 feeling and make everything subordinate to the welfare of the Order, 
 Ave shall be rewarded Avith success and be prouder than ever of our con- 
 nection Avith the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 II. I desire to express the appreciation of this Department to com- 
 rade E. T. Raymond of Post 10, Worcester, Avho for the past six (6) 
 years has ably tilled the position of Assistant Quartermaster-General. 
 The duties of civil life compelled him to decline a reappointment under 
 the new administration, and in behalf of the comrades of the Depart- 
 ment, I tender to Comrade Raymond their grateful thanks for past ser- 
 vices, and the most sincere Avishes for his future success and prosperity. 
 
 III. The foUoAving comrades are announced as the Official Staft" of 
 the Commander; they will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General, James F. Meech of Post 10, Worcester. 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General, George L. Goodale of Post 66, 
 
 Medford. 
 Inspector, William L. Baird of Post 5, Lynn. 
 Judge Advocate, E. B. Loring of Post 15, Boston. 
 Chief Clustering Officer, Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 
 IV. All official correspondence must be signed by Post Commanders 
 and addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General, Avhose office hours Avill 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 135 
 
 remain as heretofore, viz., from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 daily, except Sundays 
 and Saturday afternoons, when the office will be closed. 
 
 By command of 
 ..... . , GEORGE II. PATCH, 
 
 James F. Mbech, Deparment Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-Genend. 
 
 IlKVDQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3 
 
 Boston, March 25, 1882. 
 
 n 
 
 General Orders, | 
 No. 2. I 
 
 I V list of the officers elected at the Annual Encampment of this 
 Department held at Boston, January 30 and 31, appears in the Koster 
 accompiuying this Order. Two Rosters are forwarded to each Post 
 one to be tiled with General Orders, the other is for the use of the Post 
 
 ComraancU^r^ following comrades are appointed on the Staff of the 
 Department Commander, and they will be obeyed and respected accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 aides-de-camp 
 
 E. p. Simpson . . 
 A. M. Tilton . . 
 P. Allen Lindsay 
 E. P. Connig . - 
 Benj. Pitman . . 
 CO. Fellows . . 
 Philii) H. Creasey 
 Leonard E. Thayer 
 Charles Newhall . 
 Willard Y. Gross 
 Timothy 8. Atwood 
 Frederick G. Pope 
 M. O. Wheaton 
 George E. Teele 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Abingtou. 
 
 So. Boston. 
 
 Attleboro. 
 
 VVatertown. 
 
 E. P. Gibbs .... 
 M. J. Ferrin 
 George I'ierce . . • 
 T. M. Remington . . 
 Theodore Leutz . . 
 H.A.Sawyer . . . 
 Loviis .J. Elwell . . 
 J. A. Black . . . . 
 Samuel A. Gushing Jr 
 .Tosiah G. Cook . . 
 William H. Thomas . 
 Alfred B. Hodges 
 Fred J. Lyon . . . 
 Frederick Grant . . 
 
 Hudson. 
 Stonehani . 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 Worcester. 
 Boston. 
 Lynn. 
 Westboro. 
 Spencer. 
 , Dorchester. 
 No. Hanson. 
 Hingham Centre. 
 Taunton. 
 Springfield. 
 Salem. 
 
 Ill \diutants' and (iuartermasters' reports for farst 1st) quarter 
 will be due A ril 1, and it is important that they should be forwarded 
 
 romptly Vd utan s and Ciuartermasters are reminded that hey should 
 "Xr not only regarding the number reported 1-^ ..uarter bu account 
 for the o-ains and losses, and give the names as called foi in the recapit 
 ulition of muster roll, and notes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Care should be exemsed 
 that the number remaininq in good standing in form .V an the numbei 
 pScl for on form B shall ag^ee. Post Commanders will see that a 
 
 P, irements are complied with, and after signing both reports, foMNaid 
 the same, together With the,..r capita tax (8 cents per member), to these 
 Ilead.piart^rs. . ^^ ,^^ council of Administration held ear^ 
 
 h, Vphriiai V it was unanimouslv " voted that, in the opinion of the Council 
 of V^mlSl-ltiom U is not expedient to try the experiment of an Encamp- 
 
 ""•^V'uteS'oTpL'Js is' invited to the accompanying circular rela- 
 tive ^o\hfpropisedLimment to General James .V. Garfield, late President 
 
136 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 of the United States, to be erected by his late comrades in arms. Any 
 contributions to the fnnd may be forwarded to Department Headquarters, 
 and will be duly credited, and the result published in General Orders at 
 a later date. 
 
 "VI. The following Posts have been organized since the Depart- 
 ment Encampment : — 
 
 W W. Rockwell Post 125, Pittsfield, Byron "Weston, Commander 
 James H. Sargent Post 130, Medway, A. W. Barton, Commander. 
 Charles Chipman Post 132, Sandwich, S "Wills Hunt, Commander. 
 Hubbard "V. Smith Post 140, Athol, W. E. Jaquith, Commander. 
 Frank D. Hammond Post 141, Harwich, Geo. M. Munsell, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 "VII. The address of any member of Company I, 2d Regiment 
 "Veteran Reserve Corps, who served in that command while stationed at 
 Auburn, New York, during the winter of 1864-5, is desired at these 
 headquarters. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Official: GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 
 James F. Meech, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General . 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3. 
 
 General Orders, ) Boston, April 19, 1882. 
 
 No 3. \ 
 
 I. In order to bring comrades and Posts into more intimate rela- 
 tions Avith Department Headquarters and at the same time enable the 
 Commander to ascertain the condition and needs of the several Posts, the 
 following officers are hereby detailed to visit the Posts whose numbers 
 appear against their names : 
 
 William "h. Hart, Department Senior "Vice-Commander . . . 68,149 
 John D. Billings, Department Junior Vice-Commander, 10, 21, 26, 56, 
 
 57, 143 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr., Medical Director 33,42,75 
 
 George L. Goodale, Assistant Quartermaster-General . . .13, 36, 120 
 
 William L. Baird, Inspector 34, 82, 95, 118 
 
 E. B. Loriug, Judge Advocate 2, 58, 104, 113 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Chief Mustering Officer, 20, 52, 73, 76, 78, 87, 93, 132, 141 
 
 COUNCIL OF administration. 
 
 William A. Sloane 16. 38, 65, 97, 103, 107 
 
 William S. Frost 9, 44, 80, 96 
 
 William S. Brown 7, 30, 88 
 
 Charles H. Parsons 67, 106 
 
 aides-de-camp. 
 
 E. P. Simpson 62, 81, 117 
 
 E. P. Gibbs 19, 2s, 29, 43, 54. 64, 77. Si], 98, 136 
 
 A. M Tiltou 39, 49, 100, 101 
 
 M. J. Ferrin 40,66,119,148 
 
 P. Allen Lindsey 15, 23, 134, 139 
 
 Geo. R. Pierce ' 1", 79, 123, 126, 140 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 137 
 
 I P. Connig 48,53,59,09,109,115,116 
 
 T. M. Remitigton 24, 25, 70 
 
 Benj. Pitraau . . 45 
 
 C. O. Fellows 4, 5 
 
 H A. Sawyer 11, 35, 50, 90 
 
 P. H. Creasey . 47, 108, 114, 122, 128, 151 
 
 L J. Elwell G. 78, 22, 105, 135 
 
 L. E Thayer 37, 61 
 
 J. A. Black . 27, 51, 85, 131 
 
 Chas. Newhall . . 12, 89, 99 
 
 S. A. Ciishing, Jr. . 32, 60, 102, 130 
 
 Willard Y. Gross 94, 121, 144 
 
 T S. Atwood 74, 83, 110, 111, 124, 127 
 
 Wm H. Thomas 31, 112 
 
 Alfred B Hodges ... 1, 8, 4G, 145, 146 
 
 M. O. Wheaton 3, 55, 72. 91 
 
 Fred J. Lyon 41,71,84,125 
 
 Geo E Teele 63, 92, 142 
 
 These visits are for instruction and information and as it is impor- 
 tant that they should be made as soon as possible, it may be necessary 
 to call special meetings of Posts in some instances, therefore Command- 
 ers of Posts will govern themselves accordingly. Posts will be expected 
 to exemplify the work of the Order including muster-in. The traveling 
 expenses will be assumed by the several officers named, therefore it is 
 expected that all local expense Avill be paid by the Post visited. 
 
 A report of these visits will be made at once to these headquarters 
 on the blanks provided for that purpose. 
 
 II. Badges that may be wanted previous to May 30 should be 
 ordered at once and comrades should I'emember that they can only be 
 supplied through their Post Quartermaster. All supplies must be paid 
 for when ordered or they will be sent CO.D. at expense of Post. Small 
 orders, viz , less than $1.00, may be prepaid with postage stamps. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE H, PATCH, 
 
 James F. Meech, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Pkpart.ment of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3. 
 General Orders, \ Boston, May 1, 1882 
 
 No. 4. I 
 
 In accordance with the provisions of Rules and Regulations, and in 
 compliance with General Orders No. 15, from National Headquarters, 
 Tuesday, May 30, will be observed as Memorial Day. 
 
 Memorial Day l)elougs to the Grand Army of the Republic, for it 
 commemorates all that was grand and noble in the sacrifices made by our 
 comrades who died that the Nation might live. By act of the Legislature 
 it has been given as a sacred legacy to the present and future generations 
 of our own loved Commonwealth. Let us then, citizen and comrade, 
 unite on that day, in paying tril)Ute to the men who on the gundecks of our 
 navy, or in the ranks of our army, showed to the world a heroism une- 
 qualled, a patriotic spirit undaunteil and a record unsullied. 
 
 We are an army to whom no recruits can come. Only veterans can 
 join the Grand .\rniy. The resistless artillery of time steadily decimates 
 
138 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 our ranks, and day by day we grow fewer and Aveaker. But as we stand 
 shoulder to shoulder treasuring in our Fraternity a wealth of grand 
 memories of those we commemorate, let us believe that the comradeship 
 that binds ns to them in a great and noble cause is not wholly severed. 
 Their task is done. Their solemn obligation, which we took in unison 
 with them, has been fulfilled But life brings for ns each day new 
 responsibilities and new duties. They have laid aside their armor; we 
 must bear the heat and the burden of the day for a time ; and as they, 
 true to duty, to country and to God, faltered not where duty lead them, 
 so let us, in the Grand Army of the Republic, fulfill all the obligations 
 we have assumed. And when 
 
 On fame's eternal camping ground 
 Our silent tents are spread, 
 
 and our names have been added to the silent majority, we shall not have 
 lived in vain And in the active and present work of our Order we shall 
 find our Fraternity broader, our Charity purer, and our Loyalty more 
 devoted. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 
 James F. Meech, De'partment Commander. 
 
 Assista nt Adjtt ta nt-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, June 30, 1S82. 
 
 No. 5. i 
 
 I. General Orders No. 17 and 18, old series, and No. 1, new series, 
 from National Headquarters are herewith promulgated. Special atten- 
 tion is called to the paragraphs in No. 1 relative to recruiting. 
 
 II. A new National countersign is hereby forwarded, and Com- 
 manders of Posts will in no case communicate the same to any comrade 
 who is not in good standing. The slip will be destroyed after being read. 
 
 III. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for second quarter AviU 
 be due July 1, and it is important that they should be forwarded promptly. 
 Adjutants and Quartermasters are reminded that they should confer not 
 only regarding the number reported last quarter, but account for the 
 gains and losses and give the names as called for in the Recapitulation 
 of Muster Roll, and notes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Care should be taken that the 
 number remaining in good standing in form A and the number paid for 
 in form B shall agree. Post Commanders will see that all requirements 
 are complied with, and, after signing both reports, forward the same, 
 together with thej*(^/- capita tax, eight (8) cents per member, to these 
 headquarters. All Posts from whom correct reports have not been 
 received by the 15th of July Avill be reported in General Orders, in com- 
 pliance with instructions of National Encampment. 
 
 IV. The following additional Posts are announced, viz. : — 
 
 Geo. H. Mantien Post 133, Plainville, Wm. H. Wade, Commander 
 (reorganized). 
 
 Isaac Davis Post 138, West Acton, Chas W. Parker, Commander 
 (new). 
 
 Robert G Shaw Post 14(5, New Bedford, C. H. Harrison, Com- 
 mander (reorganized). 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 139 
 
 V. The address of Geo. P. Buswell, late Corporal in Co. B, 21st 
 Regt. Vet. Reserve Corps, who served in that command Avhile it was sta- 
 tioned near Albanj', N.Y., in the latter part of iSG-t, is wanted at this office. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 
 James F. Meech, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 53 Tremont Street, Room 3 
 
 General Orders, ") Boston, July 21, 1882. 
 
 No. 6. / 
 
 I. General Orders No. 2, from National Headquarters, is herewith 
 forwarded. 
 
 II. As some Post Commanders have been unable to find the solution 
 of the cipher — countersign promulgated in last General Orders, — they 
 are respectfully referred to page G of the Ritual. 
 
 III. One hundred and forty-two (142) Posts of this Department 
 submitted correct reports to this office within the time allowed, for 
 which they have the thanks of the Department Commander and the satis- 
 faction of duty well performed. The remaining four (4) Posts, viz , 
 Post 55, Taunton; Post 112, South Scituate; Post 124, East BridgeAvater 
 and Post 135, Shrewsbury, have not reported to date, and are conse- 
 quently announced as in arrears for reports as per instructions. It is 
 the earnest hope of the Commander that a repetition of this report Avill 
 not be necessary. 
 
 IV. Several Department Officers have not forwarded reports of the 
 spring visitation of Posts, and in some instances it is known at this office 
 that such visits have not been made, and partly because of the failure of 
 Post Commanders to arrange for proper meeting. The attention of Post 
 Commanders as well as Department Officers is called to the importance 
 of these visits, and prompt return of report of the same. 
 
 V. Post 14 has been reorganized with its original name and number, 
 viz., C. C. Phillips Post 14, Hopkinton, T. N. Drawbridge, Commander. 
 
 VI. Post 8G of Maynard has surrendered its charter, and members 
 of that Post will be transferred to Post 138, Acton. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 
 James F. Meech, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, j 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, |- 
 
 53 Tremont St., Roo.m 3 J 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Sept. 2G, 1882. 
 
 No 7. / 
 
 I. General Orders No. 4, and Circular, from National Headquarters 
 are herewith promulgated. 
 
 II. A year's supply of blank .\djutants' and Quartermasters' reports 
 together with envelopes have just been forwarded to each Post Com- 
 mander. Failure to receive the same will be at once reported to this 
 office. 
 
140 HISTORY DEPT. MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Ill Consolidated reports from Massachusetts were the first to be 
 received last quarter at National Headquarters, with only four (4) Posts 
 missing. It is hoped that a better record ma,v be made for this quarter. 
 To that end the attention of Officers of Posts is called to paragraph III., 
 General Orders, No 5, from these headquarters. The announcement 
 therein made will be strictly followed. 
 
 IV. The detail for spring visits to the Posts of this Department, as 
 announced in General Orders, No. 3, will remain in force, and the same 
 officers will inspect the Posts therein assigned. The necessary blanks 
 will be at once furnished together Avith instructions, and it is expected 
 that Commanders of Posts will co-operate to the fullest extent, that the 
 inspection of every Post may be completed, and report of same on form 
 H made to this office prior to December I 
 
 V. The following Posts have been organized since last General 
 Orders : — 
 
 W. L. Baker Post 86, Northampton, W. C. Pomeroy, Commander. 
 Samuel Sibley Post 137, East Douglass, Geo. H. Walker, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General ■ 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Gr.\nd Army of the Republic 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3 
 
 !) 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Nov. 17, 1882. 
 
 No. 8. 1 
 
 I. General Orders No. 5, from National Headquarters, is herewith 
 forwarded to this Department. 
 
 II. Comrade Alfred C. Monroe is hereby appointed .Vcting Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, to date from November 1, and is detailed for duty at 
 these headquarters. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 
 III. The Department Commander desires to congratulate the Order 
 upon the substantial growth during the year, by which we have gained 
 twelve Posts and 1770 comrades. It is hoped that this result will 
 influence all Avho are interested in the prosperity of the G.A R. to 
 greater exertion. Especial commendation is extended to ofticers of Posts 
 in this Department for the correct and prompt manner in which reports 
 for third quarter were for%varded. The result of which was that the 
 consolidated returns from this Department were made on time and that 
 for every Post in the Department. 
 
 IV. Attention is called to the election of Post officers, and one 
 delegate and one alternate for every fifty members reportetl in good 
 standing for third quarter — September 30^ Avith one additional for 
 m(n-e than one-half that number, but every Post, whatever its member- 
 ship, shall be entitled to one delegate. This election must be held at the 
 first regular meeting in December. Blanks for reporting the same will 
 be furnished at once. 
 
 V. Commanders of Posts are requested to forward to these head- 
 quarters, prior to December 30, a report of the number of camp-fires, 
 public meetings, fairs or other entertainments held by their respective 
 Posts during the year. 
 
SEVENTEEKTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 141 
 
 VI. Assistant Inspectors are reminded tliat it is of great importance 
 that the work of inspection should be completed as early as possible, and 
 they are requested to report to these headquarters all Posts who fail to 
 respond to their notice of proposed visitation. 
 
 VII. The address of 1st Sergts Manchester and Sherman, late of 
 Co. G, 3d R I Cavalry, and Lieutenant Turner of same regiment is wanted 
 at this office. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE H PATCH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 He.\1)Quarters Department of Massachusetts 
 Grand Army of the Rei 
 53 Tremont St 
 
 VCHUSETTS, I 
 
 Republic, I- 
 , Room 3. j 
 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Dec. 11, 1882. 
 
 No. 9. )" 
 
 I. The order announcing mustering officers will be issued on or 
 abont December 20, and the chief will be governed by the wishes of the 
 Posts in their selection when practicable. Recommendations must be 
 received previous to the above date, and in no case will an assignment 
 be made unless the Post or its representative so designates. 
 
 II. At the coming session of the Department Encampment, which 
 will be held in this city about January 30, or February 1, the presence of 
 the Commander-in-Chief and several other officers of the National Encamp- 
 ment is assured, and it has been proposed to have a banquet during or at 
 the close of the meeting. lu order that the committee may w^ork under- 
 standingly. Commanders of Posts are desired to send immediately to this 
 office on the enclosed card the names of comrades of their respective 
 Posts who Avill purchase tickets to the above entertainment, at an expense 
 not to exceed §1.00. 
 
 Ill Officers and comrades of Posts should bear in mind that the 
 increase of membership is of the utmost importance, and to that end the 
 enclosed missionary circulars are forwarded; copies of this circular will 
 be furnished in any quantities free to Posts of this Department on appli- 
 cation to these head(iuarters. 
 
 IV. Comrade E. B. Loring is hereby relieved from duty at these 
 headquarters as Judge Advocate on the statl" of the Department Com- 
 mander, to date from Dec. 6, 1882. 
 
 V. Comrade E. P. Simpson, Aide-de-Canip, is hereby appointed 
 Judge Advocate on staft' of the Department Commander, to date from 
 December 6, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 
 VI. The following new Post has been organized since the date of 
 the last General Order, viz. : — 
 
 Edwin M. Stanton Post U7, Amherst, T. W. Sloan, Commander. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
142 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS.. G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Repuhlic, 
 
 63 Tremont St , Room 3. 
 
 General Orders, "1 Boston, Dec. 27, 1882. 
 
 No. 10. / 
 
 I. The following-named comrades are hereby detailed as Musteriuo; 
 Officers, and will install the officers of the Posts whose numbers appear 
 against their names : — 
 
 George II. Patch, Department Commander, South Framingham . . 40 
 Wm. H Hart, Department Senior Vice-Commander, Chelsea . . 149 
 John D Billings, Dept. Junior Vice-Commander, Cambridgeport, 2, 33 
 
 Azel Ames, Jr., Medical Director, Wakefield 4 
 
 W. S. Frost, Council of Administration, Marlboro 43, 80 
 
 Chas. II. Parsons, Council of Administration, Gloucester . . . 106 
 Geo. L. Goodale, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Boston . .5, 12, 120 
 
 E P Simpson, Judge Advocate, South Framingham 81 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Chief Mustering Officer, Brockton ... .80, 141 
 
 Jas. L. Wilber, New Bedford . . . . 1 
 
 E. C. Whitney, IloUiston 6 
 
 A B Hodges. Taunton . 8 
 
 Timothy Reed, South Abingtou ... .13 
 
 John F. Bruce, Fitchburg 19, 138 
 
 H N. Fisher, Waltham 29 
 
 Geo O. Vinal, Scituate ... 31 
 
 E B. Loring, Boston . . - • .35 
 
 Chas. E Trow, Methuen 39 
 
 James O. Smith, Springfield 41 
 
 Edw. L. Rowe, Gloucester • . . .... ... 45 
 
 Theodore Leutz, Boston .50 
 
 Chas. E. Gerrold, E. Boston 63 
 
 Chas. B. Fox, Dorchester .... . 68 
 
 A R. Holmes, Canton 72 
 
 H. H. CoUamore, N. Pembroke . . 74 
 
 Chas H. Leonard, Plymouth .... . .76 
 
 Alex. W. Fulton, N. Adams .... 79 
 
 F. A. Wallis, Beverly 89 
 
 M. Coyle, Brighton 92 
 
 Chas. "W. Wilcox, Milford 105 
 
 W. W. Blackmar, Boston 113 
 
 R F. Boynton, Hyde Park 121 
 
 H. A Sawyer, Lynn 128 
 
 E. S. Horton, .Vttleboro 133 
 
 David L. Hodges, Dedham 144 
 
 Harrie Cnshman, Taunton 3 
 
 John Scates, Boston 7 
 
 J. B Lamb, Worcester 10 
 
 Henry B. Peirce, Abington .... ... 18 
 
 Geo. R. Pierce, Shelburne Falls 20 
 
 Geo. S. Evans, Cambridge 30, 56 
 
 John W. Hart, Salem 34 
 
 F. \. Cooper, Brookfleld 38 
 
 E. W. Thompson, Lowed 42 
 
 Robt. G. Sargent, Newburyport 49 
 
 Geo. W. Nasmi, Franklin 60, 130 
 
 Alfred S. Jewett, Manchester 67 
 
 A. H. Batcheler, Millbury 70 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 143 
 
 Chas D. Nash, S. Abington 73 
 
 ,). T. Wilson, Winchester 75 
 
 Timothy S. Atwood, Abington 78 
 
 J. G. b" Adams, Lynn 82 
 
 J. Albert Blake, Danvers 90 
 
 A. A. Smith, Shelburne Falls 93 
 
 John S. Taplev, Methuen 100 
 
 H. A. Oakman, N. Marshfield Ill 
 
 Alex. Smart, Merrimac 114 
 
 Geo. D. Shaw, Springfield 125 
 
 F. L. Wheelock, Adams 120 
 
 J. P. Chipman, Sandwich 132 
 
 Chas. Grev, Athol 123, 140 
 
 F. C. Luce, New Bedford 146 
 
 IL The Commanders of the above-indicated Posts Avill at once put 
 themselves in communication with their Mustering Officers, giving time 
 and place of installation. In case of the absence of the comrade desig- 
 nated above for any Post, and where no comrade has been assigned, any 
 National or Department Officer, or past Post Commander (in his own 
 Post), in good standing (except the retiring Commander), may act. In 
 no case will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues 
 have been forwarded. See page 51 of the Service Book. 
 
 III. A year's supply of new forms A and B — Adjutant and Quarter- 
 master — -has been sent to each Post Commander; and if the same have 
 not been received, immediate notice should be given to this office, as it is 
 important that reports which are due January 1 should be transmitted 
 promptly in envelopes furnished for that purpose. Surgeon's report will 
 not be refiuired. 
 
 IV. Blank credentials have been furnished on which the return of 
 election of Post Commanders and Delegates and Alternates is to be made ; 
 one copy only is to be forwarded (if it has not already been done) with 
 Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports, together with per capita tax, 
 previous to January 10. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE H. PATCH, 
 Alfrep C. Monrok, Department Commnnder. 
 
 Chief Clustering Officer. 
 
 Official : 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
144 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OK MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R, 
 1882. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 George H. Patch, Commander 
 
 William H. Hart, Senior Vice- Commander 
 
 John D. Billings, Junior Vice-Commander 
 
 AzEL Ames, Jr., Medical Director 
 
 John W. Lee, Chax>lain .... 
 
 South Framinghain. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 William A. Sloane 
 William S. Frost . 
 William S. Brown 
 Moses P. Palmer . 
 Charles H. Parsons 
 
 Official Staf. 
 
 James F. Meech, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 George L. Goodale, Assistant Q.M.-General, 
 William L. Baird, Inspector . . . . 
 E. B. Loring, Judge Advocate .... 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Chief Mustering Officer . 
 
 Spencer. 
 Marlboro. 
 South Boston. 
 Groton. 
 Gloucester. 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3, Boston. 
 
 53 Tremont St., Room 3, Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Aides-de-Camp. 
 
 E. P. Simpson, 
 
 A. M. TiLTON, 
 
 P. Allen Lindsey, 
 i. p. connig, 
 Benj. Pitman, 
 C. O. Fellows, 
 Philip H. Creasey, 
 Leonard E. Thayer, 
 Charles Tvewhall, 
 WiLLARU Y. Gross, 
 Timothy S. Atwoou, 
 Fredeku;k G. Pope, 
 M. O. Wheaton, 
 George E. Teele, 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Abington. 
 
 So. Boston. 
 
 Attleboro. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 E. P. GIBBS, 
 
 M. .J. Ferrin, 
 George R. Pierce, 
 T. M. Remington, 
 Theodore Leutz, 
 H. A. Sawyer, 
 Louis J. Elwell, 
 .T. A. Black, 
 Saml. a. Cushing, Jr. 
 JosiAH G. Cook, 
 William H. Thomas, 
 Alfred B. Hodges, 
 Fred. J. Lyons, 
 Frederick Grant, 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Stoneham. 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Westboro. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 No. Hanson. 
 
 Hingham Centre. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Salem. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 145 
 
 Representatives to National Encampment. 
 
 DELEGATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 IlENKV B. Peibce, Abington. 
 
 DELEG.l 
 
 Andrew C. Stoxe, 
 Charles O. Fellows, 
 Alvin R. Bailey, 
 Bes.i. S. Lovell, 
 J. P. Maxfield, 
 John E. Killias, 
 Charles H.Tracy, 
 Tho>[as J. Ames, 
 J. B. Lamb, 
 Azel Ames, Jr., 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Cliicopee. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 alternate-at-large. 
 J. FRANii Dalton, Salem. 
 
 alternates. 
 John F. Brhce, Fitchburg. 
 
 Benj. Pit.man, 
 .T. D. Edgell, 
 J. H. DWVER, 
 
 Nathaniel E. L.'Vdd, 
 F. W. Merriam, 
 Charles B. Fox, 
 J. Payson Bradlee, 
 
 E. P. GiBBS, 
 
 George Gurney, 
 
 .Marblehead. 
 
 (iarduer. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Groveland. 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S. Cushm.'VN, 
 Francis a. Osborn, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 John G. B. Adams, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 
 Xew York. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 AVilliam Cogswell, Salem. 
 John W. Kimball, Fitchburg. 
 
 Horace Binney Sargent, 
 
 Salem. 
 John A. Hawes, Fairhaven. 
 
 George W. Creasey, Newburyport. 
 
 10 
 
146 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Losraii Rodman 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lauder 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Peirce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln — 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick — 
 
 Colonel Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner. . . . 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher . . 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 'I'hos. G. Stevenson . . 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. AVells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart. . . 
 
 George W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. IL Sheridan ... 
 Tljeodore Winthrop. . 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols . . . 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell . . 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Charles H. Stevens. . . 
 
 Town. 
 
 New Bedford . . . 
 South Boston . . . 
 
 Taunton 
 
 Melrose 
 
 Lynn 
 
 Holliston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 Brockton 
 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Orange 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg 
 
 Colerain 
 
 Boston 
 
 Milf ord 
 
 East Boston 
 
 Grafton 
 
 T'xbridge 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston . . 
 
 Waltham 
 
 Cambridgeport . 
 
 Scituate 
 
 South Boston 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Salem 
 
 Chelsea 
 
 Arlington 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 Maiden 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Marlboro 
 
 Fayville 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Fall River 
 
 Haverhill 
 
 Ayer 
 
 Newburyport 
 
 Peabody 
 
 North Bi-ookfield 
 
 South Easton 
 
 Leominster 
 
 Commander. 
 
 James L. Wilber 
 
 George A. Thayer ) 
 
 817 Broadway ( 
 
 T. C. Lucas 
 
 Charles O. Boyd 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer, / 
 
 Box 23 ( 
 
 Benj. A. Bridges 
 
 Dennis Meehan 1 
 
 Station A f 
 
 B. W. Bump I 
 
 Box 442 i 
 
 Ruf us Howe 
 
 T. M . Remington ) 
 
 16 Gold St. i 
 
 Thomas Crozier ) 
 
 2-23 Main St. i 
 
 W. J. Mansfield 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe 
 
 Richard F. Lynam * 
 
 185 Summer St. i 
 
 James O. Smith i 
 
 56 High St. i 
 
 A. L. Shattuck 
 
 Ezra Morse 
 
 Jame.s Cuthbert 
 
 George H. Carpenter . . t 
 
 Griswoldville \ 
 
 Theodore Leutz ( 
 
 8 Williams Court \ 
 
 B. H. Montague 
 
 Eben B. Lincoln 1 
 
 301 Saratoga St. j 
 
 Chas. W. Aldrich 
 
 John W. Fitzpattick. . . . 
 
 Wm. M. Oliu 
 
 Leonard E. Thayer 
 
 H. O. Sawyer 
 
 John H. Whelon 
 
 Edward J. Dolan ( 
 
 551 Main St. \ 
 
 A. A. Seaverns / 
 
 No. Scituate ( 
 
 A. C. Belcher ( 
 
 Boston Post-office \ 
 
 Charles H. Harding 
 
 J. Frank Dalton 
 
 Charles O. Fellows I 
 
 Savings Bank I 
 
 Wilson W. Fay 
 
 Jarvis H. Jones 
 
 J. A. Parkhurst 
 
 John F. Hogan 
 
 E. E. Currier 
 
 C. H. Wat8on t 
 
 Lock Box 97 \ 
 
 Chas. W. Sleeper 
 
 A. M. Page 
 
 S. F. Draper 
 
 Charles H. Parsons 
 
 Frank McGraw ( 
 
 10 Granite Block \ 
 
 Chas. E. Peaboily 
 
 John Q. A. McCo'llister.. . 
 
 Daniel B. Whiting 
 
 Windsor M. Ward 
 
 John S. Cooke 
 
 George A. Lackev 
 
 T. J. Ames ■. 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 l8t and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 Thursday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
 Alter. Fridays 
 
 Wednesday' 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Sun. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 Thursday 
 Tuesday" 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 Wednesday 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 Tuesday 
 Monday 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 3d and last Thurs. 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 147 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Namk of Post. 
 
 No.' TOAVN. 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Niciiir OF 
 Meeting. 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings.. 
 I. D. Paull 
 
 54 
 55 
 
 5h 
 57 
 58 
 
 59 
 60 
 61 
 62 
 63 
 64 
 65 
 66 
 67 
 68 
 
 69 
 70 
 71 
 
 72 
 73 
 74 
 75 
 76 
 
 78 
 79 
 80 
 81 
 82 
 83 
 84 
 85 
 86 
 87 
 88 
 89 
 
 90 
 91 
 
 92 
 93 
 94 
 95 
 
 96 
 
 97 
 
 9K 
 
 99 
 
 100 
 
 101 
 
 102 
 
 103 
 
 104 
 
 105 
 
 106 
 107 
 
 los 
 
 109 
 110 
 111 
 
 112 
 
 113 
 
 
 
 Ist and 2d Tiies 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 East Cambridge 
 
 Frederick Thaver 1 
 
 Whittenton Mills \ 
 
 Wm. H. Eveleth 
 
 J. F. Capelle 
 
 Beni. S. Lovell 1 
 
 East Weymouth ( 
 
 A. H. Melendy 
 
 Oliver H. Ingalls 
 
 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 Wednesday 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt 
 
 Sterling 
 
 Franklin 
 
 1st and 3(1 Tues. 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 Webster 
 
 Eleazer W. Smith 
 
 H W. Downs 
 
 2d and 3d Friday 
 1st and 3d Thurs 
 
 Gen Wadsworth 
 
 Natick 
 
 Frank P. Simonds 
 
 Louis L.Stone 
 
 
 E. 1) Haker 
 
 
 1st and 3d Fri 
 
 
 
 
 
 Medford 
 
 Johns. Beck 
 
 Henry T. Bingham 
 
 Herbert S. Cole ( 
 
 36 Winter St., Boston ( 
 
 E. S. Kendall 
 
 Kodney D. Looniis. ...... 
 
 Harry "Crosby / 
 
 Box 453 ( 
 
 2d and 4th Tues 
 
 Allen 
 
 Manchester 
 
 Friday 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 J P. Rice 
 
 Westminster 
 
 Millburv 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 George A . Custer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1 St and 3d Tues 
 
 
 
 A.H.Wright 
 
 Isaac Hopkins 
 
 L. P. Benton 
 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 Rockland 
 
 Monday 
 IMonday 
 
 J P Gould . 
 
 
 
 Theroh E. Hall 
 
 Holden 
 
 Isaac Damon 
 
 Timothy Heed 
 
 Peter .siiyder 
 
 Chas. P. Winslow 
 
 Geo. F. Robinson 
 
 Sam'l R. Hidden, Jr 
 
 R. C. Waterman 
 
 W W. Foster 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 David A. Russell 
 
 Clias. D. Sanford 
 
 South Abington 
 
 North Adams . 
 
 Tuesdaj' 
 Friday 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 Watertown 
 
 1st and 3d Mi<n. 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 J. E. AVilder 
 
 Marblehea<l 
 
 Monday 
 
 M E Stowell 
 
 South Deerfield — 
 Ware 
 
 1st and 3il Fri. 
 
 
 Charles E. AV'oodward — 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
 
 
 Thursday 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Gen. s. Thayer 
 
 South Braiutree 
 
 Henry A. Monk 
 
 IsaacM. Holt 
 
 William H. Morgan j 
 
 Box 115 i 
 
 George W. Kenny 
 
 J. B. Davidson ( 
 
 Box 3J \ 
 A B Collier 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr 
 
 Ward 
 
 
 
 
 Monday 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 
 
 Shelburne Falls 
 
 
 l.st and 3d Wed 
 
 
 A lexander R. Holmes 
 
 James H. Boyce ) 
 
 East Saugus ( 
 D. M. Bailev 
 
 2d and lastThur. 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks 
 
 
 2(fand 4th Fri. 
 1st Monday 
 
 
 
 
 Belchertown 
 
 Geo. M. Abbey 
 
 Emory W. Gill 
 
 Peter D. .Smith 
 
 1st Monday 
 
 J. D Mirick 
 
 2d Saturday 
 
 Gen. W. F Bartlett 
 
 
 1st Friday 
 Friday 
 
 
 
 John H. George 
 
 Charles F. Payne 
 
 George A. Fletcher 
 
 Charles H. Tracy 
 
 I. Frank (ioodwin 
 
 E. Warren Harback 1 
 
 Box ir> \ 1 
 
 William Wingood, Jr — 
 H K. Stoiighton 
 
 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 
 Milton 
 
 
 
 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 J Ursoii Kisk 
 
 O W AVallaee 
 
 Upton 
 
 Friday 
 Monday 
 
 L L Merrii'ii 
 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Kricsson ". 
 
 Cai)t. Horace Xiles . . . 
 J. E. .Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. . 
 
 E. 'W. Kinsley 
 
 • ieorgt'town 
 
 East'Templeton 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate 
 
 Solomon Nelson 
 
 B. F. French 
 
 Wm. A. Croak 
 
 Henry H. CoUamore... ^ 
 No. Pembroke \ 
 
 Alpheus Thomas 1 
 
 Hidge Hill f 
 T. R. Matthews ) 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 1st Thursday 
 1st Friday 
 
 1st .Saturday 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
 2d Wednesday 
 
 
 
 .lO Central St. ) | 
 
148 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 PObTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Col. C.R. MudRe 
 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 D. G. Fariagut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. (Jartield 
 
 Timothy I ngraham . . 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Diraick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayles 
 
 T. L. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton 
 
 James H. Sargent. . . . 
 George H. Thomas. . . 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Robert A.Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Aiarshall 
 
 W. C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubliard V. .Smith. . . 
 Frank D.Hammond. 
 Burnside 
 
 C.L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. VV. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 A. l>. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns.. 
 
 Major Buyd 
 
 Merrimac 
 
 Groton 
 
 Gardner. . 
 
 Medfield 
 
 S wampscott 
 
 Lexington 
 
 IjOwell 
 
 Hyde Park 
 
 Amesbiiry 
 
 Athol Centre 
 
 Flast Bridgewater. 
 Pittsfield 
 
 Adams . , 
 Hanson.. 
 Ipswich . 
 
 Med way . . 
 Leicester. 
 
 Sandwich 
 Boston — 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 Rutland 
 
 Somerville . 
 
 Athol 
 
 Harwich — 
 Saxonville.. 
 
 Brookline . 
 Dedham. . . 
 Attleboro . 
 
 Winchester . . 
 Charlestown . 
 
 West Newbury 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Charles O. Roberts 
 
 M. P. Palmer 
 
 George Kendall i 
 
 So. Gardner ' 
 
 Wm. r. Guild 
 
 Wm. G. Earp 
 
 L. G. Babcock 
 
 Chas. H. Coburn 
 
 Geoi ge L. Eldridge 
 
 M . M. Dennett • - 
 
 James Oliver 
 
 W. H. Osborne 
 
 Byron Weston 1 
 
 Dalton I 
 
 A. W. Wells 
 
 Charles Atwood 
 
 Leach Clark 
 
 A . W. Barton 
 R.F.Newton. 
 
 S. W. Hunt. 
 
 Rochdale 
 
 Thomas H. Younge ) 
 
 5 Blossom Ct. ( 
 
 Hammond \V . I'aige 
 
 Edward W. Hubbard.. . ) 
 West Rutland { 
 
 Martin Hinney 
 
 W. E. Jaquith 
 
 Geo. ]\1. Munsell. 
 
 Charles H Fuller 
 
 So. Fiamingham 
 
 T. W. Cli'ments 
 
 C. A. Taft 
 
 i;dward W. Rhodes — 
 
 Wni. A. Snow 
 
 Wm. H. Seymour 
 
 "410 Main St. 
 
 Ephriam Bailey. 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 1st Saturday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 Monday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 1st Monday 
 Monday 
 
 2dand4thTliurs. 
 1st Thursday 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 2d Saturday 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3dThurs. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 Ist Saturday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Wed. 
 
 1st Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 Wednesday 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and last Thur. 
 
 3d Monday 
 
 'JA Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 Friday 
 
 I'd and 4th Sat. 
 
GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 Departmlcnt CorvirviANDER, 
 
 1883-84. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, G.A.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1884. 
 
 JANUARY 30 — EVENING SESSION. 
 
 The Aumial Meetiug of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Faneuil Hall, Boston, 
 Jan. 30, 1884, in compliance with General Orders, No. 12, from 
 Department Headquarters, and was called to order at 8 o'clock 
 by Department Commander George S. Evans. 
 
 The Officer of the Day reported all present members of the 
 Order 
 
 Prayer was offered by the Department Chaplain, John W. 
 Lee. 
 
 Commander Evans announced the Encampment opened in 
 due form, and appointed the following Committee on Credentials, 
 viz.: the Assistant Adjutant-General; C. H. Parsons; W. W. 
 Scott; R. F. Tobin ; J. C. Thomas; Benj. Pitman of the Coun- 
 cil of Administration, and Inspector H. A. Sawyer. 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 it was 
 Rioted, 
 
 That the reading of the records be dispensed with. 
 
150 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment . 487 
 
 Number present • 334 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers 15 
 
 Past Department Commanders 4 
 
 Post Commanders 108 
 
 Delegates • . 307 
 
 Total 334 
 
 The Department Commander reported the presence on the 
 platform of a delegation from the Department of Rhode Island, 
 headed by Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief E. H. Rhodes. 
 
 Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill, Past Depart- 
 ment Commanders John G. B. Adams and George W. Creasey 
 were noticed in the hall, and invited to seats on the platform. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 151 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1884. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander . . . . 
 Senior Vice- Commander 
 Junior Vice- Commander 
 Medical Director . . 
 Chaplain 
 
 George S. Evans. 
 John D. Billings. 
 Wm. a. Sloane. 
 Jas. H. Wright. 
 John W. Lee. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 Chas. H. Parsons, W. W. Scott, Richard F. Tobix, 
 
 J. Gushing Thomas, 
 
 Official Staff 
 Assistant Adjutant-General 
 Assista)it Quartermaster-General 
 
 Inspector 
 
 Judge Advocate 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer 
 
 BEN.r. Pitman. 
 
 A. C. MONKGE. 
 
 C. O. Fellows. 
 H. A. Sawyer. 
 John L. Rice. 
 A M Lunt. 
 
 P(tst Department Commanders. 
 
 A. B. Underwood. George S. Merrill. 
 
 John G. B. Adams. George W. Ckeasey. 
 
 George H. P.\tch. 
 
 [Only the names of comrades present are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commander James L. Wilber, James F. Triff, Leopold Bartol, 
 George P Gifford. 
 
 Post 2. Commander J. Payson Bradlej', William S. BroAvn, Horace S. 
 Everett, Charles H. Ross. 
 
 Post 3. Commander Gustavns T. Fisher, C. S. Anthony, Henry D. 
 White, D. S Elliott. 
 
 Post 4. Commander Edwin C. Gould, James Pope. 
 
 Post a. Commander Geo. D. Stiles, H. O. Moore, E. B. Billings, John 
 L. Parker, Chas. H. Baker, Chas. Loyd, Wm. L Baird, 
 Chas W. Sears, Frank SAvain, H F. Segar, A .V. Davis, 
 R. E. Redman, John C. Metcalf, D. H. Fellows, John G 
 Dervan, G A. Badger, F. P. Larrabee, Geo. H. Lehman, 
 John Macfarlane. 
 
 Post C. Commander Daniel F. Travis, B. A. Bridges. 
 
152 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 7. Commander Albert S. Buswell, A. E. Perkins, S. F. Keyes, 
 
 Dennis Meehan, Geo. A. J. Colgan. 
 Post 8 Commander A. P. Vaiighan, Clias. A Howes. 
 Post 9. Commander Kufus Howe, Sullivan Arnold, E. P. Miles. 
 Post 10. Commander Wm. L Robinson, W. H. Bartlett, S. F. Babbitt, 
 C. W. Gasset, J. K. Clmrcbill, J. P. Lamb, Jobu G. Brewer, 
 Georse A. Blunt, J B. Willard. L J. Goodell, Thos. 
 O'Gara, F. H Rice 
 Post 11. Commander Thomas H. Haskell, Z. R. Knowles, Alvin R. 
 
 BaileJ^ 
 Post 12. Commander Oliver Walton, Jason H Knight, S. B Dearborn, 
 
 Justin Howard, C. H. Ilawes. 
 Post 13. Senior Vice-Commander Frank W. Luce, Fred Hanson, 
 
 A. Elliot Paine. 
 Post 14. Commander T. N. Drawbridge, L. K. Hutchinson. 
 Post 15. Commander George 0. Noyes, D. Linehan, Thomas Langlan, 
 
 Oliver Downing, George W. Powers, Thomas G. White 
 Post 16. Commander E. W.^Lathrop, W B. Watts, J. W. Hersey, 
 Charles Fay, G. L. Warriner, R J. Hamilton, H. M. 
 Phillips, G. W. Turner. 
 Post 17. Commander R. W. Rand, S. S. Giles. 
 Post 18. Commander J. H. Balcom, Thomas Taylor. 
 Post 19. Commander Ira G. Wilkins, J. C Bruce, Alphonso Marsh, 
 
 C. E Pherson, J. R. Hamilton. 
 Post 20. Geo. H. Carpenter. 
 
 Post 21. Commander Charles Bleiler, Theodore Leutz. 
 Post 22. Commander Geo. L. Mayuard, Alfred A. Burrell, Geo M. 
 
 Hawkins. 
 Post 23. Commander J. H. Dalton, Samuel M.Weale, Jonas C Littlefleld. 
 Post 24. Commander Henry Mann, T. J. Hall. 
 Post 25. Not represented. 
 Post 26. Commander Charles H. Hovey, C. W. C Rhoades. F. W. 
 
 Monroe. 
 Post 27. Commander Fred G. Hyde, Edwin Allen. 
 Post 28. Commander W. L G. Haskins, H. O. Sawyer 
 Post 29. Commander Wm. D. Newlaud, H C. Hall, J. H Whelon. 
 Post 30. Commander John W. Walker, Horace J Gray, Geo. H. Cope- 
 land, E J Dolan. 
 Post 31. Commander A. A. Seaverns, Bardin A. Prouty. 
 Post 32. Commander W. J Blake, A. C. Belcher. 
 POST 33, Thomas H. Hill, Albert P. Barrett. 
 Post 34. Senior Vice-Commander Samuel Worcester, Amos StiUmau, 
 
 Mark Heathcote, J Frank Dalton 
 Post 35. Commander Geo. W. Marsh, Wm H. Hart, Jas. T. Lakin, 
 Charles A Littlefleld, Amasa P. Johnson, Charles A 
 Campbell, Henry J. Winde, F. 0. Barnes. 
 Post 36. Commander Horace D. Durgin, James A. Marden. 
 Post 37. Commander Geo. L. Smith, Junior Vice-Commander Ira E. 
 
 Lackey, E. J. Beau. 
 Po.ST 38. Junior Vice-Commander F. A. Cooper. 
 Post 39. Commander George H. Flagg, Wm. D. Curtis, A. C. Stone, 
 
 H. K. Webster, John K. Tarbox. 
 Post 40. Commander Benj. Johnson, M. B. Lakeman, Frank J. Scott. 
 Post 41. Commauder Charles H. Clark, John A. Pittsiuger, S. P. 
 
 Harrison. Geo. H. Prescott. 
 Post 42. Commander F. B. Peabody, E. W. Thompson, J. P. Maxfleld, 
 N W. Allen, S. S. Stacey, Geo. C. Hedrick, Geo H. 
 Richardson 
 Post 43 Commander E. C. Marsh, W. S. Frost, J. W. Barnes. W. A. 
 Allev. 
 
KUiHTEENTII ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 153 
 
 Post 44. 
 Post 45. 
 
 Post 46. 
 
 Post 47 
 
 Post 48. 
 Post 49. 
 
 Post 50. 
 
 Post 51. 
 Post 52. 
 Post 53. 
 Post 54. 
 Po.>*t 55. 
 Post 56 
 Post 57. 
 
 Post 58. 
 Post 5it. 
 Post 60. 
 Post 61. 
 Post 62. 
 Post 63. 
 Post 64. 
 Post 65. 
 Post 66. 
 Post 67. 
 
 Post 68. 
 
 Post 69. 
 PO.ST 70. 
 Post 71. 
 
 Post 72. 
 Post 73. 
 Post 74. 
 Post 75. 
 
 Post 76. 
 Post 77. 
 Post 78. 
 Post 79. 
 Post 80. 
 
 Post 81. 
 Post 82. 
 
 Post 83. 
 Post 84. 
 Post 85. 
 Post 86 
 
 Couiinaiuler Francis Wright, S. F Draper. 
 
 Connnauder Win. H. Cross, Fitz. J. Babson, E L Rowe, D. S. 
 
 Watson, A. C. Andrews. 
 Commander John H Abbott, Henry M. Weeden, Frank Mc- 
 
 Graw, Richard B. Blake, Henry 0. Nickerson, Joseph E. 
 
 Nye 
 Commander Wni. H. Johnson, John G. Scates, E G. W. Cart- 
 
 Avriaht, Chas E Stnrgis, Walter Goodrich, Nathan P. 
 
 Taber, Thomas M. Arnold. 
 Commander John Q A. McCollester. 
 Senior Vice-Commander J. Albert Mills, Thomas E. Cutter, 
 
 Philip H. Creasey, Caleb P. Davis, Jr., William A. Little. 
 Commander William" H. Hildreth, John H. Tibbetts, C. T. 
 
 Batchelder, Simon P. Buxton. 
 Commander John S. Cook, Stephen B. Kemp. 
 Commander E. R. Holbrook, Marcus F. Delano. 
 Commander Aldrich Cook, W. H. Loverine, Clesson Kenne)'. 
 Commander John L. Bruce, John A. ^Merrill. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander D. T. Duhig, H. A. Allyn. Wm II. Eveleth. 
 Commander Jonas F. Capelle, Junior Vice-Commander Henry 
 
 Weisse, John C. DriscoU, Charles O. Welch, Thos Mont- 
 
 <?omery. 
 Commander Benj. S Lovell, Charles Hawes. 
 Commander Eihvard F. Winn, Thomas L. Gerry, S R. Peters. 
 Commander Oliver II. Inijalls, Georf^e W. Nason. 
 Commander A. R. Snow, E. P Morton, E W. Smith. 
 Commander W. A. Wetherbee, S. S Whitney, J. F Makee. 
 Commander Frank P. Simonds, D. H L. Gleason, A B Pierce. 
 Commander Louis L. Stone, Jeremiah Stuart, Henrj' C. Ladd. 
 Amos Bliss. 
 
 Commander Samuel G. Jepson, John S. Beck, Geo. L. Goodale. 
 Commander Robert C. Calder, Senior Vice-Commander Ezra 
 
 Stanley, Henry T. Brisham. 
 Commander Charles D. Stiles, J. K. Bui'lingame, H. S. Cole, 
 
 Chas. B. Fox, Sam'l A. Gushing, Jr., B. Read Wales, 
 
 Luther Moulton, Jr. 
 Commander Abner E. Drury, Adin F. Baker. 
 Commander A. H. Bachelor, S E. Hull 
 Commander Henry Crosby, Senior Vice-Commander W. II. 
 
 Abbott, P. J. Donnelly'. W. H. Abbott 
 Commander Lysander Wood, Thomas l^lanchard. 
 Commander A. II. Wright, Jesse H. Jones, John W. Sproul. 
 Commander Isaac Hopkins, Henry J. Gushing, Wm. B. Seavey. 
 Commander R. K. Brown, Senior Vice-Commander Y. C. Silke, 
 
 L. P. Benton, John Bert, S. A. Lawrence. 
 Commander Alonzo H. Perry, Ezra T. Burgess, W. H. Standish. 
 Commander George S. (rraham 
 
 Commander William H. Gurney, V. P. Harlow, Timothy Reed. 
 Commander G S. Stock well, Henry A. Tower. 
 Commander G. T. Fayerweather, Theodore N. Gates, Chas 
 
 Drayton. 
 Commander B H. Dow, Geo. E. Teele, II. W. Martin. 
 Commander Wm. 15. McCurdy, William H. Brown, Richard 
 
 (Joldsmith, John Anderson. 
 Commander Woodbridge R. Howes, Horace S. Tower. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander (Jeorge S. Marsh, IM. G. Miller 
 Commander Wm. C. Pomeroy, John L. Otis, J. B. Parsons. 
 
154 
 
 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 
 
 87. 
 
 Post 
 
 88. 
 
 Post 
 
 89. 
 
 Post 
 
 90. 
 
 Post 
 
 91. 
 
 Post 
 
 92 
 
 Post 
 
 93. 
 
 Post 
 
 94. 
 
 Post 
 
 95. 
 
 Post 
 
 96. 
 
 Post 
 
 97. 
 
 Post 
 
 98. 
 
 Post 
 
 99. 
 
 Post 
 
 100. 
 
 Post 
 
 101. 
 
 Post 
 
 102. 
 
 Post 
 
 103. 
 
 Post 
 
 104. 
 
 Post 
 
 105. 
 
 Post 
 
 106 
 
 Post 
 
 107. 
 
 Post 
 
 108. 
 
 Post 
 
 109. 
 
 Post 
 
 110. 
 
 Post 
 
 111. 
 
 Post 
 
 112. 
 
 Post 
 
 113. 
 
 Post 
 
 114. 
 
 Post 
 
 115. 
 
 Post 
 
 116. 
 
 Post 
 
 117. 
 
 Post 
 
 118. 
 
 Post 
 
 119. 
 
 Post 
 
 120. 
 
 Post 
 
 121. 
 
 Post 
 
 122. 
 
 Post 
 
 123. 
 
 Post 
 
 124. 
 
 Post 
 
 125. 
 
 Post 
 
 126 
 
 Post 
 
 127. 
 
 Post 
 
 128. 
 
 Post 
 
 129. 
 
 Post 
 
 130. 
 
 Post 
 
 131. 
 
 Post 
 
 132. 
 
 Post 
 
 133. 
 
 Post 
 
 134, 
 
 Post 
 
 1.35. 
 
 Post 
 
 136, 
 
 Post 
 
 137. 
 
 Commaiuler Henry A. Monk, T. B. Stoddard. 
 
 Commander William P. Martin, Geo. A. Ordway, Chas. A 
 
 Follett 
 Commander .Joseph VV. Stocker, Fred K. A. Wallis, Henry N. 
 
 Rogers, Charles W. Pert. 
 Commander Edward L Hill, Wm. P. Damon, William J. 
 
 Mnrphy, Thomas R. McDermott 
 Commander C. A. Stevens, H. L. Campbell. 
 Commander B. F. Sanborn, A. J. Wilson. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander J. Linfield, A. A. Harrington 
 Commander Chas. A. Newhall, J. W Sawyer. 
 Commander F. M Harrington, M. M. Thompson 
 Commander George M. Abbey, Charles E. Davis. 
 Commander Chas. A Gross, F. A. Field 
 Commander B. Cummings, S K. Goldsmith. 
 Commander Daniel Webster, Senior Vice-Commander George 
 
 N. Barnard. 
 Commander Hosea B. Nash, L. H. Hopkinson 
 Commander Geo. A Fletcher, J. Walter Bradlee. 
 Commander C. H. Tracy, Amos 0. Kenuey. 
 Commander C. H. Wakefield, Henry .Jones. 
 Albert Davis. 
 
 Commander Thomas Y. Parsons, Jr., Walter G. Peckham. 
 Not represented . 
 
 Commander Chas. Smith, E. P. Wildes. 
 George P Hawkes. 
 Commander William A. Croak, Senior Vice-Commander 
 
 H. A. Drake, John Moore, Jr. 
 Commander Henry H. CoUamore, George N. Church. 
 Not represented 
 Commander E. H. Richards, Albert W. Heney, Thos. L. 
 
 OBrion 
 Commander Chas. Roberts, Bailey Sargent. 
 Commander M. P. Palmer, Thomas Gibson 
 Commander S. T. Chambeiiin, John A. Byron. 
 Commander John H. Gould, William F. Guild. 
 Commander I'eleg Gardner, John I. Adams 
 Senior Vice-Commander George D. Harrington. 
 Commander Hubert M. Potter. Junior Vice-Commander 
 
 W. A. Fifleld, C. H. Coburn, C. F. Mann, A. G. Hildreth. 
 Commander Geo. G. Bailey, Jr., Geo. L. Eldridge, S A. 
 
 Reynolds, L. B. French. 
 Commander Chas. L. Tucker, Dudley E Gale. 
 Commander Samuel N Gould, Enoch T. Lewis. 
 Commander E E. Edson, F M. liingman. 
 Commander W. H Chamberlain, Chas. M. Wheldeu. 
 Commander F L. Wheelock, N. B. Baker. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Luther Wait, Leach Clark. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander H. A. Walker, Jerry Simmons. 
 Commander F. M. Lamb, Henry Williams. 
 Senior Vice-Commander B. F Chamberlin, J. H. Stevens. 
 Commander Wm. H. Wade, J. R. Mathewson. 
 Wm. H. Howard, J Lambert. 
 Commander Jos R. Loring, Hammond W. Paige. 
 Commander Jas. G. Shannon. 
 Not represented 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 
 
 155 
 
 Post 138. Commauder Jonatban C. Loker, A. C. Handley. 
 
 Post 139. Commander Chas. F. King, James Murphy. 
 
 Post 140 Commauder L. H. Sawiu, M. R. Hartshorn, W. E. Jaquith. 
 
 Post 141. Commander Samuel Hawes, Chas. H. Packard. 
 
 Post 142. Commander Wm B. Wallace, George .\. Reed. 
 
 Post 143. Willard Y. Gross, Wm. E. Long, Chas. C. Soule. 
 
 Post 144. Commander Chas C. Nichols, John B. Fisher, Cornelius A. 
 
 Taft. 
 
 Post 145. Commander Thomas K. Gay, E A. Horton, M. O. Wheaton, 
 
 E. W Rhodes. 
 
 Post 146. Commander Chas. H. Harrison. 
 
 Post 147. Commander J. W. Howland, Senior Vice-Commander H. C. 
 
 Comins, J A. Rawson. 
 
 Post 148 Commander AVm. A Snow, S. C. Small. 
 
 Post 149. Commander Horace S. Flagg, Wm. H. Seymour. 
 
 Post 150. Commander Jason Mann, L. B Sewell. 
 
 Post 151 Not represented. 
 
 Post 153 Commauder C. T. Stearns. 
 
 Post 154 Commander Geo. H. Bonney, Jr., James H. Thompson. 
 
 Post 155. Not represented. 
 
 Post 156. Commander Darius Hadley, Robert H. Jenkins. 
 
 Post 157. Commauder Geo. E. Craig, F. A. Hartshorn. 
 
 Post 158. Commander William McDonald. 
 
 Post 159. Commander Flavel Shurtleff, F M. Boynton. 
 
 Post 160. Commauder J. G Warren, G. H. Howard 
 
 Post 161. Commander George Perkins. 
 
 Post 162. Not represented. 
 
 The next business was the reports of Department OflBcers, 
 commencing with the address of the Department Commander, 
 George S. Evans, as follows : — 
 
156 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER GEORGE S. EVANS. 
 
 Comrades : As we gather together here tonight, at the Eight- 
 eenth Annual Encampment of our Department organization, it 
 is right and proper that we should return sincere and hearty 
 thanks to the great Commander of us all for His watchful care 
 and providence over us in the past, and to invoke His aid and 
 blessing for the success and prosperit}^ of our beloved organiza- 
 tion in the future. 
 
 As we look back over the past year and the work which has 
 been accomplished, in extending the influence and the blessings 
 of the Grand Army of the Republic in this State, and the frater- 
 nal feeling which exists throughout the Department, it is with a 
 feeling of deep thankfulness that I most heartily congratulate you 
 upon the excellent condition of our Department today, and the 
 bright and glorious prospects which loom up before us for the 
 future. 
 
 Comrades, I am glad to meet you here tonight at this, the 
 largest Encampment of our Department organization, and in my 
 review of the work of the past year, I shall speak, not boastfully, 
 but gratefully. When the delegates to the last Encampment con- 
 ferred upon me the high and responsible position of Commander, 
 I determined to devote all the time and attention to the duties 
 of the office that I possibly could, and by all the means in my 
 power promote the interests and extend the benefits of our organ- 
 ization. I hand back to you, tomorrow, the charge you then 
 confided to my keeping, with the consciousness of having, to the 
 best of my ability, and in my humble way, done all that in me 
 lay for the best interests of the Department and of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
 We meet at this time to review the work of the past year 
 and to take counsel for the future. We meet in peace to counsel 
 for the maintaining and advancing of the principles and influence 
 of this grand organization, that sprang up from the ashes of the 
 great armies whose record you helped to make glorious, and 
 whose triumphs and victories you helped to achieve ; an organi- 
 zation whose fraternity is so true and grand, whose charity is 
 so widespread and so free, and whose loyalty is so earnest and 
 intense. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 During the year we have added to our roster fourteen new 
 Posts, three of which were organized by my predecessor. Two new 
 Posts were organized last week, and appeared to start off under 
 very favorable circumstances. The twelve Posts previously organ- 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 157 
 
 ized are in excellent condition, ;ind are increasing their member- 
 ship at nearly every meeting. 
 
 I have not been over-anxious for the organization of new 
 Posts, believing more in strengthening the Posts in existence, 
 when it was possible to do so, than establishing new ones in 
 localities where there was but a slight prospect of their living. 
 Though the Rules and Regulations require but ten names on an 
 application for charter, I have insisted on having at least twenty 
 names, believing that ten names are too few, at this late day, 
 with which to organize a Post ; and I therefore feel more confi- 
 dent of the success of these Posts from the fact that they have 
 started off with a good working membership of at least twenty- 
 five. 
 
 There have been no surrenders of charters during the year. 
 One Post has failed to make returns for the fourth quarter of the 
 year, and, I believe, has held no meetings. The Commander 
 paid the ^^er capita tax of the first, second and third quarters, 
 and promised to try and get the comrades together and renew the 
 interest. I wrote him a personal letter, offering him any assist- 
 ance that I might be able to render either personally or through 
 my Staff", but received no reply. The Assistant Inspector detailed 
 for that Post made his spring and fall visitations, but was unable 
 to get the comrades together. Including this Post, we now have 
 1G2 Posts in the Department. 
 
 The report to National Headquarters for the year ending 
 December 31, 1882, shows a membership, in good standing, of 
 12,410 ; while the report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1883, foots 
 up a total of 14,393 members in good standing; an actual gain 
 over all losses during the past year of 1,983. With the gain in 
 membership made by the accession of the two new Posts, and 
 the delayed returns received from Posts since our reports were 
 sent to National Headquarters, the Assistant Adjutant-General's 
 Report will show that, up to the present time, our membership is 
 14,505, in good standing, making the total gain 2,064. 1 regret 
 to say that our fourth quarter's report shows a suspended mem- 
 bership of 420. In General Orders, No. 10, I drew attention to 
 this matter of suspended members, believing then, as I do now, 
 that, by a little extra exertion on the part of Post Quartermasters, 
 this large suspended list might be greatly reduced. The first 
 quarter of last year there were suspended 463 ; second quar- 
 ter, 496 ; third quarter, 429 ; while the dropped from the rolls 
 amounted to only seventy-seven in the second quarter, ninety-two 
 in the third quarter, and seventy-three in the fourth quarter. It 
 would naturally be inferred that the suspended membership of 
 463 the first quarter would cause a large number to be dropped 
 later on in the year, but such is not the case, as you will see by 
 the above figures that nearly all those suspended during the first 
 
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 quarter have been gained in the second or third. The number 
 suspended during the j^ear was 1,87G ; while the number dropped 
 from the rolls was only 307. 
 
 Believing as I do that a large number of these suspensions 
 are caused simply by the neglect or carelessness of comrades who 
 are amply able and perfectly willing to pay their dues, I feel that, 
 if Post Quartermasters will take as much interest in the collection 
 of dues before suspending a member as they do before drop- 
 ping him, this showing can be greatly improved upon. I would 
 earnestly recommend that Commanders of Posts, entering upon 
 their duties for this year, will give this subject the consideration 
 it deserves, and make a better showing for our Department in 
 this direction during the present year. Feeling that these 420 
 suspended members of the last quarter are not lost to the Depart- 
 ment, we can safely place our membership on Jan. 1, 1884, at 
 about 14,600; or, up to the present time, at about 14,800, in 
 round numbers. 
 
 In looking over the roll, we find that 1G9 of our comrades 
 have been mustered out by Death, and gone into camp with that 
 large column which preceded them to the other side of the river. 
 We miss their faces and their counsel, but, like their comrades 
 who have gone before, they are gratefully remembered for what 
 they did and suffered for their country. Their places are vacant, 
 never to be filled in the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 Among those whose loss we were caused to mourn during 
 the year were two whose prominence in our Order deserves more 
 than passing mention : Past Department Commander John A. 
 Hawes died at Fair Haven, March 10, 1883. His funeral took 
 place on the 13th. I regretted exceedingly that I did not have 
 timely notice of his funeral, in order to make arrangements to 
 attend ; but the Department was represented by the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, Past Commander-in-Chief Merrill, Past Depart- 
 ment Commanders Adams, Creasey and Patch, with other com- 
 rades. A beautiful floral tribute was contributed in behalf of the 
 Department, and at a meeting of the Council of Administration 
 appropriate resolutions were adopted and forwarded to the family 
 of our respected Past Department Commander. By the death of 
 Comrade Hawes the Department lost an earnest, devoted and 
 loyal comrade ; one whose heart was in the welfare of our organi- 
 zation, and one whose memory will long be cherished by his 
 comrades throughout the Department, and especially by those 
 who were associated with him during his three years at Depart- 
 ment Headquarters as Junior Vice, Senior Vice and Commander. 
 
 Past Department Chaplain Warren H. Cudworth died sud- 
 denly at Flast Boston, on Thanksgiving Day, at a union service 
 of the various churches, and while invoking the Divine blessing. 
 His sudden death cast a gloom all over the city, and brought a 
 
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 deep sorrow to the home of many who had experienced his kind- 
 heartedness and generosity. Popular alike with rich and poor, 
 youno- and old, his loss to the commuuity was universally regretted, 
 but by none more so than by his comrades. Those who were 
 associated with him in the service of his country knew him but to 
 love him, and we of the Grand Army of the Republic, who were 
 intimate with him, can best appreciate him as the friend of the 
 soldier, the widow and the orphan. His genial, happy disposi- 
 tion endeared him to all, and our Department, by his death, loses 
 one of the kindest, noblest and most generous of our comrades. 
 We mourn his loss, but our grief is tempered with joj^ous pride 
 in his heroism, and our tear-drops, glistening in the lustre of his 
 manhood, become imperishable gems to adorn for all time his 
 radiant memory. He fought the good fight, and is now enjoying 
 the repose of a victory greater tlian any earthly triumph. 
 
 The Department was represented at the funeral of Comrade 
 Cudworth by the Commander and a large delegation of his Staff. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 The excellent detailed report of the Assistant Quartermaster- 
 General will present to you the financial standing of our Depart- 
 ment up to date. 
 
 The amount of cash on hand at the commencement of my 
 administration was SG83.71, and today, without any indebted- 
 ness, we have cash on hand amounting to $1,744.31. It will be 
 remembered that among the first of my duties was the securing of 
 rooms for headquarters, being compelled to remove from where 
 we were then located. The expenses of moving and fitting up 
 headquarters, procuring a testimonial for the retiring Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, James F. Meech, and the purchase of a desk 
 for headquarters are among the items of expenditure during the 
 year, and will be classed as extraordinary, from the fact that 
 they will not recur for years to come. The value of the supplies 
 on hand at the present time is $382.18, which, added to the cash 
 on hand, furniture and property of the headquarters, amounts to 
 82,510.59. 
 
 It has been our aim during the year to conduct the affairs 
 of the Department as economically as possible, consistent with 
 good management, and when we reflect that, four years ago, the 
 Department was deeply in debt, the showing at the present time 
 is a source of gratification to us all, and one upon which the 
 Department is to be congratulated. 
 
 INSPECTIONS. 
 
 From the report of the Department Inspector, and from my 
 own personal observation, I find a marked improvement nearly 
 
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 everywhere iu the manner of doing the work in the Post room, — 
 a closer attention is paid to the Ritual, and as a consequence there 
 is more uniformity in the work throughout the Department. 
 There is, however, still room for improvement, and I have urged 
 upon all Posts that I have visited to follow carefully the Ritual. 
 I am happy to be able to say that in a large number of Posts the 
 officers have committed the Ritual to memory, which is a great 
 improvement upon each officer reading his part, and I would 
 earnestly suggest that each officer memorize the part assigned to 
 him, and I feel satisfied that he will not regret it. 
 
 Believing that the system inaugurated by Commander Patch 
 last year of spring inspection or visitation, was a good one, I 
 adopted it and have found it of great benefit to a large number of 
 Posts. The spring visitation is more for instruction than criticism, 
 and the number of marked improvements repoi'ted at the fall 
 inspection over the spring visitation, speaks volumes iu favor of 
 the system. Besides the improvement in the work of the Posts, 
 these visitations bring the Department Headquarters and the Posts 
 into closer communion, and is the means of making many a Post 
 feel that it is not entirely neglected bj^ headquarters, but that 
 there is some interest taken in its success and welfare. 
 
 For these reasons I do earnestly recommend that the spring 
 visitations be continued. 
 
 The complete and thorough inspection of all the Posts in the 
 Department during the year is a matter of much gratification to 
 me, and I cannot too highly compliment the Inspector and Assist- 
 ants for the prompt and faithful manner in which they have per- 
 formed their duty. 
 
 A large number of Posts now include in the muster-in fee 
 the price of the Regulation Badge. I would recommend its 
 adoption by every Post in tlie Department, if for no other reason 
 than that of making the badge presentation, which is such an 
 impressive feature of our ritualistic work. E^very comrade should 
 possess a badge, and I know of no time or place where its import- 
 ance can be made so apparent as at the Post room upon the 
 night of initiation, when it is presented in the presence of the 
 comrades. 
 
 While speaking of badges, it is with pleasure that I mention 
 the receipt of a communication from the Commander-in-Chief, in 
 which he announces that hereafter National Headquarters will 
 furnish a full set of rank-badges for Posts for three dollars. 
 This is a very gratifying reduction from the exorbitant prices we 
 have been paying, and as the Department can furnish the set for 
 four dollars, this is a reduction of about one-half to the Post for 
 the set of nine badges. The Sergeant-Major and Quartermaster- 
 Sergeant badges are not included, as no available design has been 
 adopted by the National Encampment. 
 
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 CHARITY. 
 
 The reports which are to follow will show that the expen- 
 ditures for charity from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1883, were 836,941.(51 . 
 This laro;e amouut has been expended during the year in extend- 
 ing aid and comfort to the destitute comrades, or the families of 
 deceased comrades. We can never measure the weight of woe 
 which has been thus lifted, the many sad hearts cheered, the 
 broken spirits encouraged, through the instrumentality of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. This, comrades, is a magnificent 
 showing, and one of which we must necessarily feel proud. 
 
 There is at present $105,851.47 in the Relief Funds of our 
 Posts, which shows that the comrades have been earnestly at 
 work in behalf of the charitable work of our oi'ganization. It is 
 well to keep our Relief Funds in good condition, for the years are 
 coming when the demands upon us will be much greater than they 
 now are, and we will be less able to seek and obtain the funds 
 necessary for the carrjnng on of our noble work. 
 
 OUR soldiers' HOME 
 
 has now been in operation one year and a half, and is today, in 
 my estimation, the proudest monument of the work of our Depart- 
 ment. It is a home in reality, and I believe ever will be, so long 
 as it is presided over by our esteemed comrade, the Superinten- 
 dent, Gen. James A. Cunningham, and his beloved and estimable 
 wife, the Matron, than whom no better woman ever presided over 
 an institution in this or any other country. 
 
 I will not dwell upon the necessities and beauties of the Home. 
 You nearly all know my feelings in relation to it from the time it 
 was first suggested. It is very gratifying to us all to witness its 
 success, and our only regrets are that he, Gen. Horace Binney 
 Sargent, who did more than any other one person for its establish- 
 ment and success, is not present with us at this Convention, to 
 rejoice and be glad over the results of an enterprise upon which 
 he had set his whole heart. 
 
 There will be presented to you a printed annual report of the 
 management of the Home during the first year, which will give 
 you interesting information. Besides this, the President of the 
 Board of Trustees, Comrade J. G. B. Adams, will give you a 
 statement of its condition up to Jan. 1, 1884. 
 
 The Board of Trustees voted at its last meeting to hold a 
 grand Fair in the spring of 1885, upon the Grand Army plan, 
 under the auspices and with the co-operation of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. It is expected to make this Fair a great success, 
 and to realize a handsome sum, so that our accommodations may 
 be increased and our Home placed upon a substantial linancial 
 footing ; and upon you, comrades, and those whom you represent, 
 depends the success of that undertaking. 
 
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162 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 While the time set for the holding of the contemplated Fair 
 is somewhat distant, we cannot begin on the work too soon. I 
 would, therefore, strongly recommend that some definite action 
 be taken by this Encampment in relation to tlie matter. I believe 
 it would be well for the Commanders and delegates here assembled 
 to bring the matter before their respective Posts at their very next 
 meetings, and adopt some plan of action by which they can help 
 in the undertaking. I have no hesitation in saying, that with 
 concerted action throughout the Department, the handsome sum 
 of one hundred thousand dollars can be raised. But it requires 
 work, yes, hard work; still we are equal to the occasion, if we 
 only put our shoulders to the wheel, and I hope that every com- 
 rade will feel that upon him to a certain extent depends the suc- 
 cess of the Fair to be held for the benefit of our Soldiers' Home, 
 in the spring of 1885. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 From every section of our good old Commonwealth came 
 cheering reports as to the renewed interest and devotion to the 
 services of our Memorial Day. It has become one of the 
 acknowledged holidays of the year, and its general observance b}'^ 
 the people is a guarantee that the day, with its sacred and hallowed 
 memories, has a place in the heart of every liberty-loving, loyal 
 citizen. The reports from the various Posts show that the decora- 
 tion of our comrades' graves was properly attended to, the ser- 
 vices incident thereto were of more than usual interest, and the 
 attendance of comrades at the exercises far in excess of that of 
 any previous year. 
 
 It grieves me when I notice a growing disposition on the part 
 of unthinking people to make it a day for excursions, dances and 
 other amusements. God forbid that this day, designed for 
 thanksgiving and sorrow, should ever be a day of festivity. Com- 
 rades, we should give our annual Memorial Day an impi'ess and a 
 significance that will characterize it after we and this generation 
 have gone. We must frown down, condemn, by sentiment and 
 voice, the desecration of this day made sacred to the memory of 
 over five hundred thousand loyal men whose graves we decorate 
 upon Memorial Day. The comrade who would neglect the duty 
 of the day for such amusements is wanting in the principles and 
 spirit of our organization. 
 
 Let us each succeeding year gather together upon Memorial 
 Day, hold services worthy of the occasion, scatter upon the graves 
 of our martju'ed dead the fragrant flowers, — the gift of the widow, 
 the mother, the sister, the brother, the friend, — decorate their 
 graves silently, reverently ; you stand beside a soldier's grave ; 
 do it as the simple and visible sign of a soldier's affection. Our 
 Memorial Day services add to the sanctity of a wedded affection 
 
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 for the laud we love, pledging eternal fidelity to each other and to 
 the honor of tlie dear old flag we followed in war, and cherish so 
 highly in peace ; and the nation lives today because our lamented 
 comrades died to redeem it, and the flag of freedom floats proudly 
 in the breeze because the blood of our patriotic dead was shed to 
 uphold it. 
 
 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 With a full delegation from our Department, accompanied by 
 the New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island delega- 
 tions, I attended the Encampment at Denver, Colorado. It was 
 a grand gathering of veterans who had come long distances to be 
 present at this annual reunion of our organization. Nearly 
 twenty thousand veterans were in the city of Denver during the 
 session. The Encampment was the largest ever held, and of the 
 many I have attended was the most successful in the transaction 
 of business, clearing up everything that came before it. 
 
 Of the business transacted you have received reports through 
 General Orders, etc., and I will not take up your time with com- 
 ments upon it. The communication of John A. Andrew Post No. 
 15 of this city, asking for a petition for the admission of sailors 
 to the National Soldiers' Homes upon the same condition as sol- 
 diers, w^as unanimously adopted. This I believe was the only 
 matter that affected our Department particularly. The election 
 of officers was in accordance with the Avishes of the delegates of 
 this Department, as expressed at a meeting previously held, and 
 I believe the choice made was a good one in every instance. 
 
 The next Encampment will be at Minneapolis, Minn., in July, 
 and I cannot too urgentl}' impress upon you the necessity of select- 
 ing delegates who will attend. Though I understood that each 
 delegate elected last year had pledged himself to go to Denver, 
 but six attended out of the twenty-four delegates and alternates, 
 the Council of Administration electing six to fill vacancies. This 
 year we are entitled to fourteen delegates, and I trust that the 
 committee for that purpose will only present the names of those 
 who will attend. 
 
 INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Public installations of officers are becoming very prevalent in 
 this, as well as other Departments of our organization, and I 
 heartily commend them. The public, and especially our friends, 
 should be invited to such gatherings of our Posts as we can 
 properly admit them to. Our installation services might be 
 made far more impressive and interesting, but as it is many 
 have expressed surprise and gratification at their impressiveness 
 and have formed advanced ideas of our organization after being 
 present at a public installation. In order that we might have a 
 
164 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 proper form of public installation, which is not laid down in the 
 Service Book, I would recommend that a committee be appointed 
 at this Encampment to revise our present service, so as to make 
 it suitable for both private and public installations, said com- 
 mittee to report to the Department Commander at the completion 
 of its work, the Commander to present the same to the National 
 Encampment for its adoption or rejection. I recommend this 
 method because of the delays attendant upon work referred to 
 committees at the National Encampment. 
 
 woman's relief corps. 
 
 The past year has been an eventful one for this organization 
 of noble and patriotic women. Accepting the invitation of 
 Commander-in-Chief Van Dervoort, a large number of ladies, 
 from all sections of the country where the Grand Arm}^ exists, 
 were present at Denver, Col., during the National p]ucampment, 
 for the purpose of consulting as to the future of the organization. 
 After considerable discussion as to the best method, a National 
 organization was formed, and I am proud to say that the work of 
 the Massachusetts organization was adopted as the best to work 
 under. This endorsement of the work of the Massachusetts 
 women was made still stronger by the selection of three of its 
 officers as the principal officers of the National organization. 
 While the Woman's National Relief Corps is in such hands, we 
 have no need to fear for the result. 
 
 The State Department has, as in the past years of its exist- 
 ence, been doing a noble work of charity, and has, in many 
 instances which came under my own observation, been of great 
 benefit, and a material helper to some of our Posts. Having 
 always had infinite faith in woman's work as auxiliary to the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, I am stronger in the faith today 
 than ever, and I heartily commend the Massachusetts Depart- 
 ment, as it now stands, as an organization wliose only aim is to 
 aid and co-operate with us in the noble work we are day by day 
 accomplishing, and to in no way assume any of the prerogatives 
 of our organization ; but to help and care for the destitute com- 
 rade if need be, and to comfort and provide for the widows and 
 orphans of our late comrades. 
 
 There is another organization of women which deserves our 
 gratitude, the Ladies' Aid Societ)'. The object of this society is 
 to assist in any way possible in procuring means to carry on the 
 Soldier's Home, and to gather for the inmates such matter as 
 will be entertaining and useful for their amusement and comfort. 
 This society will give a grand " Kettle Drum," for the benefit of 
 the Home, at the Institute Building, on the evening of February 
 14, by which they expect to realize a handsome sum. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 1G5 
 
 SONS OF VETERANS. 
 
 I have been asked a great mauy times during the past year 
 to recognize in some manner the Sons of Veterans organization, 
 or to say a good word in its behalf. This I would have been 
 glad to do if harmony had prevailed in their ranks and their 
 actions in all cases had met with my views. There being so 
 many distinct organizations, with apparently an unkindl}' feeling 
 toward each other, I resolved to keep aloof from them altogether, 
 and have not inquired into the merits of either branch. The 
 organization which presented its case before the National 
 Encampment at Denver, presented the following as its object : — 
 
 " To keep green the memories of our fathers, and their sac- 
 rifice for the maintenance of the Union ; to aid the members of 
 the Grand Armj' of the Republic in caring for their helpless and 
 disabled veterans ; to extend aid and protection to their widows 
 and orphans ; to perpetuate the memor}' and history of their 
 heroic dead, and the proper observance of Memorial day; to aid 
 and assist worthy and needy members of our Order ; to inculcate 
 patriotism and love of country, not only among our membership, 
 but among all the people of our land, and to spread and sustain 
 the doctrines of equal rights, universal liberty, and justice to 
 all." 
 
 An organization with such noble purposes ought to receive 
 our approval, but it will require harmony and peace "all along 
 the line " before I can commend it to my comrades. Our organi- 
 zation is now powerful and strung, with every prospect of still 
 further advancement; our Charity Fund is in a healthy condition, 
 and I feel that for a few years to come we will be able to carry 
 on our work, therefore I cannot agree Avith the course adopted by 
 some Camps of the Sons of Veterans in going before the people 
 in their own behalf and soliciting aid, either by sale or contri- 
 bution, upon the ostensible grounds occupied by the Grand 
 Army, and in the very locations where some of our Posts are 
 mostly benefited. If this course should be pursued in manj^ 
 places it would be a great injur}' to our Posts. While the organ- 
 ization lives up to the objects herein laid down, " to aid the 
 members of the Grand Army of the Republic in caring for their 
 helpless and disabled veterans, to extend aid and protection to 
 their widows and orphans," it will ever have my hearty sym- 
 pathy; but when it pushes itself to the front of the organization 
 of its fathers, and attempts to cover the ground occupied by the 
 Grand Armj' of the Republic for the past seventeen years, I can 
 but feel that it is overstepping the object for which it was organ- 
 ized. The Camps in connection with mau}'^ Posts have been 
 highly commended to me, and I feel that it would be well for the 
 present to leave the matter of the Sons of Veterans with the Post 
 organizations. 
 
166 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REVIEW OF THE WORK. 
 
 The year has been one of great activity throughout the 
 Department, while the demands upon the time of the Commander 
 have been far in excess of that of any previous j^ear. When I 
 was elected your Commander, I said I would devote half my time 
 to the work and the welfare of the organization and I find that 
 I have far exceeded that limit. I have attended one hundred and 
 forty-one Grand Army gatherings, represented the Department 
 upon eleven other occasions, and have been present at the organ- 
 ization of four new Posts, the last of which I organized, making 
 in all one hundred and fifty-six occasions upon which I have 
 been able to represent the Department. I represented the 
 Department out of the State at Denver, Col., Weirs, N.H., and 
 New York City upon the anniversary of Evacuation Day. I 
 have visited every section of the State, and have met my com- 
 rades in some manner from every Post of the Department. I 
 have given particular attention to the western part of the State, 
 and have visited different Posts in that section, where I could 
 most conveniently get the comrades together, eleven times, and 
 with good results, three Posts having been oiganized within a 
 short time. I feel that the western part of the State is the 
 recruiting ground for our organization in the future, there being- 
 many places where Posts might be, established with everj'^ pros- 
 pect of success. While these visitations have required continuous 
 hard work, I am more than happy to be able to say that I made 
 no engagement during the year that I did not fulfil. While the 
 task at times was a hard one, my reception and treatment upon 
 all occasions was such as to make me feel that I was doing a 
 good work in thus meeting so many of my comrades, and relieved 
 me of any weariness in the work. In all my labors in behalf of 
 our organization — and I believe they have resulted in good — I 
 have been encouraged by the evidences of satisfaction shown by 
 the comrades upon meeting the Department Commander. I have 
 been treated kindly, generously and courteously by all with 
 whom I have come in contact. I have covered a great deal of 
 territory, and travelled a great many miles to many different 
 kinds of gatherings in the hope of benefiting a Post, and have 
 found that in nearly all cases good has resulted. 
 
 While I have been doing this work the members of the 
 Department Staff have not been idle. Senior Vice-Commander 
 Billings has represented the Department upon nearly every occa- 
 sion when I was unable to attend, was with me upon several 
 occasions, and has cheerfully performed any duty assigned to 
 him. For his faithful and loyal support during the year I feel 
 truly grateful. 
 
 To the Council of Administration of the year 1883 a word of 
 more than ordinary commendation is due. Of the fifteen mem- 
 
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 bers, fourteen have been present at every meeting. Of the five 
 elective members, not one has been absent during the year. I 
 believe this record surpasses that of any of its predecessors, and 
 I thank them for the interest manifested at all times. 
 
 Entering upon my duties with an Assistant Adjutant- 
 General comparative!}' new to the business, and one with whom 
 I had but little acquaintance, I naturally felt anxious about that 
 otfice ; but that anxiety was soon dispelled, and if there is one 
 thing more than another that I congratulate myself upon today 
 it is the fact that I selected Alfred C. Monroe as Assistant 
 Adjutant-General. When I perused the books of our Depart- 
 ment during the past week and saw the neat, clean and handsome 
 manner in which they had been kept, 1 felt that every comrade 
 of the Department should see the work to appreciate it. His 
 reports are always among the first to reacla National Head- 
 quarters and never come back for corrections. His corre- 
 spondence has always been speedily attended to and his work 
 always cleared up during hours which should be his own. As a 
 faithful, prompt and reliable officer I have highly appreciated 
 him, and the successful management of the affairs of the Depart- 
 ment during the year are in a great measure due to his efficiency 
 as Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 No one can realize the amount of work required in the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General's office at the present time, and I 
 would urgently recommend that two hundred dollars be appro- 
 priated for additional clerical hire during the year, as in the past 
 two years. 
 
 The affairs of the Quartermaster's Department have been 
 ably looked after by Asst. Q.M.-Gen. Charles O. Fellows, who 
 has been Quartermaster not only in name but in reality. He has 
 given time and attention to the duties of the office, and has been 
 a most valuable member of my official staff. 
 
 I cannot speak too highly of the services of the Department 
 Inspector, Horace A. Sawyer, through whose care and watch- 
 fulness over the aft'airs of his Department, ever}' Post has been 
 inspected. He has organized most of the new Posts, and has 
 devoted a great deal of time to the duties of his office. 
 
 To Chief Mustering Offiicer A. M. Lunt, who assumed the 
 duties of his office upon the retirement of Comrade Gibbs, I am 
 under obligations for the faithful performance, not onl}' of the 
 duties of that office, but of those which had already been assigned 
 to him as an Aide-de-Camp. For the deep interest he has taken 
 in some of the small Posts which were assigned to him, and 
 which I am satisfied that he saved from dissolution, he has my 
 warmest thanks. 
 
 To every member of the Staff", whether official or per- 
 sonal, 1 desire to express my heartfelt gratitude for their heart}' 
 co-operation in everything that pertained to the welfare of our 
 
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 organization. I have ever found a ready and a cheerful com- 
 pliance with any demand made upon my personal Staff, and I 
 separate from them with the gratification of knowing that I 
 selected as my Staff, workers in the cause of the Grand Army of 
 the Eepublic. 
 
 Outside of the Department officers, there is one to whom I 
 feel greatly indebted for the active interest he has taken in the 
 success of the Department during the year. While many have 
 been willing to aid in the good work. Past Department Com- 
 mander George H. Patch has kindly represented me on several 
 occasions when the Staff" were all otherwise engaged, on one 
 occasion going to the extreme western part of the State. I 
 appreciated his services upon every occasion and am glad to 
 puijlicly acknowledge them at this time. 
 
 And now, comrades, that the work of the year has been 
 done, and another will assume the duties, I desire to speak of a 
 matter in connection with the Department officers. You are well 
 aware that the calls for the Department Commander are very 
 numerous, and that the demands upon his time are very great, 
 and that in travelling over the State he must incur considerable 
 expense. He is called upon to visit the small Posts as well as 
 the large, and goes to many places where the Posts would never 
 be benefited by his visits if compelled to pay his expenses, 
 because many Posts are not in a condition to do so. He also 
 attends camp-fires, fairs, etc., where Posts never think of paying 
 his travelling expenses, though amply able to do so. Many com- 
 rades think that the expenses of the Department officers are paid 
 by headquarters. This is a mistake. No expenses, except for 
 inspection and forming new Posts, are paid by the Department, 
 and all the visitations made by the Commander and Staff during 
 the past year, except those mentioned, have not cost the Depart- 
 ment one cent. I speak of this matter plainly, believing it is 
 the duty of some retiring Commander to do so ; and I would now 
 urgently recommend that a sum, not exceeding say three hun- 
 dred dollars, be appropriated by this Encampment to defray the 
 actual travelling expenses of the Department Commander when 
 attending " missionarj'" or other meetings, by which the Depart- 
 ment is to be benefited. I would further recommend that the 
 travelling expenses of the Commander and Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, in attending the National Encampment, be paid by the 
 Department. It is necessary that those officers should be present 
 at the National Encampment, and we should pay their travelling 
 expenses while we are able to do so. If some such course as this 
 is not adopted the day is coming when but few men can afford to 
 be Department Commanders ; but I hope the day will never 
 come, comrades, when the choice of our Department Encamp- 
 ment for Commander will have to decline because he is too poor 
 to do the work necessary' for the position. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 1 G9 
 
 The Department officers who will present their reports to 
 you tonight have taken great pains in their preparation, and 
 they are full of interest to every comrade who has at heart the 
 interests of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Comrades, when I accepted the high office to which I was 
 chosen at the last annual Encampment, 1 was deeply sensible of 
 the high honor then conferred, and promised that I would be 
 faithful to the duties imposed upon me, trusting that I would not 
 disappoint you or forfeit your regard and sympathy. While I 
 have served you less efficiently than I wished, the evidence is 
 before you today that I have endeavored to fulfil my promise. I 
 assure you that I shall take my place in the ranks with as much 
 pride as when assuming command of the Department, and shall, 
 as a comrade, labor with the same zeal to promote and advance 
 the cause so dear to us all. 
 
 I earnestly appeal to ever}- comrade of this Encampment to 
 give the new Commander his hearty and cordial support. Let us 
 press forward in the good work, ever doing our utmost to bring 
 into our ranks every worthy soldier and sailor who wore the blue. 
 AYhile rejoicing that the influence and blessings of our beloved 
 comradeship has been extended to so man}", I would fain hope 
 that every soldier who stood side by side in the days of trial and 
 danger might unite with us now in the perpetuation of those 
 sacred associations under the banner of Fraternity, Charity and 
 Loyalty. 
 
 In conclusion, mj^ comrades, I thank you again and again for 
 the honor conferred, for many marks of your confidence and 
 esteem, and for your generous and hearty support, without which 
 my efforts would Jiave been futile indeed. It has been my earnest 
 endeavor to so conduct the affairs of the Department as to reflect 
 credit upon us all, and while the labors of the year have been 
 arduous at times, if I have conducted the affairs of our glorious 
 Department to the satisfaction of my comrades, I am amply 
 repaid for all that I have done. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL. 
 
 Head(juarters Dept. of ]Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 20, 1884. 
 
 Department Commayider and Comrades: In compliance with 
 the Rules and Regulations of the Grand x\rmy of the Republic, I 
 herewith submit my annual report, and as I have prepared several 
 tabulated reports, I will not take up your valuable time by any 
 preliminary remarks. 
 
170 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Nuiiiber of Posts, Dec. 31, 1882 . 148 
 
 ^ " Comrades reported same date 12,410 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 1883 160 
 
 " Comrades reported same date 14,393 
 
 Total gain during the year of 1,983 
 
 The net gain, by quarters, is shown by the quarterly reports 
 to be as follows, viz. : — 
 
 First quarter, ending March 31 512 
 
 Second quarter, ending June 30 849 
 
 Third quarter, ending Sept. 30 331 
 
 Fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31 291 
 
 1,983 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing, Dec. 31, 1882 12,410 
 '' " gained by muster- in . , . 2,372 
 
 " " " transfer . . . 243 
 
 " " " reinstatement . . 1,768 
 
 Total number gained 4,383 
 
 Aggregate 16,793 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death 169 
 
 " " " honorable discharge . 60 
 
 " " transfer .... 289 
 
 " " " suspension . . . 1,876 
 
 " " " dishonorable discharge 6 
 
 Total loss 2,400 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 1,983 
 
 Adding to this the number of charter members of 
 
 the two Posts organized last week .... 81 
 
 We have a gain of 2,064 
 
 I herewith present a detailed report of the changes that have 
 occurred in each Post the past year. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 171 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1883. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman. 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlctt 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 Gen. Lauiler 
 
 P. T. VVyiiian 
 
 Chas. Riissell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 Geo. H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C.C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K Wilcox 
 
 Gen. Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Pi'escott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 II .S. Greenleaf 
 
 Kriedrich Hecker.... 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher. . 
 
 Jo:*. Hooker 
 
 A . H. R. Sprague .... 
 
 IT. II. Legg :.... 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson.. 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 Ge.. I). AVells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. II. Sheridan.... 
 
 Theo. Winthrop 
 
 Francis fiould 
 
 F. .\. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needhani 
 
 Hiram G . Berry 
 
 Lvon 
 
 B: F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols... 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 (ieo. S. Boutwell 
 
 A.W. Bartlett 
 
 Union. . . 
 
 Ezra Batcheller. 
 
 A. H. Randall 
 
 C. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 I. D. Panll 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
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172 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ASST. ADJT.- GENERAL— Co?t(iH?<ed. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Gen. Ijyon 
 
 Chas. Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 Jos. P. Kice 
 
 Geo. A Cnsier 
 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A.St. John Clianibre.. 
 
 JfcPherson 
 
 Hartsuft" 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 CoUingwood 
 
 Theroh E. Hall 
 
 David Russell 
 
 Chas. D. Sanford 
 
 Artbuf G. Briscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 J. 10. Wilder 
 
 M. K. Stowell 
 
 J. W. hawton 
 
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 Gen. Sylvanus Thayer. 
 
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 Francis Washburn 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Hevere 
 
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 Joe Johnson 
 
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 Hei)ry F. IJrvant 
 
 W. F Bartlett 
 
 Willaiu I?. Gieeno. ... 
 
 Charles .Sumner 
 
 H. v. Walcott 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 Edwin Humphrey 
 
 J. <lrson Fiske 
 
 O. W. Wallace 
 
 S L. INlnrrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson " 
 
 Cai)t. Horace Niles 
 
 J. E. Simmons 
 
 D.AVillard Robinson... 
 
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 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
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 30 
 
 Marcus Keep. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 49 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Elbvidn-e B. Piper 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 E. T. Dresser 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 159 
 160 
 
 64 
 
 i 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 79 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 I"" 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
174 . HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Of the 160 Posts comprisiDg the Department, 125 have gained 
 in membership, 7 have the same number as one year ago, and 28 
 Jiave lost in number. 
 
 The Post making the largest per cent in gain is Ericsson 
 Post No. 109 of East Templeton. 
 
 One hundred and sixty-nine comrades have died during the 
 year, an excess over last year of twenty-four, reminding us that, 
 as the 3'ears roll by, our ranks are being thinned, and the time 
 is not far distant when the death rate will exceed the gain. It 
 seems fitting that a roll should be prepared each year of the 
 comrades who have been mustered out by death, and I would 
 recommend that a memorial page for members of the Department 
 Encampment, and one or more for comrades of Posts, be inserted 
 in the printed proceedings. I would also suggest to Commanders 
 of Posts to instruct their Adjutants, in making out their quarterly 
 reports to Department Headquarters, to insert, under the name 
 of each comrade lost during the quarter by death, his company, 
 regiment or ship, as I feel we owe this slight tribute to their 
 memory. 
 
 The increased expenditure for charity also reminds us that, 
 as our comrades grow older, they become less able to care for 
 themselves, and the demands upon our Relief Funds will be 
 greater. It is well for us now, in the time of our prosperity and 
 strength, to add to these funds by every available and honorable 
 means. 
 
 While the large amount expended for the relief of our dis- 
 tressed comrades and their families indicates suffering and want, 
 it is gratifying to know that it is promptly relieved, and that the 
 charity of the Grand Army of the Republic is not a mere pro- 
 fession, but a practice. 
 
 Two Posts have not sent in theii- reports for the fourth 
 quarter; basing their number, in good standing, the same as 
 reported for third quarter, the membership of the Department 
 would be today 14,505. 
 
 Number of rejections during the year, 78. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Fourteen new Posts have been mustered during the year, as 
 follows, viz. : — 
 
 Henry Bryant Post No. 98 of Cohasset; mustered Jan. 12, 
 1883; charter members, 27. Armstrong Post No. 150 of Mon- 
 tague; mustered Jan. 12. 1883; charter members, 39. O. H. P. 
 Sargent Post No. 152 of Essex; mustered Jan. 22, 1883; char- 
 ter members, 44. Oilman C. Parker Post No. 153 of Winchen- 
 don ; mustered March 6, 1883; charter members, 51. Wm. H. 
 Freeman Post No. 129 of Millville ; mustered April 25, 1883; 
 charter members, 27. Martha Sever Post No. 154 of Kingston; 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 175 
 
 mustered May 24, 1883; charter members, 29. Marcus Keep 
 Post No. 155 of Monson ; mustered May 26, 1883 ; charter mem- 
 bers, 48. Jas. A. Perkins Post No. 156 of Everett ; mustered 
 June 14, 1883; charter members, 32. Elbridge B. Piper Post 
 No. 157 of Walpole ; mustered July 21, 18<S3 ; charter members, 
 25. Capt. E. T. Dresser Post No. 158 of Housatonic; mus- 
 tered Aug. 23, 1883; charter members, 26. John A. Hawes 
 Post No. 159 of East Boston; mustered Sept. 7, 1883; charter 
 members, 64 ; Alanson Hamilton Post No. 160 of W. Brookfield ; 
 mustered Sept. 18, 1883 ; charter members, 25. Woburn Post 
 No. 161 of Woburn ; mustered Jan. 23, 1884; charter members, 
 45. Manton E. Taft Post No. 162 of Turner's Falls; mustered 
 Jan. 25, 1884 ; charter members, 36. 
 
 Ten of these, with a charter membership of 408, have been 
 mustered in during jonv administration. Posts 98, 150 and 152 
 were mustered in during the administration of Past Department 
 Commander Patch. These Posts are, with one exception, reported 
 in good condition. 
 
 The gain of Posts, by counties, is as follows: — Berkshire, 
 one; Essex, one; Franklin, two; Hampden, one; Middlesex, 
 two; Norfolk, two; Plj^mouth, one; Suffolk, one; "Worcester, 
 three. 
 
 I herewith present a tabulated report, giving in detail the 
 strength of each county, number of each Post, and number of 
 members, with date of charter : — 
 
176 
 
 HISTORY r>EPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 BERKSHmE COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 No. Date of 
 
 
 Post 
 
 
 Mems. Chartei 
 
 
 79, 
 
 North Adams, 
 
 72, Mar. 20, 
 
 1869 
 
 125, 
 
 Pittsfleld, 
 
 120, Mar. 10, 
 
 18S2 
 
 120, 
 
 Adams, 
 
 01, June 12, 
 
 1870 
 
 15S, 
 
 Housatonic, 
 
 26, Aug. 2.3, 
 
 1883 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 4 
 
 members, 28."). 
 
 
 
 BRISTOL 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 1, New Bedford, 
 
 3, Taunton, 
 46, Fall River, 
 52, South Easton, 
 55, Taunton, 
 
 145, Attleboro, 
 
 146, New Bedford, 
 Total — Posts, 7 
 
 178, Oct. 14, 1860 
 
 161, Jan. 2, 1867 
 
 190, Jan. 22, 1868 
 
 55, Feb. 29, 1868 
 
 10, Feb. 5, 1872 
 
 104, June 6, 1871 
 
 18, April 27, 1881 
 
 members, 716. 
 
 HAMl'DEN COUNTY. 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 5, 
 34, 
 39, 
 45, 
 47, 
 49, 
 50, 
 67, 
 82, 
 89, 
 90, 
 95, 
 99, 
 100, 
 101, 
 106, 
 108, 
 114, 
 118, 
 122. 
 128, 
 151, 
 152, 
 
 Lynn, 
 Salem, 
 Lawrence, 
 Gloucester, 
 Haverhill, 
 Newburyport, 
 Peabody, 
 Manchester, 
 Marblehead, 
 Beverly, 
 Dauvers, 
 Saugus, 
 Andover, 
 Methuen, 
 Groveland, 
 Rockport, 
 Georgetown, 
 Merrimac, 
 Swampscott, 
 Amesbury, 
 Ipswich, 
 West Newbury, 
 Essex, 
 Total — Posts, 23 
 
 835, Feb. 
 200, Nov. 
 321, Dec. 
 129, Jan. 
 213, Jan. 
 243, Feb. 
 135, April 
 
 40, Sept. 
 167, Mar. 
 173, June 
 131, June 
 
 43, June 
 
 54, April 
 
 69, Feb. 
 
 40, July 
 
 51, Dec. 
 
 43, Aug. 
 
 57, Dec. 
 
 37, Jan. 
 
 .■il. Mar. 
 
 76, Jan. 
 
 lit, Jan. 
 
 43, Jan. 
 ; members, 
 
 27, 1867 
 15, 1867 
 10, 1867 
 21, 1880 
 
 28, 1S68 
 
 17, 1868 
 
 28, 1879 
 
 29, 1868 
 
 29, 1880 
 5, 1869 
 8, 1869 
 4, 1869 
 
 18, 1881 
 1, 1877 
 
 16, 1869 
 
 30, 1881 
 18, 1869 
 20, 1869 
 24, 1870 
 23, 1870 
 
 17, 1882 
 10, 1874 
 22, 1883 
 
 3,169. 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 
 17, Orange, 
 20, Colerain, 
 84, South Deerfleld, 
 93, Shelburne Falls, 
 150, Montague, 
 
 Aug. 9, 1867 
 March 4, 1875 
 April 17, 1872 
 June 15, 1869 
 Jan. 12, 1883 
 
 Post. 
 
 16, Springfield, 
 41, Westfield, 
 71, Holyoke, 
 103, Chicopee, 
 107, Palmer, 
 155, Monson, 
 
 No. 
 Mems. 
 
 408, 
 
 144, 
 
 96, 
 
 60, 
 
 46, 
 
 49, 
 
 Ch 
 
 Aug. 
 Jan. 
 Nov. 
 Oct. 
 July 
 May 
 
 Date of 
 ■tc-r. 
 
 9, 1867 
 
 9, 1868 
 
 25, 1868 
 27, 1879 
 18, 1881 
 
 26, 1883 
 
 Total — Posts, 6; members, 803. 
 
 H.\MPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 85, Ware, 32, May 12„1S69 
 
 86, Northampton, 109, Aug. 4, 1882 
 97, Belchertowu, 50, Nov. 23, 1872 
 
 147, Amherst, 78, Oct. 31, 1882 
 
 Total — Posts, 4 ; members, 269. 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 Total — Posts, 5 ; members, 20'i 
 
 4, Melrose, 
 
 6, Holliston, 
 
 9, Hudson, 
 12, Wakefield, 
 14, Hopkinton, 
 18, Ashland, 
 
 29, Waltham, 
 
 30, Cambridge, 
 33, Woburn, 
 36, Arlington, 
 40, Maiden, 
 
 42, Lowell, 
 
 43, Marlboro, 
 48, Ayer, 
 
 56, Cambridge, 
 
 57, E. Cambridge: 
 
 62, Newton, 
 
 63, Natick, 
 66, Medford, 
 75, Stonebam, 
 81, Watertown, 
 
 115, Groton, 
 
 119, Lexington, 
 
 120, Lowell, 
 
 138, Acton, 
 
 139, Somerville, 
 142, Framingham, 
 148, Winchester, 
 156, Everett, 
 
 Total — I'osts, 
 
 51, Feb. 
 
 44, March 
 
 74, May 
 
 187, Aug. 
 
 30, July, 
 
 34, Aug. 
 
 88, Oct. 
 
 173, Oct. 
 
 01, Nov. 
 
 47, May 
 
 100, Oct. 
 
 297, Jan. 
 
 128, Jan. 
 
 31, Jan. 
 
 91, June 
 
 131, June 
 
 86, July 
 107, July 
 
 87, Aug. 
 91, Dec. 
 38, Dec. 
 41, July 
 33, 
 
 192, Oct. 
 56, May 
 .55, A ug. 
 37, Nov. 
 28, May 
 32, June 
 29; members. 
 
 19, 1867 
 8, 1867 
 27, 1867 
 16, 1867 
 1882 
 12, 1867 
 21, 1867 
 23, 1867 
 
 6, 1867 
 26, 1881 
 
 1, 1873 
 15, 1868 
 15, 1868 
 18, 1868 
 26, 1868 
 
 29, 1868 
 21, 1868 
 23, 1880 
 21, 1868 
 15, 1809 
 20, 1871 
 
 30, 1874 
 
 26, 1881 
 2, 1883 
 18, 1870 
 29, 1870 
 22, 1872 
 14, 1883 
 2,470. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 177 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COV^TIES— Continued. 
 
 
 NORFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 Post 
 
 No. 
 
 Date 
 
 f 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jlems 
 
 Charter. 
 
 
 
 No. 
 
 DatP nf 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pos 
 
 . 
 
 Memt 
 
 Cb 
 
 arte 
 
 !■■ 
 
 92 
 
 , Brighton, 
 
 51, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 1873 
 
 58, 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 209, 
 
 July 
 
 2 
 
 18C8 
 
 113 
 
 Boston, 
 
 81, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18 
 
 1869 
 
 GO, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 .15, 
 
 May 
 
 16 
 
 1881 
 
 134 
 
 Boston, 
 
 37, 
 
 June 
 
 29 
 
 1870 
 
 1^-. 
 
 Stoughton, 
 
 51, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13 
 
 1868 
 
 149 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 44, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11 
 
 1872 
 
 ST, 
 
 Braintree, 
 
 59, 
 
 June 
 
 2 
 
 1869 
 
 159 
 
 East Boston, 
 
 79, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7 
 
 1883 
 
 ss. 
 
 Quincy, 
 
 85, 
 
 June 
 
 4 
 
 1869 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 15 
 
 members, 2,06 
 
 '. 
 
 91, 
 
 Foxboro, 
 
 29, 
 
 June 
 
 12 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 94, 
 
 Canton, 
 
 60, 
 
 June 
 
 24 
 
 1869 
 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 98, 
 
 Cohasset, 
 
 28, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12 
 
 1883 
 
 10 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 518, 
 
 April 
 
 13 
 
 1867 
 
 102, 
 
 Milton, 
 
 51, 
 
 April 
 
 3 
 
 1879 
 
 19 
 
 Fltchburg, 
 
 215, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16 
 
 1867 
 
 110, 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 45, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29 
 
 1869 
 
 22 
 
 Milford, 
 
 98, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19 
 
 1867 
 
 117, 
 
 Medlield, 
 
 -'^, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3 
 
 1870 
 
 24 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 53, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25 
 
 1867 
 
 121, 
 
 Hyde Park, 
 
 131, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22 
 
 1870 
 
 25 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 30, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30 
 
 1867 
 
 130, 
 
 Med way, 
 
 30, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18 
 
 1882 
 
 27 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 i'. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12 
 
 1870 
 
 133, 
 
 Plainville, 
 
 33, 
 
 May 
 
 23 
 
 1882 
 
 28 
 
 West Boylston, 
 
 38, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12 
 
 1867 
 
 143, 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 44, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 1871 
 
 37 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 108, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20 
 
 1867 
 
 144, 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 08, 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 1871 
 
 38 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 39, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27 
 
 1867 
 
 157, 
 
 "Walpole, 
 
 27 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 1883 
 
 44 
 
 Southboro, 
 
 33, 
 
 May 
 
 17 
 
 1878 
 
 
 Total— Posts, 17 
 
 ; members. 
 
 l,0t 
 
 "• 
 
 51 
 
 N. Brooktleld, 
 
 63, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28 
 
 1S6S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 53 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 104, 
 
 June 
 
 13 
 
 1868 
 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 22 
 
 June 
 
 
 ISGS 
 
 S, 
 
 Middleboro, 
 
 64, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10 
 
 1867 
 
 59 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 24, 
 
 July 
 
 3 
 
 1868 
 
 13, 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 113, 
 
 July 
 
 1 
 
 1867 
 
 61 
 
 Webster, 
 
 90, 
 
 July 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 31, 
 
 Scituate, 
 
 59, 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 1875 
 
 64 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 86, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17 
 
 1868 
 
 73, 
 
 Abington, 
 
 100, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23 
 
 1868 
 
 65 
 
 Warren, 
 
 47, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21 
 
 1868 
 
 "4, 
 
 Rockland, 
 
 101, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 11 
 
 1869 
 
 69 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 30, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9 
 
 1866 
 
 76, 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 110, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19 
 
 1869 
 
 70 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 .59, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3 
 
 1876 
 
 . 'S, 
 
 So. Abington, 
 
 113, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30 
 
 1869 
 
 77 
 
 Holden, 
 
 -24, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19 
 
 1869 
 
 S3, 
 
 Hanover, 
 
 31, 
 
 April 
 
 29 
 
 1869 
 
 80 
 
 Westboro, 
 
 87, 
 
 June 
 
 IS 
 
 1881 
 
 104, 
 
 Hiugham, 
 
 04, 
 
 July 
 
 29 
 
 1869 
 
 96 
 
 Northboro, 
 
 27, 
 
 June 
 
 28 
 
 1869 
 
 111, 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 38, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29 
 
 1S69 
 
 105 
 
 Upton, 
 
 37, 
 
 July 
 
 15 
 
 1881 
 
 112, 
 
 South Scituate, 
 
 27, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1 
 
 1869 
 
 109 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 32, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11 
 
 1869 
 
 124, 
 
 E. Bridgewater 
 
 20, 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 1870 
 
 116 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 55, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30 
 
 1869 
 
 127, 
 
 Hanson, 
 
 29, 
 
 June 
 
 11 
 
 1870 
 
 123 
 
 Athol, 
 
 77. 
 
 June 
 
 1 
 
 1870 
 
 154, 
 
 Kingston, 
 
 30, 
 
 Jlay 
 
 24 
 
 1883 
 
 129 
 
 Millville, 
 
 27 
 
 April 
 
 25 
 
 1883 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 14 
 
 members. 
 
 899 
 
 
 131 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 49, 
 
 June 
 
 21 
 
 1870 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 135 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 23, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30 
 
 1873 
 
 
 SUFFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 136 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 23, 
 
 July 
 
 1 
 
 1870 
 
 ._>_ 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 166, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26 
 
 1880 
 
 137 
 
 East Douglas, 
 
 42, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21 
 
 1882 
 
 ■;[ 
 
 Boston, 
 
 218, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 11 
 
 1867 
 
 140 
 
 Athol, 
 
 77 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22 
 
 1881 
 
 11, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 117, 
 
 April 
 
 23 
 
 1867 
 
 153 
 
 Winchendon, 
 
 50, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6 
 
 1883 
 
 15, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 284, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 6 
 
 1867 
 
 160 
 
 W. Brookfield, 
 
 26, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18 
 
 1883 
 
 •-'1, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 64, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22 
 
 1881 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 34 
 
 ; members, 
 
 2,3" 
 
 0. 
 
 23, 
 
 East Boston, 
 
 99, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 17 
 
 1807 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26, 
 
 Roxliury, 
 
 118, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1 
 
 1867 
 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY 
 
 
 
 32, 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 Tl, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 1867 
 
 132 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 37, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 24 
 
 1882 
 
 35, 
 
 Chelsea, 
 
 409, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16 
 
 1867 
 
 141 
 
 Harwich, 
 
 44, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15 
 
 1882 
 
 68, 
 
 Dorchester, 
 
 229, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8 
 
 1868 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 2 
 
 ; members, 
 
 81. 
 
 
 12 
 
178 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 In General Orders, No. 7, I called the attention of Post 
 Commanders to the necessity of carefully examining the reports 
 of the Adjutant and Quartermaster before forwarding them to 
 Department Headquarters, as much valuable time is lost in being 
 obliged to return them for correction. I am happy to say great 
 improvement has been made in this respect, as I have had very 
 .few reports to return the last quarter, and I trust the newly 
 elected Commanders will give this matter their attention, and 
 would suggest that Adjutants of Posts require their Sergeant- 
 Majors to take charge of all applications for membership after 
 they have been acted upon, and on the night the applicants are 
 mustered, he make the proper entry in the descriptive book, also 
 enter them on the blank for quarterly report, so that when the 
 last meeting in the quarter has closed, the recapitulation can be 
 made, and reports forwarded without delay. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 The work devolving upon the Assistant Adjutant-General of 
 a Department as large and well conducted as ours is much greater 
 than most comrades realize ; the addition of new Posts and the 
 many changes made by the election of new Post Commanders 
 each year necessarily increases it. Many questions arise, new, 
 no doubt, to those who send them to headquarters for answer, 
 yet in almost every case these questions are answered in the Rules 
 and Regulations or the Manual. Many calls are made upon him 
 to attend camp-tires or open fairs, which would afford him much 
 pleasure, but he is obliged to decline. From my one year's expe- 
 rience, I assure you the Assistant Adjutant-General, in order to 
 properly discharge his duties, requires all his time, for the work 
 at headquarters should not be slighted or allowed to accumulate. 
 The amount of business transacted has averaged with past j'ears. 
 The correspondence has been somewhat larger, and to conduct 
 this correspondence has required 2,500 letterheads, 2,100 postal 
 cards and $113 worth of postage stamps. All letters received 
 have been filed, numbered and indexed. There have been issued 
 during the year thirteen General Orders, 126 Special Orders and 
 six circulars. 
 
 To Comrade Fellows, the Assistant Quartermaster-General, 
 I am greatly indebted for valuable suggestions. From the day of 
 his appointment, he has been almost a daily visitor in the office, 
 discharging his duties in an intelligent and cheerful manner, 
 thereby greatly assisting me in my labors. I trust the friendship 
 formed in our official life will continue to the end of time. In 
 closing, I return my thanks to the officers of Posts and comrades 
 for the courfesy they have shown me in my official relations with 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 179 
 
 them, and to the Department Commander and the members of his 
 Staff for the assistance given me in the discharge of my duties. 
 I cannot close, Commander, without publicly thanking you for 
 your uniform and unselfish kindness during the past year. Your 
 cheerful compliance in filling all the engagements I have made 
 for you gave testimony not only of your interest in my work, but 
 proved your devotion to our Order. I thank you for the confi- 
 dence reposed in me, and trust our friendship will be lasting, and 
 that your life-work may be as successful as your G.A.R. woi'k 
 has been the past year. 
 
 I have the honor to be yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant General read the following tele- 
 gram : — 
 
 Trentox, N.J., Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 George S. Evans, Commander Dept. of Jla-^s. G.A.B., 
 Boston. 
 New Jersey sends greetuig to Grand Army comrades of your State 
 
 GEO B FIELDER, 
 
 Commander Department Xeic Jersey. 
 
 The following letter was received shortly after the Conven- 
 tion of 1883, in response to a communication from Past Depart- 
 ment Commander Geo. H. Patch : — 
 
 Helena, Mont , Feb. 2, 1883. 
 
 Geo. S. Evans, Esq., Commander Dept. Mass., G.A.B. 
 
 31>j Dear Department Commander : With my cordial and sincere con- 
 gratulations upon your flattering election as Commander of our Depart- 
 ment of the Grand Army of the Republic, I beg leave to thank, through 
 you, my friends and comrades, delegates of the late brilliant Encamp- 
 ment, for the very kind sentiments expressed in the resolutions proposed 
 by the retiring Commander and unanimously adopted. 
 
 Sincerely, gratefully, tenderly, I reciprocate their good Avishes; and 
 I shall never forget that we, soldiers, are bouud together by the strong- 
 est ties that exist among men. 
 
 Faithfully yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 HORACE BINNEY SARGENT, 
 
 Past Department Commander. 
 
1,021 
 
 33 
 
 1,070 
 
 70 
 
 1,117 
 
 84 
 
 541 
 
 17 
 
 1,856 
 
 65 
 
 143 
 
 07 
 
 180 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 KEPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Comrade : In compliance with the requirements of our Order 
 I herewith submit my report of the doings of the Assistant 
 Quartermaster-General's Department from Feb. 1, 1883, to 
 Jan. 30, 1884 : — 
 
 receipts. 
 
 1883. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $683 71 
 
 Received for dues first quarter, 1883 " 
 
 " " second quarter, 1883 . 
 
 " " third quarter, 1883 . . 
 
 " fourth quarter, 1883 . . 
 
 " " books and blanks .... 
 
 " " badges 
 
 " " sundries 
 
 Total receipts $6,434 47 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies .... $1,520 75 
 
 " " dues 404 43 
 
 rent and care of office 404 30 
 
 salaries 1.148 82 
 
 inspection expenses 
 
 printing 
 
 sundries (postage stamps and cards, tele- 
 grams, express and office expenses) 
 
 organizing new Posts 
 
 testimonial to Commander Meech .... 
 fitting up Department Headquarters . . . 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance to new account 
 
 Vouchers cover the expenses. 
 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 receipts. 
 
 1884. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $1,359 69 
 
 Received for dues 1,149 76 
 
 " " books and blanlvs 83 51 
 
 " badges 174 60 
 
 " " sundries 30 60 
 
 Total receipts $2,798 16 
 
 Carried forward $2,798 16 
 
 104 
 
 85 
 
 
 
 677 
 
 75 
 
 
 
 464 
 
 46 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 33 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 259 
 
 09 
 
 $5,074 
 
 
 
 
 78 
 
 
 $1,359 
 
 69 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 181 
 
 Brought forward $2,798 IG 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies .... $160 10 
 
 " " " dues Uo 98 
 
 " rent and care of office 103 OS 
 
 " salaries 151 ig 
 
 " inspection expenses 312 7-1 
 
 " printing 71 44 
 
 " sundries 41 20 
 
 " stove, etc., for headquarters 37 50 
 
 " organizing new Posts 24 63 
 
 Total expenditures $1,053 85 
 
 Balance to ncAv account $1,741 31 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 Cash on hand $1,744 31 
 
 Value of supplies on hand 382 18 
 
 Due from Posts for supplies sent C.O.D. ... 54 10 
 
 Office furniture 400 00 
 
 Colors 30 00 
 
 Total assets $2,610 59 
 
 AND NO LIABILITIES. 
 
 The financial condition of the Department is more satisfac- 
 tory than it has been for several j-ears, owing largely to the 
 system, established two years ago, requiring supplies to Posts to 
 be paid for on delivery, and the Posts being more prompt in their 
 remittance of dues. For several years prior to 1881 the Depart- 
 ment was in debt, owing to the delinquency in the payment for 
 supplies and dues by Posts. The present condition of our finan- 
 cial affairs is certainly most gratifying. 
 
 The present headquarters of this Department is better 
 adapted for the purpose than any before used by this Depart- 
 ment. Easy of access and centrally located near cars running to 
 every railroad depot, its convenience is appreciated by all com- 
 rades. 
 
 I take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General for the able assistance and courteous treatment 
 I have always received at his hands, also, to all other comrades 
 with whom I have come in contact. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 C. 0. FELLOWS, 
 Assistant Quartermaster -General . 
 
 The following table shows supplies furnished by Department 
 Headquarters : — 
 
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 EEPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Dec. 31, 1883. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor herewith to submit the report iu 
 duplicate of the inspection of the Posts of this Department for 
 the year ending Sept. 30, 1883. 
 
 The Department at this time numbers 160 Posts. New Posts 
 have been organized during the year as follows: 98, Cohasset ; 
 150, Montague; 152, Essex; 153, Winchendon ; 129, Millville ; 
 154, Kingston; 155, Monson ; 156, Everett; 157, Walpole ; 
 158, Housatonic; 159, East Boston ; 160, West Brookfield. 
 
 Of the 160 Posts in the Department it is a pleasure for me 
 to report that ail have been inspected. 
 
 The 160 Posts inspected report 13,896 comrades in good 
 standing, a gain of 1,608 over the Inspector's report of last year. 
 
 Two Posts number over 500 comrades ; Post 5 of Lynn, 830 ; 
 Post 10 of Worcester, 511 ; one Post numbers over 400 ; Post 35 
 of Chelsea, 402 ; two Posts number between 300 and 400 ; Post 16 
 of Springfield, 394 ; Post 39 of Lawrence, 320 ; ten Posts num- 
 ber between 200 and 300, namely: Posts 7 and 15 of Boston, 19 
 of Fitchburg, 34 of Salem, 42 of Lowell, 47 of Haverhill, 49 of 
 Newburyport, 58 of Weymouth, and 68 of Dorchester; nine 
 Posts number between 150 and 200; twenty Posts number 
 between 100 and 150; nineteen Posts number between 75 and 
 100; twenty-nine Posts number between 50 and 75; fifty-eight 
 Posts number between 25 and 50 ; eight Posts number between 
 20 and 25 ; two Posts are reported with less than 20 comrades. 
 
 Forty-six Posts are reported iu excellent condition, 78 in 
 good condition, 26 in fair condition, and 9 iu poor condition. 
 
 One hundred and thirty-three Posts report 992 muskets owned 
 by them; 26 report having no muskets. 
 
 The work of the Ritual is committed to memory or 
 
 properly performed in . . 92 Posts 
 
 The officers and guards are uniformed and equipped iu 113 " 
 
 Comrades are uniformed and equipped in .... 88 " 
 
 Officers are regular in attendance in 146 " 
 
 Comrades are regular iu attendance in 127 " 
 
 They exhil)it an interest in the Post in 142 " 
 
 The records are complete and well kept in . . . .154 " 
 
 Orders are received and regularly read iu .... 158 " 
 
 They are duly obeyed in 158 " 
 
 Orders from "headquarters are missing iu .... 8 " 
 
 All reports and dues have been forwarded from . .159 " 
 
184 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman. 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 vv. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell, 
 
 E. W. Peirce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Green leaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher.. 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague.. .. 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . . 
 
 Chas. Devens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perry 
 
 Washinston 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. n. Sheridan..., 
 Theodore Winthrop. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Hiram G. Berry 
 
 Lvon 
 
 B^ F. Butler 
 
 I John A. Rawlins 
 
 G.Wesley Nichols... 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 Geo. S. Bo\itwell 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ez!-a Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings 
 
 I. D. Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
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 Chas. Ward 
 
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 E. 1). Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
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 E. S. Clark 
 
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 Moses Ellis 
 
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 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield 
 
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190 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Weekly benefits are paid by 53 Posts, and thirty Posts are 
 paying regnlar amounts averaging $3.07J per week, and twenty- 
 three Posts paying such sums as the Post may vote in each case. 
 
 The Relief Fund is systematically expended in one hundred 
 and twenty-six Posts. 
 
 The amount of money reported in the relief funds of the sev- 
 eral Posts Sept. oC, 1883, is $105,851.47, being an increase of 
 $16,570.97 over the report of last year. 
 
 The amount of money expended in relief for the year ending 
 Sept. 30, 1883, is $34,191.45, being an increase of $5,761.92 
 over last report. 
 
 The largest amount reported in any one Relief Fund is 
 $12,569.59, by Post 58 of Weymouth. 
 
 The largest amount expended for charity is $5,292.21, by 
 Post 5 of Lynn. 
 
 The increase in membership during the last j'ear has been 
 thirteen per cent. The increase of money in relief funds over 
 that of last year is nearly twenty per cent, while the increase in 
 the amount expended from that source has been over twenty-three 
 per cent. 
 
 The spring inspection found many of the Posts in poor con- 
 dition to properly exemplify the work of the Ritual, the changes 
 that have been made having just been promulgated, and many of 
 the Post officers, especially in Posts in the smaller towns, putting 
 a wrong construction upon the same, therefore it was not strange 
 to find many Posts having as many different waj^s of performing 
 the work. But the officers detailed as Assistant Inspectors 
 attended faithfully to the duty assigned them, instructing where 
 it was necessary, and I am happj' to say that these instructions 
 were faithfully followed and carried out, and today the several 
 Posts in this Department are performing the work of the Ritual 
 in a uniformity of manner that has never been excelled since the 
 organization of the Department of the Grand Army in this vState. 
 
 The system of spring visitation to Posts by Assistant Inspec- 
 tors for the purpose of instruction, adopted by the previous 
 administration, has been followed this year with good results. 
 Many of the Posts reported in excellent or good condition can but 
 admit that such a good result was in great part owing to the 
 instruction and advice given them by their inspecting officer, and 
 I earnestly recommend the continuance of this system. 
 
 In conclusion, comrades, I desire to convey to the officers 
 detailed as Assistant Inspectors my high appreciation of their 
 efforts in aiding and assisting me in performing the duties of the 
 office to which I had been appointed, and to thank them for the 
 kindness and courtesy shown me on all occasions when brought 
 in official connection with them, also to the many comrades for 
 that fraternity of feeling that has ever been manifested by them 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 191 
 
 towards me whenever my duties have called me in contact with 
 them, and particularly to the Commander of the Department and 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General, who have ever been ready with 
 their aid and counsel, without which the success of my labors 
 would have been in vain. 
 
 I have the honor to remain, 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 HORACE A. SAWYER, 
 
 Inspector. 
 
 REPORT OF CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jau. 30, 1884. 
 
 Commander and Comrades : Again we are assembled, at the 
 close of another year, to greet each other in Fraternity, Charity 
 and Loyalt}'. 
 
 The year just passed has been a pleasant and prosperous one, 
 and each one of us present has cause for thankfulness to Him 
 who hath preserved the body and can save the soul. Commander, 
 God hath preserved you, and each of your associates, at the head 
 of the Department during the year, and as you have gone from 
 place to place, meeting the various Posts of the Department, 
 giving advice, encouragement and counsel, your labors have not 
 been in vain, for large numbers have been added to our ranks, 
 and the Department of Massachusetts is now in a most healthy 
 and prosperous condition. But death, the enemy of all mankind, 
 has been exceedingly busy in our midst. A Past Department 
 Commander and a Past Department Chaplain have both suc- 
 cumbed to the grim messenger, and each has gone to his reward. 
 
 Past Department Commander John A. Hawes died at his 
 re'sideuce in Fairhaven, March 10, 1883, aged sixty years. He 
 was a comrade beloved, a good citizen, a warm friend and a gen- 
 erous-hearted man, and many now living have cause to bless his 
 bounty, which was always given in a quiet manner. He leaves a 
 wife, three daughters and a large circle of friends to mourn his 
 loss. 
 
 A new Post in the Department has since been formed and 
 called by his name, so that his memory shall still be green. May 
 it be a burning and shining light, noted for its deeds of charity 
 and valiant in its loyalty to the Grand Armj^ of the Republic. 
 
 Again, on Thanksgiving Day, in the house of God, in the 
 pulpit, in the attitude of prayer, without a moment's warning, 
 fell back and died immediatel}' one of earth's noblemen. Past 
 
192 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Department Chaplain Rev. Warren H. Cudworth, a member of 
 Joseph Hooker Post No. 23 of East Boston. A man beloved by 
 all, rich or poor, bond or free, Protestant or Catholic, each vied 
 with the other to do him honor. And as a member of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, and its Department Chaplain, he had won 
 the affection and admiration of every comrade with whom he 
 became acquainted. None knew him but to love him. His life 
 was a success. As a pastor, he was faithful and sympathetic ; 
 loving and kind in his dealings to all with whom he came in con- 
 tact. A good man and a useful minister has fallen ; but, though 
 death came suddenly, it found him ready and waiting. He is 
 now safe at home ; he is a redeemed and happy soul in the para- 
 dise of God. May you. Commander, and you, my noble associates 
 and comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, follow him as 
 he did his Master, and join him at last on the blest and shining 
 shore, where sickness, sorrow or death can never enter. May 
 this, comrades, be our happy portion. 
 
 Again, on the morning of July 31, all New England was 
 startled with what seemed at first a very probable story, namely, 
 that the train, on which were the delegates of the various States 
 returning from the National Encampment to their homes, was 
 wrecked, and falling down an embankment, they were buried in 
 the ruins, and scarcely a human being was saved. Horror was 
 depicted on every countenance, and the question was asked from 
 one to the other, "Can it be true?" I recollect meeting, near 
 the post-office, on that day, our warm-hearted friend, ex-Gov. 
 John D. Long, who, grasping my hand, said : '' Chaplain, have 
 you heard the news? Can it be true? How sad." And our 
 sympathies went out for those who, left at home, were at that 
 moment almost in despair over the expected loss of those beloved 
 ones, buried in the ruins of a wrecked train, far from home. 
 
 But, thank God, ere the night closed, the mist cleared away, 
 and the intelligence reached us, it was a lie — sent abroad by 
 some designing rascal who ought to have been bucked and gagged. 
 But the hearts of those made sad by the intelligence were glad- 
 dened by the arrival of their loved ones safe ^ at home, to the 
 bosoms of their families and their comrades of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. And you. Commander, and those associated 
 with you, will never know the terrible anxiety of that dreadful 
 hour until placed in similar circumstances. And now let me turn 
 from the dark to the bright side of the picture. 
 
 The year has been a prosperous one ; prosperous in every 
 respect, both in increase of membership and in ability to carry on 
 the noble work of charity to our suffering comrades, and to the 
 widows and orphans of those who fell in our holy cause. Every 
 year death is thinning our ranks, and soon, all too soon, the last 
 one will have gone to join his comrades in the sky. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 193 
 
 How fitting that we should be banded together in times of 
 peace, under the name of Grand Army of the Republic. What a 
 debt the country is owing you for your valiant services ! it never 
 has been paid — it never can be. I never see a soldier of the 
 Republic shattered in limb or emaciated by disease, that my 
 heart is not touched. They are royal ones of our land, and 
 worthy of a princely living. A grateful people never ought to 
 allow any of these noble veterans to eke out a living by humili- 
 ating drudgery, but should care for them in a princely manner, 
 from the funds now accumulating and lying idle in the National 
 Treasury. 
 
 The petition now in circulation among the various Posts of 
 the Department, or one of a similar character, asking that all 
 honorably discharged soldiers and sailors be given a pension of 
 not less than eight dollars per month, is a step in the right direc- 
 tion ; and if granted, will only be as a drop in the bucket com- 
 pared to the obligation of a nation's gratitude to the survivors of 
 the war. The Grand Army of Massachusetts are looking ahead 
 in the right direction. The Soldiers' Home is a glorious pro- 
 vision ; there the tired and worn-out ones of earth can rest 
 and be cared for in the hour of sickness and death, and loving- 
 hands administer to their comfort, and pleasant faces cheer them 
 in their pilgrimage to another world. 
 
 But I am inclined to think the Posts of the Grand Army of 
 this Department should make some wise provision for themselves. 
 It is true, I believe fully in the three great characteristics of our 
 order — Fraternity. Charity and Loyalty. But I believe in the old 
 saying — Charity should begin at home. For while the Grand 
 Army of the Republic has spent its thousands of dollars upon 
 those who never would enter our ranks, and I do not begrudge 
 them the help they have received, I foresee that this large body of 
 men before me to-night, as the years roll on, will soon stand on 
 the borders of the grave many of them helpless and alone. Who 
 will provide for them? Charity is cold, unless guided by cheer- 
 ful and loving hands. Large numbers of my comrades present, 
 and those 3'ou represent here, will sicken, be helpless, and die; 
 your services to the country will be forgotten by the rising gener- 
 ation, and money will not flow so freely into your treasury. 
 What, then, are you to do? I do not know that I shall ever 
 have the privilege of again addressing you in convention assem- 
 bled, so I want to give you one piece of advice — let every Post 
 in the Department, if not already done, lay by a part of its 
 income to form a Post Relief Fund, to be spent on none but 
 members of your Post, so that when the older members have 
 passed away, and those now in middle life shall follow them to 
 the gates of death, and poverty shall stare them in the face, and 
 a pauper's grave fill them with alarm and dread, let them see and 
 
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194 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 feel that, being the last of the noble race of men who saved the 
 country in its hour of peril, they have not been forgotten, and 
 the forethought of their associates has wisely provided for this 
 emergency, so that the last, aye the very last, man of this Grand 
 Army of Massachusetts shall rise above the trials of this life, no 
 poverty to assail him, no pauper's grave for him to dread ; but 
 rising, when the last hour shall come, up, up, above the stars, to 
 the throne of God, the angels will welcome him, and his com- 
 rades who have passed on before him shall greet him around a 
 camp-fire that shall never be extinguished ; and the Son of God, 
 standing in the midst of the heavenl}^ hosts, shall crown him with 
 glory everlasting and eternal life. 
 
 Commander, as you, sir, shall retire on the morrow from 
 your arduous labors of the year, it must be with a degree of 
 satisfaction and pride that the work has been honestly done, and 
 produced glorious results. May your mantle, sir, fall upon 
 worthy shoulders, and your successor win glorious victories for 
 the Grand Army of INIassachusetts. 
 
 And now, comrades, one word more to 3'ou and I have done. 
 Go back to your various posts of duty ; carrying greetings to 
 your comrades. Go back to work with redoubled energy and 
 zeal in the sphere in which you are assigned in the Post to which 
 you belong. So Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty be your motto, 
 and Heaven at last be your home. 
 
 Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 JOHN W. LEE, 
 
 Department Chaplain. 
 
 ■ REPORT OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
 
 Headquartkrs Deft, of Mass., G.A.E. 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor respectfully to report that I 
 have attended all of the meetings of the Council of Administra- 
 tion, inspected six Posts, and attended to such other duties as 
 have been assigned me. 
 
 Very respectfully' your obedient servant, 
 
 JAS. H WRIGHT, 
 Medical Director. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. IQo 
 
 REPORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Springfield, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 "A short horse is soon curried," and the law department of 
 the Encampment can quickly recount its doings. A wise man of 
 the earth counts that a happy land whose annals are a blank, and 
 the one f elicit}' of this report is its testimony that the Judge 
 Advocate has had little to do, and has done no more. "With a 
 few trifling exceptions the affairs of the Order have known no 
 complications which soldierly horse sense, and the spirit of Fra- 
 ternity and Charity have not been able to solve without recourse 
 to authority. Instances of discipline have been so rare and so 
 unimportant as scarcely to merit notice. 
 
 When 3'Qur law otHcer finds his official life so uneventful he 
 may well cougratulate the Encampment, and add his testimony to 
 the volume already in that the .Order was never in so healthful, har- 
 monious and promising condition in Massachusetts as it is today. 
 
 The matters upon which the Department Conunander has 
 required opinions from me have related mainly to questions of 
 procedure under the Rules and Regulations. Such of those 
 opinions as may at any time be deemed of general interest can 
 be promulgated in orders, and do not need to be specifically 
 referred to here. I may say, however, that the questions 
 referred to me have generally arisen out of the more minute and 
 elaborate provisions of our code, and I desire to suggest that 
 changes in the legislation of the Order ought to be in the direc- 
 tion of greater simplicity and directness. We are rapidly 
 approaching that time of life when officialism, red tape, and 
 formalism of every kind grow wearisome and vexatious, and the 
 less the affairs of the Order become encumbered with them, the 
 more securely will it be fixed in the affections of those whose 
 waning years loosen all but the simplest ties of nature. 
 
 One matter which has been made subject of reference to me 
 is all that I care specially to refer to. The management of their 
 Relief Fund is engaging the attention of Posts to a degree which 
 calls for more definite provision concerning it than the Rules and 
 Regulations now contain. In very many Posts this fund has 
 been placed in the hands of a board of trustees — a disposition 
 of it which can hardly be reconciled with that provision of the 
 code which requires that all the property of the Post shall be held 
 by the Quartermaster, but which is so eminently wise and secure 
 that many other Posts only hesitate to adopt it because of its 
 apparent illegality. I am clearly of the opinion that the practice 
 
196 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 has uo warrant in the Rules and Regulations, but that it ought 
 to have. I therefore recommend that members of the National 
 Encampment from this Department be instructed to urge upon 
 that body such changes in the Rules and Regulations as will 
 place the Relief Fund in the hands of trustees, substantially in 
 the manner now in vogue in this Department. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L,, 
 
 JNO. L. RICE, 
 Judge Advocate. 
 
 REPORT OF CHIEF MUSTERING OFFICER. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 BosTox, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Having been called to my position late in the year, to fill the 
 unexpired term of Comrade Gibbs, my duties have been rather of 
 an ornamental nature. I have officiated at the installation cere- 
 monies of Post 33 of Woburn and Post 6(3 of Medford, The appli- 
 cations for installing officers have been filled, and comrades so 
 designated have performed the duties assigned them very accept- 
 ably. I would suggest that, hereafter, Posts, in making requests 
 for installing officers, be more prompt in their choice and in noti- 
 fying Department Headquarters, as a number of Posts were dis- 
 appointed in not having their selected comrade to install their 
 officers. Permit me also to suggest that the installation cere- 
 monies would be far more effective and impressive if comrades 
 selected to perform the ceremony were members of Posts other 
 than the one selecting them. 
 
 I desire to express my hearty thanks to the comrades who so 
 ably assisted me in the installation ceremonies, and to the Depart- 
 ment Commander and his Staff for the courtesies extended to me 
 in the performance of my duties. 
 
 Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 A. M. LUNT, 
 Chief Muster inrj Officer. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 Commander and Comrades of the Dejxirtment Encampment: 
 In accordance with the requirements of our Order, the members 
 of the Council of Administration would respectfully present the 
 doings of their Department the past year. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 197 
 
 It would take too much of your valuable time to give a 
 detailed report, therefore we will pass over the minor points, and 
 present only those of importance. 
 
 The Council have held five regular meetings and one special 
 meeting during the year. At the first meeting, held February 8, 
 a vote of thanks was extended to the officers and comrades of 
 Post 2, for the courteous manner in which they had performed 
 guard duty at the Department Encampment. 
 
 On motion of Comrade AVright, a committee was appointed 
 to procure a testimonial for Comrade James F. Meech, in accord- 
 ance with a vote passed at the Department Convention, the cost 
 of said testimonial not to exceed sevent3'-five dollars. 
 
 A special meeting of the Council was held March 22, to take 
 action and pay our respects to our late comrade and Past Depart- 
 ment Commander, John A. Hawes. On motion of Comrade Mon- 
 roe, a committee of three were appointed to draft resolutions in 
 honor of the departed Commander, and a copy of the same was 
 transmitted to his famil}'. 
 
 At a regular meeting, held July 12, the following named 
 comrades Avere elected delegates to the National Encampment, to 
 fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of comrades elected at 
 the Department Encampment : — 
 
 F. M. Shaw, J. W. Hersey, A. S. Roe, E. C. Gould, E. B. 
 Witherell, and C. G. Davis. 
 
 The Council would recommend that, in selecting delegates 
 for the National Encampment, only those comrades be elected 
 who would pledge themselves to attend unless prevented by some 
 unavoidable circumstances. 
 
 The Council would, in view of the time and expense involved 
 upon the Department Commander and Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 suggest to the Department Encampment for their consideration 
 that a sum be appropriated each year by the Council of Adminis- 
 tration sufficient to defray the travelling expenses of said officers 
 to and from the National Encampment. 
 
 In conclusion, the Council would congratulate Commander 
 Evans upon the very successful and prosperous 3^ear of his 
 administration. 
 
 All of which we most respectfull}^ suljmit. 
 
 C. H. PARSONS, 
 
 W. W. SCOTT, 
 
 R. F. TOBIN, 
 
 J. GUSHING THOMAS, 
 
 BENJ. PITMAN, 
 
 Council of Administration . 
 
198 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 The Auditing Committee appointed by the Commander to 
 andit the accouuts of the Assistant Quartermaster-General and 
 Assistant Adjutant-General attended to the duty assigned them, 
 and thoroughly examined all books, bills, vouchers, etc., at the 
 close Qf each quarter, and we are pleased to report that we found 
 the books kept in a perfect, business-like manner, all accouuts 
 being balanced at the end of each quarter. We also found vouch- 
 ers and bills receipted for all moneys paid out. 
 
 Balance on hand, Feb. 1, 1883 $683 71 
 
 Received during the year . . 5,750 76 
 
 Making a total of §6,436 47 
 
 Expenditures 5,074 78 
 
 Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1884 1,359 69 
 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 Receipts $1,438 47 
 
 Balance on hand, Jan. 1 1,359 69 
 
 Total $2,798 16 
 
 Expenditures 1,053 85 
 
 Balance on hand, Jan. 30, 1884 $1,744 31 
 
 The Auditing Committee congratulate the Department on its 
 financial condition. We are free from any indebtedness. All of 
 our office fixtures, supplies, etc., at headquarters are paid for, 
 and we have a handsome balance to turn over to our successors 
 in office. 
 
 The committee would recommend to the Department that one 
 thousand dollars of the funds be invested in such manner as, in 
 the judgment of the Council of Administration, would be for the 
 best interest of the Department, the balance to be left in the 
 hands of the Assistant Quartermaster-General for current expenses 
 of the Department. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 C. H PARSONS, 
 W. W. SCOTT, 
 R. F. TOBIN, 
 
 Auditing Committee of the Council of Administration. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 199 
 
 SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE 
 SOLDIERS' HOME. 
 
 Comrades : By direction of the Board of Trustees of the Sol- 
 diers' Home I have the honor to submit the following report of 
 the condition of the Home, from July 25, 1883, to Jan. 1, 1884, 
 being supplementary to the annual report that is in the hands of 
 the comrades of the Convention. 
 
 From July 25, 1883, to Jan. 1, 1884, number admitted to 
 the Home, 47; readmitted, 17; in the Home January 1, lOG; 
 aggregate number admitted since the Home was opened, July 25, 
 1882, 296 ; number died since July 25, 4 ; number in Hospital 
 Jan. 1, 1884, 23. 
 
 The men admitted to the Home since it was opened, July 25, 
 1882, to Jan. 1, 1884, served as follows : — 
 
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 By this you will see that all branches of the service are repre- 
 sented, and that men from all parts of the State have found shel- 
 ter in the Home. 
 
200 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 In my aunual report to the Trustees I called their attention 
 to the necessit}' for additional room, especially for hospital pur- 
 poses, and recommended that a fair be held the coming autumn to 
 replenish our funds. The Trustees have carefully considered the 
 matter, and while they are unanimous in favor of the recommen- 
 dation, they believe that next autumn being Presidential election, 
 the spring of 1885 would be a better time, in which opinion I 
 heartily concur, and by a vote of the Trustees bring the subject 
 before this Encampment for your consideration. You may ask, 
 "What has the Encampment to do with the Soldiers' Home ?" 
 Legally, nothing ; morally, everything. Without the active co- 
 operation of the fourteen thousand comrades who compose the 
 Department of Massachusetts G.A.R,, your Trustees would feel 
 weak, and not equal to the work before them ; but with your 
 sympathy and support, we feel that success is assured. But, 
 please, don't feel that when you have voted to stand b}' us in tliis 
 work you have accomplished it. You remember how often in war 
 times the citizens "resolved" that the army ought to move, and 
 that Richmond ought to be taken, -but forgot to take their muskets 
 and back up their resolutions. 
 
 So in our work success can only come when we advance all 
 along the line. In my opinion no more worthy charit}' can be 
 found in this State than ours. 
 
 The sympathies of the people are with us, and we have only 
 to bring our cause, before them to obtain all the financial assist- 
 ance we require. We have petitioned the Legislature for the same 
 amount we received last year ($15,000), and I have no doubt it 
 will be as cheerfully given as it was then ; but as I have before 
 said, I hope that the management of the Home will ever remain 
 in the hands of comrades of the G.A.R., and be largel}^ supported 
 by contributions from the patriotic men and women of our old Com- 
 monwealth. I trust all comrades who have not visited the Home 
 will do so, and urge citizens to do the same. Since July 25, 1883, 
 fifteen hundred have registered as visitors at the Home, exclusive 
 of those who have visited it for the purpose of giving entertain- 
 ments to the men, and I have yet to find a visitor who has not 
 become heartily interested in it. 
 
 With the exception of Sundays, the Home is always open for 
 the inspection of visitors, and they will receive a cordial welcome 
 from Gen. Cunningham and his excellent wife. Since the open- 
 ing of the Home we have been constantly assisted by the Ladies' 
 Aid Association connected with it. 
 
 They have answered every call, provided all the white quilts, 
 sheets and pillowcases ; donated books and papers ; provided 
 stage and scenery' for entertainments ; visited the sick in the 
 Hospital, furnishing them with delicacies ; in fact, have been to 
 the boys in the Home just what the Sanitary Commission was to 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 201 
 
 the boys in the field. Words can poorly express our thanks for 
 what they have done for our comrades ; but we assure them their 
 noble works are appreciated by us, and the consciousness of dutj^ 
 well performed must be their reward. 
 
 We trust our work has been such as to meet the approval of 
 our comrades. Let us, as comrades of the G.A.R., b}' judicious 
 expenditure of our Post charity funds, keep just as manj' con^- 
 rades outside the Home as possible ; but, let every old soldier or 
 sailor feel that when the time comes that he has no other shelter, 
 the Home on Powder Horn Hill, in Chelsea, is open to receive 
 him, while we have a vacant bed or a dollar to provide for his 
 wants. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 J. G. B. ADAMS, 
 
 President. 
 
 Moved by Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 : — 
 
 That the Department Commander appoint a committee of 
 fourteen to report a list of fourteen delegates, and an equal num- 
 ber of alternates, to the next National Encampment. 
 
 The motion was adopted and the following committee was 
 appointed, viz. : — 
 
 J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 ; J. F. Capelle of Post 57 ; Geo. 
 L. Goodale of Post 66 ; AVm. S. King of Post 139 ; E. A. Horton 
 of Post 145; Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5; C. S. Anthony of Post 
 3 ; Wm. H. Wade of Post 133 ; Geo. O. Noyes of Post 15 ; M. 
 B. Lakeman of Post 40; C. M. Whelden of Post 125; F. M. 
 Kingman of Post 124 ; Harry Crosby of Post 71 : A. H. Wright 
 of Post 73. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Wm. H. Brown of Post 82, it was 
 voted that a committee of five be appointed to report a list of an 
 equal number of comrades for Council of Administration. The 
 following committee was appointed : — 
 
 Wm. PI. Brown of Post H2 ; Chas. H. Ross of Post 2 ; Geo. 
 H. Patch of Post 142 ; Alfred A. Burrill of Post 22 ; Wm. L. 
 Robinson of Post 10. 
 
 It was moved by Comrade Geo. W. Creasey of Post 49, that 
 a committee of five be appointed by the Department Commander 
 to take into Consideration, and report upon at the morning session, 
 the various recommendations in the address of the Department 
 Commander and the reports of all other officers, including the 
 Council of Administration. 
 
202 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The following committee was named and approved : — 
 
 Geo. W. Creasey of Post 49 ; Dennis Liuelian of Post 15 , 
 J. W. Hersey of Post 16 ; John D. Billings of Post 94 ; John H. 
 Abbott of Post 46. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66, the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General was directed to acknowledge the 
 receipt of telegram from Department of New Jersey, G.A.R. , 
 and extend to them the greeting of this Department. 
 
 Comrade Geo. H. Patch of Post 142 addressed the Encamp- 
 ment in favor of an Encampment under canvas, of this Depart- 
 ment, during the coming year, at Lake Waushacum, in the town 
 of Sterling. 
 
 He explained the plan quite at length, and gave notice that 
 he should call up this matter at the morning session, and ask a 
 vote on it. 
 
 The different committees were notified as to the place and 
 hour of meeting. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General gave notice that there had 
 been unforeseen delay in the issue of the proceedings of the last 
 Encampmeut, but that he had them present, and they would be 
 distributed at the close of this session, the roll of Posts to be 
 called for that purpose. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that when this 
 Encampment adjourns it be to meet at Tremont Temple, at 9 
 o'clock tomorrow morning, January 31. 
 
 Comrade James K. Churchill of Post 10 moved, as an amend- 
 ment, that the hour be 10 o'clock. Amendment lost. 
 
 The original motion was then carried. 
 
 There being no further business, the Encampment adjourned 
 at 10.30 P.M. 
 
 Tremont Temple, Jan 31, 1884. 
 
 The Department Encampment was called to order by Depart- 
 ment Commander Geo. S. Evans at 9.45 a.m. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Chaplain John W. Lee. 
 
 The following messages were read by the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, who was directed to acknowledge and reply to the 
 same : — 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 203 
 
 MiDDLETOWN, CoNX., Jau. 31, 1884. 
 
 Geo. S. Evans, Department Commander, G.A R., 
 Boston. 
 Seventeenth Encampment Department of Connecticut in session send 
 a comrade's greeting to your Encampment, trusting that your delibera- 
 tions may result in good to the Order. ISAAC B. HYATT, 
 
 Department Commander. 
 
 Tremoxt, Nej5., Jau. 30, 1884. 
 
 Geo S. Evans, Department Commander, G.A.R., 
 Boston. 
 Nebraska sends greeting to the comrades of Massachusetts in 
 Encampment assembled. JOHN C. BONNELL, 
 
 Department Commander. 
 
 The next business being tlie reception of communications 
 from Posts, the roll was called with the following result : — 
 
 Headquarters John A. Andrew Post No. 15, G.A.R. , 
 Department of Massachusetts. 
 Commander: Your delegates to this Convention from Post 15 have 
 been instructed to bring before you for action the following : — 
 
 To endeavor to have all of Section 2, Article VII., of the Eules and 
 Regulations after the word " choice " in the second line stricken out, and 
 that the delegates to the National Encampment from the Department of 
 Massachusetts be instructed to urge the same. 
 
 E. CLEAVES, S.V.C, 
 D. LINEHAN, 
 OLIVER DOWNING, 
 GEORGE W. POWERS. 
 
 Headquarters John A Andrew Post No. 15, G.A R., 
 Department of Massachusetts. 
 Commander: Your delegates to this Convention from Post 15 have 
 been instructed to bring before you for action the following : — 
 
 That in the Ritual, work and orders of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, an unjust discrimination is made against sailors, who served their 
 country with a fidelity equal to that of soldiers, and Avho are entitled to 
 an e(jual recognition in that Order which claims to represent the com- 
 bined patriotism and loyalty of the country, and they ask that the dele- 
 gates from this Department to the National Encampment be instructed 
 to urge upon that body the justice of making the changes necessary to 
 comply with the spirit of this resolution. 
 
 E. CLEAVES, S.V.C, 
 OLIVER DOWNING, 
 D. LINEHAN, 
 GEORGE W. POWERS. 
 
204 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Theodore Winthrop Post No 35, G.A.R , 
 Department of Massachusetts. 
 
 Chelsea, Mass., Jau. 24, 1884. 
 To the Officers and Members of this Encampment. 
 
 Comrades: At a regular meeting of Post 35, held this evening, it 
 was voted that the delegates to the Department Convention be instructed 
 to present the matter of sailors' records to the Convention, and request 
 that some action be taken, whereby a complete record of every man who 
 served in the navy of the United States during the Rebellion might be kept 
 in the same manner as that of its soldiers. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, in F., C. and L., 
 
 GEO. W. MARSH, Commander, Post 35. 
 
 For the Delegates. 
 
 Headquarters Post 30, G A.R. 
 
 Cambridgeport, Jau. 24, 1884. 
 
 Besolved, That the delegates to the National Encampment be instructed 
 to cause such change in the ritual as to make the installation of officers 
 in the rear of the altar and facing the Holy Bible, instead of being in 
 front of the altar, and back to the Bible, as now laid down in the ritual. 
 It is further, 
 
 Besolved, That thej^ cause such change to be made in the muster-in 
 service as to require the badge presentation in the mustering of recruits 
 in all Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 J. W. WALKER, 
 Commander, Post 30, G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters MacPherson Post No. 73, G.A.R. 
 Abington, Mass., Jan. 16, 1884. 
 
 MacPherson Post No. 73, G.A.R., respectfully presents to the Depart- 
 ment Encampment the following memorial : — 
 
 In the national cemetery at Gettysburg the graves are arranged in 
 concentric curves, the lines of which are marked by granite bands, like 
 curbstones, on the top of which are cut into the granite the names of the 
 soldiers, each over against his gi'ave. Originally they were painted 
 black. This paint has been renewed two or three times, but noAv it is 
 entirely worn out, and the stones look painfully shabby and neglected. 
 The comrade in charge of the cemetery has put in a requisition to the 
 War Department each year for two or three years past, asking that the 
 names be repainted, but the request has been passed over. 
 
 What is true at Gettysburg is likely to be true, or to become true, at 
 each of the other national cemeteries. We therefore respectfully request 
 the Department Encampment to take such measures as will secure, if 
 possible, an appropriation from Congress, at its present session, to pro- 
 vide for painting all the names in all the national cemeteries, for which 
 we are informed that one cent a letter is ample. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 205 
 
 We also understand that if the paint be renewed once in five years, 
 tliis will be often enough to keep the names looking neat and bright. 
 We therefore would further re<iuest that steps be also taken to secure 
 the establishment of a regular appropriation for this purpose once in 
 five years, just as our towns give regular appropriations yearly to the 
 G.A.R. 
 
 All Avhich is submitted with earnest desire, 
 
 In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 AUGUSTUS II. WRIGHT, 
 Wm. H. Nash, Adjutant. Post Commander. 
 
 At the conclusion of this order of business, on motion of 
 Comrade Oliver Downing of Post 15, it was voted that all resolu- 
 tions and communications from Posts be referred to the commit- 
 tee of five on Commander's address, except the one from Post 
 35, G.A.R. , relative to the matter of Navy records, and on 
 motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68, the latter question 
 was referred to a special committee of three, which was consti- 
 tuted as follows : — 
 
 Chas. B. Fox of Post 68, R. F. Tobin of Post 30, J. Frank 
 Dalton of Post 34. 
 
 After remarks by various comrades relative to matters that 
 had just been referred to committees. Comrade Geo. H. Patch of 
 Post 142 called up the matter referred to by him at the evening 
 session, and, after explaining the subject quite at length, sub- 
 mitted the following motion, viz : — 
 
 That it is the sense of the delegates here assembled that this 
 Department hold an Encampment under canvas for three or five 
 days, during the coming summer or autumn, at Lake Waushacum, 
 Sterling. The motion was seconded. 
 
 A long discussion of the question followed, which was par- 
 ticipated in by Comrades Wm. MacDonald of Post 158, E. "W. 
 Thompson of Post 42, J. B. Willard of Post 10, Geo. S. Merrill 
 of Post 3U, C. M. Whelden of Post 125, J. K. Churchill of Post 
 10, and others. Comrade Wm. H. Hart of Post 35 moved the 
 previous question, which was ordered, and Comrade Patch's 
 motion was declared lost. 
 
 The Special Committee of three on Navy Records asked for 
 further time, with leave to communicate their wishes to the 
 Legislature or the State authorities, which was granted. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Dennis Meehan of Post 7, it was 
 voted : — 
 
206 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 That for the remainder of this session no comrade be allowed 
 to speak longer than five minutes, or more than once on the same 
 question, except by unanimous consent. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 487 
 
 Number of comrades present 426 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers • .... 15 
 
 Past Department Officers 5 
 
 Post Commanders 134 
 
 Delegates 272 
 
 Total . . • 426 
 
 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COMMANDER'S ADDRESS, ETC. 
 
 Comrade George W. Crease}' of Post 49 submitted a report 
 for above committee, which he read in full. Various motions and 
 amendments were made and discussed, and it was finall}' voted, 
 on motion of Comrade Andrew C. Stone of Post 39, that the 
 report be accepted, and the several recommendations be consid- 
 ered separately. In accordance with that vote, the report was 
 reread, and separate action taken. 
 
 First. The recommendation that the spring visitation to 
 Posts by Department officers be continued, your committee would 
 advise that the system be made permanent. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Second. That in the matter of changing the installation 
 services, as recommended by the Department Commander, the 
 committee consider any change inexpedient. 
 
 Quite a discussion followed, which was participated in by 
 Comrades Capelle of Post 57, Downing and Linehan of Post 15, 
 Thompson of Post 42, Goodale of Post 66, and Welch of Post 
 57 ; and on motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68, it was 
 voted that the matter be referred to the delegates from this 
 Department to the National Encampment. 
 
 Third. The recommendation that Posts include in the 
 muster-in fee the price of the regulation badge, be adopted, that 
 that portion of the muster-in service relating to the presentation 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 207 
 
 of the badge maj' be performed without the very unusual and 
 humiliatiug spectacle, presented b}^ some of the Posts in the 
 Department, of presenting to the initiate the badge of our Order, 
 and then supplementing it with the ridiculous demand of payment 
 for the same, or its return to the Quartermaster. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 FonrtJi. Tliat portion of the Commander's address wherein 
 he recommends the appropriation of a sum not exceeding 6300, 
 for the actual traveling expenses of the Department Commander, 
 be adopted ; and in addition they would respectfully recommend 
 that it apply to the Department Commander oidy, and that all 
 such expenses be subject to the approval of the Council of 
 Administration ; and, further, that when the Department Com- 
 mander attends a fair, given by an individual Post, the Post shall 
 pay the expense. 
 
 The usual motion to accept the foregoing recommendation 
 was seconded, but much opposition was manifested, several com- 
 rades spoke upon the question, and especially with reference to 
 an amendment presented by Comrade Chas. A. Follett of Post 
 88, to add the words " Senior Vice-Commander and Junior Vice- 
 Commander" after the words " to the Department Commander," 
 so that it shall read "to the Department Commander, Senior 
 Vice-Commander, and Junior Vice-Commander only." 
 
 The amendment was adopted, as was the original question 
 as amended. 
 
 Fifth. That the railroad fares of the Department Com- 
 mander and the Assistant Adjutant-General to the National 
 Encampment be paid b}^ the Department. The committee recom- 
 mend favorable action. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Sixth. That portion of the address relative to the contem- 
 plated fair in aid of the Soldiers' Home, the connnittee would 
 recommend that this Encampment "assures the Trustees of the 
 Home of the earnest, hearty and active co-operation of the 
 Department in whatever measures they may present for the ben 
 efit of the Home, and would further recommend that the delegates 
 report to their respective Posts that a fair is to be held in the 
 spring of 1885, and urge that their Posts not only endorse the 
 action of the Trustees and this Encampment, but pledge their 
 active assistance in making the fair a financial success. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Seventh. That the appropriation of 8200 for additional 
 clerical force for the Assistant Adjutant-General be continued. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
208- HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Eifjlitli. The recommendation of the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General that a memorial page be inserted in the printed proceed- 
 ings, giving name, company and regiment, if soldiers, and ship, 
 squadron and station, if sailors, of comrades who have died dur- 
 ing the year, the committee most heartily approve, and recommend 
 its adoption. 
 
 Accepted by a rising vote. 
 
 Niyitli. The recommendation of the Judge Advocate regard- 
 ing a change in the Rules and Regulations so that a portion of 
 the funds of a Post may be placed in the hands of Trustees, 
 your committee would suggest that the subject be referred to the 
 National Encampment. 
 
 And it was so ordered. 
 
 Tenth. The recommendation of the Council of Administra- 
 tion regarding the investment of the surplus funds of the Depart- 
 ment, your committee would recommend the reference of the 
 subject to the incoming Council of Administration. 
 
 Adopted, and the report of the committee as a whole was 
 accepted. 
 
 Comrade Oliver Downing of Post 15 offered the following 
 motion : — 
 
 Besolved, That our delegates to the National Encampment be 
 instructed to urge that the Rules and Regulations be so changed as to 
 allow Post Commanders to appoint the Officer of the Day and the Officer 
 of the Guard. 
 
 The motion was lost. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 reported for the com- 
 mittee to nominate delegates and alternates to the National 
 Encampment, and the report of the committee was "laid on the 
 table until after the election of ofllcers." 
 
 A resolution offered by Comrade E. P. Morton of Post 61 
 as to the action, or rather, non-action, of the incoming Depart- 
 ment Commander during the approaching political campaign was, 
 on motion of Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66, returned to 
 the comrade presenting it. 
 
 Comrade John S. Beck of Post 66 moved, and it was voted, 
 That we proceed to the election of Department officers, and that 
 the Commander appoint a committee of live to collect, sort and 
 count votes for Department Commander. Comrade Chas. B. Fox 
 nominated the present Senior Vice-Commander, John D. Billings 
 of Post 94, for the position of Department Commander. The 
 nomination was seconded by Comrade W. H. Bartlett of Post 10. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 209 
 
 After farther remarks by several comrades in favor of Comrade 
 Billings' candidacy, and there being no other nominations pre- 
 sented, the Department Commander appointed the following com- 
 mittee on ballot for Department Commander : — 
 
 John S. Beck of Post 6G, F. M. Harrington of Post 96, 
 E. J. Dolan of Post 30, J. H. Gould of Post 117, Fred Hanson 
 of Post 13. 
 
 After the vote for Commander had been taken and the com- 
 mittee had retired, it was voted, on motion of Comrade Theodore 
 Leutz of Post 21, that we proceed to the election of Depart- 
 ment Senior Vice-Commander, and that a committee of five be 
 appointed by the Commander to collect, sort and count votes for 
 a Department Senior Vice-Commander. 
 
 The Commander appointed the following committee : — 
 
 Theodore Leutz of Post 21, Chas. O. Welch of Post 57, 
 Leopold Bartol of Post 1, Thos. Stoddard of Post 87, Oliver 
 Downing of Post 15. 
 
 Nominations being next in order. Comrade Fitz J. Babson 
 of Post 45 nominated Comrade Benjamin Pitman of Post 82. 
 The nomination was seconded, and remarks were made by Com- 
 rades Powers and Langlan of Post 15, and Follet of Post 88. 
 Comrade John L. Otis of Post 86 nominated J, W. Hersey of 
 Post 16. The nomination was seconded by Comrade J. B. Par- 
 sons of Post 86. Comrade H. A. Sawyer of Post 5 was nomi- 
 nated by Comrade C. O. Fellows of Post 35. The present 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander, W. A. Sloane, was nomi- 
 nated by Comrade J. B. Lamb of Post 10. Seconded b}' Com- 
 rade J. K. Churchill of same Post. Comrade Jesse H. Jones of 
 Post 73 named Comrade D. H. L. Gleason of Post 63. Seconded 
 by Comrade A. B. Underwood of Post 62. 
 
 The ballot having been taken and the committee having 
 retired. Comrade Beck reported as follows on vote for Department 
 Commander : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 383 
 
 John D. Billings had . . 366 
 
 Benj. Pitman had 10 
 
 R. F. Tobin had 2 
 
 Scattering 5 
 
 14 
 
210 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Comrade Billings was declared elected, and Comrades Bab- 
 son of Post 42, Frost of Post 43, and Liuehan of Post 15, were 
 requested to escort the Commander-elect to the platform. The 
 committee attended to the duty assigned them, and presented 
 Commander-elect Billings, who thanked the Encampment for the 
 unanimity of his election, and pledged himself and his best efforts 
 to the advancement and upbuilding of the Department for tlie 
 coming year. 
 
 Comrade Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5 moved, and it was voted, 
 That there be no ballot for Department Junior-Vice Commander 
 until after the election of Senior Vice-Commander, and that we 
 proceed to the election of Medical Director. 
 
 For the latter office Comrade James Oliver, Jr., of Post 123 
 was nominated by Geo. P. Hawes of Post 109. The nomination 
 was seconded by Comrade Hersey of Post 16. 
 
 A motion was made by Comrade J. B. Willard of Post 10 
 that the Assistant Adjutant-General cast one ballot bearing the 
 name of Comrade James Oliver, Jr., for Medical Director. 
 Objection was made, and a ballot ordered to be taken. 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. F. Capelle of Post 57, the 
 Encampment voted to proceed to the election of Department 
 Chaplain, and that a committee of five be constituted to conduct 
 the balloting. 
 
 Comrades Capelle of Post 57, Hawkes of Post 109, Buzzell 
 of Post 7, Lauglan of Post 15, and Lothrop of Post 16, were 
 appointed a committee. 
 
 Comrades Edward A. Horton and Richard Eddy were nom- 
 inated, and the ballot was proceeded with. After this committee 
 had retired to count. Comrade Wm. H. Brown of Post 82 
 reported as follows for the committee appointed to nominate five 
 comrades to serve on the Council of Administration : — 
 
 Comrade W. W. Scott of Post 10, Worcester; Comrade J. 
 Cushing Thomas of Post 15, Boston; Comrade John McDonough 
 of Post 2, South Boston ; Comrade Edward McKay of Post 22, 
 Milford; Comrade Chas. H. Tracey of Post 103, Chicopee. 
 
 A motion was made that the report be accepted, and the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General cast the list as reported. Objection 
 was made, and the report was laid on the table. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 211 
 
 Comrade Leutz of Post 21 reported as follows on l)allot 
 for Department Senior Vice-Commander : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 393 
 
 John W. Hersey had 197 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer had 70 
 
 W. A. Sloane had 59 
 
 Benjamin Pitman had 42 
 
 D. H. L. Gleason had 22 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 And Comrade J. W. Hersey of Post 16 was declared 
 elected. 
 
 Comrades Pitman and Sawyer were appointed a committee 
 to conduct the Senior Vice-Commander elect to the platform, who 
 upon his arrival, thanked the comrades for their confidence, and 
 promised his cordial and untiring support for the year to come. 
 
 A ballot was ordered for Department Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Comrade John H. Abbott of Post 46 placed in nomination 
 Comrade E. A. Horton of Post 145. Comrade John L. Rice of 
 Post 17 presented the name of Comrade H. A. Sawyer of Post 5. 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42 nominated Richard F. Tobin 
 of Post 30, seconded by Comrades Hart and Pitman. Comrade 
 A. H. Wright of Post 73 named Comrade Chas. D. Nash of Post 
 78, seconded by Comrade Geo. W. Powers of Post 15. Nomina- 
 tions ceased, the ballot was taken, and the committee retired. 
 
 The committee on ballot for Medical Director reported as 
 follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 316 
 
 James Oliver, Jr., Post 123, had .... 294 
 
 M. F. Delano, Post 52, had 16 
 
 J. H. Wright, Post 63, had 3 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 And Comrade Oliver was declared elected. 
 Comrade Capclle reported as follows on ballot for Chap- 
 lain : — 
 
212 
 
 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 324 
 
 Richard Eddy had 245 
 
 E. A. Hortou had 66 
 
 John W. Lee had 9 
 
 Philip H. Creasey had 4 
 
 Comrade Richard Eddy of Post 4 was declared elected 
 Department Chaplain, and was presented to the Encampment, 
 whereupon he expressed his appreciation of the honor conferred 
 and pledged his most earnest co-operation. 
 
 Comrade John S. Beck of Post 66 moved to take from the 
 table the report of Committee to Nominate Delegates and Alter- 
 nates to National Encampment, and that the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General cast the list as reported. 
 
 Objection was made, and Comrade Dennis Meehan of Post 
 7 moved to substitute the name of S. F. Keyes for that of J. E. 
 Killian ; but the Encampment refused to concur. The original 
 motion being called for, and no objection being made, the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General cast the list as reported, and the 
 following comrades were declared elected 
 
 Refresentatives to National Encamfment. 
 
 delegate-at-large. 
 James F. Meech, Post 10, Worcester. 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Charles M. Whelden 
 Henry C. Hall . 
 J. A. G. Richardson 
 Geo. A. Fletcher 
 John E. Killian 
 Andrew C. Stone 
 John Macfarlane . 
 Wm. H. Estey 
 Geo. G. Bailey, Jr. 
 Chas. O. Welch . 
 Thos. H. Hill 
 Chas. S. Anthony 
 M. R. Greeley 
 E. B. Stillings 
 
 Post 125, Pittsfield 
 
 " 29, Waltham 
 
 " 42, Lowell 
 
 " 102, Milton 
 " 26, Roxbury 
 
 " 39, Lawrence 
 " 5, Lynn 
 " 15, Boston 
 
 " 121, Hyde Park 
 " 57, East Cambridge 
 
 " 33, Woburn 
 " 3, Taunton 
 
 " 58, Weymouth 
 
 " 148, Winchester 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 213 
 
 ALTERNATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 Johu L. Otis Post 86, Northampton 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 F. O. Barnes Post 35, Chelsea 
 
 J. H. Abbott "46, Fall River 
 
 S. F. Keyes '' 7, Boston 
 
 E. S. Horton "145, Attleboro 
 
 C. Frank Luther "79, North Adams 
 
 AYm. H. Warren "12, Wakefield 
 
 Thos. E. Barker . . . . . . " 40, Maiden 
 
 J. W. Sawyer ''95, Saugus 
 
 C. H. Coburn "120, Lowell 
 
 E. H. Dyer • " 2, South Boston 
 
 E. P. Davis "133, Plain ville 
 
 J. F. Capelle "57, East Cambridge 
 
 H. M. Phillips "16, Springfield 
 
 P. A. Lindsey "30, Cambridge port 
 
 Comrade J. B. Willard of Post 10 moved to take from the 
 table the report of Committee on Nomination of Council of 
 Administration. The motion was adopted, and it was then voted 
 that the list as presented by the committee be deposited by the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General, and the comrades therein named. be 
 declared elected. 
 
 There being no objection, the list was deposited as directed 
 and the following comrades declared elected : — 
 
 COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 W. W. Scott Post 10, Worcester 
 
 J. Cushing Thomas ''15, Boston 
 
 John McDouough " 2, South Boston 
 
 Edward McKay "22, Milford 
 
 Chas. H. Tracey "113, Chicopee 
 
 Comrade Leutz reported for Committee on Ballot for Depart- 
 ment Juuior Vice-Commander, as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 363 
 
 Richard F. Tobin had 254 
 
 Chas D. Nash " 40 
 
 Edward S. Horton " 31 
 
 Benj. Pitman " 27 
 
 H. A. Sawyer " 9 
 
 Scattering 2 
 
 And Richard F. Tobin was declared elected. 
 
214 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Comrade Tobiii was presented, and while he does not claim 
 to be a musician, he struck the right " note," at least that was 
 the opinion of the Encampment, judging by the interest mani- 
 fested. 
 
 Comrade Wm. H. Hart of Post 35 offered the following reso- 
 lution, which was unanimously adopted : — 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this Department, in Convention 
 assembled, be extended to Department Chaplain John W. Lee, for 
 the character and dignity which he has brought to his office during 
 five years of faithful service, in which he has won the respect and 
 esteem of all his comrades. 
 
 The Department Commander-elect announced that he should 
 reappoint Comrade Alfred C. Monroe as Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, which announcement was enthusiastically received by 
 the delegates. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General presented the following 
 motion : — 
 
 That the thanks of the Encampment be extended to the offi- 
 cers and guard of Post 30, for the excellent manner in which they 
 performed guard duty. 
 
 And it was unanimously adopted. 
 
 There being no further business, the following officers were 
 installed by Comrade A. B. Underwood, the Senior Past Depart- 
 ment Commander present : — 
 
 Department Commander .... John D. Billings 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander, John W. Hersey 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander, Richard F. Tobin 
 
 Medical Director James Oliver, Jr. 
 
 Chaplain Richard Eddy 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . . . Alfred C. Monroe 
 
 fW. W. Scott 
 J. Cushing Thomas 
 Council of Administration . . . \ John McDonough 
 
 Edward McKay 
 I^Chas. H. Tracey 
 There being no further business, the Eighteenth Encamp- 
 ment of the Department of Massachusetts was declared dissolved. 
 
 A true copy of the proceedings. 
 
 A C. MONROE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 215 
 
 THE BANQUET. 
 
 In accordance with the custom adopted for the past two or 
 three years, a very large number of delegates to the Convention 
 proceeded to Faneuil Hall at the close of the Encampment, for the 
 purpose of partaking of a banquet which had been prepared for 
 the occasion. Besides the delegates, there were a large number 
 of comrades present from all sections of the State, which com- 
 pletely filled old Faneuil Hall. Five hundred comrades sat down 
 to the repast. 
 
 After the comrades had ail been comfortably seated. Assist- 
 ant Quartermaster-General Fellows announced from the outpost 
 that the Governor had arrived, when Commander Evans immedi- 
 ately proceeded to the ante-room, and presently appeared with the 
 Governor, who received a most enthusiastic reception. 
 
 The retiring Commander, George S. Evans, presided, and 
 upon his right at the table upon the platform sat His Excellency 
 the Governor, George D. Robinson ; Department Commander- 
 elect John I). Billings; Comrade Augustus P. Martin, Mayor of 
 Boston ; Comrade Geo. A. Marden, Speaker of the House of 
 Representatives, and others. Upon his left were Comrade Samuel 
 Dalton, Adjutant-General of Massachusetts ; Comrade Henry B. 
 Peirce, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Past Commander-in- 
 Chief Geo. S. Merrill, and others. The newly elected Depart- 
 ment officers and a number of Past Department Commanders were 
 also upon the platform. 
 
 At the close of the excellent banquet (which was furnished 
 by Caterer Tufts in his usual ample and satisfactory manner), and 
 after cigars had been lighted. Commander Evans called the com- 
 rades to order, and in a short speech, in which he bid all a most 
 cordial and hearty welcome to this gathering of representative mem- 
 bers of the Grand Army of Massachusetts, he happily introduced 
 to the comrades the Governor of Massachusetts, George D. Robin- 
 son, who, though not a soldier himself, was one whose heart beat 
 in full sympathy with everything that pertains to the welfare of 
 the soldier. 
 
 The Governor received a most cordial welcome, was listened 
 to with the closest attention, and was frequently heartily applauded. 
 He said that it would have afforded him the greatest gratification 
 if the honor of addressing the members of the Grand Army as the 
 Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth had been assigned to seme 
 
216 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 one who was a member of the orgauizatiou ; but the gratitude he 
 desired to express for the greeting he had received came from 
 one who was not lacking in his appreciation of loyalty for those 
 who had served their country. Private citizen though he was, he 
 could not but feel that the Grand Army, in the selection of its 
 officers, honored its private soldiers, for those that were great 
 today sit tomorrow in obedience to those who are elected. Massa- 
 chusetts Avould always appreciate her soldiers, and the time would 
 never come when the Governor of the Commonwealth would not be 
 proud to welcome them. Though it was not his privilege to take 
 part in the civil strife, yet he recognized the men who did, and 
 would always be glad to meet them. After expressing surprise 
 that although the war ended twenty years ago the Convention 
 seemed to be composed largely of young men, the Governor 
 alluded to the work of the Grand Army of Massachusetts, which 
 during its existence of seventeen years had expended upward of 
 S600,000 in charity, and said that it Avas a most remarkable and 
 a most honorable record. In eloquent words the Governor spoke 
 of the inspiring memories of Faneuil Hall, whose walls still echoed 
 with patriotism uttered by the patriots who had assembled therein, 
 and pointing to the portrait of Webster making his great speech 
 before the Senate of the United States, repeated the declaration 
 of that statesman, "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One 
 and Inseparable." Though it was a grand sight when the soldiers 
 of the country imperiled their lives for the liberty for which Web- 
 ster contended, it was a still grander sight when at the end of 
 four years of war they had laid down their arms and resumed the 
 duties of citizenship. In conclusion the Governor paid a tribute 
 to the power of the organization, the highest ideal of American 
 citizenship, and he did not wonder that the affection between com- 
 rades grew stronger as the years went on ; and in the hands of 
 such men, he well knew that in the future, as in the past, the 
 destiny of the Commonwealth would be safe. 
 
 At the conclusion of the Governor's speech, a despatch was 
 read from the Department of Vermont, then in session (in reply 
 to one sent in the morning), congratulating the Department of 
 Massachusetts upon its success ; also a congratulatory despatch 
 from the Department of Illinois, to which the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General was requested to reply. 
 
 " His Honor Mayor Martin of Boston — a comrade of Post 
 15" — was next introduced and received -with the utmost enthu- 
 siasm. He expressed his pleasure as one of the members of the 
 organization in being able to greet his comrades on behalf of the 
 grand old city of Boston, which had always done and always would 
 do much for the defenders of the country. Eeferring to the Gov- 
 ernor's surprise at seeing so many young men present. General 
 Martin said that the men who were middle-aged when they served 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 217 
 
 in the army bad nearly all passed away, and only the younger 
 soldiers were now left. He expressed the satisfaction he experi- 
 enced in meeting with soldiers, and hoped that the members of the 
 Grand Army would renew their interest in its work. 
 
 Comrade John D. Billings, the newly elected Commander, 
 made an earnest speech, in which, after referring to the growth of 
 the Grand Army in Massachusetts, he congratulated his comrades 
 on the fact that it had not 3'et reached the zenith of its prosperity, 
 and spoke of the necessity of keeping up the standard of the 
 Order, so that all soldiers not members would desire to get into 
 the ranks. 
 
 "The Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a Past 
 Commander of Post 42," was the introduction given Hon. George 
 A. Harden, who "broke the boys all up" b}' several facetious 
 army stories, and then, alluding to the retiring Department Com- 
 mander, said that his (Comrade Evans') wife w^ent to school to 
 him, and there learned that Christian resignation that permitted 
 her to consent to the absence of her husband for six months of 
 the past year. Returning to a serious vein, he said that the Legis- 
 lature was always ready to support the soldier element in anything 
 that was just and proper. He paid a fine compliment to Mayor 
 Martin, saying, " His guns today were served as faithfully in the 
 interests of good government as they were in the olden days on 
 the battlefields of Virginia." 
 
 Past Department Commander George H. Patch responded 
 for the Past Department Commanders, and at the conclusion of 
 his speech called Commander P^vans to his feet, and in behalf of 
 the comrades of the Department of Massachusetts, presented him 
 with an elegant gold watch and chain. 
 
 Commander Evans, in a voice choked with emotion, thanked 
 the comrades for their kindly remembrance, and pledged the hest 
 efforts of the remaining years of his life to the work of the Order. 
 
 The watch is a heavy hunting-case Howard railroad time- 
 keeper. On the outside is a facsimile of the outline of a Grand 
 Army badge, with the monogram " G. S. E." engraved on it. 
 Inside the case is the inscription : — 
 
 Past Department Commander 
 George S. Evans, 
 
 FROM HIS 
 
 Comrades of the Dept. of Mass., 
 
 G.A.R., 
 
 Jan. 318T, 1884. 
 
 The chain is solid gold, of cable pattern, and the whole out- 
 fit was encased in a neat and ornamental box. 
 
218 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 General Orders and Circular Letters. 
 Series of 1883-4. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Ahmy of the Republic, >- 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Feb. 5, 1883. 
 
 No. 1. i 
 
 I. Having been elected and installed as Commander of this Depart- 
 ment for the ensuing year, I hereby assume the duties and responsibilities 
 of the office. 
 
 II. Comrades : Never in the history of our organization have its 
 prospects looked brighter than today. With a membership of over 12,000, 
 and a surplus in our treasury, we have every reason to be grateful for 
 the successes of the past two years. Yet, comrades, we must not rest 
 here ; there are in our good old Commonwealth thousands of worthy sol- 
 diers and sailors who have not associated themselves with our Order. 
 To bring those within our ranks should be the first duty of every com- 
 rade throughout this Department, I therefore appeal to all my comrades, 
 whether wearing the official bar of office or simply the honorable badge 
 of our Order, to interest themselves in this work. Place the record of 
 our organization before them, explain the principles upon which it is 
 founded and the good it has accomplished, and I believe that every man 
 who fought for his counti'y will esteem it a privilege to associate him- 
 self with the truly representative organization of the grand old army and 
 navy that saved the republic 
 
 III. I desire in this my first order to bring prominently before mj'' 
 comrades of the Department the "Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts," 
 an institution now in operation over six months, and a success in every 
 sense of the word. A large number of our comrades have been and are 
 being cared for under its roof. To assure its permanency it requires 
 our united assistance Comrades, let us see to it that we leave nothing 
 undone that will redound to its benefit. It was made possible by the 
 Grand Array of the Republic, — we ivill make it permanent. 
 
 IV. The following comrades are announced as the " Official Staff " 
 of the Commander ; they will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General, Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General, Chas. O. Fellows of Post 35, 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Inspector, Horace A. Sawyer of Post 5, Lynn. 
 Judge Advocate, John L. Rice of Post 16, Springfield. 
 Chief Mustering Officer, E. P. Gibbs of Post 9, Hudson 
 
 V. After a continuous service of seven years as Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, Comrade James F. Meech severs his connection Avith these head- 
 quarters. As one who having several times served with him in various 
 capacities, I hereby desire to express my high appreciation of his valuable 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 219 
 
 services to this Departmeut, as a competent, faithful and interested officer, 
 and I feel that I express the sentiments of my comrades throughout the 
 Department when I wish him abundant success and Godspeed in any and 
 all of his future undertakings 
 
 VI. After Feliruary 10 the Department Headiiuarters will be at No. 
 12 Pemberton Square, Room G. 
 
 VII. All official correspondence must be signed by Post Com- 
 manders, and addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General, whose office 
 hours will be from 9 to 12 and 2 to 4, except Sundays. Saturday after- 
 noons the office will be closed at 3 o'clock. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 Department Commander. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, March 10, 1883. 
 
 No. 2 f 
 
 I. The following comrades are appointed on the Staff of the Depart- 
 ment Commander, and they will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 aides-de-camp 
 
 A. M. Lunt . . . 
 Samuel A. Gushing 
 Isaac M. Holt . . 
 Frank P. Simonils . 
 E. P. Jewett . . . 
 George A. Fletcher 
 Thos. L. OBrion 
 Geo. W. Kenny . . 
 Geo. H. Innis . . 
 James Oliver . . . 
 Harry Crosby . . 
 Deniijs Meehan . . 
 Daniel T. Duhig . 
 E. C. Spofforrt . . 
 Daniel F. Kilev . . 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Doriliester. 
 
 Quincv. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Foxboro. 
 
 IMllton. 
 
 Boston 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Athol Centre. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 John S. Beck . . . 
 
 Justin B. Willard . 
 
 Tho3. Swazej' . . . 
 
 Fred L. Perry . . 
 
 James A. Black . . 
 
 Willard Y. Gross . 
 
 Ivory R. Allen . . 
 
 Oliver H. Ingalls . 
 
 Theo. Leutz . . . 
 
 S. Wells Hunt . . 
 
 Wm. D. Wood . . 
 Fred A . Washburn 
 
 Charles Frazer . . 
 
 Chas. M. Whelden . 
 
 E. "W. Thompson . 
 
 ISIedford. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Silencer. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Sandwich. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 II. A list of officers elected at the Annual Encampment of this 
 Department, held at Boston, January 29 and 30, appear in the Roster 
 accompanying this Order. 
 
 III. Posts making arrangements for camp-fires, fairs, etc., and 
 desiring the presence of the Department Commander or his Staff, would 
 do well to consult these head(|uarters before making dates. 
 
 IV. As all blanks'for reports are now supplied to Posts free of cost, 
 I trust there will be no delay in promptly making reports which are due 
 April 1. 
 
 V. Requisitions for badges that may be required for Memorial Da}' 
 should be forwarded iraraediatel.v, that a supply may be obtained. 
 
 VI. Comrades are warned against one Frank D. Harrington, a 
 dropped member of Perley Post No. 37 of Laconia, N.H., who has been 
 imposing upon and defrauding members of the Order in this Department. 
 
 VII. The address is wanted at this ofl3ce of Lieut. Herbert Wads- 
 worth, 28th ^Maine Infantry; any comrade of the 2d Mass. Heavy Artil- 
 lery; Giles G. W. Johnson, Sergt. Company A, 19th ^lass. Infantry, and 
 Corp. Arthur M. Davis, Co. A, 19th Infantry. 
 
220 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 VIII. The following new Posts have been organized since last Gen- 
 eral Orders : — 
 
 H. O. P. Sargent Post 152 of Essex, Timothy Andrews, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Oilman C. Parker Post 153 of Wiuchendou, C. T. Stearns, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 IX. Herewith enclosed find slips embodying the changes made in 
 the Ritual at the last National Encamjament. Post Commanders will see 
 that they are carried into effect at once. 
 
 X. General Orders, No. 8, and Circular from National Headquarters 
 are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 Official : Dejxcrtment Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, March 12, 1881. 
 
 No. 3. / 
 
 Comrades : For the second time we are called to mourn the death of 
 a former Department Commander 
 
 Comrade John A. Hawes of Post 1, New Bedford, and Commander 
 of this Department in 1880, died at his residence, in Fairhaven, Mass., 
 Saturday morning, March 10. 
 
 In recognition of the faithful services he rendered our Order, and in 
 remembrance of the great love he cherished for the principles of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic, all Department and Post officers will, for 
 thirty days from the date of the reception of this order, wear the usual 
 badge of mourning upon the left arm and sword hilt when on duty, and 
 the charter of each Post Avill be di'aped in mourning in honor of our 
 departed comrade. 
 
 By command of GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 Official : Department Commander 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, April 2, 1888. 
 
 No. 4. ; 
 
 I. The experiment of making a visit to Posts in the spring, tried 
 last year, proved so successful, where the visits were made, that it has 
 been thought best to continue the same this year. The following officers 
 are hereby detailed to visit the Posts whose numbers appear against 
 their names : — 
 
 John D. Billings, Department Senior Vice-Commander . . 4, 13, 57, 68 
 William A. Sloane, Department Junior Vice-Commander 38, 51, 131, 136 
 James H. Wright, Medical Director 6, 14, 18, 43, 44, 80 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 221 
 
 COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION 
 
 Charles H. Parsons G7, 82, 106 
 
 W. W. Scott 24, 37, 53, 64, 70, 135- 
 
 Richard F. Tobin 6, 7, 23, 32 
 
 J. Cnshins Thomas 36, 56, 72, 133 
 
 Beuj. Pitman 34, 118, 152 
 
 Charles O. FelloAvs, Assistant Quartermaster-General 2, 12, 21, 75, 90 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer, Inspector 10, 15, 45, 49, 113 
 
 John L. Rice, Jiulsje Advocate 41, 86, 125 
 
 Edward P. Gibbs,^Chief Mustering Officer . . . 19, 20, 93, 123, 140 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
 
 A. M. Luut 29, 33, 35, 132, 134, 141 
 
 Samuel A. Cushiug 81, 76, 78, 94, 104 
 
 Isaac M. Holt 74,83,98,111,112 
 
 Fred. L. Perry 71, 85, 97, 107 
 
 Harry Crosby 16, 84, 103, 147 
 
 John S. Beck 30, 40, 69, 148 
 
 Wm. D Wood 101, 108, 114, 151 
 
 Frank P. Simouds 9, 22, 105, 142, 144 
 
 Justin B. Willard 25, 28, 59, 77 
 
 James Oliver 17, 109, 116, 150, 153 
 
 Chas M. Whelden 79, 126 
 
 Fred. A Washburn 46, 146 
 
 Oliver H Ingalls 130, 137 
 
 Daniel F. Kiley 42, 120 
 
 E. W. Thompson 39, 99, 100 
 
 Theo. Leutz 102 
 
 S. Wells Hunt 8 
 
 James A. Black 27, 61, 65 
 
 E P. Jewett 1, 3, 55, 117 
 
 Thos. L. OBrion 26, 58, 62 
 
 Geo. A. Fletcher 63, 92, 121 
 
 Thos Swasey ... 50, 89, 95 
 
 E. C. Spofford 47, 91 
 
 Chas. Frazer 48, 54, 96, 115 
 
 Ivorv R Allen 11, 87, 139 
 
 Geo. W. Kenny 66, 125, 128 
 
 Geo H. Innis 60, 145, 149 
 
 Dennis Meehan 88, 110, 143 
 
 Daniel T. Duhig 81,119,138 
 
 David Dunbar 52, 73, 124, 127 
 
 These visits are for instruction and information, and should ])e made 
 as soon as possible, at least before Memorial Day. It may be necessary 
 to call special meetings of Posts in some instances. It is hoped that 
 Commanders of Posts will aid the Department officers in this respect. 
 Posts will be expected to exemplify the work of the Order, including 
 Muster-in. Travelling expenses will be assumed by the visiting officers, 
 therefore it is expected that all local expenses will be paid by the Post 
 visited A report of these visits will be made at once to these lieadquar- 
 ters on blanks provided for that purpose. 
 
 II Comrade David Dunbar of Post oS, Weymouth, is hereby 
 appointed as Aide-de-Camp to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation 
 Ton account of sickness) of Comrade W. Y. Gross of Post 143, Brook- 
 line 
 
 III. The address is wanted at this office of Lieut Abner R Mott, 
 Co. I, 21st Mass Inf., transferred to Co I, 36th Mass. Inf. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE S. EVAXS, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
222 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [- 
 
 12 Pemrerton Sq., Koom 6. ) 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 General Orders, ") Boston, May 4, 1883. 
 
 No 5. i 
 
 Comrades : In accordance with our Rules and Resulations and Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 10, National Headquarters, Wednesda.y, May 30, will be 
 observed as Memorial Day. 
 
 The Posts of this Department are expected to make suitable arrange- 
 ments for the proper observance of the day, inviting the public generally 
 to participate with them upon this occasion Each and every comrade 
 of this Department is expected to throw aside for this day the cares and 
 labors of life, and devote himself to the decoration of the graves of his 
 fallen comrades 
 
 Let no comrade's grave be neglected. See to it that the flag, for 
 whose honor they died, waves over eacli. Lay upon their graves the 
 laurel and the rose, strew them with the buds and blossoms of spring, 
 and tenderly cherish their memories and the sacrifices they made for a 
 nation redeemed. 
 
 From the memories that cluster around their graves bright creations 
 spring up to light the pathway of the living, stimulating them to a 
 nobler thought and a better life. For every loyal form that fell beneath 
 the blood-red stroke of battle a hundred virtues rise in the shape of 
 Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, to walk the world and bless it, and 
 every tear that sorrow drops upon the graves of onr dead comrades upon 
 Memorial Day sheds a sweet benediction upon the living Comrades, as 
 you stand beside these honored mounds, vivid memories will arise of the 
 ardent, brave, courageous and generous who lie beneath them. To 
 those comrades life was dear, the ties of home sacred, the hopes and 
 prospects of the future bright, yet moved by the purest patriotism, they 
 voluntarily relinquished all for their country's honor. 
 
 I confidently hope for such observance of the day as shall testify 
 how revered are the patriotic dead, how sacred the cause in which they 
 fell, and how under our banner of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty we 
 pledge ourselves anew to preserve their memories, and to faithfully 
 guard the charges sealed to us by their precious blood. 
 
 I would urge upon my comrades of this Department the necessity of 
 discountenancing upon Memorial Day, every form of amusement, such 
 as boat racing, dancing, etc., which seem to be growing up among us, 
 and which are carried on by unthinking people. Refrain from them, 
 denounce them upon all occasions as a sacrilege upon the day made 
 sacred to the memory of those who died that this nation and country 
 might remain undivided under a common fiag. 
 
 Comi'ades will discontinue the use of the words "Decoration Day," 
 which is a misnomer, and hereafter, upon all occasions use the words 
 " Memorial Day," as per vote of the National Encampment at Baltimore, 
 Md., June, 1882. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
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 :l 
 
 IIkadquauters Depaktment of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Koom 6 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, May 15, 1883. 
 
 No. 6 / 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 11, aud circular from National Headquarters 
 are hereby proinulijated. 
 
 II. Comrades : — As we are nearing Memorial Day, and there seems 
 to be at the present time a deep interest manifested in our Order 
 throughout the State, I desire to appeal to all my comrades of this 
 Department for a rencAved effort to bring within our fold every worthy 
 and deserving soldier aud sailor of the Union. It is very evident that 
 the Memorial Day exercises of this year will be of unusual interest, as 
 the public generally have become interested, and the women and children 
 are ready and anxious to lend a helping hand. Our old comrades in 
 arms outside of our organization are looking on in astonishment at the 
 enthusiasm created over the Grand Army of the Republic today, aud it 
 seems to me that this is an opportune time to add to our membership, 
 and to bring into our ranks those men who should be with us upon that 
 day to pay their tribute of honor aud respect to their dead comrades. 
 Every comrade can do something towards recruiting his Post; I there- 
 fore ask that each comrade take this appeal to himself and do Avhat in 
 him lies to the end that our organization may be strengthened and our 
 ranks filled upon Memorial Day. 
 
 III. Post Commanders will use every endeavor to have their com- 
 rades in line upou that day, and thus show to the world that we at least 
 have not forgotten the cause for which they died and the sacrifices made 
 by our dead comrades. 
 
 IV. Post Chaplains will forward to these headquarters a full 
 account of the Memorial Day exercises of their Posts, also an account 
 of the services held the Sunday preceding, in order that they ma\^ at 
 some time be placed in proper shape. 
 
 V. A new Post has been organized since the date of last General 
 Order, viz : William II. Freeman Post 129, MUlville, John Ferguson, 
 Commander. 
 
 VI. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters, viz.: Capt. ,7ohn D. Brown, Co. B, 43d Regt., U.S C.T. : 
 Lieut. H. Lee Clark, Co. H, 2d Mass. H.A ; Lieut. Perpeute, Co. E, 
 2d Mass Cav. : Lieut. John T. Small, Co. A, 19th Mass. Inf. ; Capt. Rufus 
 B. Plummer, Co. C, 20th Mass. Inf. ; Corp. Geo. Carter, Co. A, 21st Mass. 
 Inf.; any comrade serving on U.S. Gunboat Nipsic in 18G4; names of 
 two comrades of Co. A, 1st U.S. Art.; names of any two members of 
 Co. II, 20th Mass. Inf.; Dr. McCall, Surgeon in charge of Mt. Pleasant 
 Hospital, Washington, D. C, 18G4; also Dr. Fransau, Surgeon, same 
 Hospital ; also the address of one Brewster, of the guards of 2d Div. 
 Hospital supply train, in May, ISGl. 
 
 VII. Post No. 5 of Lynn notifies these headquarters that John J. 
 Mason is not in good standing in that Post, and is not worthy of 
 assistance. 
 
 Bv command of 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS. 
 Ofiicial : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjrttant-General . 
 
:l 
 
 224 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq , Room 6 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, June 30, 1883. 
 
 No. 7 / 
 
 I. I wish to call the special attention of Post Commanders to the 
 necessity for promptness in forwarding reports for the present quarter. 
 
 The reports from tlie Department must he sent to National Head- 
 quarters at Omaha by July 15, to entitle the Department to representation 
 at Denver. In order to accomplish this, the reports from Posts must 
 all be at these headquarters not later than July 10 I trust that Post 
 Commanders will attend to this matter, and see that their reports are 
 ready and forwarded at once. 
 
 II. I Avould call the attention of Post Commanders to the necessity 
 of carefully examining the reports before forwarding them, as much 
 valuable time is lost in being obliged to return reports for correction. 
 This can all be avoided by the exercise of a little care, and by following 
 the instructions given on each blank form. All Posts from whom correct 
 reports have not been received by the 15th of July will be reported in 
 General Orders, in accordance with instructions frorh National Encamp- 
 ment 
 
 III. The following new Posts have been organized since last 
 General Orders : — 
 
 Martha Sever Post 154 of Kingston, Geo. H. Bonney, Jr., Com- 
 mander. 
 Marcus Keep Post 155 of Monson, Alvin A. Gage, Commander. 
 James A. Perkins Post 156 of Everett, Wm. H. Dennett, Commander. 
 
 IV. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters, viz.: — Any enlisted men of Co. H, 14th U.S. Infantry, 
 engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862. Any member 
 of the crew on U.S. Steamer Mi >ntg ornery ott" Wihnington, N.C., 1863 
 and 1864. Two members of Co E, 13lh Mass. Infantry, who served in 
 said company from July 2, 1861, to April 12, 1863, who knew James B. 
 Dunn. Any two members of the 18th V R.C. stationed at Annapolis 
 Junction in June, 1864. 
 
 V. The findings and sentences of the court-martial of Benj T. 
 Reed and Daniel O'Donovan of Post 5, Lynn, are hereby approved, and 
 they are dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 VI. General Orders, No 12, and Circular from National Headquar- 
 ters are hereby promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, \ 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, >■ 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 
 [CIRCULAR.] 
 
 Boston, Mass., July 10, 1883. 
 The Department Commander, Assistant Adjutant-General and Dele- 
 gates to the National Encampment will leave Boston on Wednesday 
 evening, July 18, for Denver, Col., to attend the Eighteenth Annual 
 Encampment. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 225 
 
 Dnrinff the absence of the Assistant Adjutant-General, these head- 
 cjnarters Avill be under the char<re of Asst. Q M -Gen. Charles (J 
 Fellows, -whose office hours will be from 2 to o p.m., except Saturday. 
 
 As most of the business and correspondence pertaininj? to' the 
 Department will have to la,y over until the return of the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, I trust that comrades will ij:overn themselves accord- 
 ingly, and make no request of these headquarters, except Avhat is abso- 
 lutely necessary, until his return, which Avill be some time durin"- the 
 week beginning August 5. " 
 
 The office will be open as usual from 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m a 
 young man being in attendance to furnish neci-ssary supplies. 
 
 I would again urge upon Post Commanders, who have not already 
 done so, the necessity of at once sending in their Quarterly Reports for 
 the second quarter, as it is absolutely necessary that the' consolidated 
 Report of the Department be made up before our departure for the 
 National Encampment. 
 
 Trusting that my comrades will be governed by the request of this 
 Circular, 
 
 I am yours in F , C. and L , 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 Department Commander. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, V 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Sept. 11, 188:5. 
 
 No. 8. I 
 
 I The Department Commander feels proud to be able to say to his 
 comrades of the Department that Massachusetts was represented by its 
 full delegation at the National Encampment at Denver, Colo., and that 
 while smaller in numbers than some of the other Department.s, its influ- 
 ence for good was the e<|ual of any Department represented. 
 
 The Convention, as a whole, was a complete success, both in the 
 transaction of the business regularly brought before it, and in the selec- 
 tion of officers for the ensuing year. The reports of the various officers 
 Avere full of encouragement, especially that of the Adjutant-General, in 
 which he shows the wonderful gain in membership during the past year 
 of 75,000 comrades. With a membership, July 1, of 180,000 comrades in 
 good standing, we have every reason to be proud of our organization. 
 The immense gains in the West should be an incentive for renewed 
 action on our part to bring Avithin the ranks of our Order all the worthy 
 and deserving soldiers and sailors of the Union, and I appeal to my 
 comrades, from P>erkshire to the Cape, to l)uckle on the armor with a 
 determination that our "glorious" Department shall be kept well up in 
 the front numerically, so that in the next National Encampment it can- 
 not be said that Massachusetts has been l)ehind in the advancement of 
 our organization. 
 
 The reception and entertainment of the delegates were all that could 
 be desired. The G.A R. of Colorado, the citizens, the municipal authori- 
 ties of Denver, and especially the State authorities, are deserving of our 
 deep gratitude for the warmth of the reception, their many kindnesses, 
 and the excellent opportunitv attbrded all of witnessing the wonderful 
 scenery and advancement of the State of Colorado 
 
 II. The New England delegation to the National Encami)ment 
 adopted resolutions complimentary to the Chicago, Milwaukee .^t St. Paul 
 
 15 
 
226 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 R.R., Avhich are so well deserved that they are herewith enclosed, with 
 the request that they be read at the next Post meeting. 
 
 III. I feel that I would be derelict in my duty were I to fail to 
 express my high appreciation of the valuable services rendered this 
 department during our absence by the Asst. Q.M -Gen., Charles 0. 
 Fellows. The prompt and able manner in which lie discharged all the 
 duties of the Assistant Adjutant-General's office, his coolness and deci- 
 sion during the terrible suspense consequent upon the reported accident 
 to our train (and for which he has been commended by so many of 
 his comrades), deserves the gratitude of the comrades throughout the 
 Department. 
 
 IV. General Orders, Nos. 13 and 14, with circular from National 
 Headquarters, with General Orders, No. 1, current series, are hereby 
 promulgated. The above Orders Mere not received at these headquarters 
 until August 9, hence the delay in sending them out. 
 
 V. Correct reports from one hundred and fifty-one Posts of this 
 Department, for second quarter ending June 30, were received at this 
 office within the time allowed, for Avhich they have the thanks of the 
 Department Commander. The remaining live Posts, viz , Post 20, Cole- 
 rain ; Post 92, Brighton ; Post l;55, Shrewsbury ; Post 137. East Douglas ; 
 and Post 150, Montague, are consequently announced in arrears for 
 reports, in accordance with paragraph II , General Orders, No. 7, from 
 these headcjuarters. It is to be hoped that a repetition of this report 
 will not be necessary. 
 
 VI. The following new Posts have been organized since last 
 General Orders : — 
 
 Elrridge B. Pii'er Post 157, Walpole, Geo. E. Craig, Commander. 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser Post 156, Housatonic, Wm. McDonald, Com- 
 mander. 
 John A. IIawes Post 159, East Boston, Flavel ShurLleff, Commander. 
 
 VII. The addi'ess of the following named pei'sons is wanted at 
 these headquarters: Any member of Co E, 9th Mass. Infantry; Lieut. 
 Henry G. Morey, Co. D, ioth Mass. ; Sergeant James Gibson, 13th Mass., 
 afterwards Adjutant, 59th Mass. ; Lieut. Duett C. Clark, Co. F or M, 3d 
 Mass. Cavalry; Capt. Marsh A. Fei-ris, Co I, 30th Mass. 
 
 VIII It is the desire of the Trustees of the "Soldiers' Home in 
 Massachusetts " that the Sul)Scription Cards issued to the Posts of this 
 Department be returned to the Treasurer as soon as possil)le. 
 
 IX. The flndings and sentences of the court-martial of James W. 
 Cranshaw of Post 47, Haverhill, and John J. Mason of Post 5, Lynn, are 
 hereby approved, and they are disjhouorably discharged from the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Mass.\chusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 General Orders,"! Boston, Oct. 10, 1883. 
 
 No. 9. ; 
 
 I. The new National Countersign having been forwarded to Post 
 Commanders, it should be promulgated at the next Post meeting onh/ to 
 members in good standing. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 227 
 
 II. Comrade E. P. Gibbs, Chief Mustering Officer, having tendered 
 his resignation, on account of removal from the State, the same is hereby 
 accepted. The Commander cannot part vpith Comrade Gibbs without 
 expressing his gratitude for the prompt, faithful and earnest manner in 
 ■which he has performed all duties devolving upon him, and for the deep 
 interest he has always taken in the welfare of the Department. Hoping 
 that in his new field of labor he ma.y find a bright and prosperous future, 
 and realizing fully that our Department's loss will be Michigan's gain, 
 we bid him a hearty God-speed. 
 
 III. Aide-de-Camp A. M. Lunt is hereby appointed Chief Mustering 
 Officer of the Department. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 
 IV. The Department Inspector has completed his arrangements for 
 the fall inspection. Commanders of Posts will render the Inspecting 
 Officers all the assistance possible in the discharge of their duties. It 
 may be necessary to call special meetings of Posts in some instances. 
 Posts will be expected to exemplify the work of the Order, including 
 Opening and Muster-in. Travelling expenses Avill be assumed by the 
 Department, therefore it is expected that all local expenses will be paid 
 by the Post inspected A report of these inspections Avill be made at 
 once to these headquarters on blanks provided for that purpose. 
 
 The following comrades Avill inspect the new Posts assigned to them : 
 S.V.C. John D. "Billings, Post 159 ; J.V.C. Wm. A. Sloane. Post 160; 
 A.Q.M.-G. C. O. Fellows, loC ; Inspector H. A. Sawyer. i7; Chief Mus- 
 tering Officer A. M. Lunt will inspect the Posts formerly assigned to his 
 predecessor; Aides-de-Camp Samuel A. Cushing, 154; F. L. Perrv, 155; 
 Justin B. Willard, 129; C. M. Whelden, 158; OTa. lugalls, 157. 
 
 Assistant Inspectors Avill enter upon their Avork immediately, in order 
 that every Post in the Department may be inspected by the first of 
 December. They will forward their reports to these headquarters as 
 soon as possible after inspections. There must not be a Post neglected 
 this year. Assistant Inspectors who cannot perform their Avhole duty 
 "Will notify these headquarters in due season. 
 
 V. The National Council of Administration having made large con- 
 tracts by which the prices of supplies have been reduced, the Department 
 Commauder feels pleased to ])e able to announce that these head(|uarters 
 will hereafter furnish badges at 60 cents each, Rules and Regulations at 5 
 cents per copy, and applications for membership at the rate of 50 cents 
 per hundred. 
 
 I would suggest that the price of the badge now be charged in the 
 muster-in fee, and that the badge presentation, which is most significant 
 and impressive when properly done, be adopted by the Posts of this 
 Department. This service adds greatly to the value of our honorable 
 badge. The reduction in the price of Rules and Regulations should war- 
 rant the presentation of a copy to each comrade upon his becoming a 
 member of the Order. Lack of knowledge of these rules has frequently 
 caused misunderstanding in Posts. The price of applications for mem- 
 bership having been reduced one-half, Post Commanders should see to it 
 that there is always a sufficient supplj' on hand. 
 
 VI. The following new Post has been organized since last General 
 Order : — 
 
 Alanson H.\milton Post 160, West Brookfleld, J. G. Warren, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 VII. The address of the following named persons is wanted at 
 these head(iuarters : Wm. Nichols, Jr., Surgeon 3d Mass. Heavy Artil- 
 lery, or George E Piukham, Assistant Surgeon same regiment; Sergeant 
 25th Mass Infantry who had charge of Camp Pickett near Newburn, N.C., 
 in the spring of i865; John A. Urich, Private, Co. K, 15th N J. II. A.; 
 
228 HISTORr DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Capt. John McDonald, 13th Invalid Coi'ps, Camp Berry, Portland, Me. 
 Any member of Co. F, 24:th Mass., between October, 18C1, to June, 1864:. 
 VIII. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of Michael 
 Ford of Post 58, Weymouth, are hereby approved, and he is dishonorably 
 discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Dejxirtment Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, \ 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [^ 
 
 12 Pemuerton Sq , Room 6. ) 
 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Nov. 20, 1883. 
 
 No. 10. / 
 
 I. The Department Commander desires to draw the attention of 
 Post Commanders and Quartermasters to the matter of suspended mem- 
 bers. The first quarter of this year showed a suspended membership of 
 •463; second quarter, 4"J6 ; and the third quarter, 429. The Commander 
 feels that this is far in excess of what it should be, for in looking over 
 the suspended lists he finds the names of many comrades who would feel 
 badly if they knew they were suspended, and Avho would cheerfully pay 
 their dues upon solicitation to do so. He would therefore impress upon 
 Commanders the necessity of seeing to it that Quartermasters do their 
 Avhole duty in this matter. While he desires a strict compliance with the 
 Rules and Regulations in the matter of suspensions, he is satisfied that 
 the number can be greatly reduced if the Quartermaster makes a special 
 eflfort to collect the dues, and he trusts that such an eftbrt will be made 
 this (juarter, in order that we may make a better showing Jan 1, 1884. 
 While our Department is making a steady and healthy gain in member- 
 ship, we should realize that every suspended member is one lost. 
 
 II. For several years past the number of recjuests for special assisn- 
 ment of installing officers has been on the increase, and on many occa- 
 sions the re<]uests are made so late that the assignments cannot be made. 
 The Chief Mustering Officer desires to comply with all reipiests made iu 
 this direction, and would urge upon Posts having a particular choice iu 
 this matter, the necessity of making early application to these headquar- 
 ters for such details. It would be well to make the selection the night 
 the officers are elected or as soon thereafter as possible. 
 
 III. A year's supply of blank Adjutant's and Quartermaster's reports 
 with envelopes have been sent to each Post Commander. If the same 
 have not been received, notice should be sent to these headquarters with- 
 out delay. 
 
 IV. Attention is called to the election of Post officers, delegates 
 and alternates to the Department Encampment, one delegate and one 
 alternate for every fifty members reported in good standing for third 
 quarter ending September 30, with one additional for more than one-half 
 that numl^er, but every Post, whatever its membership, shall be entitled 
 to one delegate. This election mnst be held at the ^lirst 7'egular meeting 
 in December. Herewith enclosed find lilank credentials for reporting 
 the same; one copy only is to be forwarded to this office. 
 
 V. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters : — 
 
 Patrick Gately, 69th New York Infantry; any members of Co. F, 7th 
 Maine Regiment, who served from '61 to '63, who knew Wm. Folteeu of 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANKUAL ENCAMPMENT. 229 
 
 said company; Benj T. O. Snow, Quartermaster Serjeant Co. B. 1st 
 Mass. Cavalry; the Surgeon at Point Lookout from '62 to T>4- Henry 
 Barnes, Surgeon 54th Mass. Infantry; Capt. Charles G. Chipman, Co. D 
 54th Mass. Infantry. ' 
 
 VI. A badge was found in Boston having engraved thereon the 
 name of John McDermott, Co. H, 5th Ohio, which the owner can have by 
 applying to Capt. John I) Miller, Commander of Post 29, Waltham, and 
 proving property. 
 
 VII. A badge of personal valor presented by Congress to one who 
 served in the Navy has been found, which the owner can have by calling- 
 at these headquarters and proving property. " 
 
 VIII. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of V. P. Park- 
 hurst of Post 109, East Templeton, are herebv approved, and said Park- 
 hurst is dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Repul)lic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE S EVANS, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, ^ 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room G. \ 
 
 Boston, Dec. 1, 1883. 
 [CIRCULAR,] 
 
 Through the courtesy of the Directors of the Foreign Exhibition in 
 Boston, an invitation has been extended to the Posts of this Department 
 to visit the exhibition free of charge. In accordance with this invita- 
 tion, the Department Commander has assigned Wednesday, December 
 12, as Grand Army Day, Avhen all comrades in good standing, appearing 
 in uniform or with G.A.R. badge, will be admitted free during the day 
 and evening. 
 
 Arrangements are also being made for a reduction of fares on the 
 ditterent lines of railroads, and it is safe to sav that a irenerous reduction 
 will be made on the majority of the lines, if not upon all 
 
 Posts accepting this invitation, and who Avill attend in a body in the 
 evening, are requested to notify these head(iuarters at once, iii order 
 that proper assignment may be made, giving the probable number of 
 comrades that will attend. It is the desire of the Department Com- 
 mander that such Posts march to the Fair in a bodv. Posts will there- 
 fore report to the Assistant Adjutant-General, whose headquarters will 
 be near the centre gate of the Charles Street ALall, on Boston Common, 
 immediately upon their arrival on the ground, when they will be assio-ned 
 their positions in line. " "^ 
 
 The column will leave the Common promptly at 7.15 o'clock, p.m. 
 Posts unable to reach the Common by that hour will i)roceed direct to 
 the Fair on Huntington Avenue. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 umcial : Department Commander 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant AdnUant-General . 
 
230 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 1 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, > 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq , Room 6. J 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Dec. 26, 1883. 
 
 No. 11. i 
 
 I. General Orders, Nos. 6 and 7, from National Headquarters, are 
 hereby promulgated. 
 
 II. Comrades: Since the last General Orders death has visited our 
 Department, and removed from our midst one of our best knoAvu and 
 most highly respected Fast Department Chaplains, Comrade the Rev. 
 Warren H. Cudworth, of Joseph Hooker Post No 23. By his death 
 the Department of Mass. G.A R. and every soldier of the Commonwealth 
 has lost one of the most genial, devoted and charitable friends. Whether 
 as Chaplain of that gallant regiment, the First Massachusetts, in which 
 he took so much pride, or at the side of that noble old soldier, Gen Joe 
 Hooker, whom he loved so dearly, he was ever ready to extend a helping 
 hand and a kind word to his comrades when opportunity offered. His 
 large-heartedness, his generosity to the needy and destitute, his uniform 
 kindness to soldiers of every grade and condition, endeared him to 
 every member of our organization. During the past year he had become 
 thoroughly interested in our Soldiers' Home, and had conducted the 
 Sunday services on several occasions, much to the gratitication of the 
 inmates and of all concerned, and we had hoped that in the future he 
 might have been one of the bright rays of sunshine that would make 
 glad the hearts of those who were sorrowing or sulfering in that noble 
 institution. As a soldier. Comrade Cudworth was universally loved and 
 admired; as a citizen, he was esteemed and respected by all classes ; and 
 as a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and its Department 
 Chaplain, he had won the affection and admiration of every comrade with 
 whom he had become associated. His record on the field was a glorious 
 one. Upon his return home, he resumed his chosen profession, and it 
 can be truly said of him, " He died in the service of his Master." 
 
 "Tender and loving and hot tears flow 
 For the kindly and loyal heart laid low; 
 But ever calm and sweet is the sleep 
 Of him, whom God and the angels keep." 
 
 III. The following named comrades are hereby detailed as Master- 
 ing Officers, and will install the officers of the Posts Avhose numbers 
 appear against their names : — 
 
 George S. Evans, Department Commander, Cambridge, 21, 10, 60, 68, 
 
 102 
 John D. Billings, Department S V Commander, Cambridgeport, 10, 94, 
 
 159 
 
 W. A. Sloane, Department J.V. Commander, Spencer 37 
 
 Richard F. Tobin, C. of A., South Boston 23,56,57,63 
 
 Alfred C Monroe, A.A.G , Boston 13, 26 
 
 C. O. Fellows, A.Q M.-G , Chelsea 156 
 
 A. M. Lunt, Chief Musteriug Officer, East Cambridge . . 33, 66, 132 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 231 
 
 J. G. B Adams, Past Department Commander, Lynu 50 
 
 Geo. H. Patch, Past Department Commander, South Framingham . 30 
 
 Edward W. Rhodes, Attleboro 133 
 
 F. O. Barnes, Chelsea 35 
 
 Geo U. Vinal, Scitiiate 31 
 
 A. A Smith, Colerain 93 
 
 Hawks Fearing, Ilingham 104 
 
 Geo. C. Joslin, South Boston 5 
 
 John S Beds', ]Medford 4, 12 
 
 George R. Pierce, Shelburne Falls 20 
 
 Oliver H. Ingalls, Franklin 130 
 
 J. Frank Dalton, Salem 34, 82 
 
 C. H. Richardson, Lowell 42 
 
 John A. Pratt, Quincy . . 88 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale, Medford 120 
 
 S. T. Chamberlain, Gardner I53 
 
 J Albert Blake, Danvers 90 
 
 Charles Hardy, Stoueham 75 
 
 H. S. Bunton", Hyde Park 121 
 
 H. T. Bingham, Manchester 152 
 
 E. P. Simpson. South Framingham 142 
 
 T. C. Lucas, Taunton . . . " 3 
 
 Chas. A. Tenney, Sterling 59 
 
 Galan HoUis, Randolph 110 
 
 Geo. T. Fayweather, Westboro 96 
 
 W. S. Frost, Marlboro 43, 80 
 
 Henry P. Woodbury, Beverly . 89 
 
 Geo. H. Innis, South Boston 149 
 
 A. AV. Wells, Adams 126 
 
 A W Fulton, North Adams 79 
 
 Wm. M. Olin. Roxbury ... 11, 18 
 
 Andrew J. Smith, New Bedford 1 
 
 James Noonan, Lawrence - 100 
 
 Charles H. Leonard, Plymouth 76 
 
 Harry Crosby, Holyoke . . 147 
 
 John Scates, South Boston 7 
 
 Wm. R. Vinning, South Abington 78 
 
 Theo. L. Kelly, Boston .... 2, 15 
 
 S. J. Fowler, Brookfield 38 
 
 Benj. Pitman, Marblehead 128 
 
 Geo. H. Walker, East Douglas 105 
 
 E. P. Clark, Westfield . ^ 103 
 
 P. Allen Lindsley, Cambridge 36 
 
 Benj. A. Bridges, Holliston 6 
 
 Chauncey Morse, Millbui'y 70 
 
 Alex. Smart, Merrimack 114 
 
 R. W. Rand, Orange . 140 
 
 David L. Hodges, Dedham 144 
 
 Samuel A. Gushing, Jr 98 
 
 Chas. Grey, Athol 150 
 
 A. M. Tilton, Haverhill 47 
 
 L. C. Lane, Waltham 29 
 
 W. E. Day, Georgetown 108 
 
 Wm. H. Seymour, Charlestown 134 
 
 IV. The Commanders of the above indicated Posts will communi- 
 cate at once Avith their mustering ofticers, giving time and place of 
 installation. In case the comrade designated above for any Post cannot 
 
232 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 be present, and where uo comrade has been detailed by the Chief Mus- 
 tering Officer, any National or Department officer or past Post Commander 
 (in his own Post) in good standing (except the retiring Commander) may 
 act. In no case will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports 
 and dues have been forirarded (See page 51 of the Service Book.) 
 
 V. Blank bond for Post Quartermaster is hereby forwarded to each 
 Post. Blank credentials have been furnished, on which the return of 
 election of Post Commanders, Delegates and Alternates is to be made. 
 It is hoped that Commanders who have not forwarded a copy already 
 will do so at once, in order that the Roll Call for the Department Encamp- 
 ment may be completed. 
 
 VI At the coming session of the Department Encampment, which 
 will be held in this city, January 30 and 31, it is proposed to have a bau- 
 quet at the close of the meeting. Distinguished comrades and citizens 
 will grace the occasion with their presence, and give words of cheer. In 
 order that the committee may work understandingly. Commanders of 
 Posts are desired to send immediately to this office, on the enclosed card, 
 the names of comrades of their respective Posts who Avill purchase tick- 
 ets to the above entertainment, at an expense not to exceed $1.00. Only 
 500 tickets can be issued, on account of the capacity of the hall. 
 
 VII. The addresses of the following named persons are wanted at 
 these headquarters : Joseph Jule;/ or Feter Beethern, who served on U.S. 
 bark Midnight^ U S. Navy, who came north on prize schooner Di't}/; any 
 member of Co. D, ISth Mass. Regt., present at the battle of the Wilder- 
 ness, May 5, 1864 
 
 VIII. The comrades of this Department are cautioned against giv- 
 ing assistance to a well dressed man, calling himself C. C. Curtis, claiming 
 to be a past commander of a Post in Peoria, 111. He is a flrst-class fraud. 
 Said Curtis is well posted in G.A R. work, is about forty years old, florid 
 complexion, auburn hair and moustache, weighing about 180 lbs. Look 
 out for him! The Commander of the Post at Peoria says: "No such 
 man ever belonged to this Post, and there never was a Post named ' Mans- 
 field' in Peoria." 
 
 By command of 
 A. M. LuNT, GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer. Department Commander. 
 
 Official : 
 
 A. C Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 
 General Orders, / Boston, Jan. 15, 1884 
 
 No. 12. f 
 
 I. The Annual Encampment of this Department |for the election of 
 Department Officers, and for the transaction of such other business as 
 ma.y properly come lief ore it, will be convened in Faneuil Hall, Boston, 
 on Wednesday Evening, January 30, at 7 o'clock, and be continued Thurs- 
 day, Jan. 31, at Tremont Temple. 
 
 Posts are entitled to the following ratio of representation : One 
 delegate for every fifty members reported in good standing, Sept. 30, 
 1883, with one additional for a final fraction of more than one-half 
 that number; but each Post, whatever its numbers, shall be entitled 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 233 
 
 to at least one delegate. Post Commanders are members of the 
 Encampment by virtue of their office, but in the absence of the Com- 
 mander, the Senior "Vice-Commander may represent the Post, or in the 
 absence of both, the Junior Vice-Commander may act. 
 
 II. Immediately after the adjournment of the Encampment a ban- 
 quet will take place at P'ancuil Hall, to which have been invited some of 
 the most prominent comrades of our Order, as well as many of our most 
 distinguished citizens. The price per ticket has been set at $1 00 and as 
 only 500 can be issued, it is absolutely necessary that delegates desiring 
 them send in their names, through the Post Commanders, to these head- 
 quarters immediately. 
 
 III. The Commander of Post ;30, Cambridgeport, will detail an 
 Officer of the Day, an Officer of the Guard, and six comrades for guard 
 and other duty during the Encampment The Officer of the Day, Avith 
 his detail, will report to the Assistant Adjutant-General, at Faneuil Hall, 
 at G P.M., on the 30th, for instructions. 
 
 IV. The Trustees of the Soldiers' Home are desirous that comrades 
 and friends visit the Home at any time. They especially desire that all 
 members of the Encampment and comrades visiting this city at that 
 time will reach Boston early enough on Wednesday, 30th instant, to 
 visit the Home during the day. Free transportation will be furnished 
 to all comrades desiring it, upon application at these headquarters. 
 
 V. The address of some shipmate who Avas on board the U.S. 
 steam gunboat Gennesxee, Avhich sailed from Boston July 5, 1862, is 
 wanted at these headquarters. 
 
 By command of 
 
 GEORGE S. EVANS, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton Hii , Room 6. 
 
 Boston, Jan. 23, 1884. 
 
 * [SPECIAL CIRCULAR.] 
 
 At the Annual Encampment of this Department, to be held in 
 Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Wednesday Evening, January 30, to be con- 
 tinued Thursday, January 81, at Tremont Temple, it is hoped there will 
 be a large representation, not only of Post Commanders, and delegates 
 or alternates, but all officers of Posts ; and while the floor of the Hall 
 will be devoted to the members of the Encampment, the galleries will be 
 free to all comrades who may give the National countersign to the 
 guard. 
 
 The same plan of admission to the Encampment will be enforced as 
 last year, viz : 
 
 I. A Red Ticket for each Department Officer and Past Department 
 Commander entitled to a seat in the Encampment. The coupon to be 
 surrendered at the door, where the National countersign will be 
 demanded by, and given to the guard. 
 
 II. A White Ticket for each Post Commander whose Post has 
 made complete returns, and is therefore entitled to representation at 
 this meeting. This ticket is not transferable, except under the following 
 circumstances : If a Post Commander is unable to be present, the Senior 
 
234 HISTORY DEPT. OP MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Vice-Commander may represent him, and in case neitlier the Post Com- 
 mander nor Senior Vice-Commander can be present, the Junior Vice- 
 Commander may attend. The coupon will be given np at the "door, 
 where the National Countersign will be given to the guard. 
 
 III. A Blue Ticket for each Delegate according to the representa- 
 tion the Post is entitled to in accordance with the Rules and Regulations. 
 If the delegate to whom the ticket is addressed is unaljle to attend the 
 Encampment, he may erase his name, and assign the same to his or any 
 other regularly elected alternate, whose name should be plainly Avritten 
 on the back of the ticket and coupon. The latter will be surrendered at 
 the door, where the National countersign will be demanded by, and 
 given to the guard. 
 
 The above tickets are herewith enclosed to the comrades that are 
 in good standing. The coupons will be taken up at the evening session 
 (the 30th), and the ticket proper at the session on the 31st. Com- 
 manders of Posts will, without delay, communicate the above infor- 
 mation to their delegates and the comrades of the Post. 
 
 At the close of the Encampment on the 31st, Thursday, at 3 p.m., a 
 banquet will take place in Faneuil Hall His Excellency Governor 
 Robinson and other gentlemen distinguished iu civil and military life 
 will be present. 
 
 All banquet tickets engaged will be reserved and delivered to the 
 Commander or representative of each Post Wednesday the 30th, at 
 Department Headquarters, or at Faneuil Hall in the evening, and also at 
 Tremont Temple before noon the 31st. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6 
 
 ;1 
 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, 1884. 
 
 No. 13. f 
 
 Comrades : As the year for which I was elected Department Com- 
 mander is fast drawing to a close, and as there are thousands of com- 
 rades in the Department Avhom I will proljably never meet again, I 
 desire in this my last General Order to bid all an artectionate farewell. 
 I desire also to heartily congratulate the Department upon its exceed- 
 ingly prosperous condition, upon the good will and harmony which pre- 
 vails within its ranks, and upon the very gratifying results of the year's 
 work, as will be shown by the reports of the Department Officers to be 
 presented at the Annual Encampment. 
 
 The year has been one of active, unceasing and determined work, 
 and I am happy to say that its results have not been barren, for the 
 Department will show by far its greatest strength, as well as its largest 
 expenditure for charitable purposes. 
 
 And now, comrades, as I am about to retire from the proudest 
 position of my life, the Commander of our noble organization in this 
 State, I bid those whom I shall not meet at the Encampment an official 
 farewell. I thank all for the generous confidence, kindly greetings and 
 many courtesies received during the year, and as I shall once more take 
 my place in the ranks of an organization of which I am proud to be even 
 the humblest member, I shall carry with me the happy remembrance of 
 many of the most pleasant meetings of my life 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 235 
 
 Comrades, let me bespeak for my successor, whoever he may 
 be, that same cordial and hearty support which I have received at all 
 times and upon every occasion. Let us renew our obligations to the 
 Order, pledging ourselves to rencAved interest in our Department, 
 which is today almost a legion strong, and which in the seventeen 
 years of its existence has ever been true to the principles upon which 
 it has been founded, —fraternity among comrades, kindness and care 
 for the needy and distressed, and loyalty to country. It has ever been 
 united in good works, never vacillating from the lofty principles which 
 should govern us, and we now stand secure in the estimation of the 
 public throughout the Commonwealth, and recognized as a pow'er and 
 an institution throughout the land. 
 
 I am, comrades, yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 GEORGE S EVANS, 
 
 Department Commander. 
 
236 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 1883. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 George S. Evans, Commander .... Cambridge. 
 
 John D. Billings, Senior Vice-Commander . Canton. 
 
 William A. Sloane, ./MJiior Vice- Commander, Spencer. 
 
 James H. Wkight, Medical Director . . . Natick. 
 
 John W. Lee, Clhaplain "Wakefield. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 Charles H. Parsons Gloucester. 
 
 W. W. Scott Worcester. 
 
 Richard F. Tobin South Boston. 
 
 J. Gushing Thomas Boston. 
 
 Benj. Pitman Marblehead. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General 
 Chas. O. Fellows, Assistant Q.M.-General 
 Horace A. Sawyer, Inspector .... 
 John L. Rice, Judge Advocate .... 
 E.F. GiBBS, Chief Muster iuff Officer 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room G, Boston. 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6, Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Aide s-de- Camp. 
 
 A. M. LUNT, 
 
 Samuel A. Gushing, 
 Isaac M. Holt, 
 Frank P. Simonds, 
 E. P. Jewett, 
 Geo. a. Fletcher, 
 Thos L. OBrion, 
 Geo. W. Kenny 
 Geo. H. Innis, 
 James Oliver, 
 Harry Crosby, 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Quincy. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Foxboro. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Athol Centre. 
 
 Holyoke 
 
 Dennis Meehan, 
 Daniel T. Duhig, 
 
 E. C. SrOFFORD, 
 
 Daniel F. Kiley, 
 John S. Beck, 
 Justin B. Willard, 
 Thos. Swazey, 
 Fred L. Perry, 
 James A. Black, 
 Willard Y. Gross, 
 Ivory R. Allen, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENXAMPMENT. 
 
 237 
 
 Oliver H. Ingalls, 
 Theo. Leutz, 
 S. Wells Huxt, 
 Wm. D. Woon, 
 
 Aides-de- Camj) ( Contin ued) . 
 
 Franklin. 
 Boston. 
 Sandwich. 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Fred A. Washburn, 
 Charles Frazer, 
 Chas. M. Whelden, 
 E. W. Thompson, 
 
 New Bedford. 
 Clinton. 
 Pittsfield. 
 Lowell. 
 
 Bepresentatives to National Encampment. 
 
 delegate-at-large. 
 Jajies F. Meech, Boston. 
 
 delegates. 
 
 Wji. H. Hart, 
 Wji. M. Olin, 
 Andrew C. Stone, 
 Chas. S. Anthony, 
 Thos. J. Ames, 
 W. H. H. Emmons, 
 Hartwell S. French, 
 Chas. M. Whelden, 
 W. S. Frost, 
 c. h. coburn, 
 Thos. H. Hill, 
 J. Payson Bradley, 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Pittstieia. 
 
 Marlboro. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 WoViurn. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 alternate- at-large. 
 M. R. Greeley, Weymouth 
 
 ALTERN.\TES. 
 
 Andrew F. Smith, 
 A. A. Seaverxs, 
 Geo. G. Bailey, 
 g. m. horton, 
 G. H. Smith, 
 E. C. Spofford, 
 Philip H. Creasey, 
 A. B. Went worth, 
 Myron p. Walker, 
 Benj. a. Hathaway, 
 Geo. W. Nason, 
 Geo. W. Powers, 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 North Scituate. 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 Attleboro. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Pea body. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Dedham. 
 
 Belchertown. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S. Ccshman, 
 Francis A. Osborn, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 ♦James L. Bates, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 John G. B. Adams, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 
 New York. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 William Cogswell, Salem. 
 John W. Kimball, Fitchbui-g. 
 
 Horace Binney Sargent, 
 
 Salem. 
 *JOHN A. Hawes, Fairhaven. 
 
 George W. Creasey, Newburyport. 
 George H. Patch, So. Framingham. 
 
 * Deceased. 
 
238 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Lofcau Rodman 
 Dahlsren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett .. 
 
 U. S.Grant 
 
 General J.ander. 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce . 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward . . 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 H. M. AVarren 
 
 Fletcher Webster . 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew . 
 
 E. K. Wilcox. 
 
 General Sedgwick. 
 Colonel Prescott . . 
 Edwin V. Sumner. 
 H. S. Green leaf... 
 Friedrieh Hecker. . 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague... 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells . . . 
 F. P. H. Rogers ... 
 
 William II. Smart. 
 George W. Perry. . 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. II. Sheridan . .. 
 Theodore Wintlirop. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns. 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham. ... 
 
 Gen. II. G. Berry. 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F.Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins . . 
 G. Wesley Nichols 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell , 
 A. W. Bartlett ... . 
 Union 
 
 No. 
 
 Town. 
 
 COMMANDEE. 
 
 New Bedford . 
 South Boston . 
 
 Taunton. 
 Melrose. . 
 Lynn. ... 
 
 Holliston . 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro 
 
 Hudson . . . 
 Worcester. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Wakefield 
 Brockton. 
 
 Ho))kinton 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield . 
 
 Orange. ... 
 Ashland... 
 Fitchburg . 
 Coleram. . . 
 Boston 
 
 Milford 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Grafton , 
 
 Uxbridge 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Oxford 
 
 We.-^t Boylston 
 Waltham 
 
 Cambridgeport 
 
 Scituate , 
 
 South Boston . 
 
 Woburn . 
 Salem ... . 
 Chelsea . 
 
 Arlington 
 
 Spencer. . . 
 Brookfield 
 Lawrence. . 
 
 Maiden .. . 
 We^-tfleld. 
 Lowell .. . 
 
 Marlboro .. 
 Fayville . . . 
 Gloucester. 
 Fall River. 
 Haverhill.. 
 
 Ayer 
 
 Newburyport. 
 Peabody 
 
 James L. Wilber 
 
 Geo. C. Joslin — ) 
 
 175 K Street I 
 
 Joshua W. Brewer 
 
 •lames Pope 
 
 Chas. H. Baker 1 
 
 Box 23 ) 
 
 Daniel F. Travis 
 
 A. E. Perkins I 
 
 '22 'o Walpole Street i 
 
 F. E. Wood ( 
 
 Box 442 \ 
 
 Rufus Howe 
 
 Will. I^. Robinson \ 
 
 13 IMechanics Street ) 
 
 Zoeth R. Knowles I 
 
 77 Pearl Street ( 
 
 S. B. Dearborn 
 
 Geo. A. Grant I 
 
 Box 443 \ 
 
 T. N. Drawbridge 
 
 Dennis Linehan 1 
 
 Custom House ) 
 
 James O. Smith j 
 
 56 High Street i 
 
 R. W.Rand 
 
 John II. Balcom 
 
 James Cuthburt 
 
 David W. Snow 
 
 Theodore Leutz \ 
 
 8 Williams Court | 
 
 Geo. L. Maynard 
 
 Wm. H. H. Emnnms. . . 1 
 48 Eutaw Street j 
 
 Jas. W. McKinzie 
 
 E.J. Hill 
 
 Charles H. Hovev 
 
 John A.Taft 
 
 W. L. G. Haskins 
 
 John G. Miller ) 
 
 Box 439 ( 
 
 Horace J. Gray ( 
 
 Bristol Street i 
 
 A. A. Seaverns \ 
 
 Norih Scituate ! 
 
 A. C. Belcher 
 
 Boston Post-Ottice \ 
 
 J. H. Canton 
 
 Albert .1. Lowd 
 
 Chas. O. Fellows ( 
 
 Savings Bank i 
 
 JohnH.Hardv I 
 
 '23 Court Street ) 
 
 Geo. L. Smith 
 
 J. A. Josselvn 
 
 Wm. D. Curtis ... ( 
 
 73 Haverhill Street S 
 
 W. W. Sampson 
 
 Chas. H. Ciark 
 
 Geo. H. Richardson. . . . ) 
 204 Bridge Street I 
 
 E. C. Marsh 
 
 S. F. Draper 
 
 Charles H. Parsons 
 
 John H. Abbott 
 
 Wm. H. Johnson ) 
 
 Rear 108 Washg'ton St. ) 
 John (^ A. McCollester. . 
 
 •Tohn A. Bean 
 
 Wm. H. Hildreth ( 
 
 Box 173 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
 Alter. Fridays 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and" 3d Sat. 
 
 1st and 3d Sun. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 2d and last IMon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mou. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Thursday 
 Tuesday" 
 
 Thursday 
 
 lstand4thThurs. 
 
 1st and SdThurs. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Ttiesday 
 Monday. 
 Thursday 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 1st Thursday 
 Friday 
 
 Monday 
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 239 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 so. 
 
 Ezra Batcheller. 
 A. B. Randall. .. 
 
 Charles H. Stevens. . . 
 C'apt. C. S. Hastings. 
 I. D. Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis. 
 Reynolds 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon . . 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadswortli.. 
 
 E. 1). Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 J. P. Rice 
 
 Georfte A. Custer. 
 Kiljiatrick 
 
 A. St. John Chambre.. 
 
 McPherson 
 
 Hartsuff. 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A. Russell 
 
 Chas. D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 W. L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn 
 
 Ozro iNIiller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. \V . Hinks 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J.GriKgs 
 
 Henrv Bryant 
 
 Gen. W. F. Bartlett... 
 
 William B. Greene 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F.Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chaiiman 
 
 E. Humphrey 
 
 J. ( )rson Fiske 
 
 O. W' . Walla«e 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles 
 
 J. E. Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. . 112 
 
 Town. 
 
 North Brookfield 
 South Easton 
 
 Leominster 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Cambiidge 
 
 East Cauihridge. 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Webster 
 
 Newton 
 
 Natick 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Warren 
 
 Medford 
 
 Manchester 
 
 Dorchester... . 
 
 W'estminster 
 
 Milllmry 
 
 Holyoke 
 
 Stonghton 
 
 Abington 
 
 Rockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth . , 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington. 
 North Adams . 
 
 Westboro 
 
 Watertown 
 
 Marblehead 
 
 Hanover 
 
 South Deerfleld. 
 
 Ware . 
 
 Northampton ... 
 South liraiutree. 
 
 (iuincy 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Foxboro 
 
 Brighton 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Canton 
 
 Saugus 
 
 North boro 
 
 Belchertown 
 
 Cohasset 
 
 Andover 
 
 Methuen 
 
 Groveland 
 
 Milton 
 
 Chicoiiee 
 
 H Ingham 
 
 I'pton 
 
 Rockport 
 
 I'almer 
 
 Georgetown 
 
 East Templeton . 
 
 Rjindoljih 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate.. 
 
 COMMAXDF.a. 
 
 John S. Cooke 
 
 Ellis R. Holhrook ) 
 
 (Cochesett) ( 
 
 INIadison Reals 
 
 John L. Bruce 
 
 Simeon T. Wilber ( 
 
 Whittenton Mills i 
 
 Daniel T. Duhig 
 
 J. K. Capelle 
 
 Benj. S. l.ovell ) 
 
 East Weymouth ( 
 
 Edward F. W^inn 
 
 Oliver H. 1 ngalls 
 
 E. P. Morton 
 
 W.A. Wetherliee 
 
 Frank P. Simonds 
 
 Lou is L. Stone 
 
 Henrv C. Bruce 
 
 Johns. Beck 
 
 Henry T. Bingham 
 
 Herbert S. Cole I 
 
 4.59 Washington Street \ 
 
 E. S. Kendall 
 
 Rodney D. Loomis 
 
 liarry Crosby / 
 
 Box 4.1.3 ( 
 
 Lysander Wood 
 
 A. H. Wright 
 
 Isaac Hopkins 
 
 R. K. Brown 
 
 Alonzo H. Perry 
 
 Isaac Damon. . .". 
 
 Timothy Reed 
 
 Peter Snyder 
 
 Geo. T. Faveweather 
 
 H . W. Martin 
 
 Wm. H. Brown 
 
 W. R. Howes 
 
 Dexter F. Hager 
 
 Geo. S. Marsh 
 
 W. C. Pomeroy 
 
 Henrj' A. Monk 
 
 Isaac M. Holt 
 
 James Maguire 
 
 P. H. O'Connell 
 
 A. L. Bundy 
 
 Benj. F. Saiidborn 
 
 G. li. Pierce 
 
 Alexander R. Holmes 
 
 James H. Boyce ) 
 
 East Saugus \ 
 
 D M. Railey. 
 
 Geo. M. Abbey ... 
 
 Chas. A. Gross 
 
 Peter D.Smith 
 
 Ernest Wagner 
 
 W. ^y. Ray 
 
 Geo. A. Fletcher 
 
 Charles H. Tracy 
 
 W. H. Thomas 
 
 Albert Davis 
 
 Eugene R. Prior 
 
 Wm. Holbrook 
 
 E.P.Wildes 
 
 B. F. French 
 
 Wm. A. Croak 
 
 Henry H. Collamore... I 
 
 North Pembroke \ 
 
 T. B. Chapman ( 
 
 Ridge Hill 
 
 Nir.HT OF 
 
 Meeting. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2dandlastThur9. 
 
 2iland4thThurs. 
 1st and 2dTues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 Wednesday 
 
 IstaudSdTues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 ■-'d and 4th Jilon. 
 2(1 and 3d Fri. 
 1st andSdThurs. 
 Tuesday 
 1st and'l'.d Fri. 
 1st and :id Wed. 
 2d and4thTues. 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 1st and od Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Moh. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Jlondav 
 
 2d and '4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and .id Wed. 
 
 2d and lastThur. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st Mondav 
 
 2d and 4tirMon. 
 
 1st Friday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursdav 
 
 2d and 4th 'Wed. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Monday 
 
 3d Wednesday 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 
 1st Thursdav 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
240 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 KG. 
 
 113 
 
 114 
 115 
 116 
 117 
 118 
 119 
 120 
 
 121 
 122 
 123 
 
 124 
 125 
 126 
 127 
 128 
 129 
 130 
 131 
 
 132 
 133 
 134 
 
 135 
 136 
 
 137 
 138 
 139 
 140 
 141 
 
 142 
 
 143 
 144 
 145 
 146 
 
 147 
 
 148 
 149 
 
 150 
 151 
 152 
 153 
 
 Town. 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 
 Boston 
 
 E. H. Richards ( 
 
 5 Green St. i 
 
 Charles O. Roberts 
 
 M. P. Palmer 
 
 2d Wednesday 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 T>. G.Farragut 
 
 
 S. T. Chamberlin 
 
 Wm. F. Gould 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 Meclfield 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G.Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield — 
 
 Timothy Ingraham . . . 
 E P Wallace 
 
 Swainpscott 
 
 INIonday 
 
 2d Thursday 
 
 John N. Morse 
 
 Chas. F. Urann 1 
 
 290 Lincoln Street ( 
 
 Lemuel B. French 
 
 L. F. Currier 
 
 James Oliver, Jr ) 
 
 P.ox 110, Athol Centre J 
 W H Osborne 
 
 
 
 Hyde Park 
 
 Amesbury 
 
 Athol Centre 
 
 East Bridgewater. . 
 Pittsfleld 
 
 1st and 3d Mou. 
 Monday 
 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 
 1st Thursday 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayles 
 
 Chas. M. Whelden 
 
 L. H Smith 
 
 
 Alternate Sats. 
 
 
 Charles A twood 
 
 2d Saturday 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. 
 
 James H. Sargent 
 
 George H. Thomas 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien. ... 
 Robert A Bell 
 
 
 
 Wednesday 
 IstandSdThurs. 
 
 
 Henry A. Walker 
 
 Jerome Bottomly ; 
 
 Cherry Valley i 
 
 S. W.Hunt 
 
 Wm.H. Wade 
 
 
 
 Sandwich 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Wed. 
 
 
 John D. N. R. Powell. ) 
 5 Anderson Street i 
 
 Hammond W. Paige 
 
 Edward W.Hubbard.. 1 
 
 West Rutland ( 
 
 Geo. H. Walker 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Shrewsburj^ . 
 
 East Douglass 
 
 West Acton 
 
 1st Monday 
 Thursday 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 
 
 Chas. F. King 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith 
 
 Athol. 
 
 W E. Jacquith 
 
 Wednesday 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 
 2dandlastThur. 
 3fl Monday 
 
 
 David H. Crowell 1 
 
 Chathamport I 
 
 Charles H. Fuller i 
 
 South Framingham f 
 T. W. Clements 
 
 
 
 
 Brookline 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 C. A. Tal't 
 
 2(1 Fridav 
 
 
 Fred L. Le Barron 
 
 Charles H. Harrison. . . / 
 
 187 Elm Street ( 
 U. C. Comins ) 
 
 North Hadley \ 
 Wm. A. Snow 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 New Bedford 
 
 3d Thursday 
 \ Tues. on or 
 
 A D Weld 
 
 Winchester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 Montague 
 
 West Newbury 
 
 Essex 
 
 Winchendon 
 
 1 bef . full moon 
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 Major G. L. Stearns. . . 
 
 Wm. H. Seymour ( 
 
 470 Main Street ) 
 
 F. A. Fisk 
 
 Ephraim Bailev 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 
 O. H. P. Sargent 
 
 Oilman C. Parker 
 
 Timothy A ndrews 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 
 
JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 
 1884-85. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.a.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, i88^. 
 
 JANUARY 29— EVENING SESSION. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Faneuil Hall, Bos- 
 ton, Jan. 29, 1885, in compliance with General Orders No. 
 12, from Department Headquarters, and was called to order at 
 7.45 P.M., by Department Commander John D. Billings. 
 
 Past Commanders were invited to seats upon the platform. 
 
 The Officer of the Day reported all present members of the 
 Order. 
 
 Prayer was offered bv the Department Chaplain, Rev. 
 Richard Eddy, D.D. 
 
 The Department Commander declared the Encampment 
 opened in due form, and appointed the following Committee on 
 Credentials, viz., the Assistant Adjutant-General, W. W. Scott 
 and Edward McKay of the Council of Administration, Samuel A. 
 Cushing, Jr., Department Inspector, and Aide-de-Camp W. A. 
 AVetherbee. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68, the read- 
 ing of the records was dispensed with. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General A. C. Monroe read the follow- 
 ing despatch : — 
 
 Akkon, 0., Jan. 29, 1886. 
 
 The representatives of thirty thousand comrades of the Department 
 of Ohio, in Annual Encampment assembled, send fraternal greetings to 
 the comrades of the Department of Massachusetts. 
 
 H. P. LLOYD, 
 Department Commander. 
 
 16 
 
242 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 By vote of the Encampment, the Assistant Adjutant-General 
 was instructed to respond. 
 
 Past Commander-in-Chief Paul Van Dervoort of Omaha, 
 Neb., and Past Department Commander James Tanner of Brook- 
 lyn, N.Y., were escorted to the platform amid a storm of 
 applause. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment . 554 
 
 Number present 439 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 14 
 
 Past Department Commanders 6 
 
 Post Commanders 130 
 
 Delegates 289 
 
 Total 439 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 243 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 i88^. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander John D. Billings. 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander John W, Hersey 
 
 Junior Vice- Commander Richard F. Tobin. 
 
 Medical Director James Oliver, Jr. 
 
 Chaplain Rev. Richard Eddy. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 W. W. Scott. J. Gushing Thomas. John McDonough. 
 
 Edward McKay. Charles H. Tracy. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 Assistant Adjutant- General . . . . 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . . 
 
 Inspector 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe. 
 Thomas E. Barker. 
 Samuel A. Gushing, Jr. 
 Geo. II. Bonne y, Jr. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S Gushman. 
 John G. B. Adams. 
 George H. Patch. 
 
 George S. Merrill. 
 George W. Creasey. 
 George S. Evans. 
 
 [Only the names of comrades present are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commander Fred A. Washburn, Freeman C. Luce, Nathaniel 
 H. Greene, Geo. P. Gifford, Chas. T. Buri;ess. 
 
 Post 2. Commander Arthur Neilson, J. Payson Bradley, John H. 
 O'Donnell, Georse H. Innis, William F. Clarke. 
 
 Post 3. Commander Albert M. Clark, Henry D. White, Geo. E. Dean, 
 Gustavus T. Fisher. 
 
 Post 4. Commander Edwin C. Gould, John E. Marshall. 
 
 Post 5. Commander George C Neal, George D. Stiles, Thomas Peytor, 
 John L. Parker, Horace A. Sawyer, William H. Brown, 
 Charles H. Waitt, Albert A. Davis, Charles Lloyd, Alex- 
 ander S. Wright, H. F. Seger, Cromwell L. l\\\\\ Charles 
 H. Stratton, William J. Pike, (ieorge D. Hart, Lewis O. 
 Kirk, Israel Buffington, John Macfarlaue. 
 
 Post 6. Commander Daniel F. Travis, Wm. Birch. 
 
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 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Commander Jeremiah Wakefield, Albert S. Buswell, E. B. 
 
 Meehan, A. E. Perkins, George B. Pratt, Thad. Chnrcbill, 
 
 Dennis Meehan. 
 Commander A. P. Vanghan, C A. Howes. 
 Senior Vice-Coraraander Chas. G. Brigham, Sanborn O. Howe, 
 
 William H. Trow. 
 Commander Wm. L. Robinson, S. F. Babbitt, J. K Chnrchill, 
 
 C. N. Walker, T. S. Jenks, Jotham E Bigelow, Harlan 
 
 Fairbanks, Thos. O'Gara, George A Blunt, C. W. Putnam, 
 
 J B. Lamb, James F. Meech. 
 Commander Thomas H. Haskell, Joseph W. Hill, Isaac W. 
 
 Derby, Zoeth R Knowles. 
 Commander Arton S. Atherton, Oliver Walton, R. F. Draper, 
 
 Wm N. Tyler, John W. Lee. 
 Commander Geo. A. Grant, Benj. O. Caldwell, Chas. E 
 
 Tribou, Samuel J. Wade. 
 Commander N. H Houghton, T N. Drawbridge. 
 Commander John A. Keefe, Eleazer B. Loi'ing, Thomas Lang- 
 Ian, George W. Powers, Oliver Downing, W. H. H. 
 
 Andrews, G. B. Hutchinson. 
 Senior Vice-Commander Charles H. Allison. N E. Abbott, 
 
 F. L. Perry, E. F Cross, E. W. Lathrop, N Smith, John 
 
 Baker, C. R Kaplinger, J. L. Knight, Geo Smith 
 Commander Albert L. Barrett, H. W. Kidder. 
 Granville C. Fiske. 
 Junior Vice-Commander Alphonso March, Richard Tucker, 
 
 John D. Littlehale, B. M. Merchant, James R. Hamilton 
 
 D. W. Snow. 
 Commander Theodore Leutz. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Joseph Hancock, Thomas Coyne, 
 
 Henry M. Fisher. 
 Commander Lyman W. Clark, J. C. Littleflekl, Samuel M. 
 
 Weale, I. U. Holbrook. 
 Georse W. Hastings. 
 
 E. J.' Hill 
 
 Commander John E Killian, Hiram A Wright, William M. 
 
 Olin, C W. C Rhoades. 
 Senior Vice-Commander Orrin B. Chaft'ee, Fred G. Hyde. 
 Commander J. E. Anderson, Geo. B Johnson. 
 Commander William D. Newland, H. P. Ballard, Nelson F. 
 
 Bond 
 Commander Samuel Hall. John W. Walker, P. Allen Lindsey, 
 
 John Kinnear, E. J. Dolau. 
 Commander A. A Seaverns, George W. Wilder 
 Commander W. J. Blake, W. S. Calif. 
 Commander Loring J. Hammond, Albert P. Barrett, Thomas 
 
 H. Hill. 
 Commander Samuel Worcester, Albert J. Lowd, John O'Con- 
 
 nell, Mark Heathcote, Alonzo D Buxton. 
 Commander Ivory R Allen, George W. Marsh, Henry T. 
 
 Holmes, F. O. Barnes, James T. Lakin, George E. Hussey, 
 
 Harrison Hinckley,, Dennis O Brine, John C Loud 
 Commander Horace D. Durgin 
 Senior Vice-Commander Hiram Chase, C. N. Hancock, Henry 
 
 Bemis. 
 E D. Goodell. 
 Commander James J. Stanley, George H. Flagg, J. Leroy 
 
 Lamprey, Daniel F. Kiley, James E. Shepard, David 
 
 Crockett, A W. Belcher, A. E. Holt 
 Commander J P. Litch, Samuel Derby, T. Griffin. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 245 
 
 Post 41. Commander E. R. Levj', T. Manu. L. B. Walkley, C. C. 
 
 Westover. 
 Post 42. Commander Frank B. Peabody, M. N. Peabody, Geo. H 
 
 Richardson, J. L. Lavidieson, Charles H. Richardson, 
 
 E. \V. Thompson, H. VV. Allen, J. P. Maxfield. 
 Post 43. Commander J. R. McCrillis, W. S. Frost, E. C Marsh, J. W. 
 
 Barnes. 
 Post 44. Commander A. P. Greenongh, S. F. Draper. 
 Post 45. Commander William H. Cross, Charles H, Parsons, Sidney 
 
 Gardner, Albert C Andrews. 
 Post 46. Commander John II. Abbott, John M. Deane, James Corcoran, 
 
 John E Foulds, Frank McGraw, Henry Ogden. 
 Post 47. Commander William H. Johnson, John Jackson, Thomas M. 
 
 Arnold, Jared M Davis, Walter Goodrich. 
 Post 48. Commander Francis Lovejoy. 
 Post 49. Commander J. Albert Mills, Thos. E. Cntter, Philip H. 
 
 Creasey, Lnther Carter, Chas. J. Cntter, Leroy G. Weston. 
 Post 50. Commander George F. Barnes, Frank E Farnham, Sidney C. 
 
 Bancroft. 
 Post 51. Commander John S Cooke, Chas. H Deyo. 
 Post 52. Not represented. 
 
 Post 53. Commander Clesson Kenney, T. A. Hills, J. J. Bailey. 
 Post 54. Commander John L. Bruce, Fred Miller. 
 Post 55. George Allen. 
 Post 56. Commander Dexter Jewett, Thomas W^entworth Higginson, 
 
 John Read. 
 Post 57. Commander Charles O. Welch, J. F. Capelle, A M. Lunt, J. S. 
 
 Kenny. 
 Post 58. Commander Benj. S. Lovell, John M. Whitcomb, Charles W. 
 
 Hastings, Geo. A. Cushing, Francis A. Bicknell. 
 Pt)ST 59. Senior Vice-Commander Warren E. Burpee, George W. Rock- 
 wood. 
 Post 60 Commander William E Nason, William M. Comey. 
 Post 61. Wilbur F. Sanford, R L. Day. 
 
 Post 62. Commander W. A. Wetherbee, J. Torrey Swett, D. A. Conant. 
 Post 63. Commander Daniel E. George, Frank P. Siraonds, Charles P. 
 
 Currier, Daniel W. Ricker. 
 Post 64. Commander Wm. Lourie, Louis L. Stone, Jeremiah Stuart. 
 Post 65. Commander Robert P Bestick, F. H. Moore, Amos Bliss. 
 Post G6. Commander Samuel G. Jepson, John S. Beck, Geo. L. 
 
 Good ale. 
 Post 67. Senior Vice-Commander Ezra Stanley, R C. Allen 
 Post 68. Commander Charles D Stiles. C. B Fox, L Moulton, Jr., 
 
 E. F. Snow, H. E. Greenwood, E. C. Whitney. 
 Post 69. Commander Joseph A. Wetherbee, Ilobert Raymond. 
 Post 70. Commander Joseph Packard, C. F. Bowen. 
 Post 71. Commander Wm H. Abbott, Jeremiah J Callannan, Peter J 
 
 Donnelly. 
 Post 72. Commander George W. Pratt, Thomas Blanchard. 
 Post 73. Commander .\ug. H. Wright, B. S. Atwood. 
 Post 74. Commander Elisha T. Ilarvell, William B Seavey. 
 Post 75. Commander S. L. CoUey, John Best, C. B. Carlin. 
 Post 76. Commander Benj. A. Hathaway, A. Oliver Brown, John 
 
 Shannon. 
 Post 77. Not represented. 
 Post 78 Commander Wm II. Gurney, Andrew C. Brigham, Samuel 
 
 Foster, James E. Bates. 
 Post 79. Commander Orsin Dalrymple, John D Follett, George H. 
 
 Kearn 
 Post 80. Senior Vice-Commander Wm. C. Penniman, F. W. Bullard, 
 
 David Chase. 
 
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 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
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 Senior Vice-Commauder Charles W. Smith, B H Dow. 
 Commander Joseph Bartlett, Benjamin A. Phillips, John B. 
 
 Graves, Jr., Jacob W. Coffin. 
 Samuel Hollis. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Charles Sanderson 
 Commander George S. Marsh, Frank P. Clark. 
 Commander William C. Pomeroy, J. B. Parsons, John Keach, 
 
 H M. Abbott. 
 Commander Henry A. Monk, William L Gage. 
 Commander Charles A. Follett, George A. Ordway, William 
 
 P. Martin. 
 Commander John Manners, J. H. Kendall, Henry B. Wallis, 
 
 Fred A. Wallis. 
 George W. Kenney, Joseph W. Haynes. 
 Seth Talbut. 
 
 Commander Alva J. Wilson, B. F. Sanborn. 
 Commander George R. Pierce, E. F Gillett. 
 Commander Jonathan Lintield, Alexander K. Holmes. 
 Commander Phiueas H. Nonrse, Geoi'ge W. Gale. 
 Commander Josiah Proctor, Junior Vice-Commander Plinny 
 
 Sargent. 
 Commander Albertus W. Morse, Myron P. Walker. 
 Commander Charles A. Gross, Daniel B. Lincoln. 
 Commander George W. Chandler, Peter D. Smith. 
 Commander John S. Tapley, Junior Vice-Commander John 
 
 Mlnnehan. 
 N. E. Ladd. 
 
 Commander George A. Fletcher, J. Walter Bradlee. 
 Senior Vice-Commander Wm. C. Tracey, Benj. F Tucker. 
 Commander Charles H. Wakefield, William S. Whiton. 
 Junior Vice-Commander D. C. Haviland, H. E. Taylor. 
 Commander Thomas F. Parsons, Walter G. Peckham. 
 Commander Charles Upham, J. H. Smith 
 E. P. Wildes. 
 E. Wyman Stone. 
 N. H Tirrell, Galen Hollis. 
 Not represented 
 
 Commander G A. Ayliug, David Bosford 
 Commander Augustine Sanderson, Aug. N. Sampson, J. C. 
 
 Cook. 
 Senior Vice-Commander Michael P. Brew, Charles O. 
 
 Roberts. 
 Commander M. P. Palmer, Thomas Gilson. 
 Commander Z. Sawtelle, James Dodwell. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Peleg Gardner, J. I. Adams. 
 Commander Charles T. West, George D. Harrington. 
 Commander Woodbridge W. Tuttle, B. F. Freeman, H. M. 
 
 Potter, H. J. Davis, John Bobbins. 
 Commander G. G. Bailey, Jr., W. C. Eustis, L, B. French, 
 
 H. S. Bunton. 
 Commander Charles L. Tucker, Frank I. Snell. 
 Commander Samuel N. Gould, Chas. Gry. 
 Commander E. E. Edson, F. M. Kingman. 
 Commander Oliver L. Wood, William Mink, William F. H:n- 
 
 rington, William H. Chamberlin. 
 Commander E. N. Jones, G. H. Lewis. 
 Commander Edward Pendleton. 
 Junior Vice-Commander Henry P. Boynton, Nathaniel Shats- 
 
 well, William A. Stackpole. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 24; 
 
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 Commander Lawrence Gibney, Wm. F. Byrne. 
 
 Commaucler Ileury A. Walker, George II. Drake. 
 
 Commander Franklin M. Lamb, Henry Bisco. 
 
 Peleg T. Brown. 
 
 Commander Wm. H. Wade, Albert W. Burton. 
 
 Commander Benjamin Phenix. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander H. M. Ross, C. J Nourse. 
 
 Geo. A. Brown. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Charles B. Sanders, Charles W. Parker. 
 
 Commander James F. Davliu, Charles F. King. 
 
 Commander W. H. Heustis, L. H. Sawin, W. E. Jaquith. 
 
 Commander Geo N. Mnnsell, C. H. Packard. 
 
 Commander John W. Kirby, Geo. A. Reed. 
 
 Commander William E. Long, W. Y. Gross. 
 
 Commander Charles C. Nichols, Henry W. Weeks, J. Varanm 
 
 Abbott. 
 Commander Geo. L. Jillson, E. S. Horton, M. O. Wheaton. 
 Commander George T. Fisher. 
 
 Commander F. W. Sloan, H. H. Goodell, B. R. Franklin. 
 E. B. Stillings 
 
 Commander Daniel W. Thompson, Horace S. Flagg. 
 Commander Jason Mann, E. L. Colson. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Charles E. French, Wm. Howe Burnham. 
 Commander Levi Boswith, G. Q. A. Bryant. 
 Commander Frank C. Hill, Caleb E. Bailey. 
 Geo. E. Fuller 
 
 Commander Darius Hadley, R. H. Jenkins. 
 Commander Joseph C. Maddigan, Nathan W. Fisher. 
 Herbert C. Joyner. 
 
 Commander Flavel Shurtlefl', C. H. Trask, L. II. Dutton. 
 Commander Edwin Wilber, W. H. Perkins 
 Commander Charles H. Harding, M. T Allen 
 Commander Edward E. Barnard, Thomas W. Burnham. 
 Commander C H. Fuller, D. P. Howard, E. S. Wheeler. 
 Commander Charles C Burdett, Gordon H. Johnson. 
 Commander Benj. A Sawyer, Lawrence Bradford. 
 Commander Clarence E. Ware, Joshua A. Loomis. 
 Ebenezer Noyes. 
 Commander Geo. W. Corey. 
 Commander Austin E. Pratt, William Taylor. 
 Commander Francis Drake, Geo, H Chapin. 
 Not represented. 
 Not represented. 
 Commander John H Harrison. 
 A. Smedley. 
 
 Commander H. M. Nash, H. S. Nourse 
 Commander Edwin D. Hutchinson, James W. Knox. 
 Commander D. M. Wilcox, J. H. Casey. 
 Not represented. 
 Pliny H. Babbitt. 
 Commander Geo. P. Howe, E. J. Bartlett. 
 
 The nest business was the reports of the Department officers, 
 commencing with the address of the Department Commander 
 John D. Billino;s, as follows : — 
 
248 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOHN D. BILLINGS. 
 
 Comrades : One of the most dismal pictures preserved to us 
 in the annals of this country is presented in the figure of that 
 aged Spaniard who turned his back on the comforts of home and 
 his native land, and wandered for months in the wilderness of 
 the Bahamas, vainly seeking for a fountain whose waters were 
 reputed to possess the power of imparting immortal youth to all 
 who should drink of them. Had the war-scarred veterans of 
 Ferdinand and Isabella been banded together in an organization 
 like the Grand Army of the Republic, in whose ranks old Ponce 
 de Leon might have obtained membership in that medi;eval time, 
 I am sure that he would have then attained the much coveted 
 end, and not have finally died, as he did, a disappointed, broken- 
 hearted old man. For however much the wrinkling cheek and 
 silvering hair and faltering tread may seem to contradict this 
 assertion, I appeal to you, veterans, to declare whether, way 
 down in your heart, you do not ' ' feel just as young as you used 
 to be " ; and T do not know of any circumstance having a stronger 
 tendency to make you so than the recurrence of this repre- 
 sentative gathering from our " magnificent Department," as 
 Commander-in-Chief Kountz calls it. And to you, comrades, 
 some of whom it was ni}' pleasure to meet on similar occasions 
 as early as 1869 and 1870, assembled in this, the Nineteenth 
 Annual Encampment of the Order, in this Department, I extend 
 my most sincere and cordial greetings. 
 
 While my membership in the Grand Army of the Republic 
 has always been a source of great pride and delight to me, I 
 should not be loyal to the promptings of my own heart, or 
 especially to this sturdy and patriotic old Commonwealth, out of 
 whose loins I sprang, did I not confess to being doubly proud 
 and doubly delighted that my membership is cast, and, God will- 
 ing, always will be, in the Department of Massachusetts. 
 
 It is the fortune of this State to have been the birthplace or 
 the cradle of many great and fruitful ideas. But it was reserved 
 for the soldiers of the West to evolve the scheme which has 
 resulted in this Order, in whose magnificent and still increasing 
 membership we rejoice today. But while such was the case, and 
 while it is also true that Massachusetts was not in on the ground 
 floor of its beginnings, yet from the time that she placed her 
 name on the master roll of Departments, from the time when she 
 flung her colors to the breeze, which she did with a pride whose 
 infancy was cradled in Boston and Lexington, and whose man- 
 hood inscribed its valor in telling chnracters on the ugly front of 
 Rebellion, from 1861 to 1865, she has held them proudly aloft. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 249 
 
 and bore them in the ver}' van, year after year, while the Hags of 
 the founders Avere trailing in the dust, or hanging listlessly by the 
 staff. For this and other reasons it is that, during the years 
 which it has been ni}' honor and privilege to be one of your 
 representatives at headquarters, 1 have confidently declared, on 
 all suitable occasions, that, as a Department of the Grand Army, 
 Massachusetts stands without a peer. 
 
 For the information of at least half the comrades represented 
 on this floor, a few facts of a general character in relation to the 
 Order, more particularly in this State, may not wholly fail of 
 appreciation, and may possibly have some slight interest to all. 
 
 It is quite generally known by comrades long in the Order 
 that the Grand Army was founded b}' Dr. B. F. Stephenson, in 
 the spring of 186(i, with the doctor as Provisional Commander- 
 in-Chief, having his headquarters at Springfield, 111. The first 
 National Convention was held November 20 of the same year at 
 Indianapolis. Neither Massachusetts nor an}' other of the New 
 England States seems to have been represented there, although 
 Post 1 of New Bedford and Post 2 of Nantucket were then in 
 existence. This Department was born at Pittsburg, Pa., where, 
 at a Convention called in that city in 1866, as representatives of 
 the soldiers and sailors of Massachusetts, our comrades, Devens, 
 Banks, Cushman and Quint, were formally but quietly initiated 
 into an Order coming from further West, at a hotel. General 
 Devens was afterwards made Provisional Department Com- 
 mander, which office he soon transferred to Comrade A. S. 
 Cushman, our first Department Commander. 
 
 The Provisional Department of Massachusetts was organized 
 April 24, 1867, and the permanent Department, May 7 of the 
 same year, being the tenth organized in the order of time. Since 
 that date her representatives have participated in all the National 
 Encampments, and have wielded a powerful influence in giving to 
 the Order the comparative perfection of organization which it has 
 assumed. It was inseparable from the nature of things that she 
 should exercise this influence : first, because she stepped at once 
 to the head numerically, which position gave her the largest dele- 
 gation in our chief council; this lead she maintained till 187!); 
 second, because among the pioneers were men who had the best 
 interests of the Order at heart, and who devoted themselves to 
 strengthening it at every vulnerable point; third, because it was 
 favored in having at headquarters two such comrades as Assistant 
 Adjutants-General, for a series of years, whose enthusiastic zeal, 
 systematic labor and talent for thorough organization have laid, 
 not only this, but every other Department in the country, under 
 enduring obligations. For I am confident that only those who 
 have noted the character of the work done in other Departments 
 in years gone by, or who have sought information on Grand 
 
250 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Army work outside of this Department, or who are conversant 
 with the nature and extent of the inquiries receiving attention 
 from these headquarters for more than the dozen years last past, 
 can adequately appreciate the debt which must ever be owed to 
 Comrades Henry B. Peirce and James F. Meech. 
 
 There is little doubt but what, within two years of her 
 muster-in, Massachusetts took the lead in membership and in 
 the strength and cohesiveness of her organization ; for, on the 
 thirty-first day of March, 1872, the earliest record which has 
 been preserved to us, we reported a membership of 10,'J41 com- 
 rades ; while Indiana, to which report assigned a membership of 
 from twenty-five to thirty thousand in 1868, was prostrate in the 
 dust, there to lie uuresurrected till 1880; while Ohio, with its 
 brilliant showing of .more than three hundred Posts four years 
 previously, had shrunk to a report of nive hundred and tiventi/- 
 ek/ht comrades : while Illinois, the birthplace of the Order, with 
 an estimated membership of more than forty thousand in 1868, 
 then presented the stupendously dismal front of tivo hundred and 
 thirty-eight comrades : while even the great and populous soldier 
 States of New York and Pennsylvania recorded only a few over 
 foiir thousand comrades each. From this proud position, Massa- 
 chusetts advanced her numbers to 11,070 in 1873, and then grad- 
 ually declined in strength, though still keeping at the head of the 
 column, till 1880, when Pennsylvania took the lead, which she 
 still maintains. On the 31st of March, 1879, this Department 
 reported 7,748 comrades, which is low-water mark in its member- 
 ship to date. From that time forward, it and every other Depart- 
 ment has made an annual gain. 
 
 Lest some one may think that we 'unduly plume ourselves on 
 our character and standing as a Department of the Grand Army, 
 permit me to make a few extracts from the reports of past 
 National otflcers, which will enable us to " see ourselves as others 
 see us." The report of the Adjutant-General for 1869 says: — 
 
 "The Department of Massachusetts was organized May 7, 
 1867. Its reports and dues have been regularly forwarded, and 
 the same can be said of it as of the other Departments just men- 
 tioned " (viz., that it is in a thrifty condition). "It reported 
 in December, 1868, eighty Posts, a large portion of which have 
 been organized during the past year." 
 
 In 1870 the Adjutant-General's report mentions Massachu- 
 setts as one out of but three Departments in thirty-nine whose 
 quarterly reports gave the exact number of comrades borne upon 
 the rolls of their Posts. The same oflieial's report for 1871 
 says : — 
 
 "The Department of Massachusetts was organized April 24, 
 1867. To speak of this Department is to speak of the most 
 
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 efficient Department of the Order. It has never been in arrears 
 for reports or dues, and since its organization has continued to 
 grow and prosper, and is now the largest Department of the 
 Order. This prosperity may properly be credited to the efforts 
 of the Department officers. The affairs. of the Department have 
 never been neglected, and the State bids fair long to lead the 
 several Departments of the Grand Army." 
 
 A prophecy which I have shown you was literally fulfilled. 
 The Inspector-General of 1872 says of us : — 
 
 " This Department is beyond all doubt the most thoroughly 
 organized and efficient Department in the Order .... The 
 majority of the Posts meet weekly, and there is an excellent feel- 
 ing everywhere in the State. This Department has been kept so 
 well in hand, mainly, I think, from having an established head- 
 quarters with an able Assistant Adjutant-General, who devotes 
 nearly all his time to the work at Department Headquarters, with 
 the Department Commander and the other officers constantly 
 attending to their duties and paying social and official visits to 
 Posts." 
 
 The Inspector-General for 1873 says: — 
 
 '' This Department stands at the head of our Order for 
 thorough organization and efficiency. The judicious management 
 of the large relief funds in the hands of most of the Posts, and 
 the plan of disbursing these funds, are especially commended to 
 the attention of other departments." 
 
 For 1874 we have : — 
 
 " Massachusetts still maintains her position at the head of 
 our Grand Army in every respect." 
 
 Once more and finally, from the Inspector-General's report 
 for 1878: — 
 
 "Massachusetts, the banner Department! AVell and justly 
 has she earned and maintained the proud distinction ! Since the 
 year 1869 Massachusetts has been an example in the works of 
 the Order that should be emulated by every other Department." 
 
 A great calamity befell the organization when Boston's 
 second great fire swept from existence its earlier annals, both 
 Department and National. From these many interesting facts 
 might have been obtained, showing its rise and growth. But 
 there is j^et a large amount of matter inferential and traditional, 
 anterior to the destruction of the records, written in the memory 
 of comrades early in the Order, which should be collected at once 
 and put in permanent form, as a most important portion of the 
 Department's archives. To this end I recommend that a com- 
 mittee of five be appointed by this Encampment to collate the 
 
252 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 history of this Department up to the administration of the late 
 Department Commander Hawes, and issue it in a single volume, 
 as a matter of permanent record for Posts and comrades. I may 
 add that a recommendation similar in substance was made two 
 years ago by Past Department Commander Patch. 
 
 Comrades, called, all but unanimously, by your suffrages one 
 year ago to take my place at the head of the column as your 
 leader, to occup}' the station so ably and honorably filled by dis- 
 tinguished comrades, whose lofty aims and unselfish labors have 
 stamped upon the Order the character so impartially recorded in 
 the extracts which I have presented you, I could not but feel 
 weighted with the responsibility so inseparably associated with the 
 honor imposed, for it was then devolved upon me to see that not 
 a single stripe in our grand banner was erased or polluted, not a 
 single star in the constellation of glory thus far illumining our 
 pathway blotted out or obscured. While I could not promise to 
 give to the position the time which others had devoted, I never- 
 theless accepted it with the determination to carry our flag still 
 farther to the front, to raise our standard still higher than before, 
 in the firm conviction, long entertained, that, with the brilliant 
 page which we added to the nation's history in time of war, and 
 the no less honorable page illustrating the victories which we 
 have achieved in time of peace, there could be no station too 
 high, no "niche in the halls of Time" too conspicuous to be 
 deserved and occupied by the soldier-citizen of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. I could not be said to have entered the office 
 as a novice. My four consecutive years of experience at head- 
 quarters, immediately preceding, had made me familiar with the 
 work which would be expected of me ; and while not anticipating 
 that everything which I should do, however conscientiously, would 
 be acceptable to all my comrades, 1 took up the work where my 
 predecessor laid it down, and at the end of a busy and enjoyable 
 year, stand before you to give a resume of my labors, coupled 
 with such suggestions as seem pertinent in connection therewith. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 I pass first to consider our standing in point of numbers. 
 On assuming command of the Department, I knew it would be 
 impossible, if it were desirable, for me to visit every Post, so I 
 determined that, outside of responding to the usual routine duties 
 — some useful, some comparatively ornamental — which Posts 
 have come almost to demand of Department otHcers, I would 
 allot a portion of time to visiting small Posts, and j^et another 
 portion to a careful survey of territory where new ventures might 
 be profitably' entered upon. This plan I have been enabled to 
 carry out with tolerable fidelity, and, as I believe, with a reason- 
 able degree of success to the Order. When it is remembered that 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 253 
 
 for more than half the year the mind of. the average citizen (and 
 tlie soldier is more than an average citizen) was thoroughly 
 engrossed in the Presidential canvass, which was waged with an 
 intensity of excitement said to have been without precedent in 
 the nation's history, no marvel in the line of success was to be 
 expected. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1883, this Department numbered 
 nominally 160 Posts (actually 159 Posts), having, a membership 
 of 14,277 comrades in good standing, which, with the suspended 
 membership of 395 for the final quarter added, made the full 
 strength of the Department 14,672 comrades. 
 
 On the 31st of December, 1884, there were 180 Posts and 
 16,637 members in good standing, to which add the 781 reported 
 as suspended on the above date, and we have a gross member- 
 ship of 17,418 comrades. From all which we derive the fact 
 that there was a net gain for the year, in good standing, of 2,360 
 comrades, and a gross gain of 2,746 comrades and 21 Posts. 
 The latter includes two Posts mustered in January by my prede- 
 cessor. Post 55 of Taunton, having been virtually dead for 
 about two years, was called upon to surrender its charter, leaving 
 a net gain of 20 Posts for the year. O*" the nineteen which I 
 have chartered, nine are located on old camping ground, where, 
 in many instances, former prejudices clung with the tenacity of 
 our near friends, the graybacks, to an old stockade, and mission- 
 ary labors in such fields have not always met with that warmth of 
 reciprocation which the cause deserved. Although this is a some- 
 what larger number than usual to muster in a year, they are not 
 the fruit of an ambition to plant shadowy Posts, for, following 
 the plan of my predecessor, I adopted a basis of twenty-five 
 names as desirable on an application, but insisting on at least 
 twenty. Of the nineteen granted, fifteen have complied with the 
 higher requirements, one application having seventy-seven names. 
 The smallest number of names on any application was twentj'- 
 one. All of these Posts are interested and doing well, and many 
 of them will soon take a place in the front rank of the Order. 
 
 THE WORK OF THE TEAR. 
 
 During the year it has been my honor to officially represent 
 the Department on one hundred and ten different occasions, only 
 a few of which were purely ornamental. As a portion of this 
 work I have attended twenty-three camp-fires. I have visited 
 orticially or informally eighteen different Posts. I have attended 
 the anniversaries of eight Posts, the dedication of six Post halls, 
 seven regimental reunions, seven fairs, and six meetings of vet- 
 erans called in the interests of new Posts. My labors have 
 spanned the Department from Provincetown, at the limit of Cape 
 Cod, in the east, to Williamstown in the northwest, and Shetfield 
 
254 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 in the southwestern corner of the State. My official correspond- 
 ence has aggregated about five hundred letters and one hundred 
 postal cards. 
 
 In entering upon my official year as Commander, I resolved 
 that, so far as I was able, fully a proportionate part of whatever 
 influence my official garb and that of the comrades associated 
 with me might possess should be directed to increasing our 
 strength in that most charming portion of our State, the Con- 
 necticut Valley and beyond. In furtherance of this resolve, I 
 have visited it seven different times, four of which were solely for 
 recruiting purposes, spending in the aggregate eighteen days in 
 that section. Of the seven Posts organized in those four western 
 counties during the year, four were the direct and two the indi- 
 rect fruit of these labors. I am happy to acknowledge in this 
 connection the services of the Senior Vice-Commander of the 
 Department, who accompanied me on several of these occasions, 
 and has represented the Department in that section when I was 
 unable to be present, taking at all times an active interest in the 
 welfare of the Order in Western Massachusetts. 
 
 One of the most hopeful signs which I have witnessed in 
 canvassing for new Posts has been the desire to have none but 
 veterans who possessed the respect and confidence of the com- 
 munity take a hand in their re-establishment. I need not tell 
 you how satisfactory such an exhibition was to me, who have 
 made it a fundamental tenet in my Grand Army preaching to 
 raise the standard of membership. Some of the comrades, for 
 whom I " set down nought in malice," have thought me too 
 strenuous on this point, because, as I believe, they do not fully 
 understand me. I will state m}' position as plainly as I can 
 briefly, in the hope that no one shall be at a loss hereafter to 
 know where I stand, and hope to stand while I remain in the 
 Order. 
 
 THE STANDARD OF MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 To begin, I antagonize the proposition, so frequently and 
 emphatically announced at camp-fires, that an honorable dis- 
 charge is the only requisite for admission into this organization. 
 No one circumstance has been prolific of so much harm to the 
 Order. It is a proposition which the comrades acquainted with 
 me know that I have combated continually, always insisting that, 
 while it was an essential, there should be superadded the record 
 of an honest, manly citizenship. The absence of thi;5 record was 
 a fundamental cause of so many Posts going to the wall a few 
 years since, for such men can neither build up nor hold public 
 esteem and confidence, both of which the Grand Army 7nnst have. 
 Many other Posts there were which came near to Death's door, 
 but discovered the evils which were sapping away their life in 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 255 
 
 time to apply the remedy. What is an honorable discharge? I 
 answer, a discharge, which is, in many cases, anything but hon- 
 orable. Honorable discharges are today presented to Posts for 
 membership, and sent to Washington for pensions, not only by 
 veterans whose names are the synonym for honorable and dis- 
 tinguished service, but by men who were not manful, save in sex ; 
 who were bounty-jumpers or deserters from their flag; who on 
 unworthy pretexts sought refuge in the hospital; who shirked 
 their duty on every possible occasion; who were "invincible in 
 peace, and invisible in war," as the late Senator Hill once put it. 
 Again, many of the veterans who served the country faith- 
 fully and well for their full period of enlistment, on returning 
 home, whether demoralized by the corrupting influences of war, 
 or giving way to the enticements presented by too sudden a 
 transition into the luxuries and temptations of civil life, have 
 deported themselves in such a manner as to dishonor their record 
 as soldiers, and to disgrace themselves as citizens. What is to 
 be done when these men apply for membership in the Grand 
 Army? I answer unhesitatingly, keep them resolutely out till a 
 real reformation takes place. A record of honorable military or 
 naval service is not enough. Under the providence of God, a 
 man may have a black skin or a white one ; he may be rich or 
 poor, high-born or of low degree; he may be educated or illiter- 
 ate ; but no fiat of God, no accident of inheritance, no decree of 
 society or of letters, interferes to prevent him being a sober, 
 honest, respectable citizen, and so much he must be before /vote 
 him into the Grand Army of the Republic. The people know 
 nothing of what we were. They very naturally judge us, both 
 as to our past and present, by what we are ; and every instinct 
 of true manhood should conspire, in the name of the grand cause 
 which marshalled us, of the men who once touched elbows with 
 us, in placing and keeping our Order where the people every- 
 where must look up and not down to see us. Such, in brief, is 
 my ideal standard for our membership. Comrades may differ 
 with me, but I hope they will understand me. 
 
 MISUSE OF THE BLACK BALL. 
 
 There is one agency for the keeping of our ranks clean and 
 pure, to whose use I will refer in this connection. Complaints 
 have reached me during the year that personal malice has, by 
 means of the black ball, kept out of Posts veterans whose stand- 
 ing in every way entitled them to unanimous election as comrades, 
 and whose influence would have given us added strength. Now, 
 while I am, and always shall be, an advocate of using the black 
 ball " faithfully and fearlessly," yet, for the man who is so 
 mean and cowardly as to use it for personal spite, I can have no 
 other than feelings of the most utter contempt. He disgraces the 
 
256 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 badge of Fraternity and Charity which he wears upon his breast, 
 and brings the Order into disrepute among its friends. He is a 
 most ignoble disciple of our Father Abraham, who had •' malice 
 towards none, and charity for all." It is to be earnestly hoped 
 that such instances will become most distinguished for their 
 rarity. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 AVith our continued growth in membership there has been a 
 corresponding increase in the unexpended balance in the hands 
 of the Assistant Quartermaster-General. The balance reported 
 on hand Jan. 30, 1884, was $1,744.31. On hand Jan. 29, 1885, 
 $2,835.62,— a gain of $1,091.31 for the year. The disposition 
 of this fund is a question which should receive careful consid- 
 eration by this Encampment or its deputies. One year ago the 
 Auditing Committee of the Council of Administration "recom- 
 mended to the Department that $1,000 of the funds be invested 
 in such manner as, in the judgment of the Council of Admmis- 
 tration, would be for the best interests of the Department." 
 This recommendation was referred by the Encampment to the 
 incoming Council, who permitted the money to remain on interest 
 at two and one half per cent, in the hands of the New England 
 Trust Company. 
 
 As the surplus revenue of the Department is likely to 
 increase for some years longer, unless a change is made in the 
 policy of the Department, some judicious action should be had 
 looking to its security and better investment. This will naturally 
 raise the inquiry as to whether it is desirable to have a Depart- 
 ment fund larger than will suffice to provide for ordinary contin- 
 gencies. Without attempting anything in the nature of argument, 
 I will simply throw in a few thoughts on both sides of the ques- 
 tion, as they have occurred to me, for the consideration of the 
 Encampment. 
 
 First. A Department fund is desirable, because, in the later 
 days of the Order, portions of such an accumulation will be nec- 
 essary to aid struggling Posts, or to keep open a headquarters till 
 all the property has been turned in, and the affairs of the Order 
 properly closed up. 
 
 Second. Such a fund would be a great blessing should any 
 contagion or disaster, involving general suffering and want among 
 comrades, take place, as has already been the case in other Depart- 
 ments ; or. 
 
 Third. As the time is not far distant when our great and 
 noble charity, the Soldiers' Home, may call loudly for funds, the 
 income of such a fund might very properly be diverted to that 
 purpose. 
 
 On the other hand, a Department fund may be regarded as 
 undesirable. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 257 
 
 First. Because it is mainly built up from the per capita 
 tax, which is so much money taken directly from the treasury 
 of the Posts, and indirectly from the pockets of the comrades. 
 Better lower the tax to a point where no accumulation will ensue, 
 and lighten, to that extent, the burdens of comrades ; or, 
 
 Second. Owing to fluctuations in securities, the investment 
 of such a fund is attended with more or less risk, as, in the 
 nature of things, it lacks that careful supervision which attaches 
 to personal ownership. Better not carry the risk ; or. 
 
 Third. It may be possible for officers to secure an election 
 for the manipulation of the funds for personal ends, as has been 
 the case in individual Posts. 
 
 These are thoughts, by the way, all susceptible of elabora- 
 tion. Other comrades may see other and better reasons, pro or 
 coyi. I leave the matter here, in the hope that this Encampment 
 will declare a financial policy, and direct its representatives 
 accordingly. The excellent report of the Assistant Quarter- 
 master-General will give you the expenses of the year in detail. 
 There have been no unusual expenses, if I except §25 sent to the 
 sutferers by the Ohio floods, and SI 00 contributed at the National 
 Encampment for a comrade from Dakota wdio lost his leg. Con- 
 tributions for this comrade's relief, varying from $50 to $250, 
 were being made by the several delegations, with an enthusiasm 
 which I never saw paralleled, when the delegation from Massa- 
 chusetts, sensitive to her good name, voted the above contribu- 
 tion, subject to the approval of the Council of Administration. 
 This spontaneous expression of the Fraternity and Charity of the 
 Grand Army was taken up by the papers, and heralded from 
 ocean to ocean, doing more for the Order, especially in the West, 
 than the most eloquent language of our most gifted orators could 
 have done. 
 
 By vote of the last Encampment, the actual travelling 
 expenses of the Commander have been paid by the Department. 
 In all cases, the entertainment has been provided by the Posts 
 interested, and a few of them have preferred to pay all the 
 expenses. The Encampment further voted it to be the duty of 
 Posts to pay all the bills when the Commander attended the 
 opening of fairs. It gives me great pleasure to state that this 
 vote has been complied with by all Posts save one. Believing, 
 with my predecessor, that the measure is a just and proper one, 
 I renew the recommendation that the sum of $300 be appropri- 
 ated for the actual travelling fares of the Department Commander, 
 or for the Department Senior or Junior Vice-Commander, when 
 detailed to officiate in his stead, the bills subject to the approval 
 of the Council of Administration. I would add the same proviso 
 to the above in relation to fairs. I also renew the recommenda- 
 tion that the fares of the Commander and Assistant Adjutant- 
 
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258 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 General be paid to the National Encampment by the Department, 
 for the reasons adduced one year ago. I should be glad to rec- 
 onniieud that the fares of the entire delegation be similarly pro- 
 vided for, did I not fear that it would prove too radical and speedy 
 a remedy for our surplus, especially should the P^ncampment meet 
 in San Francisco next year, as now looks at least possible. 
 
 SONS OF VETERANS. 
 
 I have heard a large number of comrades, from time to time, 
 express themselves most emphatically against this organization, 
 on the ground of opposition to perpetuating the Grand Army. I 
 never have had any sympathy with them, because, in the strictest 
 sense, such a thing cannot be done. But if they mean that they 
 are opposed to any body which, after the last Post is disbanded, 
 shall perpetuate the principles for which our Order stood, tlien I 
 traverse their position without hesitation, for it is inconsistent 
 with our daily preaching and teaching. The annual recurrence of 
 Memorial Day gives repeated occasion to our orators to set forth 
 the inestimable value of our commemorative exercises as an educa- 
 tion to the young; inspiring them with patriotism, with a higher 
 appreciation of the services rendered by the men who now, with 
 the gentleness and tenderness of woman, perform the sadly sweet 
 ceremonies of decoration, and firing them, should need arise, to 
 emulate the valorous impulses of their fathers. But if this educa- 
 tion is of value today, will its need have passed away when we 
 are off the stage? Rather will not our very absence emphasize 
 the need of a body to do just such work? But I will not pause 
 for argument. This fact must, however, be admitted, will we, 
 nill we, whether they have come early or late, like General Stone's 
 brigade at Gettysburg, they " have come to stay," and the Grand 
 Army, in self-defense, must guide them. They want the indorse- 
 ment of the " old man," recognizing their comparative instability 
 in the community without it. Realizing the situation, and feeling 
 that Farce had held the stage too long, and that Tragedy should 
 have it long enough to clear away the present double-headed 
 nuisance, it was my privilege to offer the following preamble and 
 resolution at the last National Encampment: — 
 
 Whkreas, There now exist among us two organizations, known as 
 Sons of Veterans, who have, from time to time, sought the indorsement 
 of this Order; and, 
 
 Wherkas, These organizations have substantially the same end in 
 view, and should be united, whether in emphasizing the principles of the 
 Grand Army, or as anxiliary to the same in any other manner; and, 
 
 Wherkas, They have not only failed to unite, but are detrimental to 
 our Order, by trading on its capital, through their appeal to the public 
 for funds, all of which are devoted to their own purposes ; therefore, 
 
 Besolved, That the Grand Army should take no further steps to 
 harmonize the two bodies, and that the incoming Council of Administra- 
 
MNETKENTH ANNUAL KNCAMPMENT. 259 
 
 tion be requested to report to the next Annnal Encampment a draft of 
 organization for an Order of Sons of "Veterans, which shall he judiciously 
 subordinated to this Order, and under which, camp or other designated 
 formations may take place. 
 
 On motion, the whole matter in relation to Sons of Vet- 
 erans was referred to a committee, to report at the next National 
 P^ncampment. This resolution, 1 am informed, has already borne 
 fruit in the practical union of the two chief bodies. 
 
 woman's relief corps. 
 
 I heartily indorse the work of this organization. I never 
 shared the solicitude of those comrades who feared that it would 
 usurp the name, the badge, the work and glory of the Grand 
 Army, or even that it would "i?*/-?/" us all before we needed it. 
 While I have not beeu an enthusiast in its behalf in former years, 
 I have not been an opponent, and mj^ only question has been as 
 to the need of a State or National organization, inasmuch as loyal 
 women have always been ready to second us. But I am now 
 satisfied on that point. My mother and sisters were as good 
 soldiers, in their sphere, as I was in mine ; and I must be a man 
 much lower than the angels if I attempt to restrict them in times 
 of peace on a simple question of methods. Several Posts have 
 expressed great dependence on their auxiliary Corps. In one 
 case only, a lack of harmony has been reported, and in this the 
 estimable Department President, who has shown a constant zeal 
 to have the most harmonious relations on the part of her Corps, 
 immediately resorted to measures to secure the desired end. I 
 confideutly predict the time as not far distant when they will be 
 the right arm of our support in the community, and I give them 
 Godspeed. 
 
 THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 The session of this body at Minneapolis, last July, was a 
 most memorable one, calling together a ver}' large assemblage of 
 veterans from all parts of the country. This Department was 
 represented by its full delegation. The matter of changes in the 
 Ritual, referred to the delegation, was duly presented and referred 
 to a committee on Ritual, which reports at the next National 
 Encampment. The changes in Rules and Regulations asked for 
 by this Department in relation to incorporating the price of the 
 badge in the muster fee, and permitting public installations, were 
 adopted, as was also the substance of its amendment in relation 
 to trustees, which was embodied in amendments on this head, 
 offered by the Department of Connecticut. 
 
 There is one other amendment to the Regulations which I 
 should like to see adopted now that installation services may be 
 public, and that is one granting authority to install at a special 
 
260 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 meeting. Many inquiries and requests to that end have reached 
 headquarters the past few weeks. The Rules, as they now stand, 
 are inconsistent on this point, and should be changed ; and the 
 change proposed would, I believe, be satisfactory to a large num- 
 ber of Posts. 
 
 UNIFORMS. 
 
 I take great pride in referring to the improvement which has 
 been going on in this Department in the appearance of Posts on 
 parade, so many of which now turn out with full uniform on 
 Memorial Day and other occasions. Perhaps the Order has moved 
 more slowly in this respect than in many others. So repugnant 
 had a uniform become to many veterans while in service that they 
 have steadily opposed wearing one until these later days, when 
 time has wrought its softening influence upon them. 
 
 The first attempt at uniforming the Order originated, so far 
 as I can learn, with Past Department Commander A. S. Cush- 
 man, who in the National Convention held at Philadelphia, Jan. 
 15, 16, 17, 1868, " moved that a committee of one from each 
 Department be appointed to adopt a regalia," which motion was 
 laid on the table ; but I cannot find record of any definite action 
 ever having been taken, although propositions to that end have 
 been offered many times. Like Topsy, the one now generally 
 worn "had no farder nor mudder, nor nebber had." And as 
 Topsy, when further interrogated as to where she did come from, 
 replied, " Dunno, specs I grow'd," so likewise has our once non- 
 descript uniform come to assume something that will bear defini- 
 tion. 
 
 One of the earliest anonymous requirements was that of wear- 
 ing dark clothes, which practically resulted in wearing anything 
 from black through the shades to white duck ; in other words, to 
 wearing whatever the comrade was possessed of. Then came the 
 white belt and McClellan cap, with wreath, letters and number, 
 to be immediately followed in some Posts by the adoption of the 
 slouched hat, — one of the greatest mistakes in the direction of 
 uniformity that has been attempted. You will recall those lines 
 of Robert Browning from the " Pied Piper of Hamelin," where he 
 describes the Piper as followed by 
 
 " Black rats, white rats, brown rats, brawny rats. 
 Old rats, young rats, gray rats, tawny rats, etc." 
 
 Now substitute the word hats for rats, and the description is 
 perfection, for the appearance of the average Post dressed in the 
 slouch hat, properly so called. With the possible exception of 
 the latest fashion, I can truthfully say that I have seen the cord 
 and wreath on every kind of hat familiar to this age, from the 
 high- crowned slouch to the low ; through all shades of color from 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 261 
 
 black to the lightest ; from the one-storied Derby up through the 
 whole catalogue of stiff hats, not even omitting the classic beaver ; 
 and even straw hats often fall victims to these typical decorations. 
 All of which, it may be said, indicates, in large measure, the 
 democratic character of our grand institution, and the large liberty 
 tolerated in what many still regard as a non-essential. But the 
 exercise of this liberty has been so shocking to comrades of natural 
 military instincts that they could well be pardoned if they exclaimed 
 with ]\Iadame Koland, " O liberty, liberty ! how many crimes are 
 committed in thy name ! " 
 
 Still we are making rapid strides forward in this respect. Sev- 
 eral Posts have uniformed during the year, and some of those appear- 
 ing best on parade, once having adopted a cap, have adhered 
 to it continuously, and are never seen with a go-as-you-please 
 annex of comrades bringing up in- the rear. I am a steadfast 
 believer in standing by the old traditions, in being the Boys in 
 Blue that we were twenty years ago; and while I recognize and 
 appreciate all that individual Posts are doing to make a creditable 
 appearance on parade, 1 am sure that they would mean more to 
 the people of today and of twenty years hence if clad in the uni- 
 form they wore in Rebellion days, than in the gaudiest trappings of 
 possible manufacture. Nay, they would mean more to themselves. 
 In harmony with this idea, I would recommend that the sash worn 
 in the service be added to the uniform adopted by the Fifteenth 
 Annual P^ncampment, and that so much of the requirements as 
 necessitates the light blue welt in the pantaloons be rescinded. 
 There has only a portion of one Post complied with this require- 
 ment, so that it would work no great hardship to make the change, 
 and in the respect of both taste and simplicity would be an 
 improvement. It is gratifying to note that some of the newest 
 Posts are the most interested to [)ut themselves on a respectable 
 basis in this respect. 
 
 In this connection I desire to express my hearty approval of 
 the plan adopted by a few of our Posts of having the comrades 
 attend Post meetings in uniform. I should like to see it univer- 
 sally adopted, for I believe its effect on the organization and on 
 the community is salutary. The effect in Post meetings is very 
 satisfactory. P^ven the Grand Army badge is almost an unknown 
 quanfty in many Post rooms. This ought not to be. The badge 
 of the comrade should be worn on every Grand Army occasion, 
 whether private or public. 
 
 THE soldiers' HOME. 
 
 I shall take little of your time in referring to this monument 
 to our Fraternity, in which we take such laudable pride. The 
 report of the Trustees, which you have already received, embodies 
 all needed information in relation to it. 1 may say in brief, that. 
 
262 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 on the testimony of those who know, it has no equal in the land, 
 and will further add that Posts in this vicinity, as well as some 
 more remote, who once questioned the expediency of founding 
 such an institution, are now ranked among its warmest supporters. 
 I desire once more to call the attention of Posts through this 
 representative gathering to the grand carnival in preparation to 
 raise an endowment fund of ^100,000 for the Home. Let nothing 
 be left undone in the power of comrades to do to make this the 
 most marvellous success in the history of such enterprises. " A 
 long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together," and the 
 desired result is accomplished. I believe that the people have 
 only to fully understand the work which the Grand Army is doing 
 to respond most liberall}' to the call which we shall make upon 
 them. 
 
 GOOD OF THE ORDER. 
 
 There are a few thoughts which I desire to present that may 
 fairly be included under the above caption. They are related 
 more or less intimately to the successful working of Posts gen- 
 erally. First in importance among these I rate the selection of 
 Post officers. It is not enough to select a " good fellow " for 
 Commander. He ought to be a man who has influence in the 
 community, and commands the respect of it. Popularity with the 
 boys is excellent when other needed qualities are added, but may, 
 in some respects, be undesirable in a Post which needs toning up, 
 inside and out. 
 
 Again, there is a deeply rooted theory in many Posts that if 
 a comrade is good enough for a Junior Vice-Commander, he can- 
 not be such a wretehed failure as a Senior Vice-Commander, and 
 is, by courtesy at least, entitled to promotion. And if a Senior 
 Vice-Commander has done his duty faithfully and well, with other 
 things equal, he should be the preferred candidate for Post Com- 
 mander. I am in full accord with this theory. I am aware that 
 a few Posts take delight in being exceptors to it, but I make no 
 quarrel with them if the interests of their ranks are best served 
 in that way. The rule is, however, that comrades, looking back 
 to active service, remember that promotion came for duty faith- 
 fully performed ; and when somebody is jumped over them in the 
 Post offices, they are only human if they feel hurt, and with their 
 immediate friends become sulkers in their tents, and in various 
 ways show themselves affronted. I am not now defending them, 
 I am stating the facts, and can name several instances from the 
 recent election as evidence. I am a thorough believer in promotion 
 in Posts, contending that comrades should be selected for the 
 three highest offices with special reference to their fitness to fill 
 either place acceptably. If they prove their unfitness on trial, or 
 do not care for advancement, then drop them. I am confident that 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 263 
 
 this plau, faithfully carried out, in four out of five Posts would 
 add to their efficiency. 
 
 Then we have some Post Commanders who seem to hold office 
 by free grace rather than by election. They discuss all the ques- 
 tions, make themselves essential to the very existence of the Post, 
 riding it like a veritable Old Man of the Sea. They are not 
 wholly to blame, as the office is often forced upon the man ; Init 
 they should not be too passive. Every comrade should stand 
 ready to take any position, with its honors or its burdens, which 
 he is qualified to fill, if his comrades impose it. I recognize the 
 fact that many small Posts have one member of influence in the 
 community who can really do more for the Post as its Commander 
 than any one else. Still, I am clearly of the opinion that in Posts 
 having more than thirty members, no comrade should be at the 
 head more than two consecutive years. 
 
 Another evil which many Posts are afflicted with, and which 
 should be abated in the interests of the Oi'der, is the bores who 
 kill off Posts by long speeches made up of repetitions, or by 
 ridiculous parliamentary discussions. The question so lono- 
 debated by the Idealists as to the number of angels that could 
 dance on the point of a cambric needle, is of infinite importance 
 when compared with those which these bores drone over night 
 after night. Any Post thus afflicted should adopt a by-law with 
 which to doivn such offenders soon " after sight," for I know of 
 nothing that more surely or speedily depletes the attendance and 
 interest in the Post room. 
 
 Smoking in the Post room during its session seems to me an 
 evil, which, so far as I can learn, is allowed by but very few Posts 
 in this Department No other Order tolerates it, I am told. 
 But aside from this argument by comparison, there seems to me 
 good reason for its inhibition on other grounds. It is a fact that 
 comrades, both non-smokers and smokers, who do not like to go 
 home having their clothing saturated with the fumes of tobacco, 
 absent themselves from meetings where the social pipe holds 
 sway, at which they would otherwise be constant attendants. The 
 Post room should be neutral territory^ and I respectfully submit to 
 the most devoted admirer of the weed, the query as to whether 
 he cannot forego indulgence in his favorite pastime for a single 
 two hours in a week or two weeks for the "good of the Order." 
 If he cannot, then let him withdraw to the ante-room, but let no 
 man be excluded from the meeting on account of the selfishness 
 of any comrade. 
 
 I believe it not for the good of the Order that any Post should 
 hold its regular meetings on the Sabbath. In my judgment, it is 
 neither necessary nor legal. It matters not what views you or I 
 may entertain as to the proper observance of that day, the people 
 of Massachusetts believe in the Sabbath. But the people of 
 
264 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Massachusetts also believe in the Grand Army, and 1 submit that 
 we cannot afford to needlessly affront the moral sense of the com- 
 munity which so loyally sustains us in our relief work. The only 
 Post in this Department, or any, so far as I know, which held its 
 regular meetings on the Sabbath, gave them up early in the yeav. 
 But I now learn, on credible authority, that they are about to 
 be resumed at the same time, and, worse still, at the same place, 
 with its undesirable annex. I trust that this Encampment will 
 acquaint itself with the facts, and take such action as seems 
 proper to protect the Department from the continuance of what 
 seems to me an outrage on public sentiment. 
 
 Another source of detriment to the Order I believe to be the 
 closing of Post rooms during warm weather ; a practice which has, 
 1 think, been too generally adopted throughout this Department. 
 The inevitable tendency is for comrades to lose interest and forget 
 for two months that there is such an institution as the Grand 
 Army. I can see no good reason for such a practice. Systematic 
 relief work is as needful then as at any time. The halls should 
 at least be open where the comrades can assemble for social and 
 fraternal enjoyment, if not for Post work ; but I am an earnest 
 believer in the setting aside of one evening in a week, or at least 
 two in a month, twelve months in the year, for regular Post meet- 
 ings. 
 
 I further believe that the good of the Order requires repre- 
 sentation in this Encampment from every Post in the Department, 
 and, to assure it, Posts should pay their delegates' expenses. 
 
 Another topic falling under this head seems to me important 
 enough to call for some action on the part of this P^ncampment. 
 It is coming to be a frequent occurrence for some Post to evolve 
 a scheme which, if fully carried out, it no doubt honestly believes 
 is for the good of the Order, and at once blank petitions are pre- 
 pared and sent to other Posts in the Department, requesting sig- 
 natures ; the petitions, when signed, to be forwarded to a central 
 committee or to the State or National Legislature. Now, if there 
 is one Post in this Department which is, par excellence, the brainy 
 Post, the source of every new and brilliant idea, I have no criti- 
 cism to offer on that body of comrades, if it is capable of taking 
 this entire Department dangling along as a tail to its kite. If it 
 is a fact that all of the wise and prudent generalship in the Order 
 is resident in one comrade, in one, two, or a dozen Posts, it 
 would seem desirable that a headquarters be opened at once for 
 those indispensable articles in the aforesaid Post or Posts, and the 
 Order directed in all respects from those headquarters. But I 
 respectfully submit to the delegates of this Encampment the ques- 
 tion whether it is for the best interests of the Order for any Post 
 to take the initiative in any legislative measure involving the 
 approval or dissent of every Post in the Department, without 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 265 
 
 having it first considered after the usual custom by this assem- 
 blage. Any proposition that will not bear the light and scrutiny 
 which your deliberations concentrnte upon it shouhl be stifled at 
 its birth; but if, on the other hand, it will stand the test, then we 
 can move as a Department, in solid column, and not as a thin 
 skirmish line in its support. No exigency is likely to arise calling 
 upon the Order for action which cannot wait for your oflicial 
 sanction. The "sacred right of petition," so called, would not 
 be invaded by your restrictive action, for any comrade who dis- 
 likes the government of this Order can set his own time for leav- 
 ing it. You determine the conditions of his entrance and his stay, 
 and you enact such legislation as will preserve your integrity, in 
 which he has a voice, and to which he must be obedient if he 
 remains. 1 therefore submit that any questions which divide the 
 opinions of the Grand Army should first have their standing adju- 
 dicated at this tribunal. There is a tradition extant that the con- 
 sideration of such matters once constituted an important part of 
 your deliberations, and so far as I now recall, the integrity of 
 your action on propositions originating with Posts has never been 
 impeached. I have yet to learn of the first good reason why you 
 should relinquish this vital prerogative, and sincerely trust that 
 such a reason may never appear. 
 
 Another change, which I believe would result in good to the 
 Order, would be brought about by Posts confining their canvass 
 for "the sale of fair tickets to their own territory, and not tres- 
 passing on that of their neighbors. Tickets are mailed to the 
 various Posts in this Department, and have even been received 
 from beyond the Mississippi in dozens, accompanied by the mod- 
 est request that they be disposed of and the proceeds remitted to 
 the sender. One of the most vital objections to this practice is 
 presented in the fact that so large a share of this money comes 
 from the comrades themselves. It is true they will spend their 
 money where and for what they please, as is their right ; but I 
 would respectfully submit to a comrade about to invest, the query 
 whether his own Post does not need the money more, or if he 
 engages to sell such tickets outside the Post, whether his com- 
 munity ought to be called upon to support other Posts than his 
 own. This latter query has, of course, less force made of com- 
 rades having membership in city Posts. 
 
 And this question of fairs brings me to a consideration of 
 the lottery phase, whose discussion is thrust upon me at this time 
 by current events. I will preface what I have to offer by saying 
 that it has always been a source of regret to me that the men who 
 were the stern enforcers of law, even to the use of " the last argu- 
 ment of kings," should in any wise appear to the people as law 
 breakers. It has been said that exceptions should be made in 
 favor of the Grand Army on account of the object it has in view. 
 
266 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 I believe I shall accurately represeot the average sentiment of the 
 Order, when I declare that the Grand Army spurns with disdain 
 the offer to make it an exception in the enforcement of any law. 
 But what it does ask is, that if there be any statute violated by 
 any Grantl Army Post, any Lodge of Odd Fellows, or any reli- 
 gious society, in this Commonwealth, that statute shall be impar- 
 tUiUy enforced. While members of the Order are divided on the 
 question of expediency in this matter, they very properly object 
 to being made the scapegoats, and only ask that treatment which 
 is accorded to other bodies whose aims are often far more selfish. 
 While I sincerely believe that the letter and not the intent of the 
 law is violated by this method of raising money, I shall yet hail 
 with delight any scheme which will accomplish the same object 
 with a reasonable amount of effort, and at the same time secure 
 the cordial co-operation of ever}' member of the community, so 
 many of whom now conscientiously withhold it. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS' REUNION. 
 
 I wish to give my cordial indorsement to the contemplated 
 reunion of the Massachusetts veterans, and bespeak for it, from 
 the comrades of this Encampment, their warmest co-operation. I 
 have been an advocate of such a gathering since the earliest 
 attempt to hold one, and believe that whatever objections may 
 present themselves in its tentative stage will soon disappear, and 
 the annual recurrence of this occasion be one of much pride and 
 enjoyment to every old soldier. 
 
 REPORTS OF OFFICERS. 
 
 You will shortly have put into your hands the various reports 
 of the Department otlicers, to each and all of which I invite your 
 careful attention. This year we have accomplished for the first 
 time the plan of submitting these reports in print. It is done 
 without additional expense, results in some saving of time, and is 
 a convenience which I am sure you will fully appreciate. 
 
 The excellent and comprehensive report of the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General is a work not a tithe of whose labor appears to 
 the casual oliserver, but very valuable to comrades for reference. 
 The work of this ofBcer has materially increased with the growth 
 of the Department, and 1 cheerfully recommend the usual appro- 
 priation of S200 for clerk hire. It is to be remembered that oiu- 
 membership has increased more than one-half during the past three 
 years, while the appropriations for the Assistant Adjutant-Gen- 
 eral's office have remained essentially the same. For the com- 
 rade who has filled this important office during the past year, 
 turning day into night again and again in the prosecution of his 
 labors, " o'er books consuming the midnight oil," — but Dejjart- 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 267 
 
 meiit books, — I can only wish tliat his fnture may be as prosper- 
 ous as his past has been honorable and glorious. 
 
 The report of the Department Inspector contains much valu- 
 able information. Two thorough inspections have been had 
 during the year, — one in the spring by order of the Commander-in- 
 Chief, and the usual fall inspection. In each case every Post was 
 inspected. It gives me the utmost pleasure to bear testimony to 
 the conscientious service of this Staff ofiicer, manifested in no way 
 more conspicuously than in the fact that of the nineteen new Posts 
 chartered, just nineteen of them have been mustered by the 
 Department Inspector in person. This record of service, I 
 believe, is without parallel in the history of the office in this 
 Department. Arrangements were perfected in nearl}' every case 
 whereby, at the adjourned meeting, the work of muster-in has 
 been exemplified by a neighboring Post. 
 
 The salient points of his report will readily appear to you. 
 One which well illustrates the unselfishness of our relief appears 
 in the fact that aid was not only given to 1 ,234 comrades, but to 
 927 who were not comrades of the Order. It further shows 
 $36, 84.'). 13 in Post funds, 8120,569.43 in relief funds, and a new 
 item, not hitherto reported, of $!)(), 009. 94 of other property held 
 by Posts. There is an increase in the amount of money in relief 
 funds of nearly $15,000 over a year ago. These figures, certainly, 
 show a financial condition on which the Order is to be congratu- 
 lated. The report also shows the sum of $35,793.51 expended in 
 relief, an increase over last year of about $1,600; $37,527.42 
 was the sum expended in relief for the calendar year. 
 
 I am of the opinion that if a thorough spring inspection is to 
 be annually recpiired by the Commander-in-Chief, only a portion 
 of the Department need be inspected in the fall, which would save 
 some expense, and yet result, I believe, in no detriment to the 
 Order. The excellent character and standing of maj}y Posts is a 
 sufficient warranty for this latter opinion. 
 
 I have already referred to the report of the Assistant (Quar- 
 termaster-General. While the routine work of this oflfice is neces- 
 sarily performed by the Assistant Adjutant-General, it has been 
 under the supervision of the former officer. His important and 
 carefully prepared report will receive your discriminating atten- 
 tion. 
 
 The position of Chief INIustering Officer has not been a sine- 
 cure on my Staff, and the incumbent of that office, although living 
 on one edge of the Department, has earned his honors by muster- 
 ing the officers of eight of the new Posts, as well as by attending 
 the various meetings of the Council. 
 
 The legal department has not been overworked, owing in 
 large measure to a better understanding of Rules and Regulations, 
 and to the assistance rendered Post Commanders by the volume 
 
268 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 of Decisions and Opinions with wliich each is supplied. Justice 
 to the Judge Advocate requires the statement that continued illness 
 in his family has prevented his meeting the comrades of the 
 Department as often as he would otherwise have done. 
 
 The reports of the Council of Administration, the Medical 
 Director and the Department Chaplain *v\nll also merit your care- 
 ful consideration. The suggestions of the Council respecting the 
 finances will give additional weight to what I have already offered 
 on this head, and will, I trust, lead to such initial action as seems 
 most desirable in connection with the subject considered. 
 
 LOYALTY TO THE ORDER. 
 
 The year just passed has witnessed, perhaps, the most excit- 
 ing political contest of the nineteenth century. Members of the 
 Order were found in all the political parties. Party spirit, I 
 believe, never ran higher, and in my judgment there has never 
 been a year when, if any Post or number of Posts had lost their 
 heads and gone over bodil}' into politics, their bitterest foe could 
 have done other than condone their breach of allegiance. But it 
 gives me the utmost satisfaction to report that whatever may 
 have been the ajypearance in any individual case (and I have 
 been told again and again that the Grand Army was in politics), 
 no Post of this Department has violated Rules and Regulations 
 in this respect. 
 
 For the restraint which comrades displayed during the cam- 
 paign, they have my sincere thanks. Fully informed in relation 
 to past experiences, and gathering from the situation after the 
 nominations were made enough to giA'e me some concern as to 
 the outcome of the canvass in its effect upon the Order, it can 
 readily be imagined that I saw the dawn of November 5 with no 
 great regret. One incident of the campaign touched me very 
 deeply, and illustrates that loyalty which cements us so strongly 
 together. The incident was this : One of our large Posts, on 
 learning that a prominent soldier nominee was intending to visit 
 the city of its habitation, voted to give him a reception. On 
 learning of this through the public prints, I wrote the Commander 
 a letter of inquiry and questioned the wisdom of the movement, 
 suggesting that while it was, no doubt, innoeeutl}' intended, the 
 public would not divorce the soldier comrade from the soldier 
 candidate ; that their position would be at least an equivocal one, 
 etc. I commend an extract from the repl}' of the Commander to 
 your consideration. Here it is : — 
 
 "Your kind letter of the 26th at hand on time; but it was 
 such a setback to me that it has taken me all this time to get 
 over it; but your reasoning is sound. . . . We believe it our 
 first duty to uphold Rules and Regulations and abide by them. 
 Our next duty is to obey those in command, and I think I can 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 269 
 
 safely say that Post prides herself on her loyalty to Rules 
 
 aud Regulations and the Department Commander of Massachu- 
 setts. If we have made a mistake in our zeal to do honor to one 
 of the old Union generals, we are not so headstrong but what we 
 can see it, and do all in our power to do what our Department 
 Commander believes best for the Order. . , . Hoping that you 
 will not blacklist us until you hear from me again, I remain, 
 
 Yours, etc." 
 
 One of the unpleasantest exhibitions of the year has been 
 that of our Order divided on tlie question of proper pension legis- 
 lation. There are j'et comrades among us who believe that the 
 Grand Army was not organized to engineer pension legislation; 
 that for many years it found its legitimate sphere of action out- 
 side of this question ; but as this class is now in a hopeless 
 minority, and as the Grand Army has appropriated to itself the 
 direction of legislation for the veterans on the floor of Congress, 
 so far as it can legitimately do so, the only question to consider 
 is, that of the proper means to be used by the Order to secure 
 this end. Unquestionably, our influence must be directed by 
 rej)re.sen'ative action. Now such representatives are to be found 
 in our present pension committee of the National P^ncampment, 
 about whose fitness for the position, the manner of whose selec- 
 tion, or in regard to whose motives I have y^et to hear the first 
 whisper of a suspicion. Mark you, I do not set up as an enc3'clo- 
 pa^dia of information as to just what is most desirable in the line 
 of pension legislation. I have my own opinion with regard to 
 certain propositions on this head, and will further promise not to 
 refuse a dollar which the government will give me under any 
 scheme likely to receive enactment. But the point I am in duty 
 bound to press upon your earnest consideration is that when a 
 Post, a Department, or National Encampment appoints a com- 
 mittee in good faith, and with full power to do a certain work 
 for that Post or that Encampment, every inspiration of fraternity, 
 if fraternity is worth anything, every impulse of loyalty, if loyalty 
 means anything, demands that the organization which puts them 
 forward as its mouthpiece shall stand steadfastly at their backs, 
 and not basely desert them nor heap gratuitous insults upon them 
 while they are doing its behests. 
 
 Now all committees are human and may err. But no com- 
 mittee holds a life-tenure of its office, and when it fails to do the 
 work for which it was constituted, discharge it on the first oppor- 
 tunity or instruct it as circumstances seen) to warrant. But may 
 we never again so stultify ourselves in the eyes of the people as 
 w^e have during the past year, by having our duly authorized 
 representatives appearing before members of Congress recom- 
 mending certain pension legislation, and antagonized by other 
 comrades favoring a different scheme. We cannot alTord it. 
 
270 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 " In union there is strength." AVhen our organization shall 
 reach that stage where any Post as such feels at liberty to 
 petition Congress in the interest of any measure dear to its mem- 
 bership, irrespective or in spite of the wishes or petitions of other 
 Posts, that moment dates the beginning of our downfall. Con- 
 current action in Posts and Departments, finding further con- 
 sideration and final enactment from the deliberations of the 
 National Encampment, I honestly believe and unhesitatingly 
 declare the only safe course for us to pursue in this day of our 
 great and still growing strength, else we unwittingly reproduce 
 certain phases of our army life where commands pulled apart 
 through jealousy, and inevitable shame and disaster followed. 
 Let us magnify our points of agreement, minimize our points of 
 difference, and move in solid and unwavering columns to secure 
 legislation which common consent declares must be delayed no 
 longer. But whatever ends we aim to accomplish in this direc- 
 tion, let us take particular care that they be not secured by any 
 complications of statutory provision which shall include the 
 putting on the pension roll, on an equal footing with our Union 
 comrades, of the veterans of the Rebel army ; not yet. 
 
 Comrades, I must not close this address without expressing 
 to you my most sincere gratitude for the triple honors which you 
 have successively conferred upon me. The unanimity with which 
 you elevated me to the honorable position which I am soon to 
 vacate will remain a green and cherished spot in my memory 
 while life continues, attended as it will be by the consciousness 
 that, while I fell far short of my own ideal, and perhaps, of your 
 expectations, in my own way I have endeavored to deserve the 
 honors your confidence imposed. For whatever results have 
 been achieved during the past year, a large share of credit must 
 be given to those whom your suffrages associated with me, and I 
 here thank them publicly for all they have done in behalf of our 
 graud Order. To the members of my official Staff, whose duty 
 has been so faithfully performed, my thanks and yours are 
 especially due. Our relations have been of the pleasantest 
 character, and my valedictory is made the harder to utter by 
 carrying with it, as it does, the severance of our official relations. 
 The same is true, in a large measure, of my personal Staff, to 
 whom I am especially indebted for their labors under the direc- 
 tion of the Inspector. To many Post Commanders and comrades, 
 I am under obligations for favors and courtesies, both personal 
 and in the interests of the Department. To each and all, official 
 and private, I tender the thanks of my truh' grateful heart, and 
 my most cordial good wishes for the future. It has been one of 
 the proud distinctions of my life to have been your leader for a 
 year, but I am prouder still of those relations that I sustained to 
 this glorious country and my dear native State which entitle me 
 to a place in the i-anks of this truly Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 271 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 John D. Billings, Dejxirtment Commander. 
 
 Comrade: In compliance with the Rules and Regulatious of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, T herewith submit my annual 
 report of the business transacted in this office the past year. 
 
 Number of Posts, Dec. 31, 1883 160, 
 
 " comrades same date 14,277 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 1884 180 
 
 " comrades reported same date 16,637 
 
 Net gain during the year 2,360 
 
 The net gain by quarters is shown by the quarterly reports 
 to be as follows, viz. : — 
 
 First quarter, ending March 31 356 
 
 Second quarter, ending June 30 1,037 
 
 Third quarter, ending Sept. 30 o60 
 
 Fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31 407 
 
 2,360 
 recapitulation. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing, Dec. 31, 1883 . 14,277 
 " " gained by muster .... 2,794 
 
 " " " transfer .... 279 
 
 " " " reinstatement , . 1,921 
 
 Total number gained 4,994 
 
 Aggregate 19,271 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death 195 
 
 " " " honorable discharge . 59 
 
 " " " transfer .... 353 
 
 " " " suspension . . . 2,024 
 
 " " " dishonorable discharge, 3 
 
 Total loss 2,634 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 2 360 
 
 I herewith present a detailed report of the changes that have 
 taken place in each Post the past year. 
 
272 
 
 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1884. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman.. 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 William H. Bartlett... 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P.T. VVyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell. 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraiiara Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C. C. Phillips. 
 
 JohQ A. Andrew 15 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 Gen. Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker — 
 Major E. F. Fletcher. 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson.. 
 
 Cbarles Devens 
 
 George D. AVells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart... 
 George W. Perrj- — 
 
 Washington " 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan 
 
 Theodore Winthrop . 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 Frazer A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Xeedham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry.... 
 
 Lvon 
 
 B". F. Butler 
 
 John.\. Rawlins 
 
 G.Wesley Nichols... 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. BoutwelL . 
 
 A.W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller. 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Charles H. Stevens.. . 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 J. C. Freeman 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt — 
 
 GAIN 
 
 53 
 
 30 
 
 118 
 
 47 
 
 38 
 
 88 
 
 173 
 
 59 
 
 71 
 
 61 
 
 200 
 
 409 
 
 47 
 
 108 
 
 39 
 
 321 
 
 100 
 
 144 
 
 297 
 
 128 
 
 33 
 
 130 
 
 203 
 
 213 
 
 31 
 
 243 
 
 135 
 
 63 
 
 55 
 
 104 
 
 22 
 
 'gi 
 
 131 
 
 269 
 
 24 
 
 178 
 166 
 161 
 
 51 
 &35 
 
 44 
 218 
 
 64 
 
 74 
 618 
 117 
 187 
 113 
 
 30 
 284 
 408 
 
 58 
 
 34 
 215 
 
 28 
 
 64 
 
 98 14 
 105 11 
 
 5 
 29 
 18 
 15 
 
 8 
 32 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 20 
 89 
 
 8 
 29 
 40 
 164 
 117 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 13 
 38 
 20 
 17 
 63 
 13 
 
 4 
 27 
 29 
 146 
 14 
 25 
 46 
 
 2 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 28 
 23 
 27 
 332 
 
 4 
 
 LOSS 
 
 233 
 204 
 183 
 
 62 
 1045 
 
 51 
 339 
 
 74 
 111 
 658 
 169 
 217 
 164 
 
 49 
 
 4a; 
 
 501 
 
 74 
 
 55 
 
 239 
 
 •^S 
 
 69 
 
 127 
 
 123 
 
 68 
 
 38 
 
 150 
 
 51 
 
 44 
 
 108 
 
 262 
 
 67 
 
 100 
 
 101 
 
 364 
 
 526 
 
 54 
 
 111 
 
 52 
 
 359 
 
 120 
 
 161 
 
 360 
 
 141 
 
 37 
 
 157 
 
 232 
 
 359 
 
 45 
 
 268 
 
 181 
 
 65 
 
 76 
 
 105 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 114 
 
 158 
 
 601 
 
 28 
 
 3 111 
 
 2 ;..., 
 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 4 
 
 190 
 
 10 
 
 32 
 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 84 
 
 4 
 
 27 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 113 
 
 37 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 37 
 
 4 
 
 31 
 
 19 
 
 142 
 
 126 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 28 
 
 11 
 
 30 
 
 28 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 273 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ASST. ADJT.- GENERAL— Confi/med. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone. Jr 
 
 Joseph P. Rice , 
 
 George A . Custer 
 
 Kilpalrick 
 
 A.St. .John Chambre.. 
 
 Mcl'herson 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 J. V. Gould 
 
 CoUingwood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A. Russell 
 
 Charles D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin. Jr 
 
 Joseph E. Wilder 
 
 M. K. Stowell 
 
 J.. W . La wton 
 
 William L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 John H. Chipman, Jr.. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J. Griggs 
 
 Henry Bryant 
 
 Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett.. 
 
 William B. Greene 
 
 Charles .Sumner 
 
 Huntington F. Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chai)inan 
 
 Edwin lluinphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 Otis W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Mprrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles 
 
 Joseph E. Simmons — 
 D. Willard Robinson... 
 Edward W. Kinsley — 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 E.S.Clark 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield 
 
 GAIN 
 
 LOSS 
 
 o o 
 
 I 5 - 
 
 ai 
 
 n 
 
 ^M 
 
 rt re 
 a> en 
 
 1-5 1 s „ 
 
 73 
 
 104 
 
 102 
 
 139 
 82 
 43 
 
 101 
 43 
 
 2.32 
 28 
 52 
 
 112 
 65 
 94 
 
 108 
 98 
 
 118 
 23 
 
 135 
 89 
 95 
 49 
 
 171 
 30 
 31 
 36 
 
 142 
 71 
 84 
 
 I8:i 
 
 146 
 27 
 57 
 55 
 70 
 45 
 28 
 44 
 27 
 50 
 70 
 28 
 56 
 64 
 65 
 39 
 58 
 47 
 81 
 35 
 .54 
 36 
 43 
 98 
 62 
 37 
 73 
 29 
 34 
 36 
 
 216 
 
274 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ASST. ADJT.- GENERAL — Co/i^iHwed. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Timothy Ingraliani 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W.Rockwell 
 
 George E. Saylea 
 
 T. L. Bouney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. . 
 
 Wm. H. Freeman 
 
 James M. Sargent 
 
 George M. Thomas 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 Willard C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith 
 
 Frank D.Hammond... 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. D. Weld 
 
 Maj. George L. Stearns 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Maior Boyd 
 
 O. H. P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Manha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbiid-eB. Piper 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser.... 
 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton 
 
 Wohurn 
 
 Manton E. Taft , 
 
 Gen. J G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary , 
 
 Wm . Wads worth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Je>se L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown 
 
 George K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Johnson 
 
 G. K." Warren 
 
 Albert S.Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samue F. Woods 
 
 Col. Geo. L. Prescott... 
 
 121 
 
 122 
 
 123 
 
 124 
 
 125 
 
 126 
 
 12 
 
 128 
 
 129 
 
 130 
 
 131 
 
 132 
 
 133 
 
 134 
 
 135 
 
 136 
 
 137 
 
 138 
 
 139 
 
 140 
 
 141 
 
 142 
 
 143 
 
 144 
 
 145 
 
 146 
 
 14 
 
 148 
 
 149 
 
 1,50 
 
 151 
 
 152 
 
 153 
 
 1.54 
 
 155 
 
 156 
 
 157 
 
 158 
 
 159 
 
 160 
 
 161 
 
 if;2 
 
 163 
 164 
 165 
 16H 
 167 
 168 
 169 
 170 
 171 
 172 
 173 
 174 
 175 
 176 
 177 
 178 
 179 
 180 
 
 GAIN 
 
 LOSS 
 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 27i) 
 
 Of the one hundred and eighty Posts comprising this Depart- 
 ment, one hundred and twenty have gained in membership, three 
 have the same number as one year ago, and forty have lost in 
 number. Post making the largest per cent in gain is Post 124, 
 East Bridgewater. 
 
 The charter of I. D. Paull Post No. 55 of Taunton, on recom- 
 mendation of the Department Commander, was revoked by vote 
 of the Council of Administration, at a meeting held at Depart- 
 ment Headquarters, July 12, 1884. Said number was afterwards 
 given to J. C. Freeman Post of Provincetown. 
 
 Number of rejections during the year, seventy-six. 
 
 One hundred and ninety- five comrades have died during the 
 year, — an excess over last year of twenty-six. This is not to be 
 wondered at, when we take into consideration the fact that the 
 Departmeut has increased in membership. 
 
 The obituary reports from Posts up to the third quarter, end- 
 ing September 30, were so few (although attention was called to it 
 twice in General Orders) that in order to carry out the resolution 
 of the last P]ncampmeut in regard to a memorial page, it became 
 necessary to prepare a blank on which to make these reports ; by 
 this means I am able to report one hundred and thirty out of the 
 one hundred and niuety-five who have died, giving the name, age, 
 rank, company, regiment or ship, and the Post to which the 
 deceased belonged. 
 
 It is to be hoped in the years to come that every name will 
 be reported, in order that a complete record may be kept at 
 headquarters. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Twenty-one new Posts have been mustered during the year, 
 as follows, viz. : — 
 
 Woburn Post No. 161 of AVoburn ; mustered Jan. 23, 1884; 
 charter members, 45. Manton E. Taft Post No. 162 of Turners 
 Falls; mustered Jan. 25, 1884; charter members, 36. Gen. 
 J. G. Foster Post No. 163 of South Fran)ingham ; mustered 
 March 25, 1884; charter members 36. Francis A. Clary Post 
 No. 164 of Conway; mustered April 29, 1884; charter mem- 
 bers, 17. William Wadsworth Post No. 165 of Duxbury ; mus- 
 tered May 19, 1884; charter members, 24. George C. Strong 
 Post No. 166 of Easthampton ; mustered June 17, 1884; charter 
 members, 40. Jesse L. Keno Post No. 167 of Whitinsville ; 
 mustered June 18, 1884; charter members, 14. Malcom Ammi- 
 down Post No. 168 of Southbridge; nuistered June 27, 1884; 
 charter members, 24. George K. Bird Post No. I(i9 of Norwood; 
 mustered July 21, 1884; charter members, 29. John Rogers Post 
 No. 170 of Mansfield ; mustered July 31, 1884 ; charter members, 
 27. Albert S. Johnson Post No. 171 of Northfield ; mustered 
 
276 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Aug. 15, 1884; charter members, 23. E. K. Warren Post No. 
 172 of Boltou ; mustered Aug. 18, 1884; charter members, 17. 
 J. Arthur Johnson Post No. 173 of Sturbridge ; mustered August 
 26, 1884 ; charter members, 37. Edwin E Day Post No. 174 of 
 Greenfield; mustered Aug. 29, 1884; charter inembers, 62. 
 Washburn Post No. 175 of Lancaster; mustered Sept. 5, 1884; 
 charter members, 20. J. C. Freeman Post No. 55 of Province- 
 town ; mustered Sept 23, 1884; charter members 17. Gen. 
 Horace C. Lee Post No. 176 of Huntington; mustered Oct. 9, 
 1884; charter members, 43. Scott Bradley Post No. 177 of 
 Lee; mustered Nov. 6, 1884; charter members, 26. INIyron 
 Nichols Post No. 178 of Otis; mustered Nov. 28, 1884; charter 
 members, 20. Samuel F. Woods Post No. 179 of Barre ; mus- 
 tered Dec. 11, 1884; charter members, 27. Old Concord Post 
 180 of Concord; mustered Dec. 20, 1884; charter members, 27. 
 
 Nineteen of these, with a charter membership of five hun- 
 dred and thirty, were mustered during your administration. 
 Post 161 and 162 were mustered in during the administration of 
 Post Commander Evans. 
 
 The gain of Posts by counties is as follows : Barnstable, 
 one; Berkshire, 2; Bristol, one; P'ranklin, four; Hampshire, 
 two ; Middlesex, three ; Norfolk, one ; Plymouth one ; AVor- 
 cester, six. Total, twenty-one. 
 
 I herewith present a tabulated report, giving in detail the 
 strength of each county, number of each Post, and number of 
 members, with date of charter. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 277 
 
 TABULATED REFOUT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY 
 
 
 
 Pos 
 
 . 
 
 No. 
 Mems 
 
 Date ot 
 Charter. 
 
 Pos 
 
 . 
 
 Mems 
 
 Charte 
 
 r 
 
 84 
 
 South Deerfleld 
 
 , 31, 
 
 April 
 
 17 
 
 1872 
 
 132 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 44, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 24 
 
 1882 
 
 93 
 
 Shelburne Falls 
 
 55, 
 
 June 
 
 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 141 
 
 Harwich, 
 
 43, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15 
 
 1882 
 
 1.50 
 
 Montague, 
 
 44, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1883 
 
 55 
 
 Provincetown, 
 
 28, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 23 
 
 1884 
 
 162 
 
 Turners Falls, 
 
 48, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 25 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 
 
 3; members. 
 
 115 
 
 
 164 
 
 Conway, 
 
 21, 
 
 April 
 
 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 171 
 
 Northfleld, 
 
 23, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15 
 
 1884 
 
 
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 174 
 
 Greenfield, 
 
 68, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 79 
 
 North Adams, 
 
 89, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 20, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 9; 
 
 members, 381. 
 
 
 125 
 
 Pittsfteld, 
 
 191, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1882 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 126 
 
 Adams, 
 
 TO, 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1870 
 
 
 HAMPDEN 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 15S 
 177 
 178 
 
 Housatonic, 
 Lee, 
 Otis, 
 Total — Posts, 6 
 
 39, Aug. 23, 
 26, Nov. 6, 
 20, Nov. 28, 
 members, 435. 
 
 1863 
 1884 
 1884 
 
 16 
 41, 
 71, 
 103 
 
 Springfield, 
 Westfleld, 
 Holyoke, 
 Chicopee, 
 
 464, 
 1.31, 
 112, 
 
 64, 
 
 Aug. 
 Jan. 
 Nov. 
 Oct. 
 
 9 
 
 9, 
 
 25 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 1868 
 1868 
 1879 
 
 
 BRISTOL 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 107, 
 
 Palmer, 
 
 4V, 
 
 July 
 
 18, 
 
 1881 
 
 1, 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 222, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1^. 
 
 1866 
 
 155, 
 
 Monson, 
 
 62, 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1883 
 
 3, 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 161, 
 
 Jau. 
 
 2 
 
 1867 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 6; 
 
 members, 880. 
 
 
 46 
 
 Fall River, 
 
 232, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 22, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 52, 
 
 South Easton, 
 
 75, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY' 
 
 
 
 145, 
 
 Attleboro, 
 
 104, 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 1871 
 
 85, 
 
 Ware, 
 
 36, 
 
 May 
 
 12, 
 
 1869 
 
 146, 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 20, 
 
 April 
 
 27, 
 
 1881 
 
 86, 
 
 Northampton, 
 
 142, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4, 
 
 1882 
 
 170 
 
 Mansfield, 
 
 27, 
 
 July 
 
 31, 
 
 1884 
 
 97, 
 
 Belchertown, 
 
 44, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23, 
 
 1872 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 7 : 
 
 members, 941. 
 
 
 147, 
 
 Amherst, 
 
 103, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31, 
 
 1882 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 166, 
 
 East Hampton, 
 
 53, 
 
 June 
 
 17, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 p:ssex 
 
 COUNTY'. 
 
 
 
 176, 
 
 Huntington, 
 
 43, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 1884 
 
 5, 
 
 Lynn, 
 
 855, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 6; 
 
 members, 421. 
 
 
 34, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 222 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15, 
 
 1867 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 39, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 331, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 10, 
 
 1867 
 
 
 MIDDI,ESEX COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 45, 
 
 Gloucester, 
 
 149, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 1880 
 
 4, 
 
 Melrose, 
 
 58, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 47, 
 
 Haverhill, 
 
 240, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1868 
 
 6, 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 41, 
 
 March 8, 
 
 1867 
 
 49, 
 
 Newburyport, 
 
 251, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 1", 
 
 1868 
 
 9. 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 91, 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 
 50, 
 
 Peabody, 
 
 116, 
 
 April 
 
 28, 
 
 1879 
 
 12, 
 
 Wakefield, 
 
 190, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 67, 
 
 Manchester, 
 
 43, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 14, 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 37, 
 
 July, 
 
 
 1882 
 
 82, 
 
 Marblehead, 
 
 171, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29, 
 
 1880 
 
 18, 
 
 Ashland, 
 
 37, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12, 
 
 1867 
 
 89, 
 
 Beverly, 
 
 183, 
 
 June 
 
 5, 
 
 1869 
 
 29, 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 102, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1867 
 
 90, 
 
 Danvers, 
 
 146, 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1869 
 
 30, 
 
 Cambridgeport, 
 
 225, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23, 
 
 1867 
 
 95, 
 
 Saugus, 
 
 45, 
 
 June 
 
 4, 
 
 1869 
 
 33, 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 82, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1867 
 
 99, 
 
 Andover, 
 
 50, 
 
 April 
 
 18, 
 
 1881 
 
 36, 
 
 Arlington, 
 
 51, 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 100, 
 
 Methuen, 
 
 70, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 1, 
 
 1877 
 
 40, 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 109, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1873 
 
 101, 
 
 Groveland, 
 
 28, 
 
 July 
 
 16, 
 
 1869 
 
 42, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 332, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 106, 
 
 Rock port, 
 
 58, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30, 
 
 1881 
 
 43, 
 
 Marlboro, 
 
 129, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 108, 
 
 Georgetown, 
 
 81, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 1869 
 
 48, 
 
 Aver, 
 
 43, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 
 
 1868 
 
 114, 
 
 Merrimac, 
 
 62, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1869 
 
 56, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 107, 
 
 June 
 
 26, 
 
 1868 
 
 118, 
 
 Swampscott, 
 
 34, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 1870 
 
 57, 
 
 E. Cambridge, 
 
 144, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 122. 
 
 Aniesbury, 
 
 6-), 
 
 Mar. 
 
 23, 
 
 1870 
 
 62, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 102, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 12S, 
 
 Il)swich, 
 
 106, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 IT, 
 
 18S2 
 
 63, 
 
 Xatick, 
 
 139, 
 
 July 
 
 23, 
 
 1880 
 
 151, 
 
 West Newbury, 
 
 13, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 
 
 1874 
 
 66, 
 
 Med ford. 
 
 101, 
 
 Aufr. 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 152, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 37, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 22, 
 
 1883 
 
 75, 
 
 Stoneliam, 
 
 98, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15. 
 
 1869 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 23 
 
 ; members, 3,ail 
 
 
 81, 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 49, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1871 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 115, 
 
 Groton, 
 
 37, 
 
 July 
 
 .■iO, 
 
 1874 
 
 
 FRANKLIN 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 119, 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 36, 
 
 
 
 
 1". 
 
 Orange, 
 
 67, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 9. 
 
 1867 
 
 120, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 216, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 20, 
 
 Colerain, 
 
 24, 
 
 March 
 
 4, 
 
 1875 
 
 138, 
 
 Acton, 
 
 64, 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 1883 
 
278 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COVtiTI'ES— Contiimed. 
 
 
 No. 
 
 Da 
 
 e of 
 
 Post. 
 
 No. 
 
 Date of 
 
 Post. 
 
 Mems. 
 
 Ch; 
 
 rter. 
 
 Meins. 
 
 Charter. 
 
 139, Somerville, 
 
 62, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 1870 
 
 26, Roxbury, 
 
 139, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 1867 
 
 142, Framingbam, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29, 1870 
 
 32, South Boston, 
 
 69, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 1867 
 
 148, Winchester, 
 
 27, 
 
 May 
 
 22, 1872 
 
 35, Chelsea, 
 
 400, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 1867 
 
 156, Everett, 
 
 51, 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1883 
 
 68, Dorchester, 
 
 232, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 1868 
 
 161, Wobiirn, 
 
 56, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 23, 1884 
 
 92, Brighton, 
 
 57, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 1873 
 
 163, S. Frainingham, 
 
 46, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 25, 1884 
 
 113, Boston, 
 
 98, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 1869 
 
 180, Concord, 
 
 27, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 1884 
 
 134, Boston, 
 
 48, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 1870 
 
 Total — Posts, 32 
 
 members, 2 
 
 907. 
 
 149, Charlestown, 
 
 43, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 1872 
 
 NORFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 159, East Boston, 
 
 105, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7, 1883 
 
 58, Weymouth, 
 
 190, 
 
 July 
 
 2, 1868 
 
 Total — Posts, 15 
 
 ; members, 2 
 
 358. 
 
 60, Franklin, 
 
 73, 
 
 May 
 
 16, 1881 
 
 
 
 
 
 72, Stoughton, 
 
 65, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 1868 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 
 87, Braintree, 
 
 Tl, 
 
 June 
 
 2, 1869 
 
 10, Worcester, 
 
 574, 
 
 April 
 
 13, 1867 
 
 88, Quincy, 
 
 84, 
 
 June 
 
 4, 1869 
 
 19, Fitchburg, 
 
 218, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 1867 
 
 91, Foxboro, 
 
 27, 
 
 June 
 
 12, 1869 
 
 22, Milford, 
 
 114, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19, 1867 
 
 94, Canton, 
 
 70, 
 
 June 
 
 24, 1869 
 
 24, Grafton, 
 
 67, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25, 1867 
 
 98, Cohasset, 
 
 27, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 1883 
 
 25, Uxbridge, 
 
 35, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 .30, 1867 
 
 102, Milton, 
 
 56, 
 
 April 
 
 3, 1879 
 
 27, Oxford, 
 
 41, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 1870 
 
 110, Randolph, 
 
 54, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 1869 
 
 28, West Boylston, 
 
 36, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 1867 
 
 117, Medfield, 
 
 29, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 1870 
 
 37, Spencer, 
 
 103, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20, 1867 
 
 121, Hyde Park, 
 
 147, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22, 1870 
 
 38, Brooklield, 
 
 49, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27, 1867 
 
 130, Medway, 
 
 41, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18, 1882 
 
 44, Southboro, 
 
 32, 
 
 May 
 
 17, 1878 
 
 133, Plainville, 
 
 39, 
 
 May 
 
 23, 1882 
 
 51, N. Brooklield, 
 
 64, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28, 1868 
 
 143, Brookline, 
 
 41, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 1871 
 
 .53, Leominster, 
 
 103, 
 
 •Tune 
 
 13, 1868 
 
 144, Dedham, 
 
 83, 
 
 May 
 
 22, 1871 
 
 54, Berlin, 
 
 23, 
 
 June 
 
 2, 1868 
 
 157, Walpole, 
 
 36, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 1883 
 
 .59, Sterling, 
 
 28, 
 
 July 
 
 3, 1868 
 
 169, Norwood, 
 
 31, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 1884 
 
 61, NVebster, 
 
 104, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 1868 
 
 Total— Posts, IS; members. 
 
 1,164. 
 
 64, Clinton, 
 
 82, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17, 1868 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 
 65, Warren, 
 
 43, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 1868 
 
 8, Middleboro, 
 
 70, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 1867 
 
 69, Westminster, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9, 1866 
 
 13, Brockton, 
 
 156, 
 
 July 
 
 I, 1867 
 
 70, Millbury, 
 
 .52, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3, 1876 
 
 31, Scituate, 
 
 63, 
 
 July 
 
 15, 1875 
 
 77, Holden, 
 
 23, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19, 1869 
 
 73, Abington, 
 
 94, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23, 1868 
 
 80, Westboro, 
 
 95, 
 
 June 
 
 18, 1881 
 
 74, Rockland, 
 
 108, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 11, 18G9 
 
 96, Northboro, 
 
 28, 
 
 June 
 
 28, 1869 
 
 76, Plymouth, 
 
 118, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19, 1869 
 
 105, Upton, 
 
 39, 
 
 July 
 
 15, 1881 
 
 78, So. Abington, 
 
 135, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30, 1869 
 
 109, Templeton, 
 
 35, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11, 1869 
 
 83, Hanover, 
 
 30, 
 
 April 
 
 29, 1869 
 
 116, Gardner, 
 
 73, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30, 1869 
 
 104, Hinjrham, 
 
 65, 
 
 July 
 
 29, 1869 
 
 123, Athol, 
 
 101, 
 
 June 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 111, Pembroke, 
 
 36, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 1869 
 
 129, Millville, 
 
 26, 
 
 April 
 
 > 25, 1883 
 
 112, South Scituate 
 
 . 4S, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1, 1869 
 
 1.31, Leicester, 
 
 51, 
 
 June 
 
 21, 1870 
 
 124, E. Bridgewater, 48 
 
 June 
 
 7, 1870 
 
 135, Shrewsbury, 
 
 23, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30, 1873 
 
 127, Hanson, 
 
 31 
 
 June 
 
 11, 1870 
 
 136, Rutland, 
 
 47, 
 
 July 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 154, Kingston, 
 
 41 
 
 May 
 
 24, 1883 
 
 137, East Douglas, 
 
 25, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21, 1882 
 
 1G5, Duxbury, 
 
 36, 
 
 May 
 
 19, 1884 
 
 140, Athol, 
 
 86, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 1881 
 
 Total — Posts, 15; me 
 
 mbers 
 
 1,074. 
 
 153, Winchendon, 
 
 60 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6, 1883 
 
 
 
 
 
 160, W. Brooklield 
 
 32 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18, 1883 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 
 167, Whitinsville, 
 
 21 
 
 June 
 
 18, 1884 
 
 2, South Bo.ston, 
 
 202 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 1880 
 
 172, Bolton, 
 
 17 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 1884 
 
 7, Boston, 
 
 307 
 
 , Mar 
 
 11, 1867 
 
 173, Sturbridge, 
 
 37 
 
 Aug. 
 
 26, 1884 
 
 11, Charlestown, 
 
 165 
 
 April 23, 1867 
 
 175, Lancaster, 
 
 20 
 
 Sept. 
 
 5, 1884 
 
 15, Boston, 
 
 323 
 
 I Aug 
 
 6, 1867 
 
 168, Southbridge, 
 
 42 
 
 June 
 
 27, 1884 
 
 21, Boston, 
 
 59 
 
 , Feb. 
 
 22, 1881 
 
 179, Barre, 
 
 27 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 1884 
 
 23, East Boston, 
 
 109 
 
 , Sept 
 
 . 17, 1867 
 
 Total — I'osts, 
 
 40; members 
 
 , 2,704. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. '279 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 It was veiy gratifying to me to be able to forward complete 
 consolidated reports for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 
 to National Headquarters, January 16. This could not have 
 been done but for the promptness of Post officers in forwarding 
 their reports to Department Headquarters, for which they have 
 my heartfelt thanks. Now comrades, if these I'eports can be in 
 the hands of the Assistant Adjutant-General on time one quarter, 
 why not each quarter? They can, by your assistance, and it is 
 sincerely to be hoped the effort made by Post officers this last 
 quarter will become the rule, and not the exception. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 I regret that I have been unable to accept but a few of the 
 many pressing invitations to visit Posts the past year. As the 
 Department increases in membership, the work devolving upon 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General increases, and it requires all his 
 time to properly discharge his duties. Only those who visit 
 headquarters can form an}' idea of the amount of work. I trust 
 no Post has felt offended because I did not accept their kind 
 invitation. There have been issued during the year twelve 
 General Orders one hundred and twelve Special Orders, and 
 five circulars. To conduct the correspondence it required o,000 
 letter-heads, and 2,500 postal cards. All letters received have 
 been filed, numbered and indexed. 
 
 In closing, I return my thanks to the officers of Posts and 
 comrades, for their courtesy in my official relations with them ; 
 to the Staff' officers, for the assistance the}' have given me in the 
 discharge of my duties; to you, Department Commander, I 
 extend m}' personal and heartfelt thanks, and assure you I highly 
 appreciate the honor you conferred upon me in appointing me to 
 this office. I shall look back with pleasure and pride to my 
 association with you the past year. 
 
 I have the honor to be. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
280 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. op Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade: I have the honor to report to you, and through 
 you to the comrades of the Department Encampment, the work 
 that has been done b}' this office during the year now about clos- 
 ing, and while it has been my pleasure to act as Assistant Quar- 
 termaster-General. 
 
 The following abstracts, su.-tained by complete vouchers, 
 contain a full statement of receipts, expenditures and issues : — 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 1884. Dr. 
 
 Cash ou hand as per last report . . . 
 
 Received for dues, first quarter, 1884 
 " " second quarter, 1884 
 " " third quarter, 1884 . 
 " " fourth ([uarter, 1884 
 " " books and blanks . 
 " " badges .... 
 " " sundries 
 
 Total receipts 
 
 L,744 31 
 
 1,166 
 
 86 
 
 1,186 
 
 10 
 
 1,257 
 
 82 
 
 628 
 
 31 
 
 1,890 
 
 60 
 
 260 
 
 50 
 
 ?,134 50 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Cr. 
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 " " dues .... 
 
 rent and care of office 
 
 salaries 
 
 inspection expenses 
 
 printing, books and blanks, etc 1 
 
 sundries (postage, postals, telegrams, express, 
 extra clerk and oflice expense) .... 
 
 organizing new Posts 
 
 flood sufierers and charity 
 
 Department Commander, travelling expenses 
 " " and Assistant Adju- 
 
 tant-General, National Encampment . . 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance to new account . 
 Vouchers cover expenses. 
 
 $1,559 75 
 
 
 460 58 
 
 
 429 63 
 
 
 1,191 63 
 
 
 450 41 
 
 
 1,071 05 
 
 
 495 68 
 
 
 192 73 
 
 
 125 00 
 
 
 81 19 
 
 
 74 00 
 
 
 
 $6,131 65 
 
 
 $2,002 85 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 281 
 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Jan. 20, 1884. 
 
 1884 Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $2,002 85 
 
 Received for dnes ... 1,278 76 
 
 books and blanks 53 09 
 
 " badges 154 80 
 
 " sundries 51 03 
 
 Total receipts $3,540 53 
 
 expenditures. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies .... $88 35 
 
 " " " dues ..... 166 37 
 
 " rent and care of office 40 33 
 
 " salaries 108 33 
 
 " printing, books and blanks . .... 134 40 
 
 " sundries, postage, postal cards, express, clerk 
 
 hire, office expenses 'JO 39 
 
 " Department Commander, travelling- expenses 26 74 
 
 " " Inspector 50 00 
 
 Total expenditures .^704 91 
 
 Balance to new account $2,835 62 
 
 Assets, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 Cash on hand ^2 835 62 
 
 Value of supplies on hand '345 24 
 
 Due from Posts for supplies 16 90 
 
 Office furniture 400 00 
 
 Colors ; ; ; 30 oo 
 
 Total assets $3,627 76 
 
 and no liabilities. 
 
 The Department has reason for congratulation on its pres- 
 ent excellent financial standing. I am greatly indebted, and 
 make, in consequence, my acknowledgments, to Comrade A. C. 
 Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, for having performed most 
 of the duties of the office. 
 
 With my warmest thanks to the Commander and ofticers of 
 the Staff for continued favors and kindness, 
 
 I am yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 THOMAS E. BARKER, 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . 
 
282 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Dec. 31, 1884, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : In accordance with Rules and Regulations, I have 
 the honor to submit the following as my report for the past 
 year : — 
 
 Nineteen posts have been organized during my term of 
 office, located as follows: 163, South Framiugham; 164, Con- 
 way; 165, Duxbury ; 166, East Hampton; 167, Whitinsville ; 
 168, Sonthbridge; 169, Norwood; 170, Mansfield ; 171, North- 
 field ; 172, Bolton; 173, Sturbridge ; 174, Greenfield ; 175, Lan- 
 caster; 176, Huntington; 55, Provincetown ; 177, Lee; 178, 
 Otis; 179, Barre; 180, Concord. 
 
 I have personally organized all of these Posts, travelling in 
 the performance of this duty over three thousand miles. There 
 have been two inspections of the Department during the year, at 
 each of which every Post was inspected. 
 
 The spring inspection was by order of the Commander-in 
 Chief. One copy of the report thereof was forwarded to the 
 Inspector-General ; the duplicate is on file at this office. The 
 fall inspection was ordered by the Department Commander, and 
 I respectfully forward herewith the report therefor. 
 
 Notwithstanding the increased number of Aides, there have 
 not been enough Assistant Inspectors to perform the duty within 
 the given time, either at the spring or fall inspections, and I 
 would respectfully recommend that hereafter there be a sufficient 
 number appointed, so that no one need have more than three 
 Posts to inspect. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing . . . 16,206 
 
 " remaining suspended 863 
 
 " dropped during the year .... 366 
 
 Posts in which the ritual is committed to memory . 114 
 
 " in which the ritual is properly performed . . 112 
 
 " in which the officers wear proper rank badges 149 
 
 " in which the guards are armed and equipped . 143 
 
 " in which a badge is presented to recruits . . 117 
 
 " in which the officers are regular in attendance 163 
 
 •' in which the records are properly kept . . 169 
 
 '' in which all i-eports and dues have been forwarded 175 
 
 '' in which the (Quartermaster's bond is filed . 1 64 
 
 " in which weekly benefits are paid .... 32 
 
 " in which the members are uniformed ... 140 
 
NINKTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 283 
 
 Number Posts in wliicli the uniform consists of hat or cap, 
 
 blouse and pants 
 
 " "in which the uniform consists of hat or cap 
 
 and blouse 
 
 in which the uniform consists of hat or cap, 
 reported in excellent condition . . . . 
 
 reported in good condition 
 
 reported in fair condition 
 
 reported in poor condition . 
 Amount of money in Post Poinds .... 
 
 " money in Relief Funds .... 
 
 " other funds in property held by Posts 
 
 '' expended in charity during the year 
 
 Number of comrades relieved 
 
 " persons not comrades relieved 
 
 The average attendance at Post meetings is 
 
 20 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 . . 53 
 
 . . 83 
 
 . . 24 
 
 15 
 
 $36,845 13 
 
 120,569 43 
 
 90,009 94 
 
 35,793 51 
 
 1,234 
 
 927 
 
 -"10 10 
 
284 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman, 
 
 Dalilgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U.S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Rusi-ell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick.. . 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner — 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker — 
 Ma.i. E. F. Fletcher. 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. H. R. Sprague.. . 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . 
 
 Chas. Uevens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogera 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan... 
 Theodore Winthrop 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry ... . 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols.. 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 Geo. S. Boutwell 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Cai>t. r. S. Hastings 
 
 I. J). Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Revnolds 
 
 Maj. J. A. Pratt 
 
 Franklin 
 
 
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 285 
 
 Massachusetts G.A.R., for Year Ending Dec 31, 1884. 
 
 
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 Name of Post. 
 
 
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 Paul Revere 
 
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 Francis Washburn 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
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 Joe Johnson 
 
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NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
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288 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Timothy Ingraham. . . 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George K. Sayles 
 
 T. h. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. 
 William H. Freeman. 
 
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 George H. Thomas 
 
 Cliarles Chipman 
 
 George H. JNlaintien.. 
 
 Robert A.Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 Willard C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith... 
 Frank D. Hammond.. 
 
 Burnside 
 
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 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
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 Maj. G. L. Stearns 
 
 Armstrong : 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. H.P. Sargent 
 
 Oilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbridge D. Piper 
 
 E. S. Dresser 
 
 John A. Hayes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton. . . 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taft 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown 
 
 George K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Johnson. . , 
 
 G. K." Warren , 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
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 I heartily congratulate the members of this Department on 
 the increased accuracy with which the work of the Order is per- 
 formed by the Posts, and on the greater interest manifested by 
 the officers and comrades in bringing their Posts up to the high 
 standard of discipline so long maintained by this Department. 
 
 I wish to thank all the comrades who have acted as Assistant 
 Inspectors for the prompt, faithful, efficient and intelligent 
 manner in which they have performed their duties. 
 
 I wish also to tender my cordial thanks to Aides-de-Camp 
 B. Read Wales and W. L. Gage for assistance rendered on 
 several occasions at the formation of new Posts. 
 
 To my fellow-members of the official Staff I would say that 
 their fraternity and good-fellowship have rendered the past year 
 one of the pleasantest in a somewhat long connection with the 
 Grand Army, and have in many ways lightened the sometimes 
 perplexing duties of my office. 
 
 I have the honor to remain, 
 
 Yours fraternally, 
 
 S. A. GUSHING, Jr. 
 
 Inspector. 
 
 REPORT OF CHIEF MUSTERING OFFICER. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Comrade : In compliance with the Rules and Regulations, I 
 have the honor to respectfully report, that during the past year I 
 have assisted at the organization of eight Posts, have attended 
 four meetings of the Council of Administration, and have offici- 
 ated at the installation ceremonies of Post 165 of Duxbury. 
 The applications for installing officers have been filled, and com- 
 rades so designated have creditably performed the duties assigned 
 them. 
 
 In closing this brief report, I beg leave to assure the many 
 comrades whose acquaintance I have formed, and whose kind 
 hospitality I have so much enjoyed, that no greater pleasure can 
 befall me than to have the opportunity to reciprocate those many 
 favors ; and also to express my heartfelt thanks to the Depart- 
 ment Commander and his Staff, for the courtesies extended in 
 the performance of my duties. 
 
 Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, 
 
 GEORGE 11. BONNEY, Jr 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 291 
 
 KEPORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 24, 1885. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Ad j atant- General . 
 
 Comrade : I herewith submit my report for the past ^^ear. 
 I have given eight opinions upon various questions arising upon 
 appeal or other matters submitted to me by order of the Depart- 
 ment Commander. I have been detailed and acted as Judge 
 Advocate in one Department court-martial, which resulted in a 
 verdict of acquittal upon all the charges preferred against the 
 comrade accused. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 JOHN H. HARDY, 
 
 Judge Advocate. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 Commandei' and Comrades : The Council of Administration, 
 in presenting their report to this Convention, feel that the full 
 and elaborate reports from the several Departments already 
 received leave little for them to add to which your attention has 
 not already been called. 
 
 We have held four regular meetings and one special meet- 
 ing, all of which have been very fully attended, showing a grati- 
 fying interest in the work of the Department by its elective 
 offlcers. 
 
 At the meeting of February 16, the action of the Commander 
 in sending S25 to the Department of Kentucky in aid of the 
 sufferers by the floods was approved. 
 
 At the meeting of July 12, the Council voted, on recom- 
 mendation of the Department Commander, to revoke the charter 
 of I. D. Paull Post No. 55 of Taunton. 
 
 October 25, the Council approved the action of the Com- 
 mander at the National Encampment, in subscribing for this 
 Department the sum of $100 to the fund raised for Comrade 
 Johnson of Dakota, who lost his leg by a railroad accident. 
 
 At the special meeting held December 20, arrangements 
 were made for the convening of this Encampment. 
 
 The large increase in the luimber of Posts, with the general 
 desire to receive an official visit from the Commander during his 
 term of office, makes so loud a call on that otlicer's time and 
 purse as to practically place the ofliee out of the reach of many 
 able and worthy comrades. To lighten the duties in a measure, 
 
292 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 your Council would recommend that the sum of $300 be appro- 
 priated by this Encampment, the same as last year, to be used in 
 paying the travelling fares of the Commander while on official 
 visits, and of the Senior and Junior Vice-Commanders when 
 acting for him on official business, such payments to be approved 
 by the Elective Council ; also that the travelling fares of the 
 Commander and the Assistant Adjutant-General to the National 
 ICncampment be paid by the Department. 
 
 The rapid growth of this Department shows most conspicu- 
 ously in the financial statement of the Assistant (Quartermaster- 
 General, and there seems to be no good reason now apparent 
 why this most gratifying increase of receipts over expenditures 
 should not continue for several years to come, when the receipts 
 must begin to diminish, and so continue until the balances appear 
 on the wrong side of the ledger. It would seem to be the part 
 of prudence and wisdom to provide while we can for that future 
 sure to come, and thus insure the continuance (without embar- 
 rassment) of the Assistant Adjutant-General's ofKce until the last 
 Post has sent in its charter, and the records of this great organiza- 
 tion shall be completed. The Encampment of 1884 created a 
 reserve fund of one thousand dollars. We would recommend 
 that this fund be increased by the addition of one thousand dol- 
 lars from the funds now in the hands of the Assistant Quarter- 
 master-General. 
 
 Your Council would suggest that some definite financial 
 policy be adopted by the Department, and recommend the 
 appointment of a committee to consider the matter fully, and 
 report, as soon as practicable, some plan to the Council of 
 Administration for their adoption. 
 
 We have, through a committee appointed for the purpose, 
 carefully examined the books and accounts of the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General and the Assistant Quartermaster-General, 
 together with the bills, vouchers, funds, and supplies on hand, 
 and can vouch for the correctness of their reports now in your 
 hands. 
 
 In closing, your Council desire to express their appreciation 
 of the faithful, earnest and efficient service rendered by our 
 retiring Commander in his efforts to maintain and improve the 
 high standard of excellence already attained by this Department; 
 also to thank his efficient Assistant Adjutant-General for the 
 courteous treatment and ready assistance received from him dur- 
 ing our term of office. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 W. W. SCOTT, 
 
 J. GUSHING THOMAS, 
 
 JOHN Mcdonough, 
 
 EDWARD McKAY, 
 CHAS. H. TRACY, 
 
 Council of Adininistration . 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 293 
 
 REPORT OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Afljutuht- General. 
 
 Comrade: The abolition of Form F, and the duties of 
 inspecting Posts being now confined to the Aides-de Camp, make 
 the position of Medical Director simply an honorary one. It is 
 a position complimentary to the Medical Department of the 
 Army, and as such I am proud to have represented that corps of 
 surgeons sent out by Massachusetts in the days of the Rebellion, 
 to treat the sick and care for her wounded soldiers. 
 
 I had the pleasure of accompanying the Department Com- 
 mander, John D. Billings, and the Massachusetts delegates to the 
 National Encampment, held at Minneapolis, but the exemplar}' 
 and regular habits of the party gave the Medical Director no 
 opportunity to exercise his medical skill. That the Medical 
 Department of the G.A.R. may be better utilized, I would most 
 respectfully recommend that ex-army surgeons, wherever possible, 
 be chosen Post Surgeons, and that the Medical Director of the 
 Department shall be e.i- officio President of a Grand Arm}' Medi- 
 cal Organization, composed of the Post Surgeons of the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts ; that the object of this organization shall 
 be lo get at the medical and surgical history of our Massachu- 
 setts regiments and our Massachusetts soldiers, and by papers 
 and discussions bring out the experiences of her army surgeons. 
 
 Such an organization should meet annually, the same week 
 as the Department Encampment; the president to make arrange- 
 ments for place and time of meeting, for papers and discussions, 
 and such literary work as would best advance the objects of the 
 organization. 
 
 Believing that here is an important field to cover, and that 
 the ex-army surgeons of Massachusetts are ready to contribute 
 their experiences as medical otticers of the war for the benefit of 
 future generations, 
 
 1 have the honor to remain yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 JAMES OLIVER, Jr. 
 
 Medical Director. 
 
294 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 Commander and Covirades : At the close of this official year 
 I greet you in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty, giving thanks, as 
 is first becoming and due, to the great and good Father, who 
 has preserved us and brought us again together in annual session. 
 
 I have no vital statistics to lay before you, although it is 
 quite certain that births, marriages and deaths have not been 
 infrequent among us, but no detailed returns have been presented 
 to me, and no general knowledge on the subject is at my com- 
 mand. 
 
 Among those who have served you in the past, and have now 
 joined the "silent majority," we must name Past Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General Comrade Solomon Hovey, Jr., whose military service 
 during the Rebellion was in the Twenty-first Regiment Massa- 
 chusetts Volunteer Infantry, where he attained the rank of lieu- 
 tenant-colonel. His military record was honorable, his loyalty 
 and devotion to his country were assured by his long and patriotic 
 service in the field, and his true comradeship in the Grand Army 
 of the Republic is too well known and too recent to need any 
 words of mine to recall. He passed from earth early this winter. 
 
 The past year, as the preceding reports show in full detail, 
 has been a remarkably prosperous one in the enlistment of recruits, 
 the strengthening and encouragement of long existing Posts, and 
 the organization of new Posts. Although we have, during this 
 time, passed through a political campaign haviug in it some 
 extraordinary features of excitement, every comrade it is believed 
 has had his partisan preferences respected, and we have been able 
 to demonstrate that, while the Grand Army of the Republic is in 
 the best sense a political organization, pledged to uncompromising 
 loyalty to the Union, it is in no sense partisan, nor can it be used 
 for partisan purposes. Camp-fires, the exchange of visits among 
 Posts, dedications of Post halls, and other occasions which have 
 brought comrades together in fraternal counsel and cheer, have been 
 frequent, enjoyable, and productive of great good. They have 
 kept the memories of the past from becoming dimmed, have been 
 the means of attracting many honorably discharged veterans into 
 our ranks, and have made our future outlook more pleasant and 
 hopeful. 
 
 Memorial Day, with its touching appeals to the soldier's 
 heart, bringing back, moie than all the other days in the year, the 
 realities of life in the field, — simple in its ceremonies, but touch- 
 ing the tenderest chords of our being, — grows in the affectionate 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 295 
 
 appreciation of the citizens at large. We may well be grateful to 
 the Commonwealth that it has been recognized as a day when busi- 
 ness and labor should be suspended ; but we should not forget 
 that this very recognition of its significance exposes it to abuses, 
 against which every comrade and every Post should sternly set its 
 face. While it is not a day for gloom nor for hopeless sorrow, 
 but rather for thankfulness that, through the sacrifices made by 
 those whose " low green tents" we visit with floral offerings, our 
 nationality has been made forever secure, and for the Christian 
 hope of immortality, giving us assurance that consciousness of 
 what has been accomplished is also theirs, its hours are unworthily 
 used and sadly desecrated when employed in mere holiday sport, 
 and especially is its beautiful significance forgotten when the sol- 
 dier makes it a day of dissipation. Intemperance, which is brutal 
 at all times, is doubly damning in its disgrace when it occurs on 
 the day that belongs to our dead. 
 
 Our Soldiers' Home continues to be well managed, and its 
 occupants are contented, and as happy as their physical condition 
 will allow, there not being an able-bodied man among them, but 
 all affected with more or less painful disabilities. Their appre- 
 ciation of what is done for them is heartfelt, their confidence in 
 and respect for the superintendent are unbounded, and their love 
 for his excellent wife is enthusiastic. It has been my privilege to 
 visit them several times, and I know of no institution that is bet- 
 ter managed, whose beneficent results are more apparent, and 
 whose claims should meet with a more prompt and hearty response. 
 Thanks to the sisters of the Relief Corps, the Home is constantly 
 receiving embellishments, and the wants of the men are looked 
 after as only mothers, wives and daughters can oversee and relieve. 
 These good sisters are in earnest in assisting the trustees in the 
 proposed fair for the benefit of the Home, and you will not, I feel 
 sure, fail in doing your part to make it a success. 
 
 Our National Encampment, through its Committee on Pen- 
 sions, is seeking such amendments of existing pension laws as 
 shall increase tlie pensions of widows, minor children, and the 
 total or partially maimed soldier; shall create pensions for the 
 dependent ])arents of the soldier who left no widow or minor chil- 
 dren, for disabled and dependent soldiers who have reached sixty- 
 five years of age, without requiring proof of origin of disability, 
 and for all disabled ex-prisoners of war, without requiring proof 
 that disability is the result of imprisonment; and shall provide an 
 equitable equalization of bounties. That committee report that, 
 "There are now pending over two hundred and fifty thousand 
 pension applicants, of the eyeless, legless, armless and sick, and 
 of the widows and orphans of comrades deceased. It is estimated 
 that four-fifths of this list are delayed and their present adjudica- 
 tion prevented from the lack of testimony which the lapse of 
 
296 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 twenty years, and the death of witnesses since the war, render 
 unattainable." In view of these facts, my comrades, it seems to 
 me that it is just and equitable, wise and charitable, that we throw 
 all the weight of our associated and personal influence in obtain- 
 ing the results which this committee are seeking, and that we 
 refrain from participation in or sympath}' with any movement which 
 would hinder or embarrass this. In a recent order the Com- 
 mander-in-Chief calls attention to the '' Mexican Pension Bill, 
 with amendments," now pending in Congress, as covering many 
 of the recommendations just enumerated, and urges immediate 
 petitioning for its passage by the House of Representatives. Let 
 us respond promptly and heartily. 
 
 In the absence of any prescribed topics to be brought for- 
 ward by the Department Chaplain in his annual report, I have 
 reckoned on your indulgence in presenting the foregoing. In 
 conclusion, I call your attention to a fact which we cannot too 
 deeply ponder, as the remembrance of it will be a spur and incite- 
 ment to the use of opportunity and the discharge of obligation. I 
 allude to the fact that there is necessarily a limit to the numerical 
 strength of our organization and also to its existence. Unlike all 
 other associations which are worthy of enlisting our energies for 
 their growth and efficiency, the Grand Army of the Republic 
 cannot be made perpetual. It will terminate its existence as mor- 
 tality consigns the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of 
 the war for the preservation of the Union to the common lot of 
 man. We can have no successors. Every year diminishes the 
 possible number of recruits to our ranks, as it hastens the coming 
 of our own impotence. Today, therefore, while it is called 
 today, let us lengthen and strengthen our lines, closer clasp the 
 bonds that unite us, renew our vows of duty, discharge our obli- 
 gations, and, so -caring for those who were dear to our departed 
 comrades, receive to ourselves and be enriched by that which is 
 greater than all else attainable by mortals, — the consciousness 
 of the approval and blessing of Almighty God. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L , 
 
 RICHARD EDDY, 
 Department Chajylain. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68, it w^as voted 
 to appoint a committee of five to whom may be referred the 
 address of the Department Commander and other officers, for 
 such action as will be necessary. The Commander appointed 
 Comrades Charles B. Fox of Post 68; C. W. C. Rhoades of 
 Post 26 ; J. W. Walker of Post 30 ; John L. Knight of Post 16, 
 and H. S. Buuton of Post 121. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 297 
 
 Moved and voted that a committee of five be appointed to 
 receive communications from Posts and comrades and report 
 thereon. 
 
 The Commander appointed Comrades J. P. Maxfield of Post 
 42; Charles F. King of Post 139; Ivory R. Allen of Post 35 ; 
 Arthur Neilson of Post 2 ; and Darius Hadley of Post 15G. 
 
 Comrade E. B. Loring of Post 15 at this point arose and 
 addressed the Commander as follows : — 
 
 At a meeting of the delegates of this Convention in favor of 
 the Eight-Dollar Pension Bill, I was requested to present to this 
 Convention the following motion : — 
 
 Moved, That this Department is in favor of the passage of the 
 Lovering Bill, H.R., No. 6463, and that our delegates to the next 
 National Encampment be instructed to so vote and act as to put the 
 Grand Army of the Republic on record in favor of that bill. 
 
 A moment ago I was spoken to by Comrade O'Donuell of 
 Post 2, who asked me to give way to him for a moment, in order 
 that he might introduce a motion looking to the free discussion of 
 this subject. I think he is opposed to me on this question, but 
 I hope his motion will prevail. 
 
 Comrade J. H. O'Donuell of Post 2 : Commander, I under- 
 stand the motion introduced by Comrade Loring to be this : that 
 the election of delegates to the National Encampment will depend 
 greatly upon the action taken here tonight. I an:, I need not 
 say here, utterly and wholly opposed to the so-called Lovering 
 bill. I do not believe in it in part or in w'hole ; but I do desire 
 and hope that the fullest and freest possible discussion will be 
 given to it tonight, that the Commander will not entertain a motion 
 for the previous question, or any motion that tends in any way 
 to shut off debate, so long as any two comrades desire to debate it. 
 
 Comrade Loring then in a very able manner presented his 
 question, and was listened to with marked attention and fre- 
 quently applauded. 
 
 At this point, on motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 
 68, it was voted that when the Encampment adjourn it be to 
 meet at nine o'clock a.m., in Tremont Temple, Jan. SO, 1885. 
 
 THE RECEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS FROM POSTS AND COMRADES. 
 
 Comrade Thomas Langlan of Post 15 : I have a communi- 
 cation which I desire to present and have referred to the proper 
 committee, asking the Department to petition the Legislature for 
 
298 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 a law giving cities and towns the right to lease halls to Posts of 
 the G.A.R. in their vicinity; as they cannot rto it as the law now 
 stands. 
 
 Comrade J. L. Knight of Post 1(5 offered the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 Besolvp.d^ That it is the voice of this Encampment that the head- 
 quarters of this Department be retained in the city of Boston 
 
 Comrade Augustus H. Wright of Post 73 : I desire to ask the 
 committee to whom communications are referred, to take in 
 charge the communications from Post 73, submitted to the last 
 Encampment. 
 
 The discussion upon the pension bill was then resumed ; 
 Past Department Commander Austin S. Cushman of Post 1 
 speaking in opposition. 
 
 Past Commander-in-Chief Geo. S. Merrill of Post 31) moved 
 that when the discussion of this evening shall have been con- 
 cluded, it shall be resumed at the morning session at ten o'clock, 
 and that the vote be taken at eleven o'clock. After some debate 
 the latter part of the motion in regard to the time of taking the 
 vote was lost, and the former part of the motion was adopted. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfieid of Post 42 moved that the dis- 
 cussion be limited to ten miuutes for each speaker. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 The discussion of the main question was again resumed. 
 Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill of Post 39 and Past 
 Department Commander J. G. B. Adams speaking against the 
 bill, and Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch of Post 
 142 in its favor. 
 
 At this point, a few moments before midnight, Comrade 
 Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 moved that the Convention 
 adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. 
 
 Before this motion was acted upon Department Junior Vice- 
 Commander R. F. Tobin moved that a committee of five be 
 appointed to report a list for Council of Administration. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 The Commander appointed the following committee : — 
 
 Geo. H. Innis of Post 2; H. M. Fisher of Post 22; W. L. 
 Robinson of Post 10; E. W. Lathrop of Post 16; P. D. Smith 
 of Post 99. 
 
 Adjourned at 12.15. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 299 
 
 MORNING SESSION. 
 
 Tremont Temple, Jan. 30, 1885. 
 
 The Encampment was culled to order at 9.10 a.m. bv 
 Department Commander John D. Billings. 
 
 Comrade C. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that a committee of 
 seven be appointed by the Conmiander to retire and nominate a 
 list of delegates and alternates to the National Encampment, 
 and that the committee report on printed slips, giving the names 
 of the delegates and alternates and the Posts to which they belong. 
 
 Comrade Whitney of Post 68 seconded the motion. 
 
 Comrade Stiles of Post .") : I am in favor of the motion as 
 made by Comrade Fox, but desire to have it understood that the 
 list as presented by that committee is not the official list of this 
 Encampment, and shall not work to the prejudice of any list 
 presented by any other comrade. 
 
 Commander Billings: Every comrade who has a seat on 
 this floor has a right to present a list of delegates, if he chooses. 
 
 The motion was then adopted. 
 
 Commander Billings appointed the following comrades as 
 the committee : — 
 
 A. S. Buswell of Post 7; Oliver H. Downing of Post 15; 
 George D. Stiles of Post 5 ; John H. O'Donnell of Post 2 ; E. S. 
 Horton of Post U5 ; William C. Pomeroy of Post 8G ; Louis 
 Stone of Post 64. 
 
 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COMMANDEr's ADDRESS. 
 
 Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 6S submitted a report for 
 above committee, and to save time moved that the report be 
 acted upon, section by section. 
 
 The motion was adopted. 
 
 First. That the recommendation that a committee of five 
 be appointed by this Coaveutiou, to collate and publish the 
 history of this Department prior to the term of Commander 
 Hawes, be approved and the Convention provide for such com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Second. That the linaneial policy of the Department should 
 not be determined by the Council of Administration, but the 
 Council be instructed to report a plan for the consideration of 
 the next Department Convention. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
300 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Third. That three hundred dollars be appropriated for the 
 actual travelling expenses of the Department Commander, on 
 official duties, or the Senior or Junior Vice-Commander when 
 acting in his place ; and that the expenses of the Department 
 Commander and Assistant Adjutant-General to the National 
 Encampment be paid by the Department as recommended. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fourth. That the National Encampment be requested to 
 authorize the public installation of Post officers at special meet- 
 ings called for that purpose. 
 
 Fifth. That the committee indorse that portion of the Com- 
 mander's address relative to the uniforming of Posts. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Sixth. That in the judgment of this Convention, it is inex- 
 pedient, if not illegal, to hold regular meetings of Posts upon 
 Sunday. 
 
 Quite a discussion followed, which was participated in by 
 Comrades Leutz of Post 21 ; Lee of Post 12 ; Department Chap- 
 lain Richard Eddy of Post 4 ; and Comrade Baker of Post 16. 
 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander Tobin moved as an 
 amendment that the recommendation be referred to the delegates 
 to the National P^ncampment to secure such a decision of the 
 Encampment as shall determine the legality or illegality of hold- 
 ing meetings on the Sabbath. 
 
 A motion was made and adopted that the amendment be 
 laid on the table. 
 
 Commodore Fox of Post 68 moved to take from the table so 
 much of the report of the committee as referred to holding of 
 Post meetings on Sunday. 
 
 Carried. 
 
 The recommendation of the committee was then adopted. 
 
 Seventh. That Posts be recommended to provide for the 
 actual expenses of their Delegates to Department Conventions. 
 Comrade Parsons of Post 86 moved that it be laid upon the table. 
 
 Lost, and the recommendation of the committee was adopted. 
 
 Eighth. That the committee approve that portion of the 
 Commander's address relative to the circulation of petitions by 
 individual Posts. 
 
 After considerable debate, the recommendation of the com- 
 mittee was rejected. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 301 
 
 NintJi. That the question of lotteries at fairs of G.A.K. 
 Posts being a purely judicial question, it is inexpedient for this 
 Department at the present time to take action thereon. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Tenth. That two hundred dollars be appropriated for clerk 
 hire for the Assistant Adjutant-General as recommended. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Eleventh. That the Convention approve the sentiment 
 expressed in the Commander's address relative to the action of 
 the G.A.R. in this Department at the recent National election. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Twelfth. That no recommendation is recjuired from your 
 committee on that portion of the Commander's address relating 
 to pensions, it being well understood that the subject will be con- 
 sidered by this Convention. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Thirteenth. That we recommend the suggestion of the 
 Medical Director be referred to the consideration of the Council 
 of Administration. 
 
 Adopted. CHAS. B. ¥0X. 
 
 ^ C. W. C. KHOADES, 
 
 J. W. WALKER. 
 JOHN S. KNIGHT, 
 HENRY S. BUNTON. 
 
 Committee. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General read the following despatch 
 
 from Nebraska : — 
 
 Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 29, 1885. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General , 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.B., 
 Boston. 
 The Department of Nebraska in Annual Encampment assembled 
 
 send greetings to the comrades of Massachusetts. 
 
 E. H. PALMER, 
 Department Commander. 
 
 The hour having arrived for the further consideration of the 
 eight dollars per month pension bill, the subject was debated by 
 the following comrades. 
 
 Thomas Langlan of Post 15; Geo. A. Ordway of Post 88; 
 Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5 ; Oliver H. Downing of Post 15,— 
 speaking in favor of the bill. And John Reed of Post 56 ; 
 Milton Townsend of Post 39 ; Department Chaplain P^ddy of 
 Post 4 ; Charles B. Fox of Post 68 ; Thomas W. Higginson of 
 Post 56, — speaking against the bill. 
 
302 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 554 
 
 Number present 478 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers 10 
 
 Past Department Commanders 5 
 
 Post Commanders 146 
 
 Delegates 317 
 
 Total 478 
 
 Comrade J. W. Hill of Post 12 moved that the discussion 
 close at 12 m. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade E. B. Loring of Post 15, according to the rules of 
 debate, claimed the privilege of closing the discussion on this 
 question, which was granted. 
 
 The time having arrived for taking the vote. Comrade Chas. 
 B. Fox of Post 68 moved that the vote upon the resolution be 
 taken by sections rising, with two tellers from opposite sides to 
 return the vote. 
 
 Comrade Downing of Post 15 moved that the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General call the rolls of the Posts and the Post vote. 
 
 Comrade Fairbanks called attention to the rules of order 
 governing the Encampment, which allow any three delegates from 
 different Posts to demand the calling of the roll. 
 
 Three delegates asked for the roll-call, and it was ordered. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General Monroe then called the roll, 
 resulting in the rejection of the resolution by a vote of 213 yeas 
 to 254 nays, as follows : — 
 
 YEAS. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander J. W. Hersey. 
 Medical Director James Oliver, Jr. 
 Oomicil of Administration J. Gushing Thomas. 
 Past Department Commander George H. Patch. 
 
 Post 1. Fred A. Washburn, N. H. Greene, George P. Gifford. 
 
 Post 2. George H. Innis, Wm. F. Clarke. 
 
 Post 3. A. M. Clark, H. D. White, George E. Dean, G. T. Fisher. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 303 
 
 Post 5. 
 
 Post 7. 
 
 Post 8. 
 Post U. 
 Post 12. 
 
 Post 14. 
 Post 15. 
 
 Post 16. 
 Post 19. 
 
 Post 20. 
 
 Post 21. 
 
 Post 23. 
 
 Post 24. 
 
 Post 29. 
 
 Post 30. 
 
 Post 32. 
 Post 38. 
 Post 34. 
 Post 40, 
 Post 45. 
 Post 46. 
 Post 50. 
 Post 51. 
 Post 53. 
 Post f.7. 
 Post 59. 
 Post 60. 
 Post 63. 
 Post 66. 
 Post 68. 
 Post 71. 
 Post 72. 
 Post 74. 
 Post 75. 
 Post 78. 
 Post 79. 
 Post 81. 
 Post 82. 
 Post 84. 
 Post 85. 
 Post 86. 
 Post 87. 
 Post 88. 
 Post 89. 
 Post 92. 
 Post 95. 
 Post 97. 
 Post 100. 
 Post 103. 
 Post I05. 
 Post 106. 
 Post 108. 
 Post 110. 
 
 G. C. Neal, G. D. Stiles, J. McFarlane, J. L. Parker, H A 
 
 Sawyer, W. H. Brown, C. H. Waitt, A. A. Davis, C;has 
 
 Lloyd, A. S. Wright, H. F. Seger, C. L. Hill, C. H. Stratton, 
 
 W. J. Pike, L. O. Kirk, I. Buffington. 
 J. Wakefield, A. S. Buswell, E. B. Meeban, A. E. Perkins 
 
 G. B. Pratt, T. Churchill, D. Meehan. 
 A. P. Vaughn, C. A. Howes. 
 
 T. H. Haskell, J. W. Hill, I. W. Derby, Z. R. Knowles. 
 A. S. Atherton, O. Walton, R. F. Draper, W. N. Tyler, 
 
 J. W. Lee. 
 N. H. Houghton, T. N Drawbridge. 
 J. A. Keefe, E. B. Loring, Thomas Langlan, GeorgeW. Powers, 
 
 O. H. Downing, W. H. H. Andrews, G. B. Hutchinson. 
 E. F. Cross, C. R. Kaplinger. 
 A. March, J. R, Hamilton, R. Tucker, J. D. Littlehale, B. M. 
 
 Merchant. 
 D. W. Snow. 
 Theo. Leutz. 
 
 L. W. Clarke, J. C. Littlefield, S. M. Weale. 
 G. W. Hastings. 
 U. P. Ballard. 
 Samuel Hall, J. W. Walker, E. J. Dolan, P. A, Lindsey, 
 
 J. Kinnear. 
 W. J. Blake, W. S. Calif. 
 
 L. J. Hammond, A. P. Barrett, Thomas H. Hill. 
 Mark Heathcote, A. D. Burton, 
 S. Derby, T. Griffin. 
 
 C. H. Parsons, Sidney Gardner, A. C Andrews. 
 Henry Ogden. 
 
 G. F. Barnes, Frank E. Farnham, 
 J. S, Cooke, C. H. Deyo. 
 C. Kenney, J. ,J. Bailey. 
 
 C. O. Welch, J, F. Capelle, J. S. Kennev. 
 W. E. Burpee. 
 
 W, M. Comey. 
 
 D, E. George, F, P, Simonds, C, P. Currier, D. W. Ricker. 
 J. S. Beck. 
 
 L Moulton, Jr. 
 
 W. H. Abbott, J. J. Callannan, P. J. DonneJIv. 
 
 G. W. Pratt. 
 
 W. B Seavey. 
 
 S. L. ColJey, J. Best, C B, Carlin. 
 
 W, H. Gurney, J. E, Bates, A. C. Brigham, 
 
 O. Dalrymple, J. D. Follett, George H. Kearn. 
 
 B. H. Dow. 
 
 J, Bartlett, B. A. Phillips, J. B. Graves, Jr., J. W. Coffin. 
 
 C. Sanderson. 
 
 G, S. Marsh, F. P. Clark. 
 J, B. Parson. 
 H, A. Monk, 
 
 C. A. Follett, G. A. Ordway, W. P. Martin. 
 
 J. Hanners, J. H. Kendall, "H. B. Wallis, F. A. Wallis. 
 A. J. Wilson, B. F. Sanliorn. 
 P. H. Xourse, G. W. Gale. 
 
 A. W Morse, M. P. Walker, 
 J. S. Tapley, J. Minnehan. 
 
 B. F. Tucker. 
 
 D. C. Haviland, H. E. Taylor. 
 T, F. Parsons, W, G. Peckham. 
 
 E. P. Wildes. 
 
 N. H. Tirrell, G. Hollis. 
 
304 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 114. C. O. Roberls. 
 
 Post 116. Z. Sawtelle, J. Dodwell. 
 
 Post 118. P. Gardner, J. I. Adams. 
 
 Post 121. G. G. Bailey, Jr., W. C. Eustis, L. B. French. 
 
 Post 122. C. L. Tucker, F. I. Snell. 
 
 Post 123. S. N. Gould, Charles Grey. 
 
 Post 124. E. E. Edson, F. M. Kingman. 
 
 Post 126. G. H. Lewis. 
 
 Post 128. H. P. Boynton. 
 
 P6sT 129. L. Gibney, W. F. Byrne. 
 
 Post 130. G. R. Drake. 
 
 Post 1.S4. Benjamin Phoenix. 
 
 Post 1.3.5. H. M. Ross, C. J. Nourse. 
 
 Post 139. J. F. Davlin, C. F. King. 
 
 Post 140. W. H. Heustis, L. A. iSawin, W. E. Jaquith. 
 
 Post 141. George N. Munsell, C. H. Packard. 
 
 Post 142. J. W. Kirby, G. A. Reed. 
 
 Post 144. C. C. Nichols. 
 
 Post 145, E. S. Horton. 
 
 Post 146. G. T. Fisher. 
 
 Post 147. B. R. Franklin. 
 
 Post 149. D. W. Thompson, H. S. Flagg. 
 
 Post 150. Jason Mann, E L. Oolson. 
 
 Post 1.54. F. C. Hill, C E. Bailey. 
 
 Post 1"6. D. Hadley, R. H. Jenkins. 
 
 Post 158. H. C. Joyner. 
 
 Post 159. F. Shurtleff, C. H. Trash. 
 
 Post 160. E. Wilber, W. H. Perkins. 
 
 Post 161. C. H. Harding, M. T. Allen. 
 
 Post 162. E. E. Barnard, Thomas W. Burnham. 
 
 Post 163. D. P. Howard, E. L. Wheeler, 
 
 Post 164. C. C. Burdett, G. H. Johnson, 
 
 Post 166, J. A. Loomis. 
 
 Post 170. F. Drake, G. H. Chapin. 
 
 Post 176, E. D. Hutchinson, J. W. Knox, 
 Total, 213, 
 
 JSfA VS. 
 
 Department Commander John D. Billings. 
 
 Junior Vice-Commander fJichard F. Tobin. 
 
 Chaplain Rev. Richard Eddy. 
 
 Council of Ailministration W. W. Scott, John McDonough, 
 
 Edward McKay, Charles H. Tracy. 
 Assistant Adjutant-General A. C. Monroe. 
 • Assistant Quartermaster-General Thomas E. Barker. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer George H. Bonney. Jr. 
 Past Department Commanders A. S. Cushman, George S, 
 
 Merrill, J, G. B. Adams, George W. Creasey, George S. Evans. 
 
 F. C. Luce, C. T. Burgess. 
 
 Arthur Neilson, J. P. Bradley, J. H. O'Donnell. 
 
 E. C. Gould, J. E. Marshall. 
 
 D. F. Travis. Wm. Birch. 
 
 C. G. Brigham, S. O. Howe, "Wm. H. Trow. 
 
 W. L. Robinson, S. F. Babbitt. J. K Churchill, C. N. Walker, 
 T. S. Jenks, J. E. Bigelow, H. Fairbanks, Thomas O'Gara, 
 George A. Blunt, C. W. Putnam, J. B. Lamb, J. F. Meech. 
 
 George A. Grant, B. O. Caldwell, C. E. Tribou, S. J. Wade. 
 
 C. H. Allison, N. E. Abbott, F. L. Perry, E. W. Lathrop, 
 N. Smith, George Smith, John Baker, J. L. Knight. 
 
 A. L. Barrett, H, W. Kidder. 
 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 
 Post 10. 
 
 Post 13. 
 Post 16. 
 
 Post 17. 
 
MNETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMEM'. 
 
 305 
 
 Post 22. Joseph Hancock, Thomas Coyne, H. M. Fisher. 
 
 Post 25. E. J. Hill. 
 
 Post 26. J. E. Killian, C. W. C. Rhoades, William M. Olin, H. A. Wright. 
 
 Post 27. O. B. Chaffee, F. G. Hyde. 
 
 Post 28. J. E. Anderson, G. B. Johnson. 
 
 Post 29. W. D. Newiand, L. F. Bond. 
 
 Post 31. A. A. Seaverns, George W. Wilder. 
 
 Post 34. Samuel Worcester. 
 
 Post 35. I. R. Allen, G. W. Marsh, H. T. Holmes, J. C. Loud, F. O. 
 
 Barnes, J. T. Lakin, Geo. E. Hussty, H. Hinckley, D. O. 
 
 Brine. 
 
 Post 36. H D. Durgin. 
 
 Post 37. H. Chase, C. N. Hancock, Henry Bemis. 
 
 Post oS, E. U. Goodell. 
 
 Post 39. J. J. Stanley, G. H. Flagg, J. L. Lamprey, D. F. Kiley, J E. 
 
 Shepard, D. Crockett, A. W. Belcher, A. E, Holt. 
 
 Post 40. J. P. Litch. 
 
 Post 4L E. R. Lay, T. Mann, L. B. Walkley, C. C Westover. 
 
 Post 42. F. B. Peabody, M. N. Peabody, G. H. Richardson, C. H. Rich- 
 ardson. E. W. Thompson, H. W. Allen, J. P. Maxfield. 
 
 Post 43. J. R. McCrillis, W. S. Frost, E. C. Marsh, J. W. Barnes. 
 
 Post 44. A. P. Greenough, S. F. Draper. 
 
 Post 46. J. H. Abbott, J. M. Deane, J. Corcoran, J. E. Fonlds, F. Mc- 
 
 Graw. 
 
 Post 47. W. H. Johnson, J. Jackson, Thomas M. Arnold, J. M. Davis, 
 
 W. Goodrich. 
 
 Post 4S. Francis Lovejoy. 
 
 Post 49. J. A. Mills, Thomas E. Cutter, P. H. Creasey, Luther Carter, 
 
 L. G. Weston, C. J. Cutter. 
 
 Post .^3. T. A. Hills. 
 
 Post 54. J. L. Bruce, Fred Miller. 
 
 Post 55. George Allen. 
 
 Post 56. D. Jewett, T. W. Higginson, J. Reed. 
 
 Post 57. A. M. Lunt. 
 
 Post 58. B. S. Lovell, J. M. Whitcomb, C. W. Hastings, F. A. Bicknell. 
 
 Post 59. G. W. Rockwell. 
 
 Post 60. W. E. Nason. 
 
 Post 6L W. F. Sanford. R. L. Day. 
 
 Post 62. W. A. Wetherbee, J. T. Swett, D. A. Conant. 
 
 Post 64. William Lowrie, L. L. Stone, J. Stuart. 
 
 Post 6'). F. H. Moore. 
 
 Post 66. S. G. Jepson, G. L. Goodale. 
 
 Post 67. E. Sanley, R C. Allen. 
 
 Post 68. C. D. Stiles, C. B. Fox, E. F. Snow, H. E. Gieenwood, E. C. 
 
 Whitney. 
 
 Post 70. C. F. Brown. 
 
 Post 73. Aug. Wright, B. S. Atwood. , 
 
 Post 74. E. T. Harvell. 
 
 Post 76. B. A. Hathaway, J. O. Brown, J. Shannon. 
 
 Post 80. W. C. Penniman, F. W. Bullard, David Chase. 
 
 Post 81. C. W. Smith. 
 
 Post 83. Samuel Hollis. 
 
 Post m. W. C. Pomeroy, J. Keach, H. M. Abbott. 
 
 Po.ST 87. W. L. Gage. 
 
 Post ^0. Geo. W. Kenney, Jos. W. Haynes. 
 
 Post 91. Seth Talbot. 
 
 Post 93. E. F. Gil let. 
 
 Post 94. J. Lin field. 
 
 Post 96. Josiah Proctor, P. Sargent. 
 
 Post 98. C. A. Gross, D. B. Lincoln. 
 
 Post 99. G. W. Chandler, P. D. Smith. 
 
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306 
 
 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.H. 
 
 Post 101. N. E. Ladd. 
 
 Post 102. G. A. Fletcher, J. W. Bradlee. 
 
 Post 10 .. W. C. Tracy. 
 
 Post 104. C. H. Wakefield, W. S. Whiton. 
 
 Post 107. Chas. Upham, .J. H. Smith. 
 
 Post U 9. E. W. Stone. 
 
 Post 112. G. A. Ayling. 
 
 Post 113. Aug. Sanderson, Aug. N. Sampson, J. C. Cook. 
 
 Post 114. M. P. Brew. 
 
 Post 11.5. M. P. Palmer, Tiiomas Gilson. 
 
 Post 119 C. T. West, G. D. Harrington. 
 
 Post 120. W. W. Tuttle, J. Robbins, B. F. Freeman, H. M. Potter, H. J. 
 
 Davis. 
 
 Post 121. H. S. Bunton. 
 
 Post 12o. O. L. Wood, W. F. Harrington, W. H. Charaberlin. 
 
 Post 126. E. N. Jones. 
 
 Post 127. E. Pendleton. 
 
 Post 128. Nathaniel Shatswell. 
 
 Post 130. H. A. Walker. 
 
 Post 131. F. M. Lamb, Henry Bisco. 
 
 Post 132. P. T. Hrown. 
 
 Post 1.33. W. H. Wade, A. W. Burton. 
 
 Post 1.36. G. A. Brown. 
 
 Post 138. C. B. Sanders, C. W. Parker. 
 
 Post 143. W. E. Lons, W. Y. Gross. 
 
 Post 144. Henry W. Weeks, J. V. Abbott. 
 
 Post 14.5. G. L. Jillson, M. O. Wheaton. 
 
 Post 147. F. W. Sloan. 
 
 Post 148. E. B. Stillings. 
 
 Post 152. C. E. French, W. H. Burnham. 
 
 Post 1.53. Levi Bostwith, G. Q. A. Bryant. 
 
 Post 1.5.5. G. E. Fuller. 
 
 Post 157. J. 0. Madigan, N. W. Fisher. 
 
 Post 165. B. A. Sawyer, Lawrence Bradford. 
 
 Post 166. C. E. Ware. 
 
 Post 167. E. Noyes. 
 
 Post 168. Geo W. Corey. 
 
 Post 169. A. E. Pratt, Wm. Taylor. 
 
 Post 173. J. H. Harrison. 
 
 Post 174. A. Smedley. 
 
 Post 175. H. M. Nash, H. S. Nourse. 
 
 Post 177. D. M. Wilcox, J. H. Casev. 
 
 Post 179. P. H. Babbitt. 
 
 Total, 254. 
 
 . Comrade Downing of Post lo moved that the Convention 
 proceed to ballot for Department Commander for the ensuing- 
 year. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade J. H. O'Donnell of Post 2 moved that the first 
 ballot be informal. 
 
 Lost. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Downing of Post 15 it was voted to 
 allow each comrade five minutes to present the names of candi- 
 dates. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. b07 
 
 Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 moved a committee of 
 five be appointed to receive sort and count votes for Department 
 Commander. 
 
 Commander Billings appointed as the committee, Comrades 
 Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 ; John H. O'Donnell of Post 2 ; 
 Theo. Leutz of Post "21 ; Oliver H. Downing of Post 15 ; and 
 P. H. Babbitt of Post 179. 
 
 Comrade Myron P. Walker of Post 97 presented the name 
 of Senior Vice-Commander John W. Hersey of Post 16 for the 
 position of Department Commander. The nomination was 
 seconded by Comrades Flavel Shurtleff of Post ir)9; J. P. 
 Miixtield of Post 42 ; and J. B. Parsons of Post 86. 
 
 Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68 presented the name of 
 Charles O. Fellows of Post 35. The nomination was seconded 
 by Comrade Wm. Mink of Post 125; there being no other 
 nominations presented, the ballot for Departmen Commander 
 was taken, and the committee retired. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Maxfield of Post 42, for the committee on 
 communications from Posts, reported in favor of the adoption of 
 the resolution from Comrade Knight of Post 16, that the Depart- 
 ment Headquarters be retained in the city of Boston. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 That we recommend the adoption, by this Encampment, of 
 the resolution from John A. Andrew Post 15, requesting the 
 Department to petition the Legislature of this Commonwealth to 
 pass the legislation necessary to give cities and towns the right 
 to give or lease the whole or any part of their public buildings to 
 Posts of the G. A. R. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 In regard to the resolution presented by H. M. Fisher of 
 Post 22, that the comrades of this Depaitment be instructed to 
 draw up a petition in the name of the Department to be pre- 
 sented to the Legislature, that a law be enacted giving to 
 Grand Army Posts, or detachments thereof, and all other citizens 
 of the State, liberty to enter into any burial-place in this Com- 
 monwealth on " Memorial Day," so called, for the purpose of 
 decorating the graves of soldiers and sailors buried therein, your 
 committee report favorably and recommend its adoption. 
 
 After quite a long discussion, the resolution was rejected. 
 
308 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A R. 
 
 Comrjule Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66 reported as follows, 
 for committee on ballot for Department Commander: — 
 
 Whole number of votes 416 
 
 Necessary for choice 209 
 
 John W. Hersey had 315 
 
 Charles O. Fellows had 99 
 
 William H. Hart had 2 
 
 And Comrade Hersey was declared elected Department 
 Commander for the ensuing year. 
 
 Comrade Meehan of Post 7 moved that the Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General cast one vote for Comrade R. V. Tobin for Senior 
 Vice-Commander. Objection was made, and the Commander 
 directed the committee on votes for Department Commander to 
 receive, sort and count votes for Senior Vice-Commander. The 
 ballot was taken, and the committee retired. 
 
 Comrade Maxfield of Post 42 moved that the communication 
 of McPherson Post No. 73 of last year, be referred to the dele- 
 gates to the National Encampment. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade Goodale of Post (!6 reported for committee as 
 follows, on ballot for Senior Vice-Commander. 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 388 
 
 Necessary for choice 195 
 
 Richard F. Tobin had oHl 
 
 Thomas Langlan had 6 
 
 K. B. Loring had 1 
 
 Comrade Richard F. Tobin was declared elected. 
 
 Comrade Augustus H. Wright of Post 73 nominated Comrade 
 Charles D. Nash for Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 Comrade S. M. Weale of Post 23 nominated Conn-ade 
 W. W. Scott of Post 10. 
 
 Comrade W. S. Frost of Post 43 nominated Comrade 
 Edmund C. Whitney of Post 68. 
 
 No further nominations being made, (he ballot was taken, 
 and the committee retired. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 309 
 
 Comrade George H. Iiinis of Post 2 reported as follows for 
 the coinniiltee appointed to nominate five comrades to serve on the 
 Council of Administration : — 
 
 John McDonough Post 2, South l.oston 
 
 Edward McKay "22, Milford 
 
 Charles H. Tracy " 103, Chicopee 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer " 5, Lynn 
 
 Samuel Worcester "34, Salem 
 
 Comrade Patch of Post 142 moved that the chairman of the 
 committee deposit the list as presented, and the comrades named 
 be declared elected. 
 
 There being no objection, the list was deposited as directed, 
 and the above comrades declared elected. 
 
 The committee on ballot for Junior Vice-Commander 
 reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 404 
 
 Necessary for a choice ... 203 
 
 Charles D. Nash had 19'.) 
 
 W. W. Scott had 138 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 67 
 
 There being no choice, a second ballot was ordered ; Com- 
 rade Whitney thanked the comrades for their support, and with- 
 drew his name. 
 
 The second ballot was taken, and the committee retired. 
 
 Comrade Lowd presented a resolution from Post 34 in regard 
 to a change in the ritual, and asked to have it referred to the 
 delegates to the National Encampment. It was so referred. 
 
 The committee on ballot for Junior Vice-Commander 
 reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes cast 384 
 
 Necessary for a choice 193 
 
 Charles D. Nash had 250 
 
 W. W. Scott had 124 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 10 
 
 Comrade Nash was declared elected -lunior Vice-Commander. 
 
310 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Commander Billings appointed the following committee to 
 collate the history of the Department : — 
 
 James F. Meech of Post 10, Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, 
 Henry B. Peirce of Post 73, Freeman C. Luce of Post 1, Fred L. 
 Perry of Post 16. 
 
 Comrade Richardson of Post 42 moved that the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General cast one ballot for Comrade Walter H. Leighton 
 of Post 42 for Medical Director; objection was made, and the 
 Convention proceeded to ballot. 
 
 Comrade John W. Lee of Post 12 moved that the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General cast one ballot for Comrade Richard Eddy, 
 the present incumbent, for Department Chaplain. Comrade 
 Eddy declined to serve another year. Comrade John W. Hersey 
 of Post 16 moved that the Assistant Adjutant-General cast one 
 ballot for Comrade E. A. Perry of Post 107 for Department 
 Chaplain. There being no objection, the ballot was cast as 
 directed, and Comrade Perry was declared elected. 
 
 Comrade Parsons of Post «6 moved that the Convention 
 proceed to the election of delegates and alternates to the National 
 Encampment. Adopted, and Convention proceeded to ballot. 
 
 Comrade Eddy of Post 4 moved that the delegates and 
 alternates to be elected to the National Encampment be instructed 
 to vote only for such measures touching pensions as are already 
 referred to the Committee of the National Encampment. Quite a 
 discussion followed, and on motion of Comrade Hill of Post 1 1 . 
 the subject was indefinitely postponed. 
 
 Comrade Whitney of Post 68 reported for committeee on 
 ballot for Medical Director. 
 
 Whole number of votes cast ^. . . 171 
 
 Necessary for choice 86 
 
 Walter H. Leighton had 115 
 
 J. S. Emerson had 14 
 
 H. C. Hall had 6 
 
 Scattering 36 
 
 Comrade Walter H. Leighton of Post 42 was declared elected 
 Medical Director. 
 
 Past Department Commander Austin S. Cushman then 
 installed Comrade John W. Hersey, Department Commander, 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. Mil 
 
 and Comrades Horace A. Sawyer and Samuel Worcester, of the 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 Comrade C. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that the Council of 
 Administration be instructed to secure for the uext Animal Con- 
 vention a hall which can be properly heated. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Conii-ade Patch of Post 1 1 2 moved that the thanks of the 
 Convention be extended to the guard from Post 68, for the faith- 
 ful and eflicient manner in which the}' performed their duty. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Commander Billings tendered to them his personal thanks. 
 
 On motion it was unanimously voted to extend the thanks 
 of the Convention to Commander Billings for the able and 
 impartial manner in which he had presided over its delibera- 
 tions. 
 
 Commander Billings : I am very much obliged, 1 assure you, 
 my conn-ades, for your kind expressions. I must confess I 
 entered upon the delibei-ations of this Convention with some 
 trepidation, because I knew how easy it would be to make a mis- 
 take, or to appear to be prejudiced. I have endeavored to stand 
 between the two parties, and if my action has met your appro- 
 bation, 1 am amply satisfied. I lay down the responsibilities of 
 this oflice, at the end of a very busy but pleasant year, and 
 nothing will delight me more than to take my place on the floor 
 again and be one of the rank and file. 
 
 Commander .lohu W. Hersey announced to the Convention 
 that headquarters would be retained at No. 12 Pemberton Square, 
 Boston, and that he should appoint Comrade Alfred C. IMonroe, 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Comrade Whitney of Post 68 reported that it would take 
 some time to count the votes in order to give a detailed report 
 of delegates elected to the National P2ucampment. 
 
 Comrade Downing of Post lo moved that the eighteen com- 
 rades having a majority of the votes cast be reported to the Con- 
 vention, if the committee were prepared to do so. 
 
 Adopted . 
 
 Comrade Whitne}' reported the following list : — 
 
 DELEr;ATE-AT-LAR(;E. 
 
 Charles O. Fellows Post 3.), Chelsea 
 
312 
 
 HISTORY DEFT. OK MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 DELEGATES 
 
 George H. Innis 
 E. B. Loring 
 Dennis Meehan . 
 John H. Abbot . 
 Sidney C. Bancroft 
 George D. Stiles 
 John L. Otis 
 H M. Phillips . . . 
 P. Allen Lindsey 
 Geoi'ge A. Marden 
 George G. Bailey, Jr. 
 J. C. Sullivan 
 Benjamin M. Merchant 
 William L. Robinson . 
 William H. Chamberlin 
 William H. Johnson 
 Horace D. Durgin . 
 
 ALTERNATE- AT- 1 
 
 William W. Scott 
 
 Post 2, South Boston 
 
 " 15, Boston 
 " 7, Boston 
 
 46, Fall River 
 
 " 50, Peabody 
 " 5, Lynn 
 
 " 86, Northampton 
 
 " 16, Springfield 
 
 " 30, Cambridgeport 
 
 " 42, Lowell 
 
 " 121, Hyde Park 
 " 8, Middleboro 
 
 " 19, Fitchburg 
 
 " 10, Worcester 
 
 " 125, Pittsfield 
 
 " 47, Haverhill 
 
 " 36, Arlington 
 
 ARGE. 
 
 Post 10, Worcester 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 Joseph H. Dalton 
 James Burrows, Jr. 
 Austin Y. Sylvester 
 T. C. Lucas . . 
 J. W. Joyce . 
 Leach Clark 
 John W. Howland 
 J. J. Callanan 
 T. W. Higginson 
 H. M. Potter . . 
 Lysander Wood . 
 Alonzo H. Perry . 
 H. O. Sawyer. . 
 W. A. Sloan . 
 Peter Snyder . 
 Brainard Cummings 
 Thomas H. Hill . 
 
 Post 23, East Boston 
 " 11, Charlestown 
 " 62, Newton 
 " 3, Taunton 
 " 39, Lawrence 
 " 128, Ipswich 
 " 147, Amherst 
 " 71, Holyoke 
 " 56. Cambridge 
 " 120, Lowell 
 " 72, Stoughton 
 " 76, Plymouth 
 " 28, West Boylston 
 " 37, Spencer 
 " 79, North Adams 
 " 99, Andover 
 " 33, Woburn 
 
NINETKKNTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 313 
 
 Comrade Meech of Post 10 moved that the report of the 
 committee be accepted, and the comrades named in the list be 
 declared elected. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 There being no further business, the Nineteenth Encampment 
 of the Department of Massachusetts was declared dissolved. 
 
 A true cop}^ of the Droceedings. 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant ^ Idjntant -General. 
 
314 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 THE BANQUET. 
 
 Immediately after the adjournment of the Encampment the 
 delegates proceeded to Faneuil Hall, where a banquet had been 
 provided bj' Caterer McElroy. Every one of the more than five 
 hundred seats at the table was occupied, and many comrades went 
 into the galleries. 
 
 At the guest table on the platform sat Commander John D. 
 Billings, having on his right His Excellency, Governor George D. 
 Robinson ; John W. Hersey, Department Commander-elect ; 
 Richard Eddy, D.D., Department Chaplain; Samuel Dalton, 
 Adjutant-General of the State ; A. E. Pillsbury, President of the 
 Senate ; and at his left, Paul Van der Voort of Omaha, Past Com- 
 mander-in-Chief G.A.R. ; Corporal James Tanner of New York, 
 Past Department Commander of New York; J. Q. A. Brackett, 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives ; Richai'd F. Tobin, 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander-elect ; and other Department 
 and Past Department officers. 
 
 When every one had satisfied his appetite, after the unusually 
 prolonged fast of the day, cigars were lighted and the customary 
 post-prandial exercises began. Commander Billings commenced 
 by saying that the Convention had already heard so much from 
 him, that he should gladly avail himself of that fact and his some- 
 what hoarse and wearied condition, to do nothing more than pre- 
 sent the distiuguished guests, whom they would all be glad to hear 
 from, and that he would begin by calling upon a worthy successor 
 of that long line of chief magistrates who had made Massachusetts 
 illustrious, a warm friend of the soldier as well. Governor George 
 D. Robinson. 
 
 The Governor was received with much enthusiasm, every 
 comrade rising to his feet and cheering lustily. ' When the demon- 
 stration had subsided. His Excellency spoke in a most interesting 
 manner, mingling humor with patriotic utterances in a way to hold 
 the closest attention of his auditors. He alluded to the fact that 
 both the Commander of the Militia of the State and the Com- 
 mander of the Grand Army were from the same section, and 
 prophesied what they would do conjointly in any emergency. He 
 congratulated the Order upon its flourishing coudition, and gave 
 it his best wishes for the future. Later, he directed attention to 
 the necessity of each of the regimental and battery organizations 
 which were in the battle of Gettysburg, taking immediate action 
 in regard to erecting its memorial shaft or tablet on that famous 
 battle-field, as the limit of time, during which theJ appropriation 
 
NINETEEKTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMKNT. 315 
 
 made by the State for that purpose Avas available, would expire 
 ill a few months. 
 
 John W. Hersey, the Department Commander-elect, was next 
 presented and warmly received. He asked the hearty co-operaiiou 
 of every comrade present for the upbuildiiii> of the Order. He 
 said that while he could not expect to organize any new Posts 
 after the country had been skimmed so clean the past 3'ear, yet 
 that there were thousands of worthy veterans who ought to be 
 with us, giving us their assistance. He said that, having assumed 
 the burdens of the position so generously conferred, he would 
 pledge his earnest efforts to prove that the confidence of his com- 
 rades had not been misplaced. 
 
 By particular request of Assistant Adjutant-General Monroe, 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander Tobin was next introduced, 
 and after a few remarks of a general character, addressed himself 
 to Commander Billings ; then, taking a package at that moment 
 handed him, displa^'ed a heavy gold watch and chain and a plush- 
 covered album, which he presented, in behalf of the Department 
 officers, to the retiring Commander. Comrade Billings was 
 entirely taken by surprise, so quietly was the whole affair managed, 
 and responded feelingly, as best he could under the circumstances. 
 Inside the case is the following inscription : — 
 
 John D. Hillings, 
 CoMMANDEi; Dept Mass., G.A.K 
 
 EUOM the 
 D EPA HTM ENT OeI'IC EKS , 
 
 Jan. 30, 1885. 
 
 The album contains autograph cards of the donors, grouped 
 according to rank, as they are fonnd in the rosier of head- 
 quarters. 
 
 The Commander then called for three rousing cheers for 
 Governor Robinson, who was compelled to retire at this time, 
 which were given with a will ; after wdiich he introduced A. E. 
 Pillsbnry, Esq., President of the State Senate, who spoke in an 
 off-hand and entertaining manner, assuring the veterans that his 
 influence should be exerted for them at every opportunity. 
 
 Commander Billings then stated that his original intention 
 had been to have the prominent officials of the Woman's Relief 
 Corps present at the banquet, but that it had been thought advis- 
 able not to carry out this plan. He congratulated the comrades, 
 however, that they were " not left to monrn as those without hope," 
 as a most worthy member of that Order was present, who was 
 once known as a distinguished Commander-in-Chief of the Grand 
 Army, but whom he would now introduce as Sister Panl/ne Van 
 der Voort, Woman's Relief Corps, of Omaha. 
 
316 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.H. 
 
 Comrade Van der Voort was enthusiastically received, and 
 spoke eloquently for woman and her work. He then addressed 
 himself with his usual fervor to other themes. Referring to the 
 inspiration of the surroundings, he said that the people of his 
 State would give mines of wealth to have a Faueuil Hall or a 
 Bunker Hill in their midst. He was frequently applauded, and 
 when he sat down was greeted with a round of cheers. 
 
 J. Q. A. Brackett, Esq., the Speaker of the Massachusetts 
 House of Representatives, was called upon next, and like the 
 President of the Senate, pledged the House to enact such legisla- 
 tion for soldiers and the Soldiers' Home as they stood in need of. 
 
 The Commander then said the Encampment was honored b}' 
 the presence of a distinguished comrade from New York, a former 
 Department Commander of that State, that legless veteran. Cor- 
 poral James Tanner, whom he then presented. 
 
 Corporal Tanner was well received, but it was evident that 
 not all of the comrades knew what a treat they had in store. It 
 took him a little time to get warmed up, but when that time came 
 he stirred the hearts of the veterans as they were never stirred 
 on a like occasion before. Now he has them shouting themselves 
 hoarse, throwing hats in air, pounding the tables at some eloquent 
 and patriotic utterance which strikes a responsive chord ; and now, 
 in a minute's time, his tender pathos has so appealed to their hearts 
 that half of them are fumbling for a handkerchief to dry their eyes 
 with. Strong-hearted men weep in his presence who have not 
 shed tears before for years. Then by the magic of his impas- 
 sioned words, that well out aglow with fervor as they were from 
 his very heart's core while he consigns the arch traitor to the 
 hottest imaginable Hades, his auditors rush back again from the 
 depths of pathos into which he had so completely precipitated 
 them to a white heat of enthusiasm, which, it is believed, found 
 expression in a frenzy of approval such as Faneuil Hall has rarely 
 witnessed from an equal number of men. And when he tinall}' 
 closed, he was greeted with a tumult of applause that rocked the 
 Cradle of Liberty with a veiiemence which did that time-honored 
 institution great credit. 
 
 Comrade George H. Patch, Past Department Commander, 
 was called upon and made a few remarks, after which the com- 
 pany joined in singing " America," and then made a rush for the 
 platform to shake the hand of Corporal Tanner. 
 
 Thus concluded the Nineteenth Annual Encampment of the 
 Department of Massachusetts. Whereas it promised to be a 
 stormy gathering on account of the strong partisan feeling which 
 had been developed in relation to the so-called " Lovering Pension 
 Bill," yet everything went off harmoniously and creditably to the 
 Order. Never did the comrades linger after the banquet so long 
 or in such numbers, and probably they were never so well repaid 
 for their patience and virtue in so doing. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 317 
 
 3tt QYlemoriam 
 
 Post 1. 
 Post 2, 
 Post 8, 
 Post 3. 
 Post 3. 
 Post 3. 
 Post 4. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post o. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 5. 
 Post 9. 
 Post 11. 
 Post 12. 
 Post 12. 
 Post 12. 
 Post 13. 
 Post 15. 
 Post 15. 
 Post 15. 
 Post 15. 
 Post 15. 
 Post 17. 
 Post 19. 
 
 Post 19. 
 Post 21. 
 Post 23. 
 Post 23. 
 Post 27. 
 Post 27. 
 Post 30. 
 Post 32. 
 Post 34. 
 Post 34. 
 Post 35. 
 Post 35. 
 Post 35. 
 
 Wm, F. Gifford, age 45; private, Co. C, 41st Mass. 
 John H. Welch, age 43; private, 5th Mass. Batty. 
 Terrence Tighe, age 47; private, Co. F, ;-i9th Mass. 
 Charles H. Orchard, age 32; private, Co. A, odili Mass. 
 Benj. E. Morse, age 3S; 1st lieutenant, Co. C, 22d Mass. 
 Wm. H. Harlow, sergeant, Co. E, 4Cth Mass. 
 Isaac A. Watson, age 48; 1st sergeant, Co. G, 5th Mass. Cav. 
 William H. Smith, private, Co. F, 8th Mass. M.V.M. 
 Horace L. Aldrich, age 44; private, Co. L, 4th H.A. 
 Edgar M. Riggs, age 47; 2d lieutenant, Co. F, 35th Mass. 
 Albert T. Thurston, age 41; private, Co. B, 4th H.A. 
 Thatcher H. Swift, age 41; sergeant, Co. B, 9tli V.R.C. 
 James Forsyth, age 4(i; private, Co. K, 12th Mass. 
 Charles Fitzgerald, age 47; private, Co. G, 2d H.A. 
 John Dolan, age 50; private, Co. A, 30th Mass. 
 James H. Hutchinson, age 42; private, Co. B, 19th Mass. 
 Lemuel Goodwin, age 35; private. Co. F, 8th Mass. 
 Stephen E. Kimball, age :^5; private, Co. H, 12th M.E. 
 Henry W. Kummer, age 74; private, Co. E, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 Charles I. Betton, age"-J3; corporal, Co. L, 4th H.A 
 Lyman F. Holyoke, age 45; private, Co. C, S'Ul M.V.M. 
 Joel Raymond, Jr., age 58; private, Co. H, 5th Mass. Vols. 
 John J. Kelly, age 39; private, Co. I. 19th Mass. Vols. 
 Frank B. Bancroft, age 71; private, Co. E, 16th Mass. Vols. 
 Benj. McAllister, age G^; private, Co. I, 11th Mass. Vols. 
 C;has. D. Packard, private, Co. C, 60th Mass. Vols. 
 Henry Lusoph, age 41 ; private, Co. G, 4th R.I. Inf. 
 AVm. J. Hickey, age 42; 1st class fireman, U.S.S. Aroostook. 
 Rufus King, age 39; drummer, ('o. C, 23d Mass. Inf. 
 Richard F. Lyman, age 46; sergeant, Co. A. 22d Mass. Inf. 
 John J. Shea, age 39; private, Co. G, 60th Mass. Inf. 
 1). J. Gilmore, age 35; private, Co. F, 52d Mass. Vols. 
 Levi Lawrence, age .58; 1st lieutenant, Co. F. 25th 3Iass. ; cap- 
 tain, Co. F, 57th Mass. 
 Fred B. Fisher, age 47; corporal, Co. C, 1st H. A. 
 Simon Trautveller. age 50: private, Co. G, 52d N.Y. 
 Jas. G. Brown, engineer, U. S. Navy. 
 John Nelson, age 62; steward, U. S" Navy. 
 Geo H. Stevens, age 39; sergeant, Co. A, loth Mass. 
 Francis W. Davis, age 60; private, Co. H, 15th Mass. 
 Geo. H. Copelaiid, age 40; lieutenant, Co. K, 38th Mass. 
 John Cook, age 30; landsman, Portsmouth. 
 Jeremiah Mahoney, age 43; corporal, Co. F, 12th U.S. Inf. 
 Daniel Desmond, age 60; private, Co. H, 48th Mass. 
 Edward Webley, age 51 : private, Co. A, 61st Mass. 
 Thos. B. Campbell, aee 49; private, Co. E, 4th Me. 
 Michael Keagan, age 44; private. 
 
318 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 35. Felix Cassidy, age .58; seaman. 
 
 Post 8o. Samuel Ingalls, age 62; assistant-surgeon, oth Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 85. Wm. H. Gibby,' age 62; private, Co. G, -tOth Mass. 
 
 Post ;;5. Wm. H. Bolton, age 48; private, Co. C, 2d N.H. 
 
 Post 3-i. John M. Wood, age 69; private, Co. D, 48d Mass. 
 
 Post 87. Horace E. Prouty, age 53; corporal, Co. K, 10th Mass. 
 
 Post 89. Wm. H. Cross, age 42; private, Co. B, 26lh Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Herman Xichols, age 42; private, Co. I, 4th N.H. 
 
 Post 39. Albert Coan, age 48; private, Co. F, 12th Me. 
 
 Post 39. Thomas .Tones, age 89; private, Co. E, 27th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Charles Fish, age 42; private, Co. B, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 89. Dominick Dowd, age 47; private, Co. I, 17th Mass. 
 
 Post .39. Levi Harrison, age 62; private, Co. D, (ith Mass. 
 
 Post 40. Daniel Sullivan, age 38; seaman, U.S S. Malvern. 
 
 Post 42. Owen TuUy, age .o6; private, Co. G, 4th N.H. 
 
 Post 43. 'Decatur McCarter, age 43; private, 10th N.H. 
 
 Post 45. Chas. P. Mann, age 51; corporal, Co. E, 20th Me. 
 
 Post 47. Chas. A. Rand, age 31 ; 1st lieutenant, 20th Mass. 
 
 Post 47. Chas. H. Hardy, age 37; private, Co. D, 14th N.H. 
 
 Post 47. Merrill O. Luce, age 36; sergeant, Co. B, 18th Vt. 
 
 Post 47. Nathaniel W. Perkins, age 47; private, Co. B, 1st N.H 
 
 Post 47. Martin Corson, age 45; private. Co. A. 4th N.H. 
 
 Post 49. John D. Parsons, age .59; private, Co. I, 2;^d Mass. 
 
 Post 50. Samuel Davis, age 48; corporal, Co. B, 40th Mass. 
 
 Post 50. Charles H. Collins, age 85; private, Co. A, 28d Mass. 
 
 Post .50. Daniel A. Caskins, age 37; private, Co. I, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 50. Frank Duffy, age 49; 'private, 5th Mass. Batty. 
 
 Post 58. Wm. C. Damon, age 69; private, Co. G, 3d R.I.H.A. 
 
 Post 58. Loren L. Moore, age 52; musician, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post 56. Jas. E. Burrows, age 40; corporal, Co. D, 88th Mass. 
 
 Post 56. Chas. Z. Sears, age 71; seaman, U.S. Navy. 
 
 Post 56. J. Warren Cotton, lieutenant. 8Sth U.S.I. 
 
 Post 58. Wm. L. Cummings, age 52; private, Co. D, 4th Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post .58. Thos. Derby, Jr., age "60; sergeant, Co. A, 46th Mass. 
 
 Post .58, Patrick Tracy, age 49; private, Co. G, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 58. Albert Bates, age 55; private. Co. H, 12th Mass. 
 
 Post 58. Joshua L. Torrey, age ; 8; private, Co. A. 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post .58. Owen Corr, age 50; private, Co. C, 28th Mass. 
 
 Post 60. Joseph Grant^ age 45; private, Co. F, 12th R.I. 
 
 Post 63. Nathan Jones, age .55; private. Co. I, 89th Mass. 
 
 Post 68. David P. O'Reilley, age 44; private, Co. E, 1st R.I. Art. 
 
 Post 68. Robert Bishop, age 86; private, Co. A, 1st Heavy Art. 
 
 Post 68. Robert A. Miller, age 45; 1st lieutenant, Co. B, 9th Mass. 
 
 Post 72. Andrew J. Keene, age 55; private, Co. I, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 73. Lorenzo Williamson, age 51; private, Co. K, 7th Mass. 
 
 Post 74. Isaac R. Harrington, age 65; private, Co. A. 60th Mass. 
 
 Post 74. Howard A. Wheeler, age 8H; private, Co. E, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 74, John Burrill, age 51 ; corporal, Co. G, 43d Mass. ; private, Co. 
 
 E, 2d Heavy Art. 
 
 Post' 78. Joshua Cook, age 47; private, Co. D, 38th Mass. 
 
 Post 82. Daniel Dailey, private, Co. G, 19th Mass. 
 
 Post 86. I. H. Wentworth, age 40; private, 8('th Unattached H.A. 
 
 Post 86. John Regan, age 63; farrier, Co. G, 3d N.Y. Cav. 
 
 Post 86. Chas H. Daniels, age 42; private, Co. C, 10th Mass. 
 
 Post 86. John A. Prentiss, age -53; sergeant, Co. A, 51st Mass. 
 
 Post 87. Wm. Miller, age 58; private, Co. K, 2d Mass. Batty. 
 
 Post 89. Henry P. Woodbury, age 48; captain, Co. F, 28d Mass. 
 
 Post 89. Henry P. Lascom age 46; private, Co. E, 8th Mass. 
 
 Post 89. Maurice B. M. Younger, age 42: private, Co. G, 17th Mass. 
 
 Post 89. Wm. H. Rich, age 40; private, Co. L. 4th Heavy Art. 
 
 Post 90. Freeman A. Chase, age 44; private, Co. D, 8th N.H. Inf. 
 
NINKTEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 319 
 
 Post 94. Nelson S. White, age 44 ; private, Co. A, 4th Mass. 
 sergeant, Co. A, 24th Mass. 
 captain, ;^lst U. S. Col. Inf. 
 
 Post 100. John Q. A. Kelley, age 55; private, Co. C. 9th N.H. 
 
 Post 101. Wm. G. Eaton, age 65; private, Co. A, 33d Mass. 
 
 Post 102. Chas. Bronsdon, age 49; private, Co. I, 3Sth Mass. 
 
 Post 103. B. W. Keyes, age 44; private, Co. I, I2!st Ohio. 
 
 Post lOo. Chas. E. Brookes, age 52; private, Co. I, 51st Mass. 
 
 Post 113. Solomon Horcy, Jr., age 47; lieutenant-colonel, 21st Mass. 
 
 Inf. 
 
 Post 115. Abbott M. Messer, age 37; private, Co. B, 26th Mass. 
 
 Post 128. Henry Haskell, age 41; private, Co. L, 1st Heavy Art 
 
 Post 130. Alexander H. Mullen, age 32; private, Co. E, 3d Mass Cav 
 
 Post IbU. Patrick O'Donnell, age 43; private. Co. I, 19th Mass 
 
 Post 139. Joseph Bush, age 57; major, 25th U.S. Inf. 
 
 Post 139. John Montague, age 54; private, 3d Mass. Batty 
 
 Post 140. Paul Tatro. age 37; private, Co. G, 34th Mass. 
 
 T>^^'^ ItV ;^r^^" W. Nickerson, age r.2; private, Co. B, - 9th New York. 
 
 Post 149. Michael Kelly, age 31 ; musician, Co. H, 59th Mass 
 
 Post l.oO. Benj. F. Noyes, age 52; captain. Co. D, ^Sth Mass. 
 
 Post Ut. Henry Barlow, age 57: private. Co. C, 3d Pt.I. H. Art. 
 
 Post 158. James S. Young, age 41; private, Co. F, 49th Mass. 
 
 Post 1o8. Albert B. French, age 4 1 ; private, Co. C, 37th Mass. 
 
 Post lo9. Thomas Garvey, age 42; seaman, U.S.S. Saratoqa. 
 
 Post IhO. Patrick G. Dillon, age 42; sergeant, Co. D, 3d Mass. Cav 
 
 Post \m. William A. Judd, age 45; private, Co. E, 43d Mass 
 
 Post 170. Ethan E. Cobb, age 57; lieutenant. Frontier Cav 
 
3*20 HISTORY DEPT OF MASS., G.A.K 
 
 General Orders. 
 Series of 1884-85. 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, |- 
 12 Pemherton Sq., Room (i. ) 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, Feb. 5, 1S84 
 
 No. 1. / 
 
 Comrades : By the almost unauimous vote of your representatives I 
 have been called to the highest office in your sift. Its duties I liereby 
 assume. Such unanimity I must interpret as the expression of your 
 intention to co-operate with ine most Iieartily in the year which is before 
 us. With such an inspiriting prestige of success I gladly talie up the 
 work where my predecessor has left it Let us direct our eftbrts anew 
 to the strengthening of our beloved Order Let us make all of our Posts 
 so strong and attractive that no veteran, whatever his former rank or 
 present social station, can consistently withhold his membership and 
 influence longer from the grand cause in which we have labored so con- 
 tinuously and Avith such gratifying success. 
 
 Comrades, our Department never stood so strongly in all respects as 
 it stands today, and we are still on the upward wave. The number of 
 veterans yet lingeriug outside wari'ants the sanguine opinion that we 
 shall attain a strength of 25,000 comrades at no distant day. Why not? 
 There must be at least 40,000 men among us eligible to join the Order. 
 What soldier or sailor, having an honorable war record and now a worthy 
 citizen, can ofl'er a justitiable cause for not actively engaging in that work 
 Avhich is as much his heritage and duty as our own? 
 
 If there exist an}' such cause anywhere, see to it that it is speedily 
 removed, so that this Grand Army of ours shall constitute an order of 
 American no])ility whose work and worth shall stand, the wonder and 
 delight of future genei'ations. 
 
 The following comrades have been appointed members of my Oflicial 
 Statt" They will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General , Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General, Thomas E. Barker of Post 4u, 
 
 Maiden. 
 Inspector, Samuel A. Gushing, Jr., of Post 68, Dorchester. 
 Jtidge Advocate, John H. Hardy of Post 3G, Arlington. 
 Chief Mustering Officer, George H. Bonney, Jr , of Post 154, Kingston 
 
 Headquarters of the Department will be at 12 Pemberton Square as 
 heretofore, to which all oflicial correspondence should be directed. 
 
 To insure speedy delivery, all personal correspondence intended for 
 the Commander should be addressed to him at Carabridgeport. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 321 
 
 TlKADQtr.VRTERS DEPARTMENT OP MASSACHUSETTS, * 
 
 Grand Army «>p the IlEPUiiLic, - 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Koom 0. ) 
 Boston, March 11, 1884. 
 
 General Orders, 1 
 No 2. / 
 
 I. The following comrades are appointed on the Staff of the Depart- 
 ment Commander, and tliey will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 AIDES-DE-CAMP. 
 
 A. A . HHrriiigton . 
 ■lustin B. Willanl . 
 David Dunbar . . 
 John S. Beck . . 
 S. Wells Hunt . . 
 Fred. A. Washl)iirn 
 Dennis Linelian 
 John L. I'arker . . 
 
 B. Read Wales . . 
 E. B. iMeehan . . 
 Alvin R. Bailey 
 Charles Fav ." . . 
 R. W. Rand . . . 
 Chas. H. Wyman 
 Lvman W. Clark . 
 C.'W. C. Rhoades . 
 Horace J. Gray . . 
 A . A . Seaverns . . 
 Samuel Worcester 
 Win. H. Matthews 
 Jeremiah Norris 
 Chas. H.Clark . . 
 S. F. Draper . . . 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Sandwich. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 P.oston. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Springtield. 
 
 Oiange- 
 
 FMtchburg. 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 North Seituate. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Westtield. 
 
 Favville. 
 
 John H. Abbott 
 
 E. P. Morton . . . 
 W. A. Wetherbee . 
 Lysander Wood 
 .Alonzo Perry . . 
 Pel er .Snyder . . . 
 W. C. Po'meroy . 
 Wm. L. Gage '. . . 
 
 F. M. Harrington . 
 E. Wairen Harback 
 H N Harrimau 
 .)ohn H. Gould . . 
 Chas. F. Urann . . 
 Chas. B. Tucker . 
 Robert B. Dickie 
 Darius Hadley . . 
 H. A . Cushman 
 Ernest Wagner 
 
 E. T. Harvell . . 
 S. T. Chamberlain . 
 John E. McClellan 
 Leach Clark . . . 
 Wm. H. Coan . . 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 stoughton. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 South Brain tree. 
 
 Northboro. 
 
 Upton. 
 
 Georgetown. 
 
 Medfield. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Amesbury. 
 
 Lanesbofo. 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Methnen. 
 
 Rockland. 
 
 South Gardner. 
 
 Saundersville. 
 
 Ijiswich. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 II. It will be impossible to assure Posts the attendance of Depart- 
 ment officers at camp-tires, fairs, etc., unless ihey at first confer with 
 these headquai'ters before making their arrangements, as engagements 
 are often made several weeks in advance. 
 
 III. Requisition blanks containing a corrected price list of articles 
 furnished by these headquarters is hereby forwarded Orders for l)adges 
 that may be required for Memorial Day should be sent at an early date, 
 in order that a supply may be obtained. 
 
 IV I would call attention of Post Commanders to the necessity of 
 the Adjutant in making out his report, due April 1, to include in his report 
 of those lost during the quarter by death, not only the name of the com- 
 rade, but the company and regiment in which he served; those whose 
 service was in the navy give name of ship, squadron and station, in 
 order to properly carry out the recommendation in regard to a ^Memorial 
 page that was unanimously adopted by tlie Department Encampment. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at this office of Capt. Chauncy O. Noyes, 
 Company D, 8d Maine Infantry, and of Helon Brooks, same company and 
 regiment; any shipmate who served on board United States Steamer 
 Lfiuipec from 1864 to ISfiO; any officers of United States Steamer P(^Hf/?((« 
 during July and August, 18G5: Sergt. Timothy Casey, Company K, 2d 
 Mass. Infantry: Geo. 1{ Phillips, Company D. 2d Mass. Infantry ; any 
 member of Company F, I'd Mass II. A. ; Capt Chas. II. Smith, 32d Mass 
 Infantry: any memi)er of Company A, 20th Mass. Infantry 
 
 VI. The following Posts have been organized in addition to those 
 hitherto reported : — 
 
 WonuRN Post 101, Woburn, George Perkins, Counnander. 
 Manton Taft Post ItJ2, Turners Falls, Edward Barnard. Com- 
 mander. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 
 A. C. .Monroe, Department Commander . 
 
 Assistant Adjntanl-General. 
 
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322 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarteks Dei'artment of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton 8q . Room 6 
 
 General Orders, | ' Boston, March 31, 1884. 
 
 No. 3. / 
 
 I. An iuspection of all the Posts in this Department havinor been 
 ordered from National Headquarters, the annual spring visitation had for 
 the past two years Avill be dispensed with, and the inspection ordered by 
 the Commander-in-Chief substituted for it. Post Commanders will 
 govern themselves accordingly. 
 
 I[. The increased number of appointments on the personal Statf is 
 designed in part to relieve the elected officers of the Department from 
 inspection duties, but so far as possible it is hoped that they will interest 
 themselves in the welfare of the Order in their immediate vicinity and 
 accompany the Assistant Inspector when it is convenient. 
 
 Ill Comrade John L. Parker of Post 5 having felt compelled to 
 resign his position as Aide-de-Camp, the same is hereby accepted, and 
 Comrade Hubert O. Moore of the same Post is appointed in his stead 
 
 IV. The following Aidesde-Camp are hereby detailed to act as 
 Assistant Inspectors, and are assigned for duty by the Department 
 Inspector to the several Posts as follows : — 
 
 AIDES-DK-CAMP. 
 
 A. A. Harrington 72,91,117,121 
 
 Justin B. Willard 27, 34, .51, 131, 136 
 
 David Dunbar 74, 87, 88, 124 
 
 John S Beck 4, 33, 75, 11.5, 160 
 
 S. Wells Hunt 141 
 
 Fred A AVashburn 3, 132, 136 
 
 Dennis Linehan 11, 30, 35, 156 
 
 Hubert O Moore 23, 50, 67, 82 
 
 B. Read Wales 10,57,113,159 
 
 E. B Meehan 21, 32. 92, 102 
 
 Alvin R Bailey 29, 62, 63 
 
 Chas. Fay 71, 85, 9, , 107, 155 
 
 R W. Rand 123, 140, 1.50, 162 
 
 Chas. H. Wyman 28,53,59,69,116 
 
 Lvman W. Clark 2, 15. 26 
 
 C. W. C, Rhoades 7, 56. 68, 139 
 
 Horace J. Gray 36,66,81,134.161 
 
 A A. Seaverns 76, 83, 104 
 
 Samuel Worcester ..." 89, 90, 128 
 
 Wm. H. Matthews 12,40,119,148 
 
 Jeremiah Norris .... . 34, 78. 143, 149 
 
 Chas. H. Clark 84 ,86, 103 
 
 S F. Draper 6, 38, 43, 54, 142 
 
 John H. Abbott 1.8 
 
 E. P. Morton 25, 70, 129, 137 
 
 W. A. Wetherbee 80, 110, 144 
 
 Lysander Wood 13. 52 
 
 Alonzo H. Perrv 111,127,154 
 
 Peter Snyder 20, 93 
 
 W. C. Pomerov 16, 41, 125, 147 
 
 Wm L. Gage " 58, 73, 94 
 
 F. M. Harrington 9, 19, 44, 64 
 
 E. Warren Harback 14, 18, 22, 24 
 
 H. N. Harriman 49, 101, 122, 151 
 
 John H. Gould 60, 61, 130, 157 
 
NINKTKENTH ANNUAL KNCAMPMIiNT. 323 
 
 Chas F. Uraiiii 39. 48, 100, 138 
 
 Chas. L. Tucker 108, 114 
 
 Kobert B. Dickie 79, 126, 158 
 
 Darius Hadlev 47, 95, 118 
 
 H. A. Cnshnian 4(j, 133, 145 
 
 Ernest Wagner 42, 99 
 
 E. T. Ilarvell 31. 98, 112 
 
 S. T. Chaniberliu 17, 28, 77. 109, 153, 
 
 John E McClellau 65, 105, 135 
 
 Leach Clark . . . ■. 45, 96, 106, 152 
 
 Wm. H. Coan 5, 120 
 
 v. As this Department is acknowledjied to lead all others in thor- 
 oughness and efficiency in the work of the Order, Post C^oniinanders are 
 especially enjoined to ■welcome and facilitate the most thorongh inspec- 
 tion, to the end that our advanced standing may not only ])e maintained 
 but improved upon, and Assistant Inspectors are expected to give com- 
 plete and accurate information on all points where it seems needed. 
 
 VI. Many of the Posts own a complete set of equipments for Post 
 officers. All of the other Posts should follow this example ; for while 
 there is no objection to an officer providing his own, it ought not to be 
 required of him. Posts owe it to themselves to see that the huinblest 
 comrade in their ranks shall not be debarred from accepting its liighest 
 official honors by reason of a proper pride or limited means. It is ear- 
 nestly hoped that this matter will at once receive serious consideration 
 oy the Posts interested. Such ecpiipments may be had through these 
 headquarters, if desired, l)y addressing the Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 VII. The folloMiiig new Post has been organized since last General 
 Orders, viz. : — 
 
 Gkx. J. G. FoSTKii Post 163, Chas H. Fuller, Commander. 
 
 VIII. The address is wanted at this office of Capt. Joseph Parsons, 
 Co. L, 3d Mass. II A. ; Lieut. James E March, 32d Mass. Infantry ; Dr. 
 Charles E. Warren, surgeon, 97th U.S.CT. ; Samuel Beals, Co A, 1st 
 Battalion Mass. II. A. 
 
 IX General Orders, Nos. 8 and 9, from National Headquarters are 
 hereby promulgated. 
 
 Bv command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONKOE, 
 
 Assistant Adjntnnt-Gencral . 
 
 Headqiartkrs Department of Massachusetts, i 
 Grand Army of the Rkpublic, 
 12 Pemijerton Sq , Room 6 ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, May 3, 1884. 
 
 No. 4. ) 
 
 In obedience to Rules and IJegulatious and in conformity with Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 10, from National Headquarters, Friday, May 30, will 
 be observed by the comrades of this Department as Memorial Day. 
 
 This is the day of all the year most hallowed to us; the day on 
 which we gladly leave the routine of our daily avocations and illustrate 
 again our loyalty to tlie memory of our deceased comrades, by gathering 
 at the ■' Bivouacs of the Dead," and standing over the heroic dust of the 
 men Avhose unselfish patriotism and devotion to principle kept this people 
 a nation and enforced the decree of freedom issued by the sainted Lincoln, 
 perform the sadly pleasant duties of decoration peculiar to our Order. 
 
324 IIISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. . 
 
 On that clay let every place of business be closed Let every one of 
 the more than fifteen thousand veterans now included in our membership 
 he found in the ranks. Let the twice fifteen thousand soldiers and sailors, 
 who have not yet found it in their hearts to ally themselves with us and 
 assume their share of the burden which we are beariny- for them, give us 
 at least the encouragement of their participation in the commemorative 
 services of the day Let the merchant and manufacturer, who owe so 
 much to the veterans of the Rebellion, attest their personal interest by 
 their presence. Let pcertj class of citizens swell the procession as it takes 
 its way to the cemetery. The presence of woman need not be bespoken. 
 She is always there. She who is yet the faithful and devoted auxiliary 
 of the soldier living, has ever done her full part toward keeping his mem- 
 ory a continued living presence for good before the world. Let the chil- 
 dren of all ages be there and learn anew the lessons of patriotism, which 
 no other day in the year can teach and emphasize so eft'ectively. 
 
 It matters not if the strains of martial music are wholly wanting to 
 the occasion ; it matters not if costly floral decorations cannot be obtained ; 
 even the absence of the graceful orator and his classic eloquence cannot 
 materially impair the beauty and harmony of the day. The simple pres- 
 ence of the veteran bending over the grave of a former comrade, to plant 
 a flag or drop a blossom, while childhood looks on in wonder, manhood in 
 sympathy and approval, and womanhood and old age are moved to tears, 
 furnishes a scene far more impressive than the most enchanting music, 
 and far more eloquent than speech. 
 
 A few Posts in this Department havt: made a practice of decorating 
 the graves of veterans in previous wars. The practice is a good one for 
 general adoption, it being only an extension of the sentiment embodied 
 in our services, so as to include the memory of the patriots who have 
 preceded our late comrades. 
 
 Post Commanders ai'e hereby requested to make arrangements for 
 services at some place of public worship on the Sunday preceding Memo- 
 rial Day, in accordance with the recommendation of the Commander-in- 
 Chief. 
 
 Full reports of the proceedings of the day will be forAvarded to these 
 head(iuarters as soon as practicable after the ;50th, and it is suggested 
 that Post Commanders consult their own couveuieuce by arranging with 
 their local papers to make such reports accurate and complete 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Deparlmvnt Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONKOE, 
 
 Assistant Adj ii ta nt- €4 en era I. 
 
 Hkad(juarte];s Department oe Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 12 Pembertox S(j., Room C. 
 GENEiiAL Orders, ) Boston, June 23, 1884. 
 
 No. 5 \ 
 
 I It is proposed to show the condition of the various Departments 
 at the next Annual Encampment, which meets at Minneapolis, July 2;5. 
 The Department of Massachusetts has a reputation at National Head- 
 quarters for promptness and completeness of (|uarterly returns unequalled 
 by any other That reputation Ave must sustain The Adjutant-General 
 of the Order asks for the report of this Department before July 12. but 
 to assure that he shall have it, reports of Posts must reach these head- 
 ((uarters not later than July 5. Post officers, who are prone to be tardy. 
 
NINKTICENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 325 
 
 Avill make a note of this. Voiir delay Avill he our dissrrace. Let there 
 not 1)0 one report Avantinji' on the date specified. Our colors are now 
 at the front; keep them there. We have earned the position. Remem- 
 ber, not later than July "). 
 
 II Comrades, the close of this, the second (luarter, finds us still in 
 a thrivina: condition. Five new Posts have been organized since I-\'bru- 
 ary 1 ; two more are awaiting organization, and petitions are out from 
 which four others are confidently expected ere the close of tlie next 
 quarter. Meanwhile many of the old Posts have been making lar"-e 
 additions to their membership, and the exercises of Memorial Day itis 
 believed, have never enlisted the participation of so large a portion of 
 the public as Avas the case the current year — an omen in which we siiould 
 take a just pride 
 
 Let the forward movement continue Let us make the Order so 
 strong that no respectable veteran can stav out of it, and no disreputable 
 veteran get in, and thereby not only continue to deserve, l)Ut to increase 
 the public respect and confidence noAv so generally accorded us 
 
 in The following new Posts, not heretofore reported, have been 
 organized, viz. : — 
 
 FK.4NCIS A Clary Post 164, Conway, G. H Johnson, Commander 
 William Wadswokth Post 165, Duxburv, Beni A SaAvver Com- 
 mander. - . ! 
 
 Gko C. Strong Post 166, Easthampton, Justus Lyman, Commander 
 
 Jksse L. Reno Post 167, Whitinsville, II. F. Taft't, Commander. 
 
 IV. I would again call the attention of Post Commanders to the 
 necessity of the Adjutant, in making out his report for second quarter, 
 ending June 30, to include in his report the company and regiment, name 
 of ship, squadron and station of those lost by death. 
 
 V The address is wanted at this office of Lieutenants Ford, Russ 
 and Morse, and George Edwards. Companv B, 31st Mass. Infantry Any 
 officer or member of Company B. 18th Mass Infantry; any member of 
 Comi)any G, 1st Mass Cavalry: any man who served on V S. Steamer 
 rotniashi from August, 186-1, to June, 1865; Capt. Leonard Gordon. Com- 
 pany E. 3d Mass H.A. ; any member of Company M, 1st Mass Cavalry 
 who knew Nathaniel T. Myers; any member of Company A, 19th Mass.! 
 who knew Oscar Rabethge; any member of Company K,' 13th New York 
 H.A., Avho served on gunboat Hem,; Capt C. \. Dolan. Company D 3oth 
 Mass : any member of Company II, 2d California Cavalry. 
 
 VI The findings and sentence of the court-martial of George W. 
 Cole of Post 35, Chelsea, and George T. Evans of Post 7, Boston, are 
 hereby approved, and they are dishonorably discharged from the Grand 
 .Vrniy of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 . JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 
 '"^'''^' ■ . Department Commander. 
 
 A C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant AOjnt ant- General. 
 
 Hkaim^carters Department of Ma.ssachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army ok the Republic. ■- 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6 \ 
 Geni: i;al Orders, ) Boston, July 15, 1884. 
 
 No 6. / 
 
 I The National Encampment (i.V.H. will convene at Minneapolis 
 the 23d inst A full delegation is expected to attend from ibis Depart- 
 ment, leaving Boston via the Fitchburg Railroad on Friday the 18th 
 
326 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 iiist., at six p M. From the 19th to the 25th inclusive, headquarters will 
 be closed for repairs. The Assistant Adjutant-General will not return 
 until August 4, and all correspondence requiring immediate attention 
 sliould therefore be deferred until that date; but an office boy Avill be in 
 attendance on and after the 2()th to answer the ordinary routine wants 
 of Posts. 
 
 It is to be regretted that all of the Posts in the Department did not 
 respond to the appeal for prompt quarterly returns, a large number not 
 arriving till after the oth, and Posts No. CO, 64, 127, 137, 145 and 150 not 
 being received in season to include in the consolidated returns sent to 
 National Headquarters. Where the Adjutant or Quartermaster is prone 
 to be tardy in making liis reports, the Post Commander should give the 
 matter his personal attention. From the Posts whose reports have been 
 received, hoAvever, a total net gain of nine hundred and fifty members is 
 reported for the quarter just ended, a showing in which every comrade 
 must be interested. 
 
 II. The regular meetings of Friedrich Hecker Post 21 of Boston 
 will be held in Wadman Hall, No. 17(i Tremont Street, on the second 
 and fourth Wednesday 
 
 III. The following new Post has been organized since last General 
 Orders: Post No. KiS, Southbridge, G. W. Corey, Commander. 
 
 IV. The address is wanted at this office of John M. Foster, hos- 
 pital steward, 5th Regiment Mass., nine months. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Department Coianiander. 
 
 A C. MONROK, 
 
 Assititaiit Adjutant-General . 
 
 Headcjuarteus Depakt.ment of Mas.sachusetts, 
 
 GrtAND Akmy of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pembehtox Sq.. Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, | Boston, Sept. 3, 1884. 
 
 No. 7. ; 
 
 I. The annual address of Past Commander in-Chief Beath shows a 
 net gain in membership of over 7,400 comrades. Of this number the 
 Department of Massachusetts contributed fully its proportionate part, 
 and it gives me great pleasure to announce that the interest still con- 
 tinues. Even this (luarter, usually the quietest in the year, will shoAv a 
 creditable gain. Much of this will come from new Posts, six of which 
 have been organized in less than six consecutive weeks, with others 
 soon to follow. 
 
 The following are the new Posts referred to and not hitherto 
 reported : — Post 16!) of Norwood, Post 170 of Mansfield, Post 171 of 
 Northfield, Post 172 of Bolton, Post 173 of Sturbridge, Post 174 of 
 Greenfield. 
 
 II. Comrades, we are passing through a critical period in the 
 history of the Order Temptations to drag it into politics allure too 
 frequently and potently. Already Posts have 1)een charged with per- 
 verting it to partisan purposes Any Post or Department which per- 
 mits this disloyalty to the Order deserves the rebuke which must surely 
 follow. While it is settled beyond all cavil that the veteran surrenders 
 none of his rights as a citizen when he joins the Grand Army, yet it 
 must be clearly understood, on the other hand, that a Post, as such, 
 knows neither candidate nor party. It would be idle, and time worse 
 than wasted, to attempt answers to all the criticisms and sneers 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 327 
 
 addressed to us, but judicious leadership should keep Posts from taklii" 
 even eciuivocal positions, especiallj- durinir a political canvass. 
 
 III. Comrade Sydney Sibley of Post 10 is herebv appointed Aide- 
 de-camp on my personal Staff", vice Wyman resii-ned He will be obeyed 
 and respected accordingly This appointment was conferred some time 
 since, but was overlooked in preparing General Orders. 
 
 IV. I take great pleasure in expressing my satisfaction with the 
 invaluable assistance rendered many of our Posts the current year by 
 the various Woman's Relief Corps, which are au.xiliarv to them. I 
 believe them deserving of our f idl recognition and support Post ollicers 
 desiring to establish such Corps can obtain definite and complete infor- 
 mation by addressing the Department President of the Order, Mrs. M 
 Susie Goodale, Medford, Mass. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at this office of some member of Com- 
 pany C, 11th Conn ; some one who served on board the United States 
 sloop Wachiiisett; the captain of the 6th Mass. Batterv, in 1862, or some 
 member of said Battery; Capt. John Rock. Companv F, 22d Mass. 
 Infantry; Sergeant Cogau, in charge of General Hospital at Xewbern 
 N.C.. in 1804 
 
 VI Comrades are hereby notitled to look out for a man by the 
 name of Daniel \V. Ford, claiming membership in Posts 11 and U9 " He 
 does not belong to either Post, and is pronounced a beat. Also look out 
 for a man l)y the name of Selden L. Taylor, claiming to belong to Cutler 
 Post 48. Togus, Maine. The Commander of said J'ost informs these 
 headquarters that he also is a flrst-class fraud. 
 
 VII. The findings and sentence of the court martial of Charles W 
 Sears and Edward W. Doten of General Lander Post, No. 5, Lynn, and 
 •Adrian D. Ruggles, of James H Sargent Post, Mo. 130, Medvvav, are 
 hereby approved, and they are dishonorably discharged from the Grand 
 Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Otticial : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONROK, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 Hkadqu.\i{Tkrs Depaktmkxt of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Rkpumlic, [ 
 12 Pembertox Sq , Room (!. j 
 General Orders,! Boston, Oct. 1, 1884. 
 
 No. 8. r 
 
 I. The regular fall inspections of this Department will occur as 
 usual. A form for this purpose will immediately be issued by the Inspec- 
 tor, who by special instructions is required' to see that no Post is 
 inspected before October 15, and that all reports of Assistant Inspectors 
 are at these headquarters on or before December 1. Post Commanders 
 will do what they can to facilitate the work of inspection to prevent 
 delay. This promptness is necessary to allow the Inspector ample oppor- 
 tunity to consolidate the reports. 
 
 II. In accordance with a suggestion made in General Orders, No. 3, 
 promulgated from these headquarters March 31, many additional Posts 
 provided themselves with a set of arms for Post officers. There is now 
 not a very large number without them Will not these make a special 
 eflort to e(iuip themselves ere the year closes ? Where the Post cannot 
 attbrd to defray the expense, it is believed the community will subscribe 
 for such an object if solicited. At all events, no comrade should feel 
 obliged to decline any office because he cannot attbrd to equip himself. 
 
•328 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS.. G.A.R. 
 
 III. By request of the Department Inspector, the foUo^ving addi- 
 tional assignment of Posts to be inspected is made : — 
 
 AIDKS-DE-CAMP. 
 
 Dennis Linehan 1(J3 
 
 W C. Pomeroy 1G4, 166 
 
 Alonzo H Perry . . 165 
 
 John E McClellan . . 167, 173 
 
 E. P. Morton .... 168 
 
 A. A Harrington 169 
 
 Lysander Wood 170 
 
 R. \V Kand 171 
 
 F. M. Harrington 172 
 
 Charles Fay 174 
 
 Sydney Sibley 175 
 
 S! Wells Hunt 55 
 
 IV. The reports for the third quarter are now due. A large major- 
 ity of these reach headquarters within ten days Cannot the officers of 
 the other Posts see that theirs arriye within the same time ? A fe\v days' 
 delay of a report may seem a trifling matter to a Post Commander or an 
 Adjutant, but it is a serious hindrance to the Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 who must keep all other reports awaiting its arrival ere he can send his 
 consolidated returns to National Headquarters. 
 
 I desire to call attention to some of the errors made in reports The 
 most frequent one made is a misstatement of the balance on hand in last 
 report. If the Quartermaster would look at his last report, a copy of 
 which should be on rtle, this error would not occur. Again, the Adju- 
 . tant's and Quartermaster's reports do not agree as to the number in good 
 standing. This can be avoided by comparing them. The two reports 
 with the 2^er capita tax should be forwarded at the same time and never 
 singly 
 
 V. The charter of Post 55 of Taunton is hereby revoked, and that 
 number is assigned to a new Post at Proviucetown. 
 
 VI. In the last General Orders from these headquarters the second 
 line of the first paragraph should read, " a net gain of over 74,000 com- 
 rades," instead of 7,400. 
 
 VII. The following new Posts have been organized since the last 
 Order Avas issued : — 
 
 Washburn Post 175, Lancaster, H. M. Nash, Commander. 
 J. C. Freeman Post 55, Proviucetown, Geo. H. Nickerson, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 VIII. Comrades, we are entering on the last quarter of the year. 
 Let us make it a profitable one to the Order. Let us use all honorable 
 means to increase the respect for and confidence in us now entertained 
 by the people. If they remain as true to us as we were and are to 
 them, Ave shall never need for a dollar with which to discharge our char- 
 itable obligations. 
 
 Again, the interest in the Grand Army was never so great as now. 
 Let us avail ourselves of it to enlarge our mem))ership, Avarmly inviting 
 those whose pride restrains them from coming forward at this late day. 
 Urge no veteran unduly to join, for the favor is on his side, not yours; 
 and seek no veteran's membership whose record in military or civil life 
 may be a reproach to the Order. His room is better than his money. 
 Such men have in years gone by kept away hundreds whose presence 
 Avould have been alike honorable to them and creditable to us. Many of 
 these latter are coming in now. Let us give them, even at this eleventh 
 hour, a comrade's welcome. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 329 
 
 IX. The address of the Comnuinder-iii-Chief, Avith the report of the 
 Committee on Pensions and the Council of Administration, which ^vere 
 presented to tlie last National Encampment and adopted, has been sent 
 to the Commanders of the Posts in the Department. 
 
 X The address is wanted at this office of Lieut. W. H. Ha3'den, 1st 
 Mass Heavy Artillery; some member of Company K, 11th Mass , Avho 
 kncAV John Long of said company; some member of Company K, 4th 
 U.S. Artillery; some member of Company I, KUh Mass. Infantry, Avho 
 knew .John Gastner. 
 
 XL General Orders, Nos. 3, 4, and 5, from National Headciuarters 
 are hereby promulgated. 
 
 Bv command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Department Commander . 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adiutant-General. 
 
 Headquaktehs Department of Massachusetts, \ 
 Grand Army of the Republic, > 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room (5. ) 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, Nov 28, 1884. 
 
 No. 9. ) 
 
 I. Comrades : As my official year draws to its close, I desire to call 
 the attention of Posts to their suspended membership The reports for 
 the third (piarter showed a suspended list of six hundred and seventy- 
 seven comrades. I have no desire to bequeath any such legacy as this to 
 my successor in office, and therefore urge the comrades to see that no 
 worthy member is allowed to remain on this list. Many of our Posts, 
 both large and small, have no suspended list, although complying strictly 
 with Rules and Regulations. This is largely due to the excellent man- 
 agement of the Quartermaster, aided by the comrades of the Post, who 
 ofttimes know nothing about the number of members suspended. I 
 won III not have a single unworthy or disatlected veteran carried by the 
 Order in contravention of the Rules; yet on the other hand no comrade 
 should be subjected to the annoyance of being dropped or suspended, 
 because by being engrossed in active business he has inadvertently 
 allowed his membership to lapse. Let us better this state of things, and. 
 reduce our suspended list the current tiuarter to a minimum. 
 
 II I regret to report Posts 20, 92, IK), 129, 137, 157, 164, 167, 170, as 
 not having sent in their last quarterly returns on time. It is hoped that 
 the Commanders of these Posts Avill make a special ett'ort to be prompt 
 with their returns for this the final quarter, so as to facilitate the making 
 up of the annual,reports to be presented to the Department Encampment. 
 
 III. The following new Posts have been organized since the last 
 order from these headquarters : ■ — 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee Post 17f;, Huntington, E, D Hutchinson, Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Scott Bradley Post 177, Lee, D. M. Wilcox, Commander. 
 
 IV. A Ten-cent Fund has l)een established by the Woman's Relief 
 Corps, in aid of Anna Ella Carroll, who " spent health, strength and for- 
 tune in services rendered the government in the prosecution of the war." 
 She is now old, broken-down and destitute. Comrades or their friends 
 desiring to contribute their mite to so worthy and deserving an object, 
 will forward it to Mrs. .Vbbie M. Gannett, Mald^, Mass , who will 
 properly account for all such sums. 
 
330 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 V. Sickness having compelled the resignations of Aides-de-Camp 
 S. T. Chamberlin and John H. Gould, they are hereby accepted. 
 
 Comrade Charles H. Fuller of Post 163 is hereby appointed Aide-de- 
 Camp on 'my personal Stall'. He will be obeyed and respected accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 "VI. The Department Inspector is hereby instructed to make such 
 details from the Staft as in his judgment seem advisable, to complete 
 the inspection where previous details have, from any cause, failed to 
 perform the duty assigned them. 
 
 VII. Particular attention is directed to the election of delegates and 
 alternates to the Department Encampment. This election must be held 
 at the first regular meeting in December. The ratio of representation is 
 as follows : One delegate and one alternate for evei'y tifty members 
 reported in good standing at the end of the third quarter, ending Sep- 
 tember !50, with an additional delegate and alternate for the fraction 
 when it is more than one-half that number. But every Post, whatever 
 its membership, is entitled to one delegate. (See Eulesand Regulations, 
 Cliap. Ill , Art. II.) lilank credentials have been forAvarded on which 
 to make returns One copy only will be sent to these headquarters 
 
 VIII Comrades, one full month remains in which to swell the net 
 increase for this Grand Army year. We can show a gain of 2.500 worthy 
 veterans if each Post of less than seventy-live members shall muster at 
 least two more recruits, and larger Posts a proportionate number. Let 
 us do this, and the close of another year will see this Department 20,000 
 strong. 
 
 IX. The address is wanted at this office of Capt. B. F. Josselyn. 
 11th Mass. Infantry; Capt. W. Irving Allen, 31st Mass. Infantry: any 
 member of Company E, 2Sth Mass. Infantry, from December, isfil, to 
 December, 18G2; a member of Company A, 3d Mass. Cavalry, who knew 
 George Molloy; any member of the United States marines on board ship 
 CoIorarJo, Avho knew Eben D. Blake ; John Instone, Company K. .jSth 
 Mass. Infantry; any and all ex-offlcers United States Navy; Dennis 
 Linehan and Michael Murphy, Company F, 1st Mass. Cavalry. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, \ 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 General Orders, ") Boston, Dec. 10, 188-1. 
 
 No. 10. I 
 
 I. Comrades: By Rules and Regulations it is provided that Post 
 officers shall be installed into their respective offices at the first stated 
 meeting in January. Posts desiring the services of a particular com- 
 rade for this purpose will first secure his consent to perfoim the duty, 
 and then at once notify these headciuarters of their choice, when he will 
 be detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer. The details thus made will 
 be reported in the next General Order. Do not delay, but act in the mat- 
 ter at once. Your wishes should be known here not later than the 27th 
 inst. The expenses of the installing officer should be borne by the Post, 
 but it is suggested that both time and expense may be saved the Post by 
 securing the services of the Senior Past Post Commander to act as mus- 
 tering officer. 
 
MNKTEENTII ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 331 
 
 II. Post 178, Otis, Warren O. Hawle}', Commander, has been organ- 
 ized since last General Orders. 
 
 Ill The Trustees of the Soldiers' Home request the Adjutant of 
 each Post to send to these headquarters the name and P O address of 
 each comrade, to whom they may mail an Annual Report of that excel- 
 lent institution. 
 
 IV. The address is wanted at this office of the surgeon in charge 
 at Portsmouth Grove Hospital, Uliode Island, from Sept 10 to Dec 11, 
 18G2; Thomas Ward, Private, Company A, ;3d Mass. Heavy Artillery. 
 
 V. General Orders, No. 8, from National Head(|uar*ters is hereby 
 promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C MONKOE, 
 
 Assista n t Adjiita lit- General. 
 
 Headquarters Dei'.artment of Mas.saciiusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Kepublic. > 
 
 12 PtMliERTOX S(J , HOOM fi. | 
 
 General Orders, "l Boston. Dec. 29, 1884. 
 
 No 11. i 
 
 I. The following named comrades are hereby detailed as mustering 
 officers by Comrade George H Bonney, Jr , Chief Mustering Officer of 
 the Department, and will install the officers of the Post whose numbers 
 appear against their names : — 
 
 John D. Billings, Department Commander .... ... 68, 8(5 
 
 John W Hersey, Department Senior Vice-Commander . . 103, U7, 16« 
 Kichard F Tobiu, Department Junior Vice-Commander 18, 23, 30, 1.59 
 Edward McKay, Council of Administration ....... 130, 163 
 
 A. C Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General 2, 36, 87, 156 
 
 S. A Cashing, Jr., Department Inspector ... .... 32 
 
 George H Bonney. Jr . Chief Mustering Officer . .... 16.5 
 
 John W. Kimball, Past Department Commander 153 
 
 George W. Creasey, Past Department Commander ..... 5 
 G. H. Patch, Past Department Commander . .... 57, 102 
 
 G. S. Evans. Past Department Commander . . . 4, 7, 16, (2, 125, 161 
 Charles O Fellows, Past Assistant Quartermaster-General . . 21, 35 
 
 Charles H Leonard . . ..... 76, 154 
 
 Thomas Swasey 82 
 
 John Collins .... ... . . 6 
 
 William H Morgan ... 89 
 
 William S. Frost 43, 80 
 
 William C Litchlield 54 
 
 William H Eastman 34 
 
 Tristram Talbot 122 
 
 I. H. Goodhue ... 65 
 
 P. Henry O'Connell 90 
 
 AVilliam H Thomas 104 
 
 John S Heck ... 75 
 
 George T. Fayeweather 96 
 
 Orrin Dalrymple 79 
 
 William L. Gage . 58, 88 
 
 David Dunliar 31 
 
 Alonzo G. Furbush . 63 
 
332 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Dennis Linehan 15 
 
 John A Bearse 49 
 
 Jeremiah Norris 149 
 
 Rodney D. Looniis 70 
 
 F. F. ilarlow 78 
 
 Louis L Stone 175 
 
 Georije E. Goodrich 19 
 
 Isaac^M Holt 121 
 
 Samuel C Hunt 1 
 
 Eugene R. Prior lOR 
 
 D.'j. Starbnck 134 
 
 S. Wells Hunt 55 
 
 E. P. Wildes 108 
 
 Charles H Deyo 51 
 
 Daniel F. Kiley 42 
 
 Georiie W. Corev 173 
 
 K. W. Hand . ' 140, 162 
 
 Geofiie L Goodale 66 
 
 H. T. Hrii-ham 67 
 
 Lucius Field 04 
 
 S. H. Smith 126 
 
 John F. Dolan .172 
 
 Charles F. Perkins 81 
 
 George W. Rockwood 59 
 
 C. H. Taft 144 
 
 George J. Sanger 152 
 
 Alexander Smart 114 
 
 Edward P. Miles 138 
 
 R. B. Dickie 158, 177 
 
 Darius Hadley 95 
 
 John H. Abbott 133 
 
 James Bracken . 168 
 
 H. M. Converse 160 
 
 Cyrus T. Batchelder 50 
 
 Charles Grey 123 
 
 William H. Brown 118 
 
 George H. Walker 105 
 
 Harry A Cushman 3 
 
 N. E. Ladd 101 
 
 Charles H. Colburn ... 120 
 
 C R. Bartlett 136 
 
 Charles H. Clark 176 
 
 A. A. Burrill 22 
 
 D H. Smith 145 
 
 William Spaulding 12 
 
 F. W. Polley 53 
 
 R. C Jenkins 14 
 
 W. H. Eastman 128 
 
 Georse R. Peirce 150 
 
 David L Hodges 169 
 
 Dexter Hager 164 
 
 B. S. Atwood 13 
 
 Fitz J. Babson 45 
 
 Frank 0. Barnes 56 
 
 E. R. Jewett 91 
 
 A. H. Cogswell 100 
 
 Charles F. Urann 43 
 
 .V. A. Seaverns 112 
 
 George M Fisk 117 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMP:MENT. 333 
 
 II. The Commanders of the above indicated Posts should at once 
 communicate with their musterin.ir officers, irivinu- time and place of 
 installation, and the most direct way of eettinij there. In case the com- 
 rade designated above for any Post cannot be present, and Avhere no 
 comrade has been detailed by the Chief Mnstering Officer, any National 
 or Department officer, or Past Post Connnander (in his own Post) in 
 iiood standino; (except the retirinij- Commander) may act. In no case 
 will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues have 
 been forwarded. (See Service Book ) 
 
 III A year's supply of blank Adjutant's and Quartermaster's reports, 
 with blank bond for Post Quartermastei-, have been sent to each Post 
 Commander If the same have not been received, notice should be sent 
 to these headcpiarters at once. 
 
 IV The Eighteenth Session of the Department Encampment will 
 be held in this city January 28 and 29. It is proposed to have a ban(|uet 
 at the close of the meeting. In order that the committee may work 
 understaudingly, Commanders of Posts are requested to send to this 
 office at their earliest opportunity, on the enclosed card, the names of 
 comrades of their respective Posts who will jjurchase tickets to the same. 
 Price of tickets $1.00. Promptness is desirable in this matter, as only 
 five hundred tickets can be issued, on account of the capacitv of the hall. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Assistant Sur- 
 geon Frederick E. Porter, or any officer who served on United States 
 gunboat Tuscmnhia in 18f;;3. 
 
 VI. The following new Posts have been organized since the last 
 Order was issued : — 
 
 Samuel F. Wood Post 179, Barre, B. F. Brooks, Commander. 
 
 Post 180. Concord, George P. How, Commander 
 
 VII General Orders, Nos. 9 and 10, from National Headqiuirters. 
 are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 . JOHN D KILLINGS, 
 
 Official: Dppartmnit Commnnder. 
 
 A. C. MONKOE, 
 
 Aiisistant Adjutant-G enerah 
 
 SETTS, \ 
 UHLIC, |- 
 )OM 0. ) 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachu 
 Grand Army ov the Rei 
 12 Pkmberton Sq., Room 
 General Orders, I Boston, Jan. .".. 188.- 
 
 No. 12. / 
 
 I The annual Encampment of this Department will meet at Faneuil 
 Hall, Boston, Thursday evening, January 29, at seven o'clock, and con- 
 tinue the session at Tremont Temple, January ."JO. 
 
 II. It is earnestly desired that every Post in the Department shall 
 be represented by its full delegation, and as arrangements are making 
 for transacting more of the business than usual at the evening session'^ 
 delegates should be on hand punctually and stay through the meeting. 
 Posts should pay the expenses of their delegates, if necessarv to secure 
 this end 
 
 III. The ratio of representatives has already been published in 
 General Orders, No 9. In the absence of a Post Commander, the Senior 
 Vice-Commander may represent the Post, or if both are absent, the 
 Junior Vice-Commander may act. 
 
 IV. Comrade Charles D. Stiles, Commander of Post GS, will detail 
 an Officer of the Day, Officer of the Guard, an Orderly, and eight com- 
 
334 HISTORY DEPT. OP MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 rades, to act as guard during the Encampment. This detail will report to 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General at Faneuil Hall at 6 p m., on the 29th. 
 
 V. After the adjournment of the Encampment, a banquet will be 
 served at Faneuil Hall, to which Governor Robinson, Mayor O'Brien, and 
 other distinguished guests have been invited. Only five hundred tickets 
 will be issued at $1 00 each, and as delegates are flrst to be supplied, it 
 is hoped they will order tickets through their Post Commanders without 
 delay, so that if any are left, they can be sold to comrades desiring 
 them 
 
 VI. The Department Commander takes pleasure in calling attention 
 to a Avork recently compiled by Comrade Robert B. Beath, Past Com- 
 mander-in-Chief, under the title of the " Grand Army Blue Book." which 
 gives to each section or article of the Rules and Regulations, in notes 
 appended thereto, the decisions of Commanders-in-Chief, or opinions of 
 the Judge Advocate-General bearing thereon, with additional notes, ex- 
 planations or suggestions, by Comrade Beath. The system of references 
 adopted in this book, with the varied inforniatioa it contains, not easily 
 accessible in any other form, makes this work one of great value to every 
 officer or comrade desiring to be fully informed on Grand Army laws 
 and usages. Each Post should have a copy and keep it for reference by 
 comrades. 
 
 The sale of this book is not restricted to Posts alone, but can be pur- 
 chased by comrades from these headquarters at $1.00 per copy. Every 
 Post officer should be well informed on the laws governing the Post, and 
 in this book Avill be found the information necessary to an intelligent 
 performance of his duty. 
 
 VII. The address of Captain Ladd, Assistant Quartermaster First 
 Division Ninth Army Corps, in front of Petersburg, near City Point, Va , 
 July, 1864, is wanted at these headquarters. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN D. BILLINGS, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONHOE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 335 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R, 
 1884. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 John D. Billings, Commander . Cautoii. 
 
 John W. Hkksev, Senior Vice- Commander . Springfield. 
 
 Richard F. Tobin, Junior Vice-Commander, Cambridge. 
 
 James Olivkb, Jr., iWedicai /Hrec^or . Atliol. 
 
 Rev. Richard Eddy, Chaplain Melrose. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 W. W. Scott Worcester. 
 
 J. CusHiNG Thomas Boston. 
 
 John McDonocgii South Boston. 
 
 Edward McKay Milford. 
 
 Charles H. Tkacy Cliicopee. 
 
 Official iStaf. 
 
 A. C. yiOSYiOE, Assistant A<l}vtant-General . 
 Thomas E. Barker, Assista^it Q.M.-General, 
 isAMUEL A. Gushing, Jr , Insjycctor . 
 John H. YiA'RUX, Judge Advocate 
 Geo. H. Bonney, Jr., Cliief Musterina Officer, 
 
 A. \. Harrington, 
 Justin B. Willard, 
 David Dunbar, 
 John S. Be( k, 
 
 S. Wells Hunt, 
 Fred. A. Washhurn. 
 Dennis Linehan, 
 Hubert O. >rooRE, 
 
 B. Kead Wale.s, 
 E. B. Meehan, 
 Alvin R. Bailey, 
 
 Aidcs-de-Cami' 
 
 yi Pemberton Sq., Room (!, Boston 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room (>, Boston. 
 5 Merchants Row, Boston. 
 23 Court Street, Boston. 
 Kingston. 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Sandwicli. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Charlestoxi'n. 
 
 John H. Abbott, 
 
 E. P. Morton, 
 
 W. A. Wetiierbee, 
 Lysandeu AVood, 
 Alonzo H. I'ekry, 
 I'ETEu Snyder, 
 w. c. pomekov, 
 Wm. L. Gage, 
 
 F. M. Harkington, 
 
 E. Warren Harback, 
 H. N. Harkiman, 
 
 Pall River. 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 stoughton. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 No. Adams. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 So. Braintree. 
 
 Northboro. 
 
 Upton. 
 
 Georgetown. 
 
336 
 
 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Aides-de- Camp ( Continued) . 
 
 Charles Fav, 
 R. W. Rand, 
 Chas. H. Wyman, 
 Lyman W. Clark, 
 C. W. C. Rhoades, 
 Horace J. Gray, 
 A A. Seavekns, 
 Samuel Worcester, 
 Wm. H. Matthews, 
 Jeremiah Xorris, 
 Chas. H. Clark, 
 S. F. Draper, 
 
 Springfie]d. 
 
 Orange. 
 
 Fitchbiirg. 
 
 E. Rostou. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Oambridgeport. 
 
 No. Scituate. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Wobuni. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Westfield. 
 
 Fayville. 
 
 John H. Gould, 
 Chas. F. Ubann, 
 Chas. L. Tucker, 
 Robert B. Dickie, 
 Darius Hadley, 
 H. A. Cushman, 
 Ernest Wagner, 
 E. T. Haryei,l, 
 S. T. Chamberlain, 
 John E. McClellan, 
 Leach Clark," 
 Wm. H. Coan, 
 
 Medlield. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Amesbury. 
 
 Lanesboro. 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Metliuen. 
 
 Rockland. 
 
 So. Gardner. 
 
 Saundersville. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Beprescntatives to Nationnl Encampment. 
 
 delegate-at-large. 
 
 alternate -at-lakge. 
 
 James F. Meech, 
 
 deleg 
 Chas. M. Whelden, 
 Henry C. Hall, 
 J. A. G. Richardson, 
 Geo. a. Fletcher, 
 John E. Killian, 
 Andre\v C. Stone, 
 John MacFarlane, 
 Wm. H. Estey, 
 Geo. G. Bailey, .Ir., 
 Chas. O. Welch, 
 Thus. H. Hill, 
 Chas. S. Anthony, 
 M. R. Greeley, 
 E. B. Stillings, 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 \TES. 
 
 Pittstield. 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 E. Cambridge. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 S. Weymouth. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 John L. i >tis, 
 
 altern; 
 F. O. Barnes, 
 J. H. Abbott, 
 S. F. Keyes, 
 E. S. Horton, 
 C. Frank Luthee, 
 Wm. H. Wakren, 
 Thos. E. Barker, 
 J. W. Sawyer, 
 
 C. H. COBURN, 
 
 E. H. Dyer, 
 E. P. Davis, 
 J. T. Capelle, 
 H. M. Phillips. 
 
 1'. A. LiNDSEV, 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Attleboro, 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Maiden. 
 
 Saugus. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Plainville. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Carabridgeport. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin s. Cushman, 
 Francis a. Osborn, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 *James L. Bates, 
 William Cogswell, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 John W. Kimball, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 
 New York. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Fitchbiir,!?. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Horace Binney Sargent, 
 
 Salem. 
 John G. B. Adams, Lynn. 
 
 *John a. Hawes, Fairhaven. 
 
 George W. Creasey, Newbuiypoit. 
 George H. Patch, ScFramingham. 
 
 George S. Evans, Cambridge. 
 
 * Deceased. 
 
NINKTKKNTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 337 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logau Rodman 
 Dahlsrreu 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General I.ander 
 
 P. T. Wynian 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward , 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster . 
 
 C.C.Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew . 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick.. 
 Colonel Prescott . . . 
 Edwin V. Sumner. . 
 H. S. Greenleaf . . . . 
 Friedrich Hecker. . . 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher 
 Joseph Hooker . . . . 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague... 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. (r. Stevenson 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells . . . 
 F. P. H. Rogers .... 
 
 William H. Smart. 
 George W. Perry. . 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. 11. Sheridan ... 
 Theodore Winthrop. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns. 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Xeedham. ... 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry. 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins .. 
 G. Wesley Nichols 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 No. 
 
 Town. 
 
 New Bedford 
 South Boston 
 
 Taunton. . 
 Melrose. . . 
 
 Lynn 
 
 Ilolliston. 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Worcester. . 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Wakefield 
 Brockion. 
 
 Hopkinton 
 Boston 
 
 Siiringfleld .. 
 
 Orange 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg . . . 
 
 Colerain 
 
 Boston 
 
 Milford 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 James L. Wilber 
 
 J. Payson Bradley 
 
 490 Broadway 
 
 Gustavus T. Fisher 
 
 Edwin C. Gould 
 
 Geo.D. Stiles 
 
 Daniel F. Travis- 
 
 Alberts. Buswell ( 
 
 100 Vernon St., Rox. j 
 
 Alvin P. Vaughn 
 
 Hiifus Howe 
 
 Wni. L. Robinson 1 
 
 13 Mechanics St. j 
 
 Thos. H.Haskell 
 
 Harvard Sq. } 
 Oliver Walton 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Uxbridge 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston 
 Waltham 
 
 30 Canibridgeport 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Major How 47 
 
 George S. Boutwell . 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Geo. A.Grant 
 
 Box 1044 
 
 T. N. Drawbridge 
 
 Geo. O. Noyes 
 
 Box 3432 
 
 E. AV. Lathrop 
 
 R. W. Rand 
 
 John H. Balcom 
 
 Ira G. Wilkins 
 
 David W. Snow 
 
 Charles Bleiler 
 
 George L. Mavnard 
 
 Jos. H. Daltoh 
 
 106 White St. 
 
 Henry Mann 
 
 E.J. Hill 
 
 Charles H. Hovey . 
 
 Fred G. Hyde 
 
 W. L. G. Haskins 
 
 William D. Newland. . . , 
 Box 78 I 
 
 John W. Walker , 
 
 , . , 3(i River Street j 
 
 scituate I A. A. Seaverns 
 
 North Scituate 
 
 W.J. Blake 1 
 
 19 Dedham Street ( 
 
 Chas. A. McDonald 
 
 Albert J. Lowd 
 
 Geo. W. Marsh 1 
 
 Box 9 ] 
 
 Horace D. Durgin i 
 
 No. Cambridge ( 
 
 Geo. L. Smith 
 
 E. Legg 
 
 Geo. H. Flagg 1 
 
 42 Charles Street | 
 
 , Benj. .Johnson 
 
 Westheld | Chas. H.Clark.... 
 
 Lowell Frank B. Peabody 
 
 -, ,, Wamesit Mills < 
 
 Marlboro E. C. Marsh 
 
 Fayville Francis Wright " 
 
 Gloucester j Wni. H. Cross 
 
 Fall River , John H. Abbott i 
 
 28') So. Main Street 
 
 Haverhill... I Wm. H.Johnson ) 
 
 Rear 108 Wash. Street ( 
 
 Ayer ' Francis Love joy 
 
 Newburyport j Jos. L. Johnson 
 
 Peabody 1 Wni. H. Hildretli > 
 
 Box 173 i 
 North Brookfield... John S. Cooke. 
 
 South Easton Ellis R. Holbrook / 
 
 ! Box 30 (Cochesett) { 
 
 Woburn. 
 Salem..., 
 Chelsea . 
 
 Arlington 
 
 Spencer.. . 
 Brookfield 
 Lawrence. . 
 
 Maiden... 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Isc and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
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 Friday 
 
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 Alter. Fridays 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 
 Wednesday ■ 
 2(1 and 4th Tues. 
 2d and last Men. 
 1st and od Tues. 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
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 Thursday 
 Tuesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 lstand4thThurs. 
 
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 lstand3dThurs. 
 •id and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 Monday. 
 Thur-day 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 Friday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Thur. 
 
HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Charles H. Stevens. . . 
 Capt. U. S. Hastings. 
 I.D.Paull 
 
 Charles P.eck 
 
 P. Stearns Uavis. 
 Reynolds 
 
 INrajor J. A. Pratt. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Ijvon . . 
 
 Charles \V arcl 
 
 Gen. W^adsworth . . 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Benj. Stone, .Tr. 
 J. P. Rice 
 
 George A. Custer. 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A. St. John Chambre.. 
 
 McPherson 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Col ling wood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A. Russell . . . 
 Chas. D. Sanford. . . 
 Arthur G. Biscoe. . 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr. 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 W. L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer. . . . 
 
 Paul Revere' 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn.. . . 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen.E. W. Hinks.... 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E.J.Griggs 
 
 Henrv Brvant 
 
 Gen. W. F. ISartlett. . . 
 
 William B. Greene 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F.Wolcott 
 
 Otis ( liainnan 
 
 E. Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 Allen 67 
 
 O. W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody . . . . 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles.. 
 J. E Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. 
 
 Leominster 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Taunton.... 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling . . 
 Franklin . 
 Webster. . 
 Newton.. . 
 
 Natick 
 
 Clinton. .. 
 Warren.. . 
 Medf ord. . 
 
 Manchester 
 
 Dorchester... 
 Westminster. 
 
 Millbury. 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Stoughton 
 
 Abiugton 
 
 Kockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth . 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington. 
 North Adams 
 
 Westboro 
 
 Watertown 
 
 Marblehead 
 
 Hanover 
 
 South Deerfleld. 
 
 Ware 
 
 Xorthamjiton . . . 
 South Braiutree. 
 
 Quincy 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Foxboro 
 
 Brighton 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Canton 
 
 Saueus 
 
 North boro 
 
 Belchertown 
 
 Cohasset 
 
 Andover 
 
 Methuen 
 
 Grovelaud 
 
 Milton 
 
 Chicopee 
 
 Hingham 
 
 ITptou 
 
 Rockport 
 
 I'almer 
 
 Georgetown 
 
 East Templeton. . 
 
 Randolph 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate. 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Aldrich Cook 
 
 John L. Bruce 
 
 Simeon T. Wilber ( 
 
 Whittenton Mills i 
 
 Daniel T. Duhig 
 
 J. F. Capelle 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell j 
 
 East Weymouth I 
 
 Edward F.Winn 
 
 ( )li ver H. 1 ngalls 
 
 A. R. Snow 
 
 W. A.Wetherbee 
 
 Frank P. Sinionds 
 
 Louis L. Stone 
 
 John G Leach — 
 
 Samuel G. Jepson 1 
 
 Box 216 i 
 Robert C. Calder 
 
 Box 116 ] 
 
 Chas. D. Stiles 
 
 Abner E. Drury. .. ) 
 
 Box 72 ) 
 
 A. H. Batchelor 
 
 Harry Crosby t 
 
 Box 453 i 
 Lysander Wood 
 
 A. H. Wright 
 
 Isaac Hopkins 
 
 R. K. Brown 
 
 Alonzo H. Perry 
 
 Geo. S. Graham 
 
 Wm. H. Gurney 
 
 Geo. S. Stockwell 
 
 Geo. T. Fayeweather 
 
 B. H. Dow 
 
 Wm. B. ISh^Curdy 
 
 W. R. Howes 
 
 Dexter F. Hager. 
 
 Geo. S. Marsh 
 
 W. C.Pomeroy 
 
 Henry A. Monk 
 
 Wm. 'p. Martin 
 
 Jos. W. Stocker ) 
 
 Box 341 ( 
 Edward L. Hill 
 
 C. A. Stevens 
 
 Benj . F. Sandborn 
 
 G. li. Pierce 
 
 Jonathan Linlield 
 
 Chas. A. Newhall 
 
 F. M. Harrington 
 
 Geo. M. Abbey .. 
 
 Chas. A. Gross 
 
 Brainerd Cummings 
 
 Daniel Web;-ter 
 
 Hosea B. Nash 
 
 Geo. A. Fletcher 
 
 Charles H Tracy 
 
 Chas. H. Wakefield 
 
 Chas. H. Johnson ( 
 
 Box 2".)1 ) 
 
 Thos. F. Parsons, Jr 
 
 Daniel W. Taft 
 
 Chas. Smith 
 
 J. W. Wallace 
 
 Wm. A. (Jroak 
 
 Henry H. Collamore. . . I 
 North Pembroke i 
 
 T. B. Chapman. ) 
 
 Ridge Hill ( 
 
 NKiHT OF 
 
 Meeting. 
 
 2dand4thThur8. 
 1st and lid Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 4th Mon. 
 
 2d and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st and3dThurs. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st afid 3d Wed. 
 
 •2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday . 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 ■2dan(14thThurs. 
 
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 Fi iday 
 
 Tliursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Monday 
 
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 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
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 1st Monday 
 
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 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4ih Wed. 
 
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 1st Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 3d Wednesdaj' 
 2d and last Tues. 
 1st Thursday 
 1st and 3d Fii. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 339 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 E. W. Kinsley 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge... 
 
 E. S.Clark 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 Jaines E. Bates 
 
 George G. Mea<le... 
 James A. Garfield. 
 
 Timothy 1 ngraham , 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker , 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. \V. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayles 
 
 T. L. Bonuey" 
 
 Gen. James Aiipleton 
 Wm. H. Freeman. ... 
 
 James H. Sargent 
 
 George H. Thomas. . . 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien. . . 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 W. C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith. . . 
 Frank D. Hammond. 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll. 
 
 Will. A. Streeter. 
 Robert G. Shaw. . 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. n. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns. 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Maior Boyd 
 
 O. II. P. Sargent.... 
 
 Gilman C. I'arker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep , 
 
 James A. Perkins... 
 Klbridge B. Piper.... 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser. . 
 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton... 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taft .. 
 
 No. 
 
 113 
 
 114 
 115 
 116 
 117 
 118 
 119 
 120 
 
 121 
 122 
 123 
 
 124 
 125 
 12i; 
 127 
 128 
 129 
 
 1.30 
 131 
 132 
 133 
 134 
 135 
 13G 
 137 
 138 
 139 
 140 
 141 
 
 142 
 143 
 144 
 
 Town. 
 
 Boston . 
 
 Merrimac . . . 
 
 Groton 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Medtteld 
 
 Swampscott . 
 Lexington.. . 
 Lowell. 
 
 Hyde Park... 
 
 Amesbury 
 
 Athol Centre. 
 
 East Bridgewater. 
 
 Pittsfleld 
 
 A dams 
 
 Hanson 
 
 Ipswich 
 
 Millville 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Medway 
 
 I.,eicester 
 
 Sandwich 
 
 Plainville 
 
 Boston 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 
 Rutland..." 
 
 East Douglass. 
 
 West Acton 
 
 Somerville 
 
 Athol 
 
 Harwich 
 
 Saxonville. 
 Brookline . 
 Dedham. .. 
 
 145 Attleboro 
 
 146 New Bedford. 
 
 Amherst 
 
 Winchester . , 
 Charlestown . 
 
 Montague 
 
 West Newbury 
 
 Essex 
 
 Winchendon 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Monson 
 
 Everett. .. 
 
 Walpole 
 
 Housa tonic 
 
 East Ho.^ton 
 
 We.1t Brookfield. . . 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Turners Falls 
 
 E. H. Richards 
 
 7 Green St. 
 
 Charles (). Roberts 
 
 M. P. Palmer 
 
 S. T. Chamberlin , 
 
 John H. Gould 
 
 Peleg Gardner 
 
 Chas. T. West 
 
 Hubert M. Potter 
 
 67 Grand Street 
 
 Geo. G. Bailev, Jr 
 
 Chas. L. Tucker 
 
 Chas. L. Gould 
 
 Box 595 
 
 E. E. Edson 
 
 Wm. H. Chamberlin 
 
 F. L. Wheelock 
 
 Charles A twood 
 
 Luther Wait 
 
 Wm. F. Byrne 
 
 Rlackstone 
 
 Henry A. Walker 
 
 F. M. Lamb 
 
 John F. Cunningham . . . 
 
 Wm.H. Wade 
 
 Thos. Cannon 
 
 Jos. R. Loring 
 
 Jas. G. Shannon 
 
 Henry Hutchins 
 
 Jonathan W. Loker 
 
 Chas. F. King 
 
 L. H. Sawin 
 
 Samuel Hawes ) 
 
 West Chatham 
 
 Wm. B. Wallace 
 
 Willard Y Gross.. 
 
 Chas. C. Nichols ) 
 
 Walnut Hill } 
 
 Thos. K. Gay 
 
 Chas. H. Harrison... . ( 
 
 187 Elm Street j 
 J. W. Rowland 
 
 Wm. A. Snow 
 
 Horace S. Flagg ) 
 
 16 Carter Street \ 
 
 Jason Mann 
 
 Elbridge G. Wood 
 
 Timothy Andrews 
 
 C T. Stearns 
 
 Geo. H. Bonney, Jr 
 
 Harlow Chapin 
 
 Darius Hailley 
 
 Geo. E. Craig 
 
 Wm. McDonald 
 
 Flavel Shurtleff 
 
 J. G. Warren 
 
 Geo. Perkins 
 
 Edw. E. Barnard 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 2d Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 Monday 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 1st Thursday 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 Alternate Sats. 
 2d Saturday 
 Wednesday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 IstandSdThurs. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Wed. 
 
 1st Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 
 2d and lastThur. 
 3d Monday 
 
 3d Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 3d Thursday 
 
 I Tues. on or 
 / bef . full moon 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 
 2d Mondiiy 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Department Comiviander, 
 
 1885-86. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.a.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1886. 
 
 JANUARY 27— EVENING SP:SSION. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Tremont Temple, 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1886, in compliance with General Orders No. 15, 
 from Department Headquarters, and was called to order at 7.30 
 P.M. by Department Commander John W. Hersey. 
 
 The Officer of the Day reported all present members of the 
 Order. 
 
 Past Department Commanders were invited to seats upon the 
 platform. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Department Chaplain Rev. E. A. 
 Perry, after which the Commander declared the Encampment 
 opened in due form. 
 
 On motion of Comrade John McDonough of Post 2, the 
 reading of the records was dispensed with. 
 
 The Commander then appointed the following Committee on 
 Credentials, viz., the Assistant Adjutant-General, the Assistant 
 Quartermaster-General, Comrades Edward McKay and Samuel 
 Worcester, Council of Administration, and T. J. Ames of Staff. 
 
342 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials, as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 583 
 
 Number present 452 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers 15 
 
 Past Department Commanders 6 
 
 Post Commanders 135 
 
 Delegates • • 296 
 
 Total 452 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 343 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1886. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander Jonx W Hkksey 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander Richard F. Tobin. 
 
 Junior Vice- Commander Charles D Nash. 
 
 Medical Director Walter H. Leighton. 
 
 Chaplain Kev. E. A. Perky. 
 
 Council of Administrntion. 
 
 John McDonough. Edward McKay Charles H. Tracy. 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer. Samuel Worcester. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General .... Alfred C. Monroe. 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General . . W. W. Scott. 
 
 Inspector B. Read Wales. 
 
 Judge Advocate Henry Winn. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer Charles Fay 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S Cushman. John W. Klmball. 
 
 George S. Merrill. John G. B. Adams. 
 
 George W. Creasey. George H. Patch 
 
 George S. Evans John D. Billings. 
 
 [Only the names of comrades present are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commander Fred S. Washburn, Andrew J Smith, Thomas 
 W. Cook, Edward T. Chapman, S. C. Cliamberlin 
 
 Post 2. Commander C. H. Whitney, J H O'Donnell, W F. Clarke, 
 Arthur Neilson, W S. Brown, C. H. Ross. 
 
 Post 3. Commander Lewis B. Hodjres, A. H Blake, Benjamin Morris 
 Alden H. Blake, Duncan S Elliott. ' 
 
 Post 4. Commander Edwin C. Gould, Richard Eddy. 
 
 Post 5. Commander T. M. Currant, F. 11. Bean, Fred. P. Larrabee, 
 Georye C. Hi-r-rins, W. A Cotton, David Walker. Frank 
 G. Kelley, Willis L Hidden, Jas Frev, Thos. Payton, 
 Warren Bailey, C M. Sprajjue, C H Roi)inson, John" For- 
 rest, C. B. Smith, S. H. Davenport, Fred. Fitts. Geo. D. 
 Stiles. 
 
 Post 6. Commander Wm. H. Belcher, B. A. Bridges. 
 
 Post 7. Commander Wilbur F. Lane, Thaddeus Churchill, Jeremiah 
 Wakefield, Georije A. J. Colgan, Patrick W Doherty, 
 George B Martis, Stephen F. Keyes, J. B. Cherry, Charles 
 H. Whitney. 
 
344 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 8 Commander James M. Sampson, Thomas B. Griffiths, Chas. 
 
 W Turner. 
 Post 9. Commander Charles G Brigham, Geo. W. Poor, C. H. Hill. 
 Post 10. Commander Cephas N. Walker, S. F, Babbitt, J B Lamb, 
 James Armstrong, C W. Putnam, J. B. Willard, Thos. 
 
 O'Gara, Frank H. Rice, Jothani Bigelow, Wm. L. Robin- 
 son, Joseph P Eaton, Augiistns Stone, J. N. Jones. 
 Post 11. Commander Wm H, Poole, Isaac W. Derby, Thos. H. Haskell, 
 
 Jos W. Hill, John Reade, Everett A. Stevens. 
 Post 12. Commander Arlon S. Atherton, W. S. Harris, Wm N. Tyler, 
 
 Jnstin Howard, I) H. Rolfe. 
 Post 13. Commander Alfred F Sears, Nathaniel D. Toppan, Wm. R. 
 
 Bunker, Chas. E Tribon, Francis M. Shaw. 
 Post 14. Commander N. H Houghton, A O. Thompson. 
 Post 15. Commander David R Pierce, E. B Loring, George W. Powers, 
 
 Samuel Canning, David 0. Felt, Charles W. Bartlett, J. 
 
 Gushing Thomas, Francis E. Beahn, Thomas Langlan. 
 Post 16. Commander Joel H. Hendrick, H. M Phillips, J L Knight, 
 
 John P.aker, C D. Utlbrd, Wm. S. Shurtleft", C. H Allison, 
 
 Geo. L. Warriner, N E Abbott. E. F. Cross, D W. Ware. 
 Post 17. Commander Albert L. Barrett, A L. Shattuck, G. A. Drake. 
 Post 18. Commander E H. Bunker, G C Fiske. 
 Post 19. Commander Edward P. Loring, Edwin F. Putnam, Fred M. 
 
 Peckham, Sidney Sibley, George S Gilchrest, Edward B 
 
 Macy. 
 Post 20. Junior Vice-Commander Loren B Moore. 
 Post 21. Commander Charles Rothenberg, Theodore Leutz. 
 Post 22. Commander Henry J. Bailey, L. A. Lamson, Henry Hancock, 
 
 Henry A. Pond 
 Post 23. Commander Edward Preble, Lyman W. Clark, Samuel M. 
 
 Weale, Lyman W. (lould. 
 Post 24. Commander George M. Newton, F. L. Fuller. 
 Post 25. Commander Ezra J. Hill. 
 Post 26. Commander John E Killian, Michael Riley, Frank W. Monroe, 
 
 Frank B Perkins. 
 Post 27. Commander OB. Chaftee, L T Emerson. 
 Post 28. W. L. G Haskins. 
 
 Post 29 Commander !V1 H. Stevens, H N Fisher, J. Beaty. 
 Post 30. Commander AVm. H. P. Plummer, Samuel Hall, P A. Lindsey, 
 
 E J. Dolan, J. W Walker, J Kinnear. 
 Post 31. Commander Geo. O. Vinal, Henry H. Chubuck. 
 Post 32. Commander W. J Blake, P. Lynch, D. McCarty. 
 Post 33 Commander William P. Warren, Chas W. McDonald, Oliver 
 
 M. Wade. 
 Post 34. T. Wilson Nye, Amos Stillman, Albion M. Dudley, Edward C. 
 
 Becket. 
 Post 35. Commander Nelson H. Sibley, Joseph B. Everdean, A. G 
 
 Beane, Geo W. White, George W. Marsh. Charles A. 
 
 Littletield, William A. Prescott, William S. Hixon, Charles 
 
 O. Fellows. 
 Post 36. Commander Horace D Durgin, Major Bacon. 
 Post 37. Commander Charles P. Barton, Charles A. Boyden, James H. 
 
 Holmes, Emerson Stone. 
 Post 38. Commander Edwin Legg, E. D. Goodell. 
 Post 39. Commander Charles H Couillard, James J. Stanley, James 
 
 Lane, James W. Joyce, Andrew C. Stone, Daniel F. Kiley, 
 
 Charles Phillbrick, Marcus W Copps 
 Post 40. Commander F. E West, Frank J. Scott, Nathan Newhall, 
 
 Charles E Thompson. 
 Post 41. Commander George H. Prescott, Frank A. Snow, Wm. Provin, 
 
 J. A. Lakin 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 345 
 
 Post 42. 
 
 Post 43. 
 
 Post 44. 
 Post 45. 
 
 Post 46 
 
 Post 47. 
 
 Post 48. 
 Post 49. 
 
 Post 50. 
 
 Post 51. 
 Post 52. 
 Post 53. 
 Post 54. 
 Post 55 
 Post 56. 
 Post 57. 
 
 Post 58. 
 
 Post 59. 
 Post 60. 
 
 Post 61. 
 Post 62. 
 Post 63. 
 
 Post 64. 
 Post 65. 
 Post 6G. 
 
 Post 67. 
 Post 68. 
 
 Post 69. 
 Post 70. 
 Post 71. 
 Post 72. 
 Post 73. 
 Post 74. 
 
 Post 75. 
 Post 76. 
 
 Post 77. 
 Post 78 
 Post 79. 
 
 Post 80. 
 Post 81. 
 Post 82. 
 
 Commander .Tohn Welch, Benj. F. Butler, H. G. O. Weymouth 
 John F. Murphy, John E. Quinn, O. M. Cousens, Andrew 
 J. Boies, C. A. R. Dimon. 
 Commander John R. McCrillis, W. A. Alley, C. F. Robinson 
 J. W. Barnes ' 
 
 Commander George Cantello, S F. Draper. 
 Commander Sidney Gardner, Benjamin F Cook, Charles H 
 
 Parsons, Albert C. Andrews. 
 
 Commander John II. Ahl)ott, James L. Delmage, Richard Booth 
 
 John M. Deane, Frank McGraw. ' 
 
 Commander Edward B Savage, Thos. M. Arnold, William H 
 
 Johnson, Benj. A. Sawyer, Walter Goodrich, Carl Jensen* 
 
 John C. Goodwin. ' 
 
 Commander John H Sprague, II C Sherwin. 
 
 Commander Henry Martin, Eben P. Cutter, John Burke, Caleb 
 
 P. Davis, Jr., Albert O. Colby, Russell T. Tibbetts. 
 Commander Frank E Farnhani, Wm. W. Reed Georo-e B 
 
 Millen. ' '^ 
 
 Commander John S. Cooke, Charles H. Bartlett. 
 Commander Ellis R. Holbrook, P. W. Fecto, D. W. Burrill 
 Commander A. W. Allen, D W Martin. 
 Commander John A. Merrill, E H. Hartshorn. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Horace A Allyn, Dexter Jewett, F. W. Hi^'-o-inson 
 Commander F. M. Balcom, M. F. Davlin, M. F. Marks T j' 
 
 Quinn. ' 
 
 Commander Benj. S. Lovell, James W. Rand, Moses R. 
 
 Greeley, James J. Mahoney, Jr., Austin P. Beard. 
 Not represented 
 Commander William E. Nason, George W. Nason Wm. H 
 
 AVilliams ' 
 
 Commander Elias P. Morton, H. J Wooddell, E P Carter 
 Commander W. H Park, Jr., J F. Makee, R M Lucas 
 Commander S W. Mann, D M. L Gleason, Ed. P. Simpson 
 J H Wright ^ ' 
 
 Commander Henry C. Ladd, Charles Frazer. 
 W. S. Stearns. 
 Commander Robert M. Spinney, John S. Beck, J. Everett 
 
 Pierce. 
 Commander Chas. H Stone, E. P. Stanley. 
 Commander Charles D. Stiles, Charles B. Fox, Henry P 
 Oakman, Edmund C. Whitnev, Charles D. W Marcv 
 Walter E. Swan. " 
 
 Commander J. S. Harrington, E. S Kendall. 
 Commander E. A. Waters, S. C Spooner. 
 Commander W. H. Abbott, A. M Cain, James Howes. 
 Commander Lysander Wood, Thomas Blanchard 
 Commander A. W. llines. A. H. Wri<>lit, J W. Sproul 
 Commander George E Dunham, Silas Guruey, Jeremiah 
 
 Looby. 
 Commander S. L. Colley, John Best, C. B Carlin. 
 Commander Benj. A. Hathaway, Edmond M. Leach, Alartiu 
 
 Curley. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Hufus Cass Ephraim T. Cole, A. B. Caswell, Jr. 
 Senior Vice-Commander L. J. Amiden, C. B. Cheesebre E b' 
 
 Hicks 
 Commander Chas. E. Smith, F. W. BuUard, L P Claflin 
 (^ommander Fred. A. Thomas, G. W. Smith, Geo. E. Teele 
 Senior Vice-Commander Richard Goldsmith, John B. Graves 
 Jr., Richard B. P.rown, AVilliam K. Brown, Thos. Swasey' 
 
346 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 83. 
 
 Post 84. 
 
 Post 84. 
 
 Post 86. 
 
 Post 87. 
 
 Post 88. 
 
 Post 89. 
 
 Post 90. 
 
 91. 
 92. 
 93. 
 94. 
 95. 
 96. 
 97. 
 98. 
 99. 
 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 
 Post 100. 
 Post 101. 
 Post 102 
 Post 103. 
 Post 104. 
 Post 105. 
 Post 106. 
 Post 107. 
 Post 108. 
 Post 109. 
 Post 110. 
 Post 111. 
 Post 112. 
 Post 113. 
 
 Post 114. 
 Post 115. 
 Post 116 
 Post 117. 
 Post 118. 
 Post 119. 
 Post 120. 
 
 Post 121. 
 
 Post 122. 
 Post 123. 
 
 Post 124. 
 Post 125. 
 
 Post 126. 
 Post 127. 
 Post 128. 
 
 Post 129. 
 Post 130. 
 Post 131. 
 Post 132 
 
 Commauder R. C. Waterman, John G. Knight. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Frank P Clark, I). W. Ainsworth. 
 
 Commauder Wm R. Bartwell, W C. Pomeroy, Albert A. 
 
 Lyman, John Keach, Geo. C. Clapp. 
 Commander Henry A Monk, W. M. Richards. 
 Commander Francis P. Loud, Wm. P. Martin, Samnel D De 
 
 Forrest. 
 Commander John Planners, James H. Kendall, John W. 
 
 McKnight, Fred. A. Wallis. 
 Commander Harvey H Pillsbury, Timothy D. Crowley, Joseph 
 
 J. Fuller, Edward L. Hill. 
 Commander 11. C. Liudley, Wm. H Kempton. 
 Commander Alva J. Wilson, Frederick Hammond. 
 Commander James F. Hunter, Edwin Baker, G. R. Pierce. 
 Commander John T. Pitman. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander James F. Pratt, George W. Gale. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander A. Morse, Charles Davis. 
 David B. Lincoln. 
 
 Commander George W. Chandler, Peter D. Smith 
 Commander George H. Barnard, Joseph Martin. 
 Nathaniel E. Ladd. 
 
 Commander Charles E C Breck, George A. Fletcher. 
 Commander Benj. F. Tucker, Zackery Damon. 
 Commander Charles H. Wakefield, John H. Stodder. 
 Commander D C. Haviland, Geo. S. Ball. 
 Commander Calvin W. Pool. 
 Commander Chas. Upham, Daniel W. Tuft. 
 Commander Charles W Tenney, C. O Noyes, H. N. Harriman. 
 Commander Chas. B. Garfield, Geo. P Hawkes. 
 Commander Nathaniel H. Tirrell, Luther Rowe 
 Senior Vice-Commander H. C Sampson, H. H Collamore. 
 Commander David Bassford, Jr., William C. Litchfield. 
 Commander Augustine Sanderson, Augustine N. Sampson, 
 
 AUiert W. Hersey. 
 Commander M P. Brew, Bailey Sargent. 
 Commander Daniel C Fletcher, Chas. Blood. 
 Commander John D. Edgett, Chas. F. Read. 
 Commander John H. Pember, Ansel K. Tisdale. 
 Commander John J. Adams 
 Junior Vice-Commander J. N. Morse. 
 Commander W. A. Fifield, H M. Jacobs, W W Tuttle, L. A. 
 
 French, G. W. Huntoon, C. F. Urann. 
 Commander E. S. Churchill, S. N. Piper, W. C. Eustis, Jas. 
 
 McKay. 
 Commander Charles Goss, Dudley J. Marston. 
 Commander James Oliver, Benj. W. Spooner, Hiram A. 
 
 Bancroft. 
 Commander Peregrine W. Poole, Francis M. Kingman. 
 Commander Walter Cutting. Charles W. Whelden, Edward 
 
 McDonald, Rotjert B. Dickie. 
 Commander E. P. Snow, Peter Powers. 
 Commander Edward Pendleton, Josiah G. Cook. 
 Commander Luther Wait, Nathaniel Shatswell, Thomas F. 
 
 Ellsworth 
 Commander Cyremius E. Tucker, Lawrence Gibney. 
 Commander Wm J. Arbuckle, Henry A. Walker 
 Commander John F. Kebler, John D. Cogswell. 
 Commander L. Wells Hunt, Samuel H. Nye. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 347 
 
 Post 133. 
 Post 134 
 Post 135. 
 Post 136. 
 Post 137. 
 Post 138. 
 Post 139. 
 Post UO 
 Post 141. 
 Post 142. 
 Post 143 
 Post 144. 
 
 Post 14.5. 
 Post 146. 
 Post 147. 
 Post 148. 
 Post 149 
 Post 150. 
 Post 151 
 Post 152. 
 Post 153. 
 Post 154 
 Post 155. 
 Post 156. 
 Post 157. 
 Post 158. 
 Post 159. 
 Post 160. 
 Post 161. 
 
 Post 162. 
 Post 163. 
 Post 164 
 Post 165. 
 Post 166. 
 Po.sT 167. 
 Post 168 
 Post 169. 
 Post 170. 
 Post 171. 
 
 Post 172. 
 Post 173. 
 Post 174. 
 Post 175. 
 Post 176 
 Post 177 
 Post 178 
 Post 179 
 Post 180 
 I'O.ST 181 
 
 Post 182 
 I'O.ST 183 
 
 Commander William II Wade, Edward P. Davis. 
 
 Commander Samuel A. Valentine, Isaac S. MuUin. 
 
 Hammond W. Page 
 
 Not represented 
 
 Commander Henry Hntcliins, E. C. Norris. 
 
 Commander Isaiah Hutcbins, D. H. Hall 
 
 Commander Melville D Jones. James Davlin. 
 
 Commander William E. Jaqiiith. 
 
 Commander (J N. Munsell, C. H. Rockwell. 
 
 Commander Nathaniel S. Robinson. 
 
 W. Y. Gross, C. C. Soule 
 
 Commander Henry W Weeks, Charles C. Nichols, Wm. R. 
 
 Guild. 
 Commander E D Guild, E S. Horton, A. T. Wales. 
 Commander Geo. T. Fisher, Chas. II. Hanson. 
 Commander H. M. McCloud, C. S. Walker, J. W Howland. 
 W. A. Snow 
 
 Commander Charles S. Stone, Patrick Duggan. 
 Commander G. N Watsou, Leander Brigham. 
 Not repressented. 
 
 Commander Charles E French, Wm. Howe Rnrnham. 
 Commander Geo Q A Bryant, Theo. K. Parker. 
 Commander Frank C. Hill, Wm. J. Dunham. 
 George E. Fuller. 
 
 Commander Charles H. Spencer, Darius Hadley. 
 M. W. Allen. 
 
 Commander Wm McDonald. 
 
 Commander Joseph Rossiter, C. E. Bushee, C. E. Ceroid 
 Commander George H Howard, James Dillon. 
 Commander Milton Moore, Amljrose Bancroft, Chas H. 
 
 Harding 
 Commander Otis B. Wood, R L. Atherton. 
 Commander E. T. Phinney, Geo. O Bent. 
 Commander Charles C Burdett. 
 Commander John W. Tower, Lawrence Bradford. 
 Commander Edwin E James, Clarence E. Ware. 
 Not represented. 
 Commander Geo. W. Corey 
 Commander Albert G. Webb, Austin E. Pratt. 
 Commander Henry H. Fairbanks, John Smith. 
 Commander Rollin C. Ward, F. J. Stockbridge, Wm. E. 
 
 Merriam. 
 Commander Ambrose Fames. 
 
 Commander John H Harrison, Byron W. Charles. 
 Commander Charles C. Haskell, George Pierce. 
 Commander Ebeu C. Mann, Henry S. Nourse. 
 Edward Pease. 
 
 Commander D. M. Wilcox, Jacob Leroy. 
 Commander Warren O. Ilawley. Albert B. Charaplin, 
 Commander B F Brooks. 
 
 Commander Edward J. Bartlett, A. P. Chamberlain. 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Amasa Gray. Wm. Ryan. 
 Commander Charles Church. 
 
 The next business was the reports of the Department officers, 
 commencing with the address of the Department Commander 
 John W, Hersey, as follows : — 
 
348 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER JOHN W. HERSEY. 
 
 WORK OF THE YEAR. 
 
 Another march is ended, another campaign is closed, and 
 we, as comrades and coworkers, stack our arms and again bivouac 
 for a brief season, while we review the past, consider the present, 
 and counsel together as to the future of our beloved organization. 
 And it would seem fitting and proper, that at the very outset of 
 our deliberations in this our annual Encampment, we should 
 pause, and from our hearts return thanks to the Great Giver of 
 all good, who has so kindly led and prospered us in the work of 
 the year, both as an organization and as individuals. When, a 
 year ago, I received at your generous hands the honor which you 
 conferred upon me, by electing me to the most honorable position 
 which it has ever been my privilege to attain to, I fully resolved 
 that, to the very utmost of mj' abilities and opportunities, no 
 effort of mine should be lacking to enable our Department to still 
 maintain the high and honorable position which it then held 
 amongst the Departments of the nation. And while I have not 
 been able to accomplish all I hoped and desired, yet I think lean 
 truthfully say, I have done what I could; and while I recount to 
 you in detail some of the labors of the year, I do so in no spirit 
 of boastfuluess, but having received this honorable trust at your 
 hands, it would seem but proper and right, as I return it, that 
 with it I should also return to you a general account of my stew- 
 ardship. 
 
 During the year, it has been my privilege to attend eighteen 
 different camp-fires and thirty-two other Grand Army gatherings 
 in various parts of the Department. I have assisted in the open- 
 ing of seven different fairs ; have attended all the meetings of 
 the Council of Administration, five in number ; have attended 
 twenty-five regular Post meetings, four regimental and company 
 reunions, one meeting of the Staff', held for the purpose of laying 
 out and arranging the work of the year : delivered one Memorial 
 Day address, and was present and participated in Memorial Day 
 exercises with the comrades of another Post, and in the course 
 of the year have made sixty-five Grand Army speeches (such as 
 they were) ; have given three hearings at Department Head- 
 quarters, on matters pertaining to the interests of the Department ; 
 have installed the officers of seven different Posts, five of them 
 being public; was present and participated in the work of the 
 National Encampment ; attended the reunion of Massachu- 
 setts Veterans ; have visited three different places for the pur- 
 pose of arranging for the organization of new Posts, and as a 
 result of these labors, am happy to report that in two of these 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 34D 
 
 places Posts have been organized and are now doing well ; and 
 have been present at the dedication of two soldiers' monuments, — 
 making in all one hundred and eleven different occasions in which 
 I have, to the very best of my ability, represented the Depart- 
 ment in such a manner, at least, as to bring no discredit upon 
 it. I have written upwards of three hundred letters and a large 
 number of postal cards. In the performance of these duties, I 
 have travelled upward of 8,000 miles, and have met at various 
 times and in different places over 17,000 of the comrades of the 
 Department ; have been absent from home and away from my 
 business in the interests of the Department nearly eighty days, 
 and think I can safely say, that taking this, together with the 
 time that I had given to the interests of the Department when 
 at home, fully one third of the year has been spent in the service 
 and interests of the Department. 
 
 As I contemplate the past and sum up the labors of the year, 
 and am about to commit this grand and noble work to other 
 hands, I find but one lingering regret in my mind, and that is, 
 that I have not been able to do more to advance the interests of 
 our beloved Department, and to extend the influences of this grand 
 and fraternal comradeship, which is so dear to each one of our 
 hearts. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 When 1 entered upon the duties of the year, I was well 
 aware of the fact that the field of Grand Army work and inter- 
 ests in this Department had been so thoroughly worked and 
 cultivated by my worthy predecessors in office, that I could not 
 reasonably hope or expect to accomplish much in the way of 
 organizing new Posts ; consequently I turned my attention more 
 particularly to the work of building up and strengthening those 
 already organized ; and as a result of the labors of the year, I 
 think I can safely say that our Department was never in a more 
 flourishing and prosperous condition than at the 'present time, and 
 I am able to report the following facts relative thereto. At the 
 commencement of the year, we had 180 Posts; we now have 183, 
 a gain of three new Posts, notwithstanding the fact that at the 
 commencement of the year I could not see the least possible 
 opening for a single new Post in the Department. Jan. 1, 1885, 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General reported a net membership of 
 16,637. Jan. 1, 1886, his report shows a net membership of 
 17,965, making a gain of 1,328 for the year, a result over which 
 I think we may well congratulate ourselves, considering the fact 
 that we can no longer expect to increase our membership by the 
 formation of new Posts, and also the fact that the field from 
 which we may hope or expect to get an increase of membership is 
 becoming more and more limited each year as the years go by. 
 
350 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 and that we are fast approaching that time when the tide must set 
 in the other direction, and we shall have to report a decrease 
 instead of an increase 
 
 A matter that has given me a good deal of thought and 
 anxiety during the year has been the matter of suspended mensber- 
 ship ; and I have to confess that the more I have thought and 
 considered the question, the further I seemed to be from the 
 solution of the problem, how we can avoid this terrible drain 
 upon our membership. I can only suggest as a remedy for this 
 great evil, thorough and S3'stematic work on the part of Post 
 ofticers especially Post Quartermasters, in looking closely after 
 those who are inclined to be delinquent in the payment of their 
 dues. Another remedy that I would respectfully suggest and 
 urge upon the attention of comrades, is the importance of allow- 
 ing no comrade, who is honestly poor, to be thrust out and lose 
 his membership simply because he is poor. In the beautiful words 
 of our installation service, I would say, " Seek out and aid the 
 deserving poor," and let this grand work commence right in the 
 Post room, " and if a comrade be worthy stand by him, though 
 all the world else forsake him ; " and commence by having the 
 Post pay his dues, rather than crowd him out into the cold, 
 simply because he is poor. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 By the report of the Assistant Quartermaster-General, it will 
 be seen that the financial affairs of the Department, at the pres- 
 ent time, are in a most excellent and gratifying condition, reflect- 
 ing great credit not only upon those who have had the management 
 of the finances of the Department, but also upon the Posts and 
 comrades, who, by their promptness and faithfulness to the inter- 
 ests of the Department, have contributed so much towards the 
 accomplishment of these desirable results. 
 
 By the report of the Assistant Quartermaster-General of last 
 year, Comrade Barker, it will be seen that, at the commencement 
 of the present year we had on hand, cash, $2,835. 62 net; and by 
 referring to the report of the present Assistant Quartermaster-Gen- 
 eral, Comrade Scott, it will be seen that we now have on hand 
 $4,394.40 cash ; showing for the year a net gain of $2,008.78, 
 which, together with the property belonging to the Department, 
 consisting of ottice furniture, supplies, etc , as per appraisal, the 
 total assets of the Department to be S5,221.25, and best of all, 
 no liabilities. Two thousand dollars of the cash on hand has, by 
 vote of the Council of Administration, been deposited in two 
 reliable savings banks in the city of Boston ($1,000 in each). 
 By the advice and under the direction of the Judge Advocate, 
 Comrade Winn, this money was deposited in the name of the 
 Department Commander, Assistant Adjutant-General and Assist- 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 351 
 
 ant Quartermaster-General, and their successors in office, in such a 
 manner that it cannot be drawn therefrom, except upon a written 
 order, signed by all three of these officials ; and to make it still 
 more secure, on motion of Judge Advocate Winn, it was unani- 
 mously voted by the Council of Administration, that even these 
 officials are not to make any draft upon this money, or the increase 
 thereof, unless authorized so to do by vote of the Council. This, 
 in my judgment, is a wise and judicious policy, and J respect- 
 fully recommend that this Encampment instruct the incomina 
 Council of Administration to invest $1,500 more of the surplus 
 funds of the Department in some reliable savings bank in the city 
 of Boston (not over $1,000 in any one bank), on the same con- 
 ditions and under the same restrictions as that already invested. 
 The present prosperous financial condition of our Department 
 again leads us to the consideration of the question submitted to 
 the last Encampment by my predecessor, Past Department Com- 
 mander Billings, viz.. whether or not it is advisable, in the pres- 
 ent condition of our finances, to further increase the permanent 
 fund at Department Headquarters. 
 
 I think that we ought not to forget, that this money comes 
 largely from the pockets of our comrades, upon many of whom 
 the burdens of life rest heavy, and also that many have been com- 
 pelled to drop out by the way and lose their identity with us, 
 simply because it was impossible for them to pay their dues, small 
 as they were ; and I feel that any relief, be it ever so small, that 
 vve can extend to the weaker Posts and poorer comrades of the 
 Department will be a move in the right direction. Havin<T very 
 carefully and thoughtfully considered this matter in all its^bear 
 mgs, I fail to see any good reason why we should continue to 
 increase the funds at Department Headquarters as fast as they 
 have been increasing during the past two or three years, and I 
 therefore respectfully recommend that this Encampment reduce the 
 per capita tax of the Department from thirtv-two cents to twenty- 
 four cents per member, which, together with the other revenues 
 of the Department, will, in my judgment, produce a sufficient 
 income to meet all the current expenses of the Department, and 
 leave a small balance, each year, to be added to the permanent 
 fund of the Department. 
 
 I respectfully renew the recommendation of my predecessor 
 that the sum of $300 be appropriated by this Encampment to pay 
 the travelling expenses of the Department Commander when on 
 otHcial duty ; and also of the Senior and Junior Vice-Commanders 
 when acting in his stead ; and I also recommend that, when either 
 of these officers are absent from home on otHcial duty, as al)ove 
 specified, it becomes necessary for them to seek hotel accommo- 
 dations, the Department shall pay such bills ; but in no case shall 
 the total expenditures of the year for such purposes exceed the 
 
352 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 sum of $300, and that all bills so contracted shall be subject to 
 the approval of the Council of Administration. 
 
 I further respectfully recommend that the expenses of the 
 Department Commander and Assistant Adjutant-General to the 
 National Encampment, be paid by the Department ; and also that 
 the sum of $200 be appropriated for extra clerk hire to assist the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General in the clerical work of his office. 
 
 WORK OF CHARITY. 
 
 In no Department of the country is the work of charity, to 
 my mind the most important of our organization, more perfectly 
 exemplified than in our own ; a fact that ought to gladden the 
 heart of every comrade who has in any way contributed towards 
 the accomplishment of these grand results, for whatever else we 
 may do, this is, and ought to be, pre-eminently the work of the 
 Grand Army. 
 
 During the year just closed there has been expended by the 
 various Posts of the Department the magnificent sum of $38,212.5(3 
 in the work of charity ; and in the expenditure of this large sum, 
 1,595 members of the Grand Army have been assisted, and 763 
 that were not members ; and I am sorry to note, in this connec- 
 tion, an increase in the amount expended in aid of those not mem- 
 bers of our organization, for I am coming more and more to 
 believe that it is inexpedient and unjust to our comrades, who are, 
 and have been all these years, bearing the burdens of our organ- 
 ization, only to see those sharing equally with them, who, for 
 some reason or other, have taken no interest nor borne no part in 
 the work of charity in which we are engaged. I am thoroughly 
 convinced that we ought to discriminate very closely in the dis- 
 pensing of our charity, and only in the most extreme cases expend 
 the money of our relief funds, which rightfully belongs to the 
 comrades of the Grand Army, in aid of those who stand aloof 
 from us, and are never seen or known, only as they reach out 
 their hands to us for aid, when misfortune overtakes them. 
 
 In considering this matter of charity, and comparing what 
 has been done in this direction in our own Department with that 
 accomplished in the same direction by other Departments, I have 
 been wonderfully impressed with the grandeur and magnitude of 
 the work accomplished. Permit me to give you a few facts, by 
 way of comparison, relative to this matter, as brought to my 
 attention in consulting the report of the Adjutant-General, as 
 submitted to the last National Encampment. Illinois, with a 
 membership of 19,775, expended for charity last year $4,924, or 
 about two and one-half cents per member. Kansas, the great 
 soldier State, with a membership of 17,952, expended $6,097, or 
 a little less than three and one-half cents per member. New 
 York, with a membership of 31,377, expended $31,614 or a small 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 353 
 
 fraction over one dollar per member. Pennsylvania, with a mem- 
 - bersliipof 34,412, expended $38,031, or about ninety-six cents 
 per member. Ohio, with a membership of 27,461, expended 
 $10,360, or nearly thirty-eight cents per member. Mass'ichu- 
 setts, tvith a viembership of 17,965, expended $38,212, or over 
 ttvo dollars and twelve cents per member, or considerabbf more than 
 timce per member than that of any other Department in the conntry ' 
 And bear m mind, comrades, that this does not include the con- 
 tributions made by Posts and individual comrades in aid of our 
 Soldiers' Home. 
 
 In considering these matters, and trying to sum up in my 
 mmd the vast amount of good that must have been accomplished 
 in behalf of our disabled comrades and those dependent upon 
 them, by reason of this grand work of charity, on the part of the 
 comrades of this Department, I can but feel like congratulating 
 myself and my comrades, that we belong not only to "the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, but, better still, that we are members of 
 this grand old Department that we love so well. 
 
 ROLL OF HONOR. 
 
 During the year, 211) of our comrades have been mustered 
 out, and have joined the rapidly increasing host of comrades who 
 have answered the final roll-call, and are now being marshalled 
 under the Supreme Commander. 
 
 " They sleep their last sleep 
 They have foiiii:lit their last battle ; 
 No sound can awake them to glory again." 
 
 Among those of our own comrades that have thus passed on, 
 perhaps no one was more widely known, loved and honored than 
 Comrade Thomas Plunkett of Post 10,— the armless color-ser- 
 geant and hero of Fredericksburg, who died as he lived, brave 
 and true to the last. It was my privilege, accompanied by several 
 members of the Staff, to attend his funeral, on March 14 in 
 Mechanics' Hall, Worcester, and, with a large number of com- 
 rades from various parts of the Department, to pay our last tribute 
 of love and respect to a brave and true soldier, a worthy comrade 
 and an honored citizen. 
 
 Outside of our own Department the silent messenger has not 
 been idle, but has sought out and claimed as his victims some of 
 the most loved and honored of our comrades, — some whom we 
 have known and followed in other days, and whom we have 
 delighted to honor in later years. The summons came and 
 (Trant, the brave, true, noble-hearted and magnanimous warrior 
 and statesman, '^ gathered his mantle about him and lay down to 
 pleasant dreams," — brave and true in death as in life. 
 
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354 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G A.R. 
 
 At bis fuueral, which occurred in the city of New York, and 
 was one of the grandest and most imposing ever witnessed on this 
 continent, our Department was represented by the Department 
 Commander, Assistant Adjutant-General, with other members of 
 the Stat¥ ; also, by Post 1 of New Bedford and Post 2 of this 
 city, with delegations from other Posts, who faithfully represented 
 the Department on that occasion, with credit to themselves and 
 honor to the Department ; and for which they have my sincere 
 thanks. 
 
 And, later on, we were saddened and shocked by the sudden 
 death of the old and beloved commander of the Army of the Poto- 
 mac, — "Little Mac." He, our first love, and always our true 
 and steadfast friend, passed on, loved and honored by those 
 who knew him best, and by none more than his old comrades of 
 the Army of the Potomac. These events can but remind us, my 
 comrades, that time waits for no man, and that we, too, are 
 growing old, and must soon pass on, to meet and greet the com- 
 rades that have gone before. 
 
 " Then you '11 meet us, old comrades, 
 
 When over that river 
 The Angel of Death 
 
 Has carried us all; 
 Then we'll all join the ranks, 
 
 True comrades forever, 
 And we '11 all answer, ' Here ! ' 
 
 At the final roll-call." 
 
 woman's relief corps. 
 
 I have no words at my command, my comrades, to express 
 to you my appreciation of and thanks for the grand work which 
 this organization is accomplishing in our Department. Filled 
 with the same loyal devotion and self-sacrificing zeal that pos- 
 sessed them, their mothers and sisters, during the dark days of 
 the Rebellion, they have gone out, all over this Department, as 
 ministering angels, carrying sunshine and gladness into many a 
 desolate home, and making glad many a sad and lonely heart. 
 During the year it has been not only my duty, but also my happy 
 privilege, to assist them in word and deed as far as I possibly 
 could, and my only regret is that I have not been able to do more 
 to aid them. And I most heartily commend them and their noble 
 work to the favorable consideration of the comrades of the Depart- 
 ment, and for myself, I can only say that, from my heart of 
 hearts, I bid them God-speed in thq noble work in which they are 
 engaged. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 What a grand and hallowed inspiration was that which first 
 suggested and gave to us a Memorial Day, a day in which we 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 355 
 
 gather around the graves of our fallen comrades, and as a token 
 of our remembrance of the grand and heroic sacrifices which they 
 made for their country and for humanity, strew their graves with 
 the sweetest and fairest of spring flowers. 
 
 The reports that come from all parts of the Department 
 indicate that the day was more universally and appropriatel}'^ 
 observed, both by our comrades and the people generally, than 
 ever before. And I have been nnich gratified to note the dispo- 
 sition, not only on the part of the comrades of the Grand Army, 
 but also on the part of the people generally, to discountenance 
 everything that would tend to make this, to us, the most sacred 
 and hallowed day in all the year, aught else but a Memorial Day ; 
 and I desire here to express, in behalf of my comrades, my thanks 
 to the public press in the various parts of the State, for their 
 words of reproof to those who would seek to make this a day of 
 revelry and sports. I most heartily commend the custom, quite 
 generally adopted by the comrades of this Department, of repair- 
 ing to some place of public worship on the Sabbath preceding 
 Memorial Day, and there join with the people in memorial services 
 suitable to the occasion, thus preparing not only ourselves but 
 also the people for the more proper observance of this hallowed 
 day, and I sincerely trust that this commendable custom may be 
 adopted by every Post of this Department. 
 
 SONS OF VETERANS. 
 
 I am credibly informed b}' those in official position that this 
 organization has made commendable progress in our Department 
 during the past year, and I am also glad to know that the dis- 
 agreements heretofore existing between the different branches of 
 this organization have ceased to exist to any great extent ; that 
 today they are marching under one banner, and are seeking 
 to accomplish the grand objects for which they were first organ- 
 ized, viz., " To aid the members of the Grand Army in caring 
 for their helpless and disabled comrades, and to extend aid and 
 protection to their widows and orphans." 
 
 I am aware that many comrades in this Department are 
 opposed to this organization ; but, comrades, while I am decidedly 
 opposed to opening the doors of the Grand Army to any but 
 those who are eligible to membership in accordance with the rules 
 and regulations of the Grand Army, yet I do think that we ought 
 not to forget that these are onr hoi/s, many of them just about 
 the age that you and I were when the call came, and we left all, 
 and went out to battle for country ; and as they read or hear 
 from our lips the thrilling experiences of the past, and learn what 
 their fathers suffered and sacrificed in defence of country, can 
 we blame them if there comes welling up in their hearts a desire 
 to do something to aid in the noble work in which their fathers 
 
356 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 are now engaged, and a wish to perpetuate, not only their 
 memory, but the memory of their services and sacrifices after 
 they shall have been laid away? 
 
 We cannot disregard the fact, my comrades, that we are 
 growing old, and that in a few years at the furthest, we must lay 
 down our work, and to other hands must be committed that which 
 we now seek to accomplish; and to whom, I ask, shall this work 
 be intrusted rather than to our sons? So that, so far as they 
 prove themselves worthy, they should receive our encouragement 
 and co-operation. To them I would say, by your acts and by 
 your lives prove yourselves worthy of recognition at the hands of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, so that the question shall no 
 longer be, whether we can afford to recognize you, but rather, 
 Can we afford to do otherwise ? 
 
 OUR soldiers' home. 
 
 By the report of the Board of Trustees, which has already 
 been placed in your hands, it will be seen that this institution is 
 in a most prosperous and flourishing condition, a fact that must 
 gladden the heart of every comrade who is at all familiar with 
 the noble work that is thus being accomplished. 
 
 During the year there has been held, in this city, under the 
 auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, aided by the 
 Woman's Relief Corps and other organizations, a grand carnival, 
 by which means upwards of f 60, 000 was raised to aid in the 
 commendable work that is thus being accomplished in behalf of 
 the homeless and helpless wards of the Grand Army. 
 
 But comrades, this is our work, and this " our Home^'' and 
 will ever stand as a monument to the fidelity, loyalty and zeal of 
 the comrades of this Department, to the great principles of our 
 organization. I sincerely believe that, as Posts and as indi- 
 viduals, we should heartily interest ourselves in this work, so that 
 those who have the burden of this undertaking upon them may 
 feel that they are not alone in the work of this noble enterprise. 
 
 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 The National Encampment, held in the city of Portland, 
 Me., January 23-25, was conceded by all to be the most success- 
 ful and enthusiastic ever held in the history of our organization. 
 In its proceedings our own Department bore an honorable and . 
 conspicuous part, reflecting great credit, not only upon the nearly 
 four thousand comrades themselves who participated in the pre- 
 liminary exercises of the Encampment, but also upon the Depart- 
 ment, which they so faithfully and honorably represented on that 
 occasion, and for which they again have my heartiest thanks. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 357 
 
 REUNION OF MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS. 
 
 September 3 and 4 there was held at the Point of Pines (so 
 called) a reunion of Massachusetts veterans, that was, in many 
 respects, a grand success ; in others, to my mind at least, a sad 
 failure. Pardon me, comrades, if I speak plainly upon this sub- 
 ject ; and as I do so, it is with no desire to criticise or reflect 
 upon any comrade, for I sincerely believe that the committee 
 under whose auspices this gathering was held did everything in 
 their power to malvc the occasion an enjoyable one to all who 
 participated therein; and I fully realize the difficulties under 
 which they labored and the embarrassments by which they were 
 surrounded in making the selection of the place which they did 
 for holding this reunion. I am heartily in favor of holding an 
 annual reunion of Massachusetts veterans, to which we may go 
 ourselves, and also take our wives, children and friends ; whe'i-e 
 we may meet together and renew old acquaintances, revive old 
 associations, and touch elbows again, as we did in the long ao-o. 
 In fact, comrades, I believe that we do not do this half as muclfor 
 often as we ought, for our own good and for the good of the 
 rising generation, who cannot fail to catch the spirit and inspira- 
 tion that come from such associations and such gatherings. But 
 comrades, I am wholly and forever opposed to holdi'ug such 
 reunions where rum flows as free as, or freer than water; where 
 our comrades, leaving their homes and their loved ones, are to 
 be subjected to such temptations as are connected with such 
 gatherings, held under such circumstances. I believe that as an 
 organization, and as veterans and comrades, we cannot afford to 
 repeat this experience ; and I sincerely trust that under whatever 
 auspices the next reunion may be held, it may be in such a place, 
 and under such circumstances, that we may be able to put our 
 foot upon this thing, and thereby demonstrate the fact that good 
 and true soldiers make good and true citizens. 
 
 DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 Quite early in the year it came to the knowledge of the 
 Department officers that the property wherein was located the 
 pleasant rooms which have been used as Department Head- 
 quarters for the past three years, would soon be wanted for other 
 purposes, and it consequently devolved upon us to seek new 
 quarters. At the third quarterly meeting of the Council of 
 Administration, Senior Vice-Connnander Tobin, Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General Monroe, and Comrade McDonough of the Council, 
 were appointed a committee to procure rooms for Department 
 Headquarters; and as a result of their faithful labors, pleasant 
 and suitable rooms were secured, and Department Headquarters 
 established at No, 1 Pemberton Square, nearly opposite the old 
 
358 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 headquarters, where for the present, at least, and I sincerely hope 
 and trust for many years to come, may be found that tireless 
 worker and devoted friend of the Grand Army, especially of this 
 Department, the present Assistant Adjutant-General, Comrade 
 A. C. Monroe, to whom this Department is under very great 
 obligations for its most excellent standing among the Depart- 
 ments of the nation, and to whom I am personally under great 
 obligations for the kindness and courtesy with which he has always 
 responded to my calls for aid in the discharge of my official 
 duties as Department Commander, for which I desire here and 
 now, in the presence of the comrades of this Encampment, to 
 express to him my sincere thanks and appreciation. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OFFICERS. 
 
 I think I can safely say that no comrade who has ever held 
 the honorable and responsible position of Department Commander 
 was ever surrounded by a more earnest, devoted and self-sacri- 
 ficing band of co-workers than it has been my good fortune to be. 
 Words utterly fail to express my appreciation of their services, 
 and the kind and courteous manner in which they have always 
 responded to each and every call that has been made upon them ; 
 for which I desire, in my own behalf and in behalf of the Depart- 
 ment, in this public manner to express to them my most sincere 
 thanks. 
 
 I have neither time nor space here to speak of them and 
 their faithful services individually, and do them justice ; I can 
 only say that if credit is due to any one for the success and 
 prosperity that has attended us as a Department during the past 
 year, I desire that it should go where, in my humble judgment, 
 a very large share of it justly belongs, to these comrades who, 
 by their earnest and devoted labors, have contributed so much to 
 bring about these results. 
 
 PENSION LEGISLATION. 
 
 At the last annual Encampment of this Department, the 
 eight-dollar measure (so called) was very thoroughly and ably 
 discussed, and the merits and demerits of this question were very 
 forcibly presented by different comrades. 
 
 As there has been some surprise manifested, and I have 
 been somewhat criticised in a friendly way because of my vote 
 upon that question, I trust that my comrades of this Encamp- 
 ment will bear with me a little, while I endeavor briefly to give 
 you my views on this very important question. 
 
 First, let me say that I always have and do now question 
 very seriously whether the time has arrived — whether it is politic 
 or for the best interests of the Grand Army, or the veterans of 
 the late war — to ask or demand the enactment by Congress of a 
 universal service pension law, granting to every man who served 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 359 
 
 three months or more a pension, whether disabled or not. But 
 whatever may have been the doubts that have existed in my 
 mind relative to the wisdom or policy of this measure, they have 
 all been dispelled and scattered when I come to consider the 
 other all-important question, viz.. Is the general government at 
 the present time discharging its obligations and doing all that it 
 ought to do for the men who risked "everything, even their lives, 
 that this nation might live? and I answer emphatically, No, a 
 thousand times vo ! When I realize the fact, my comrades, for 
 fact it is, which cannot be disputed nor gainsaid, that thousands, 
 yes, tens of thousands, of my comrades and your comrades^ 
 brave men and true as ever stood in defence of country and flao-' 
 who for four long and weary years, in summer's heat and winter'^s 
 cold, stood as a wall of living fire between the terrible onslaughts 
 of treason and rebellion an<l this nation's very life, who saved it 
 and made it all that it is to-day, are now suffering in want and 
 misery, going down to then- graves unthought of and uncared for 
 by the government which they risked everything to save,— my 
 blood leaps in my veins and my soul cries out. How long, oh, 
 how long shall this people, the richest and most prosperous on all 
 the face of this fair earth, suffer this thing to exist? Does any 
 one present question for a moment the truth of the statement 
 which I have just made? If so, my comrade, come with me, and 
 I will take you, not to the slums of some city, nor to the wilds 
 of some Western prairie, but to yonder hill, almost within the 
 sound of my voice, and I will show you in our own Soldiers' 
 Home over one hundred of these men, who but for this grand and 
 noble institution would to-day be the inmates of some atmshouse, 
 and many of them long ere this would have filled a pauper's 
 grave. Go with me, if you will, to the Secretary of our Board 
 of Trustees, Past Department Commander Evans, and let him 
 tell you the number of applications that are now on file, and how 
 many he is compelled to turn away every week. Why? Because 
 we have no room for them ; and then remember that not one of 
 these are entitled to or can receive a cent of pension ; for it is a 
 rule of the Home to admit only those who cannot obtain a pension 
 from the government, under the present existing laws. It is 
 because I realize these facts, my comrades, that I voted in favor 
 of this measure, and am ready to vote again for this or any other 
 measure, that will in whole or part brbig relief to these unfor- 
 tunate comrades, although it may not be, all things considered, 
 such a measure as I woukl like to see adopted. 
 
 Do you ask if I have any suggestions to make as a remedy 
 for this condition of affairs? I answer, Yes, I have; and I sin- 
 cerely wish that this Department, whose influence in this and all 
 other kindred matters is second to none, might step to the front 
 and lead off in this or some other similar measure, which, I am 
 quite sure, would meet the approval of a very large majority of 
 
360 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 the veterans of the late war, and also of the great mass of the 
 people, and which, I sincerely believe, would have such an influ- 
 ence upon our legislators that they would speedily come to our 
 rescue. 
 
 First. I would respectfully demand of the government that 
 all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war, who 
 were disabled whilst in the line of duty, should be liberally pro- 
 vided for, according to their disability. 
 
 Second. I would respectfully demand that all honorably 
 discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war, who have become 
 disabled since the war, should be provided for, to a certain 
 extent, according to their disability and the merits of their case. 
 And then I would go a step farther, and respectfully insist upon a 
 graded system of pensions for all honorably discharged soldiers 
 and sailors of the late war after they shall have arrived at a cer- 
 tain age. For instance, when a comrade shall have arrived at 
 the age of fifty years, he shall receive four dollars per mouth ; at 
 fifty-five years of age, he shall receive eight dollars per month ; 
 at sixty years of age, he shall receive twelve dollars per month; 
 at sixty-five years of age, he shall receive sixteen dollars per 
 month; at seventy years of age, he shall receive twenty dollars 
 per month ; and so on through life. I may not have fixed the 
 apportionment just right, and have neither the time nor the space 
 here to work out this system in all its details, but I think, comrades, 
 you comprehend my ideas relative to this question. 
 
 I have no sympathy with, nor do I take a particle of stock 
 in, the argument so often advanced, that the government cannot 
 afford to make liberal provision for its defenders and saviors ; 
 that to do so would bankrupt the nation ; for I sincerely believe 
 that statistics and facts which are indisputable, relative to the 
 resources and wealth of this country, will show that no other 
 nation on the face of the globe is so abundantly able to do this 
 as is our own. 
 
 And if it is necessary to stop the payment of the national 
 debt in order that these men who have periled and sacrificed so 
 much might be properly provided for, then I say, let it stop; 
 for I do not believe that it is the duty of one generation to save 
 and redeem a nation by the outpouring of its very life-blood, 
 and then, having done this, attempt to pay all the bills at the 
 expense and suffering of the men who voluntarily came to the 
 nation's rescue in her hour of peril. I firmly believe that, having 
 made liberal provision for the redemption of all its financial obli- 
 gations as fast as they mature, it is now high time that this govern- 
 ment should make liberal provision for the men who saved it, and 
 gave the financial standing which it now has at home and abroad. 
 Now, whilst I do not attempt to set myself up as an expert 
 in the matter of pension legislation, yet I firmly believe that such 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 361 
 
 a measure as I have indicated, or something similar to it, would 
 receive the hearty endorsement of this Encampment and of the 
 comrades of this Department, and would greatly influence other 
 departments in the same direction ; and such a measure, I also 
 believe, would receive the approbation of the great mass of the 
 people. 
 
 OTHER LEGISLATION. 
 
 During the session of the Legislature of 1884, two important 
 laws were enacted, both relating especially to the interests of our 
 organization : One, authorizing any town or city to lease for a 
 term of years to any Grand Army Post within its limits any pub- 
 lic building or part thereof belonging to such city or town, to be 
 used for Grand Army purposes. 
 
 Another, authorizing any city or town of this Commonwealth 
 to appropriate money to aid any Grand Army Post located in such 
 city or town in caring for needy comrades and their families, and 
 providing that the money so appropriated may be turned over to 
 the Post, to be expended under its direction. 
 
 These are measures which seem to me to be in the right 
 direction, and which have already, in several instances that have 
 come under my observation, resulted in material aid to some of 
 the Posts of our Department ; and I desire to congratulate you, 
 my comrades, upon securing the benefits that are likely to come 
 to us, as an organization, as a result of those laws. Another 
 measure that was before the last Legislature, and which, in my 
 humble judgment, ought to have passed without a single dissent- 
 ing vote, was a bill presented by our excellent Senior Vice-Com- 
 mander, Comrade Tobin, and known as the " Soldiers' and 
 Sailors' Exemption Bill," the provisions of which were to exempt 
 honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the civil-service 
 examination, so called. 
 
 I have neither time nor space here to enter into a discussion 
 upon the merits and demerits of this question. Suffice it to say 
 that I thoroughly believe in it; and if you ask me why, I answer, 
 emphatically. Because I believe that it is just and right; and I 
 further believe that it is an act of gross injustice to the men who 
 were at the front during those years of strife and suffering, peril- 
 ling tlieir lives and sacrificing their opportunities, giving to their 
 countr}' the very best years of their lives onl}^ to be told, if they 
 were so fortunate as to return to their homes and loved ones, that 
 their opportunities were gone, and they must stand aside to make 
 room for those who, during all those years and the years that 
 have intervened since, have been preparing themselves to reap 
 the benefits that have been secured to them by the valor and 
 bravery of the men whom they now seek to thrust aside. Believ- 
 ing in the justice and equity of this measure, as I sincerely do, I 
 
362 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 trust and hope that the present LegisUiture may see to it, before 
 they turu their steps homeward, that this measure becomes one of 
 the laws of the Commonwealth, which has always manifested such 
 a deep and liberal interest in the welfare of her old soldiers 
 and sailors. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 When, a year ago, the honorable position of Department 
 Commander was conferred upon me, God and myself only know 
 with what hesitancy and trembling I assumed its duties and 
 responsibilities. I realized to some extent the disadvantages 
 under which I must labor, in the prosecution of the work before 
 me. I will briefly narrate some of them. Lack of experience in 
 Grand Army matters ; distance from Department Headquarters; 
 limited acquaintance with comrades, especially in the eastern part 
 of the State ; and last, but not least, I realized that it was no 
 small task for any comrade, be he ever so well qualified, to follow 
 even afar off in the footsteps of my predecessors in this office, 
 wdio by their devoted and efficient labors have contributed so 
 much towards the upbuilding of this Department ; but as I 
 remarked a few moments since, I firmly resolved that, to the very 
 utmost of my ability, nothing should be lacking on my part to 
 make the year one of prosperity, and success ; and as I hastily 
 review the past this evening, I think I may congratulate both 
 myself and you, my comrades, that to some extent my hopes 
 have been realized, and that our beloved Department has cer- 
 tainly taken no backward step during the year. I cannot express 
 to you, my comrades, my appreciation of and thanks for the val- 
 uable and devoted services which you have rendered both to me 
 and the Department during the year. The kind, fraternal greet- 
 ings and courtesies that have been extended to me by the com- 
 rades all over the State have touched my heart and have made 
 light and pleasant the labors of the year, the remembrance of 
 which shall linger with me while life shall last, and for which, 
 from the depth of my heart, they have my thanks over and over 
 again. 
 
 I earnestly bespeak for my successor, whoever he may be, 
 the same loyal and devoted support and co-operation that you 
 have always accorded me, to the end that our Department may 
 continue to prosper and to hold the same high and honorable posi- 
 tion which it now holds among the Departments of the nation. 
 
 Finally, my comrades, let us be true to each other, true to 
 ourselves, true to our beloved organization and the grand and 
 noble principles which it represents ; and with an earnest desire in 
 my heart that God may bless and prosper us as a Department, and 
 that success and prosperity may attend my comrades as individ- 
 uals, I now await the further pleasure of this Encampment. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 363 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan, 27, 1886. 
 John W. Hersey, Deimrtmenl Commander. 
 
 Comrade : In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, I herewith submit my annual 
 report of the business transacted in this office the past year. 
 
 Number of Posts, Dec. 31, 1884 180 
 
 " Comrades same date 16,637 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 1885 * ' 'i82 
 
 " Comrades reported same date 17,965 
 
 Net gain during the year 1 328 
 
 The net gain, by quarters, is shown by the quarterly reports 
 to be as follows, viz. : — 
 
 First quarter, ending March 31 212 
 
 Second quarter, ending June 30 531 
 
 Third quarter, ending Sept. 30 263 
 
 Fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31 322 
 
 1,328 
 recapitulation. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing, Dec. 31, 1884 16,637 
 " " gained by muster-in . . , 1,911 
 
 " " " transfer ... 319 
 
 " " " reinstatement . . 1,791 
 
 Total number gained ..... 4 021 
 
 Aggregate 20,658 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death 219 
 
 " " " honorable discharge . 49 
 
 " " " transfer .... 323 
 
 " " " suspension . . . 2,094 
 
 " " " dishonorable discharge 8 
 
 Total loss 2,693 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 1 328 
 
 I herewith present a detailed report of the changes that have 
 taken place in each Post the past year. 
 
364 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1885. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman.. 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. 11. Hartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant. 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wynian 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell. 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrieh Hecker 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher . . . 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague 
 
 H. n. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson... 
 
 Ch tries Devens 
 
 Georite D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart 
 
 George W . Perry 
 
 Washington . . . ." 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan 
 
 Theodore Winthrop .. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 Frazer A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Kawlius 
 
 G. Weslev Nichols 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell. . . 
 
 A. W. Bartletl 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller. 
 
 A. B. Randal! 
 
 Charles 11. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings.. 
 
 J. C. Freeman 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
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TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 365 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REi'OKT OF ASST. ADJT.- GENERAL— Continued. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 Josei)h P. Kice 
 
 George A . Custer 
 
 Kilpatrlck 
 
 A.St. John Chambre.. 
 
 McF^herson 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Collinff wood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A. Russell 
 
 Charles D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 Joseph E. Wilder 
 
 M. K. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 William L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 John H. Chipnian, Jr.. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E . P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J. Griggs 
 
 Henry Bryant 
 
 Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett.. 
 
 William B. Greene 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F. Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 Edwin Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fi.-ke 
 
 Otis W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson ' 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles 
 
 Joseph E. Simmons 
 
 1). Willard Robinson... 
 
 Edward W. Kinsley 
 
 Col.C. R. Mudge 
 
 E.S.Clark 
 
 D, G. Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis. i 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield 
 
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 115: 37 
 
 116 73 
 
 117 29 
 
 GAIN 
 
 13 
 
 81 
 112 
 117 
 167 
 86 
 45 
 112 
 46 
 278 
 28 
 81 
 146 
 77 
 97 
 120 
 118 
 135 
 22 
 138 
 115 
 103 
 69 
 187 
 32 
 40 
 39 
 199 
 76 
 96 
 240 
 156 
 30 
 70 
 63 
 72 
 67 
 29 
 56 
 32 
 54 
 81 
 65 
 60 
 77 
 67 
 44 
 62 
 52 
 95 
 44 
 64 
 37 
 57 
 115 
 65 
 41 
 89 
 31 
 35 
 38 
 272 
 
 LOSS 
 
 W2 
 
HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 366 
 CONSOLIDATED REPiJRT OF ASST. ADJT. - GENERAL, — Continued. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Timothy Ingrahani 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Diinick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayle* 
 
 T. L. IJouney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. . 
 
 Wni. II. Freeman 
 
 James M. Sargent 
 
 George M. Tliomas 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo.C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 Willard C. Kinsley 
 
 Hul)bard V. Smith 
 
 Frank D. Hammond. . . 
 
 Butnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. 1). Weld 
 
 Maj. George L Stearns 
 
 Armsirong 
 
 Major Bovd 
 
 O. H. P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbridare B. Piper 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser 
 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taft 
 
 Gen. J G.Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary. 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown... 
 
 George K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Jolinson 
 
 G. K. Warren 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samue F. Woods 
 
 Col. Geo. L. Prescott.. 
 
 Galen Orr 
 
 Cyrus M . Wheaton 
 
 ° 2 
 
 o — 
 
 10. 
 
 LOSS 
 
 a; 
 
 
 ^5b 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 367 
 
 Of the one lumdred and eighty-two Posts comprising tliis 
 Department, one hnndred and twenty-one have gained in mem- 
 bership, twelve have the same number as one year ago, and forty- 
 nine have lost in number. Post making the largest per cent in 
 gain is Post 180 of Concord, it having more than doubled its 
 membership. Number of rejections during the year, eighty-two. 
 Two hundred and nineteen comrades have died during the year, 
 — an excess over last year of twenty- four. 
 
 Three new Posts have been mustered during the year, as fol- 
 low^s : — 
 
 Galen Orr Post No. 181 of Needham ; mustered June 5, 1885 ; 
 charter members, 25. 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton Post No. 182 of Somerset; mustered 
 Oct. 16, 1885; charter members, 19. 
 
 Chas. C. Smith Post No. 183 of South Hadley ; mustered 
 Jan. 14, 1886; charter members, 25. 
 
 The gain of Posts by counties is as follows : Bristol, one ; 
 Hampden, one ; Norfolk, one. Total, three. 
 
 I herewith present a tabulated report, giving in detail the 
 strength of each county, number of each Post, the number of 
 members in good standing Dec. 31, 1885, with date of charter. 
 
368 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 
 
 Post 
 
 
 No. 
 Mems. 
 
 Date of 
 Charter 
 
 
 Post 
 
 No. Date of 
 Mems. Charter. 
 
 84, 
 
 South Deerfield 
 
 26, 
 
 April 17, 
 
 1872 
 
 132, 
 
 Sandwich, 51, Feb. 24, 1882 
 
 93, 
 
 Shelburne Falls 
 
 62, 
 
 .June 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 141, 
 
 Harwich, 47, Mar. 15, 1882 
 
 150, 
 
 Montague, 
 
 43, 
 
 .Jan. 12, 
 
 1883 
 
 55, 
 
 Proviiicetown, 37, Sept. 23, 1884 
 
 162, 
 
 Turners Falls, 
 
 60, 
 
 .Jan. 25, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 3; members, 135. 
 
 164, 
 
 Conway, 
 
 24, 
 
 April 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 
 171, 
 
 Northfield, 
 
 27, 
 
 Aug. 15, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 1T4, 
 
 Greenfield, 
 
 81, 
 
 Aug. 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 79, North Adams, 103, Mar. 20, 1869 
 
 125, I'ittstield, 
 
 126, Adams, 
 158, Housatonie, 
 
 177, Lee, 
 
 178, Otis, 
 
 205, Mar. 10, 1882 
 
 75, June 12, 1870 
 
 40, Aug. 23, 1863 
 
 30, Nov. 6, 18S4 
 
 20, Nov. 28, 1884 
 
 Total — Posts, 6 ; members, 473. 
 
 BRISTOL 
 1, New Bedford, 
 3, Taunton, 
 46, Fall River, 
 52, South Easton, 
 
 145, Attleboro, 
 
 146, New Bedford, 
 170, Mansfield, 
 182, Somerset, 
 
 Total — Posts, 8 : 
 
 COUNTY. 
 253, Oct 
 
 14, 1866 
 
 2, 1867 
 
 22, 1868 
 
 29, 1868 
 
 6, 1871 
 
 April 27, 1881 
 
 July 31, 1884 
 
 Oct. 16, 1885 
 
 Jan. 
 .Jan. 
 Feb. 
 June 
 
 161, 
 215, 
 
 76, 
 101, 
 
 20, 
 
 38, 
 
 19, 
 members, 883. 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 5, 
 
 34, 
 39, 
 45, 
 47, 
 49, 
 50, 
 67, 
 82, 
 89, 
 90, 
 95, 
 99, 
 100, 
 101, 
 106, 
 108, 
 114, 
 118, 
 122, 
 128, 
 151, 
 152, 
 
 Lynn, 
 Salem, 
 T^awrence, 
 Gloucester, 
 Haverhill, 
 Newburyport, 
 Peabody, 
 Manchester, 
 Marblehead, 
 Beverly, 
 Danvers, 
 Saugus, 
 Andover, 
 Methuen, 
 Groveland, 
 Rockport, 
 Georgetown, 
 Merrimac, 
 Swampscott, 
 Amesbury, 
 Ipswich, 
 West Newbury, 
 PIssex, 
 Total — Posts, 23 
 
 949, Feb. 
 
 225, Nov. 
 
 343, Dec. 
 
 160, Jan. 
 
 269, Jan. 
 
 243, Feb. 
 
 117, April 
 
 46, Sept. 
 
 179, Mar. 
 
 155, June 
 
 141, June 
 
 ,50, June 
 
 52, April 
 
 74, Feb. 
 
 .54, July 
 
 59, Dec. 
 
 76, Aug. 
 
 57, Dec. 
 
 31, Jan. 
 
 65, Mar. 
 
 103, Jan. 
 
 12, Jan. 
 
 40, Jan. 
 ; members, 3, 
 
 27, 1867 
 
 15, 1867 
 10, 1867 
 
 21, 1868 
 
 28, 1868 
 
 17, i.'^es 
 
 28, 1879 
 
 29, 1868 
 
 29, 1880 
 5, 1869 
 8, 1869 
 4, 1869 
 
 18, 1881 
 1, 1877 
 
 16, 1869 
 
 30, 1881 
 18, 1869 
 20, 1869 
 24, 1870 
 23, 1870 
 
 17, 1882 
 10, 1874 
 
 22, 1883 
 ,490. 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 17, Orange, 89, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 20, Colerain, 23, March 4, 1875 
 
 Total — Posts, 9 ; members, 435. 
 
 HAMPDEN COUNTY. 
 
 16, .Springfield, 
 41, Westfleld, 
 71, Holyoke, 
 103, Chicopee, 
 107, Palmer, 
 155, Monson, 
 
 463, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 155, Jan. 9, 1868 
 
 112, Nov, 25, 1868 
 
 70, Oct. 7, 1879 
 
 47, July 18, 1881 
 
 61, May 26, 1883 
 
 Total — Posts, 6; members, i 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY'. 
 
 85, 
 
 Ware, 
 
 34, 
 
 May 
 
 12, 
 
 1869 
 
 86, 
 
 Northampton, 
 
 184, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4, 
 
 1882 
 
 97, 
 
 Belehertown, 
 
 45, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23, 
 
 1872 
 
 147, 
 
 Amherst, 
 
 105, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31, 
 
 1882 
 
 166, 
 
 East Hampton, 
 
 70, 
 
 .June 
 
 17, 
 
 1884 
 
 176, 
 
 Huntington, 
 
 67, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 6 ; 
 
 members, 505. 
 
 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 4, 
 
 Melrose, 
 
 03, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 6, 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 46, 
 
 March 8, 
 
 1867 
 
 9, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 94, 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 J 867 
 
 12, 
 
 Wakefield, 
 
 205, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 14, 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 33, 
 
 July, 
 
 
 1882 
 
 18, 
 
 Ashland, 
 
 35, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12, 
 
 1867 
 
 29, 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 111, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1867 
 
 30, 
 
 Cambridgeport, 
 
 264, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23, 
 
 1867 
 
 33, 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 85, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1867 
 
 36, 
 
 Arlington, 
 
 54, 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 40, 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 141, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1873 
 
 42, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 3.53, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 43, 
 
 Marlboro, 
 
 131, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 48, 
 
 Ayer, 
 
 50, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 
 
 1868 
 
 56, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 114, 
 
 June 
 
 26, 
 
 1868 
 
 57, 
 
 E. Cambridge, 
 
 158, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 62, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 104, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 63, 
 
 Natick, 
 
 163, 
 
 July 
 
 23, 
 
 1880 
 
 66, 
 
 Medford, 
 
 100, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 75, 
 
 Stoneham, 
 
 101, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 81, 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 58, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1871 
 
 115, 
 
 Groton, 
 
 30, 
 
 July 
 
 .30, 
 
 1874 
 
 119, 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 37, 
 
 
 
 
 120, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 247, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 138 
 
 Acton, 
 
 72, 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 1883 
 
 139, 
 
 Somerville, 
 
 65, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 1870 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAiMPMENT. 
 
 369 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES - Con«n«erf. 
 
 Post. 
 
 142, Frainingham, 
 148, Winchester, 
 156, Everett, 
 161, Wobiirn, 
 163, S. Framinghain 
 180, Concord, 
 
 Total — Posts, 32 
 
 NORFOLK 
 58, Weymouth, 
 60, Franklin, 
 72, Stoughton, 
 
 87, Braintree, 
 
 88, Quincy, 
 91, Foxboro, 
 94, Canton, 
 98, Cohasset, 
 
 102, Milton, 
 110, Randolph, 
 117, Medfleld, 
 121, Hyde Park, 
 130, Medway, 
 133, Plainville, 
 
 143, Brookline, 
 
 144, Dedham, 
 157, Wali)ole, 
 169, Norwood, 
 181, Needham, 
 
 Total — Posts, 19 : 
 
 No. Date of 
 
 Mems. Charter. 
 
 Nov. 29, 1870 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 26, 
 26, 
 
 57, 
 60, 
 48, 
 
 ; members, 3,186. 
 
 COUNTY. 
 20.5, July 
 76, May 
 60, Nov. 
 68, June 
 90, June 
 28, June 
 70, June 
 30, Jan. 
 59, April 
 45, Oct. 
 
 30, Jan. 
 142, Mar. 
 
 36, Mar. 
 
 31, May 
 43, Jan. 
 92, May 
 
 37, July 
 36, July 
 33, June 
 members 
 
 22, 1872 
 14, 1883 
 
 23, 1884 
 25, 1884 
 20, 1884 
 
 2, 1808 
 16, 1881 
 13, 1868 
 
 2, 1869 
 4, 1869 
 
 12, 1869 
 24, 1869 
 12, 1883 
 
 3, 1879 
 29, 1869 
 
 3, 1870 
 
 22, 1870 
 18, 1882 
 
 23, 1882 
 
 24, 1871 
 22, 1871 
 21, 1883 
 21, 1884 
 
 5, 1885 
 1,211. 
 
 8 
 
 13 
 
 31 
 
 73 
 
 "4, 
 
 76, 
 
 78, 
 
 83, 
 
 104, 
 
 111, 
 
 112, 
 
 124, 
 
 127, 
 
 154, 
 
 165, 
 
 PLYMOUTH 
 
 Middleboro, 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 Scituate, 
 
 Abington, 
 , Rockland, 
 , Plymouth, 
 , So. Abington, 
 , Hanover, 
 , Hingham, 
 , Pembroke, 
 , South Scituate, 
 , E. Bridgewater, 
 , Hanson, 
 
 Kingston, 
 Duxbury, 
 Total — Posts, 15; 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 78, Mar. 
 186, July 
 
 63, July 
 
 90, Dec. 
 116, Jan. 
 129, Jan. 
 136, Jan. 
 
 30, April 
 62, July 
 
 31, Oct. 
 51, Nov. 
 
 47, June 
 27, June 
 
 48, May 
 48, May 
 members 
 
 10, 1867 
 1, 1867 
 
 15, 1875 
 23, 1868 
 
 11, 1869 
 19, 1869 
 30, 1869 
 29, 1869 
 29, 1869 
 29, 1869 
 
 1, 1869 
 7, 1870 
 11, 1870 
 24, 1883 
 19, 1884 
 1,142. 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 2, South Boston, 220, Feb. 26, 1880 
 
 7, Boston, 412, Mar. 11, 1867 
 
 11, Charlestown, 214, April 23, 1867 
 
 15, Boston, 440, Aug. 6, 1867 
 
 21, Boston, 64, Feb. 22, 1881 
 
 23, East Boston, 128, Sept. 17, 1867 
 
 Post. 
 
 26, Roxbury, 
 32, South Boston, 
 35, Chelsea, 
 68, Dorchester, 
 92, Brighton, 
 
 113, Boston, 
 
 134, Boston, 
 
 149, Charlestown, 
 
 159, East Boston, 
 Total — Posts, 15; 
 
 No. 
 
 Date 
 
 f 
 
 Mems 
 
 Charter. 
 
 164, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1 
 
 1867 
 
 70, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6 
 
 1867 
 
 432, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 254, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 
 
 1868 
 
 55, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12. 
 
 1873 
 
 110, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 
 
 1869 
 
 48, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1870 
 
 40, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11, 
 
 1872 
 
 123, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7^ 
 
 1883 
 
 members, 2,764. 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 27^ 
 
 28, 
 
 37, 
 
 38, 
 
 44, 
 
 51, 
 
 53, 
 
 54, 
 
 59, 
 
 61, 
 
 64, 
 
 65, 
 
 69, 
 
 70, 
 
 "V, 
 
 80, 
 
 96, 
 
 105, 
 
 109, 
 
 116, 
 
 123, 
 
 129, 
 
 131, 
 
 135, 
 
 136, 
 
 137, 
 
 140, 
 
 153, 
 
 160, 
 
 167, 
 
 168, 
 
 172, 
 
 173, 
 
 175, 
 
 179, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 West Boylston, 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 Southboro, 
 
 N. Brookfield, 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 Webster, 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 Warren, 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 Holden, 
 
 Westboro, 
 
 Northboro, 
 
 Upton, 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 Millville, 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 East Douglas, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 Winchendon, 
 
 W. Brookfield, 
 
 Whitinsville, 
 
 Southbridge, 
 
 Bolton, 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 Barre, 
 
 601, 
 239, 
 125, 
 73, 
 32, 
 45, 
 
 April 
 Aug. 
 Sept. 
 Sept. 
 Sept. 
 Nov. 
 
 31, Oct. 
 102, Nov. 
 
 58, 
 34, 
 
 Nov. 
 May 
 
 40, 
 26, 
 .52, 
 22, 
 99, 
 
 62, Feb. 
 112, June 
 25, June 
 28, July 
 99, July 
 T8, Aug. 
 Aug. 
 Nov. 
 Aug. 
 Jan. 
 June 
 24, June 
 39, July 
 42, Oct. 
 63, Dec. 
 109, June 
 30, April 
 50, June 
 24, Dec. 
 39, July 
 33, Sept. 
 73, Feb. 
 61, Mar. 
 32, Sept. 
 21, .June 
 49, June 
 18, Aug. 
 38, Aug. 
 21, Sept. 
 36, Dec. 
 
 13 
 16 
 19 
 25, 
 30, 
 12, 
 12, 
 20, 
 27, 
 IT, 
 28, 
 13, 
 
 3, 
 
 21, 
 
 17, 
 
 21, 
 
 9, 
 
 3, 
 
 19, 
 
 18, 
 
 28, 
 
 15, 
 
 11. 
 
 30, 
 
 1, 
 
 25, 
 
 21, 
 
 30, 
 1, 
 
 21, 
 
 22, 
 C', 
 
 18, 
 
 18, 
 
 27, 
 
 18, 
 
 26, 
 5, 
 
 11, 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1870 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1878 
 , 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1866 
 1876 
 1869 
 1881 
 1869 
 1881 
 1869 
 1869 
 1870 
 1883 
 1870 
 1873 
 1870 
 1882 
 1881 
 1883 
 1883 
 1884 
 1884 
 1884 
 1884 
 1884 
 1884 
 
 Total — Posts, 40 ; members, 2,785. 
 
 24 
 
370 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 There have been issued, during the year, fifteen General 
 Orders, one hundred and three Special Orders, and three Cir- 
 culars. 
 
 There has been expended for relief, during the past year, 
 $38,212.56, as follows: First quarter, $11,572.04; second quar- 
 ter, $9,717.50; third quarter, $7,084.84; fourth quarter, 
 $9,838.18. 
 
 In closing, 1 return my thanks to the Department Commander 
 for his uniform kindness, and to the Department officers, official 
 Staff, and the officers and comrades of the various Posts, for their 
 courtesy in my official relations with them. 
 I have the honor to be. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant Adjutant- General . 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1886. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade: I hereby submit my report of the operations of 
 this office during the past year. 
 
 The following tables, sustained by complete vouchers, con- 
 tain a full statement of the receipts and expenditures : - 
 
 RECKIPTS. 
 
 1885. Dr. 
 
 Cash on baud as per last report $2,835 62 
 
 Received for dues first quarter, 1885 
 
 " " second quarter, 1885 .... 1,303 90 
 
 " " tlih-d quarter, 1885 .... 1,386 12 
 
 fourth quarter, 1885 .... 1,40872 
 
 '« " books and blanks 333 81 
 
 " " bad.i-es 1,309 80 
 
 " " sundries 174 04 
 
 $8,752 07 
 
 EXPENDITURES, 
 
 1885. Cr. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies .... ^1,094 54 
 
 " " dues 518 72 
 
 " rent and care of office 426 97 
 
 " salaries '. . 1,191 63 
 
 " printing, books, blanks etc 893 32 
 
 " Tremont Temple for Convention .... 20 00 
 
 Carried forward $4,145 18 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 371 
 
 Brought fornmrd $4,145 18 
 
 Paid sundries (postals, postage, telegrams, clerk 
 
 hire, office expense) 
 
 organizing new Posts . ', 
 
 Department Commander, travelling expenses 
 Headquarters at Portland . . 
 
 C 0. Eaton, painting flags 
 
 painting rooms, signs, moving and fitting 
 up new headquarters ...'..'. 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance to new account 
 
 Vouchers cover the expenses. 
 
 424 55 
 
 
 8 27 
 
 
 130 45 
 
 
 42 75 
 
 
 22 15 
 
 
 125 27 
 
 
 
 $4,898 62 
 
 
 $3,853 45 
 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Jan, 27, 1876. 
 
 receipts. 
 1886. X»r. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $3 853 45 
 
 Received for dues " . ^'424 92 
 
 " " books and blanks 
 
 " " badges 
 
 " " sundries 
 
 69 63 
 
 108 60 
 
 44 38 
 
 Total receipts 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 1886. (Jr. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies . . 
 
 " " dues 
 
 " rent and care of office . 
 
 " salaries ] 
 
 •' printing, books and blanks ..... 
 
 " inspections _ 3g(J 9 
 
 " sundries (postage, express, clerk hire, office 
 
 expenses) 158 48 
 
 151 50 
 
 179 65 
 
 32 00 
 
 108 33 
 
 86 67 
 
 Balance to new account 
 
 assets. 
 
 Cash on hand .^4 394 4^ 
 
 value of supplies on hand 371 25 
 
 Office furniture ' 4J3 ^q 
 
 Colors 30 00 
 
 Due from Posts for supplies 12 10 
 
 Total 
 
 NO LIABILITIES. 
 
 $5,500 98 
 
 1,106 5« 
 1,394 40 
 
 85,221 25 
 
 With many thanks to the Department Commander and officers 
 of the Staff, 
 
 I am yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 W. W. SCOTT, 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General. 
 
372 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. ov Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jau. 28, 1886. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- G enteral. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to submit the following as the 
 report of my Department, for the year ending Sept. 30, 1885 : — 
 
 One Post was organized by me previous to that time, 181, 
 Needham. Since September 30, two more, 182 of Somerset and 
 183 of South Hadley, have been formed and are in good condi- 
 tion. I have attended the inspections of several Posts, have 
 installed the officers of two Posts, and with other members of the 
 Staff and Council, have attended two Department courts-martial, 
 each occupying much time. 
 
 I have had the honor of accompanying the Commander upon 
 both occasions when the Department paraded outside the State, 
 and have also with him attended several camp-fires. 
 
 Kealizing at the beginning of the year that very little increase 
 could be expected from the formation of new Posts, I endeavored 
 at the meeting held in April to impress upon the minds of the 
 Assistant Inspectors the duty of urging upon the various Posts 
 the necessity of increasing their membership, both by reinstate- 
 ment and by muster-in of new members. 
 
 The report annexed will show that the growth of this Depart- 
 ment has been most gratifying. By way of contrast, I present 
 the reports of the two years, 1884 and 1885. 
 
 My report includes returns from 181 Posts in 1885, as con- 
 trasted with 175 in 1884. 
 
 1884. 1885. Gain. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing, 16,206 17,647 1,441 
 " Posts where the ritual is mem- 
 orized 114 129 15 
 
 " Posts where the work is prop- 
 erly performed .... 112 126 14 
 " Posts where the members are 
 
 uniformed 140 162 22 
 
 Full uniform (hat or cap, blouse, pants and belt) 30 
 
 Hat, blouse and belt 54 
 
 Hat and blouse, or hat and belt 78 
 
 Number of Posts where officers wear rank 
 
 badges ...... 149 171 22 
 
 " Posts where side-arms are 
 
 owned by Posts .... Ill 129 18 
 
1S!<4. 
 
 I8sr,. 
 
 Gain. 
 
 143 
 
 ir>G 
 
 Vi 
 
 117 
 
 1 r,r, 
 
 r.i 
 
 1 (;:] 
 
 IGS 
 
 
 
 HCu] 
 
 .S2G 
 
 ol 
 
 IM('> 
 
 4 GO loss 84 
 
 u;9 
 
 ITS <r 
 
 :iiii !» 
 
 TWKNTIETIl AXNTAL K\CA:\n'.M KNT. 373 
 
 Niini))er of Posts where guards are armed, 
 
 " Posts where badge is pre- 
 sented 
 
 " Posts where officers are reg- 
 ular 
 
 " inembers suspended 
 
 " iiieuibeis dropped .... 
 
 " Posts wl'ere records are prop- 
 erly kept 1G9 
 
 1884. 1SS5. 
 
 Amount of Post Funds, S3G,.S45. 13 S41,!li)0.3G gain *r>, 145.23 
 " Relief Funds, 120,, )G9. 43 113,381.51 loss 7,187.92 
 
 issf). 1884. Gain. 
 
 NuMd)er of Posts having Relief Funds .151 135 16 
 
 '^ " " other propert}' . 144 96 48 
 
 1884. 188.i. Gain. 
 
 Amount of other property , $90,009.94 S97,974.G3 $7,964.G9 
 
 To this should be added a sum not less than S30,000, wliieh 
 has been transferred to building associations. 
 
 1884 1885. Loss. 
 
 Number of Posts paying regular benefits, 32 31 1 
 
 1884. 188.5. Gain. 
 
 Expended for charity 
 
 to September 30 . . §35,793.31 830,770.03 S976. 42 
 
 Comrades. Not Comrades. 
 
 Dispensed as follows, 1884 . . . . 1,234 927 
 
 " " 1885 .... 1,543 896 
 
 Excellent. Good. Fair. Poor. 
 
 Relative standing, 1884 ... 53 83 24 15 
 
 " " 1885 ... 71 84 IG 10 
 
374 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman 
 
 Dalilgren 
 
 W. H. P>artlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. VVyman 
 
 Chas. Riispell Lowell 
 
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 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
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 General Sedgwick 
 
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 48 , 2 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 83 
 
 84 
 85 
 86 
 87 
 
 30 
 28 
 .36 
 
 181 
 72 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No lYes 
 No iYes 
 No iYes 
 Yes Yes 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse 
 
 Hat 
 
 lap. Blouse, Belt 
 
 Cap, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 No Ves 
 Yes No 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Y'es 
 
 12 1 3 
 
 M E. Stowell 
 
 14 i 
 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 11 
 40 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 W. L Baker 
 
 None 
 
 Gen. Svlvauus Thayer 
 
 None 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 SS 
 
 92 
 
 Ve.^ 
 
 Yes Y'^es 
 
 Helmet, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 2,5 
 
 2 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr 
 
 S!) 
 
 165 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Ves 
 
 Y'^es 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 27 
 
 16 
 
 Ward 
 
 90 
 91 
 
 140 
 
 28 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 No iYes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 35 
 
 None 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 15 IxNone 
 
 Francis Washburn — 
 
 92 
 
 49 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 24 
 
 None 
 
 
 93 
 94 
 
 62 
 70 
 
 Yes Yes Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse 
 Cap, Bloufe 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 Y'es 
 
 15 
 15 
 
 Noiie 
 
 Revere 
 
 No 
 
 No lY'es 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hincks... 
 
 95 
 
 52 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Yes i Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Y"es 
 
 Yes 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 96 
 
 27 
 
 Yes 
 
 No IYes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 
 97 
 
 98 
 
 46 
 30 
 
 Yes 
 Ye.-^ 
 
 Yes Yes 
 Y'e^ Yes 
 
 Ca)., Belt 
 Hat, l'.elt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 15 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 Heiirv F. Brvant 
 
 None 
 
 Gen. W. F.Bartlett... 
 
 99 
 
 52 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves Y'es 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 William B. Greene.. 
 
 100 
 
 71 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 101 
 
 49 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 H. F. Wolcott 
 
 in.' 
 
 59 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Cap, Blouse 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 20 
 
 None 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 103 
 
 ()9 |Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Unifoim 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 30 
 
 o 
 
 Kdwin Humphie\ 
 
 104 
 
 64 Yt^S 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Unilorm 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 25 
 
 None 
 
 J. Oison Fiske 
 
 105 
 
 38 ,Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 O. W. Wallace 
 
 106 
 
 61 No 
 
 No Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Y''es 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 
 107 
 108 
 
 46 INo 
 75 iYes 
 
 No Yes 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 No 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 Y es 
 
 15 
 20 
 
 None 
 
 Everett Peabodv 
 
 4 
 
 
 109 
 110 
 
 42 No 
 46 I Yes 
 
 No jYes 
 Yes Y'es 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 V'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 15 
 22 
 
 None 
 
 Cajit. Horace Niles — 
 
 11 
 
 J. E. Simmons 
 
 111 
 
 31 Yes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 IJelt 
 
 No iNo 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 11 
 
 None 
 
 D. Willard Robinson.. 
 
 112 
 
 ,00 jYes 
 
 V*es Y^es 
 
 Blouse, Belt 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 E. W. Kinsley 
 
 113 
 
 110 lYes 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 32 
 
 1 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 114 
 
 .57 No 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 115 
 116 
 
 28 No 
 70 No 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 No 
 Y^es 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 No 
 No 
 
 11 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 8 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 117 
 
 lis 
 
 30 iNo 
 32 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 Full rniform 
 
 Ves 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 Y'es 
 
 15 
 13 
 
 None 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 Yes Y'es 
 
 None 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 119 
 
 37 Yes 
 
 Yesi Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 No 
 
 No 
 
 V es 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 15 
 
 None 
 
 James A . Garfleld 
 
 120 
 
 233 Yes 
 
 \'es Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 ies 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 44 
 
 8 
 
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 481 12 
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 110 45 
 30 29 
 
 200 00 
 20 00 
 
 132 61 
 
 2,555 00 
 
 40 41 
 
 103 08 
 
 541 51 
 
 12 08 
 160 21 
 
 20 36 
 
 53 71 
 
 692 38 
 
 68 54 
 
 1 46 
 
 43 29 
 
 13 81 
 
 6 83 
 
 137 22 
 
 127 13 
 
 22 77 
 
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 142 80 
 
 21 14 
 
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 71 10 
 
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 90 36 
 
 145 35 
 
 227 31 
 
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 302 24 
 
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 1,460 86 
 
 32 89 
 1,062 97 
 
 102 54 
 577 68 
 816 32 
 403 44 
 
 33 44 
 124 19 
 
 1,002 99 
 
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 26 31 
 
 1,400 00 
 543 75 
 
 1,745 11 
 242 22 
 453 97 
 
 2,158 02 
 73 14 
 100 00 
 468 48 
 196 00 
 237 05 
 
 2,873 06 
 
 2,668 49 
 1,313 26 
 
 25 33 
 336 60 
 
 724 97 
 490 32 
 28 41 
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 600 00 
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 186 69 
 425 04 
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 240 07 
 381 29 
 
 651 02 
 
 240 25 
 
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 59 69 
 
 397 54 
 
 4,323 60 
 
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 565 00 
 
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 1,436 00 
 
 500 00 
 
 355 00 
 
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 256 45 
 
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 801 00 
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 200 00 
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 108 00 
 
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 254 21 
 
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 224 35 
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 95 04 
 433 40 
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 53 00 
 
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378 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
 
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 E. 1'. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. \V. Rockwell 
 
 George K. Sayles 
 
 T. L. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. 
 William II. Freeman. 
 
 James II. Sargent 
 
 George H. Thomas 
 
 Charles Chiijman 
 
 George H. Maintien.. 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis.. 
 
 Willard C. Kinslev — 
 Hubbard V. Smith... 
 Frank D. Hammond. . 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. \V. Carroll 
 
 Wra. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M . Stanton 
 
 A.D.Weld 
 
 Maj. G. L. Stearns 
 
 Annstronj? 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. H.P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Ell)ridge D. Piper 
 
 E. S. Dresser 
 
 John A. Hayes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton. . . . 
 
 Woburn 
 
 MantonE.Taft 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown.. 
 
 (ieorge K. Bird 
 
 Jolin Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Johnson 
 
 G. K. W^arren 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee. . . 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samuel F. Woods 
 
 Col . Geo. L. Prescott . . 
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 As no rules can be laid down for the rating of Posts and eacb 
 Assistant Inspector must use his own standard of excellence, this 
 rating is not absolute ; yet to some extent it will serve to show 
 the advance made by the Posts in this Department. 
 
 The Relief Funds of many Posts were replenished during the 
 last quarter of 1<S85, as will be shown by later returns. 
 
 Every Post has been inspected, the returns tabulated, and 
 are annexed. The report of the spring inspections was for- 
 warded to the Inspector-General at the proper time, and elicited 
 from him words of commendation and congratulation at the con- 
 dition of affairs in the Department. The fall inspection shows 
 that still higher ground has been taken, and I feel assured that 
 the future of our Department will not shame its past record. 
 
 When the Grand Army was first organized, the majority of 
 its members had been but recently discharged from military ser- 
 vice, and were unwdling to recognize discipline as necessary. In 
 these later years, the need has become more apparent, and, like 
 good soldiers, they have placed restraint upon themselves, thus 
 elevating the ?>ior«/e of the Order ; and I congratulate my com- 
 rades upon the advance in this respect. 
 
 To the comrades who have acted as Assistant Inspectors, I 
 return my most heartfelt thanks for the kindness and courtesy 
 which I have received, and for the faithful manner in which their 
 duties have been performed. Every request has been answered 
 by a prompt compliance, and they have shown a great interest in 
 the welfare of the Posts assigned to them. 
 
 I shall remember with great pleasure the kind words and 
 deeds which I have received from the various members of the 
 Council. Our meetings have been very pleasant and the delibera- 
 tions harmonious. 
 
 Permit me to tender to the Commander, through you, my 
 sincere congratulations upon the condition in which he leaves the 
 Department, and also to thank him for the many kindly words 
 and favors which I have received at his hands. 
 
 I remain. 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 B. HEAD WALES, 
 
 IiisjH'rtor. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 381 
 
 REPORT OF CHIEF MUSTERING OFFICER. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 28, 1886. 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to submit here my report for 
 the past j'ear. Early in the year, by request of the Department 
 Commander, I made an official visit to a Post in this Department 
 that from internal causes was in a critical condition. 
 
 Prominent members of the Post were alarmed, and had ap- 
 pealed to the Department Commander for counsel and assistance. 
 
 The duties were exceedingly delicate and advisory, but a 
 line of action was suggested and acted upon which 1 am happy to 
 report resulted in restoring harmony and prosperity. 
 
 I attended the second and fourth quarterly meetings of the 
 Council of Administration. I installed the officers of Post 107 of 
 Palmer and Post 176 of Huntington; and assisted in the instal- 
 lation of the officers of Post 174 of Greenfield, and the dedication 
 of their Post headquarters ; also assisted in the formation of Post 
 184 of South Hadley Falls. 
 
 Have made twelve visits to Posts, and attended the dedica- 
 tion of two soldiers' monuments. 
 
 In closing this brief report, I desire to express my apprecia- 
 tion of the fraternal kindness received in all my official and fra- 
 ternal relations, and especially am I indebted to Department 
 Commander Hersey for the many courtesies which demand my 
 sincere thanks. 
 
 Yours in Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, 
 
 CHARLES FAY, 
 Chief Mustering Officer. 
 
 REPORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 25, 1886. 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the honor to report that during the past 
 year I have given eleven official opinions on questions submitted 
 to me concerning elections, the conduct of business in Posts, 
 courts-martial, and on other points involving construction of the 
 Rules and Regulations. I have been detailed and acted as Judge 
 Advocate in one Department court-martial, which was terminated 
 by the entr}' of a nolle prosequi under the approval of the Depart- 
 ment Commander. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 HEXRY WINN, 
 Judge Advocate. 
 
382 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A R. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1886. 
 
 Commander and Comrades : The Coiiucil of Administration 
 have held four regular meetings and one special meeting, all of 
 which have been fully attended. 
 
 At the meetiug of March 2, the Assistant Quartermaster- 
 General was instructed to invest $2,000 in two savings banks, 
 $1,000 in each. 
 
 At the meeting of October 22, Post 141 of Harwich was 
 given permission to change their headquarters to South Chatham. 
 
 The headquarters of the Department were removed to No. 1 
 Pemberton Square; by so doing a saving of $100 has been made 
 to the Department in rent. 
 
 The Council would respectfully recommend that the sum of 
 $300 be appropriated by this Encampment, the same as last year, 
 to be used in paying the travelling fares of the Commander while 
 on official visits, and of the Senior and Junior Vice-Commanders, 
 when acting for him on official business ; also, that the travelling 
 fares of the Commander and Assistant Adjutant-General to the 
 National Encampment be paid by the Department. 
 
 We have, through a committee appointed for the purpose, 
 carefully examined the books and accounts of the Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General and the Assistant Quartermaster-General, together 
 with the bills, vouchers, funds, and supplies on hand, and can 
 vouch for the correctness of their reports now in your hands. 
 
 Your Council desire to express their appreciation of the faith- 
 ful, earnest and efficient service rendered by our retiring Com- 
 mander ; also to thank his efficient Assistant Adjutant-General 
 for the courteous treatment and ready assistance received from 
 him during our term of office. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 JOHN Mcdonough, 
 
 EDWARD McKAY, 
 CHAS H TRACY, 
 HORACE H. SAWYER, 
 SAMUEL WORCESTER, 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 383 
 
 llEPORT OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1886. 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Sir: In compliance with duties of the honorable position to 
 which I was elected one year ago, and which I accepted with a 
 feeling of honest pride and gratification, I now have the honor to 
 submit the following report : — 
 
 I have tried, under the many embarrassing circumstances in 
 which, during the past year, I have been called upon to represent 
 the Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R., as Medical Director, 
 to do my dut}^ in advancing the interests of our organization, to 
 which we all owe so much loyalty and devotion. I have cheer- 
 fully rendered whatever service I could to all needy and suffer- 
 ing comrades, both in the matter of obtaining pensions, gaining 
 admission to soldiers' homes, writing letters, etc. 
 
 I have made many visits to Posts (more especially where a 
 good time seemed imminent), and also where the good of the 
 Order and the interests of the boys seemed to demand my pres- 
 ence, and had it not been for appearing quite superfluous in the 
 presence of our gallant Assistant Adjutant-General, I should have, 
 in any emergency, considered it my duty to have looked after the 
 interests of the girls also. But, joking aside, it is my humble 
 opinion there is need of a decided change in the duties of the 
 Medical Director and Post Surgeons towards this Order. That 
 is, there should be specific duties attached to said offices ; and I 
 sincerely urge and recommend that some action be taken by the 
 next Convention to secure from all P( st Surgeons a semi-annual 
 or annual report, to the Medical Director, of amount of service 
 rendered comrades and their families gratuitously, also any labor 
 done by them in securing pensions, etc., — the Medical Director 
 to be required to render reports to the Surgeon-General. Such 
 reports would inevitably cause all Posts, in the future, to elect 
 only professional men to the office of Surgeon ; and it cer- 
 tainly should be required by the State Department that such 
 should be the case, for it is certainly absurd to elect an officer to 
 said position who has no professional claim or title to the same. 
 It can only bring discredit upon Posts which continue to pursue 
 such a course. In closing this very imperfect report, allow me to 
 thank all for the many kindnesses and courtesies extended to me 
 during the year. 
 
 I have the honor to be. 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 WALTER H LEIGIITON, 
 
 Medical Director. 
 
384 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1886. 
 
 No special duty has fallen to the Chaplain during the year. 
 He has been able to attend all but one of the regular meetings of 
 the Council of Administration. He is glad to be able to say that 
 he found himself in full accord with his comrades, the other mem- 
 bers of the Council. Among the Department officers no death 
 has occurred, so that the Chaplain has had no occasion to act as 
 a comforter to the mourner or as a eulogist for the departed. 
 His duties have been confined to accompanying the Department 
 Commander in official visits to Posts, camp-fires, fairs and dedica- 
 tion of soldiers' memorials. The opportunities to form new 
 acquaintances among the men who periled life for the nation's 
 safety have been gladly accepted, and respect for them is strength- 
 ened by the wider acquaintance. The Chaplain trusts that his 
 successor in office will find the toil equally light, and the pleasures 
 equally great, for the coming year. 
 
 E. A. PERRY, 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 Past Department Commander Cushman moved that a special 
 committee of five be appointed by the Chair to consider the sub- 
 ject matter of General Orders, No. 12, from these headquarters, 
 relative to the Grant Memorial Fund. 
 
 Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch amended the 
 motion : — 
 
 That inasmuch as the Council of Administration had con- 
 sidered this matter and passed upon it, that their action on the 
 same be ratified by the Encampment. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. C. Whitney of Post 68, it was 
 voted that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to con- 
 sider the Commander's address and report of officers, said com- 
 mittee to report at Thursday morning session, and the following 
 committee was appointed : — 
 
 Edmund C. Whitney of Post 68 ; Myrou P. Walker of Post 
 97 ; David R. Pierce of Post 15 ; J. A. Lakin of Post 41 ; John 
 L. Knight of Post 16. 
 
 At this point, on motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 
 68, it was voted, that when the Encampment adjourns it be to 
 meet at nine o'clock a.m., tomorrow, January 28. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 385 
 
 Comrade J. H. O'Donnell of Post 2 submitted the following 
 motion : — 
 
 That a committee of seven be appointed by the Chair to pre- 
 pare a list of candidates to be voted for as delegates and alter- 
 nates to the National Encampment. 
 
 Comrade E. B. Loring of Post 15 offered an amendment to 
 above, as follows : — 
 
 That Comrade O'Donnell's motion be postponed until after 
 the discussion and vote on the Eight-dollar Pension measure is 
 decided by this Encampment. 
 
 Comrade O'Donnell accepted the amendment, and the motion 
 as amended was carried. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch, 
 it was voted, that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, 
 to whom all communications and resolutions from comrades and 
 Posts shall be referred. 
 
 The following committee was appointed : — 
 
 Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 ; Alfred F. Sears of Post 13 ; Beuj. 
 S. Lovell of Post 58 ; John R. McCrillis of Post 43 ; W. C. 
 Pomeroy of Post 86. 
 
 The following communications were received from comrades 
 and Posts. 
 
 Comrade Jas. Frey of Post 5 offered the following : — 
 
 Commander and comrades, 1 move th'at the delegates to the 
 National Encampment be instructed to use their efforts to have 
 Chap. IV., Art. II., of the Rules and Regulations of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic so amended as to exclude all past officers 
 of the National and State Encampments from having any vote or 
 voice in either National or State Encampments. 
 
 On motion, the above referred to Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Comrade H. G. O, Weymouth of Post 42 offered the follow- 
 ing resolutions : — 
 
 Upsolved, That we, the Department of Massachusetts, Grand Arin.v 
 of the Republic, desire to place on record our deep sense of loss in the 
 death of our beloved and distinjiuished comrade, Gen. George B. Mc- 
 Clellan. His skill as a commander has shed lustre upon the name of the 
 American soldier. As a patriot, he was ever ready to serve his country 
 in any capacity, and we recall with grateful pride his invaluable services 
 as organizer and commander of the first disciplined army of the late war, 
 which desei'ves from us as soldiers and citizens that earnest recognition 
 
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386 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 and hearty indorsement which •will in the future surely be accorded him 
 in the history of our country. 
 
 Besohied, That these resolutions be spread upon our records, and 
 an engrossed copy be transmitted to the family of our'deceased comrade, 
 with the heartfelt sympathy and respect of this Department. 
 
 On motion of Comrade O. M. Cousens of Post 42 it was 
 voted, " That these resolutions be accepted and adopted by this 
 Department, and the Assistant Adjutant-General be instructed to 
 carry out the instructions therein." 
 
 Adopted unanimously by a rising vote. 
 
 Comrade H. G. O. Weymouth of Post 42 offered the follow- 
 ing resolutions : — 
 
 Whereas, The admission to permanent membership in the National 
 Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as provided by Art. II., 
 Sees. 1, 2, 3, of Chap. IV., has increased the representative vote of the 
 Encampment to an extent which threatens its continuance as a repre- 
 sentative body ; therefore, 
 
 Besolved, That the delegates from this Department be, and they are 
 hereby instructed to prepare and present to the National Encampment 
 such amendment to the Rules and Regulations as will hereafter, if 
 adopted, limit life membership to Past National Commanders only. 
 
 Post 22 of Milford offered the following : — 
 
 Resolved, That the Commander of this Department be instructed to 
 draw up a petition in the name of the Department, to be presented to the 
 Legislature, now in session, that a law be enacted giving the Grand Army 
 Posts or detachments thereof, and all other citizens of this State, liberty 
 to enter into any burial place in this Commonwealth on Memorial Day, 
 so called, for the purpose of decorating the graves of soldiers and sailors 
 buried therein. 
 
 Resolutions offered by Post 68 : — 
 
 Whereas, The Grand Army of the Republic, during its existence of 
 more than eighteen years, has firmly established itself in the confidence 
 of the people ; and 
 
 Whereas, Ample opportunity has been oflered to all honorably dis- 
 charged soldiers and sailors of the Union Army and Navy to acquaint 
 themselves with its objects and join its ranks ; and 
 
 Whereas, A large number of honorably discharged soldiers have 
 neglected or refused to unite with our Order, and assist in carrying on 
 its noble work of relief to suflering comrades, but in many instances, 
 when in want or distress, have been prompt to call for aid from our 
 relief fund ; therefore, 
 
 Besolved, That our delegates to the National Encampment be 
 instructed to advocate such changes of the obligations and Rules and 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 387 
 
 Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, as shall leave the subject 
 of the relief of soldiers, not members of the G.A.R , who have had an 
 opportunity to unite with it, to the discretion of the several Posts. 
 
 Comrade E. B. Loring of Post 15 offered the following 
 motion : — 
 
 That this Encampment indorse the Lovering Eight-dollar 
 Pension Bill, Forty-ninth Congress, H.R., No. 1096, and that 
 the delegates to the National Encampment are hereby instructed 
 to so vote and work at that Encampment as to put the G.A.R. on 
 record in favor of that measure. 
 
 On motion of Comrade P. Powers of Post 126, it was voted 
 that the discussion on all questions be limited to ten minutes for 
 each comrade, and no comrade be allowed to speak but once on 
 each question. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox, it was voted that when 
 the vote be taken on the pension measure, it be taken by a yea 
 and nay vote. 
 
 Comrade Loring presented his question in an able manner, 
 and was followed by Comrade J. H. Abbott of Post 46, speaking 
 in opposition. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch, 
 it was voted that the debate on the pension matter be suspended 
 for a few moments, in order that he might submit the following 
 motion : — 
 
 That the vote whereby the appointment of Committee to 
 Nominate Delegates and Alternates to the National Encampment 
 was postponed until after the Eight-dollar Bill was decided, be 
 reconsidered. 
 
 Motion carried and the following Committee to Nominate 
 Delegates was appointed : — 
 
 John H. O'Donnell of Post 2 ; James H. Holmes of Post 
 37; C. C. Burdett of Post 164; Walter Cutting of Post 125; 
 Thos. M. Arnold of Post 47 ; Thos. W. Cook of Post 1 ; J. J. 
 Calanan of Post 71. 
 
 Discussion upon the Pension Bill was then resumed, Comrade 
 Darius Had ley of Post 156 speaking in favor of the bill. 
 
 On motion of Comrade T. J. Quinn of Post 57, it was voted 
 that the vote on the question of pension measure be taken at 1 1 
 A.M. Thursday, 28th inst., unless sooner reached. 
 
388 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 On motion of Department Senior Vice Commander R. F. 
 Tobin, it was voted that a committee of five be appointed by the 
 chair to nominate a list of candidates for the Council of Adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 The following committee was appointed : — 
 
 Geo. L. Clapp of Post 86; J. B. Lamb of Post 10; Frank 
 McGraw of Post 46 ; John E. Killian of Post 26 ; T. M. Currant 
 of Post 5. 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. B. Macy of Post 19, the Encamp- 
 ment adjourned at 11 o'clock p.m. 
 
 MORNING SESSION. 
 
 Thursday, Jan. 28, 1886. 
 
 The Encampment was called to order at 9.30 a.m., by 
 Department Commander John W. Hersey, who called on Depart- 
 ment Chaplain Rev. E. A. Perry, to invoke the Divine blessing. 
 
 On motion of Comrade A. Neilson of Post 2, it was voted 
 that a committee of nine be appointed by the Chair, to consider 
 the expediency of formiug a Veteran Rights Union Association. 
 
 The following were appointed : — 
 
 Arthur Neilson of Post 2 ; Wm. S. Hixon of Post 35 ; Thos. 
 Langlan of Post 15 ; S. M. Weale of Post 23 ; J. Everett Pierce 
 of Post 66 ; Wilbur F. Lane of Post 7 ; Thos. H. Haskell of Post 
 11 ; J. E. Killian of Post 26 ; Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5. 
 
 Committee on Credentials reported as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment 583 
 
 Number of comrades present 519 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department officers . 13 
 
 Past Department Commanders 7 
 
 Post Commanders 155 
 
 Delegates ..... 344 
 
 Total 519 
 
 Discussion resumed on the pension question by Comrades 
 E. B. Loring of Post 15, D. Hadley of Post 156, J. B. Ever- 
 dean of Post 35, Past Department Commander G. W. Creasey, 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 3^9 
 
 J. W. Walker of Post 30, Wm. A. Prescott of Post 35, Wilbur 
 E. Lane of Post 7, D. R. Pierce of Post 15,- in favor; and Com- 
 rades W. S. Shurtleff of Post 16, Chas. Fay of Post 16, J. H. 
 Abbott of Post 46, J. Baker of Post 16, A. C. Stone of Post 39, 
 Past Commander-in-Chief Geo. S. Merrill and W. C. Pomeroy of 
 Post 86, against. 
 
 At this point Commander-in-Chief S. S. Burdett was 
 announced at the outpost. Commander Hersoy appointed Past 
 Commander-in-Chief Geo. S. Merrill and Past Department Com- 
 mander Geo. S. Evans a committee to escort him to the platform. 
 The Commander-in-Chief was accompanied by the following mem- 
 bers of his Staff : Comrades W. F. Gierke of Post 2 ; L. Bartell 
 of Post 1 of Massachusetts ; Samuel Jones of Omaha ; Past Com- 
 mander-in-Chief Paul Van Dervoort of Omaha. Commander 
 Hersey introduced the Commander-in-Chief to the Encampment, 
 who happily responded. 
 
 Eleven o'clock having arrived, at which time the vote on the 
 pension question was specially assigned, the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General proceeded to call the roll, which resulted as follows : — 
 
 YEAS. 
 
 Commander John W. Hersey. 
 Senior Vice-Commander Kichard F. Tobin. 
 Junior Vice-Commander Chas. D. Nash. 
 Medical Director Walter H. Leighton. 
 
 Council of Administration John McDonough, Horace A Sawver 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General Alfred C. Monroe ' 
 
 T> . ^^^\ Department Commanders Geo. W. Creasey, Geo. H. Patch. 
 
 Post 1. Fred &. Washburn, Andrew J. Smith, Thomas W. Cook, Edward 
 
 n ., T. Chapman, Fred S. Tabor, S. C. Chamberlain. 
 Post 2. C. H. Whiting, Geo. H. Innis, W. F Gierke. 
 Post 3. I^e^vls B. Hodges, Benj. Morris, Alden H. Blake, Duncan S 
 
 Elliott. 
 Post 4. Edwin C. Gould. 
 
 Post 5. T. M Currant, F. H. Bean, Fred P. Larrabee, Geo. C. Hig-ins 
 W. A. Cotton, David Walker, Frank G. Keliey, Wilhs l' 
 Hidden, Jas. Frey, Thos. Payton. Warren Bailey, C. m! 
 Sprague, C. H. Robinson, John Forrest, C. B. Smith S H 
 Davenport, Fred Fitts, Geo. D. Stiles. ' 
 
 Post 7. Wilbur F. Lane, Thaddeus Churchill, Jeremiah Wakefield, Geo. 
 A. J. Colgan, Patrick W. Doherty. Geo. B. Martis, Stephen 
 o T ^^M^^^' ■^- ^- Cherry, Chas. H. Whitney. 
 Post S. Jas. M. Sampson, Thos. B. Griffiths, Chas. W. Tm-ner 
 Post 9. Chas G. Brigham, Geo. W. Poor, C H Hill 
 Post 11. Wm H. Poole, Isaac W. Derby, Thos. H. Haskell, John Reade, 
 Chas. Raymond. ' 
 
 Post 12. Arloii S Atherton, W. S. Harris, Wm. N. Tyler, Justin Howard, 
 
 U. h. Kolfe. 
 Post 13. Alfred F. Sears, Nat'l D. Toppan, Wm. R. Bunker, Chas. E. 
 Tribou, Francis M. Shaw. 
 
390 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post N. 
 Post U). 
 
 Post 16. 
 Post 17. 
 Post 18. 
 Post 19. 
 
 Post 20. 
 Post 21. 
 Post 22. 
 Post 23. 
 
 Post 24. 
 Post 25. 
 Post 29. 
 Post .30. 
 
 Post 31. 
 Post 32. 
 Post .33. 
 Post 34. 
 
 Post 35. 
 
 Post 36. 
 Post 37. 
 Post 38. 
 Post 39. 
 Post 40. 
 
 Post 42. 
 
 Post 45. 
 
 Post 46. 
 Post 47. 
 
 Post 48. 
 Post 49. 
 
 Post 50. 
 Post 51. 
 Post 52. 
 Post 53. 
 Post 54. 
 Post 57. 
 Post 58. 
 
 Post 60. 
 Post 61. 
 Post 63. 
 Post 65. 
 Post 66. 
 Post 67. 
 Post 68. 
 Post 69. 
 Post 70. 
 Post 71. 
 Post 72. 
 
 N. H. Houghton, A. O. Thompson. 
 
 David K. Pierce, E. B. Loring, Geo. W. Powers, Samuel Can- 
 ning, David O. Felt, Moses H. Cleaves, J. Cushing Thomas, 
 
 Francis E. Bealin, Thos. Langlan. 
 E. F. Cross. 
 
 Albert L. Barrett, A. L. IShattuck, G. A. Drake. 
 G. C. Fiske. 
 Edwin F. Putnam, Fred M. Peckham, Sidney Sibley, Geo. S. 
 
 Gilchrist, Edward B. Macy. 
 Loren B. Moore. 
 Theodore Leutz. 
 
 Henry Hancock, Henry A. Pond. 
 Edward Preble, Lyman W. Clark, Samuel M. Weale, Lyman W. 
 
 Gould. 
 George M. Newton. 
 Ezra J. Hill. 
 J. Beatey. 
 Wm. H. P. Plummer, Samuel Hall, P. A. Lindsey, E. J. Dolan, 
 
 J. W. Walker, .J. Kinnear. 
 Geo. O. Vinal, Henry H. Chubbuck. 
 W. J. Hlake, P. Lynch, D. McCarty. 
 
 Wm. P. Warren, Charles W. McDonald, Oliver M. Wade. 
 T. Wilson Nye, Amos Stillman, Albion M. Dudley, Edward C. 
 
 Beckett. 
 Nelson H. Sibley, Jos. B. Everdean, A. G. Beane, Geo. W. 
 
 White, Geo. W. Marsh, Chas. A. Litchfield, Wm. A. Pres- 
 
 cott, Wm. S. Hixon, fUias. O. Fellows. 
 Major Bacon. 
 Chas. P. Barton, Chas. A. Boyden. 
 
 E. D. Goodell. 
 James Lane. 
 
 F. E. West, Frank J. Scott, Nathan Newhall, Charles E. 
 Thompson. 
 
 John Welch, H. G. O. Weymouth, John F. Murphy, John E. 
 
 Quinn, O. M. Cousens, Andrew J. Boies, C. A. R. Dimon. 
 Sidney Gardner, Benj. F. Cook, Chas. H. Parsons, Albert C. 
 
 Andrews. 
 •T. L. Delmage, R. Booth. 
 Thos. M. Arnold, Wm. H. Johnson, Benj. A. Sawyer, Walter 
 
 Goodrich, Carl Jensen, John C. Goodwin. 
 John H. Sprague, H. C. Sherwin. 
 Henry Martin, John Burke, Caleb P. Davis, Jr., Russell T. 
 
 Tibbetts, Albert O. Colby. 
 Frank E. Farnham, AVm. W. Reed, Geo. B. Millen. 
 Wilder E. Dean, Charles H. Bartlett 
 Ellis R. Holbrook, P. W. Fecto, D. W. Burrill. 
 A. W. Allen, D. W. Martin. 
 John A. Merrill. 
 
 F. M. Balcora, M. F. Davlin, M. F. Marks, T. J. Quinn. 
 Benj. S. Lovell, James W. Rand, James J. Mahoney, Austin P. 
 
 Beard. 
 Wm. E. Nason, Wm. H. Williams. 
 H. .F. Wooddell, E. P. Carter. 
 
 S. W. Mann, M. L. Gleason, Ed. P. Simpson, J. H. Wright. 
 W. S. Stearns. 
 
 Robert M. Spinney, John S. Beck, J. Everett Pierce. 
 Chas H. Stone. 
 Edmund C. Whitney. 
 J. S. Harrington, E. S. Kendall. 
 E. A. Waters, S C. Spooner. 
 
 W. H. Abbott, .Fames Howes, J. J. Calanan, A. M. Cain. 
 Lysander Wood, Thomas Blanchard. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 391 
 
 Post 
 
 74. 
 
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 75. 
 
 Post 
 
 76. 
 
 Post 
 
 78. 
 
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 79. 
 
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 81. 
 
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 82. 
 
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 85. 
 
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 87. 
 
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 88. 
 
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 89. 
 
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 90. 
 
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 91. 
 
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 92. 
 
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 93. 
 
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 95. 
 
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 97. 
 
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 100. 
 
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 103. 
 
 Post 
 
 105. 
 
 Post 
 
 106. 
 
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 107. 
 
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 108. 
 
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 109. 
 
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 110. 
 
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 112. 
 
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 115. 
 
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 116. 
 
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 117. 
 
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 118. 
 
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 120. 
 
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 121. 
 
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 122. 
 
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 123. 
 
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 124. 
 
 Post 
 
 125. 
 
 Post 
 
 1-26. 
 
 Post 
 
 128. 
 
 Post 
 
 129. 
 
 Post 
 
 130. 
 
 Post 
 
 132. 
 
 Post 
 
 134. 
 
 Post 
 
 135. 
 
 Post 
 
 1.37. 
 
 Post 
 
 138. 
 
 Post 
 
 139. 
 
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 140. 
 
 Post 
 
 141. 
 
 Post 
 
 142. 
 
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 144. 
 
 Post 
 
 145. 
 
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 146. 
 
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 148. 
 
 Post 
 
 149. 
 
 Post 
 
 150. 
 
 Post 
 
 151 
 
 Post 
 
 1.55. 
 
 Post 
 
 156. 
 
 Geo. E. Dunham, Silas Giirney. 
 
 S. L. Colley, Jehu Best, C. B. Carlin. 
 
 Martin Curley. 
 
 Rufus Cass, Ephraim T. Cole, A. B. Caswell, ,Ir. 
 
 L. J. Amiden, C. B. Cheesebre, E. B. Hicks. 
 
 Fred A. Thomas, Geo. E. Teele. 
 
 Richard Goldsmith, John B. Graves, Jr., Richard B. Brown, 
 
 Wm K. Brown. 
 Frank P. Clark. 
 Henry A. Monk. 
 
 Francis P. Loud, Wm. P. Martin, Samuel D. DeForrest. 
 John Hannahs, James H. Kendall, John W. McKnight, Fred. 
 
 A. Wallis. 
 Harvey H. Pillsbury, Timothy D. Crowley, Jos. J. Fuller, 
 
 Edward L. Hill. 
 H. C. Lindley, William H, Kempton. 
 Frederick Hammond. 
 James M. Hunter. 
 James F. Pratt, Geo. W. Gale. 
 A. Morse, Chas. Davis. 
 Geo. H. Barnard, Jos. Martin. 
 Benj. F. Tucker, Zachary Damon. 
 
 D. C. Haviland, George Ball. 
 Calvin W. Pool. 
 
 Charles Upham. 
 H. N. Harriman. 
 Geo. P. Hawks. 
 
 Nathaniel H. Tirrell, Luther Rowe. 
 David Bassford, Jr., Wm. C. Litchfield. 
 Chas. Blood. 
 
 John D. Edgett, Chas. F. Read. 
 Ansel K. Tisdale. 
 John J. Adams. 
 
 W. A. Fifield, H. M. Jacobs, W. W. Tuttle, L. A. French, 
 G. W. Huntoon, C. F. ITrann. 
 
 E. S. Churchill, W. C. Eustis, Jas. McKay. 
 Chas. Goss, Dudley J. Marston. 
 
 James Oliver, Benj. W. Spooner, Hiram Bancroft. 
 
 Peregrin W. Poole, Francis M. Kingman. 
 
 Charles M. Welden, Robert B. Dickie. 
 
 E. P. Snow, P. Powers. 
 
 Nathaniel ShatsAvell, Thos. F. Ellsworth. 
 
 (^yrenius E. Tucker, Lawrence Gibney. 
 
 Wm. J. Arbuckle, Henry A. Walker. 
 
 L. Wells Hunt, Samuel H. Nye. 
 
 Samuel A. Valentine, Isaac S. Mullin. 
 
 Hammond W. Page. 
 
 Henry Hutchins, E. C. Norris. 
 
 Isaiah Hutchins, D. H. Hall. 
 
 Melville D. Jones, Jas. Davlin. 
 
 Wm. E. Jaquith. 
 
 G. N. Munsell, C. H. Rockwell. 
 
 Nathaniel S Robinson. 
 
 Henry W. Weeks, Chas. C. Nichols, Wm. R. Guild. 
 
 E. S. Horton. 
 
 Geo T. Fisher. 
 
 W. A. Snow. 
 
 Chas. S. Stone, Patrick Duggan. 
 
 G. N. Watson, Leander Brigham. 
 
 Geo. Q. A. Bryant, Theo. K. Parker. 
 
 Frank C. Hill, Wm. J. Dunham. 
 
 Darius Hadley. 
 
392 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 158. Wm. McDonald. 
 
 Post 1.59. Joseph Rosslter, C. E. Bushee, C. E. Gerold. 
 
 Post 1(50. James Dillon. 
 
 Post 161. Milton Moore, Ambrose Bancroft, 
 
 Post 162. R. L. Atherton. 
 
 Post 163. E. T. Phinney. 
 
 Post 164. Chas. C. Burdett. 
 
 Post 165. Lawrence Bradford. 
 
 Post 166. Edwin E. James. 
 
 Post 169. Albert G. Webb. 
 
 Post 171. Piollin C. Ward, Wm. E. Merriam. 
 
 Post 172. Ambrose E. Ames. 
 
 Post 173. Byron W. Charles, Chas. S. Haskell. 
 
 Post 174. George Pierce. 
 
 Post 176. Edward Pease. 
 
 Post 178. Warren O. Hawley, Albert B. Champlin. 
 
 Total, 344. 
 
 NAYS. 
 
 Department Chaplain Rev. E. A. Perry. 
 
 Council of Administration Edward McKay, Chas. H. Tracy, 
 
 Samuel Worcester. 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General W. W. Scott. 
 Department Inspector B. Read Wales. 
 Chief Mustering Officer Chas. Fay. 
 
 Past Department Commanders A. S. Cushman, John W. Kim- 
 ball, Geo. S. Merrill, Geo. S. Evans, John D. Billings. 
 J. H. O'Donnell, Arthur Neilson, 
 Ricliard Eddy, 
 
 Wm. H, Belcher, B. A. Bridges, 
 C. N. Walker, S, F, Babbitt, J. B. Lamb, Jas. Armstrong, 
 
 C. W, Putnam, J. B, Willard, Thos. O'Gara, Frank H. Rice, 
 
 Jotham Bigelow, Wm, L. Robinson, Jos. P. Eaton, Augustus 
 
 Stone, J. X. Jones. 
 Joel H. Hendrick, J. L. Knight, John Baker, C. D. Ufford, 
 
 Wm. S. Shurtliff, Geo. S. Warriner, N. E. Abbott, D. W. 
 
 Ware, 
 Edward P, Loring, 
 Henry J. Bailey, L. A, Lamson, 
 F. L. Fuller. 
 John E. Killian, Michael Riley, Frank W. Monroe, Frank B. 
 
 Perkins. 
 O. B. Chaffee, L, T. Emerson, 
 W. L. G. Haskins, 
 Horace D, Durgin, 
 Jas, H, Holmes, 
 Chas. H. Couillard, Jas. W, Joyce, Andrew C. Stone, Daniel E. 
 
 Kiley, Chas. Philbrick, Marcus W. Copps, Geo, H, Flagg, 
 Geo. H. Prescott, Frank A. Snow, J, A. Lakin. 
 John R. McCrillis, W. A. Alley, C. F. Robinson, J. W, Barnes. 
 S. F. Draper. 
 
 John H. Abbott, John M. Deane, Frank McGraw. 
 Horace A. AUyn, Dexter Jewett, T. W. Higginson. 
 Moses R. Greeley, 
 Elias P, Morton. 
 
 A. T. Sylvester, J. F. Makee, R. M, Lucas, 
 Charles Frazer. 
 E, P, Stanly. 
 Chas. D. Stiles, Chas. B. Fox, Henry P. Oakman, Walter E. 
 
 Swan, Chas. D. W. Marcy. 
 A. W, Hines, A. H, Wright, J. W. Sproul, 
 
 Post 2. 
 Post 4. 
 Post 6, 
 Post 10, 
 
 Post 16, 
 
 Post 10, 
 Post 22. 
 Post 24. 
 Post 26, 
 
 Post 27. 
 Post 28, 
 Post 36, 
 Post 37, 
 Post 39. 
 
 Post 41. 
 Post 43, 
 Post 44. 
 Post 46. 
 Post 56. 
 Post .58. 
 Post 61. 
 Post 62. 
 Post 64. 
 Post 67. 
 Post 68, 
 
 Post 73, 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 393 
 
 Post 
 
 74. 
 
 Post 
 
 76. 
 
 Post 
 
 80. 
 
 Post 
 
 83. 
 
 Post 
 
 85. 
 
 Post 
 
 86. 
 
 Post 
 
 92. 
 
 Post 
 
 93. 
 
 Post 
 
 94. 
 
 Post 
 
 98. 
 
 Post 
 
 99. 
 
 Post 
 
 102. 
 
 Post 
 
 104. 
 
 Post 
 
 107. 
 
 Post 108, 
 
 Post 
 
 111. 
 
 Post 
 
 113. 
 
 Post 
 
 114. 
 
 Post 
 
 115. 
 
 Post 
 
 117. 
 
 Post 
 
 12.5. 
 
 Post 
 
 127. 
 
 Post 
 
 131. 
 
 Post 
 
 133. 
 
 Post 
 
 143. 
 
 Post 
 
 145. 
 
 Post 
 
 147. 
 
 Post 
 
 152. 
 
 Post 
 
 155. 
 
 Post 
 
 1.56. 
 
 Post 
 
 160. 
 
 Post 
 
 168. 
 
 Post 
 
 175. 
 
 Post 
 
 179. 
 
 Post 
 
 180. 
 
 Post 
 
 182. 
 
 Post 
 
 183. 
 
 Jeremiah Looby. 
 
 Benj. A. Hathaway, Edmund M. Leach. 
 
 Chas. E. Smith, F. W. Bullard, L. P. Claflin. 
 
 John G. Knight. 
 
 D. W. Ainsworth. 
 
 Wm. R. Bartwell, W. C. Pomeroy, Albert A. Lyman, John 
 
 Keach, Geo. C. Clapp. 
 Alvah J. Wilson. 
 G. R. Pierce. 
 John T. Pitman. 
 David B. Lincoln. 
 Geo. W. Chandler, Peter D. Smith. 
 Chas. E. G. Breck, Geo. A. Fletcher. 
 Chas. H. Wakefield, John H. Stodder. 
 Daniel W. Tuft. 
 Chas. W. Tenney, C. O. Noyes. 
 H. C. Sampson, H. H. Collamore. 
 
 Augustine Sanderson, Augustus N". Sampson, Albert W. Hersey. 
 M. P. Brew, Bailey Sargent. 
 Daniel C. Fletcher. 
 .John H. Peraber. 
 
 Walter Cutting, Edward McDonald. 
 Edward Pendleton, Josiah G. Cook. 
 John F. Kebbler, John D. Cogswell. 
 Wm. H. Wade, Edward P. Davis. 
 C. C. Soule, W. T. Gross. 
 
 A. T. Wales. 
 
 H. M. McCJoud, C. S. Walker, J. W. Rowland. 
 
 Chas. E. French, Wm. H. Burnham. 
 
 Geo. E. Fuller. 
 
 Chas. H. Spencer. 
 
 Geo. H. Howard 
 
 Geo. W. Corey. 
 
 Eben C. Mann. 
 
 B. F. Brooks. 
 
 Edward J. Bartlett, A. P. Chamberlin. 
 Amasa Gray. 
 Chas. Church. 
 
 Total, 148. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox, chairman of Committee on Com- 
 munications and Resolutions from Posts and Comrades, reported 
 as follows : — 
 
 On the resolution of Post 22. The committee report that 
 this resolution ought not to pass, for the reason that the Legisla- 
 ture has no power to authorize trespass on private property. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Resolution of Post 42, in regard to the representation in 
 National Encampment. The committee report that it ought to 
 pass. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Resolution of Post 68. The committee report that this reso- 
 lution ought to pass. 
 
 Adopted . 
 
394 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The resolution of Comrade James Frey of Post 5, the com- 
 mittee report that so much of this communication as relates to 
 the Departments, ought not to pass. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 In regard to the National P^ncampment, that has been acted 
 upon in the report of the communication from Post 42. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade E. C. Whitney of Post 68, chairman of Committee 
 on Commander's Address, reported as follows : — 
 
 That each matter be taken up and moved and acted upon 
 separately. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 First. At the last Convention, it was 
 
 Voted, That the Council of Administration be instructed to 
 report a plan for the financial policy of the Department for the 
 consideration of this Convention. In the absence of such report, 
 and in consideration of the hints at such a plan by the Department 
 Commander, the committee recommend as follows : That the sum 
 of Si, 000, in addition to the amount already so disposed of, be 
 deposited in some savings bank in the city of Boston, under the 
 same restrictions as were followed in previous deposits. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Second. That it is not advisable to further increase the per- 
 manent fund at Department Headquarters. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Third. That this Encampment reduce thepey capita tax of 
 the Department, for the ensuing year, from thirty-two cents to 
 twenty-four cents per member. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fourth. That the Council of Administration note the work- 
 ings of the new departure during the ensuing year, and report 
 upon results, with recommendations for a permanent course of 
 action at the next Convention. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fifth. That five hundred dollars be appropriated for the 
 actual expenses of the Department Commander when on official 
 duty, or the Senior or Junior Vice-Commander, when acting in 
 his stead, and for the travelling expenses of the Department Com- 
 mander and Assistant Adjutant-General to the National Encamp- 
 ment. Bills so contracted to be subject to the approval of the 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 395 
 
 Sixth. That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated 
 for extru clerk hire, to assist the Assistant Adjutant-General in 
 the clerical work of his office. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Seventh. That the committee indorse that portion of the 
 Commander's address relating to indiscriminate charity, and that 
 in order to take one step forward in that direction, we report a 
 recommendation, as follows : — 
 
 That the delegates endeavor to secure the passage of a resolu- 
 tion b}' the National Encampment, in substance, as follows : — 
 
 Iiesolred, As the sentiment of the National Encampment, that the 
 obliij:ation heretofore taken by recruits at mnster-iu does not morally 
 bind them to assist soldiers living, or to bury the dead, who have never 
 joined the Grand Army of the Republic, but that such assistance or such 
 expenses are purely voluntary on the part of Posts. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Eighth. That no recommendation is required from your 
 committee on that important portion of the Commander's address 
 relating to the pensions, as the subject has been fully considered 
 by the Convention. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Ninth. That the recommendations of the Medical Director 
 relating to reports of Past Surgeons are eminently worthy of con- 
 sideration, and we recommend that the Council of Administration 
 be requested to submit a plan covering such reports at the next 
 Department Convention. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade Arthur Neilson of Post 2, chairman Committee on 
 Veterans' Rights Association, reported as follows : — 
 
 That we approve the objects of the Veterans' Rights Associa- 
 tion, and respectfully recommend that a committee of seven be 
 appointed by the Department Commander, to act in concert with 
 the Council of Administration for the proper organization of such 
 a bod}'. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 The following committee was appointed : — 
 
 Arther Neilson of Post 2; Wm. S. Hixon of Post 35; 
 J. Everett Pierce of Post 66 ; Chas. D. Stiles of Post 68 ; J. E. 
 Killian of Post 26; Geo. W. Powers of Post 15; Jeremiah 
 Wakefield of Post 7. 
 
396 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch offered the fol- 
 lowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by a rising 
 vote : — 
 
 Whereas, Since the last annual Encampment of this Department 
 the country at large and our comrades in arms have been called upon to 
 mourn the loss of one of our most illustrious leaders, who has been 
 mustered out by the hand of death ; therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved^ That the delegates to this Encampment in Convention 
 place upon its records our high appreciation of the distinguished services 
 of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the last leader of that army which, after years 
 of alternate victory and defeat, crowned its labors with success at 
 Appomattox. 
 
 Resolved, That this Department of the Grand Army of the Repub- 
 lic, representing the surviving soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth 
 of Massachusetts, recognizing the valued services of this distinguished 
 comrade in the cause of the Union, would add to the laurel wreath of 
 grateful remembrance that crowns his heroic life, our tribute of sol- 
 dierly affection and undying love. 
 
 Resolved^ That in the galaxy of illustrious defenders of the Union 
 and its flag, whose military genius is an undying lustre upon its name, 
 our Republic has had no worthier son. 
 
 Adopted unanimously by a rising vote. 
 
 Comrade Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5 offered the following 
 motion (based on a petition from some forty comrades of Post 15, 
 requesting the Commander-in-Chief to remit and set aside the 
 sentence of court-martial imposed upou Comrade Oliver Downing 
 of Post 15) : " That this Convention petition the Commander-in- 
 Chief for remittal of unexpired sentence of Comrade Oliver H. 
 Downing of Post 15." 
 
 After discussion by Comrades C. B Fox, E. B. Loring, 
 Geo. S. Merrill and B. Read Wales, president of court-martial, 
 the previous question was ordered and the motion defeated. 
 
 Commander Hersey read an invitation from the State Depart- 
 ment of the Woman's Relief Corps for the delegates to be present 
 this Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fellows Hall, at a 
 reception to the Commander-in-Chief and Department officers. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General A. C. Monroe read the following 
 
 dispatch : — 
 
 New Haven, Conn., Jan. 27, 1886. 
 
 The Department of Connecticut in Encampment assembled, sends 
 greeting to our comrades of the old Bay State. 
 
 Our hearts are with you in Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty and Unity. 
 
 C. H. STOWE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 397 
 
 By vote of the Encampment the Assistant Adjutant-General 
 was instructed to respond. 
 
 On motion of Comrade John E. Quinn of Post 42, it was 
 voted to proceed to election of officers. 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 63, a com- 
 mittee of five was appointed to distribute, collect, sort and count 
 ballots, as follows : — 
 
 E. P. Simpson of Post 63 ; Robert Spinney of Post 6G ; 
 Geo. H. Innis of Post 2 ; J. F. Murphy of Post 42; Geo. R. 
 Teele of Post 81. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 presented the name of 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander Richard F. Tobin of Post 2, 
 for Department Commander, and moved that the Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General be instructed to cast a ballot bearing the name of 
 Comrade Richard F. Tobin of Post 2 for Department Commander 
 for the ensuing year. The ballot was cast as directed and Com- 
 rade Tobin was declared elected. 
 
 Commander Hersey introduced Department Commander- 
 elect Richard F. Tobin, who responded, thanking the comrades 
 for the compliment of a unanimous election, and stating to the 
 Encampment that he should reappoint the present Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General, Comrade A. C. Monroe. 
 
 Comrade A. H. Wright of Post 73 presented the name of 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander Charles D. Nash of Post 78, 
 and moved that the Assistant Adjutant-General be instructed to 
 cast a ballot bearing the name of Comrade Charles D. Nash of 
 Post 78, as Department Senior Vice-Commander for the ensuing 
 year. The ballot was cast as directed and Comrade Nash was 
 declared elected. 
 
 Comrade John Welch of Post 42 presented the name of 
 Comrade H. G. O. Weymouth of Post 42, as candidate for 
 Junior Vice-Commander. The nomination was seconded by Com- 
 rade E. B. Loring of Post 1"). 
 
 Comrade Chas. D. Stiles of Post 68 presented the name of 
 Comrade E. C. Whitney of Post 68, for Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 Comrade Wm. McDonald of Post 1^)X presented the name of 
 Comrade Walter Cutting of Post 125, for Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 While the committee were counting the ballots for Junior 
 Vice-Commander, A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 
398 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 informed the Convention that had it been pleasant, it was the 
 intention to march to the banquet in Faneuil Hall, and that Dahl- 
 gren Post 2 Drum Corps had volunteered their services, and 
 moved the thanks of the Encampment be extended to them. 
 Unanimously adopted. 
 
 Comrade E. P. Simpson of Post 63 reported as follows for 
 Committee on Vote for Junior Vice-Commander : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 414 
 
 Necessary for choice 208 
 
 C. D. Nash had 1 
 
 E. F Cross had 4 
 
 W. C. Cutting had 2 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 201 
 
 H. G. O. Weymouth had 206 
 
 There being no choice, the Encampment proceeded to a 
 second ballot. 
 
 During the counting of second ballot for Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander, Past Department Commander Geo. H. Patch introduced 
 the following resolutions : — 
 
 Whereas, By a recent decision of tlie Commissioner of Pensions, 
 it appears tliat any soldier or sailor suffering from a loss of one hand 
 and one foot cannot get an increase of pension, because tlie disability is 
 not of such a character as to be progressive ; and 
 
 Whereas, It being known that such soldier or sailor so injured 
 is in many cases as badly incapacitated for earning a livelihood as if 
 both feet were gone, in which case he would receive seventy-two dollars 
 per month ; therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, That this Encampment represent these facts to the Con- 
 gressional Committee on Invalid Pensions of the Forty-ninth Congress, 
 and request them to so amend the pension laws as to provide a pension 
 of seventy-two dollars per month to all soldiers and sailors who lost 
 one leg and one hand or one foot and one hand in the service of their 
 country. 
 
 He moved the adoption of this resolution, and that the 
 incoming Department Commander transmit a copy of the same 
 to the Committee on Invalid Pensions . 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Comrade Geo. H. Patch also introduced the following reso- 
 lutions : — 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 899 
 
 Besolved, That the delegates to this Encampment, representing 
 nearly eighteen thousand comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
 as Avell as the sentiment of thousands of other honorably discharged 
 soldiers and sailors, do most heartily endorse the so-called '■ Tobin Bill" 
 now before the legislature of th6 Commonwealth, and pray our senators 
 and representatives to urge its passage, that it may become part of the 
 public statutes of our State. We expressly pray that it may become a 
 law in its amended form, of which the following is a copy : — 
 
 An Act aiithorizinff the Appointment to Office of Honorably Discharged 
 Soldiers and Sailors without competitive civil-service examination. 
 Section 1. All persons who served in the army or navy of the 
 United States in time of the War of the Rebellion and were honorably 
 discharged therefrom, shall be preferred for appointment to office, or 
 employed in the service of the Commonwealth or the cities thereof, 
 without having passed any examination provided for by Chapter 320 of 
 the Acts of the year 1884, or by the rules of the Civil Service Commis- 
 sioners, made under the provisions of said Act. Age, loss of limb, 
 or other physical impairment, Avhich shall not in fact incapacitate, shall 
 not be deemed cause to disqualify under this Act. But nothing herein 
 contained shall be construed to prevent such persons from making appli- 
 cation for such examinations, or from taking such examinations, pro- 
 vided they are entitled to do so, under the rules of said Commissioners. 
 Sect. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
 After discussion. Past Department Commander Geo. S. 
 Evans moved the adoption of above resolutions, which was 
 carried by a large vote. 
 
 Comrade Simpson reported as follows on second ballot for 
 Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 Whole number of votes 395 
 
 Necessary for choice 198 
 
 C. D. Nash had 1 
 
 J. D. Smith had 1 
 
 J. B. Lamb had 1 
 
 H. G. O. Weymouth had 189 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 203 
 
 Comrade Weymouth of Post 42 moved that the vote be made 
 unanimous, and Comrade E. C. Whitney of Post 68 was declared 
 elected Junior Vice-Commander of the Department for the ensuing 
 year. 
 
 Comrade John H. O'Donnell reported for committee a list of 
 candidates for delegates and alternates to the National E^ncamp- 
 ment. 
 
400 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Comrade Geo. C. Clapp reported for Committee to Nominate 
 Candidates for Council of Administration the following named 
 comrades : — 
 
 H. A. Sawyer of Post 5 ; Samuel Worcester of Post 34 ; 
 William C. Pomeroy of Post 86 ; John M. Dean of Post 46 ; 
 George L. Goodale of Post 66. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5, a committee 
 of five was appointed to distribute, collect, sort and count ballots for 
 delegates and alternates for National Encampment as follows : — 
 
 Geo. D. Stiles of Post 5 ; Edward McKay of Post 22 ; 
 Nathan Newhall of Post 40 ; J. H. Hendricks of Post 16 ; CD. 
 W. Marcy of Post 68. 
 
 Comrade A. L. Shattuck of Post 17 presented the name of 
 C. D. Hendrickson of Post 17, as Medical Director. The nomi- 
 nation was seconded by Comrades Geo. S. Ball of Post 105 and 
 E. B. Macy of Post 19. 
 
 Comrade B. A. Sawyer of Post 47 presented the name of 
 the present incumbent, Past Comrade Walter H. Leightou of 
 Post 42. The nomination was seconded by Comrades Samuel 
 Worcester of Council of Administration, and O. M. Cousens of 
 Post 42. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B, Fox moved a suspension of the rule so 
 that we can proceed to the election of Medical Director. 
 [Carried.] 
 
 The same Committee on Ballot for Junior Vice-Commander 
 were requested to act and the ballot was taken, which resulted in 
 the election of Comrade C. D. Hendrickson for Medical Director. 
 Comrade W. H. Leighton moved that the vote be unanimous, 
 which was carried. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Geo. S. Evans, 
 the rule was suspended and the Assistant Adjutant-General was 
 ordered to cast one ballot, with the name of Department Chaplain 
 Rev. E. A. Perry as Department Chaplain for another year. 
 The ballot was cast as directed, and he was declared elected. 
 
 On motion of Comrade William A. Prescott, a committee of 
 five was appointed to collect ballots for Council of Administration 
 as follows : — 
 
 W. A. Prescott of Post 35; A. L. Shattuck of Post 17; 
 J. L. Knight of Post 16 ; N. D. Toppan of Post 13 ; A. S. Buz- 
 zel of Post 7. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
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 Comrade Stiles of Post 5 for Committee on Election of Dele- 
 gates and Alternates, reported the following named comrades 
 elected, and it was so declared : — 
 
 DELEGATE-AT- LARGE. 
 
 J. L. Otis 
 
 Post 86, Northampton 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 John McDonough . 
 E. R. Wheeler . . 
 Walter Goodrich . 
 N. E. Abbott . . 
 W. H. Chamberlain 
 J. A. Richmond 
 E. S. Horton . . 
 E. B. Loring 
 J. J. Calanan . 
 
 B. S. Lovell . . 
 G. L. Rice . 
 
 D. M. Wilcox . 
 Peter D. Smith 
 
 C. A. R. Dimon . 
 A. S. Atherton 
 John Best 
 
 E. B. Macy . . . 
 N. S. Toppan . 
 
 Post 2, South Boston 
 
 " 37, Spencer 
 
 " 47, Haverhill 
 
 " 16, Springfield 
 
 " 125, Pittsfield 
 
 " 93, Shelburne Falls 
 
 " 145, Attleboro 
 
 " 15, Boston 
 
 " 71, Holyoke 
 
 " 58, East Weymouth 
 
 " 79, North Adams 
 
 " 177, Lee 
 
 " 99, Andover 
 
 " 42, Lowell 
 
 " 12, Wakefield 
 
 " 75, Stoneham 
 
 " 19, Fitchburg 
 
 " 13, Brockton 
 
 ALTERNATE- AT-LARGE. 
 
 Chas. O. Fellows Post 35, Chelsea 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 Daniel F. Kiley Post 
 
 Philip Creasey 
 
 A. M. Dudley 
 
 John S. Cook 
 
 E. N. Jones 
 
 E. C. Whitney 
 
 Joseph Dalton 
 
 Thomas W. Cook 
 
 J. F. Callanau 
 
 39, Lawrence 
 49, Newbury port 
 34, Salem 
 51, No. Brookfield 
 126, Adams 
 68, Dorchester 
 23, East Boston 
 i. New Bedford 
 16, Springfield 
 
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402 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 J. D. Coggswell Post 131, Leicester 
 
 James B. Brewster . . . . " 76, Plymouth 
 
 H. C. Sherwiu "48, Ayer 
 
 C. E. Hapgood "143, Brookline 
 
 Luther C. Brown " 5, Lynn 
 
 Henry A. Walkei' "130, West Medway 
 
 Frank E. Martelli "30, Cambridgeport 
 
 Wm. S. Hixon .... . "35, Chelsea 
 
 Frank M. Whitman .... "47, Haverhill 
 
 While the ballot for Council of Administration was pending, 
 Past Department Commander Geo. S. Evans moved that the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General communicate with Comrade Horace 
 Binney Sargent the expressions of good will of this Twentieth 
 Annual Encampment towards him. 
 
 Carried unanimously. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander J. G. B. Adams 
 of Post 5, it was voted that the first five comrades having the 
 highest number of votes for Council of Administration be declared 
 elected. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Past Department Commander Geo. W, Creasey reported as 
 follows on the reunion of veterans at Point of Pines last summer, 
 and moved that the matter of future reunion be referred to the 
 incoming Council of Administration. 
 
 The report was accepted and recommendation adopted. 
 
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS ' REUNION, AT 
 THE POINT OF PINES, SEPT. 2 AND 3, 1885. 
 
 Comrades: In accordance with instructions, the committee 
 made arrangements to have the reunion at the Point of Pines, 
 September 2 and 3, believing it to be the best place under the 
 circumstances to hold the first State reunion of veterans. In 
 point of numbers and enthusiasm the reunion was a success, and 
 the committee are of the opinion that one should be held each 
 year in some part of the State, but that it should be held under 
 the official care of the Department, and the State Convention 
 make the arrangements. Appended is the financial report of the 
 committee. 
 
 For the committee, 
 
 GEORGE W. CREASEY. 
 
twentieth annual encampment. 403 
 
 treasurer's report. 
 
 Charles H. Baker, Treasurer, in account with 
 
 Veterans' Reunion Committee. 
 Dr. 
 C. H. Thayer, Treasurer Point of Pines .... $510 28 
 
 Money returned 60 
 
 $516 88 
 
 Cr. == 
 
 Camp-fire $75 30 
 
 Expense of tents ..,11116 
 
 Printing and advertising . . . .... 77 38 
 
 Frank Larrabee Barrel!, and others ID 00 
 
 J. S. Estes . . 3 50 
 
 J. S. Blood 2 00 
 
 George C. Neal ... 12 30 
 
 A. Story 3 50 
 
 J. W. Young 40 00 
 
 Thomas Tibbetts ... 2 50 
 
 C H. Baker 7 50 
 
 W. H. Hutchinson 2 24 
 
 George W Creasey . . . ... 3 00 
 
 City of Lynn, police 2 00 
 
 $361 38 
 
 Balance on hand 155 50 
 
 CHARLES H. BAKER, 
 
 Tvrasnrer. 
 
 Department Commander Hersey, pending the report of vote 
 for Council of Administration, introduced the Medical Director 
 elect, Comrade C. D. Hendrickson, who responded, accepting the 
 position and thanking the comrades for the honor. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Geo. S. Evans, 
 it was voted to extend the thanks of this Encampment to the 
 guard from Post 11, for their efficient services. 
 
 On motion of Comrade A. C. Andrews of Post 45, a vote of 
 thanks was extended to Past Department Commander John W. 
 Hersey for his untiring work and services to the G.A.R. in the 
 past, and also for the very happy and impartial manner he has 
 presided over the deliberations of this Encampment. 
 
 Comrade W. A. Prescott of Post 35 reported for Committee 
 on Vote for Council of Administration, and the following com- 
 
404 HISTORY DP:PT. of MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 rades, having received the highest number of votes, were declared 
 elected for the ensuing year : — 
 
 COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer Post 5, 
 
 Samuel Worcester " 2, 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale " 66, 
 
 Frank P. Simonds "63, 
 
 Samuel M. Weale "23, 
 
 Past Department Commander George W. Creasey was 
 requested to install the officers, and accepted ; and the following 
 comrades were installed into office for the ensuing year : — 
 
 Department Commander Richard F. Tobin 
 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander . Charles D. Nash 
 Department Junior Vice-Commander . E.C.Whitney 
 Department Medical Director . .CD. Hendrickson 
 
 r Samuel Worcester 
 
 I 
 
 ^ .,-,■,..,,. \ Geo. L. Goodale 
 
 Council of Admmistration <^ ,^f>. 
 
 Frank P. Simonds 
 
 \ Samuel Weale 
 
 There being no further business, the Twentieth Encampment 
 of the Department of Massachusetts was declared dissolved. 
 
 A true copy of the proceedings. 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
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 William Moore, age 45; seaman, U.S.S. Pawnee. 
 William A. Jenney, age 59; private, Co. F, 3d Mass. 
 JoliQ H. Foote, age .50; private, Co. A, 8tli Mass. 
 Jos. R. Draper, age 48; assistant-surgeon, 14th R.I.H.A. 
 
 D. A. Myers, age 43; private, Co. F, 11th U.S. Inf. 
 Wm. R. Smith, age 50; private, Co. D, 1st R.I. Art. 
 
 E. N". Beal, age 42; corporal, Co. C, 18th Maine. 
 C. W. Neal, age 56; private, Co. I, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 J. G. Forman, age (35; chaplain, Co. L, 3d Missouri. 
 E. G. Allen, age 54; corporal, Co. D, 8th Mass. Vols. 
 E. F. Tennant, age J3; private, Co. B, 17th Mass. 
 
 G. W. Tracey, age 38; private, Co. F, 10th Conn. 
 
 E. A. Barry, age 56; private, Co. D, 8th M.V.M. 
 
 Patrick Linehan, age 54; private, Co. C, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Patrick Burns, age 39; private, Co. A, 3d Mass. H. A. 
 
 Thos. J. Thurston, age 51; private, Co. A, 1st Maine. 
 
 E. J. Gurney, age 43; private, Co. L, 1st Mass. HA. 
 
 Geo. A. Taylor, age .52; private, Co. L, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Fred Seaver, age 42; corporal. Yet. R.C. 
 
 Samuel E. Star, age 47; private, Co. H, 19th Mass. 
 
 Joseph W. Snellen, age 57; 1st lieutenant, Co. G, 19th Mass. 
 
 Samuel Flint, age 74; private, Co. C, 23d Mass. 
 
 Timothy Hurley, age 57; corporal, Co. I, 1st Mass. 
 
 Reuben S. Dorr, age 42; private, Co. H, 15tli Mass. 
 
 Louis Goodman, age 44; landsman, U.S.S. Hartford. 
 
 Samuel C. Rogers, age 62; surgeon, 30th Iowa. 
 
 Nathaniel Conn, age 42; private, Co. H, 47th Mass. 
 
 E. C. Lavell, age 44; corporal. 4th Maine. 
 
 H. F. Whitcomb, age 40; private, Co. D, 18th Mass. 
 Franklin Lewis, age 40; private, Co. E, 14tli Maine. 
 
 F. G. Elliot, age 47; private, Co. C, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 M. V. B. Richardson, age 47; 1st lieutenant, Co. C, 1st N.H 
 
 Israel LaBleu, age 48; private, Co. M, 9th N.Y. 
 
 Louis Bean, age 38; private, Co. G, 2d N.Y. 
 
 J. A. Herbert, age 48; private, Co. A, 1st Maine Cav. 
 
 Thomas Plunkett, age 44; sergeant, Co. E, 21st Mass. 
 
 Freeman Field, age SO; fife major, 5tli M.V.M; musician, .32d 
 
 M.V.M. ; musician, Co. C, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 Daniel T. Parker, age 44; private, Co. II, 5th M.V.M, 
 John F. Murphy, age 43; private, 11th Mass. Bat. 
 Daniel P. Cook, age 49; private, Co. G, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 John H. Mead, age 29; private, Co. H, 95th Pa. Vols. 
 Chas. H. Merrill, age 39; private, Co. H, 27th Maine Vols. 
 Arthur Forrester, age 71; private, Co. A, 53d Mass. 
 Charles H. Wright, age -i5; private, Co. D, 19th M.V.M. 
 E. F. Dustin, age 42; private, Co. A, 1st N.H. H.A. 
 James M. Saddler, age 47; private, Co. E, 12th Mass. 
 W. F. Blake, age 47; private, Co. E, 12th Mass. 
 
406 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 15. John O. Senter, age 49; private, Co. D, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post lb. B. N. Thomas, age 44; private, Co. K, M Me. V.M. 
 
 Post 16. Nathaniel Evans, age .55; private, Co. H, 18th N.Y. Cav. 
 
 Post 16. A. G. Taylor, age 44; 1st sergeant, Co. G, 37th Mass. 
 
 Post 16. H. M. Warehouse, age 58; I. M., 46th Mass. 
 
 Post 16. Christopher Scudder, age 66; corporal, Co. A, 3d Mass. HA. 
 
 Post 21. Friedrich Moeller, age 46; private, Co. D, 14th N.Y. Cav. 
 
 Post 22. George W. Mason, age 45; corporal, Co. G, 40th N.Y. 
 
 Post 24. Wilson Sibley, age 55,- private, Co. G, 15th Mass. 
 
 Post 24. D. S. Jackson, age 40; private, Co. C, 42d Mass. 
 
 Post 25. Samuel D. Gregory, age 38; private, Co. F, 2d Mass. 
 
 Post 25. Noah Wilcox, age 64; private, Co. H, 25th Mass. 
 
 Post 25, Charles M. Hall, age 49; musician, 51st Mass. 
 
 Post 25. J. P. McQuade, age 48; private, 20th Maine. 
 
 Post 26, Abiel R. Henry, age 51 ; private, Co. K, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 30. Daniel Blanchard, age 33,- private, Co. H, lltli Mass. 
 
 Post 31. M. Merntt, age 65; private, Co. C, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 32. Charles M. Nason, age 52; private, Co. A, 35th Mass. 
 
 Post 32. John J. Burns, age 47; sailor, U.S.S. R. R. Ciiyler. 
 
 Post 32. Patrick McCarty, age 39; tinman, U.S.S. Sacramento. 
 
 Post 32. William Semple, age 59; private, Co. F, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post 33. John McGovern, age 47; sailor, U.S.S. Connecticut. 
 
 Post 34. John H. Stevenson, age 40; landsman, U.S.S. Cherokee. 
 
 Post 34. Jeremiah Cronin, age 47; sergeant, Co. I, 9th Mass. 
 
 Post 34. Patrick Foley, age .54; private, Co. B, 7th N.J. 
 
 Post 3i, Thos. J. Mallard, age .58; private, Co. D, 5th N.H 
 
 Post 35. Henry J. Keough, age 65; private, Co. K, 4th Me. Bat. 
 
 Post 35. Levi D. Bullock, age 46; private, Co. G, 11th Mass. 
 
 Post .35. John McKee, age 60; private, Co. H, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 35. I. C. Morrison, age 58; private, Co. H, 27th Mass.' 
 
 Post .35. Dexter Mitchell, age .50; 1st lieutenant, Co. C, 8th Mass. 
 
 Post 35. G. W. Varney, age 41 ; seaman, U.S.S. Essex. 
 
 Post .35. Daniel Hallahan, age 45; private, Co. B, .5tli Mass 
 
 Post 36. Henry J. Crosby, age 47; private, Co. K, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 36. Charles Gibbins, age 47; landsman. 
 
 Post 37. L M. Prouty, age 54; private, Co. H, 10th Mass. 
 
 Post 37. Augustus Cate, age 46; private, Co. D, .5th N.H. 
 
 Post 38. F. S. Cooper, age 65; private, Co. A, 40th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Bernard Lane, age .39; private, Co. F, 13th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Patrick Daley, age 38; private, Co. D, 30th N.J. 
 
 Post 39. John Cunningham, age 33; private, Co. I. I7th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. James Buckley, age 62; private, Co. D, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post ,39, Daniel Derraine, age 26; private, Co. B, 2d Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 39. James Winning, age 43; private, Co. D, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 40. Benjamin P. Coates, age 68; private, Co. H, 24tli Mass. 
 
 Post 42. Daniel H. Stewart, age 46; corporal, Co. K, .5th Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 42. C. B. F. Hoyt, age 52; private, Co. G, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 42. Jerry McCarty, age 60; private, Co. G, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 42. John Allen, age 60; private, Co A, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 42. W. A. Smith, age 56; private, 7th Mass. Bat. 
 
 Post 45. Jessie McLoud, age 42; private, Co. G, I7th Mass. 
 
 Post 46. James Deardar; seaman. 
 
 Post 46. C. McAvery; fireman. 
 
 Post 46. Daniel W. Riley, age 46; seaman. 
 
 Post 46. Thomas Scanlon, age 49; private, Co. H, 17th Mass. 
 
 Post 46. J. G. Hambly, age 45; private, Co. B, 7th Mass. 
 
 Post 46. William Hamilton, age 46; landsman. 
 
 Post 46. George Buswell, age 47; private, Co. F, 7th Maine. 
 
 Post 47. Michael McCormack, age 31; private, Co. B, I7th M.V.M. 
 
 Post 47. M. C. Burleigh, age 40; private, Co. G, 50th M.V.M. 
 
 Post 48. William H. Craig," age 46; private, Co. B, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 49. George S. Noyes, age 42; private, Co. H, 8th Mass. 
 
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 C, F. Rochemont, age 46; private, Co. H, 60th Mass. 
 John Wells, age 81; private, Co. B, 19th Mass. 
 Wm. W. Marshall, age 50; private, Co. A, 17th M.V.M. 
 Enoch yhaw, age 70; private, Co. M, 4th Mass. Cav. 
 
 E. R. Druey, age 40; private, Co. I, 22d Wisconsin. 
 
 H. A. Fillebrown, age J4; private, Co. B, 2d Mass. H.A. 
 Timothy Ryan, age 48; sergeant, Co. E, 60th Mass. 
 Moses Dudley, age 42; private, Co. A, 16th Mass. 
 Michael McNulty, age 44; private, Co. A, 16th Mass. 
 Ellis M. Curtis, age 41 ; private, 1st R.I. Lt. Bat. 
 G. J. Weston; private, 22d Mass. 
 M. Atwood, age 61 ; private, Co. E, 23d Mass. 
 M. McKenzie, age 38; private, Co. K, 15th Mass. 
 Samuel Swinburn, age 51 ; private, Co. K, 16th Mass. 
 
 F. S. Ryonson, age 45; private, Co. K, 17th Mass. 
 Albert F. Dorr, age 51 ; sergeant, Co. E, 39th Mass. 
 P. Cushiug, Jr.; private, Co. E, 5th M.V.M. 
 
 H. B. Howe, age 50; privaie, Co. F, 5th M.V.M. 
 Morris Morony, age 52; private, 6th Mass. Bat. 
 Gilman L. Hill, age 50; corporal, Co. H, 39th Mass. 
 
 G. V. Nordstrom, age 56; musician, 18th Mass. 
 John B. Waid, age 52; captain, Co. G, 1st Maine Vet. 
 Henry E. Smith, age 64; private, Co. H, 56th M.V.M. 
 Chas. E. Woodward, age 51; private, Co. D, 31st M.V.M. 
 Chas. S. Robinson, age 45; private, Co. K, 34th M.V.M. 
 C. Van Slike, age 44; sergeant, Co. F, 77th N.Y. 
 Charles C. Loud, age 41; drummer, Co. A, 27th Mass. 
 
 S. W. Perkins, age 44; corporal, Co. C, 7th Mass. 
 Charles A. Follett, age 43; corporal, 5th Mass. Bat. 
 
 E. Giles, age 35; 2d lieutenant, Co. E, 8th Mass. 
 Warren A. Smith, age 43 ; private. 
 
 James Morris, age 61 ; private, Co. D, 14th Mass. 
 Thomas Barnett, age 60; sergeant, Co. K, Sth Mass. 
 W. H. Leslie, age 54; private, Co. B, 11th Mass. 
 Fred Silloway, age 50; private, Co. I, ?,d N.H. 
 Richard Smith, age 44; private, Co. E, 100th N.Y. 
 S. W. Dame, age 73; private, Co. F, I3th N.H. 
 Thomas Martin, age 50; private, Co. B, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 Samuel Bronsdon, age 65; musician. Go. I, 4th Mass. 
 C. N. Harrington, age 63; corporal, Co. I, 51st Mass. 
 George Hodgkins, age 06; mate, U.S.S. Penobscot. 
 
 F. H. Johnson, age 36; private, Co. E, 12tli Maine. 
 H. B. Howard, age 48; private, Co. D, 4th Mass. 
 Joseph W. Morris, age 56; private, Co. F, 43d Mass. 
 Benjamin M. Young, age 49; private, Co. H, 12th Mass. 
 C. C. Burnbuss,age 73; captain, Co. C, 4th Mass. 
 
 E. N. Nickerson, age 61 ; sergeant, Co. F, 26th Mass. 
 Thomas Barret, age 43; private. Co. A, 57th Mass. 
 James Umber, age ^1 ; private, Co. G, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 James Frahar, age 42; private, Co. C, 17th Mass. 
 Ellas Lyons. age"37; private, Co. C, Un. Inf. 
 Louis Mayiiard, age 46; landsman, U.S.S. St. Clair. 
 Henry A. Conant^age 44; private, Co. C, 30th Mass. 
 Fred E. Robbins, age 35; musician, Co. A, 13th Maine. 
 Frank C. Horn, age 47; private, Co. C, 6th Mass. 
 C. W. Goodhue, age 50; private, Co. C, 6th Mass. 
 William Barnes, age 5fi; private, Co. C, 14th X.H. 
 Asher Blake, age 78; private, Co. L, 1st Mass. H A. 
 Samuel Norwood, age 42; corporal, Co. F, 35th Mass. 
 George H. Farnum, age 52; private, 1st Mass. Art. 
 E. B. Soule, age 42; private, Co. A, 1st R I. Cav. 
 G. O. Warner, age 46; private, Co. H, 10th Mass. 
 
408 
 
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 Post 134. John J. Bailey, age 60; steward, U.S.S. Stepping Stone. 
 
 Post 134. John Shorter, age 40; private, Co. G, 54th Mass. 
 
 Post 136. John A. Cummings, age 60; private, Co. K, 36th Mass. 
 
 Post 139. Patrick McShane, age .50; private, Co. F, 11th Mass. 
 
 Post 1.39. Jolni E Ashley, age 56; private, Co. F, 44th Mass. 
 
 Post 145. L. O. Hawkins, age 52; private, Co. F, 38th Mass. 
 
 Post 147. C. B. Cutter, age 81; private, Co. F, 37th Mass. 
 
 Post 149. John D. Flynn, age 48; corporal, Co. G, 2d Mass. 
 
 Post 153. James J. Baldwin, age .58; corporal, Co. D, 10th N.H. 
 
 Post 153. John P. Comer, age 49; private, Co. C, .32d Mass. - 
 
 Post 155. Daniel O'Keefe, age 39; private, Co. D, 57th Mass. 
 
 Post 156. A. W. Bullock, age 65; sergeant, Co. C, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 157. C. F. Randall, age .54; private, Co. D, llth K.I. 
 
 Post 159. C. F. Morgan, age 41 ; private, Co. B, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post 159. William Lewis, age 48; private, Co. C, 18th Mass. 
 
 Post 159. Benjamin B. Davis, age 52; private, Co. B, 24th Mass. 
 
 Post 159. Charles Sweeney, age 61 ; private, Co. A, 32d Mass. 
 
 Post 164. C. G. Townsend, age 48; private, Co. D, 52d Mass. 
 
 Post 165. Julius B. Chandler, age 48; private, Co. G, 12th Mass. 
 
 Post 175. George A. Foss, age 42; private, Co. I, 44th Mass. 
 
 Post 176. S. J. Stewart, age 50; corporal, Co. B, 13th N.Y. 
 
 Post 180. George P. Horr, age 56; sergeant-major, 47th Mass. 
 
rWENTIKTH ANNUAL ENCAMPAIENT. 409 
 
 General Orders. 
 Series of 1885-6. 
 
 vchusetts, i 
 Republic, |- 
 , Room (>. j 
 
 Headquakters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the 
 12 Pemberton Sq 
 General Orders, "t Boston, Feb. 10, 1885. 
 
 No. 1. / 
 
 1 Havino; been called by the sufl'rages of my comrades, through 
 their representatives in the late Department Convention, to the high and 
 honorable position of Department Commander, I hereby assume the 
 duties and responsibilities of the office, sincerely trusting that I may 
 receive the hearty and zealous co operation of every comrade of the 
 Department, w^hether he be the highest official or the humblest comrade 
 in the ranks. 
 
 Comrades, there has been committed to our hands a truly grand 
 and noble worlv — that of building up and maintaining an organization 
 composed of men who periled their lives that the nation might live, and 
 the principal ol)jects and aims of which are to see that no worthy com- 
 rade who wore the l^lue, nor the widows and orphans of our fellow- 
 comrades, suffer for the comforts of life, become inmates of an almshouse 
 or fill a pauper's grave 
 
 Do we fully realize the importance and sacredness of our worlv? 
 If so, I trust that Post officers and comrades will at once devise and put 
 into immediate and practical operation in their respective localities 
 measures whereby every worthy old veteran may be sought out and, if 
 possible, brought into our ranks, to join with us in our Avork; for the 
 fact still remains, that thousands of our former comrades who touched 
 elbows with us in the long ago are for some reason still outside our 
 beloved organization. 
 
 Under the wise and zealous administration of my predecessors in 
 office, our Department has moved steadily forward in its course of pros- 
 perity, until todaj' it stands second to none, unless it be in numerical 
 strength : and every comrade has reason to feel justly proud of the posi- 
 tion which we now occupy. But the work must not stop here : this is 
 our harvest time; and I sincerely trust that every comrade will at once 
 interest himself in the work of gathering into the fold of the Grand 
 Army every worthy olil veteran. 
 
 II. I desire to call especial attention to the grand carnival to be 
 held in the city of Boston the coming spring under the auspices and for 
 the benefit of our Soldiers' Home, the pride of every comrade and a 
 living monument to our devotion and fidelity to the principles of the 
 Order, and sincerely trust that not one single Post in all our Department 
 will fail to contribute in some way or degree to the success of this graud 
 and noble enterprise. 
 
 Additional appointments will appear in futui'e orders. 
 
410 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 III. The foUoAving comrades have been appointed members of my 
 Official Staff". They will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General^ Alfred Monroe of Post 13, Brocls:ton. 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General, W. W. Scott of Post 10, Worcester. 
 Chief Mustering Officer, Charles Fay of Post 16, Springfield. 
 
 IV. All official correspondence and invitations for the Department 
 Commander should be addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 By command of 
 
 Official : 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistan t Adjuta nt- General. 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 
 Department Commander. 
 
 Headquahters Department of Massachusetts, J 
 Grand Ap.my of the Republic, >- 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 Boston, March 18, 188.5. 
 General Orders, "I 
 No. 2. ( 
 
 I. The following comrades are appointed on the Staff of the Depart- 
 ment Commander and they will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 In.spector, B. Read Wales of Post 68, Dorchester. 
 
 Judge Advocate, Henry Winn of Post 93, Shelbnrne Falls. 
 
 aides-de-camp. 
 
 E. W. Lathrop . . . 
 
 Daviil Dunbar . . . 
 
 Thos. Langlan . . . 
 
 Sidney Sibley . . . 
 
 Horace J. Gray . . . 
 
 Wm. L. Gajre . . . 
 
 E. Warren Harback . 
 
 Chas. H. Fuller . . , 
 
 E. J. Dyer 
 
 Benj. A. Sawyer . . 
 
 H. C. Conilns . . . 
 
 Oeo. H. Prescott . . 
 
 H. M. Converse . . 
 
 J. A. Looniis . . . 
 
 George Perkins . . 
 
 E. K. Bly 
 
 Thos. J. Ames . . . 
 
 A . S. Atherton . . . 
 Frank B. Peabody . . 
 Charles E. Woodward 
 
 B. F. Brooks . . . . 
 Geo. E Teele . . . 
 
 D. H. L. Gleason . . 
 Emerson Stone . . . 
 Geo. T. Fayweather . 
 Edwin C. Gould . . 
 Geo. R. Spooner . . 
 
 E. D. Huchinson . . 
 
 Sprinstield. 
 
 Weymouih. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 So. Braintree. 
 
 Upton. 
 
 S. Framingham. 
 
 So. Boston. 
 
 Duxbury. 
 
 Amherst. 
 
 Westfleld. 
 
 Warren. 
 
 Eastliampton. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Ware. 
 
 Barre. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Westboro. 
 
 Melrose. 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Huntington. 
 
 .Tos. B. Everdean . 
 Henry W. Weeks . 
 Cyru.s T. Batchelor 
 Geo. N. Munsell 
 Wm. McDonald 
 Chas. A Spencer 
 Chas. F. Urann . . 
 Thomas J. Tute 
 Geo. W. Corey . . 
 Flavel ShurtlefC 
 Geo. A. Ayling . . 
 E. C. Marsh . . . 
 Tliomas K. Gay . . 
 Oliver H. Ingalls . 
 Wm. A. Croak . . 
 W. H. Cross . . . 
 L. M. Alden . . . 
 Bfenj. A. Hathaway 
 Samuel S Pratt 
 J. Albert Mills . . 
 N. H. Houghton 
 T. Spencer .Jenks . 
 Wm. E. Jaquith 
 Arthur Smith . . 
 Chas.C. Burdett . 
 J. Warren Berry 
 Henrv llutchins 
 
 Chelsea. 
 Dedham. 
 Peabody. 
 Harwicii. 
 Housaionic. 
 Everett. 
 Lowell. 
 Boston. 
 Southbridge. 
 East Boston. 
 So. Scituate. 
 Marlboro. 
 Attleboro. 
 Franklin. 
 Randolph. 
 Gloucester. 
 Middleboro. 
 Plymouth. 
 Danvers. 
 Xewburyport. 
 Hopkinton. 
 Worcester. 
 Athol. 
 Colerain. 
 Conway. 
 Andover. 
 E. Douglass. 
 
 II. A list of officers elected at the annual Encampment of this 
 Department held at Boston, January 29 and 30, will appear in the Roster. 
 Two Rosters Avill be forwarded to each Post, one to be filed with General 
 Orders, the other for the use of the Post Commander. 
 
 III. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for first quarter will 
 be due April 1, and I trust they will be forwarded promptly. Adjutants 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 411 
 
 ami Quartermasters are reminded that tliej' should confer not only 
 resjarding the number reported last quarter, but account for gains and 
 losses, and give the names as called for in the recapitulation of muster- 
 roll and notes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Care should be exercised that the number 
 remaining in good standing in Form A and the number paid for on Form 
 B shall agree I \s'Ould call the attention of Post Commanders to the 
 necessity of carefully examining the reports, seeing that all requirements 
 are complied with, and, after signing both reports, forward the same, 
 together with the per capita tax, eight cents per member in good standing, 
 to these headquarters. 
 
 IV. Attention of Posts is particularly invited to the accompanying 
 circular on the subjects of suspensions. 
 
 V. Comrades are warned against John H. Leslie and Alfred 
 Preston ; Leslie claims membership in Sumner Post 24, New York City. 
 The Commander informs me they have no such member; said Leslie is 
 is of medium height, dark complexion, and always has a sick wife to 
 assist him. Preston claims membership in the last Post that he has 
 victimized Head them ofl"I They are first-class beats. 
 
 VI. The address is wanted at this office of any member of Co. H, 
 2d California Cavalry, who was at the battle of Bear River. Washington 
 Territory, Jan 20, 1863. Any shipmate on U.S S. LacJcaivanna, .\ugust, 
 'C4; any member of Co. B, 21st Mass. Inf., who served in the com- 
 pany prior to October, '62 : any member of Co. K, 1 1th Mass Inf. ; any 
 two comrades who served in Andersonville Prison in '(!4, who knew 
 Michael Gordon captured in battle of Wilderness, May, '64; any ship- 
 mate Avho served on I'S S. R. li. Cuyle)\ in '62 or '63; Capt Geo. F. 
 Holman, 2d Mass. Cav.; Charles Follansbee and Daniel Flynn, Co. H, 
 2d Mass. H. A., or any two members who served in said company at 
 Xewbern, NC ; Capt Aaron Ring, Quartermaster, 13th Maine; two 
 comrades who served in U.S. Marines, on U.S.S. St. Louis, stationed at 
 Hilton Head, in '64. 
 
 VII. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of Thomas L. 
 D Cannon of Post 134, Boston, are hereby approved and said Cannon is 
 dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Repulilic. 
 
 VIII General Orders No. 12 and Cli'cular No. 3 from National 
 Headquarters are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 He.vdquarters Department of Massachtsetts, 
 
 Grand Aiimy ok thic Republic, 
 
 12 Pembekton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, April 8, 1885. 
 
 No. 3. r 
 
 I. In accordance with General Orders No. 13, National Headquarters, 
 a thorough inspection of all the Posts in this Department is hereby 
 ordered, and as the inspections are to be completed and reports for- 
 Avardod by May 15, it may be necessary in some instances to call 
 special meetings of Posts. It is hoped that Commanders of Posts Avill 
 do all they can to aid the inspecting oflicers 
 
 II. Comrade Geo. D Stiles of Post 5, Lynn, is appointed Aid-de- 
 Camp, on the Start" of the Department Commander, and will be obeyed 
 and respected accordingly. 
 
412 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 III. The following Aides-de-camp are hereby detailed to act as 
 Assistant Inspectors, and are assigned to duty by the Department 
 Inspector to the several Posts, as follows : — 
 
 E W. Lathrop 41,86,160 
 
 David Duubar 31, 78, 98, 104 
 
 Thos. Langlau 21, 32, 88, 159 
 
 Sidney Sibley 28, 69, IIG, 153 
 
 Horace J Gray 7, 68, 134 
 
 Wm. L. Gage 2, 52, 76, 110 
 
 E Warren Harback 14,18,22,24,167 
 
 Chas. H. Fuller 43, 54, 63, 64 
 
 E. J. Dyer 23, 113, 144 
 
 Benj. A. Sawyer . . . . • 112,124,127 
 
 H. C. Comins . 71,97 
 
 Geo. H. Trescott 16, 176 
 
 H. M. Converse 131, 160 
 
 J. A. Loomis 103, 147, 164 
 
 George Perkins .... .... . 30,81,115,119 
 
 E. K. Bly 8, 145, 146, 170 
 
 Thos. J. Ames . . 19, 48, 172, 175 
 
 A. S. Atherton 42, 75, 149, 161 
 
 Frank B. Peabody 39, 101, 138, 180 
 
 Charles E. Woodward . 107, 155, 179 
 
 B. F. Brooks 85, 109 
 
 Geo. E Teele 33, 36, 66 
 
 D. H. L. Gleason 62, 92, 121, 142 
 
 Emerson Stone 38, 51, 65 
 
 Geo. T. Fayweather 10, 135, 163 
 
 Edwin C Gould 12, 56, 148 
 
 Geo. R. Spooner 79, 125, 158 
 
 E. D. Hutchinson 178 
 
 Jos. B. Everdean .... . 4, 57, 40 
 
 Henry W. Weeks 117, 130, 133, 169 
 
 Cyrus T. Batchelor . . 5, 45, 95, 118 
 
 Geo. N. Munsell .... 55, 132 
 
 Wm. McDonald 126, 177 
 
 Chas. H. Spencer 11,26,29,139 
 
 Chas F. Urann 15, 99 
 
 Thomas J. Tute 87, 102, 143 
 
 Geo. W. Corey 27, 61, 137 
 
 Flavel Shurtleff 34, 60, 156 
 
 Geo. A. Ayling 73, 74, S3 
 
 E. C. Marsh ' 9, 53, 80, 96 
 
 Thomas K. Gay 1, 3, 46, 91 
 
 Oliver H. Ingalls 25, 129, 157 
 
 Wm A. Croak 58, 72, 94 
 
 W. H. Cross 50, 82, 90, 106 
 
 L M. Alden 13, 141, 154 
 
 Benj. A. Hathaway Ill, 165 
 
 Samuel S. Pratt . . 35, 67, 128 
 
 J. Albert Mills 47, 114, 122 
 
 N. H. Houghton 6, 44, 105 
 
 T. Spencer ,Jenks 37, 70, 77, 136 
 
 Wm. E. Jaquith 17, 150, 162 
 
 .Arthur Smith 123, 140, 171, 174 
 
 Chas C. Burdett 20, 84, 93 
 
 J Warren Berry 100, 108, 120, 151 
 
 Henry Hutchins 168, 173 
 
 Geo. D. Stiles 49, 89, 152 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 413 
 
 IV. The attention of comrades is called to the renewed interest 
 manifested in our Oi'der by the lars^e increase of membership the past 
 year. Much still remains to be done; there are tliousands of honorably 
 discharged soldiers and sailors in our State who are eligible to member- 
 ship in our Order. We should use every effort to interest them in our 
 work ; every comrade, however humble, can do something to help swell 
 our ranks. I would recommend to each Post the appointment of a com- 
 mittee of active, zealous workers to make an immediate and systematic 
 canvass of the city or town in which they are located, and not rest con- 
 tent until all who are worthy and eligible are enrolled under the 
 banner of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at this office of any comrades of Co. E, 
 13th Mass. Inf., who knew Sergt. Henry Dove of said company: any 
 comrade of the 36th Mass. Inf who was in the convalescent camp at 
 Crab Orchard, Ky , in Fall of 1803; John H. Doughty, Post Surgeon at 
 Newbern, N.C , in 1863; Wra. Harrington or Jeremiah Reardon, Co. K, 
 146 N.Y. Regt. 
 
 VI General Orders, No. 14, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 X. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjittant-General. 
 
 HK.\DtJU.\RTERS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, ^ 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, V 
 12 Pemberto.v Sq., Room 6. ) 
 General Orders, } Boston, May 7, 1885. 
 
 No. 4. \ 
 
 In accordance with Rules and Regulations and in compliance Avith 
 General Orders, No 15, from National Headquarters, Saturday, May 30, 
 will be observed by the comrades of this Department as Memorial Day. 
 
 The Department Commander with couHdeuce commits to the various 
 Posts and comrades of the Department the duty of making suitable 
 arrangements for the proper observance of this, to us, the most hallowed 
 and sacred day of all the year, and trusts that Post Commanders and 
 comrades will endeavor to make such arrangements for its observance 
 as will be a credit to our organization and an honor to the memory of the 
 brave men whose graves we decorate ; and above all to discountenance 
 everything that would tend to make the day aught else than that Avhich it 
 was intended to be, a JSlemorial Day. 
 
 How fitting and appropriate that in this beautiful springtime, when 
 nature is robed in her fairest and best, a grateful people should tui'n 
 aside from the usual duties of life, and gathering together the choicest 
 of the rtoral gems which nature so bountifully provides, cast them as a 
 heart-otfering upon the graves of our patriotic dead. 
 
 And also how fitting and proper that on this day our schools should 
 close their doors, and turn aside from their usual duties, that our youth 
 may join in the exercises and thereby catch the inspirations and learn the 
 loyal lessons of patriotism and devotion which those whose memory we 
 thus honor practiced so well. Above all, how fitting and appropriate it 
 is, my comrades, that we should lead in this pilgrimage to these sacred 
 shrines, for to us the observance of this day has a peculiar significance 
 all our own, for these brave men whose memory we thus honor were our 
 comrades, and bound to us by ties welded in the fire of battle. 
 
414 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Let us, therefore, see to it that no coinratle's grave is passed by 
 unhonored, but that the flag they so bravely defended, and in defence of 
 which they died, waves over each, and that every mound is strewn with 
 fairest and sweetest of spring flowers. 
 
 It is earnestly desired and requested that Posts will, if possible, 
 malie arrangements to attend service at some place of public worship on 
 the Sabbath preceding Memorial Day. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 
 Official : Departmp/nt Cnmmaiider. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, May 25, 1885. 
 
 No. 5 J 
 
 I. Circulars Nos. -1, 5, 6 and 7, from National Headquarters, are 
 herewith promulgated. 
 
 II. The headquarters of this Department, during the National 
 Encampment at Portland, June 23, 24 and 25, will be at the armory in 
 the old City Hall, at the junction of Congress and Middle streets, near 
 the Preble House, where rooms have been engaged for the Department 
 Commander and delegates. At these headquarters Avill be found writing 
 material and a Staff officer on duty to attend to the wants and comfort 
 of the comrades. 
 
 It is hoped that all comrades from Massachusetts will make an effort 
 to visit Portland during the Encampment, and go prepared to take part 
 in the parade on the 23d. If your own Post is not present in a body, 
 fall in with some other Post, for as our Department is the largest in 
 the New England States, much will be expected of it, and it is in our 
 power to make the parade, as far as Massachusetts is concerned, a grand 
 success. Her sous never failed to respond when called upon at the battle 
 front. We cannot afford to tarnish her i-eputation now. 
 
 III. Commanders of Posts that have made arrangements to attend 
 the National Encampment in a body, are requested to notify these head- 
 quarters by the 15tb of June, stating the number of men they expect to 
 have in line. The hour and place of assembly, and to whom to report, 
 with all details will be announced in future orders. 
 
 IV. The address is wanted at this office of Corp. Lyman B Park- 
 hurst, Chas. .\. Green, or any member of Co. D, 15th Mass. Inf., who 
 knew Sergt. John S Knight of said company; Nath'l Goodwin, Co. M, 
 32d Mass^ Inf . ; John Waitt or Sergt. Prouty of Co. L, said regiment ; 
 any member of Mess No, 2, of the crew of U.S. S. Mohegan, who were 
 in the bombardment of Fort Fisher, 1864; any member of Co. I, 4th 
 Mass. Cav. ; Geo. McKona, Co. G, 3d Maine, transferred to the 17th 
 Maine; Capt. A. S. Parker, or John L. Daniels, Co. F, 61st Mass. Inf.; 
 Geo. W. Clark, Asst. Surgeon 17th Mass. Inf.; John Kinsley and Chas. 
 Smith, or any member of the crew of U.S. Gunboat Cherokee, 1864; Capt 
 Joseph Gilbert, 1st Lieut. Joseph Everhart, 2d Lieut. John McGinnes, 
 Co. C, 91st Pa. Inf. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 415 
 
 V. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of Wm. IT. Lover- 
 ino:, Quartermaster of Chas. H. Stevens Post 53, Leominster, and Chas 
 Batchelder of Major How Post 47, Haverhill, are hereby approved, and 
 they are dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: JOHN W. HERSF.Y, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, ") Boston, June 12, 1885. 
 
 No. 6. f 
 
 I. General Orders, Nos. IG and 17, from National Headquarters are 
 hereby promulgated. 
 
 II. Comrade P. H O'Connell of Post 90, Dan vers, is appointed 
 Aide-de-Camp on the Statt' of the Department Commander, and will be 
 obeyed and respected accordingly. This appointment is made on account 
 of his distinguished service and sutlering. 
 
 III. The fare from Boston to Portland and return, via Boston & 
 Maine Railroad, .^3.00; via boat, $1.50. 
 
 From local points on Boston & Albany, Fitchl)urg, and Boston, Hoosac 
 Tunnel 6b Western, and Central Vermont railroads, rates will be made 
 based on three and one-half cents per mile one way. 
 
 From all points in New England, tickets to be good for going pass- 
 age June 19 to 24, 1885, inclusive ; returning until June 30, 1885, inclusive. 
 
 Trains leave Boston, via Boston & Maine, Western Division, 9 a m., 
 12 30, 3.30 and 6 p.m. : Eastern Division, 7.30 and 9 a m., 12.30 and 7 p.m. 
 Those desiring quarters at the Camp, hotels or private families address 
 Comrade A. M Sawyer, Secretary of the Executive Committee, No. 398 
 Congress street, Portland. 
 
 IV. I desire to call the especial attention of Post Commanders to 
 Paragraph III , General Orders, No. 5, this Department. 
 
 V. Upon the arrival of Posts at Portland, Commanders will report 
 either personally or by their Adjutants at the headcjuarters of the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts (Old City Hall, junction of Congress and Middle 
 streets), to A C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, giving the num- 
 ber of men in their commands and where they are located. Full details 
 of the parade will then be given It was expected that these would be 
 published in Orders, but not having been received from the Chief Marshal 
 they cannot now be promulgated. 
 
 VI In order that the drill may be uniform througho\it, the Depart- 
 ment Commanders of Posts are earnestly requested to accustom their 
 commands to the following movements : Fours right, fours left, right by 
 twos, form fours, right front into line, right forward fours right. These 
 movements are very simple and can be learned in a very short time, and 
 if used by all the Posts, will add much to the appearance of the Massachu- 
 setts division 
 
 VII. The Department of Massachusetts will be honored at Portland 
 by being made a division under the command of the Department Officers. 
 To show that this is appreciated, it is hoped that the division will be a 
 large one, and that all comrades who possibly can do so will be there. 
 All whose Posts are not present in a body are requested to report at 
 headquarters to the Assistant .Vdjutant-General, and will be assigned a 
 place in line. The route will be a short one, and none will be overtaxed. 
 The Department Commander hopes that no comrades from Massachu- 
 
416 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 setts Avill content themselves with being spectators, but will participate 
 in the parade. 
 
 All comrades wishing to visit Portland l)y rail will apply'to their 
 Post Commanders for a certificate, Avhich will enable them to purchase 
 tickets at reduced rates. If the Post goes as a body each Commander can 
 purchase all the ticl%ets necessary by exhibiting one certificate, but each 
 comrade going alone will need one. 
 
 VIII The address is wanted at this office of any member of Com- 
 pany A, 3d Mass. H.A. ; any shipmate who served on U.S. S. Varuna at 
 New Orleans, 1862, who remembers Wm. Perkins of said ship ; any mem- 
 ber of first detachment, 8th Mass. Batt. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assiiitant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room (>. 
 General Orders, \ Boston, June 20, 1885. 
 
 No. 7. / 
 
 The following details are announced for the parade at Portland, Me., 
 on Tuesday, June 23, 1885 : — 
 
 The headquarters of this Department will be at the junction of Mil- 
 burne and North streets, after 10 a.m , until the column moves. 
 
 This Department of the Grand Army of the Republic Avill constitute 
 the Third Grand Division, and will form promptly at 10.30 a.m. on Mil- 
 burne street, with the right resting at North street, making a continuous 
 line as follows : — 
 
 Department Colors. 
 Drum Corps. 
 E. K. Wilcox Post 16, Springfield, Aug. 9, 1867 — I.'jO men, Chas. H. Allison Com- 
 mander, escort lo Department Commander John W. Hersey and Staff. 
 Past Dei)artment Commanders. 
 Delegates to the Encampment. 
 
 The Department will be divided into three sub-divisions. The first 
 division will be under command of Comrade Richard F. Tobin, Senior 
 Vice-Commander, whose headquarters Avill be at the corner of Milburne 
 and North streets, where the following Posts constituting the first sub- 
 division will report promptly and be assigned position in line in the 
 order given below^ 
 
 General Lander Post 5 of Lynn, Feb. 27, 1867— 300 men, Geo. C.Neal Commander- 
 Charles Russel Lowell Post 7 of Boston, M arch 11 , 1867 — 150 men, Jeremiah Wake" 
 field Commander. 
 
 John A. Andrew Post 15 of Boston, Aug. 6, 1867 — 150 men, John Keefe Com- 
 mander 
 
 W^ashington Post 32 of South Boston, Nov. 6, 1867 — 25 men, W. J. Blake Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Theodore Winthrop Post 35 of Chelsea, Nov. 16, 1867 — 100 men. Ivory Allen Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Benjamin Stone, Jr., Post 68 of Dorchester, Oct. 6, 1868-123 men, Charles D. 
 Stiles Commander. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln Post 11 of Charlestown, April 23, 1867 — 75 men, Thomas H. 
 Haskell Commander. 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns Post 149 of Charlestown, Dec. 11, 1872 — 25 men, D. W. 
 Thompson Commander. 
 
 John A. Hawes Post 159 of East Boston, Sept. 7, 1883 — 60 men, Flavel Shurtleff 
 Commander. 
 
 NeedhamPost39of Lawrence, Dec. 10, 1867 — 100 men, James J. Stanley Com- 
 mander. 
 
 The second sub-division will be under command of Comrade Chas. 
 D. Nash, Junior Vice-Commander, whose headquarters will be on Mil- 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 417 
 
 burne street. The following Posts constitute the second subdivision, 
 and will be formed iu the order given below. 
 
 Colonel Allen Tost 45 of Gloucester, Jan. -21, 1870 — 75 men, W. H. Cross Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Major How Post 47 of Haverhill, Jan. 28, 1868 — 75 men, W. H. Johnson Com- 
 mander. 
 
 V".'r"l.F°^*^ ■''*' °^ Peabody, April 28. 1879 — 25 men, Geo. F. Barnes Commander. 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr., Post 89 of Beverly, June 5, 1869 — 50 men, John Hannus Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Ward Post 90 of Danvers, June 8, 1869 — 50 men, S. S. Pratt Commander 
 
 Phil H. Sheridan Post 34 of Salem, Nov. 15,1867 — 64 men, Samuel Worcester 
 Commander. 
 
 General James Appleton Post 128 of Ipswich, Jan. 17, 1882 — 50 men, Luther 
 Wait Commander. 
 
 H- ?; ^i?"* ^°®* ■* ^^ Melrose, Feb. 19, 1867 — 30 men, E. C. Gould Commander. 
 
 H. M.Warren Post 12 of Wakefield, Aug. 16, 1S67 — 100 men, A. S. Atherton 
 Commander. 
 
 Wm.H. Smart Post 30 of Cambridgeport, Oct. 23, 1867 —150 men, Samuel Hall 
 Commander. 
 
 B. F. Butler Post 42 of Lowell, Jan. 15, 1868 — 100 men, Frank B. Peabodv Com- 
 mander. ^ 
 
 J. P. Gould Post 75 of Stoneham, Dec. 15, 1869 — 50 men, S. C. Colley Commander 
 General Wadsworth Post 63 of Xatick, Julv23, 1880 — .50 men, D. E" George Com- 
 mander. ' " ^""^ 
 
 James A. Garfield Post 120 of Lowell, Oct. 26, 1881 — 1.50 men, W. W. Tuttle Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Isaac Davis Post 138 of Acton, May 2, 1883 — 40 men, Charles B. Sanders Com- 
 mander. 
 
 The third sub-division will be under command of Comrade B. Read 
 Wales, Department Inspector, whose headquarters will be on ]Milburne 
 street. The following Posts constitute the third sub-division, and will 
 form in the order given below. 
 
 George H, Ward Post 10 of Worcester, April 13, 1867 — 150 men, W. L. Robinson 
 Commander. 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner Post 19 of Fitchburg, Aug. 16, 1807—140 men,' Ira G. Wilkins 
 Commander. 
 
 Gilman C. Parker Post 153 of Winchendon, March 6, 1883 — 30 men, T. K. Parker 
 Commander. ' 
 
 W. W. Rockwell Post 125 of Pittsfield, March 10, 1882— 100 men O L.Wood 
 Commander. 
 
 Fletclier Webster Post 13 of Brockton, Julv 1. Ih67— 50 men. Georee A Grant 
 Commander. " , & « k 
 
 Richard Borden Post 40 of Fall River, Jan. 22, 1868 — 75 men, John H. Abbott 
 Commander. 
 
 Hartsuff Post 74 of Rockland, Jan. 11, 1869— 75 men, E. T. Harvell Commander 
 ColUngwood Post 76 of Plymouth, Jan. 19, 1869 — 40 men, B. A. Hathawav Com- 
 mander. •' 
 
 Martha Seaver Post 154 of Kingston, Mav 24, 1883 — 30 men, Frank C. Hill Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Reynolds Post r<S of AVeymouth, July 2, 1868-150 men, B. S. Lovell Commander 
 
 Timothy Ingraham Post 121 of Hyde Park, March 11, 1870 — 50 men, G. G Bailev' 
 Jr., Commander. ' • ' j> 
 
 Paul Revere Post 88 of Quincy, June 4, 1869 — 60 men, J. M. Holt Commander. 
 
 Posts will assemble at the time and place mentioned above, and be 
 assigned to their proper position in line by Division Commanders. 
 
 A guidon will be placed at the proper point to indicate the right of 
 each sub-division. 
 
 The command will move by columns of platoons of eight flies front, 
 Avith a guide, and unless otherwise ordered, or to pass 'obstacles, will 
 retain this formation throughout the parade, preserving Avheeliug dis- 
 tance. Comrades in the ranks must be cautioned not to salute while 
 marching. The salutes will be given by officers, baud, drum corps and 
 colors. 
 
 Full information in regard to amusements and 'entertainments will be 
 found in the official program of the Executive Committee. 
 
 By command of 
 <^fflcial : JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 
 A. C. MoNROK, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
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418 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, >■ 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. ) 
 
 General Orders, "I Boston, July 16, 1885. 
 
 No. 8. / 
 
 I. The National Encampment G.A.R. recently held in the city of 
 Portland, Me., was the most successful and enthusiastic in the history 
 of our organization, and can but result in great good in the upbuilding 
 and strengthening of the Order, especially in our own Department ; and 
 I desire to improve this opportunity to express to the Department Officers, 
 both past and present, and to the comrades of the Department, my appre- 
 ciation and sincerest thanks for the interest manifested l)y them on that 
 occasion, which resulted in the excellent display that our Department 
 made, as to members present, perfect discipline and general appearance. 
 The Department Commander feels that he cannot speak in terms of too 
 high praise and appreciation of the comrades who contributed so much 
 in bringing about these gratifying results. 
 
 Whilst we did not, as a Department, secure all that we desired in 
 the way of National Officers, yet I can but congratulate my comrades that 
 in the selection of officers of the National Woman's Relief Corps, that 
 grand and noble organization which has done and still is doing so much, 
 especially in our own Department, to aid us in carrying forward the 
 charitable work of our Order, 3Iassachiisetts aijain came to the front, and 
 Mrs. Sarah E, Fuller of East Boston, the tried and true friend of the 
 soldier, was elected National President; a result that can but gladden the 
 heart of every comrade who has ever been brought withih the circle of 
 her influence. 
 
 The reports now coming in indicate that we are still on the upward 
 wave and the comrades have not been idle during the past quarter, but 
 are determined not to remain quiet nor be content until every worthy old 
 soldier and sailor is brought within our ranks. I sincerely hope and 
 trust that even in these vacation months of the present quarter, we may 
 not cease our ettbrts nor slacken our zeal for the interests and prosperity 
 of our organization, but that every comrade may resolve that he will do 
 something at least to help forward the good work, so that we may be 
 ready when the heated season is past to enter upon a vigorous fall cam- 
 paign, in which there shall be a forAvard movement along the line. 
 
 II. The following nevs' Post has been organized : — 
 
 Galen Ork Post 181, Needham, A D Kingsbury, Commander. 
 
 III The address is wanted at this office of Capt W. S. Potter, Co. 
 .V, (i2d Mass Inf.; of Dr. Hamilton, surgeon in charge of Portsmouth 
 Grove Hospital, R I , in 1863; of Captr Edwin L. Knight, Co. E, 10th 
 Mass Inf.; of Capt. II B Welch, Co. C, 5th Mass. Cav.; any officer or 
 comrade of Co. H, 9th Mass. Inf. ; of Samuel Mills, Sergeant Co. D, 2d 
 Mass. H.A. ; any shipmate on the U.S. S. ConsteUation. from 1861 to 1864 
 who knew John Glenn, a master at arms on said ship. 
 
 IV The findings and sentence of the court-martial of George P. 
 Buzzell of Major How Post 47 of Haverhill are hereV^y approved, and he 
 is dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 419 
 
 Hkadquarters Department op Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6. 
 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, July 24, 1885. 
 
 No. 9. i 
 
 Comrades: It is with feelings of profound sorrow that the Com- 
 mander has to announce to the comrades of this Department the death of 
 our honored and beloved comrade, the illustrious soldier and statesman, 
 the invincible leader, the magnanimous conqueror. 
 
 General in. S. Grant, 
 
 who died on the morning of the 23d in St., surrounded by his family and 
 friends. 
 
 With what intense anxiety have we as a people, and especially his 
 comrades, watched him, as for months he has been heroically ])attling 
 with that relentless foe which knows no conqueror; and though we may 
 have loved and honored him in the past, how much more have we loved 
 and honored him in the terrible struggle which has just closed in which 
 he has manifested in a sublime degree the same grand and heroic 
 qualities that always characterized him, and which made him the savior 
 of a nation and the idol of its people. 
 
 Who, my comrades, can more fully realize and measure the loss we 
 as an organization and a people have sustained in the death of an honored 
 and beloved commander than those who followed where he led, and who 
 stood with him in those terrible years of strife and sutlering, when the 
 fate of the nation and the freedom and happiness of the oppressed hung 
 trembling in the balance, which finally culminating at Appomattox, has 
 forever made the name of Ulysses S. Grant honored and revered by the 
 patriotic and liberty-loving people the wide world over. 
 
 But while we mourn our loss, my comrades, it is Avith a soldier's 
 submission that we bow at the shrine where is laid our honored com- 
 mander and beloved comi-ade. The Department Commander would 
 respectfully suggest that as far as practicable Posts at once call special 
 meetings and appoint committees to act in conjunction with the citizens 
 of the various localities in which Posts are situated, and make arrange- 
 ments for public services suitable to the occasion on the day the funeral 
 shall take place. In recognition of the great loss which we as an organ- 
 ization have sustained in the death of our comrade, it is hereby ordered 
 that the charters and colors of the various Posts of the Department be 
 suitably draped in mourning and that mourning be worn by Department 
 and Post Officers, when on duty, for the period of sixtj^ days. 
 
 By command' of 
 
 JOHN W. IIERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
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 420 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq , Room 6 
 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Sept. 2G, 1885. 
 
 No. 10. / 
 
 I. The Commauder desires to express to the comrades of the Depart- 
 ment his appreciation and thanks for their earnest etibrts in the past in 
 building up and strengthening our Order throughout the Department, 
 and also to congratulate them upon the success which has attended their 
 labors. The experience and observations of the past few months has 
 more thoroughly convinced the Commander than ever before that the 
 Grand Array of the Republic is an organization which may Avell engage 
 the attention and most earnest endeavors of every honorably discharged 
 soldier and sailor, and one wliich they need not be ashamed to belong to, 
 and certainly one wliich they caiuiot afford to remain outside of, and 
 believing that every comrade of the Department is in sympathy with him 
 in this feeling, he earnestly hopes that every one, Avhatever may be his 
 position, will strive during the few remaining months of the year, by 
 earnest and persistent personal work, to bring into our ranks every 
 worthy veteran who is entitled to membership in our Order, so that our 
 Department may still maintain the honorable position Avhich it now 
 occupies among the Departments of the country. 
 
 II. I desire to call tlie especial attention of Post otticers to the sus- 
 pended list, and trust that every effort possible will be made to reduce it 
 to its lowest possible limits. 
 
 III. The Department Inspector will completciarrangements for the 
 annual fall inspection of tlie various Posts, and it is hoped that Post 
 officers and comrades will afford the Assistant Inspectors every facility 
 for making a thorough and systematic inspection of their Posts. 
 
 IV. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for third quarter Avill 
 be due October 1, and I hope they will be forAvarded promptly. All 
 Posts who fail to get their correct reports to these headquarters by the 
 15th of October will be reported in General Orders. Post Commanders 
 will see that the reports are in his hand by October 1, also that the Adju- 
 tants' and Quartermasters' reports agree as to the number in good 
 standing, sign and forward same together, never singly, with 'per capita 
 tax (8 cents per member) to the Assistant Adjutant-General. In case 
 the Commander is away the Senior Vice-Commander should sign and 
 forward same Avithout delay. 
 
 V. Comrades are warned against John Casey, a suspended member 
 of Post 42 of LoAvell. He is reported to these headquarters by the Com- 
 mander of Post 42 as a first-class beat and not deserving of aid Com- 
 rades are also Avarned to look out for one Charles S. Kingslej', claiming 
 to belong to James A Garfield Post 7, Department of the Potomac, 
 Washington, D C-, who has victimized several Posts in Massachusetts. 
 Said Kingsley can have a fit or broken arm Avhenever it is for his interest 
 to do so; he is not only a beat but a scoundrel, and has been dishonor- 
 ably discharged from the Order. 
 
 VI. The Grand Army decoration button adopted by the National 
 Encampment can be obtained at these headquarters. Price ten cents. 
 
 VII. The address is Avanted at this office of Sergt. Geo. A. Chute, 
 Co. K, 59th Mass Inf.; Wm. Nichols, Surgeon 3d Mass. H.A.; Surgeon 
 Hall Curtis, James Emmerton, J. C. Barrington and J. H. Denney, 
 Assistant Surgeon, all in 2d Mass. H.A. ; Patrick O. Hare and Henry 
 Smith, Co. M, 2d Mass. H.A. ; Lieut Jas. C Ring, Co. C, 1st Frontier 
 Cav. ; any member of Co. C, 1st Mass. Cav. ; Sergt. Geo. H. Morse, Co. 
 C, 29th Mass. Inf. ; any member of Co. E, 4th Mass. Cav. ; any member 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 421 
 
 of Co. G, 19th Mass. Inf.; any member of Co. A, 23cl Mass. Inf., who 
 knew Lysander F. Thompson of said company; of James G. Anderson, 
 Co. H, 27th Mass. Inf. ; any member of Co. K, 146th N.Y. Inf. ; of some 
 shipmate on U.S. Gunboat Ironage, when she was lost ofl" Wilmington, 
 N.C., who knew Joseph J. Gilman ; of any shipmate on board U.S. S. 
 Fearnanght in 1862, Avho knew John C. Smith of said ship; of any 
 shipmate on board U.S. Gunboat CarundeJet in 1861, who knew Henry 
 Smith, seaman on said gunboat; of Newton E. Hitchcock of U.S. S. 
 Vermont; of some commissioned officer of the 1st Mass. Inf., or 9th 
 Mass. Batty., who knew Marcellus E. Fay of said regiment and battery. 
 VIII. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of George A. 
 Bent of Paul Revere Post 88 G.A.R. of Quincy are hereby approved, and 
 he is dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 ■] 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Oct. 12, 1885. 
 
 No. 11. / 
 
 In accordance with Paragraph No. 3, General Orders, No. 10, each 
 Post will be inspected previous to December 15. Post Commanders are 
 requested to do all in their power to aid the Assistant Inspectors so that 
 the returns may not be delayed, holding extra meetings whenever neces- 
 sary. 
 
 In addition to the assignments previously made, General Orders, 
 No. 3, the following inspections are announced : — 
 
 Thos. J. Ames 59 
 
 A. A. Smith 79 
 
 E. W. Lathorp 107 
 
 B. A. Hathaway 112, 127 
 
 L. M. Alden .' 124 
 
 Wm. McDonald 125 
 
 H. M. Converse 155 
 
 E. D. Hutchinson 1.58 
 
 H. C. Comins 179 
 
 Henry W. Weeks 181 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 B. Read Wales, Department Commander. 
 
 Department Inspector. 
 
 Official : 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
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 422 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Refubij 
 12 Pemberton Sq. Room 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Nov. U, 1885. 
 
 No. 12. i 
 
 I. At a regular quarterly meetiug of the Council of Administration 
 held October 22, one member being alisent, after a thorough discussion 
 the following motion was unanimously adopted : " That the Council of 
 Administration consider it inexpedient to follow out the suggestions con- 
 tained in Circular No. 1 from National Headquarters, in regard to the 
 Grant Monument Fund, and that the Department Commander and Assist- 
 ant Adjutant-General be requested to express the views of the Council 
 relative to this matter in the next General Order." The reason for this 
 action expressed by the above vote is as follows : That while as a Depart- 
 ment we yield to none in our love and admiration for him whose memory 
 this proposed monument seeks to perpetuate, yet we can but feel the 
 plan suggested in the Circular for the accomplishment of this object is 
 not our proper and legitimate work. The Grand Army living and dead 
 have already raised a monument to the honor and memory of General 
 Grant that is grander and nobler than auj^ that can be built of bronze, 
 marble or granite; one that will stand long after all these have crumbled 
 away. We heartily believe in a monument for our old commander and 
 comrade, one as grand and costly as was ever raised by a grateful nation 
 in honor of its defenders. But we feel the Grand Array as an organiza- 
 tion ought not to be called upon to assume the burden and responsibility 
 of this undertaking, but this task should be performed by a grateful 
 people who are today reaping such substantial benetits because of the 
 heroic and self-sacrificing services which he and those who stood with 
 him rendered to their country. To comply with the request in the Cir- 
 cular that a sum equal to fifteen cents per capita for each member in 
 good standing be contributed would take $2646.45 from the funds of the 
 Posts of this Department, and would in many instances seriously cripple 
 and hinder them in carrying forward their charitable work. In view of 
 the fact that winter is close upon us, and as our comrades grow older 
 they become less able to care for themselves, the demands upon our funds 
 will be such that Ave do not feel justified in asking the Posts to make this 
 appropriation. This, of course, does not preclude any Post or comrade 
 who may feel disposed from making voluntary contributions in aid of 
 this object; and any money so contributed and forwarded to Assistant 
 Adjutant-General, Department Headquarters, will be accounted for and 
 forwarded by him to the Quartermaster-General. 
 
 II. The attention of Post Commanders is called to the provisions of 
 Chapter 189 of the Public Statutes passed by the last Legislature. It is an 
 act authorizing cities and towns to appropriate money to aid soldiers and 
 their families, the same to be disbursed by Posts of the Grand Army. 
 Posts desiring to avail themselves of the provisions of this act should 
 see that in towns articles are inserted in the warrants prior to the meet- 
 ing for the election of town officers; and in cities, that the matter is 
 brought to the attention of the City Councils in due season to secure 
 favorable consideration. For the information of all Posts and comrades 
 the statute is printed below. 
 
 "Section 1. Any city or town may appropriate any sum of money 
 for necessary aid to soldiers and sailors and their families, and to the 
 families of the slain ; and may by special vote entrust such sura or any 
 part thereof to any Post of the Grand Army of the Republic located in 
 such city or town, to be disbursed under its direction to any such per- 
 sons residing in such city or town ; provided^ that the treasurer or other 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 423 
 
 financial officer of snch Post shall make an annual return to such city or 
 town under oath, containing an itemized and specillc statement of the 
 disposition of such sums made by such Posts during the preceding year, 
 and shall exhibit his vouchers for such disbursements to any committee 
 of such city or town for examination. 
 
 " Sect. 2. The officer designated in Section 1 to hold and disburse 
 said money shall, before receiving the same, give a bond for the faithful 
 discharge of his trust to the city or town, paying over the same in such 
 sums and with such sureties as the mayor and aldermen or the selectmen 
 may require." 
 
 III. A year's supply of blank Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports 
 with envelopes have been sent to each Post Commander. If the same 
 have not been received notice should be sent to these headquarters with- 
 out delay. 
 
 IV. Attention is called to the election of Post officers, delegates and 
 alternates to the Department Encampment, one delegate and one alter- 
 nate for every fifty members reported in good standing for third quarter 
 ending September 30, Avith one additional for more than one-half that 
 number, but every Post, whatever its membership, shall be entitled to 
 one delegate. This election must be held at the first regular meeting in 
 December. Herewith enclosed find blank credentials for reporting the 
 same; one copy only is to be forwarded to this office. 
 
 V. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters : Dr^ Alpheus E Hoyt, Surgeon 25th Mass. Inf. ; Michael 
 Butler, 1st Sergt. C Batt., U.S. Engineers; any member Co. C, 2d Mass. 
 H.A , Avho knew Samuel Anderson of said company ; any member Co H, 
 8th Mass. Inf., who knew Samuel Anderson; Harrison Jenkins, Co. H, 
 1st Mass. H.A., Surgeon of U.S. S. Tallapoosa from September, 18G4, to 
 November, 1865; Capt. C. B. Wilder, A.Q.M. U.S. Vol., appointed from 
 Mass, 1863; Sergt. Reynolds, Co. B, 5th Vt. ; Lieut. HarrLson O. 
 Simonds, 5th Mass. Batty. ; Wm. H. Thompson of the U.S. S. Mahaska in 
 1862-63; any member Co D, 3d Mass. Cav., who knew Patrick Doyle of 
 said company; Lieut. John Doherty, 9th Mass. ; any member Co. H. 1st 
 U.S Cav. 
 
 VI. The reports for third quarter from the following Posts did not 
 reach these headquarters until after the 15th of October,"namely : Nos. 
 48, 70, 126, 167, 175. 
 
 VII. A Post Commander's badge has been found and left at this 
 office, which the owner can have by proving property. 
 
 VIII The findings and sentence of the court-martial of Comrades 
 Dennis Gleason, James O'Conner and Edward McKenna of Major How- 
 Post 47 of Haverhill, and David Lyon of Henry Bryant Post 98 of Cohas- 
 set, are hereby approved and they are dishonorably discharged from the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 IX. General Orders, Nos. 7 and 8, and Circular No. 1 from National 
 Headquarters are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
424 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, l 
 12 Pemuerton Sq., Room 6 ) 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Dec. 11, 1885. 
 
 No. 13. / 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 9, and Circular No. 2 from National Head- 
 quarters are lierewith promulgated. 
 
 II. The order announcing Mustering Officers will be issued on or 
 about December 2.5. Posts desiring the services of a particular comrade 
 for this purpose will tirst secure his consent to perform the duty, and 
 then at once notify tliese headquarters of their choice, when he Avill be 
 detached by the Chief Mustering Officer. Recommendations must be 
 received previous to the above date, and in no case will an assignment 
 be made unless the Post or its representative so designates. 
 
 III. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Nineteenth 
 National Encampment at Portland, installation maybe conducted publicly 
 at a special meeting to be held for that purpose, but no part of the open- 
 ing or closing services or signs of recognition are to be used. 
 
 IV. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters: Any member of the 27th Mass. Regiment who was con- 
 nected Avith the Avagon train at Winchester, Va., in October and Novem- 
 ber, 1864; Capt. Edward S. Tuteene, 61st Mat^s. Regiment; Col Fillebrown, 
 who served in a Maine regiment and was stationed at the old Kerr Build- 
 ing, corner of Main and Water streets, Winchester, Va. ; Capt. Daball, 
 5th Conn. Regiment, stationed at the jail in Winchester, Va., under Gen- 
 eral Banks ; Capt. William H. Chapman, Co. I, 2Gth Mass. Inf. ; Lieut. 
 John Jones, Co. E, 4th Mass. H.A ; -atiy shipmate on board of U.S. S. 
 Ironage when she was lost. 
 
 V. The findings and sentence of the court-martial of Comrade 
 Richard H Rowell of Post 174 of Greenfield are hereby approved, and he 
 is dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 Official: JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, i 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [• 
 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Dec. 28, 1885. 
 
 No. 14. / 
 
 I. The following named comrades are hereby detailed as Mustering 
 Officers by Comrade Charles Fay, Chief Mustering Officer of the Depart- 
 ment, and will install the officers of the Posts whose numbers appear 
 against their names : — 
 
 John W Hersey, Department Commander, Springfield . 16, 86, 103, 179 
 Richard F. Tobin, Department Senior Vice-Commander, South Boston, 
 
 11, 15, 23, 58, 92 
 Chas. D. Nash, Department Junior Vice-Commander, South Abington, 73 
 
 A C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, Boston 4, 13 
 
 B. Read Wales, Department Inspector, Boston 8, 130 
 
 Chas. Fay, Chief Mustering Officer, Springfield 176 
 
 John G B. Adams, Past Department Commander, Warnersville . 78 
 Geo. W. Creasey, Past Department Commander, Boston . . . .26, 30 
 George H. Patch, Past Department Commander, Boston . . . . 7, 62 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 425 
 
 Geo. S. Evans, Past Department 
 John D. Billinirs, Past Departm 
 Geo. L. Goodale, Past Assistant 
 Francis A. Osgood, Marbleliead 
 Wm. Spaulding, Wakefield . 
 
 A. A. Seaverns, North Scitiiate 
 Chas. F. Stearns, Winchendon 
 Frank B. Pea body, Lowell 
 Wm. C. Litchfield, Berlin . . 
 Wra. L. Gage, Braintree . . 
 Alex. Smart, Merrimac . . 
 H. C. Sherwiu, Ayer . . . 
 Wm. H. Thomas, Hingham . 
 E. D. (ioodell, Brookfield . , 
 Geo. W. Marsh, Chelsea . . 
 George O. Bent, South Framing 
 
 B. J. Starbuck, Boston . . 
 Samuel B. Turner, Quincy 
 
 J. Albert Roberts, Danvers . 
 H. I) L. Gleason, Natick . . 
 Rodney D. Loorais, Millbury 
 Geo li. Pierce, Slielburne Falls 
 Cyrus T. Bachelor, Peabody . 
 Wm. S. Frost, Marlboro . . 
 Charles Grey, Jr., Athol . . 
 T. X. Drawbridge, Hopkinton 
 A. A. Burrell, Milford . . . 
 Wm. McDonald, Housatonic . 
 Edward C. Martin, Attleboro 
 Wm. H. Eastman, Salem . . 
 Henry B. Pierce, Abington . 
 A E. Chamberlain, Holliston 
 
 C. A Taft, Dedham . . . 
 Timothy Andrews, Essex . . 
 Tristram Talbott, Newburyport 
 J. Albert Mills, Newburyport 
 Charles E. Peabody, Haverhill 
 G. W. Nason, Boston . 
 Samuel M. Weale, East Boston 
 A. P Morton, Webster . . 
 Edwin Dews, New Bedford . 
 E. K. Biy, New Bedford 
 James F Davlin, Somerville . 
 Eugene R. Prior, Rockport . 
 Edwin Earp, Lynn .... 
 Charles II. Leonard, Plymouth 
 Charles P'razer. Clinton . . 
 Geo. E. Teele, Watertown 
 John F Cunningham. Sandwich 
 E. Warren Harback, Upton . 
 
 J. Walter Bradlee, Milton 
 A. S. Atherton, Wakefield . 
 Edwin Legg, Brookfield . . 
 J. H. Goodhue, Warren . . 
 N. E. Ladd, Groveland . . 
 E. W Lathrop, Springfield . 
 Horace J. Grav, Cambridgeport 
 R. AV. Rand, Orange . . 
 James Maguire, Beverly . 
 
 Commander, Cambridgeport, 5, 68, 81, 
 ent Commander, Cambridgeport . 56 
 Quartermaster-General, Medford 
 
 ham 
 
 50 
 
 123, 
 
 160 
 
 , e-s 
 
 159 
 82 
 12 
 31 
 153 
 138 
 54 
 87 
 114 
 48 
 104 
 38 
 35 
 163 
 134 
 88 
 90 
 18 
 70 
 162 
 50 
 43 
 , 171 
 14 
 22 
 177 
 145 
 34 
 2 
 6 
 144 
 '152 
 128 
 122 
 47 
 60 
 42 
 168 
 1 
 182 
 57 
 106 
 118 
 70 
 64 
 33 
 132 
 105 
 102 
 149 
 173 
 65 
 101 
 166 
 36 
 140 
 89 
 
426 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Geo. Perkins, Montvale 75 
 
 Aug. N. Sampsou, Boston 113 
 
 Flavel Shurtleff, East Boston 156 
 
 J. A. Richmond, Shelburne Falls 20 
 
 Robt. (j. Sargent, Newbnrj'port 49 
 
 C. H. Coburn, Lowell 120 
 
 D. M Wilcox, Lee 158 
 
 Wm. B. Wallace. Saxonville 142 
 
 C. B. Bartlett, Rutland 136 
 
 Alex. R. Holmes, Canton 72 
 
 C. P. Winslow, Westboro 80 
 
 Wm. L Robinson, Worcester ............. 53 
 
 Henry W. Weeks, Dedham 181 
 
 E. P. Jewett, Boston 91 
 
 Geo E Dean, Taunton 3 
 
 David L. Hodges, Boston 169 
 
 Thos. H. Aunable, Attleboro 133 
 
 Wm. E. Jaqueth, Athol 17 
 
 James L. Wilbur, New Bedford . . 146 
 
 A. E. Pratt, NorAvood 157 
 
 Louis L. Stone, Clinton 175 
 
 Geo. D. Stiles, Lynn .... 95 
 
 E. P. Mills, Hudson 172 
 
 C. H. Clark, Westfleld 41 
 
 A. H. Cogswell, Methuen 100 
 
 Jos. R. Loring, Shrewsbury 96 
 
 II. The Commanders of the above indicated Posts should at once 
 communicate with their Mustering Officers, giving time and place of 
 installation, and the most direct way of getting there. In case the com- 
 rade designated above for any Post cannot be present, and where no 
 comrade has been detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer, any National 
 or Department officer, or Past Post Commander (in his own Post) in good 
 standing (except the retiring Commander) may act. In no case will the 
 officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues have been for- 
 warded. (See Service Book.) 
 
 III. The nineteenth session of the Department Encampment will be 
 held in this city, January 27 and 28. It is proposed to have a banquet 
 at the close of the meeting. In order that the committee may work 
 understandingly. Commanders of Posts are requested to send to this 
 office, at their earliest opportunity, on the enclosed card, the names of 
 comrades of their respective Posts who will purchase tickets to the same. 
 Price of tickets, $1 GO. Promptness is desirable in this matter, as only 
 five hundred tickets can be issued, on account of the capacity of the hall. 
 
 IV. The following new Post has been organized : — 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton Post 182, Somerset, Amasa Gray, Jr., Com- 
 mander. 
 
 V. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters : Any member of Co. B, 19th Mass. Inf., who knew Willard 
 Lothrop of said company ; Surgeon in charge of Darby Hospital, Phila- 
 delphia, in 1862 and 1863; Capt. F. H. Hathaway, Co. C, 10th U.S. 
 colored regiment; H. Phelan, who was in command of U S. S. Da>/Ught 
 on James River, Virginia, in 1865; the Post Surgeon at Charleston, S C, 
 x\pril, 1865, or any member of Battery B, 3d Regiment N.Y. L A. ; any 
 member of Co. D, 1st N.Y. Lincoln Cav. ; of Wm. H. Harrison, Co. L, 
 3d Mass Cav. 
 
 By command of 
 Official : JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander: 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 427 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. 
 
 General Orders,") Boston, Jan. 7, 1886. 
 
 No. 15. / 
 
 I. The Annual Encampment of this Department will meet at Tre- 
 mont Temple, Boston, Wednesday evening, Januar}' 27, at 7 o'clock, and 
 continue the session at Tremont Temple January 28. 
 
 II. It is earnestly desired that evei'y Post in the Department shall 
 be represented by its full delegation, and as arrangements are making 
 for transacting more of the business than usual at the evening session, 
 delegates should be on hand punctually and stay through the meeting. 
 Posts should pay the expenses of their delegates, if necessary, to secure 
 this end. 
 
 III. The ratio of representatives has already been published in 
 General Orders, No. 12. In the absence of a Post Commander, the Senior 
 Vice-Commander may represent the Post, or if both are absent, the 
 Junior Vice-Commander may act. 
 
 IV. Comrade Wm. H. Poole, Commander of Post 11, Avill detail an 
 Officer of the Day, Officer of the Guard, an Orderly, and eight comrades, 
 to act as guard during the Encampment. This detail -vvill report to the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General at Tremont Temple at C p m. on the 27th. 
 
 V. After the adjournment of the Encampment, a banquet will be 
 served at Faneuil Hall, to Avhich S. S. Burdett, Commander-in-Chief, 
 Governor Robinson, Mayor O'Brien, Collector Saltonstall and other dis- 
 tinguished guests have been invited Only five hundred tickets will be 
 issued, at one dollar each, and as delegates are first to be supplied, it is 
 hoped they Avill order tickets through their Post Commanders without 
 delay, so that if any are left they can be sold to comrades desiring them 
 
 VI. The Department Commander takes pleasure in announcing to 
 the comrades that the second edition of the Blue Book, incorporating 
 amendments to the Rules, decisions and opinions adopted by the National 
 Encampment at its session in Portland, Me., is now ready. 
 
 It is a complete manual of ready reference to all decisions, opinions 
 and resolutions of the National Encampment upon the Rules and Regu- 
 lations now in force which are appended as notes to the article or section 
 to which they refer, thereby avoiding a tedious search of the authorities. 
 Each Post should have a copy, and keep it for reference by comrades. 
 
 The sale of this book is not restricted to Posts alone, but can be 
 purchased by comrades from these headquarters at one dollar per copy 
 Every Post officer should be well informed on the laws governing the 
 Post, and in this book will be found the information necessary to an 
 intelligent performance of his duty. 
 
 VII The address of the following named persons is wanted at 
 these headquarters : Any member of Co. G, 20th V.R.C , in 1864 and 1865, 
 who knew Henry Vierkant of said company; of Lieutenant Harmon, 
 Co. E, 55th Mass. Inf ; of James Gardner, 1st Sergt. Co. E, 55th 
 Mass Inf. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
428 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusktts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [■ 
 1 Pemberton Sq., RoOxM U. ) 
 General Orders, } Boston, Jan. 28, 1886. 
 
 No. 16. )■ 
 
 Comrades : I feel that I cannot suffer the relations that have existed 
 so pleasantly and, I trust, profitably between us during the past year to 
 be severed without improving this, my last, opportunity of expressing 
 to you my sincere thanks for the many courtesies and fraternal greetings 
 which I have received at your hands during my term of office, and the 
 memory of which shall linger with me through all the future years of my 
 life, proving to me, I trust, a constant inspiration more and more to love 
 and labor for the interests and advancement of this great comradeship, 
 which is so dear to each one of our hearts. 
 
 I also desire to congratulate you, my comrades, upon the harmony 
 that has prevailed and the success that has attended us in the work of 
 our Encampment, and I especially desire to congratulate you upon the 
 officers of your choice for the ensuing year. 
 
 Comrade Tobin, the Commander-elect, needs no words of introduc- 
 tion or commendation from me to the comrades of this Department. 
 His work is before you. You know with what fidelity and faithfulness 
 he has served the interests of this Department in the past, and I most 
 earnestly bespeak for him and his associates in office the same cordial 
 and hearty co-operation and support that you have always accorded to 
 me and to my predecessors. 
 
 Finally, my comrades, having proved our loyalty and fidelity to our 
 country and flag, let us be true and loyal to each other, and to the great 
 principles for which so many thousands of our comrades yielded up their 
 lives, and thereby prove to the world in the true spirit of fraternity, 
 charity and loyalty that we are Avorthy of having served our country in 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 JOHN W. HERSEY, 
 Official : Department Commander 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 429 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 i88^. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 John W. Hersev, Commander .... Springfield. 
 
 KicHARD F. ToHiN, Senior Vice-Commander . South Boston. 
 
 Charles D. Nash, Junior Vice- Commander . South Abington. 
 
 Walter H. Leighton, Medical Director . Lowell. 
 
 Rev. E. A. Perry, Chaiilain Palmer. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 John McDonough South Boston. 
 
 Edward McKay Milford. 
 
 Charles H. Tracy Chicopee. 
 
 Horace A. Sawyer ., Lynn. 
 
 Samuel Worcester Salem. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General , 
 W. W- Scott, Assistatit Q.M.-General . 
 
 B. Read Wales, Jnsiiector 
 
 Henry Winn, JtuUje Advocate .... 
 Charles Fay', Chief Mustering Officer 
 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 0, Boston. 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6, Boston. 
 12 Pemberton Sq., Room 6, Boston. 
 Greenflekl. 
 SpringlieUl. 
 
 Aide s-de- Camp. 
 
 E. W. Lathrop, 
 Dayid Dunbar, 
 Thomas Langlan, 
 Horace J. Gray, 
 Sidney Sibley*, 
 Wm. L. Gage, 
 E. Warren Harback, 
 CuAS. H. Fuller, 
 E. J. Dyeb. 
 Benj. a. Sawyer, 
 
 H. C. CO.MINS, 
 
 Geo. H. Prescott, 
 H. M. Converse, 
 j. a. loomis, 
 Geo. Perkins, 
 E. K. Bly, 
 Thomas .J. Ames, 
 A. S. Atheeton, 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Fitchl)urfi-. 
 
 Braintree. 
 
 Upton. 
 
 So. Franiinj^ham. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Duxbury. 
 
 North Hadley. 
 
 Westfield. 
 
 Warren. 
 
 Easthampton. 
 
 Woburu. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Frank B. Peabody, 
 B. F. Brooks, 
 D. H. L. Gleason, 
 Emerson Stone, 
 Geo. T. Fay-weather, 
 Edwin C. Gould, 
 George R. Spooner, 
 Edwin D. Hutchinson, 
 
 Jos. B. EVERDEAN, 
 
 Henry W. Weeks, 
 Cyrus T. Batchelor, 
 Geo. N. Munsell, 
 Wm. McDonald, 
 Chas. H. Spencer, 
 Chas. F. Urann, 
 Thomas J. Tute, 
 Geo. W. Corey, 
 Flavel Shuetleff, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Barre. 
 
 Natiek. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Westboro. 
 
 Melrose. 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Huntington. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Dedham. 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Harwich. 
 
 Housatonic. 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Southbridge. 
 
 East Boston. 
 
430 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Aides-de- Camp ( ContimiPxt. ) 
 
 G. A. ayling, 
 Geo. E. Teele, 
 E. C. Marsh, 
 Thomas K. Gay, 
 Oliver H. Ingalls, 
 Wm. a. Croak, 
 W. H. Cross, 
 L. M. Alden, 
 Benj. a. Hathaway, 
 Samuel S. Pratt, 
 
 Kidge Hill. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Marlboro. 
 
 Attleboro. 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Randolph. 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Mifldleboro. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 J. Albert Mills, 
 
 N. H. HODGHTOX, 
 
 T. Spencee Jenks, 
 Wm. E. Jaqtith, 
 Arthur Smith, 
 Chas. C. Burdett, 
 J. Warren Berry, 
 Henry Hutchins, 
 Charles E. Woodward, 
 Geo. D. Stiles, 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Hopkinton. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Athol. 
 
 Colerain. 
 
 Conway. 
 
 Andover. 
 
 East Douglas. 
 
 Ware. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Bepresentatives to National Encampment. 
 
 delegate-at-large. 
 Charles O. Fellows, Chelsea. 
 
 delegates. 
 
 Geo. H. Innis, 
 E. B. Loring, 
 Dennis Meehan, 
 John H. Abbott, 
 Sidney C. Bancroft, 
 Geo. D. Stiles, 
 John L. Otis, 
 Henry M. Phillips, 
 P. Allen Lindsey, 
 Geo. a, Marden, 
 Geo. G. Bailey, Jr., 
 John C. Sullivan, 
 Benj. M. Merchant, 
 Wm. L. Robinson, 
 Wm. H. Chamberlin, 
 Wm. H. Johnson, 
 Horace D. Durgin, 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 Middleboro. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Pittsfleld. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 North Cambrida 
 
 alternate- at-large. 
 W. W. Scott, Worcester. 
 
 alternates. 
 
 Joseph H. Dalton, 
 James Burrows, Jr., 
 Austin J. Sylvester, 
 T. C. Lucas, 
 James W. Joyce, 
 Leach Clark, 
 John W. Howland, 
 J. J. Callanan, 
 
 T. W. HiGGINSON, 
 
 H. M. Potter, 
 Lysander Wood, 
 Alonzo H. Perry, 
 Henry O. Sawyer, 
 Wm. a. Sloane, 
 Peter Snyder, 
 Brainard Cummings, 
 Thomas H. Hill, 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Amherst. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Stoughton. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 West Boylston. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Andover. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S. Cushman, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Francis A. osborn, 
 *James L. Bates, 
 William Cogswell, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 John W. Kimball, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 
 New York. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Horace Binney' Sargent, 
 
 John G. B. Adams, 
 *JOHN A. Hawes, 
 George W. Creasey, 
 George H. Patch, 
 George S. Evans, 
 John D. Billings, 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Fairbaven. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 * Deceased. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 431 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 No. 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 1) 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 15 
 
 Ifi 
 17 
 18 
 1!) 
 20 
 
 ■21 
 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 2.5 
 26 
 
 28 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 34 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 38 
 39 
 40 
 41 
 42 
 
 43 
 44 
 
 45 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 49 
 50 
 
 TOWN. 
 
 No. OF 
 Memb'bs 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Night op 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman . 
 
 New Bedford 
 
 South Boston 
 
 Taunton 
 
 222 
 202 
 
 161 
 
 58 
 855 
 
 41 
 
 307 
 
 70 
 91 
 574 
 
 165 
 
 190 
 l.-ie 
 
 37 
 323 
 
 464 
 67 
 37 
 
 218 
 24 
 
 .59 
 
 114 
 
 109 
 
 67 
 
 35 
 
 139 
 
 41 
 36 
 102 
 
 225 
 
 03 
 
 69 
 
 82 
 222 
 400 
 
 51 
 
 103 
 49 
 331 
 109 
 131 
 332 
 
 129 
 
 37 
 
 149 
 
 232 
 
 240 
 
 43 
 251 
 116 
 
 Fred A . Washburn 
 
 Arthur Neilson / 
 
 386 Wash. St , Boston i 
 
 Albert M.Clark j 
 
 94 Winthro]) Street ) 
 Edwin C Gould 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 W. H. Bartlett . 
 
 U S Grant 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell . 
 
 E W. Pierce 
 
 Lynn 
 
 Holliston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Miildleboro 
 
 
 
 Box 23 S 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
 Jeremiah WakeHelu... / 
 2 Sidney Huilding { 
 
 
 Chas. G. Brighara 
 
 Wm. L. Robinson. .. . ) 
 13 Mechanics Street J 
 
 Thos. H. Haskell 1 
 
 37 Harvard Square ) 
 
 Arlon S. Atherton 
 
 Geo. A. Grant ) 
 
 Box 1094 j 
 
 N. H.Houghton 
 
 John A. Keefe / 
 
 10 Tremont St., Room 64 i 
 Chas H Allison 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H M Warren 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 Brockton 
 
 Hopkinton 
 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E K Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Colonel I'rescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher ... 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A B. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . . . 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart 
 
 George W. Perry 
 
 Albert L. Barrett 
 
 Alter. Fridays 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg 
 
 Colerain. 
 
 Boston 
 
 Milford 
 
 East Boston 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Wednet-dav 
 
 Ira G. Wilkins 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
 E. J. Read 1 
 
 Griswoldville ( 
 
 Theodore Leutz i 
 
 8 Williams Court ( 
 
 Lyman W. Clark 
 
 ■ Jas. W. McKenzie 
 
 
 John E. Killian ^ 
 
 1 Circuit PI., Roxbury i 
 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston . . . 
 Waltham 
 
 Cambridgeport .. 
 
 Scituate 
 
 South Boston 
 
 Woburn 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 William D. Newland. . . ( 
 Box 78 \ 
 
 Samuel Hall 
 
 237 Broadway ( 
 
 A. A. Seaverns 1 
 
 North Scituate ) 
 
 W.J. Blake I 
 
 19 Dedham Street | 
 
 Loring J. Hammond 
 
 Samuel Worcester 
 
 Ivoiy R. Allen ) 
 
 Box 19 i 
 
 Horace D. Durgin j 
 
 North Cambridge ( 
 
 Frank M. Knowlton 
 
 E. Legg 
 
 James J. Stanley 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mou. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 Thursday 
 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan 
 
 Theodore Winthrop. . . 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 
 Thursday 
 
 IStandithThurs. 
 lstan<l 3dThuis. 
 
 Arlington 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Dexter 
 
 1st and 3d Tuis. 
 AVednesdav 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry 
 
 Maiden 
 
 Westfield 
 
 Lowell 
 
 J P. Litch 
 
 1st and3dThurs. 
 
 E. R. Lay 
 
 Frank B. Peabodv ) 
 
 Wamesit" Mills \ 
 J. R.McCrillis 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols 
 
 Thursday 
 Tuesday 
 
 Fayville 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Fall Kiver 
 
 Haverhill 
 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wm. H. Cross. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 John H. Abbott ( 
 
 Box 369 ( 
 
 Wm. H. Johnson 1 
 
 Rear 108 Washington St. i 
 
 Sanford B. Preble 
 
 J. Albert Mills 
 
 Thursday 
 
 George S. Boutwell . . . 
 
 .\ . W . Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ayer 
 
 Newburyport 
 
 Peabody 
 
 1st Thursday 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Geo F. Barnes ( 
 
 Box 23 i 
 
432 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R, 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 No. 
 
 EziaBatclieller ' 51 
 
 A. i^. Rautlall 52 
 
 Charles II. Stevens... 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 J. ('. Freeman 
 
 Charles Beck 5(i 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 57 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon . . 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 (ren. Wadsworth . . 
 
 E. 1). Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence.... 
 
 Allen . 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 J. P. Rice 
 
 George A. Custer. 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A. St John Chambre.. 
 
 McPherson 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David /V. Russell 
 
 Chas D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr. . . 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 W. L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr... 
 
 ^V^ard 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn. 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Town. 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks... 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J.GriRgs 
 
 Henrv Brvant 
 
 Gen. W. F. Bartlett. 
 AVilliam B. Greene . . 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F.Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 E. Humi)hrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 O.W.Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles 
 
 North Brookfield 
 South Easton 
 
 Leominster 
 
 I'erlin 
 
 Provincetown. . . . 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 East Cambridge. . 
 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Webster 
 
 Newton 
 
 Natick 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Warren 
 
 Medf ord 
 
 Manchester 
 
 Dorchester 
 
 Westminster 
 
 Millbury 
 
 Holyoke 
 
 Stoughton 
 
 Abiiigton 
 
 Kockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington.. 
 
 North Adams 
 
 Westboro 
 
 \V;it('rti)Wii 
 
 :\Iarhlehea.l 
 
 Hanover 
 
 South Deeriield.. 
 
 Ware 
 
 Northampton . . . . 
 South Braintree. . 
 
 Qiiincy 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Foxboro 
 
 Brighton 
 
 Shelburne Falls. . 
 Canton 
 
 Saugus 
 
 Northboro 
 
 Belchertown 
 
 Cohasset 
 
 Andover 
 
 Methuen — 
 
 Grovelaud 
 
 Milum 
 
 Chicopee 
 
 Hingham 
 
 TTpton 
 
 Rockport 
 
 Palmer 
 
 Georgetown 
 
 East Templeton. . 
 Randolph 
 
 No. OF 
 Memb'bs 
 
 Commander. 
 
 John S. Cooke 
 
 Ellis R. Holbrook 1 
 
 Box 30, Cocliesett ( 
 
 103 Clesson Kenney 
 
 23 John L. Bruce 
 
 28 Geo. H. Nickerson 
 
 107 Dexter Jewett 
 
 144 Chas. O. Welch / 
 
 Third Street i 
 
 190 Benj. S. Lovell j 
 
 East Weymouth ( 
 
 28 Ezra Sawyer. . ." 
 
 73 Wm. E. Nason 
 
 104 A. R. Snow 
 
 102 W. A . Wetherbee 
 
 1.39 Daniel E George 
 
 82 W m Lourie 
 
 43 Robert P. Bestick 
 
 101 Samuel G. Jepson I 
 
 Box 216 ( 
 
 43 Robert C. Calder i 
 
 Box 116 I 
 
 232 Chas. D. Stiles 
 
 28 Jos. A. Wetherbee 
 
 r^i Joseph Packard 
 
 112 Wm. H. Abbott ( 
 
 Howard Street i 
 65 Geo. W. Pratt 
 
 94 A.H.Wright 
 
 108 y lisha T. Harvell 
 
 9ri S.L. Colley 
 
 118 B. A. Hathaway 
 
 23 Geo. S. Graham 
 
 135 ]Wm. H.Gurney 
 
 89 Orson Dalrvmple 
 
 95 Chas. E. Sniith 
 
 49 Chas. W. Smith •■•• 
 
 171 Jos. Bartlett 
 
 30 R. C Waterman 
 
 31 Dexter F. Hagar 
 
 36 Geo. S. Marsh 
 
 142 W. C.Pomeroy 
 
 Ti Henry A. Monk 
 
 84 Isaac M.Holt 
 
 183 John Hanners / 
 
 Box 848 ( 
 
 146 Samuel S. Pratt I 
 
 Asylum Station \ 
 
 27 I II. C. Linfiley 
 
 51 i Alva J. Wilson 
 
 .55 G. R. Pierce 
 
 70 I Jonathan Linfield ( 
 
 1 Box 110 i 
 45 P. H. Xourse 
 
 28 ' Josiah Proctor 
 
 44 j A. W.Morse 
 
 27 ! Chas. A. Gross 
 
 56 Geo. W. Chandler 
 
 70 John S. Tapley 
 
 28 ' Hosea B. Nash 
 
 56 I Geo. A. Fletcher 
 
 64 i A. O. Kinnev 
 
 65 Chas. II. Wakefield 
 
 39 I A . S. Johnson ( 
 
 Box 271 i 
 58 Thos. F. Parsons, Jr... . 
 
 47 Charles Ui)ham 
 
 81 David N. Bridges 
 
 35 Chas. B. Garfield 
 
 54 N. H. Tirrell 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Fri. 
 
 2dand4thThur8. 
 
 1st Tues. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 4th Mon. 
 
 2(1 and 4th Fri. 
 
 1st and3dThur3. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 A Iternate Sat. 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesdaj' 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 1st and Sd Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d and 4th Tuea. 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2d and lastThur. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st Monday 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 1st Friday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 3d Wednesday 
 2d and last Tues. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 433 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Kamb of Post. 
 
 J. E. Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. 
 
 E. W. Kinsley 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 D. G Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A . Garfield . . . 
 
 Timothy Ingraliam . . 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayles 
 
 T. E. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton 
 
 Wm. H. Freeman 
 
 James H . .Sargent 
 
 George II. Thomas. . . 
 Charles Chipnian. . . . 
 Geo. H. Maintien. .. 
 Robert A.Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 W. C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbarrl V. Smith... 
 Frank I). Hammond. 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wni. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. .shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. n. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns.. 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Maior Boyd 
 
 O. H P. S"argent 
 
 Gilman (;. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbridge B. Piper 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser.. 
 
 John A. 1 1 awes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton... 
 Woburn . 
 
 Manton E. Taft 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 No. 
 
 Town. 
 
 Pembroke. 
 
 South Scituate. .. 
 
 Boston 
 
 Merrimac . .. 
 
 Groton 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Medfleld 
 
 Swampscott . 
 Lexington.. . 
 Lowell 
 
 No. OF 
 
 Meub'ks 
 
 Hyde Park... 
 Amesbury. . . . 
 Athol Centre. 
 
 East Bridgewater 
 
 Pittsfleld 
 
 A dams 
 
 Hanson 
 
 Ipswich 
 
 Millville 
 
 Medway.. 
 Leicester. 
 Sandwich. 
 Plainville. 
 Boston . . . 
 
 Shrewsbury ... 
 Rutland. . .' 
 
 East Douglass. 
 West Acton . . . . 
 
 139 Somerville. 
 
 140 Athol 
 
 HI Harwich . . 
 1V2' Saxonville.. 
 143: Brook line . . 
 144 Dedham... 
 
 14.^ Attleboro .... 
 14(> New Bedford. 
 
 147 Amherst 
 
 Winchester . , 
 Charlestown 
 
 l.iO Montague 
 
 l.Tl West Newbury. 
 
 Essex ". . . 
 
 Winchendon 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Monson 
 
 Eyerett.. 
 Walpole . 
 
 l.iS Housatonic 
 
 !.">!• East Boston 
 
 KiO West Brookfield.. 
 
 161 Woburn 
 
 162 Turners Falls 
 
 l(ki So. Kramingham. 
 164 Conway 
 
 98 
 62 
 37 
 73 
 29 
 34 
 86 
 210 
 
 147 
 60 
 101 
 
 48 
 191 
 70 
 31 
 106 
 
 41 
 .^1 
 44 
 
 39 
 
 48 
 
 23 
 47 
 
 25 
 64 
 
 62 
 86 
 43 
 28 
 41 
 83 
 
 104 
 20 
 
 51 
 36 
 
 30 
 
 105 
 .32 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Henry II. Collaniore.. . I 
 North Pembroke ) 
 
 G. A. Ayllng / 
 
 Ridge Hill ( 
 Augustine Sanderson . . . . 
 
 Geo. A. Grant 
 
 M. 1'. Palmer 
 
 Z. Sawtelle 
 
 John II. Gould 
 
 Peleg Gardner 
 
 Chas. T. Wesf 
 
 Woodbridge W. Tuttle. i 
 10_' Hale Street S 
 
 Geo. G. Bailey, Jr 
 
 Chas. L. Tucker 
 
 Samuel N. Gould 1 
 
 Box ij'jo ) 
 
 E. E. Edson 
 
 Oliver L. Wood 
 
 E. N. Jones 
 
 Edward Pendleton 
 
 Luther Wait I 
 
 Box 283 ( 
 
 Lawrence Gibney i 
 
 Blackstone ( 
 Henry A. Walker 
 
 F. M. Lamb 
 
 S. Wells Hunt 
 
 Wm. H. Wade 
 
 Benj. Phenix i 
 
 13 Blossom Court ( 
 
 Jos. R. Loring 
 
 Jas. G. Shannon 
 
 Henry Hntchins 
 
 Chas." B. Sanders ( 
 
 Acton ) 
 
 Jas. F. Davlin 
 
 W. H. Heustis 
 
 Geo. N. Munsell 
 
 John W.Kirby 
 
 Wm. E. Long 
 
 Chas. C. Nichols I 
 
 Walnut Hill \ 
 
 Geo. L. Jillson. . . 
 
 Geo. T. Fisher i 
 
 233 Middle Street i 
 
 T.W.Sloan 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting . 
 
 M. E. Lyon 
 
 D. W. Thompson ( 
 
 372 Bunker Hill Street ( 
 
 Jason Mann 
 
 Elbridge G. Wood 
 
 Chas. E. F'rench 
 
 Lev i Bostworth 
 
 Frank C. Hill 
 
 "Wm. Ricketts 
 
 Darius Hadley 
 
 Joseph C. Madigan ( 
 
 East Waljiole ) 
 
 Wm. McDonald 
 
 Flavel Shurtleff 
 
 Edwin Wilher 
 
 Chas. H. Harding | 
 
 Box 1-24:: ) 
 
 Edw. E. Barnard 
 
 Chas. H. Fuller 
 
 Chas. C. Burdett 
 
 ( Sat. after 
 I tuU moon. 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
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 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
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 2d Tuesday 
 
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 IstandodThurs. 
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 Monday 
 
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 Monday 
 
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434 
 
 HISTOKY DEPT. OK MASt;., (i.A.K 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth. 
 Geo. C. Stron<r.. . 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Aminldown. 
 
 Geo. K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 E. K. Warren 
 
 J. Arthur Johnson . . . 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee. 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samuel F. Woods... 
 Old Concord 
 
 No 
 
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 KHi 
 
 1(;7 
 KiS 
 l(i9 
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 171 
 17'i 
 173 
 
 174 
 175 
 17C. 
 177 
 
 179 
 180 
 
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 Diixljury 
 
 Eastharapton. 
 
 AVhitinsville. . 
 Southbridge. . 
 
 Norwood 
 
 Mansfield 
 
 Northfield.. . 
 
 Bolton 
 
 Sturbridge . . . 
 
 Greenfield 
 
 Lancaster 
 
 Huntington . 
 Lee 
 
 Otis 
 
 Barre 
 
 Concord 
 
 No. OP 
 Me.iib'es 
 
 COMMANDEK. 
 
 Benj. A. Sawyer 
 
 Clarence E. Ware I 
 
 Box 31 i 
 
 Henrv S. Taft 
 
 Geo. W.Corey 
 
 Austin E. I'ratt 
 
 Francis Drake 
 
 Rollins C Ward 
 
 Wm. W. Robinson 
 
 John H. Harrison ( 
 
 Fiskdale ( 
 
 Fred L. Burnham 
 
 H. M. Nash 
 
 Edwin D. Hutchinson... 
 D.M. Wilcox 
 
 Warren O. Hawley 
 
 B. F. Brooks 
 
 Geo. P. How 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 2d Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2d Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Thur. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
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 1st and 3d Fri. 
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 ( Sat. on or 
 
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 •^d Thursday 
 
RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 
 DERARTMENT CorvUVIANDER, 
 
 1886-87. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.a.R. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1887. 
 
 JANUARY 27— EVENING SESSION. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 G.A.R. , convened at the Meioniau, Tremont Temple, Boston, 
 Jan. 27, 1887, m compliance with General Orders, No. 12, from 
 Department Headquarters, and was called to order at 7.30 p.m. 
 by Department Commander Richard F. Tobiu. 
 
 The Officer of the Day reported that all present were mem- 
 bers of the Order. 
 
 Past Department Commanders were invited to seats upon 
 the platform. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Comrade E. A. Horton, Department 
 Chaplain, after which the Commander declared the Encampment 
 opened in due form. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Adams of Post 
 5 the reading of the records was dispensed with. 
 
 The Commander then appointed the following Committee on 
 Credentials, viz., the Assistant Adjutant-General, Comrades H. 
 A. Sawyer and Samuel Worcester, Council of Administration, 
 A. J. Lowd and L. L. Stone of the Staff. 
 
436 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment . 618 
 
 Number present .... 413 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers 13 
 
 Past Department Commanders • 6 
 
 Post Commanders 106 
 
 Delegates 288 
 
 Total 413 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 437 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1887. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander R. F. Toiux. 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander Chas D. Nash. 
 
 Junior Vice- Commander Edmund C. Whitnkv. 
 
 Medical Director C. D. Hendrickson. 
 
 Chaplain E. A. Horton 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 H. A. Sawyer Samuel Worcester. 
 
 George L. Goodale. Samuel M. Weale. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General .... A. C. Moxroe. 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General . . J. H. O'Donnell. 
 
 Inspector • B. r^ad Wales. 
 
 Judge Advocate Tohn A . Keeke. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer 1>, Allen Lindsey. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 A. B. Underwood. Geo. W. Creasey. 
 
 Geo. S. Merrill. Geo. H. Patch. 
 
 J. G. B. Adams. Geo. S. Evans. 
 
 John W. Hersey. 
 [Only the names of comrades i)resent are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commander Ezra K Bly, R. W. SnoAv, Leopold Bartel F M 
 
 Tabor, J. F Tripp, Geo. P. GiHord. 
 Post 2. Commander George H. Innis, J. V. Bradley, Henry Bright, 
 
 J. D Kenney, A. 1). Smith, N, P. Howard. 
 Post 3 Commander Alden H. Blake, T. C. Lncas, Abner Colman 
 
 T. W. Brewer, D. S. Elliott. 
 Post 4. Commander John E. Marshall, Wm. Boyd, Edwin C Gould 
 
 G N Harris 
 Post 5. Commander David AValker, Geo. D. Stiles, J. W. Young, John 
 
 McFarlane, Chas. H. Baker, F. A. Frazier, Geo. C. "Bacon, 
 
 R. E. Redman, E. B. Billin^;s, James Frey, Levi R. Pierce 
 
 F. G. Kelly, A. S. Wright, E L Hill, Geo. H. Rich, J. S. 
 
 Estes, I). E Campbell, Geo W. Wilson, A. J. Hoitt, Chas. 
 
 H. Waitt, W. A. King, Robert Kenny. 
 
438 
 
 HISTORY DEl'T. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 6. Commander Wm. H. Belcher, A. E. Chamberlaiu. 
 
 Post 7. A. S. Buswell, W. F. Lane, Jeremiah Wakefield, Thad. Little 
 
 Geo. B. Pratt, M. H. Enriyht, T. J. Tute, D. Meehan, 
 
 A E. Perkins, J. B. Cherry, T. J. Long. 
 Posr 8. Commander James M. Sampson, Charles H Howes, Robert 
 
 M. Dempsey. 
 Post 9. Commander H P. Bean, Warren Waterhouse, Herman Tower. 
 Post 10. Commander Charles H Benchley, C N Walker, Jas. K. 
 
 Chnrchill, J. B. Lamb, A. S. Graton, J. N. Jones, M. A. 
 
 Potter, S. F. Babbitt, Geo A. Blunt, W. A. Boyden, C. W. 
 
 Putnam, Henry A. Green, W. L. Robinson, James P. 
 
 Crosby. 
 Post 11. Commander Everett A. Stevens, Wm. H. Poole, Isaac W. 
 
 Derby, Chas. P. Whittle. Geo. H. Harden, Jr., Chas. 
 
 Raymond 
 Post 12. Commander Justin Howard, A. S. Atherton, G. W. .A born, 
 
 J. W. Lee, C. H. Hawes. 
 Post 13. Commander Seth L. French, Nathaniel D. Toppan, Geo. A. 
 
 (rrant, John B. Parker. 
 Post U. Henry D. Smith. 
 
 Post 15. Commander William B. Daly, David R Pierce, Richard Hough- 
 ton, Harrison Hume, Edward F Rollins, Thomas Langlau, 
 
 Patrick Lee, Charles H Shaw, Dennis Linnehan, Frank P. 
 
 Stevens, M. C. Grant, James E. Reid. 
 Post K; Commander Charles W. Rust, Eben Luther, John L. Knight, 
 
 Henry Hall, A. H. Smith, E. W. Sawtelle, E. F. Cross, 
 
 John L Rice, George W Turner, H. M. Phillips, Charles 
 
 D. Ufi"ord 
 Post 17. Commander G. D Streeter, \. L Shattuck, L. Harris. 
 Post l<s. Commander E H. Bunker, G. C. Fiske. 
 Post 19. Commander Edward P. Loring, R. J. Parker, E. T. Roby, 
 
 E F Schragle, Geo W. Luke, O. P. Remington. 
 Post 20. Commander H(mry M Howard, Edwin I. Read 
 Post 21. Commander Charles Rothenburg. Theodore Leutz. 
 Post 22. Commander H J. Bailey, J. bT Wicks, W. H. Hooker, A. A. 
 
 Burrell. 
 Post 23. Commander Andrew P. Fisher, Geo E. Harrington, Robert 
 
 Ellis, John H. Weston. 
 Post 24 Commander Perley Goddard, Edwin A. Howe. 
 Post 25. Ezra J. Hill 
 Post 2G. Commander John E Killian, George E. Orrok, J Edwin Hunt, 
 
 Frank W. Monroe, Robert S Hamilton 
 Post 27. F (i. Hyde 
 Post 28. H. (). Sawyer. 
 
 Post 2!). Calvin Chamberlain, John II. Whalan. 
 Post 30. Commander Henry C Hobbs, F. E. Martelc, J. W. Wilkinson, 
 
 A. B. Jarvis, B. F. Hastings, Wm. Parks, M. J. Folsom. 
 Post 31. Commander Geo. O. Vinal, John B. Pierce. 
 Post 32. Commander William J. Blake, P. Lynch, W. L. Lord. 
 Post 33. Commander W. C. C. Colgate, A. P. Barrett, B F Whittemore. 
 Post 34. Commander Albion M. Dudley, Nathaniel D. Pierce, Amos 
 
 Stillman, William H. Nichols, 3d, James Arrington, Charles 
 
 A. Towne, Joseph P. Farmer. 
 Post 35. Commander Jere Norris, Amasa P. Johnson, W. S. Hixon, 
 
 W. H. Hart, W. Grantman, John C. Loud, Joseph W. 
 
 Thayer, Chas. A. LittleHeld, Thomas Keefe. 
 Post 3<). Junior Vice-Commander Sylvester C. Frost. 
 Post 37. Commander Chas. P Barton, Emerson Stone, E. R Wheeler. 
 Post 38. Commandei' Edwin Legg, Edwin D. Goodell. 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMKNT. 
 
 439 
 
 Post 39. Senior Vice-Commander Georire L. Gage, Andrew C Stone, 
 Horace M. Crocl<ett, Wm. Sharrock, Clias. H. Couilliard, 
 Wm T. McAlpine, Thomas Green, David S. CrocVcett, 
 Daniel F. Kiley. 
 
 I'oST 40. Commander George H Norcross, Tristram Griftin, W. G. 
 Chapman, F. E. West. 
 
 Post 41. Commander L P>. Wallvley, H. B. Graves, Wm. Provin, J. H. 
 Br yon. 
 
 Post 42. Commander Chas A. R. Dimon, John Welch, () M. Consens, 
 H G. (). Weymouth, C. A. Stott, John J. Donnelly, A. J 
 
 Post 4.'.. Commander W. A. Alley, J. R. McCrillis, W. S. Frost. J. W. 
 
 Barnes. 
 Post 44. Commander Peter Tebo, Sylvester G. Hosnier. 
 Post 4.5 Commander Sidney Gardner, John McEachin, A. C Andrews, 
 
 Benj. F. Cook^ Calvin W. Swift. 
 Post 4G. Commander John M. Deane, John H. Ahl)ott, A. M. Jackson, 
 
 D. II Dyer, Darins Negus, Henry Ogden. 
 Post 47. Commander Edward B Savage, William H. Johnson, Robert 
 
 A. Richardson, D. Smith Kimball, Lorenzo Frost, John P. 
 
 Jackson, Paul N. Hale. 
 Post 48. Commander Charles E. Craig, John H. Sprague. 
 Post 49. Commander Leroy G Weston, Benjamin Pierce, Luther Car- 
 ter, Caleb P Davis, Jr., Thomas E. Cutter, George W. 
 
 Lattime 
 Post 50. Commander Thomas A Jackman, Frank E. Farnham, Nicholas 
 
 M. Quint, C J. Linnehan 
 Post 51. Junior Vice-Commander Wilder E. Dean, Josiah C. Converse. 
 Post 52. Commander George A Lackey. 
 Post 53. Commander Williard D. Blauchard, Royal M. Flint, Wm. R. 
 
 Frisselle. 
 Po.sT 54. Commander George II. Andrews, John L. Day. 
 Post 55. Commander George Allen, George H. Nickerson. 
 Post 50. Commander William H H. HoAve, Horace A. Allyn, George F. 
 
 Piper, Edward W Hincks 
 Post 57. Commander William Volt, J. F. Capelle, M. F. Marks, J. 
 
 Gauglian. 
 Post 58. Commander Benjamin S. Lovell, Isaac H. Walker. Owen L. 
 
 Greelish, Austin B. Shaw, Noah F. Vining. 
 Posr 59. Edward W. Tooml)s. 
 Post 00 Commander David W. Corson, Oliver H. Ingalls, (ieorge W. 
 
 Nason. 
 Post 01 . Commander John M. Clarke, Frank Underwood, Henry Brandis. 
 Post 62. Commander .V. T. Sylvester, W. A Wetherbee, E. Bradshaw. 
 Post 03. Commander A. B. Pierce, S. J. Rollins, D. J. L. Barron, .John 
 
 Crawford, II. L. P.ates. 
 Post 64. Commander William A. Johnson, II. C Ladd, H A. Parmenter. 
 Post 65. Commander John Thayer, H. M. Converse. 
 Post 60. Commander iJoijert M. Spinney. S G. Jepson. J. E. Pierce. 
 Post 67. Commander II. Bingham, Ezra Stanley. 
 Post 68. Commander B Read Wales, Charles D Stiles, Charles P.. 
 
 Fox, Henry P. Oakman, Charles D. W. Marcy, Walter E. 
 
 Swan. 
 Po.sT 09. Commander J II. Miller, H. J. Patridge 
 Post 70. Commander S. C. Spoouer, Samuel E. Hull. 
 Post 71. Commander Peter J. Gilligan, John Howard Smith, Albert 
 
 Loring. Jas. Gage. 
 Post 72. Commander Thomas Blauchard, Geo. O. Wentworth. 
 Posr 73. Commander Albert W Hines, Henry B. Peirce, Augustus H. 
 
 Wright. 
 
440 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 74 
 
 Post 75. 
 
 Post 76. 
 
 Post 77. 
 
 Post 78. 
 
 Post 79. 
 
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 80. 
 
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 81. 
 
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 82. 
 
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 83. 
 
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 84. 
 
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 85. 
 
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 86, 
 
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 87, 
 
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 88. 
 
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 89. 
 
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 90. 
 
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 91. 
 
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 92. 
 
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 9.S. 
 
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 94. 
 
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 95. 
 
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 96, 
 
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 97. 
 
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 98, 
 
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 99, 
 
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 100 
 
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 101. 
 
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 102. 
 
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 103. 
 
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 104, 
 
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 105. 
 
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 106. 
 
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 107, 
 
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 108. 
 
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 109, 
 
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 110, 
 
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 111, 
 
 Post 
 
 112, 
 
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 113. 
 
 Post 
 
 114. 
 
 Post 
 
 115. 
 
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 117 
 
 Post 
 
 118. 
 
 Post 
 
 119. 
 
 Post 
 
 120, 
 
 Commander E. T, Havei, C. H. Chubbuck, C H. French. 
 Commander S. A Lawrence, John Best, C. B. Carlin. 
 Commander A. Oliver Brown, James D. Thurber, Charles C. 
 
 Doten, James B. Brewster. 
 Junior Vice-Commander Samuel W. Armington. 
 Commander Rufus Cass, Andrew C. Brigham, William H. 
 
 Gurney. 
 Commander Lewis F. Amadon, John W. Illingworth, S. J, 
 
 Hendley. 
 Commander David Chase, Frank S. Stone, Wm. M. Blake, 
 
 John W. Fairbanks. 
 Commander S F. Stearns, Geo. E. Teele. 
 Commander Josepli R. Graves, Francis Boardraan, Benj H. 
 
 Blaney, S. S. Preble, Joseph W Collver. 
 Commander R. C. Waterman, O. F. Whitney 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Frank P. Clark, D. Otis Holden. 
 Commander Malcolm Bridgman, W. C. Pomeroy, Wm. R. 
 
 Bartwell, Clias. H Heald, E. H. Wade. 
 Commander Henry A. Monk, Thomas B. Stoddard 
 Commander Isaac M. Holt, Francis P Loud, George A. 
 
 Ordway. 
 Commander George A Woodbury, 2d, Fred A. Wallis. John 
 
 Hanners, Orange R. Taylor. 
 Commander Harvey H Pillsbury, Malcolm Sillars, Timothy 
 
 D. Crowley, Joseph W. Haynes. 
 Commander Henry C Williams, H. C. Lindley 
 Commander Henry P. Kennedy, Homer Rogers. 
 Commander James F. Hunter, W. W. Carpenter. 
 Commander John T Pitman, Richmond L. Weston. 
 Commander James F. Pratt, Chas. H. MansHeld. 
 Commander F. M. Harrington, G. Frank Dodge. 
 Commander A. W. Morse, Myron P. Walker, Charles Davis. 
 Commander E. E. WentAvortii, Daniel B. Lincoln. 
 Commander George W. Chandler, Peter D. Smith. 
 Commander John Cairns, John S. Tapley, Joseph Martin. 
 Commander Isaac C Day, N E. Ladd. 
 Commander Jedediah Stangman, George A Fletcher. 
 Commander Charles H. Tracy. 
 Commander John H. Stodder, Thomas Weston. 
 Senior Vice-Commander H E. Taylor, Albert Davis. 
 Calvin W. Pool. 
 
 Commander Charles L^pham, John H. Smith. 
 Commander John Munroe, Hiram N. Harriman, Charles F. 
 
 Winch. 
 George A Brooks. 
 
 Commander H. C Alden, H, A. Drake 
 Commander Silvanus Shedd, Albion Hatch. 
 Commander John H. Prouty. 
 Commander Austin C. Wellington, Albert W. Hersey, Wm. 
 
 K. Millar 
 Commander M. P. Brew, Wm. H. Blogett. 
 Commander George H Balcom, Charles Blood. 
 Commander John D Edged, G. W. Clifford 
 Commander N. Frank Harding. 
 Commander John I. Adams, Peleg Gardner. 
 Commander George D. Harrington. A. A. Sherman 
 Commander Herbert M. Jacob.s, Wm A. Fifleld, W. W. Tuttle, 
 Geo. W. Huntoon, L. A French, Erastus Newton. 
 
TWENTY-KIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 441 
 
 Post 121, 
 
 Post 122. 
 Post 123. 
 Post 124. 
 Post 125 
 
 Post 12G, 
 Post 127. 
 Post 128 
 
 Post 129. 
 Post 130. 
 Post 131. 
 Post 132. 
 Post 133. 
 Post 134. 
 Post 135. 
 Post 130. 
 Post 137. 
 Post 138. 
 Post 139. 
 PcsT 140. 
 Post 141. 
 Post 142. 
 Post 143 
 Post 144. 
 
 Post 145. 
 Post 14fi. 
 Post 147. 
 Post 148 
 Post 149. 
 Post 150 
 Post 151. 
 Post 152 
 Po.ST 153. 
 •Post 154. 
 Post 155. 
 Post 156. 
 Post 157. 
 Post 158. 
 Post 159. 
 
 Post 100. 
 Post 101 
 Post 162. 
 Post 163. 
 Post 164. 
 Post 165. 
 Post 166. 
 Post 167. 
 Post lOS. 
 Post 169 
 Post 170. 
 Post 171. 
 Post 172. 
 Post 173. 
 
 Commander Stephen H. Reynolds, O. W. Manuel, E. S. 
 Churchill, Geo G Bailey, Jr. 
 
 Commander Charles Goss, L. Frank Currier. 
 
 Commander Charles E. Taft, George E. Ball, Charles 0. West. 
 
 Commander Peregrine W. Poole, George R. Dyer. Bl- 
 
 Commander Robert B. Dickie. Louis B. Simons,* Henry S. 
 Briggs, Charles W. Whelden, Chester B. Scudder, Lyman 
 E. Field. 
 
 John McKibbon. 
 
 Commander Josiah G. Cook, Nathaniel T. Howland. 
 
 Commander Henry P Boynton, Thomas F. Ellsworth, Nathan- 
 iel Shatswell 
 
 Commander Americus Welch. 
 
 AVm. A. Spencer 
 
 Commander Henry Bisco, Dana F. Dutton. 
 
 Commander AVilliam C. Giflbrd, John H Stevens. 
 
 Edward P Davis 
 
 Commander Isaac S. Mullen, Samuel A. Valentine. 
 
 Commander Joseph R. Loring, Felix Secord 
 
 Commander Charles R. Bartlett, David F. Smith. 
 
 Commander Henry Hutchins, N. H. Jones. 
 
 Commander Samuel A. Guilford, D. H Hall. 
 
 Commander Walter Win ward, J. F. Davlin, X. F. Caswell 
 
 A. J. Nye. 
 
 Commander Charles H. Packard, Henry N. Conden. 
 
 Commander Henry F. Winch, George Reede 
 
 Commander Edward B. Richardson,' Chas. E. Hapgood. 
 
 Commander Henry W. Weeks, Augustus F. Cnmmings, 
 George H Haggett, William J. Hargraves. " 
 
 Commander E. D. Guild, E. S Horton, R J. Bell. 
 
 Commander Geo. T. Fisher, Charles H. Harrison. 
 
 Commander H. M. McCloud, A. W. Hall, E G. Thayer 
 
 John T. Wilson. 
 
 Commander J. W. Leavett, Charles S. Stone. 
 
 Commander G. N. Watson, Jason Mann. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander James B. Kimble, Frederic C. Shaller. 
 
 Commander Andrew Riley, Edward Gedding. 
 
 Commander George E. Owens, James H. Thompson. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Chas. H. Spencer. 
 
 Commander Samuel L. Gilman. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander Wm. F. Hayes, Flavel Shurtleff, Joseph Rossiter, 
 Lewis J. N. Hurie 
 
 Commander J. G. Warren, W. H Ball. 
 
 Commander J. Fred. Leslie, E. F. Wyer. 
 
 Commander IJalph L Atherton, Geo "P. Holden. 
 
 Commander Edward F. Phinney, J A. Merriam. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander John W Tower, Lawrence Bradford. 
 
 Commander (). T. Wliite, Justin Lyman. 
 
 Commander Phineas Buckley. 
 
 Commander (ieorge W. Corey, E. L. Chapin. 
 
 Commander William Taylor, Albert G. Webb. 
 
 Commander George P. Chapin, Francis Drake. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
 Commander .\. Eames. 
 
 Not represented. 
 
442 
 
 HFSTORV DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 174. 
 Post 175. 
 Post 176. 
 Post 177. 
 Post 178. 
 Post 170. 
 Post 180. 
 Post 181. 
 Post 182. 
 Post 183. 
 Post 184. 
 Post 185. 
 
 Post 186. 
 
 Coniiuauder George Pierce, C. R. Lowell. 
 
 Commander John E. Farnsworth, H M Nash. 
 
 Commander Edward Pease, Charles B. Ma^yden. 
 
 Commander Henry N. Horton, Thomas (4 Moat. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander Ephraim Palmer, O. W. Rice. 
 
 Commander B. F Broolcs. 
 
 Commander Calelj II Wheeler, Edward F. Phelps. 
 
 Commander George Adams, Boman Moss. 
 
 Commander Amasa (iray, Thomas A. Francis. 
 
 Commander Clias. Chnrch, David M. Donaldson. 
 
 Commander J W. Bride, M. M. Stone 
 
 Commander Charles H. Richardson, George E. Pinlcham, 
 Jared P. Maxtield, Edward W. Thompson. Franl< B. Pea- 
 body, Josiah Hamilton. 
 
 Commander John D. Billings 
 
 The next business was the reports of the Department Offi- 
 cers, commencing with the address of the Department Com- 
 mander, Richard F. Tobin, as follows : — 
 
TWENTY-l-IRST ANNUAL ENCAMJ'MENT. 443 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER RICHARD F. TOBIN. 
 
 Comrades: I extend to 3^011 a cordial and fraternal greeting, 
 and bid yon a hearty welcome to tins, the Twenty- first Annual 
 Encampment of tlie Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army 
 of the Republic. Another march in our yearly campaign is 
 ended, and once more we halt for roll-call and review. It 
 becomes my duty to render an account to you of my stewardship, 
 and to return to you the trust, which by a unanimous vote of the 
 last P^ncampment was confided to my charge. 
 
 MEMl'-KHSHIP. 
 
 At the beginning of my administration, the oMIcial report of 
 my immediate predecessor. Commander John W. Hersey, showed 
 that on the olst of December, this Department numbered 182 
 Posts, having a membership of 17,965 comrades in good stand- 
 ing, which, with the suspended membership of .S26 comrades, for 
 the final quarter added, made the full strength of the Department 
 18,791 comrades. 
 
 On the 31st of December, l.syc, there were 185 Posts, and 
 19,496 meml)ers in good standing, to which add 640 reported as 
 suspended on the above date, making a total membership of 
 20,137 comrades, which figures show a net gain for the year, in 
 good standing, of 1,532 comrades. Since the above was in type 
 an additional Post has been added, John A. Logan Post No. 186, 
 located in Cambridge, with 55 charter members. 
 
 The field in which new Posts might be organized having 
 been so thoroughly canvassed by Past Department Commanders 
 Billings and Hersey, it could hardly have been expected that 
 there would have been left to my administration a possible hope 
 for the organization of new Posts. In this, however, I was 
 agreeably disappointed, as two Posts have been organized in the 
 past year, Sergeant Plunkett Post 184, located at^\shburnham, 
 and Ladd and Whitney Post 1«5, located at Lowell. Post 184 
 is named after that lionored comrade who was so seriously 
 wounded by the loss of both arms, while bearing aloft the banner 
 of our Republic at Fredericksburg, and the latter. Post 185, 
 taking the names of two of the three comrades whose blood first 
 stained the soil of Maryland, April 19, 1861. This Post, I am 
 pleased to say, organized with the largest number of charter 
 members of any Post in the Department, it having 218 names 
 upon its charter. Many of the comrades of this Post were trans- 
 ferred from Post 42, but the larger part of them were new mem- 
 bers of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
444 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 The session of thai body at San Francisco last August 
 brought together a very large assemblage of veterans, from all 
 parts of the Union, thus crossing the continent in the perform- 
 ance of duties assigned the delegates by their several Depart- 
 ments. This Department, I am happy to say, was represented 
 by the Department Commander, the Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 and by every delegate elected at the last Encampment, except 
 two, who were unavoidably absent on account of sickness, their 
 places being filled by their alternates. There were present at 
 the Encampment, I am further pleased to state, Past Commander- 
 in-Chief Merrill, and Past Department Commanders Sargent, 
 Adams, Creasey, Evans, Patch, Billings and Hersey, and the 
 member of the National Council of Administration representing 
 this Department, Comrade Henry B. Pierce. There were also 
 present Assistant Quartermaster-General John H. O'Donnell, and 
 about two hundred other members of this Department. The 
 parade of the veterans on August 3 was a magnificent and impos- 
 ing display. Massachusetts was assigned to the Fourth Division, 
 and the soldierly bearing of the comrades reflected credit on this 
 Department. The cheers received throughout the route caused 
 all of us to feel a commendable degree of pride that we hailed 
 from the old Bay State. The line of march tested fully the 
 enduring qualities of the boys that formed that long line of blue 
 from '(')! to 'G5 ; but the hearty welcome which greeted them 
 everywhere caused them to forget the distance and length of 
 march until the parade was ended and the line dismissed. The 
 hospitality of the Californians and the comrades of the Pacific 
 Slope was generously and graciously bestowed upon the comrades 
 and friends from all quarters of the Republic. 
 
 I will not trespass upon your time by referring at length 
 to the work of the National JCncampment. But I am obliged to 
 refer to two matters, which your representatives were directed to 
 bring before the National Encampment, and endeavor to secure : 
 first, the passage of the Service Pension Bill ; second, an amend- 
 ment of the Rules and Regulations, which would unseat Past 
 Department Commanders in the National Encampments. In con- 
 nection with the Service Pension Bill, comrades, I desire to say 
 that the representatives to the National Encampment had but one 
 alternative, — either obey the orders of the Encampment by 
 which they were elected, or remain at home and let comrades go 
 whose loyalty to the Order and obedience to its Encampment 
 would be unquestionable. 
 
 On both of these questions it will be remembered that the 
 representatives received specific instructions, and any violation 
 thereof was a breach of discipline, for which in many instances 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 445 
 
 of less importance comrades have received court-martial. The 
 Encampment devoted but one hour to the proposed pension meas- 
 ure, the most important question, in my opinion, before the 
 Elncampment, — important to the rank and file, the bone and 
 sinew, of the Grand Army of the Republic — and that, too, at a 
 time when the members of the Encampment were anxious to go 
 sight-seeing, rather than endeavoring to secure a passage of the 
 bill, which, if successful, would give material aid to hundreds 
 and thousands of deserving comrades, when it is stated that nine 
 thousand brave and heroic defenders of the Union are now lin- 
 gering out their existence in the poorhouses of this country I 
 
 1 am heartily in favor of the passage of this bill by the 
 Congress of the United States, not as an act of charity, but as a 
 sacred obligation, to stand by these defenders of the Union, who 
 risked their lives that the nation might live. I would respectfully 
 recommend that this Elncampment instruct its representatives to 
 the next National Encampment to work and vote for the so-called 
 Service Pension Bill. 
 
 On the question of amending tlie Rules and Regulations to 
 unseat Past Department Commanders in National Encampments, 
 1 desire to say that this question met with a very decided oppo- 
 sition by Past Department Commanders, as well as a general 
 sentiment of opposition by various Departments represented in 
 the Encampment. 
 
 Notwithstanding an earnest effort by your representatives to 
 secure the adoption of the proposed amendment, it was finally 
 defeated. I would respectfully recommend that your representa- 
 tives to the next Encampment be instructed to secure, if possi- 
 ble, the amendment to the Rules and Regulations, which will 
 unseat Past Department Commanders from life membership in 
 National P^ucampments, unless they are regularly elected rep- 
 resentatives. 
 
 I respectfully renew the recommendation of mv predecessors, 
 that the sum of $300 be appropriated by this Encampment to pay 
 the travelling expenses of the Department Commander when on 
 official duty; and also of the Senior and Junior Vice-Com- 
 manders, when acting in his stead; and I also recommend that, 
 when either of these officers are absent from home on otficial 
 duty, as above specified, it becomes necessary for them to seek 
 hotel accommodations, the Department shall pay such bills ; but 
 in no case shall the total expenditures of the j'ear for such pur- 
 poses exceed the sum of S300, and that all bills so contracted 
 shall be subject to the approval of the Council of Adminis- 
 tration. 
 
 1 furthei- respectfully recommend that the expenses of the 
 Department Commander and Assistant Adjutant-General to the 
 National Encampment be paid by the Department ; and also that 
 
446 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 the sum of $200 be appropriated for extra clerk hire to assist the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General in the clerical work of his office. 
 
 woman's REl.IEl' COHPS. 
 
 It has been my pleasure during the past year to meet the 
 officers of the Woman's Relief Corps, both State and National. 
 This patriotic auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic is 
 entitled to our esteem, respect, confidence and protection, aod 
 wherever practicable, I would respectfully recommend that Corps, 
 auxiliary to the Grand Arm}' of the Republic, be instituted, as 
 great good must result from such united action, and mutual con- 
 fidence in each other must naturally establish a patriotic zeal, and 
 each will stimulate the other in its fraternal charity for the needy 
 wards of our grand organization. Our gratitude should go forth 
 to encourage the nol)le women in their efforts to smooth the paths 
 of those who have few other earthly helpers. I commend to the 
 protection of this Department of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 this noble band of loj'al women, who, as mothers, sisters, daugh- 
 ters and wives of our comrades, are so faithfully and earnestly 
 fulfilling their mission of fraternal charity. 
 
 MEJIOIUAL DAV. 
 
 Memorial Day was strictly and reverently observed through- 
 out this entire Department, and nowhere in our Commonwealth 
 was the grave of a departed comrade neglected by the want of 
 the usual floral offering, where such a grave was known to any 
 Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The long and honora- 
 ble record of this Department in the past justifies the belief that 
 at no time in the future shall there be a grave unmarked at least 
 by the miniature flag, until the last surviving comrade of the 
 Grand Army of the Republic shall stand upon the crumbling 
 verge of time. 
 
 This Department was requested by U. S. Grant Post 327 of 
 Brooklyn, N.Y., to forward a floral offering, to be placed at the 
 tomb of our departed Commander and comrade, I'. S. Grant, and 
 that this Department be represented by Department officers in the 
 services of Memorial Day. The Commander of this Department, 
 believing that Massachusetts should be second to none other in 
 the floral tribute, started a subscription paper with the following 
 heading : — 
 
 "We, the undersigned, representing the Department and 
 Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, desirous 
 that the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachu- 
 setts, may be represented at the tomb of their great Commander, 
 Gen. U. S. Grant, and that they may fittingly offer their tribute 
 of affection to his memory on Memorial Day, May 30, 18H6, sub- 
 
TWENTY-FIHST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 447 
 
 scribe the sum of one dollar each, to be devoted to that patriotic 
 object, in such manner as may be deemed appropriate." 
 
 This subscription paper your Commander circulated in the 
 State House only, and when a sufficient amount was received, a 
 rtoral design, representino- the coat-of-arins of Massachusetts, 
 0x6 feet, was purchased of Dee Brothers, the well-known florists 
 of Boston, both of whom are comrades of the Grand Army of 
 the Republic. The State being also requested to send flowers, 
 his Excellency the Governor asked me if I did not think one 
 piece would answer to represent both the State and the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic. I replied 
 that it would. He therefore detailed Adjutant-General Dalton 
 and Col. M. P. Walker, of his Staff, to represent the State, 
 while your Commander and Assistant (^lartermaster-General 
 John H. O'Donnell represented the Department. The occasion 
 w^as one long to be remembered by those who witnessed the first 
 memorial service at the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant. 
 
 soldiers' home. 
 
 I shall occupy but a few moments of your time in referring 
 to this Home, which is second to none other in the country. The 
 report of the trustees will furnish you with all the information 
 necessary in relation to the Home, its inmates and general man- 
 agement. Day by day we read of bequests to various charitable 
 and educational institutions, — even the Society for the Preven- 
 tion of Cruelty to Animals has not been forgotten, — but I have 
 yet to learn of a single bequest to the Soldiers' Home, since it 
 was established by this Department. The Board of Trustees ai-e 
 deserving of and should receive the warmest gratitude of this 
 Department for their untiring energy and zeal in providing for 
 the welfare and comfort of those of our comrades whose misfor- 
 tune it is to be obliged to seek shelter in a Soldiers' Home. 
 
 veterans' rights lnion and employment bureau. 
 
 It will be remembered that the last Encampment indorsed 
 the reconunendation of the National Encampment at Portland, 
 and appointed a committee of seven to act with your Council of 
 Administration, and proceed to organize the Veterans' Rights 
 Union and P^mployment Bureau, under the auspices of the 
 Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic. In 
 accordance with instructions of the last Encampment, a constitu- 
 tion and by-laws were framed, and a convention of two delegates 
 from each Post in the Department was convened September 8, at 
 John A. Andrew Hall, and the organization completed by the 
 election of officers. I am pleased to say to the p:ncampment that 
 it is now under full headway, and doing a good work, which nee- 
 
448 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R, 
 
 essarily means the expenditure of money. The Board of Con- 
 trol issued a circular to the various Posts, asking for voluntary 
 contribution, favorable responses to which being somewhat slow 
 in forthcoming, the Council of Administration appropriated live 
 hundred dollars to defray the legitimate running expenses until 
 the meeting of this Encampment, when it was hoped that the 
 means for its future would be provided for. 
 
 The objects and purposes of this association, which look to 
 the enforcement of Section 1754 and 1755 of the Revised Stat- 
 utes of the United States, are well known to the comrades of the 
 P^ncampment. The following are the sections referred to: — 
 
 Section 1754. Persons lionorably discliarsied from the military or 
 naval service by reason of disability resulting from Avounds or sickness 
 incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil 
 offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity neces- 
 sary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. 
 
 Section 1755. In grateful recognition of the services, sacrifices 
 and sufterings of persons honorably discharged from the military and 
 naval service of the country by reason of wounds, disease, or the expira- 
 tion of terms of enlistment, it is respectfully recommended to bankers, 
 merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, farmers, and persons engaged iu 
 industrial pursuits, to give them preference for appointments to remun- 
 erative situations and employments. 
 
 Section 3 of Chapter CCLXXXVII., Laws of 1H7G, is in 
 part as follows: 
 
 Provided^ That in making any reduction of force iu any of the 
 executive departments, the head of such department shall retain those 
 persons who may be equally qualified, who have been honorably dis- 
 charged from the military or naval service of the United States, and the 
 widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors. 
 
 Thus it will be seen, comrades, that the time has arrived 
 when it becomes the duty of the Grand Arm}' of the Republic to 
 demand the enforcement of the laws in favor of those men who 
 formed a nation's bulwark around a nation's heart, and tendered 
 their lives as a free-will otTering for the preservation of the 
 nation's life, and the unity of our Republic. May my arm be 
 palsied by my side when it shall cease to hold aloft the banner, 
 inscribed all over with their glorious deeds ! May my tongue 
 cleave to the roof of my mouth when it ceases to pronounce the 
 praises of that matchless courage, unrivalled fortitude and unself- 
 ish patriotism of the boys iu blue ! 
 
 For the support of the Veterans' Rights Union, I would 
 respectfully recommend that the per capita tax be restored to 
 thirty-two instead of twenty-four cents, and that the amount 
 restored be set aside and paid by the Assistant (.Quartermaster- 
 General of the Department to the Board of Control of the Vet- 
 erans' Rights Union, to defray the legitimate running expenses. 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 449 
 
 LEGISLATION. 
 
 1 desire to call the attention of the Encampment to the 
 Soldiers' Exemption Bill, which has been before the Legislature 
 for the past two years. Last year it passed both houses by 
 very large majorities, and was finally vetoed b}' his Excellency 
 the Governor. It is a bill to exempt all honorably discharged 
 veterans of the war from the civil-service competitive examina- 
 tion. I would therefore respectfull}' recommend that this Encamp- 
 ment petition the General Court for the passage of the same, and 
 Posts of the Department be requested to urge the senators and 
 representatives of their respective districts to aid in securing the 
 passage of the bill, which will thus allow employment to be 
 given to comrades who are competent to discharge the duties of 
 the position for which they may apply, while perhaps they may 
 not know the height of the Alps, or the width of the Amazon 
 at its mouth. 
 
 RKPORTS. 
 
 The reports of the Department and official Staff officers will 
 show in detail the operations and conditions of their several 
 Departments, and I commend these reports to your careful con- 
 sideration. They have each performed the duties pertaining to 
 their offices in a thorough and satisfactory manner, and I desire 
 to embrace this opportunity to return to them my acknowledg- 
 ments and sincere thanks for their hearty co-operation and ever- 
 willing disposition to render their services in the interest of the 
 Department during my administration. The Department Senior 
 and Junior Vice-Conunanders have alwaj's responded promptly 
 and cheerfully to the performance of all duties required, and have 
 proved themselves worthy of the trust reposed in them. 
 
 But I desire to embrace this opportunity to return my most 
 sincere thanks and to publicly acknowledge the obligations under 
 which I rest to Comrade A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-Gen- 
 eral of the Department, for the faithful and energetic manner in 
 which he has attended to duty, and I trust that he may live to 
 enjoy the confidence of many successive Department Commanders 
 and the respect of his comrades in this and other Departments, as 
 a thoroughly efficient and honest man. 
 
 . CHARLESTON RELIEF FUND. 
 
 Early in September a circular was issued, calling upon the 
 various Posts of this Department for voluntary contributions for 
 the relief of the afflicted and terror-stricken people of Charleston, 
 in response to which I received and forwarded to the ma3'or of 
 that city, in the name of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Sl,()88.3!), which has been duly acknowledged and for which I 
 
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450 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 desire to return my sincere thanks to the comrades who so gen- 
 erously responded to the call. 
 
 GRAND ARMY RECORD. 
 
 Again I desire to call the attention of the comrades of this 
 Department to the fact that the Grand Army Record, a paper 
 published in Boston by a comrade of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic, and having the indorsement of headquarters, should be 
 more generously subscribed for by the boys. Its cost is but one 
 dollar per year, and it is a genuine Grand Army of the Republic 
 paper. 
 
 Its columns are opened to all comrades for honorable com- 
 munications and for general Grand Arm}^ news interesting to all 
 who may avail themselves of the opportunity to read. Don't let 
 it be said that this Department would allow a paper, in which we 
 ought to be interested, to discontinue its publication because of 
 the lack of interest among our members. Send in your subscrip- 
 tions, boys. 
 
 THE DEAD. 
 
 Comrades, as the end of my offlcial term was drawing near, 
 I had begun to congratulate myself and the Grand Army of the 
 Republic that during the year we had not been called upon to 
 record the loss of any of our distinguished military leaders, such 
 as had characterized the previous year, when there flashed across 
 the wire that intelligence which brought grief to the heart of ever}^ 
 comrade in the Grand Army of the Republic, and told them that 
 the brightest star in that galaxy of volunteer officers of the war, 
 a gallant soldier, an able statesman and an honest man, — Senator 
 .John A. Logan, — was dead. Peace to his ashes ! may his mem- 
 ory be green and our thoughts of him and those whom he left, be 
 thoughts of love, gratitude and pride. 
 
 " A widow's blessnig 
 And comrade's trust 
 Lie in the grave 
 
 With Logan's dust." 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 In conclusion, comrades, I would express my appreciation, 
 as far as words will convey, for the distinguished honor conferred 
 upon me by the last Encampment, in calling me to the exalted 
 station of Commander. It is an honor whicli many comrades far 
 more worthy than I have ever been might well feel proud to attain ; 
 and now, as I surrender to you the trust so recently confided to 
 me, I am deeply moved by the recollection of words and deeds of 
 kindness which have been so generously bestowed upon me during 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 451 
 
 the past four years with which I have been officially connected 
 with headquarters. It affords me a peculiar pleasure to record 
 my appreciation of the faithful and efficient service rendered bv 
 the elective members of the Council of Administration and mem- 
 bers of the official Staff. In the charge of their several Depart- 
 ments, they have been diligent and faithful. The dissolution of 
 these official relations cannot sever the ties which bind me to these 
 comrades. 
 
 The recollections of my term as Department Commander, the 
 new friendships formed, the old friendships strengthened, will 
 enter into my future as bright and welcome guests. For him whom 
 you may honor as my successor I can express no hope or wish 
 niore pregnant with good-will and esteem than to desire for him 
 the same courtesy, respect and expressions of kindness which have 
 everywhere and at all times been extended to me by the comrades 
 ot this Department. To the members on my personal Staff I 
 desire to return my sincere thanks for their uniform courtesy and 
 kindness to me during the year, and for the faithful manner in 
 which they have each performed the duties of Assistant Inspectors. 
 May God bless and prosper the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, and the individual membership of 
 our beloved Order, wherever it has a name and place ' 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1887. 
 Richard F. Tobin, Department Commander. 
 
 Comrade: In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of 
 the Grand Army of the Republic, I herewith submit my annual 
 report of the business transacted in this office the past year. 
 
 Number of Posts, Dec. 31, 1885 1^2 
 
 " comrades same date 17 96^) 
 
 " Posts, Dec. 31, 18^<G ....... 'i85 
 
 " comrades reported same date ... lO 4,<)\ 
 
 Net gain during the year " ^'53., 
 
 The net gain by quarters is shown by the quarterly reports 
 to be as follows, viz. : — 1 .; 1 
 
 First quarter, ending March 31 .).^- 
 
 Second quarter, ending June 30 ....... ,si5 
 
 Third quarter, ending Sept. 30 ' . 300 
 
 Fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31 ! ! 190 
 
452 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing, Dec. 31, 1885 17,965 
 
 " gained by muster . 
 
 
 1 
 
 ,900 
 
 
 " " transfer 
 
 
 
 389 
 
 
 " " reinstatement . 
 
 • 
 
 1 
 
 ,722 
 
 
 Total number gained . 
 
 
 
 4,011 
 
 Agro-reafate 
 
 21,976 
 
 •^^oo'^s"^'^ 
 
 tnrades lost by death 
 
 
 
 246 
 
 
 " '' honorable discbarge 
 
 
 50 
 
 
 "• " transfer . 
 
 
 
 413 
 
 
 " " suspension . 
 
 " " dishonorable dischar 
 
 1 
 
 ge 
 
 ,765 
 5 
 
 
 Total loss 2,479 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 1,532 
 
 I herewith present a detailed report of the changes that have 
 taken place in each Post the past year. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 458 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1886. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman . 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 A brahani Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwicis .. . 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner.. . . 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 :Maj. E. F. Fletcher . . 
 
 .Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. .Stevenson.. 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells 
 
 F.P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart... 
 
 George W. Perry 
 
 Washington " 
 
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 Theodore Winthrop . 
 
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 Dexter 
 
 Xeedham 
 
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 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
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 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 J. C. Freeman. 
 
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454 
 
 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ASST. AB-JT.- GENERAL— Continued. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Charles Ward 
 
 Geu. Wadsworth 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 •Toseph r. Rice 
 
 George A.Custer 
 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A.St. John Chambre.. 
 
 >[c Pherson 
 
 Hartsuff.. 
 
 J. r. Gould 
 
 Colling wood 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A . Russell 
 
 Charles D. Sanford 
 
 A rthu I- G . Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 Joseph E. Wilder 
 
 .M. E. Stowell 
 
 J . W. La wton 
 
 William L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 .John II. Chipman, Jr.. 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Carjienter 
 
 Francis Washburn 
 
 dzro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J.Griggs. 
 
 Henry Bryant 
 
 Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett.. 
 William B. Greene.... 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington E. Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 Edwin Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fif-ke 
 
 Otis W. Wallace 
 
 L. E. Mprrick 
 
 Everett I'eabody 
 
 Ericsson " 
 
 Oapt. Horace Mies 
 
 .loseph E. Simmons 
 
 I). Willard Robinson... 
 
 Edward W. Kinsley 
 
 Col. O. R. Mudge 
 
 E.S.Clark 
 
 1). (i. Farragut 
 
 ISIoses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield 
 
 Timothy Ingraham 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 I'arker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
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 78 
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 68 
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 70 
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 39 
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 47 
 76 
 42 
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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL KNCAMPMENT. 
 
 455 
 
 CONSOLIDATED KEPORT OF ASST. AJy.lT. - GENERAL — Continued. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 W. W.Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayles 
 
 T. L. Hoiiney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton . . 
 
 AViii. H. Freeman 
 
 .Tames M. Sargent 
 
 (Jeorge INI. Thomas 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 »jeo. H. Maintien 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 WillardC. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith 
 
 Frank D. Hammond. . . . 
 
 hurnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A.D. Weld 
 
 Maj. George L. Stearns. 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. H. P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 .Mariha Sever 
 
 ^Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbiidge B. Piper 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser 
 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taf t 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Franci** A. Clary 
 
 W m . Wadswortli 
 
 (ieo. C. Strong 
 
 .Jesse L. Reno~ 
 
 Malcolm Amiiiidown... . 
 
 (Jeorge K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. .Johnson 
 
 G. K." Warren 
 
 .Mbert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Sainue F. Woods 
 
 Col. Geo. L. Prescott... 
 
 Galen Orr 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton 
 
 Chas. C. Smith 
 
 Sergeant Plunkett 
 
 Ladd and Whitney 
 
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456 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R 
 
 Of the one hundred and eightj'-five Posts comprising this 
 Department, one hundred and thirty-three have gained in mem- 
 bership, twelve have the same number as one year ago, and forty 
 have lost in number. Number of rejections during the year, fifty- 
 eight. Two hundred and forty-six comrades have died during 
 the year, — an excess over last year of twenty-seven. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Three new Posts have been mustered during the year, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Sergeant Plunkett Post No. 184 of Ashburuham ; mustered 
 April 1, 188G ; charter members, 33. Ladd and Whitney Post 
 No. 185 of Lowell; mustered April 14, 1886; charter members, 
 218. John A. Logan Post 186 of Cambridgeport ; mustered Jan. 
 13, 1887; charter members, 55. 
 
 The gain of Posts by counties is as follows : Middlesex, two ; 
 Worcester, one. Total, three. 
 
 I herewith present a tabulated report, giving in detail the 
 strength of each county, number of each Post, the number of 
 members in good standing, Dec. 31, 1886, with date of charter. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 457 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 ISAKNSTABLK COUNTY. 
 
 No. Date of 
 
 Post. Mems. Charter. 
 
 IS'J, Sandwich, G'l, Feb. 24, 1882 
 
 141, Harwich, .V), Mar. 15,1882 
 
 55, Provincetown, 40, Sept. 23, 1!584 
 Total — Posts, 3 ; members, 152. 
 
 BERKSHIKE COUNTY. 
 79, North Adams, 111, Mar. 20,1869 
 
 125, Pittsfleld, 
 12G, Adams, 
 158, Housatonic, 
 
 177, Lee, 
 
 178, Otis, 
 
 202, Mar. 10, 1882 
 
 71, June 12, 1870 
 
 44, Aug. 23, 1863 
 
 33, Nov. 6, 18S4 
 
 22, Nov. 28, 1884 
 
 Total — Posts, 6; members, 483. 
 
 BRISTOL 
 1, New Bedford, 
 3, Taunton, 
 46, Fall River, 
 52, South Easton, 
 
 145, Attleboro, 
 
 146, New Bedford, 
 170, Mansfield, 
 182, Somerset, 
 
 Total — Posts, 8 : 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 26(;, Oct 
 
 177, 
 225, 
 72 
 107, 
 1!', 
 41, 
 
 •Ian. 
 Jan. 
 Feb. 
 June 
 
 4, 1866 
 2, 1867 
 22, 1868 
 29, 1868 
 6, 1871 
 April 27, 1881 
 July 31, 1884 
 16, 1885 
 
 25, Oct, 
 members, 932. 
 
 o, 
 34, 
 39, 
 45, 
 47, 
 49, 
 50, 
 67, 
 82, 
 89, 
 90, 
 95, 
 99, 
 100, 
 101, 
 106, 
 108, 
 114, 
 118, 
 122. 
 128, 
 151, 
 152, 
 
 Lynn, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 Gloucester, 
 
 Haverhill, 
 
 Newburyport, 
 
 Peabody, 
 
 Manchester, 
 
 Marblehead, 
 
 Beverly, 
 
 Danvers, 
 
 Saugus, 
 
 Andover, 
 
 Methuen, 
 
 Groveliind, 
 
 Rock port, 
 
 Georgetown, 
 
 Merrimac, 
 
 Swampscott, 
 
 Amesbury, 
 
 Ipswich, 
 
 West Newbury, 
 
 F.ssex, , 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 1,007, Feb. 
 302, 
 345, 
 
 186, 
 304, 
 230, 
 140, 
 
 48, 
 176, 
 180, 
 1(;8, 
 
 54, 
 
 54, 
 73, 
 53, 
 56, 
 83, 
 56, 
 34, 
 74, 
 106, 
 13, 
 ■12, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Dee. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 April 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 June 
 
 June 
 
 June 
 
 Ai)ril 
 
 Feb. 
 
 July 
 
 Deo. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 .Ian. 
 
 Total — Posts, 23; members, 3 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1879 
 1868 
 1880 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1881 
 1877 
 1869 
 1881 
 1868 
 1869 
 1870 
 1870 
 1882 
 1874 
 1SS3 
 
 IRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 17, Orange, 107, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 20, Colerain, 30, March 4, 1875 
 
 Post. 
 
 84, South Deerfleld, 
 
 93, Shelburne Falls, 
 150, Montague, 
 162, Turners Falls, 
 164, Conway, 
 171, Northfleld, 
 174, Greenfield, 
 
 Total — Posts, 9 ; members, 470. 
 
 HAMPDEN COUNTY. 
 
 No. 
 
 Date 
 
 
 ems 
 
 Charter 
 
 
 22, 
 
 April 17, 
 
 1872 
 
 68, 
 
 June 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 39, 
 
 Jan. 12, 
 
 1883 
 
 61, 
 
 Jan. 25, 
 
 1884 
 
 23, 
 
 April 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 25, 
 
 Aug. 15, 
 
 1884 
 
 95, 
 
 Aug. 29, 
 
 1884 
 
 16, Springfield, 
 41, Westfleld. 
 71, Holyoke, 
 103, Chicopee, 
 107, Palmer, 
 1,55, Monson, 
 183, S. Hadley, 
 
 504, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 160, Jan. 
 
 139, Nov. 
 
 68, Oct. 
 
 48, July 
 
 53, May 
 
 33, Jan. 
 
 9, 1868 
 
 25, 1868 
 7, 1879 
 
 18, 1881 
 
 26, 1883 
 14, 188(> 
 
 Total — Posts, '( ; members, 1,005. 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 85, 
 
 Ware, 
 
 40, 
 
 May 
 
 12, 
 
 1869 
 
 86, 
 
 Northampton, 
 
 217, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 4, 
 
 1882 
 
 97, 
 
 Belchertown, 
 
 53, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23, 
 
 1872 
 
 147, 
 
 Amherst, 
 
 112, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 31, 
 
 1882 
 
 166, 
 
 East Hampton, 
 
 70, 
 
 June 
 
 17, 
 
 1884 
 
 176, 
 
 Huntington, 
 
 65, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Total— Posts, 6; 
 
 members, 557. 
 
 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 4, 
 
 Melrose, 
 
 76, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 6, 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 50, 
 
 March 8, 
 
 1867 
 
 9, 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 93, 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 
 12, 
 
 AVakefield, 
 
 212, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 14, 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 27, 
 
 July, 
 
 
 1882 
 
 18, 
 
 Ashland, 
 
 37, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12, 
 
 1867 
 
 29, 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 128, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1867 
 
 .30, 
 
 Camhridgeport, 
 
 294, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23, 
 
 1867 
 
 33, 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 85, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1867 
 
 36, 
 
 Arlington, 
 
 54, 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 40, 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 145, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1873 
 
 42, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 306, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 43, 
 
 Marlboro, 
 
 140, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 48, 
 
 Ayer, 
 
 53, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 
 
 1868 
 
 56, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 145, 
 
 June 
 
 26, 
 
 1868 
 
 57, 
 
 E. Cambridge, 
 
 J54, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 62, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 115, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 63, 
 
 Natick, 
 
 190, 
 
 July 
 
 23, 
 
 1880 
 
 66, 
 
 ]SIedford, 
 
 108, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 75, 
 
 Stoneham, 
 
 97, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 81, 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 63, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1871 
 
 115, 
 
 Groton, 
 
 30, 
 
 July 
 
 .30, 
 
 1874 
 
 119, 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 38, 
 
 
 
 
 120, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 263, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 138, 
 
 Acton, 
 
 73, 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 1883 
 
 139, 
 
 Sonierville, 
 
 117, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 1870 
 
458 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES— Contimied. 
 
 Post ^°- 
 
 ' "■ Hems 
 
 142, Framingbam, 30, 
 
 148, Winchester, 32, 
 
 156, Everett, 64, 
 
 161, Woburn, 63, 
 163, S. Fraininghain, 54, 
 
 180, Concord, 58, 
 
 185, Lowell, 235, 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 Nov. 
 Way 
 
 Mar. 
 Dec. 
 
 29, 1870 
 22, 1872 
 June 14, 1883 
 Jan. 23, 1884 
 25, 1884 
 20, 1884 
 
 April 14, 1868 
 
 Total — Posts, 32 ; members, 3,619. 
 
 NORFOLK 
 
 58, Weymouth, 
 60, Franklin, 
 72, Stoiighton, 
 
 87, Braintree, 
 
 88, Quincy, 
 91, Foxboro, 
 04, Canton, 
 98, Cohasset, 
 
 102, Milton, 
 110, Randolph, 
 117, Medtield, 
 121, Hyde Park, 
 130, Medway, 
 133, Plainville, 
 
 143, Brookline, 
 
 144, Dedham, 
 157, Walpole, 
 169, Norwood, 
 181, Needham, 
 
 Total — Posts, 19; 
 
 PLYMOUTH 
 Middleboro, 
 Brockton, 
 Scitiiate, 
 Abington, 
 Rockland, 
 Plymouth, 
 So. Abington, 
 Hanover, 
 Ilingham, 
 Pembroke, 
 South Scituate, 
 E. Bridgewater, 
 Hanson, 
 Kingston, 
 Duxbury, 
 Total — Posts, 15; 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 190, July 
 
 76, May 
 
 66, Nov. 
 
 69, June 
 91, June 
 32, June 
 
 70, June 
 
 Jan. 
 April 
 
 13, 
 
 31, 
 
 73, 
 
 '4, 
 
 76, 
 
 78, 
 
 83, 
 
 104, 
 
 111, 
 
 112, 
 
 124, 
 
 127, 
 
 154, 
 
 165, 
 
 67, Oct. 
 
 34, Jan. 
 
 141, Mar. 
 
 41, Mar. 
 
 22, May 
 
 45, Jan. 
 
 90, May 
 
 40, July 
 
 43, July 
 
 37, June 
 members, 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 85, Mar. 
 July 
 July 
 Dec. 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 April 
 July 
 Oct. 
 Nov. 
 .June 
 •Tune 
 May 
 IMay 
 members, 
 
 205, 
 
 63, 
 
 >^h 
 
 119, 
 
 146, 
 
 126, 
 
 29, 
 
 60, 
 
 31, 
 
 48, 
 
 52 
 
 32, 
 
 50, 
 
 48, 
 
 2, 1808 
 
 16, 1881 
 
 13, 1868 
 
 2, 1869 
 
 4, 1869 
 12, 1869 
 24, 1869 
 12, 1883 
 
 3, 1879 
 
 29, 1869 
 3, 1870 
 
 22, 1870 
 
 18, 1882 
 
 23, 1882 
 
 24, 1871 
 
 22, 1871 
 21, 1883 
 21, 1884 
 
 5, 1885 
 1,241. 
 
 10, 1867 
 1, 1867 
 
 15, 1875 
 
 23, 1868 
 
 11, 1869 
 
 19, 1869 
 
 30, 1869 
 29, 1869 
 26, 1869 
 29, 1869 
 
 1, 1869 
 
 7, 1870 
 
 11, 1870 
 
 24, 1883 
 19, 1884 
 
 1,275. 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 2, South Boston, 252, Feb. 26, 1880 
 
 7, Boston, 513, Mar. 11, 1867 
 
 11, Charlestown, 247, April 23, 1867 
 
 15, Boston, 556, Aug. 6, 1867 
 
 21, Boston, 57, Feb. 22, 1881 
 
 23, East Boston, 137, Sept. 17, 1867 
 
 Post. 
 
 26, Roxbury, 
 32, South Boston, 
 35, Chelsea, 
 68, Dorchester, 
 92, Brighton, 
 
 113, Boston, 
 
 134, Boston, 
 
 149, Charlestown, 
 
 159, East Boston, 
 Total — Posts, 15 
 
 No. 
 Meins. 
 
 1, 1867 
 6, 1867 
 16, 1867 
 8, 1868 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 192, Oct. 
 
 84, Nov. 
 
 410, Nov. 
 
 256, Oct. 
 
 72, Nov. 12, 1873 
 
 108, Dec. 18, 1869 
 
 50, June 29, 1870 
 
 57, Dec. 11, 1872 
 
 138, Sept. 7, 1883 
 ; members, 3,109. 
 
 woijcp:steh county. 
 
 28, 
 
 37, 
 
 38, 
 
 44, 
 
 51, 
 
 53, 
 
 54, 
 
 59, 
 
 61, 
 
 64, 
 
 65, 
 
 69, 
 
 70, 
 
 77, 
 
 80, 
 
 96, 
 
 105, 
 
 109, 
 
 116, 
 
 123, 
 
 129, 
 
 131, 
 
 135, 
 
 136, 
 
 137, 
 
 140, 
 
 153, 
 
 160, 
 
 167, 
 
 188, 
 
 172, 
 
 173, 
 
 175, 
 
 179, 
 
 184, 
 
 , Worcester, 
 , Fitchburg, 
 
 Milford, 
 , Grafton, 
 , Uxbridge, 
 , Oxford, 
 
 West Boylslon, 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 Southboro, 
 
 N. Brookfield, 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 Webster, 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 Warren, 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 MiUbury, 
 
 Holden, 
 
 Westboro, 
 
 Northboro, 
 
 Upton, 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 Millville, 
 
 Leicei-ter, 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 East Douglas, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 Winchendon, 
 
 W. Brookfield, 
 
 Whitinsville, 
 
 Southbridge, 
 
 Bolton, 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 Barre, 
 
 Ashburnham, 
 Total — Posts, 41 
 
 633, April 
 
 243, Aug. 
 
 141, .Sept. 
 
 69, Sept. 
 
 37, Sept. 
 
 44, Nov. 
 
 32, Oct. 
 
 101, Nov. 
 
 67, Nov. 
 
 31, May 
 61, Feb. 
 
 116, June 
 
 23, June 
 
 29, July 
 
 96, July 
 
 80, Aug. 
 
 37, Aug. 
 26, Nov. 
 
 49, Aug. 
 25, Jan. 
 97^ June 
 
 28, June 
 
 40, July 
 46, Oct. 
 96, Dec. 
 
 101, June 
 
 29, April 
 
 50, June 
 25, Dec. 
 ■H, July 
 
 32, Sept. 
 84, Feb. 
 63, Mar. 
 
 33, Sept. 
 
 19, June 
 60, June 
 19, . Aug. 
 
 41, Aug. 
 
 20, Sept. 
 46, Dec. 
 
 38, April 
 
 ; members, ' 
 
 13, 1867 
 
 16, 1867 
 
 19, 1867 
 25, 1867 
 30, 1867 
 12, 1870 
 
 12, 1867 
 
 20, 1867 
 
 27, 1867 
 
 17, 1878 
 
 28, 1868 
 
 13, 1868 
 
 2, 1868 
 
 3, 1868 
 
 21, 1868 
 
 17, 1868 
 21, 1868 
 
 9, 1866 
 3, 1876 
 19, 1869 
 
 18, 1881 
 28, 1869 
 15, 1881 
 11, 1869 
 30, 1869 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 25, 1883 
 21, 1870 
 30, 1873 
 
 1, 1870 
 
 21, 1882 
 
 22, 1881 
 6, 1883 
 
 18, 1883 
 18, 1884 
 27, 1884 
 18, 1884 
 
 26, 1884 
 5, 1884 
 
 11, 1884 
 1, 1886 
 2,948. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 459 
 
 There have been issued diiriug the year twelve General Orders, 
 eighty-seven Special Orders and five Circulars. 
 There has been expended for relief during the year, $38,61.") 40 
 
 During first quarter 10,451 40 
 
 During second quarter 9,87392 
 
 During third quarter 8,624 35 
 
 During fourth quarter 9,665 78 
 
 138,615 45 
 
 In closing, I return my thanks to the Department Commander 
 for his uniform kindness, and to the Department officers, official 
 Staff, and the officers and comrades of the various Posts, for their 
 courtesy in my official relations with them. 
 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Yours in F., C and L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1887. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I hereby submit my report of the operations of 
 this office during the past year. 
 
 The following tables, sustained by complete vouchers, contain 
 a full statement of the receipts and expenditures : — 
 
 receipts. 
 
 1886. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report . • . . . $i,39i 40 
 
 Received for dues rirst (piarter, 1886 . . . 
 
 " " second quarter 1,076 05 
 
 " third (piarter l,10cS 64 
 
 " •' fourth quarter .... 1,158 42 
 
 " " books and blanks .... 365 51 
 
 badges 1 261 20 
 
 buttons 206 40 
 
 " sundries 96 03 
 
 Total receipts $9,666 65 
 
 expenditures. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies .... $1,280 10 
 
 " " " dues 565 06 
 
 " rent and care of office 352 00 
 
 " salaries Assistant Adjutant-General . . 1,191 63 
 
 " Tremont Temple Convention 75 00 
 
 Carried forward $8,463 79 
 
4G0 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Broufjht far ward . . 
 
 raid inspections . . 
 
 " printing books, blanks. General Orders, etc 
 " postals, postage, telegrams, clerk hire 
 
 office expenses, etc 
 
 " organizing new Posts 
 
 " court-martial 
 
 " Dept. Commander travelling expenses 
 
 " Dept. Headquarters in California 
 
 " Dept. Commander and Assistant Adjutant 
 
 General in California 
 
 " Veterans' Rights Union 
 
 Total expenditures 
 Balance to new account 
 
 5,463 79 
 
 103 
 
 78 
 
 980 
 
 58 
 
 460 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 48 
 
 64 
 
 on 
 
 250 
 
 00 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 *5,937 79 
 
 $3,728 86 
 
 Vouchers cover the expenses. 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Jan. 30, 1S84. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 1887. ' Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report ..... 
 
 Received for dues .... 
 
 " " books and blanks 
 
 " badges . . 
 
 " " buttons 
 
 " " sundries 
 
 $3 
 
 728 
 
 86 
 
 1 
 
 169 
 
 82 
 
 
 65 
 
 12 
 
 
 112 
 
 80 
 
 
 11 
 
 30 
 
 
 117 
 
 74 
 
 Total receipts , $5,205 64 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Paid National Head(iuarters, dues .... 
 
 " rent and care of office 
 
 " salaries 
 
 " printing books, blanks and General Orders 
 
 '' inspections 
 
 " postage, expenses, clerk hire, office ex- 
 pense 
 
 Total expenditures ... .... $684 51 
 
 Balance to new account $4,521 12 
 
 ASSETS. 
 
 $194 97 
 
 32 
 
 00 
 
 108 
 
 34 
 
 116 
 
 43 
 
 118 
 
 20 
 
 114 
 
 58 
 
 Cash on hand 
 
 Value of supplies on hand . 
 Office furniture .... 
 
 Colors 
 
 Due from Posts for supplies 
 Total 
 
 $4 
 
 521 
 
 12 
 
 
 277 
 
 35 
 
 
 413 
 
 50 
 
 
 30 
 
 00 
 
 
 22 
 
 25 
 
 $5 
 
 ,264 
 
 22 
 
 AND NO LIABILITIES. 
 
 With many thanks to the Department Commauder and officers 
 of the Staff, 
 
 I am yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 JOHN H. O'DONNELL, 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 461 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 28, 1«87. 
 
 A. C Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade: I have the honor to submit the following as the 
 Inspector's report of the Department of Massachusetts : — 
 
 Three Posts have been organized during the past year, 
 namely, Sergeant Plunkett Post No. 184, Ashburnham, with over 
 30 members; Ladd and Whitney Post No. 185, Lowell, with 218 
 charter members (132 of them were never in the Order previously) ; 
 and John A. Logan Post No. 186, Cambridge, 5.5 charter mem- 
 bers (more than 40 of these were recruits). The inference to be 
 drawn from these facts seems to be that the Department has not 
 attained its full growth. 
 
 I submit a comparative statement, showing the condition 
 Sept. 30, 1885, and 1886: — 
 
 1885. 188G. 
 Number of members in good standing 17,647 19,307 
 Number of Posts where ritual is mem- 
 orized 129 136 
 
 Number of Posts where members are 
 
 uniformed 162 165 
 
 P^ull uniform 30 44 
 
 Hat, blouse and belt 58 64 
 
 Hat and blouse or blouse and belt . 74 57 
 
 Number of Posts where officers wear 
 
 rank badges 171 175 
 
 Number of Posts where side-arms are 
 
 owned 129 144 
 
 Number of Posts where guards are 
 
 armed 156 166 
 
 Number of Posts where badge is pre- 
 sented 136 147 
 
 Number of members suspended . . 826 761 
 
 Number of members dropped . . . 450 414 
 
 Relief funds 8113,381 51 $140,620 55 
 
 Post funds 41,990 36 55,471 98 
 
 Other property ....... 97,974 (;3 223,060 49 
 
 Expended for^-harity 36,770 03 37,289 55 
 
 Comrades assisted 1,543 00 1,521 00 
 
 Others assisted 896 00 992 00 
 
 In addition to these funds the Woman's Relief Corps have in 
 their Relief Funds over 89400. 
 
462 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman. 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U.S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. VVyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell. 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
 0. C. Phillips .. 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Mai. E. F. Fletcher.. 
 
 .Iiiseph Hooker 
 
 A. H. R. Sprague.. .. 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . . 
 
 Chas. Devens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan 
 
 Theodore Winthrop. 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H.G. Berry 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B". F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols . . . 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 Geo. S. Bout well 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 1. I). Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Maj. .J. A. Pratt 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 Chas. Ward 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMl'MENT. 
 
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468 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 It is apparent to all that the condition of this Department is 
 even better than ever before, and with the experience of two years 
 as a guide, I am not prepared to acknowledge that it has reached 
 its height, but with "Excelsior" as our watchword, there are 
 higher levels which we can and, I believe we shall attain. 
 
 Let me suggest a great improvement in the manner of con- 
 ducting business, namely, promptness. If Commanders will but 
 remember the old adage, " He gives twice who gives quickly," 
 and forward the necessary returns to headquarters without delay, 
 without compelling a second or third request, they will confer a 
 great favor. Most of them do so, but some are always behind. 
 
 I would suggest that the delegates to the National Convention 
 be urged to take up the form of inspection as prescribed, and 
 improve it. The defects are apparent to any one who has seen 
 its operation, and I need say no more. 
 
 To those comrades who have acted as Assistant Inspectors I 
 return my hearty thanks. With their aid much has been done to 
 tone up the Department, and they have always been willing to 
 render any assistance possible. 
 
 With the Official Staff and other members of the Council my 
 associations have been most friendly, and I shall ever cherish the 
 many kind words which I have received. 
 
 As is well known, my relations with yourself have been of 
 the most friendly nature, and I trust that the mutual interchange 
 of courtesies may be continued in the future with benefit to both. 
 
 To our Commander I would tender my sincere congratula- 
 tions upon his returning health, and assure him that this Depart- 
 ment has suffered no loss at his hands, and with the hope that his 
 life may be spared for many years, I remain. 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 B. READ WALES, 
 
 Inspector. 
 
 REPORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1887. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Acljutant- General. 
 
 Comrade: In compliance with the Rules and Regulations, I 
 have the honor to make the following report of the operatioi\s of 
 the Judicial Department for the past year : — 
 
 It has been my pleasure to accompany the Department Com- 
 mander in official visits to fourteen Posts in dilTerent parts of the 
 State. I have attended the dedication of Memorial Halls at Mil- 
 ford and Brockton, the opening of the Fair at Lawrence, been 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL KNCAMPMENT. 469 
 
 present at two hearinos on (jiiestions of appeal on court-martial 
 and reinstatement, and at two hearings on applications for char- 
 ters for new Posts at Lowell and Cambridge. 
 
 1 have rendered many verbal and nine written opinions on 
 questions submitted to me by the Department Commander, prin- 
 cipally on the construction and interpretation of Grand Army law. 
 
 In rendering opinions, 1 have endeavored to do justice to the 
 questions, regardless of the persons interested, and J feel gratified 
 to know that the comrades who were adversely affected by them 
 were satisfied, and sought no appeal beyond the Department. 
 
 The acceptance by the comrades of the decisions of Depart- 
 ment Headquarters is, in my opinion, one of the surest signs that 
 true fraternity and good-will prevail throughout our State Depart- 
 ment. Tlie freedom of our Department organization from vex- 
 atious disputes and perplexing controversies, during the year past, 
 is indicative of the harmony existing, and is deserving of earnest 
 congratulation b}' all. 
 
 I wish to respectfully suggest that comrades, particularly 
 Post ofllcers, take pains to become familiar with the amendments 
 to the Rules and Regulations adopted by the last National Encamp- 
 ment, issued in General Orders, No. 2, National Headquarters, 
 dated Sept. 13, 1886, and promulgated throughout this Depart- 
 ment by General Orders, No. 7, dated Sept. 22, 1886, as these 
 amendments make a radical change in the manner of suspending 
 and dropping members and reinstating dropped members. 
 
 Failure to follow these changes may hereafter cause consider- 
 able doubt to arise as to the legal standing of dropped and rein- 
 stated members. 
 
 In closing, I wish to extend to Commander Tobin and mem- 
 bers of his Staff my sincere thanks for the many courtesies received 
 and good comradeship exhibited in my intercourse with them dur- 
 ing my official term. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 JOHN A. KEEFE. 
 
 Jiifh/e Advocate. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Hkad(,hakteus Dei'T. ok JNIass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 27, 1887. 
 
 Commander and Comrades: The Council of Administration, 
 in submitting their report for the year, find they have but little to 
 present on account of the completeness of the leports of the 
 Department officers. 
 
470 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 There have been four regular and two special meetings held 
 by the Council, all of which have been fully attended, showing 
 an interest in the work of our Order that is gratifying. 
 
 The first meeting, held March 10, was called for the purpose 
 of organizing and to lay out the work for the year. 
 
 At the second meeting, held April 2I, upon the request of 
 Post 171 of Northfield, the Council voted to change its name from 
 Albert S. Johnson to Henry H. Johnson. 
 
 At this meeting the committee appointed at the Department 
 Encampment to confer with the Council in regard to the expedi- 
 ency of forming a Veterans' Rights Association were admitted, 
 and after a full discussion of ihe subject, on motion of the 
 Assistant (Quartermaster-General, a sub-committee of five was 
 appointed, two from the Council and three from the committee 
 appointed by the Encampment, to consider the matter of organizing 
 a Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau, and present a 
 report at some future meeting of the Council. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Council held June 14, called for 
 the purpose of hearing the report of the subcommittee on Veterans' 
 Rights Union and Employment Bureau, Comrade Weale of the 
 Council and secretary of the subcommittee made a very comprehen- 
 sive and carefully written report. After a full discussion of the 
 subject it was voted that the Assistant Adjutant-General have a 
 suitable number of copies printed for the use of the Council 
 and con)mittee, and that we adjourn to meet Monday, June 28. 
 
 A meeting of the Council Avas held in accordance with the 
 above vote, printed copies of the report, or rather constitution, 
 having been furnished all present. On motion of Assistant Quar- 
 termaster-General the constitution was taken up section by section 
 and where no objection was raised the section was adopted. 
 After several amendments had been made the constitution as 
 reported by Comrade Weale was adopted. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Weale it was voted that the Assistant 
 Adjutant-General be instructed to have a sufficient number of 
 copies printed to furnish the several Posts throughout the Depart- 
 ment, and that a General Order be issued to the Posts to take 
 action thereon and elect, or the Post Commander appoint, two 
 delegates to attend a Convention to be called September 8. The 
 Convention was called, the constitution adopted and officei's 
 elected in accordance with its provisions 
 
 At the meeting of the Council held July 21, the subject of 
 holding a reunion was discussed. In consideration of the fact 
 that the Department officers were obliged to be out of the State 
 for a mouth, in order to attend the National Encampment, it was 
 voted inexpedient to hold a reunion this year. 
 
 At the meeting of the Council held October 20, the fact that 
 so few Posts had responded to the appeal for funds to aid the 
 
TWENTV-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 471 
 
 work of the Veterans' Rights Union and p]niployment Bureau, and 
 realizing the fact that the Bureau was doing sucli a grand work, 
 but were sadly in need of funds, the Council voted to appropriate 
 five hundred dollars for the legitimate running expenses of the 
 Bureau, until the meeting of the Department Encampment. 
 
 We have, through a committee appointed for the purpose, 
 carefully examined the books and accounts of the Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General and Assistant Quartermaster-General, together with 
 bills, vouchers, funds and supplies on hand, and can vouch for 
 correctness of their reports now in your hands. 
 
 The Council desire to express their appreciation of the faith- 
 ful and earnest work of our retiring Commander, also to thank 
 his efficient Assistant Adjutant-General for the courteous treat- 
 ment and ready assistance received from him during our term of 
 office. 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L , 
 
 HORACE A. SAWYER, 
 SAMUEL WORCESTER, 
 (iEO. L GOODALE, 
 SAMUEL M. WEALE, 
 FRANK P SIMONDS, 
 
 Council of Adminisl rat ion . 
 
 On motion of Comrade D. R. Pierce of Post 15, it was voted 
 that a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to consider 
 the Commander's address and reports of officers, said committee 
 to report at Thursday's session, and the following committee was 
 appointed : — 
 
 1). R. Pierce of Post 15 ; Past Department Commander Geo. 
 H. Patch of Post 63 ; D. A. Walker of Post 5 : Wm. Parks of 
 Post 30 ; J. L. Knight of Post 16. 
 
 Comrade Geo. H. Innis of Post '1 submitted the following 
 motion : — 
 
 That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to pre- 
 pare a list of candidates to be voted for as Council of Adminis- 
 stration, and the following comrades were appointed : — 
 
 Geo. H. Innis of Post 2 ; Jas. W. Thayer of Post 35 : Frank 
 B. Peabody of Post 185; James W. Joyce of Post 81); W. D. 
 Blanchard of Post 53. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Samuel Worcester of Post 34, it was 
 voted that a committee of eleven be appointed by the Chair to 
 prepare a list of candidates to be voted for as delegates and alter- 
 nates to the National Encampment, and the following comrades 
 were appointed : — 
 
i72 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Samuel Worcester of Post 34: C. H. Rust of Post 16; 
 J. B. Lamb of Post 10 ; C. B. P^ox of Post 68 ; Thos. Langlan of 
 Post 15 ; Dennis Meehan of Post 7 ; J. P^verett Pierce of Post 66 ; 
 Isaac C. Day of Post 101 ; George G. Bailey of Post 121 ; Albert 
 Loring of Post 71 ; W. W. Tuttle of Post 120. 
 
 Past Department Commander Patch offered the following 
 preamble and resolutions : — 
 
 Wheueas, The comrades of the Department of Massachusetts 
 received with emotion of profound grief the sad intelligence of the death 
 of Past Commander-in-Chief Gen. John A. Logan. Therefore 
 
 Resolved, That in this sudden calamity the Department mourns the 
 loss of an inestimable comrade, possessed of qualities rarely united in one 
 man. In his devotion to principle he was unmoved by attack and insen- 
 sible to fear. Against the weakness that power and position sometimes 
 bring to men of high official station, he stood like a wall of steel. In 
 every pu1)lic duty he bore the stamp of one confident as to his own posi- 
 tion, and considerate to the rights of his fellow men. His vigor of intel- 
 lect, supereminent patriotism, and irrepressible devot'iou to his country 
 gave to the nation at large a permanent interest in his welfare and well 
 being. 
 
 Besolved, That the great heart of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 of Massachusetts beats in sympathy with the widow of him who was a 
 leader among men, a servant of his friends and comrades, and loyal and 
 devoted to every interest of this organization, whose future he made 
 lasting and secure. 
 
 Besolved, That on the list of brave and true men, both rank and file 
 and leaders of our loved organization, who in the past have given it 
 undying lustre, the Grand Army of the Republic has no more honored 
 comrade. 
 
 It was moved and adopted that the resolutions be suitably 
 engrossed and framed, and forwarded to Mrs. Logan. 
 
 At this point, on motion of Comrade Chas. B. Pox of Post 68, 
 it was voted that when the P^ncampment adjourns it be to meet 
 at 9.30 A.M. tomorrow at Tremont Temple. 
 
 Comrade Samuel M. Weale of Post 23 offered the following 
 resolutions : — 
 
 SERVICE PENSIONS. 
 
 Whereas, The services and sacrifices of the veteran soldiers, sail- 
 ors and marines, who served in the army and navy of the United States 
 during the war for the preservation of the Union, have secured upon a 
 firm and lasting foundation our existence as a nation, the perpetuity of 
 our free institutions, and the blessings of peace and unexampled pros- 
 
TWENTV-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 47iJ 
 
 perity, whicli are the ackno-wledijed fruits of their heroic sacrifices and 
 patriotic devotion ; and 
 
 WiiEHKAS, The surviving veteran soldiers, sailors and marines who 
 so largelj' contributed to this grand result may justly claim a partial ful- 
 filment of the pledges so freely made when their services were needed, 
 and for the consummation of Avhich they have waited until all other cred- 
 itors of the nation have been satisfied ; and 
 
 "Whereas, The surviving veterans of the War of the Rebellion have 
 now passed the meridian of life, and many of their numbers have reached 
 the period of old age, while all are i)rematurely old by reason of their 
 service or the poverty and want to which they have since been subjected. 
 
 Ileaolved, That we as delegates and representatives of the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, in Convention 
 assembled, indorse and respectfully recommend to the favorable consid- 
 eration of Congress for the relief of the veteran soldiers, sailors and 
 marines who served in the military or naval forces of the United States, 
 during the War of the Rebellion, the following bill, viz. : — 
 
 •' Be it enacted that all soldiers, sailors, or marines who served in 
 the army and navy of the United States for the period of three montlis 
 or more, at any time between the fourteenth day of April, 1861, and April 
 19, 18G5, and were honorably discharged therefrom, shall, in considera- 
 tion of such service, receive from the government of the said United States 
 a i)ension of eight dollars per month for the remainder of their lives, and 
 this act shall take eftect upon its passage " 
 
 liesnlved. That it is the sense of this Convention that the minimum 
 amount of any pension for disability should not be less than twelve dollars 
 per month ; and that upon the decease of such pensioner, if married, the 
 same should be continued to his widow, so long as she remains unmarried. 
 
 Comrade John H. O'Dounell of Post 2 offered the following 
 motion which was carried : That the above resohitions be referred 
 to Committee on Resohitions, to report at 10 30 o'clock tomorrow, 
 and also that they be printed and distributed to members of the 
 Convention. 
 
 On motion of Medical Director C. I). Hendriclvson, a com- 
 mittee of five was appointed by the Chair on resolutions, viz. : — 
 
 Medical Director C. D. Hendrickson of Post 17 ; Edward F. 
 Rollins of Post 15; J. E. Hunt of Post 20; ,^. B. Brewster of 
 Post 70; W. H. Gurney of Post 78. 
 
 It was voted, on motion of Past Department Commander 
 Billings of Post 186, that the Committee on Delegates and Alter- 
 nates to the National Encampment report a printed list of same 
 at 11.30 o'clock tomorrow; and on motion of Past Department 
 Commander Adams of Post /J, that the Committee on Candidates 
 
474 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 for Council of Administration report at the same time and in tlie 
 same manner. 
 
 Comrade George E. Harrington of Post 23 offered the fol- 
 lowing resolution : — 
 
 Besolved, That it is the sense of this Eucanipmeut, representing 
 nearly 20,000 veterans, citizens of Massachusetts, that a pension of $12 
 per month be granted by this government to all disabled veterans of the 
 late Rebellion, whether the disability was incurred during the Avar, or 
 since that time, providing such disability is not incurred by immoral con- 
 duct. Also, that all widows of veterans be entitled to a pension of $12 
 per month. And that the Department Commander be instructed to notify 
 the senators and members of Congress from this State that the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts. G.A R. respectfully but earnestly solicit their 
 aid and co-operation in behalf of the above measures, and that the National 
 Pension Committee be requested to provide for said measures in their 
 pension recommendations now before Congress. 
 
 On motion of Comrade John H. O'Donnell of Post 2, it 
 was voted, that all resolutions be referred to the committee on 
 same, without debate. 
 
 Comrade Charles H. Baker of Post .3 offered the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 Besolved, That this Convention indorse the action of the National 
 Pension Committee, and that our delegates to the next National Conven- 
 tion lend their earnest support to them in their future eftbrts 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Creasev of Post 
 49, it was unanimously adopted by a rising vote that the follow- 
 ing telegram be sent by the Department, viz.: — 
 
 Gen. Horace Bixney Sargknt, 
 
 Past Department Commander, Los Angeles, Cal. : 
 " For Avhat he was and what he has been to us, we remember him 
 to-day.' ' 
 
 (Signed) A. C MONROE, A. A. G., 
 
 For tlie Convention. 
 
 On motion of Past Commander-in-Chief Merrill, the En- 
 campment adjourned at 9.30 p.m. 
 
 SECOND SESSION. 
 
 The Encampment was called to order at 9.30 a.m., by 
 Department Commander Richard F. Tobin, who called on acting 
 Department Chaplain E. A. Horton to invoke the divine blessing. 
 
 Communications and resolutions from comrades and Posts 
 
TWENTY-KIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 475 
 
 being iu order, Comrade Seth L. French of Post 18 offered the 
 following resolution : — 
 
 Besolved, That it is tlie sense of tliis Convention tliat a law sliould 
 be enacted by tliis Commonwealth prohibitinii all persons Avearing the 
 Grand Army badge who are not entitled to that privilege. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Comrade Tristram Griffin of Post 40 offered the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 Besolved, That it is the sense of this Department, iu Convention 
 assemiiled, that Post Commanders as delegates to the Department 
 Encampment represent the Posts to which they belong; that they are 
 subject to the same lawful orders and to the same discipline of their 
 Posts, in case they neglect or refuse to obey their lawful orders, as any 
 regularly elected delegate. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68, it was voted 
 that a committee be appointed to appear before a committee of 
 the Legislature and urged the completion of the navy record, and 
 the following were appointed by the Chair: — 
 
 Charles B. Fox of Post 68 ; P. H. Kendricken of Post llo ; 
 G. A. Churchill of Post 68; Richard F. Tobin of Post 2; 
 Thomas Keefe of Post 35. 
 
 Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68 offered the following 
 motion : — 
 
 I move that this Encampment appropriate the sum of three 
 thousand dollars for the support of the Veterans' Rights Union and 
 Employment Bureau of this Department for the ensuing year and 
 that the said sum of three thousand dollars shall be paid to the 
 Bureau in such sums and at such times as their necessities shall 
 require upon the requisition of the Bureau. 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. A. Keefe, the above motion was 
 laid on the table until after the report of Committee on Com- 
 mander's Address. At this point Commander-in-Chief Lucius 
 Fairchild was announced at the outpost. Commander Tobin 
 appointed Past Commander-in-Chief Geo. S. Merrill as a com- 
 mittee to escort him to the platform. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief w:is accompanied by the following 
 members of his Staff": Comrades Henry E. Taiuter, Judge Advo- 
 cate-General ; S. B. Jones, Aide-de-Camp, Omaha, Neb. ; Ed. 
 
47() HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 T. Chapman of Post 1, New Bedford; Alien G. Shepherd of 
 Post 5, Lynn ; Dennis Linnehan of Post 15, Boston; E. F. Cross 
 of Post 16, Springfield; Wm. S. Hixson of Post 35, Chelsea; 
 Geo. H. Prescott of Post 41, Westfield ; Charles H. Ross of 
 Post 2, South Boston; George A. J. Colgan of Post 7, Boston; 
 Justin B. Willard of Post 10, Worcester; A. L. Norris of Post 
 30, Cambridgeport. 
 
 Commander Tobin introduced the Commander-in-Chief to 
 the Encampment, who happily responded. 
 
 Comrade Wm. H. Poole of Post 11 offered the followiug 
 resolutioDS : — 
 
 Besolred, That it is the sense of this Conventiou that comrades 
 who by virtue of the vote of this Department have at any time become 
 permanent members of the National Encampment, or as delegates have 
 been elected to seats therein for a definite period, are alike the represent- 
 atives of this Department, and as its agents are responsible for the 
 faithful discharge of any duty intrusted to them by this Encampment. 
 
 Hesolved, That we as representatives of the Posts of this Depart" 
 ment condemn tlie erroneous views which have obtained on this subject, 
 that representatives and delegates elected by the votes of its members 
 and charged with its instructions may violate the same with impunity 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention regards with indignation and alarm 
 the flagrant disregard of its strongly expressed sentiments at the recent 
 Convention in San Francisco, and the wilful or mistaken action of a part 
 of the delegation from this Department on the question of representa- 
 tion and the indorsement of the Eight-Dollar Service Tension Bill. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Comrade Samuel Weale of Post 23 offered the following 
 changes in the Rules and Regulations, and moved that they be 
 referred to the delegates to the next National Convention : — 
 
 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, G.A.R. 
 
 Article II. of Chapter IV., National Encampment. Mem- 
 bership. Section 1. Strike out the words " and Past Vice- 
 Commanders-in-Chief " in the fourth line of first paragraph and 
 insert the word " and" before the words ''Past Commander-in- 
 Chief" in third line. The section will then read: — 
 
 Section 1. The National Encampment shall be composed : First. 
 Of the Commander-in-Chief and Past Commander-in-Chief so long as 
 they remain in good standing in their respective Posts, and the other 
 officers named in Article IV., Section 2 of this chapter. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 4/ / 
 
 Strike out the words " Vice-Commauders," in the first Hue 
 of second paragraph, and all after the word " Department" in the 
 fourth line to end of paragraph, which will then read: — 
 
 Second. Of the Commanders and Assistant Adjutant-Generals of 
 the several Departments, and the Commander and Assistant Adjutant- 
 General of each provisional Department. 
 
 Strike out paragraph third and substitute paragraph fourth 
 with the following alterations. Strike out the words " one thou- 
 sand," wherever occurring in said paragraph, and substitute 
 therefor the words " five hundred." Strike out five hundred in 
 the seventh line, and insert the words "half that number," and 
 the paragraph will read : — 
 
 Third. Of one representative at large from each Department, and 
 one representative for each five hundred members in good standing 
 therein; and one additional representative for a final fraction of more 
 than half that number: such representatives to be elected by the Depart- 
 ment Encampment as provided in Chapter III., Article IX. Any 
 Department having less than five hundred members, and more than half 
 that number, shall be entitled to one representative in addition to one 
 representative at large. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Chas. A. Stott of Post 42, it was 
 voted to divide the resolutions on two points : first, that relating 
 to Past Department Commanders ; and second, the basis of rep- 
 resentation. On the proposition relating to Past Department 
 Commanders having a voice in the National Convention, a dis- 
 cussion ensued. Comrades Chas. B. Fox and H. G. O. We^nnouth 
 in favor, and Comrades Stott, Creasey and Billings against. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 6)^ offered the following pre- 
 amble to above amendments, which was accepted : — 
 
 Whereas, It is evident that the time is near at hand, if it is not 
 already arrived, when the increase in the number of life membership of 
 the National Encampment threatens to deprive that body of its represent- 
 ative character, the foUowing amendments are proposed : — 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. W. Thompson of Post 185, the 
 whole matter was laid on the table until after tlie report of the 
 Committee on the Commander's Address. 
 
 Comrade C. D. Ilendrickson of Post 17, Chairman of Com- 
 mittee on Resolutions, reported as follows : — 
 
 On the resolution of Comrade Harrington of Post 23, your 
 committee recommend that it be rejected. 
 
478 HISTORY DEPT. OK MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 After discussion by Comrades Fox, Adams and Merrill in 
 favor, and Comrade Hendrickson for the committee against, the 
 resolution was adopted. 
 
 On the resolution offered by Comrade Chas. H. Baker of 
 Post 5, the committee recommend that it be rejected. 
 
 On motion, it was laid on the table. 
 
 On the resolution offered by Comrade Samuel Weale in 
 regard to the Eight-Dollar Service Pension Bill, the committee 
 recommend that it be adopted. 
 
 Recommendation of the committee adopted by a rising vote, 
 three hundred and one in favor, one hundred and sixty-nine 
 against. 
 
 On the resolution offered by Post 13, relating to unauthor- 
 ized persons wearing the G.A.R. badge, the committee would 
 report it be adopted. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 On the resolution of Post 40 by Comrade T. Gritfiu relating 
 to Post Commanders being instructed by their Posts at the 
 Department Convention, your committee would recommend it i>e 
 rejected. 
 
 Rejected. 
 
 On the resolutions of Comrade Wm. H. Poole of Post 11, 
 your committee report the rejection of the first resolution. 
 
 Rejected. 
 
 On the second resolution your committee recommend that it 
 be rejected. 
 
 Rejected. 
 
 On the third resolution your committee would recommend its 
 adoption. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 At this point the Assistant Adjutant-General reported for 
 the Committee on Credentials as follows : — 
 
 Number entitled to seats in this Encampment 618 
 
 Number present 542 
 
 Divided as follows: — 
 
 Department Officers 12 
 
 Past Department Commanders 7 
 
 Post Commanders 156 
 
 Delegates oG7 
 
 Total 542 
 
TWKNTY-P'IUST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 479 
 
 Comrade D. R. Pierce, chairman of Committee on Com- 
 mauder's Address and Reports of Department Officers, made the 
 following report : — 
 
 First. The proposition that the delegates to the National 
 Convention vote and work for the Eight-Dollar Service Pension 
 Bill, your committee deemed inadvisable to consider, as the reso- 
 lutions of Comrade Weale covering the same matter had been 
 reported on by the Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Seco7icl. That the sum of three hundred dollars be appro- 
 priated to pay the actual travelling expenses of the Department 
 Commander when on official duty, or the Senior or Junior Vice- 
 Commander, when acting in his stead ; that when either of these 
 otHcers are absent from home upon official duty, as above specified, 
 and necessarily incur hotel expense, such expense shall be paid 
 by the Department, provided that the total expenditure covered 
 by this recommendation shall not exceed the sum of three hundred 
 dollars, and also provided that all bills embraced in this recom- 
 mendation shall be subject to the approval of the Council of 
 Administration. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Third. That the expenses of the Department Commander 
 and Assistant Adjutant-General to the National Encampment be 
 puid by the Department. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fourth. That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropri- 
 ated for extra clerk hire, to assist the Assistant Adjutant-General 
 in the clerical work of his office. 
 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fifth. That the per capita tax be restored to thirt^'-two 
 cents in place of twentj'-four cents as at present. 
 
 After discussion by Comrades Pierce, Patch and Adams the 
 recommendation was adopted. 
 
 Sixth. That this Encampment petition the General Court 
 for the passage of the so-called Soldiers' Exemption Bill, and that 
 Posts in the Department be requested to urge the senators and 
 representatives of their respective districts to aid in the passage 
 of the bill. 
 
 (Comrade J. L. Knight dissents.) 
 
 Majority report of the committee adopted. 
 
480 HISTORY UEI'T. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Seventh. That this Encampment instrnct its representatives 
 to the National Encampment to secure, if possible, an amend- 
 ment to the Rules and Regulations which will unseat Past Depart- 
 ment Commanders in the National Encampments unless they are 
 regularly elected representatives. 
 
 (Comrades Geo. H. Patch and J. L. Knight dissent.) 
 
 On motion. Comrade Samuel Weale's amendments in relation 
 to this subject were taken from the table and reread, discussion 
 followed, Comrades J. P. Maxfield and Past Department Com- 
 mander Evans against, and Comrade Weale in favor. The pre- 
 vious question being ordered, the recommendation as above and 
 the amendment relating to the same introduced by Comrade Fox, 
 were defeated. 
 
 On the amendment of Comrade Weale relating to the repre- 
 sentation of the Department at the National Convention that one 
 in five hundred be substituted for one in one thousand, the Con- 
 vention so instructed its delegates to the National Encampment. 
 
 Report of Committee^ on Commander's Address resumed. 
 
 Eighth. That the committee cordially indorse the suggestion 
 of the Department Inspector relating to the prescribed form for 
 inspection, and recommend that the incoming Council of Admin- 
 istration consider the same, with a view to asking the representa- 
 tives to the next National Encampment to try to secure a revision 
 of the present form. 
 
 Recommendation of the committee adopted. 
 
 On a question of privilege, Comrade Samuel AVorcester of 
 Post 34 introduced the following resolutions : — 
 
 Whereas, An organization known as the Massachusetts Servie-e 
 Pension Association, a body not responsible to the Grand Army, and 
 having no necessary connection therewith, has for two successive years 
 attempted to control the action of this Convention on several matters of 
 the highest importance, and has gone so far as to dictate its nomina- 
 tions ; 
 
 Whereas, Only a minority of the members of said Association are 
 delegates in this body and amenable to its discipline, but it has included 
 men who were not in good standing in their respective Posts, and others 
 who, for various reasons, are said not to find a prolonged stay in Massa- 
 chusetts desirable or conducive to health, and since such Association 
 assumes, by the vote of a majority of its members, who are not delegates 
 in this body, to control the votes of those who are at once members of 
 the organization and of this Convention, thus grossly usurping the power 
 
TWENTV-FIRST AXNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 481 
 
 belonging to the Posts, in whom alone such power rests; therefore be it 
 Bosolved, That this Department, in Convention a.ssembled, hereby 
 denounces such action as a gross impertinence and an unwarranted inva- 
 sion of its rights and privileges, a course Mhich, if persisted in, is calcu- 
 lated to destroy the freedom and usefulness of the Grand Army in this 
 State, and that those delegates and officers who may continue to co-oper- 
 ate with the members of said Association, or any similar one, should 
 understand that such conduct is subversive of good order and discipline, 
 and worthy of censure, as being a violation of the rights and privileges 
 of the Posts of this Department and of the Dei)artuient itself. Re it 
 further 
 
 Jiesolvcd, That the spectacle of an elected officer of this Depart- 
 ment acting as president at a meeting of soldiers and comrades when 
 the official acts of his chief, the Department Commander, were denounced 
 without reproof by him is, in the opinion of this Department, a breach 
 of discipline and of the privileges of the Convention, and should not be 
 repeated Be it further 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention is fully competent to transact its 
 business and elect its officers without assistance from any other organi- 
 zation whatever. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Resolutions, who, tlirough Cliair- 
 man C. D. Hendrickson, reported immediately that the resolutions 
 be rejected. 
 
 Comrade C. A. Stott of Post 42 moved their indefinite post- 
 ponement, which was carried. 
 
 Comrade Charles B. Fox of Post 68 offered the following 
 resolution, which was adopted : — 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention emphatically condemns the action 
 of members of the Grand Army of the Republic Avho, as members of 
 other organizations, attempt by nominations for the officers of this Con- 
 vention to control the action of the Department Convention. 
 
 A motion was made to indefinitely postpone its consideration, 
 which was defeated by a vote of 178 yeas to 271 nays, and the 
 resolution was adopted by a heavy viva voce vote. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Charles H. Tracy of Post 103 it was 
 voted to proceed to the election of officers. 
 
 Comrade Geo. H. Innis of Post 2, as chairman of committee 
 to prepare a list of candidates to be voted for as Council of 
 Administration, reported as follow s : — 
 
 George L. Goodale of Post 66 ; W. A. Prescott of Post 35 ; 
 Malcolm Sillars of Post 90 ; Arthur A. Smith of Post 20 ; Edwin 
 P. Jewett of Post 91. 
 
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482 
 
 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 Comrade Samuel Worcester of Post 34, as chairman of 
 Committee to Select Delegates and Alternates to the National 
 Encampment, reported as follows : — 
 
 DELEGATE-AT-LAIUtE. 
 
 Georo;e H. Innis Post 2, South Boston 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Thomas J. Tute . 
 Edward F. Rollins 
 N. E. Ladd . 
 Isaac M. Holt . 
 Theodore Leutz 
 E. W. Lathrop 
 John S. Beck . 
 Chai'les H. Tracy 
 George E. Pinkham 
 AVilliam H. Abbott 
 Horace A. Sawyer 
 A. M. Dudley . . 
 J. B. Brewster 
 G. F. Thompson 
 Alva .1. Wilson 
 George G. Bailey 
 Peter D. Smith 
 E. B. Macy . 
 W. H. Chamberlin 
 
 Post 7, Boston 
 " 15, Boston 
 " 101, Groveland 
 88, Quincy 
 2], Boston 
 16, Springfield 
 •• 66, Medford 
 •• 103, Chicopee 
 •' 185, Lowell 
 
 71, Watertown 
 
 5, Lynn 
 34, Salem 
 76, Plymouth 
 10, Worcester 
 •' 92, Brighton 
 •' 121, Hyde Park 
 '• 99, Andover 
 •• 19, Fitchbuig 
 '• 125, Pitts field 
 
 ALTERNATE-AT-LAKGE. 
 
 George D. Stiles Post 5, Lynn 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 C. D. Stiles . . 
 Joseph Gregory 
 John Fj. Killian 
 Benjamin S. Lovell 
 William H. Poole . 
 Frank E. Martell . 
 W. A. Stinson 
 J, B. Parsons . 
 Warren O. Hawley 
 
 Post 68, Dorchester 
 - 82, Marblehead 
 
 26, Roxbury 
 •• 58, Weymouth 
 
 11, Charlestown 
 *• 30, Cambridgeport 
 
 39, Lawrence 
 
 86, Northampton 
 •• 178, Otis 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANKIAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 483 
 
 Post 8'J, Beverly 
 
 " 133, Plainville 
 
 ^' 33, Woburn 
 
 •' 27, Oxford 
 
 " 37, Spencer 
 
 " 75, Stonehain 
 
 " 108, Georgetown 
 '• 1, New Bedford 
 
 " 39, Lawrence 
 
 " 87, South Braintree 
 
 Henry B. Wallace 
 William H. Wade 
 Thos. H. Hill . . 
 Fred G. Hyde . . 
 Emerson Stone 
 S. L. Colley . . 
 H. N. Harriman . 
 Fred S. Tabor 
 William McAlphine 
 William H. Gage . 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. F. Davlin of Post 139 a commit- 
 tee of five was appointed to collect, sort and count ballots as 
 follows : — 
 
 J. F. Davlin of Post 139 ; William Voitof Post 57 ; Seth L. 
 French of Post 13; William H. Gurney of Post 78; W. A. 
 Boy den of Post 10. 
 
 Comrade William H. Hart of Post 35 presented the name of 
 Senior Vice-Commander Charles D. Nash of Post 78 for Depart- 
 ment Commander. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post G8, the Assist- 
 ant Adjutant-General was instructed to cast a ballot bearing the 
 name of Comrade Charles D. Nash of Post 78, for Department 
 Commander for the ensuing year. The ballot was cast as directed^ 
 and Comrade Nash was declared elected. 
 
 Commander Tobin introduced Commander-elect Charles D. 
 Nash, who responded, thanking the comrades for the compliment 
 of a unanimous election, and stating to the Encami)ment that he 
 should reappoint the present Assistant Adjutant-General, Com- 
 rade A. C. Monroe. 
 
 The following-named comrades were placed in nomination 
 for Senior Vice-Commander : — 
 
 J. W. Lee of Post 12 presented the name of Comrade A. S. 
 Atherton of Post 12. 
 
 Chas. D. Stiles of Post 68 presented the name of Junior Vice- 
 Commander E. C. Whitney of Post 68. 
 
 William H. Hart of Post 35 presented the name of Samuel 
 Weale of Post 23. 
 
 While the committee were counting ballots for Senior Vice- 
 Commander, on motion of Comrade J. H. O'Donnell, a committee 
 
484 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 of five was appoiuted to collect, sort and count ballots for Junior 
 Vice-Commander, as follows : — 
 
 Charles Raymond of Post 11; S. G. Jepson of Post 6(i ; 
 Thomas F. Ellsworth of Post 1 28 ; Geo. E. Harrington of Post 
 23 ; Robert B. Dickie of Post 125. 
 
 Comrade J. F. Davlin of Post 139 reported as follows, for 
 Committee on Vote for Senior Vice-Commander : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 490 
 
 Necessary for choice 246 
 
 A. S. Atherton had 156 
 
 Samuel M. Weale had 169 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 165 
 
 There being no choice, the P^ncampment proceeded to a second 
 ballot. 
 
 During the counting of second ballot, Comrade William H. 
 Poole of Post 11 presented the name of Comrade Thomas H. 
 Haskell of Post 1 1 as candidate for Junior Vice-Commander. 
 
 Comrade C. B. Scudder of Post 125 presented the name of 
 Comrade James Kittle of Post 125, as candidate for Junior Vice- 
 Commander. 
 
 The Encampment then voted for Junior Vice-Commander. 
 During the counting of ballots for Junior Vice-Commander, Com- 
 rade Davlin reported the result of the second ballot for Senior 
 Vice-Commander as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 477 
 
 Necessary for choice 239 
 
 Scattering 3 
 
 A. S. Atherton had 138 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 146 
 
 Samuel M. Weale had 190 
 
 There being no choice, the Encampment proceeded to a third 
 ballot. 
 
 On motion of Comrade William Provin of Post 41, a com- 
 mittee was appointed to collect, sort and count votes for members 
 of the Council of Administration as follows : — 
 
 William Provin of Post 41 ; Robert M. Spinney of Post 66 ; 
 J. W. Thayer of Post 35 ; George F. Maynard of Post 58 ; H. C. 
 Williams of Post 91. 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 4S5 
 
 Comrade Charles Raymoud of Post 11, for Committee on 
 Vote for Junior Vice-Commander, reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 47H 
 
 Necessary for choice 240 
 
 A. S. Atherton had 2 
 
 Thomas H. Haskell had 107 
 
 James Kittle had 369 
 
 And Comrade James Kittle was declared elected Junior Vice- 
 Commander for the ensuing year. 
 
 Comrade Davlin reported the result of the third ballot for 
 Senior Vice-Commander as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 41() 
 
 Necessary for choice . 209 
 
 Scattering 6 
 
 Samuel M. Weale had 197 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 2i;5 
 
 And Comrade P^dmund C. Whitney was declared elected 
 Senior Vice-Commander for the ensuing year. 
 
 Past Department Commander Adams of Post 5 presented the 
 name of Comrade E. A. Horton of Post 113, and moved that the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General be instructed to cast a ballot bearing 
 the name of Comrade E. A. Horton as Chaplain for the ensuing 
 year. The ballot was cast as directed, and Comrade Horton was 
 declared elected Chaplain. 
 
 Comrade George H. Norcross of Post 40 presented the name 
 of Comrade Walter B. Whiting of Post 4C, as a candidate for 
 Medical Director. 
 
 Past Department Commander Billings of Post 1-S6 presented 
 the name of Comrade J. B. Cherry of Post 7, for the same oflice. 
 
 Medical Director C. D. Hendrickson was also renominated. 
 
 The committee having charge of the ballot for Junior Vice- 
 Commauder were requested to act for Medical Director. 
 
 Comrade S. G. Jepson reported for the committee the fol- 
 lowing result : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 379 
 
 Necessary for choice 189 
 
 Walter B. Whiting had 72 
 
 C. D. Hendrickson had 131 
 
 J. B. Cherrvhad 17G 
 
486 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 There being no choice the Encampment proceeded to a second 
 ballot. 
 
 On motion of J. P. Bradley of Post 2, a committee was 
 appointed to collect, sort and count votes for delegates and alter- 
 nates to the National Encampment as follows : — 
 
 J. P. Bradley of Post 2 ; James E. Reid of Post 15 ; A. S. 
 Wright of Post 5; Ebeu Luther of Post 16; John Monroe of 
 Post 108. 
 
 On motion of Comrade John Welch of Post 42 it was voted 
 that whatever printed list of delegates are elected, the alternates 
 on such list shall also be declared elected. 
 
 Comrade Jepson reported the result of the second ballot for 
 Medical Director : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 321 
 
 Necessary for choice 162 
 
 ^Y. B. Whiting had 19 
 
 CD. Hendrickson had 101 
 
 J. B. Cherry had 201 
 
 And Comrade J. B. Cherry of Post 7 was declared elected 
 Medical Director for the ensuing year. 
 
 While the vote for delegates was being counted, Assistant 
 Adjutant-General A. C. Monroe read the following communica- 
 tion from the Department Convention of the Woman's Relief 
 Corps : — 
 
 Boston, Jan. 28, 1887. 
 
 Commander Tohin, Officers and Members Department Encamp- 
 ment, Grand Army of the Republic : — 
 
 A unanimous vote was passed by our Convention this morning, that 
 the thanks of the Order be extended you for the many courtesies received 
 the past year. 
 
 With the l)est wishes for the continued prosperity of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic and tlie assurance of our fraternal regards, 
 
 We are yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 MARY E. ELLIOT, 
 
 Department Secretary. 
 Per order 
 
 Department President and Delegates 
 
TWKNTY-KIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 487 
 
 Past Department Commander Geo. S. Evans read the follow- 
 ing communication from the same source : — 
 
 HosTON, Jan. 28, 1887. 
 
 Co.MRADK (iKO. S. EVANS, 
 
 Sccretarii Board of Trustees Soldiers' Home : — 
 The Department Convention voted this forenoon that a fund be 
 
 established to assist the trustees when the hospital accommodations are 
 
 not sufficient for the veterans ■who through illness need immediate 
 
 assistance. 
 
 We also voted to assume the expense of providing a comfortable 
 
 home for the soldiers, referred to l)y you last evening. I am instructed 
 
 to write every Corps asking for contributions. 
 
 Yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 -MAKV E ELLIOT, 
 Department Secretary. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Evans, a vote of 
 thanks from this Department was extended to the Woman's 
 Relief Corps of Massachusetts for the above communications, and 
 for the many couitesies received at their hands. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander John W. Hersey 
 of Post 16, it was voted that the thanks of this Department be 
 extended to the Department officers of the past year for their 
 courtesy and efficiency, and the zeal and enthusiasm they mani- 
 fested in their work. 
 
 On motion of Comrade David R. Pierce of Post lo, the reso- 
 lution of Comrade Fox relating to an appropriation for the Vet- 
 erans' Rights Association was taken from the table and adopted. 
 Comrade William Provin of Post 41, for the committee on 
 the result of the ballot for members of the Council of Administra- 
 tion, reported as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 'MO 
 
 Necessary for choice 180 
 
 Homer Rogers had 1 
 
 C. H. Baker had 3 
 
 J. R. McCrillis had . • 2 
 
 Geo. Perkins had 71 
 
 John Welch had 75 
 
 Wilbur F. Laue had 73 
 
 Darius Hadley had 71 
 
488 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Edwin p. Jewett had 
 Arthur A. Smith liad 
 Malcolm Sillars had . 
 
 23- 
 •23< 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale had 239 
 
 W. A. Prescott had 29/J 
 
 And Comrades George L. Goodale of Post 66, W. A. Pres- 
 cott of Post 35, Malcolm Sillars of Post 90, Arthur A. Smith of 
 Post 20, and Edwin P. Jewett of Post 91 were declared elected 
 as the Council of Administration for the ensuing year. 
 
 Comrade J. P. Bradley reported for committee the result of 
 the ballot for delegates and alternates to the National Encamp- 
 ment as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 
 Necessary for choice 
 
 FIRST TICKET. 
 DELEGATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 George H. lunis of Post 2, South Boston 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 Thomas J. Tute of Post 7, Boston 
 Edward F. Rollins of Post 15, Boston 
 N. E. Ladd of Post 101, Groveland . 
 Isaac M. Holt of Post 88, (^uiucy 
 Theodore Leutz of Post 21, Boston . 
 E. W. Lathrop of Post 16, Springfield 
 John S. Beck of Post 66, Medford . 
 Charles H. Tracy of Post 103, Chicopee 
 George E. Pinkham of Post 185, Lowell 
 William H. Abbott of Post 71, Holyoke 
 Horace A. Sawyer of Post 5, Lynn . 
 A. M. Dudley of Post 34, Salem . . . 
 J. B. Brewster of Post 76, Plymouth 
 G. F. Thompson of Post 10, Worcester 
 Alva J. Wilson of Post 92, Brighton 
 George G. Bailey of Post 121, Hyde Park 
 Peter D. Smith of Post 99, Audover 
 E. B. Maey of Post 19, Fitchburg . . 
 W. H. Chamberlin of Post 125, Pittsfield 
 
 22; 
 
 241 
 324 
 241 
 241 
 240 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 229 
 228 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 241 
 321 
 241 
 
 330 
 166 
 
TWKNTV-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 489 
 
 SECOND TICKET. 
 DELEGATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 Heuiy B. Lovering of Post 5, Lynn . 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 George H. Inuis of Post 2, South Boston 
 H. J. Millard of Post 79, North Adams 
 Fred S. Tabor of Post 1, New Bedford . 
 J. J. Callanan of Post 71, Holyoke . 
 James F. Davlin of Post 139, Somerville 
 A. S. Athertou of Post 12, Wakefield . 
 Dauiel Walker of Post 120, Lowell . . 
 Seth L. French of Post 13, Brockton . 
 Frank E. Martell of Post 30, Cambridgepor 
 T. N. Drawbridge of Post 14, Hopkinton 
 A. P. Bickmore of Post 121, Hyde Park 
 Charles E. Hapgood of Post 143, Brookline 
 Tristram Griflhi of Post 40, Maiden . . 
 George D. Stiles of Post 5, Lynn 
 Nathaniel Shatswell of Post 128, Ipswich 
 R. B. Brown of Post 82, Marblehead 
 Cyrus S. Haldeman of Post 113, Boston 
 
 ALTERNATE- AT-LARGE. 
 
 George D. Stiles of Post 5, Lynn. 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 C. I). Stiles of Post 68, Dorchester. 
 Joseph Gregory of Post 82, Marblehead. 
 John E. Killian of Post 2G, Roxbury. 
 Benjamin S. Lovell of Post 58, Weymouth. 
 William H. Poole of Post 11, Charlestown. 
 Frank E. Martell of Post 30, Cambridgeport. 
 W. A. Stinson of Post 120, Lowell. 
 J. B. Parsons of Post 8G, Northampton. 
 Warren O. Hawley of Post 178, Otis. 
 Henry B. Wallace of Post 89, Beverley. 
 William H. Wade of Post 133, Plainville. 
 Thomas H. Hill of Post 33, Woburn. 
 Fred G. Hyde of Post 27, Oxford. 
 Emerson Stone of Post 37, Spencer. 
 
 89 
 
 89 
 89 
 86 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 89 
 
490 HISTORY DEPT. OV MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 S. L. Colley of Post 75, Stoneham. 
 H. N. Harriman of Post 108, Georgetown. 
 Fred S. Tabor of Post 1 , New Bedford. 
 "William T. McAlphine of Post 39, Lawrence. 
 William H. Gage of Post S7, South Braiutree. 
 
 And the first twenty names on the above list were declared 
 elected delegates, and the above named alternates also. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Patcii of Post G3 
 the thanks of the Department were unanimously voted to the 
 officers and guard on duty at this Encampment from Post 159, 
 East Boston. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Creasey it was 
 voted that at the next Annual Convention the preliminary busi- 
 ness, reports of officers, resolutions and communications from 
 Posts shall be presented on the opening evening. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Adams it was 
 voted that the Council of Administration consider the expediency 
 of having the next Annual Convention convene at 2 o'clock v.m., 
 on the first day, and the banquet in the evening of that day. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Patch it was 
 voted that the Council of Administration consider the expediency 
 of changing the time for the next Annual Convention from the 
 last of January to some time in February. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander P^vans it was 
 voted that the Council of Administration consider the expediency 
 of hiring a larger hall for the banquet. 
 
 Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill was requested 
 to install the officers and accepted, and the following comrades 
 were installed into office for the ensuing year : — 
 
 Department Commander Charles D. Nash 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander E. C. Whitney 
 
 Medical Director J. B. Cherry 
 
 Chaplain E. A. Horton 
 
 .,.,... ^ ,. ( Malcolm Sillars 
 
 Council of Administration . . . . | ^^^^^.^ ^ j^^^^^ 
 
 There being no further business, the Twenty-first Encamp- 
 ment of the Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R., was declared 
 dissolved. 
 
 A true copy of the proceedings. 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 
 Assistcmt Adjutant- Gene rah 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL KNCAMPMKNT. 
 
 491 
 
 3n QYlemoriam 
 
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 Geo. H. Colby, age .53; private, Co. D, 4lUi Mass. 
 
 C. B. Huston, age 54; private, Co. I, 1st Mass. 
 
 Alden Burrili, age 75: private, 2d Sharpshooters. 
 
 Geo E. Brown, age 43; private, Co. A, 1st X. II. Batty. 
 
 Geo. Jj. Breed, age 41; private, Ilth ITnattached Mass. Vols. 
 
 Orlando Richardson, age 43; private, Co. B, 1st Maine Cav, 
 
 B. M. Alley, age 58; private, Co. G, 2d Mass. 
 
 J. G. Dervain, age 42; captain, Co. K, ISth Tenu. Cav. 
 
 Owen Thornton, age 38; private, Co. A, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 John S. Emerson, age 53; surgeon, 18lh N.H. 
 
 Orrin Hicks, age 47; private, Co. L, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Edward Kowe, age 5fi; private, Co. G, ;^>d Mass. H.A. 
 
 •John Gibbons, age 40; private. Unattached H.A. 
 
 Stillman S. Gushing, age 57; private, Co. A, 11th Mass. 
 
 Louis Lebountay, age 45; private, Co. H, 3d N.Y. Light Art. 
 
 Augustus E. Carr, age 54; 1st sergeant, 12th Vet. R.C. and 140th 
 
 N Y. Inf. 
 Walter E. Stratton. age 40; private, Co. A, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 George Ittel, age 49; private, Co. C, 0th Conn. 
 George E. Merrill, age 51 ; private, Co. B, Maine Art. 
 Geo. C. Wheeler, private, 29th Mass. Inf. 
 E. T. Rawson, sergeant, Co. D, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 .las. G. Garrity, age 49; private, 3d R.I. H.A. 
 Thos. J. Carey, age 4." ; private, Co A, 5th Mass. 
 Jos. M. Hobbs, age 41 ; 1st lieutenant, Co. A, 24th Mass. 
 Oscar B. Bussey, age 43; private, 1st Mass. Batty. 
 Wui. L. Bond, age 58; assistant surgeon, 53d Mass. 
 John Wiley, 2d, aged 73; captain, Co. E, If^th Mass. 
 N. Gammons, age 59; private, Co. K, 33d Mass. 
 H. E. Stone, age 40; private, Co. G, 13th Mass. 
 Chas. J. Burdett, age 39; private, Co. I, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 Thos. A. Parker, age 54; private. Co. G, 13th Mass. Vols. 
 Chas. H. Thompson, age 49; private, Co. C, 18th Mass. 
 E. J. Stevens, age 03; private. Co. C, fiOih Mass. 
 Jas. W. Spinney, age 53; private, Co. K, 44tli Mass. 
 Hezekiah Richardson, age 42; private, Co. E, 14th Conn. 
 James G. Bovey, age 42; private, Co. G, 1st Mass. 
 Ezra Bartlett, age 54; ensign, U.S. Navy, ship Keormnjc 
 W. J. Butterfield, age 43; corporal, 1st Md. Batty. 
 Jas. D. Fairbanks, age 55; private, Co. B, "^Gth Mass. 
 Dexter Henshaw, age 74; private, Co. F, 25tli Mass. 
 Nicholas J. Beckley, age 42; private, Co. C, 3d U.S. Art. 
 Alfred W. Wolcott, age .53; 1st lieutenant, Co. G, 40th N.Y. 
 Svlvester P. Krum, age (54; sergeant, Co. B, 25th Mass. 
 Orville B. Seagrave; 2d lieutenant, U.S. Navy, ship Faivnee, 
 
 Atlantic Squadron. 
 Harrison Simpson, age 48; private, Co. E, 30th Mass. 
 Thos. Ralph, age .50; private, Co. A, 1.30th III. 
 Peter R. Davis, age 39; bugler, Co. F, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 Chas. W. Dodge, age 48; private, Co. A, 5th Mass. 
 
492 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
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 Geo. D. Glover, age 63; sergeant, 2d Mass. Cadets. 
 
 Edw. A. Daniels, age 51; sergeant, Co. E, 48th Mass. 
 
 Alexander Falconer, age 56; private, Co. D, 1st Maine Cav. 
 
 Albert AV. Kobbins, age 47; private, Co. E, 6tli Mass. 
 
 Daniel Brown, Jr., age 46; private, Co. A, 8tli Mass. 
 
 Wm. Britcher, age 74 ; private, Co. A, 48tli Mass. 
 
 Robt. D. Grabble, age 42 ; private, Co. C, 3d Mass. 
 
 Tim O'Leary, age 43; seaman. 
 
 Wm. H. Hall, age 44; inivate, Co. C. .")tli Mass. 
 
 John G. Estes, age 49; private, Co. B, 23d Mass. 
 
 Eben S. Daniels, age 60; private, Co. E, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 C. Everett Coombs, age 48; private, Co. A, 47th Mass. 
 
 .Joseph I. Lovett. age 49; private, Co. G, 11th Mass. 
 
 Stephen Griffin, age <15; private, Co. B, 2d Mass. Cav. 
 
 John McCabe, age 47; lireman, U.S. Navy, ship Circassian. 
 
 Edward Cassidy, age 65; private, Co. B, 47th Mass. 
 
 Robert Rohn, age 61; corporal, Co. E, 29th Mass. 
 
 James A. Lovell, age 48; private, Co. G, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Joseph Johnson, age 56; fireman, U.S. Navy, ship Xcphon. 
 
 Henry H. Clapp, age 41; private, Co. I, 15th Mass. 
 
 Chas. A. Scripner; clerk, U.S. Navy, ship Cherokee. 
 
 John E. Powers, age 4ii; private, Co. H, 16th Mass. 
 
 Chas. A. Young, age 44; private, Co. H, 1st Mass. 
 
 Jeremiah Ryan, age 62; private, Co. D, 3d Mass. 
 
 Michael Curly, age 46; sergeant Co. F, 2d Del. 
 
 Benj. F. Leavitt; private, ('O. E, 23d Mass. 
 
 Frank N. Foote, age 42; private, Co. A, 1st Mass. Cav. 
 
 E. C. Richardson, age 66; surgeon. 
 
 Daniel L. Osborn, age 57; private, Co. L, 4th Mass. Cav. 
 
 Wm. T. Butler, age 46; private, Co. C, 52d Mass. 
 
 Jas. R. Londugan, age 40; private, Co. H, 22d Conn. 
 
 Henry A. Hale, age 40; corporal, Co. E, Sth Mass. 
 
 James Dodge, age 62; private, Co. G, 2;3d Mass. 
 
 Chas. H. Clark, age 45; private, Co. F, 2d Mass. 
 
 C. H. Shepard, age 61; 2d sergeant, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Edward Ring, age 53; private, Cos. B & C, 17th Mass. 
 
 .Jos. M. Churchill, age 6.'); captain, Co. B, 45th Mass. 
 
 Joseph W. West, age .54; private, Co. A, 3d Mass. H.A. 
 
 Edwin D. White, age 44; private, Co. M, 1st R.I. Cav. 
 
 E. J. Trull, age 44; lieutenant, Co. A, 37th Mass. 
 
 T. W. W. Boardman, age 40; private, Co. K. 11th N.H. 
 
 Chas. H. Fuller, age 40; private, Co. A, 2d Mass. 
 
 John S. D'Evyln, age 4".^; sergeant, Co. H, 2d N.H. 
 
 Dan'l Gookin, age 64; sergeant, Co. B, 17th Maine. 
 
 Chas. W. Carlton, age 5.3; private, Co. H, ;^2d Mass. 
 
 John E. Ward, age 39; Marine Vols. 
 
 Albert Preston, age 41 ; private, Co. G, 16th Vt. 
 
 Eben E. Fowler, age 45; private, Co. I, 23d Mass. 
 
 Geo. H. Clark, age 65; private, Co. H, 54th Mass. 
 
 Albert Rogers, age 6'^; private, Co. (', 21st Mass. 
 
 Chas. A. Hanscom, age 62; private, Co. B, 32d Mass. 
 
 P. D. Ilolbrook, age 44; private, Co. D, 16th Vt. 
 
 Abner H. Holmes, age 61; musician, C^o. C, 29th Mass. 
 
 Joseph C. Hastings, age ti7; private, Co. G, 52d Mass. 
 
 Elihu L. Pratt, age 58; private, Co. I, 27th Mass. 
 
 J^dwin A. Thrace, age 44; private, Co. B, Uth Conn. 
 
 Lewis J. Masters, age 43; private, Co. E, 6th Mass. 
 
 John Schesler, age 44; private, Co. I, 15th Mass. 
 
 Rufus Thayer, age 49; private, Co. B, 49th Mass. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 493 
 
 General Orders. 
 Series of 1886-7. 
 
 Hkadquakters Depakt.mext of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Ap>my ok the Republic, 
 1 Pembeuton Sti , Room 11. 
 Genepal OunKKs, "t Boston, Feb. 3, 1886. 
 
 No. 1. ( 
 
 I. Having been unanimously elected Commander of the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, at the Nineteenth 
 Annual Encampment convened at Tremont Temple, Boston, January 28, 
 I hereby assume command 
 
 II. Thankinsi; my comrades for the honor conferred in such a com- 
 plimentary manner, I earnestly ask their co-operation in a united ett'ort to 
 do all they can to brintr into our ranks every worthy veteran of the Union 
 Army and Navy of the late war, who now reside in the limits of this 
 Department 
 
 III. The following-named comrades have been appointed members 
 of my Oflicial Stafl'. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly: — 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General^ Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 Assistant Qnartcrmaster-General, John H. O'Donnell of Post 2, South 
 Boston. 
 
 Jndfje Advocate^ John A. Keefe of Post 15, Boston. 
 Department Inspector, B Read Wales of Post ()8, Dorchester. 
 Chief JUnsterinij Officer, P. Allen Lindsey of Post 30, Cambridgeport. 
 Additional appointments will appear in future orders. 
 
 IV. All otticial correspondence and invitations for the Department 
 Commander should be addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General 
 
 By command of RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 
 Oflicial : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 IlEAD(iUAP.TERS DEPARTMENT OK MaSSACUU 
 
 Grand Army ok the Repi 
 1 Pembkrton 8q., Ro( 
 
 SETTS, 1 
 UBLIC, [■ 
 OM 11.) 
 
 (iENERAL ORDERS, "( BOSTON. March 10, 188fi. 
 
 No. 2. J 
 
 The following comrades are appointed on the Statl' of the Depart- 
 ment Commander, and they will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — ■ 
 
 E. W. Lathro]) . . . Sjtrintifield. 
 
 A. S. Atherton . . . Waketielil. 
 
 Thomas Laiifrlaii . . Hoston. 
 
 Jere Wakefield . . . Ro.ston. 
 
 Wm. J. HIake .... South Boston. 
 
 AIDKS-DE-CAMP. 
 
 K 1'. Jewett .... FoxUoro. 
 
 F. H. Hills Newton. 
 
 Thos. H. Haskell . . Charlestown. 
 
 A.J.Wilson Brighton. 
 
 C. H. WakefieUI . . . Hingham. 
 
404 
 
 HISTORY DEPT, OK JIASS., G.A.R. 
 
 C. C. Haskell . . . 
 
 Wm. H. Brown . . 
 James Cuthbert . 
 
 T. I. <iuinn . . . 
 Darius Hadley . 
 
 A. R. Holmes' . . . 
 
 R. S. Athertoii . . 
 
 R. C. CaUler . . . 
 
 A. B. Pierce . . . 
 
 C. M. SpraRue . . 
 
 John Keach . . . 
 
 <). L. Wood . . . 
 Wm.H. Johnson 
 
 Wm. P. Martin . . 
 
 Lysan<ler Wood . . 
 Wm. A. Presfott 
 
 L. M.Alden . . . 
 
 Thos. F. Ellsworth . 
 
 James W. Joyce . . 
 
 Thos. W. Cook . . 
 
 J. H. Harrison . . 
 .lames K. (Jhurchill 
 
 P. H. O'Connell . . 
 Wm. E. Long . . 
 
 C. E. Bailey . . . 
 
 H. N. Horton . . . 
 
 Major Bacr)n . . . 
 
 Isaiah Hutcliins . . 
 
 H. H. Collamore . . 
 
 Louis E. Stone . . 
 
 H. M. McCloud . . 
 
 Greenfleld. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Fitchhurp;. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Canton 
 
 Turners Falls. 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Pittsfteld. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 (^uincy. 
 
 ■Stougiiton. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Middleboro. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Fiskdale. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Danvers. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Kingston. 
 
 Lee. 
 
 Arlington. 
 
 West Acton. 
 
 No. Pembroke. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Amherst. 
 
 (;. <). A. Bryant . . . Winchendon. 
 
 Lawrence Gibney . . Blackstone. 
 
 J. C. Madigan ". . . East Walpole. 
 
 M. H. Stevens . . . Waltham. 
 
 J. R. Loring .... Shrewsbury. 
 
 Chas. B. Carlin . . . Stonehani." 
 
 Wm. H. Belcher . . . Holliston. 
 
 Owen B. Chatfee . . Oxford. 
 
 J. F. Hunter .... Shelburne Falls. 
 
 A. V,. Paine .... Brockton. 
 
 B. F. French .... East Teniplcton. 
 A.J.Lowd ... .Salem. 
 
 Cyrus T. Batcheldor . Peabody. 
 
 Rodney D. Loomis . . Millbury. 
 
 Russell L. Doane . . Alhol Ct?ntre. 
 
 J H. Balcom .... Ashland. 
 
 C. F. Paine .... Groveland. 
 Wm. 1'. Warren . . . Woburn. 
 Harlow Chapin . . . Monson. 
 Edwin Legg .... Brookfield, 
 
 E. P. Miles Hudson. 
 
 J.H.Abbott .... Fall River. 
 
 Benj.Phenix .... Boston. 
 
 W. H. Abbott .... Holyoke. 
 
 J. Walter Bradlee . . Milton. 
 
 Isaac Call Swampscott. 
 
 Chas. A. Gross . . . Cohassett. 
 
 Wm. L. Hicks . . . Roxbury. 
 
 Wm. H. Evelith . . . Cambridge. 
 
 A. P. Chamberlaine Concord.' 
 
 B. F. Chamberlain . . Sandwich. 
 
 II. A list of officers elected at the Annual Encampment of this 
 Department, held at Boston, January 27 and 28, will appear in the 
 Roster. Two Rosters will be forwarded to each Post, one to be tiled 
 Avith G ()., the other for the use of the I'ost Commander. 
 
 III. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for first quarter will 
 be due April 1, and I trust they will be forwarded promptly Adjutants 
 and Quartermasters are reminded that they should confer not only 
 regarding the number reported last quarter, but account for gains and 
 losses, and give the names as called for in the Recapitulation of Muster 
 Roll and notes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Care should be exercised that the number 
 remaining in good standing in Form A, and the num))er paid for on 
 Form B, shall agree. I would call the attention of Post Commanders to 
 the necessity of carefully examining the reports, seeing that all require- 
 ments are complied Avith, and after signing both reports, forward the 
 same, together Avith the per capita tax, six cents per meml)er in good 
 standing^ to these headquarters. Bear in mind the fact that the per capita 
 tax has been reduced from eight to six cents per quarter. 
 
 IV. May 30 falling onSunday this year, Memorial Day will l)e 
 observed in "this Department on Monday, the 31st. The Act making 
 Memorial Day a legal holiday in this State provides that when it falls on 
 Sunday, the foUoAving day is to be observed. Rules and Regulations also 
 make the same provision. 
 
 V. Comrades are Avarned against J. W. Hammond, Avho is traveling 
 about asking assistance and claiming to be a member of Gen. Sedgwick 
 Post 17 of Orange. The Commander informs me that said Hammond is 
 a dropped memljer and uuAvorthy. Also a man l)y the name of Walker, 
 claiming nieml)ership in George H. Ward Post 10 of Worcester. The 
 Commander of Post 10 says he never belonged to that Post and that he 
 is a fraud. Head him oft'. 
 
 VI. The address of the folloAving named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters : any member of Co. E or Co F, 20th Mass. Inf. in ISGl or 
 1862 who kncAv Arthur Johnson of said Regiment; of any inmate of Libby 
 Prison from December. 18G2, to March, 1863, Avho kncAV J. H. Phalen of 
 the gunboat Daylight; of any officer or enlisted men of Co. I, 22d Mass. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCA.'MPMENT. ' 49o 
 
 Inf.; the Hospital Steward of Jert'erson Barracks, New (hMeaiis, in 180;>; 
 any member of the 6th Mass Light Battery in 18G4 who i<new Tliomas 
 Guard of said Battery; any memljer of the 20th Mass. Inf. who has any 
 knowledite of the whereabouts or evidence of death of Wm. Knott, an 
 unsigned recruit of said regiment; of William P. Higgins, :!d Mass. H. A. ; 
 of Col. Nelson Green, 70th N.Y. Vols.; any member of Co. C, ;id Mass. 
 Cav. ; any member of Co. F, 22d Mass. Inf., Avho knew Jeremiah O'Sulli- 
 van of said Company in 1861; any member of Company C, 1st Mass. 
 Inf., who knew Geo. Garran of said Company; of Henry Bruce, Hospital 
 Steward at United States Hospital, Annapolis, Md. , in 1802 and 1863; of 
 Orderly Sergt. Wm. Henry Jacoljs, Sergt. John Pennaman, and Sergt. 
 John Prouty, all of Company G, 3'Jth Mass., captured on the 19th day of 
 August, 1894, and taken to Belle Island, Va. 
 
 VII. Posts in extending their invitations to the Department Com- 
 mander and Staft" to attend camp-fires, opening of fairs, etc., and desir- 
 ing the presence of Past Department Commanders, should so state in 
 their invitations, naming those they would like. 
 
 VIII The proceedings, findings and sentence of the court-martial 
 in the trial of Fred A. Wilder and Horace A Manley of John A. Andrew 
 Post l.T, Boston, are hereby approved, and they are dishonorably dis- 
 charged and dismissed from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 IX. General Orders, No. 11, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : '^Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Ai^sistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Heaixjuartkus Department ok Massachusetts, \ 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [- 
 1 Pkmberton Sq., Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, ) Boston. April 17, 1886. 
 
 No. 3. ) 
 
 I. In accordance with General Orders, No. 12, National Headquar- 
 ters, a thorough inspection of all the Posts in this Department is herel)y 
 ordered, and as the inspections are to be completed and reports forwarded 
 by May 25, it may be necessary in some instances to call special meetings 
 of Posts, It is hoped that Commanders of Posts will do all they can to 
 aid the inspecting ofllcers. 
 
 II. Comrades Wm. E. Long and John Keach having tendered their 
 resignations as Aides on the Department Commander's Staff, the same 
 are hereby accepted. 
 
 III. The following Aides-de-Camp are |hereby detailed to act as 
 Assistant Inspectors, and are assigned to duty by the Department Inspec- 
 tor to the several Posts as follows : — 
 
 aides-de-camp. 
 
 E. W. Lathrop 71, 85, 103, 183 
 
 A. S Atherton 4, 5 
 
 Thomas Langlan 11,23,30 
 
 Jeremiah Wakefield 32, 149 
 
 Wm. J. Blake 21, 50, 144 
 
 E. P. Jewett 117. 133, 145, 170 
 
496 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Fred C. Hills 63 
 
 Thos. H. Haskell 134, 139, 156 
 
 A. J. Wilson 62, 181 
 
 C. H. Waketiekl 31, 58, 87 
 
 C. C. Haskell 93, 162, 164 
 
 Win. H. Brown 34, 50, 159 
 
 James Cuthbert . . 53, 59, 153 
 
 T. I. (iuinu 66, 148 
 
 Darius Haclley 75, 82, 92 
 
 A. R. Holmes 72, 157, 169 
 
 R. L. Atherton 147, 150, 171 
 
 R C. Calder 106, 152 
 
 A. B. Tierce 18,142,163 
 
 C. M. Spragiie . 35, 118 
 
 O. L. Wood 126, 158, 177 
 
 Wra. H. Johnson 39, 99, 114 
 
 Wm. P. Martin 15, 73, 78 
 
 Lvsander Wood 13, 52, 94 
 
 Wm. A. rrescott 12, 36, 40 
 
 L. M. Alden 1, 132 
 
 T. F. Ellsworth . • 45, 49, 122 
 
 James W. Joyce . . . 100, 101 
 
 Thos. W. Cook 46, 146, 182 
 
 J. H. Harrison 38, 65, 70 
 
 Jas K. Churchill 77, 80, 135, 167 
 
 r. H. O'Connell 67, 128 
 
 C. E. Bailev 76, 127, 165 
 
 H. N. Horton 125, 178 
 
 Major Bacon 7, 161 
 
 Isaiah Hutchins 48, 64, 180 
 
 H. H. Collamore 83, 98, 156 
 
 Louis E. Stone 19, 174 
 
 H. M. McCloud 86, 97, 165 
 
 G. Q. A. Bryant 109, 116. 123 
 
 Laurence Gibney 25, 27 
 
 J. C. Madigan 60, 91, 130 
 
 M. H. Stevens 119, 138 
 
 J R. Loring 28, 96, 136 
 
 Chas B. Carlin 33, 42 
 
 Wm. H. Belcher 14, 22, 129 
 
 Owen B. Chaffee 61, 168, 173 
 
 J. F. Hunter 20, 79, 174 
 
 A. E. Paine 74, 124 
 
 B. F. French 140, 179 
 
 A. J. Lowd 47, 90 
 
 Cyrus T. Batcheldor 89, 120 
 
 Rodney D. Loomis 10, 24, 105, 137 
 
 R. L. boane 17, 69 
 
 J. H. Balcom 6, 9, 43 
 
 C. F. Paine 108, 151 
 
 Wm. P. Warren 81, 102 
 
 Harlow Chapin 16,51, 107 
 
 Edwin Legg 37, 131, 160 
 
 E. P. Miles 154, 172 
 
 J. H. Abbott 3, 8 
 
 Benj. Phenix 57 
 
 Wm. H. Abbott 41,84,155,176 
 
 J. Walter Bradlee 88, 110, 121 
 
 Isaac Call * 95 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENrAMTMENT. 497 
 
 Chas. A Gross 104, 111, 112 
 
 Wm. L. Hicks 2, 68, UP. 
 
 Wm. H. P^velith 26, 20 
 
 A. P. Chainbcrlaine 44, 113, 115 
 
 R F. Cliainberlain 55, 141 
 
 IV. The address is wanted at tliis oflice of (ieo. II. Coy, Edward 
 Ford, Tlios. Maloney, all of Co. C, 9th Mass. Inf. ; of 2d Lieut. Jas. G. 
 Aniory and 1st Sergt. Lyman U. Lee, both of Co M, 2(1 .Mass. II. A ; any 
 member of Co. E, 18th Mass. Inf., who remeniliers Marcus Soule of said 
 company being shot through the lungs; of (apt. All)crt G. Mack, Lieut. 
 Frank R. Vandyke and Sergt. Robert Moi'gan, all of the 18th N Y. IJatt : 
 any member of Co. F, l!>th Mass. Inf ; any member of Co. F, 20th Mass. 
 Inf.; any member of Co. U, 2d Mass. Cav., who remembers Luther J. 
 Palmer of said company ; any member of the crew of the Cumhfrland or 
 Coivjress, who remembers Thomas Navin ; any shipmate on board U.S. 
 frigate Sabine in 186.S; of 1st Sergt. Co. H, 56th Mass. Inf. 
 
 V. Comrades are warned against rendering assistance to B. (>. 
 Marvin, claiming membership in Post 140 of Athol. The Commander of 
 Post 140 informs these headquarters that said Marvin is a dropped mem- 
 ber and unworthy. 
 
 VI. The following new Posts have been orgaui/ed since last Gen- 
 eral Orders : — 
 
 Sek(;t. Plunkktt Post 184, Ashburnham. M. M. Stowe, Commander. 
 L.vDi) «.<: Whitkey Post 185. Lowell, Dr. G. E. Pinkham, Commander. 
 
 VII. (Jeneral Orders, No. 15, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 witii promidgated. 
 
 Rv command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONHOK, 
 
 Assinta)U Adjutant- (J encral 
 
 IIk.mxjiaktkks Depautmknt ok Massaciilsetts, I 
 Gkand Akaiy of the Repubeic, - 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room U. \ 
 General Orders, ^ Boston, May 4, 1886. 
 
 No 4. / 
 
 I. In compliance with (ieneral Orders, No. 16, from National Head- 
 (inarters, Monday, May .">1, will be observed in this Department as 
 Memorial Day. 
 
 Comrades, to you is entrusted the proper conduct of the ceremonies 
 of this day. Discharge those duties with a dignity and solemnity befit- 
 ting the occasion, and worthy the patriots whose deeds they commem- 
 orate. See that garland and wreath decorate, and that the Flag of our 
 I'nion floats above the grave of every soldier and sailor who died that 
 liberty might live. AVhilst not unmindful that these tokens of love will 
 not add to their happiness; that their eyes will not behold the flag they 
 loved so well, and for Avhich they were willing to suffer so much; that 
 eulogy and commendation will not cause a responsive throb in those 
 pulseless breasts, yet let their heroism and unselfish patriotism be recalled, 
 that your cnvn may be exalted, that you may be led to pledge anew fealty 
 to your country and be reminded of your sacred obligations to these 
 fallen comrades. 
 
 It is recommended that all e.\ soldiers, not members of our Order, 
 be invited to participate. The awakened memories of the days of war, 
 
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498 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 — of the camp, the bivouac, the march, the ensanguined field, — memories 
 of tlie lirave men M'ho shared those hardsliips and faced deatli with them, 
 may quicken their hearts to a sense of duty towards the dependent ones 
 of those comrades wlio have bowed to the great conqueror — death, and 
 a desire may be born for closer union with the survivors. 
 
 The citizens, old and young, should be urged to give up their daily 
 avocations, and unite Avith us in this service, to the end that the elders 
 may be reminded of the pledges made to the soldiers in the dark days of 
 the rebellion, when hope had almost fled, and it seemed that treason 
 would be triumphant ; that they be reminded also of the sacred obliga- 
 tions they owe to those who suHered and died to make secure and valuable 
 their property, their lives and their liberties; that the young maybe 
 taught by these solemn ceremonies that the priceless heritage of fi-eedom, 
 won through years of suffering and bloodshed by the patriots of 1876, no 
 less bravely defended by the patriots of 1861 to 1865, should be most 
 zealously guarded, and that they should ever be ready to devote their 
 services, their fortunes and their lives to its maintenance. 
 
 Every laudable ett'ort should be made to array public opinion against 
 the custom, which has arisen in may places, of making the day one of 
 pleasure, devoted to excursions, games and races. Not thus can the les- 
 sons of the day be impressed upon the minds of young men, who must 
 assume the responsibilities of citizenship. Let us labor to make it indeed 
 a Memorial Day; that in recalling the achievements of our heroic dead, 
 every American may draw fi'esh inspiration and patriotism. 
 
 I cannot too strongly urge upon Posts the duty of attending divine 
 service in a body on Sunday preceding Memorial Day. 
 
 Post Commanders are requested to forward to these headquarters 
 the usual reports of the observance of the day. 
 
 II. General Orders, Nos. 16 and 17, from National Headquarters, are 
 herewith promulgated. 
 
 P.J' command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Cmamande.r. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 He.adquauters Department ok Massachusetts, 
 
 Gr.^nd Army of the REiniBLic, 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11. 
 
 General Orders, ") Boston, June 26, 1886. 
 
 No. 5. / 
 
 I. I wish to call the special attention of Post Commanders to the 
 necessity for promptness in forwarding reports for the present quarter 
 The reports from the Department must be sent to National Headquarters 
 at Washington by July 15. In order to accomplish this the reports from 
 Posts must be at these headfjuarters not later than July 10. I trust that 
 Post Commanders will attend to this matter, and see that their reports 
 are ready and forwarded at an early date. 
 
 II. I would also call the attention of I'ost Commanders to the neces- 
 sity of carefully examining the reports before forwarding them, as mnch 
 valuable time is lost in being ol)liged to return reports for correction. 
 This can be avoided by the exercise of a little care, and by following the 
 instructions given on each blank form. 
 
 III. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Capt. Seth M. 
 Barber, Co. H, 15th Regt. Vet Reserve Corps; of Sergt. Chas. W. 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMl'MENT. 499 
 
 Seagar, Co. II, 56th Mass. Inf. ; of Valentine K. Stone, Hospital Steward, 
 IStli Mass. Inf.; of James F. Smith, Co. F, 7tli Conn. Inf.; any member 
 of Co. I, 11th Mass Inf., who knew Joseph I. Lovett of said company; 
 any meml)er of Co K, .57th Mass. Inf.; of 1st Lieut Andrew J. Morse 
 and 2d Lieut William Carlton, both of Co. C, 2d La. Cav. ; of 1st Lieut. 
 Hollls C. I'inkham, 2d Mass. Cav.; of Corp. Bacon and Priv N. B. 
 Tul)b, Co. G, .5th U.S. Cav.; of John Stevens, Daniel Hurley and James 
 McKenna, all of Co. H, 20th Mass. Inf. ; any member of Co. I, 42d Mass. 
 Inf. ; of Frank Bears, C. Sullivan, Co I. 32d Mass. ; any member of Co. 
 F, 20th Mass. Inf., of some member of Co C, 1st Mas«. Cav., who remem- 
 bers Daniel W. Kimball of said company: of John M. Flynn, Co. I, 32d 
 Mass. Inf.; of Capt. Peter J. liooney, Co. TI, 5th Mass. Cav.; of John 
 Baker, I'riv. 12th Ind Batt., Mass. Light Inf ; some shipmate of U.S. 
 Receiving Ship Princeton, also from U.S. Steamship St. Louis, who 
 remembers Michael Fitzgerald; of John McCarthy of the Gunboat IIov- 
 </Ma/;, in 18()3-r)4 ; some shipmate of U S S. Tristvm ShujUum, in 1864, 
 who knew John B. Nutter; of C M Fuller, on (iunboat Ozark, 
 Mississippi Squadron, in 1864; any shipmate on board U S.S. St. Law- 
 rence, in August, 1863, who knew Michael Towers; any shipmate on 
 board U S S. Aiu/nsta, who knew Roswell Nichols; any shipmate on 
 board U.S.S. Monadnocl-, in 1864-65, Avho kneAV Edward McBride, Asst. 
 Engineer John Basney of the U.S S. Massasoit; any of the officers or 
 crew of the U.S S. Mahaska in 1865. 
 
 IV. Comrades are cautioned against giving relief to a man by the 
 name of Charles Kasman, Co. B, 2dth Mass. Regt. He claims member- 
 sliip in Post 2, Vermont. The officers of said Post say they have no 
 such member, and that he is a fraud. Said Rasman is 5 ft. 7 in. in 
 height, and gets a pension for the loss of a finger on right hand. Head 
 him off. 
 
 V. General Orders, Nos. 18, 19 and 20, from National Headquarters, 
 are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C MONUOE, 
 
 A.isi.stant Adjntant-deneraJ. 
 
 Hkadquartkks Dkpautment of Massachusktts. 
 
 Grand Army of the Repurlic, 
 
 1 Pemrf.rton S(2 , Room 11. 
 
 General Ori>krs, \ Boston, Julv 17, 18S6. 
 
 No. 6. i 
 
 I. At the last Department Enrampmont a committee w'as appointed 
 to act in concert with the Council of Administration to consider the 
 expediency of forming a Veterans' Rights Association The committee 
 and Council have held several meetings, and as the result of their labors 
 I send you several copies of a Preamble and Constitution adopted by 
 them for a basis upon which to form such an association. In view of 
 the importance of this subject, the Department Commander trusts each 
 Post will give it a careful consideration. 
 
 II. In accordance with Art. I , Sec. 3, of said Constitution, Posts 
 will elect or Commanders appoint two delegates to attend a Convention 
 to be called Sept. 8, 1886, hour and place of meeting to be announced in 
 subsequent orders. Posts should not elect or Commanders appoint dele- 
 gates until the subject has been thoroughly discussed, with the view of 
 
500 HISTORY DEFT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 sending comrades avIio may fully represent the opinions of their Post on 
 this matter. 
 
 III. The Department Commander, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General and delegates to the National Encamp- 
 ment ^vill leave Boston for San Francisco on Thursday, July 22, at 
 4.30 P.M. 
 
 During the absence of the Assistant Adjutant-General these head- 
 (juarters will be under charge of Department Inspector B. Read Wales, 
 ■whose office hours will be from 4.15 to 5.30 v m., except Saturday, when 
 the office will be closed. 
 
 .\s most of the business and correspondence pertaining to the Depart- 
 ment will have to lay over until the return of the Assistant Adjutant- 
 (ieneral, I trust that comrades will govern themselves accordingly, and 
 make no requests of these head([uarters except what is absolutely neces- 
 sary until his return, Avhich will be about August 23. 
 
 IV. The headquarters of the Department in San Francisco will be 
 at No. fUa Stockton street, S.W. corner California street. All comrades 
 from Massachusetts are reiiuested to report there .Vugust 2, when they 
 will be furnished with a ribbon badge. For the honor of the " Old Bay 
 State," the Department Commander hopes all comrades will go prepared 
 to take part in the parade and show the comrades of the raciflc Coast 
 that Massachusetts is always ready Avhen duty calls. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Capt. J. C. 
 Wenthrop, 62d Mass. Inf ; of Capt. Bott, Co. K, 11th Mass. Inf.; any 
 officers of the 7th Mass. Batt. L.A.; any shipmate who served on the 
 Monitor Canunicus in 1861. 
 
 VI. General Orders, No. 21, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commawh'r. 
 
 A. C. MoxuoK, 
 
 Assistant Adj iitant-irencrul . 
 
 HE.\D(iU.\RTKUS DkI'AKT.AIKNT OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
 Grand Akmy of thk Republic, 
 * 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11. 
 
 General Orders, i Boston, Sept. 22, ISsO 
 
 No. 7. 
 
 I. The Department Commander desires to congratulate the com- 
 rades of the Department upon the large number in attendance upon the 
 National Encampment at San Francisco. The courtesies and hospital- 
 ities of the comrades and people of California extended to our delegates 
 and comrades Mill be held in grateful rememl^rance. 
 
 II. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for third quarter end- 
 ing September 30 should be at these headquarters by the 10th of Octol)er. 
 I trust they will be forwarded promptly. The Adjutants and Quarter- 
 masters should have their respective reports ready to hand to the Post 
 Commander at the close of the last meeting night of the quarter. 
 
 III. The attention of Posts is particularly invited to the accom- 
 panying circular from a committee of the Board of Control of the 
 "Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau." It must be borne 
 in mind that each Post in this Department is equally interested in the 
 success of this Association, as its organization was ordered by vote of 
 the Department Encampment. I trust this appeal from the committee 
 will be responded to promptly. All contributions should be sent to 
 
TWENTV-FIKST ANNl'AL KNCAMl'MENT. 501 
 
 Comrade J. Echvin Hunt, Treasurer of the Association, 1 reniherton 
 Square, Uoom 11. 
 
 IV. Tiie matter of lioldiny a reunion of the (irand Army, referred 
 to the Council of Administration by vote of tlie Department Encamp- 
 ment, was duly considered by them and deemed inexpedient to attempt it 
 this year. 
 
 V. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Capt. C. E. 
 Mitchell, or any officer or shipmate of U.S.S. Baltimon', who remembers 
 Henry Rand, second-class fireman on said ship; of some comrade of Co. 
 1). ;5d Mass. Cav., who remembers Asa Caswell of said company; of 
 James O'Connell, 1st Sers;t. Co. C, 1st Mass. Cav. ; of any of the officers 
 or crew on board U.S.S. MinncsoUi, at the capture of Fort Fisher, who 
 remember Howes Mays on said ship. 
 
 VI. The proceedintjs, tindings and sentence of the court-martial of 
 Comrade Charles H Chandler of Post 30, (J.A.R., are hereby approved, 
 and he is dishonorably discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 VII. General Orders, No. 2, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with proraulsated. 
 
 By comnuiml of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 
 ^*^'<-'''l ■ I)epartme7it Commamh-r. 
 
 A C. MOXKOE, 
 
 Assifitant Adjntaitt-Goieral . 
 
 Hk.\DQU.\RTKRS DkPAKTMKNT of M.^SSACmSETTS, 
 
 G] 
 
 KPAKTMENT OF M.^SSACH ISETTS, | 
 fRAND AhMV of the RePUHUC, [■ 
 
 1 Pembertox Sq., Room 11.) 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Nov. 12, 188r.. 
 
 No. 8. ) 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 3, from National Iiead(inarters, is herewith 
 promulgated. 
 
 II. More definite information in regard to the headstones for sol- 
 diers' graves, mentioned in National Orders, No 3, will be given to Posts 
 as soon as the proper Ijlauks are furnished the Department. 
 
 III. Particular attention is directed to the election of delegates and 
 alternates to the Department Encamiiment. This election must be held 
 at the first regular meeting in December. The ratio of representation 
 is as follows : One delegate and one alternate for every fifty members 
 reported in good standing at the end of the third (|uarter"cudiiig Septem- 
 ber ;>0, with an additional delegate and alternate for the fraction when 
 it is more than one-half that number. But every Post, Avhatever its 
 membership, is entitled to one delegate and alternate (See Rules and 
 Regulations, Chap. Ill, Art. 11.)" Blank credentials are herewith 
 enclosed on Aviiich to make returns. One copy onlv will be sent to these 
 headquarters. 
 
 IV. A year's supply of blank Adjutants' and (Quartermasters' 
 reports, with l)lank bond for Post Quartermaster, have been sent to 
 each Post Coumiander. If the same have not been received, notice 
 should be sent to these headquarters at once. 
 
 V. The original muster of Fred. C. Floyd, a comrade of Post 12.") of 
 this Department, having by General Orders, No. 6, issued from these 
 head(|uarters Oct. 27, 1,S75, been declared null and void by reason of an 
 alleged rejection of said comrade on a former application made by him 
 to another Post of the G A.R , and it now appearing that the alleged 
 rejection of said comrade was illegal and improper, and that when he 
 Avas mustered into the G A ]{ he was eligible as a candidate, he has bv 
 
502 HISTORY DKPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 authority of the National Encampment, GA.R , granted at its last ses- 
 sion in San Francisco, Cal., and by the unanimous vote of the Council of 
 Administration of this Department, been declared to be a comrade of 
 the GAR in good standing, and he will hereafter be regarded and 
 received as such Tost 125, of which Comrade Floyd was a member, 
 being no longer in existence, he has been granted the usual transfer card 
 from these headquarters. 
 
 VI. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Capt. David 
 Linnehan, Co. D, 11th Mass. inf.; of some comrade of Co. L, 13th Fa. 
 Cav , who remembers Robert Bailey of said company ; of Duncan Robin- 
 son of the U S S. Lackawanna in 1864; of some comrade of Co. C, 11th 
 U.S Inf. ; of any member of 2d Mass. H.A. who remembers David Good- 
 win of said regiment; of any member of Co. H, 25th N.Y. Cav., who 
 remembers Wm. Gardner of said company. 
 
 VII. Comrades are cautioned not to give any assistance to Rowland 
 C. Whicher, claiming to be an inmate of the Soldiers' Home atTogus, Me. 
 I have a letter from the Comnuinder of the Fost there, stating that 
 Whicher is a beat of the first water, and not to trust him under any cir- 
 cumstances Also look out for ojie William Ashton, Co. I, 4th R.I., Inf. 
 He is a dropped member of Fost 48, Department of Maine, and is 
 unworthy of assistance. 
 
 VIII. The pi'oceedings, findings and sentence of the court-martial 
 in the trial of Comrade Charles Stone of Fost 125, G.A.R., Fittsfield, are 
 hereby approved, and he is dishonorably dischai-ged and dismissed from 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-GeneraL 
 
 Headquarters Department ok Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, > 
 1 Femberton Sq , Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Dec. 7, 1886. 
 
 No. 9. ( 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 4, and Circular No. 3 from National Head- 
 quarters are herewith promulgated 
 
 II. Comrades, nearly a full month remains in which to increase the 
 memliership of our Order this year, and I trust every ettbrt will be made 
 to bring all worthy veterans into our ranlis. I desire to call especial 
 attention to the list of suspended members. The report for the third 
 quarter ending September 30 showed a suspended list of 688 comrades 
 I hope the officers of Fosts will give this matter serious consideration, 
 and have put forth every effort possible to reduce it. 
 
 III. In compliance to General Orders, No. 3, from National Head- 
 quarters, and in accordance with Faragraph 2 of General Orders, No. 8, 
 from these headquarters, a blank is herewith enclosed on which the 
 report is to be made for headstones for unmarked graves of Union sol- 
 diers and sailors, who are buried in city, village and private cemeteries. 
 These blanks when filled out should be returned to these headquarters. 
 Additional blanks will be furnished on application to this office, but care 
 should be exercised in ordering more blanks, to state the probable num- 
 ber of additional names to be reported. Fost Commanders will appoint 
 a committee whose duty it shall be to search out all unmarked graves of 
 
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 503 
 
 soldiers and sailors buried in this Department, and not alone those who 
 died durini; the war, but all who have died since their discharf-e, so that 
 the grave of every loyal defender of the Uepublic maybe phiinly and 
 permanently marked. Have the blank filled out in a plain, legible hand, 
 and he particular to give all the information asked for on the blank, 
 namely, name, rank, company, regiment, ship, and date of death. In 
 cities or towns where there is more than one I'ost of the G.A.R., it is 
 hoped that concerted action be taken that there be no omissions. 
 
 IV. The order announcing Mustering Officers will l)e issued on or 
 about December 25 Posts desiring the services of a particular comrade 
 for this purpose will first secure his consent to perform the duty, and 
 then at once notify these headquarters of their clioice, when he will be 
 detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer. Recommendations must be 
 received previous to the above date, and in no case Avill an assignment 
 be made unless the Post or its representative so designates. 
 
 V. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters: Col. Stevenson, 24th Mass. Inf.; Capt. Chas. Hooper, 1st 
 Lieut. Folsom. Co E, 24th Mass. Inf. ; the Surgeon on board the Monitor 
 Onda(i« in 1864; of James P. Pollock, Co. I, 7th New York Art.; any 
 shipmate on board U.S.S. Vandalia who knew James T. Patch of said 
 ship. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 HEADQUAKrERS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, i 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, - 
 1 Pembekton Sq., Room 11. \ 
 General Orders, t Boston, Dec. 27, 1886. 
 
 No. 10. ) 
 
 I. The following named comrades are hereby detailed as Mustering 
 Officers by Comrade P. Allen Lindsey, Chief Mustering Officer of the 
 Department, and will install the officers of the Posts whose numbers 
 appear against their names : — 
 Chas. D. Nash, Department Senior Vice-Commander, Whitman . . 1.5 
 
 Horace A. Stevens, Council of Administration, Lynn 45 
 
 Samuel Worcester, Council of Administration, Salem 50 
 
 Samuel M. Weale, Council of Administration, East Boston . ... 23 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, Boston 7, 57 
 
 B. Read Wales, Department Inspector, Boston 8, 13 
 
 J 6. B. Adams, Past Department Commander 12 
 
 Geo S Evans Past Department Commander, Boston Post Office, 1, 26, 
 
 30, 36, 68, 156, 1.59 
 Geo. H. Patch, Past Department Commander, Boston .... 2, 100 
 
 Jeremiah Wakefield, Boston • 32, 149 
 
 E. P. Morton, Webster l^J 
 
 Wm. L. Crosier, North Adams ''•' 
 
 Ivory R. Allen, Chelsea ?^ 
 
 Chas. A. Tenney, Pratt's Junction ^ 
 
 Thos. R. McDermott, Danvers fO 
 
 C. T. Stearns, Winchendon l^^ 
 
 Geo V. Barrett, Ayer ^^ 
 
 Samuel Hawes, Chatham 1*1 
 
•")04 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 Kev. A. St. John Chambre, Lowell 42 
 
 Will II. Thomas, Hingham 104 
 
 Robert 1). Sarsieiit, Newburyport . . . . 4!> 
 
 ('has. II. Leonard, Plymouth .... 7<!, 1(>.t 
 
 Win L. Kohiiisoii, Worcester 10 
 
 Ira (i. Wilkiiis, Fitchburg lit 
 
 Thos. H. Haskell, Charlestowu 11 
 
 Thos. F. Ellsworth, Ipswich 122 
 
 W. C. Pomeroy, Northampton 8(1, 147 
 
 E. S Horton, Attlelioro i;5;i 
 
 Wm. S Gage, Braintree 88 
 
 Joseph W. Stocker, Beverly 89 
 
 Thomas Langlan, Boston Jt2 
 
 L. M. Aklen, MidcUeboro 124 
 
 Geo. .T. Sanger, Dan vers 152 
 
 Geo- II. Corey, Southbridge . . . 173 
 
 G. L. Eldridge, Hyde Park 16t» 
 
 A. R. Holmes, Canton . 1.57 
 
 .Joseph Gregory, Marblehead S2 
 
 A. M. Lunt, East Cambridge 134 
 
 Emerson Stone. Spencer (!.") 
 
 D. H. L (ileason. Natick iV6 
 
 C. P. AVinslow, Westboro 80 
 
 C. H. Cobnrn, Lowell 120 
 
 Edwanl E. Barnard, Turners Falls .1(12 
 
 E. C. Marsh, Marlboro 43, '.Mi 
 
 David R. Pierce, Boston . (Jd 
 
 Horace D. Durifin, North Cambridge . . ICl 
 
 J P. Maxflcld, Lowell IS,". 
 
 C. O. Roberts, Essex 114 
 
 Cyrus H. Wesson, Rutland ... 13(i 
 
 A. A. Burrill, Milford 22 
 
 Edward McKay, Milford 14 
 
 Benj. W Spooner, Athol ...... 123 
 
 R. L. Doane, Athol 17 
 
 Jacob Leroy, Lee ... 178 
 
 Geo W. Mason, Franklin 60 
 
 Henry W. Weeks, Dedhain 181 
 
 Eugene R Prior, Rockport lOfi 
 
 E. C. Gould, Melrose 75 
 
 E. W. Lathrop, Springlield 108, 183 
 
 N. E. Ladd, Groveland 101 
 
 Wm. W. Robinson, Bolton 172 
 
 Fred (4. Hyde, Oxford 168 
 
 E. P. Loring, Fitchburg 53 
 
 E. C. Mann, Lancaster 64 
 
 Chas Fay, Spriugtield 107 
 
 Jeremiah Stuart, Clinton 175 
 
 Geo. W Wilder, Scituate 31 
 
 Geo. W. Dutton, Stoughtou 72 
 
 Timothy Reed, Whitman 78 
 
 C. C. Nichols. Dedham 144 
 
 Chas. H. Clark, Westfleld 41 
 
 S. B. Spooner, Springlield 16 
 
 A. S. Athertou, Wakefield 4 
 
 J Albert Mills, Newburyport 128 
 
 Henry R. I'eirce, Abingtou 73 
 
 S A. Lawrence, Stoneham .33 
 
 Chauncy O. Noves. Georaetown 108 
 
TWKNTV-FIR$T ANNIAI, ENCAMPMENT. 505 
 
 Thos. 11. Mathe\vs, Boston 11*5 
 
 .Tason Mann, Montagne 1"'0 
 
 C. E. Wade, Eastbanipton 166 
 
 E. P. Simpson, South Franiinsiliaiii . . 18 
 
 A. v. Greenongh, Fayville .44 
 
 Clias. W. Jackson. Lynn ... IIH 
 
 J. H. Balconi, Ashland 6 
 
 A. L. Barrett, Orange 20 
 
 .1. L. Bruce, Concord 180 
 
 II. The Coniuianders of the above indicated I'osts should at once 
 communicate with their Mustering Officers, giving time and place of 
 installation, and the most direct way of getting there. In case the com- 
 rade designated above for any I'ost cannot be present, and where no 
 comrade has been detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer, any National 
 or Department officer, or I'ast I'ost Conuuander (in his own Post) in 
 good standing (except the retiring Commander), may act In no case 
 will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues have 
 been forwarded. 'See Service Book } 
 
 III. The Twenty-first Session of the Department Encampment will 
 be held in this city January 27 and 28 It is proposed to have a banquet 
 at the close of the meeting. In order that the committee may work 
 understandingly. Commanders of Posts are recjuested to send to this 
 office, at their earliest opportunity, on the inclosed postal card, the names 
 of comrades of their respective Posts Avho will purchase tickets to the 
 same. Price of tickets, §1 00. Promptness is desirable in this matter, 
 as only five hundred tickets can be issued on account of the capacity of 
 the hall. 
 
 IV. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters : Anv comrade of Co. G^2d Mass. H. A., by Richard Garvey, 
 17 Culvert street^ Roxbury, Mass : of Samuel A. Philbrick. Co. E, 3d 
 L'.S. Cav.. Private Orderly "to General RaAvlins at General Grant's head- 
 quarters during Vicksburg campaign; any comrade ©f the 12th Mass. 
 LB., who remembers John Tierney of said l^attery ; any comrade of Co. 
 0, 1st Mass. Inf , Avho remembers Marshall Fay of said company; Isaac 
 Allen and Wm. Stonebury, Co. H, 40th N.Y. 
 
 V. Comrades are cautioned against assisting Comrade E. E. Hoav- 
 ard, a suspended member of Post 32 of South Boston. The Commander 
 of said Post informs these headquarters that he is unworthy. 
 
 VI. General Orders, Nos 5, C and 7, from National Headiiuarters, 
 are herewith promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 KICIIARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
506 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 1 Pkmberton Sq., Room 11 
 General Orders, } Boston, Dec. 28, 188C. 
 
 No. 11. f 
 
 The angel of death has again visited our ranks and taken our hon- 
 ored comrade John Alexander Logan, for three years Commander-in- 
 Chief of the Grand Armj' of the Republic 
 
 B}' his deatli the Grand Army has lost one of its most devoted and 
 earnest friends. His record on the field was a glorious one, and whether 
 as General at the head of his gallant troops or as statesman in the halls 
 of Congress, he was ever ready to stand fearlessly by his old comrades 
 in arms His large-heartedness, his generosity to the needy and desti- 
 tute, his uniform kindness to all, endeared him to every member of our 
 organization with Avhom he became associated ; brave, frank, magnan- 
 imous, be will live in the hearts of those he has left behind, and their 
 love and grief will be a grander tribute to his memory than the proudest 
 chaplet which fame can lay upon his grave. 
 
 Oar teuderest sympathy and love are extended to the devoted wife 
 and weeping children, and we trust the memory of all his glories and 
 virtues may soften their grief at his absence. 
 
 All Department and Post officers will, for thirty days from the 
 date of this order, wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm 
 and sword hilt when on duty, and the charter of each Post will be 
 draped in mourning in honor of our departed comrade. 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official: Department Commander 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General 
 
twenty-first annual encampment. 507 
 
 Hkadquarteks Uepartmknt of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army ok the Republic, [- 
 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Jan 12, 1887. 
 
 No. 12. i 
 
 I. The Annual Encampment of this Department will meet at Tre- 
 raont Temple (in the Meionaon), Boston, on Thursday eveniuj;, January 
 27, at 7 o'clock, and continue the session at Treraont Temple, January 28. 
 
 II. It is earnestly desired that every Post in the Department shall 
 be represented by its full delegation. Posts should pay the expenses of 
 their deleijates, if necessary to secure this end 
 
 III. The ratio of I'epresentations has alread^y been published in 
 General Orders, No 8. In the absence of a Post Commander, the Senior 
 Vice-Comnuinder may repi'esent the Post, or if both are absent the Junior 
 Vice-Commander may act. 
 
 IV. Comrade Wm. F. Hayes, Commander of Post 1.51), will detail 
 one Ofticer of the Day, Officer of the Guard, an Orderly, and eiirht com- 
 rades to act as ijuard during the Encampment. This detail will report 
 to the Assistant Atl,iutant-General at Tremont Temple at (> p.m. the 27th. 
 
 V. After the adjournment of the Encampment, a l)anqiiet will be 
 held at Eaneuil Hall, to which Comrade Lucius Fairchild, Commander-in- 
 Chief of the G.A.R., Governor Ames, Mayor O'Brien, Collector Salton- 
 stall, Postmaster-General John M. Corse, and other distinguished guests 
 have been invited. Only five hundred tickets will be issued at .$1.00 each, 
 and as delegates are first to be supplied, it is hoped they will order tickets 
 through their Post Commanders without delay, so that if any are left 
 they can be sold to comrades desiring them. 
 
 VI The address of the following named persons is Avanted at these 
 headquarters : 2d Lieut. Wm. F. Clai'k, Sergt. James F. Kidder, both of 
 Co. E, 30th Mass. Inf., and Sergt. -Maj Geo. G. Spear, same regiment; 
 of Capt. Chas. H. Rich, Co C, 1st N S. C Troops; of some comrade of 
 Co K, 146 N.Y. Inf., in July, 1863, who knew Michael Goi'don of said 
 company ; Surgeon 28th Mass. Inf., spring of 1863 ; some comrade of Co. 
 B, 28th Mass. Inf., who rememljers William F. Carter of said company. 
 VII. Geoeral Orders, No. 8, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 RICHARD F. TOBIN, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
o08 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 1886. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Richard F. Toiun, Commander . . South Boston. 
 
 Charles D. N'ash, Senior J'icc- Commander South Abington. 
 Edmund C. Whitney, Junior Vice-Commander Dorchester. 
 
 C. D. Hendrickson, Medical Director . Orange. 
 
 Rev. E. a. Perry, Chaplain .... Palmer. 
 
 Council of AdminhtraMiin. 
 
 Horace a. SA\yyER Lynn. 
 
 Samuel Worcester Salem. 
 
 Geokge L. Goudale Medford. 
 
 Frank Simonds Natick. 
 
 Samuel 51. Weai.e E. Boston. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General . 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 John H. O'Donnei.l, , Assistant Q.M.-Gencral, 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 
 B. Read Wales, /xs^jc-c^or l I'emberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 
 John A. K^y^t-r, Judge Advocate . . . Boston. 
 
 P. Allen IjIsusky, Chirf Musterin'j OJicrr . Oambridgei>ort. 
 
 Aides-de-Camp 
 
 E. W. Lathrop, 
 A. S. Atherton, 
 Thomas Lan(;lan, 
 Jere. Wakefield, 
 Wm. J. Blake, 
 
 E. P. Jewett, 
 
 F. H. Hills, 
 Thos. H. Haskell, 
 A. J. Wilson, 
 
 C. H. Wakefield, 
 C. C. Haskell, 
 Wm. H. Brown, 
 James Cuthhert, 
 
 T. I. QUINX, 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Foxboro. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 Charlestdwu. 
 
 Brighton. 
 
 Hingham. 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Dakhs Hadley, 
 A. R. Hol.mes, 
 R. S. Atherton, 
 R. C. C'.\ldf,r, 
 A. B. Pierce, 
 C. M. Sprague, 
 John Keach, 
 O. L. Wood, 
 Wm. H. Johnson, 
 Wm. p. Martin, 
 LvsANDEB Wood, 
 Wm. a. Prescott. 
 
 L. M. ALDEN. 
 
 Thos. F. Ellsworth, 
 
 Everett. 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Turners Falls. 
 
 Manchester. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Xorthampton. 
 
 Pittsfleld, 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 • ^uincy. 
 
 Stoughton. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Middleboro. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 509 
 
 Aides-di'- Camp ( Continued) . 
 
 James \V. Joyce, 
 Thos. W. Cook, 
 J. H. Harrison, 
 Jas. K. chuk< lull. 
 1". h. o'conmell, 
 Wm. E. Long, 
 C. E. Bailev, 
 ii. n. horton, 
 Ma.ior Bacon, 
 Isaiah Hutchins, 
 H. H. Collamore, 
 Louis E. Stone, 
 H. M. McCloud, 
 G Q. A. Bryant, 
 Laurence Gibnev, 
 J. C. Madigan, 
 M. H. Stevens, 
 j. b. loring, 
 Chas. B. Carlin, 
 AVm. H. Belcher, 
 Owen B. Chai fee, 
 J. F. Hunter, 
 
 I^awrenoe. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Fiskdule. 
 
 AVoirester. 
 
 I tan vers. 
 
 Urookline. 
 
 Kinjistoii. 
 
 Lee. 
 
 Arlington. 
 
 West Acton. 
 
 No. Pembroke. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Amherst. 
 
 Winchendon. 
 
 Blackstone. 
 
 E. Walpole. 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Shrewsbury. 
 
 stoneham. 
 
 Holliston. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Shelburne Fall.-^ 
 
 A. E. Paixe, 
 
 B. F. French, 
 A. J. Lowu, 
 
 CVRUS T. BAT< IlKI-UOR, 
 
 Rodney D. Lof)Mis, 
 lillSSELL L. Doane. 
 J, II. Balcom, 
 
 C. F. Paine, 
 Wm. p. Warren, 
 Harlow Chai'in, 
 Edward LE(ir. , 
 E. P. Miles, 
 
 J. H. Abbott, 
 
 Ben.i. Phenix, 
 
 W. H. Abbott, 
 
 J. Walter Brai>lee, 
 
 Isaac Call, 
 
 Chas. a. Gross, 
 
 Wm. L. Hicks, 
 
 Wm. H. EvELiTii, 
 
 k. P. Chamberlaine, 
 
 K. F. Chamberlain, 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 East Templeton. 
 
 Salem . 
 
 Peabody. 
 
 Millbury. 
 
 .Vthol Centre. 
 
 Ashland. 
 
 Groveland. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 .Monson. 
 
 Brookfleld. 
 
 Hudson. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Hoi yoke. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Swarapscott. 
 
 Cohasset. 
 
 l{o.\bury. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Sandwich. 
 
 liepresp.ntatives to 
 
 DELEG-VTE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 J.L.Otis, Northampton. 
 
 JVatioiinl Encampmexb 
 
 alternate-at-large. 
 Charles O. F^.llows, Chelsea. 
 
 DELEG 
 
 John McDonough, 
 e. r. wheeler, 
 Walter Goodrich, 
 N. E. Abbott, 
 W. H. Chamberlix, 
 J. A. Richmond, 
 
 E. S. HORTOX, 
 
 E. B. Loring, 
 J. J. Calanan, 
 
 B. S. LOVELL, 
 
 G. L. Rice, 
 I). H. WiLCO.X, 
 Peter I). Smith, 
 
 C. A. R. DiMOXD, 
 A. S. Atherton, 
 John Best, 
 
 E. B. Macv, 
 
 N. S. TOflAN, 
 
 ATES. 
 
 .South Boston. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Haverliill. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Shelburne Falls. 
 
 Attleboro. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 North Adams. 
 
 Lee. 
 
 Andover. 
 
 I.,owell. 
 
 WaketieUl. 
 
 stoneham. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Brockton. 
 
 Daniel F. Kielv, 
 Phillip Creasev, 
 A. M. Dudley, 
 John S. Cook, 
 f:. N. Jones, 
 E. C. Whitney, 
 Joseph Dalton, 
 Tho.-*. W. Cook, 
 J. F. Callanan, 
 .T. D. Cogswell, 
 James B. Brewster, 
 H. C. Sherwin, 
 C. E. Hai'Good, 
 Luther C. Brown. 
 Henry a. Walker, 
 Frank E. Martelli, 
 W. S. Hickson, 
 Frank M. Whitman. 
 
 ates. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 North Brookfleld. 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 E. Boston. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Leicester. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Aver. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Medway. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Chelsea. 
 
 Haverhill. 
 
 Austin S. Cushmax, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Francis A. Osboijn, 
 *.Iames L. Bates, 
 William Cogswell, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 John W. Kimball, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 New York. Horace BiNNEYSAKGENT,Salem 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Weymouth. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Fitchburg'-. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 John O. B. Adams, 
 *John a. Ha WES, 
 George W. Creasey, 
 George H. Patch, 
 George S. Evans, 
 John D. Billings, 
 John W. Hersey, 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Fairhaven. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 So. Framinghani. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Springtield. 
 
 * Deceased. 
 
510 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Tost. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. 11. Bartlett .. 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General J-ander. 
 
 r. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. AVard . . 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster . 
 
 C.C.Phillips.... 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilco.K. 
 
 General Sedgwick. 
 Colonel Prescott . . 
 Edwin V. Sumner. 
 H. S. Green leaf ... 
 
 Friedrich Hecker... 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. P>. R. Sprague... 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson 
 
 Charles Devens.. . . 
 George D. Wells . . 
 F. P. H. Rogers ... 
 William H. .Smart. 
 
 George W. Perry. . 
 
 Washington 
 
 Uurbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan . .. 
 Theodore W i n t hr o p . 
 
 Francis Gould. 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry. 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols ... 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 -Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell . . 
 
 New Bedford . . 
 South Boston . . 
 
 Taunton 
 
 Melrose 
 
 Lynn 
 
 HoUiston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Worcester 
 
 Charlestown 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 Brockton 
 
 Hoi)kinton 
 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Orange 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg 
 
 Colerain 
 
 Boston 
 
 Milford 
 
 East Boston 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Uxbridge 
 
 Roxbury 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston . 
 
 Waltham 
 
 Cambridgeport 
 
 Scituate 
 
 South Boston. . 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Salem 
 
 Chelsea 
 
 Arlington 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Brookfield 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 Maiden 
 
 We.*tfield 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Marlboro 
 
 Fayville 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Fall River 
 
 Haverhill 
 
 Ayer 
 
 No. OF 
 
 Mkmr'ks 
 
 253 
 
 220 
 
 161 
 
 6S 
 
 949 
 
 4G 
 412 
 
 78 
 94 
 (iOl 
 
 205 
 186 
 
 33 
 440 
 
 89 
 
 35 
 
 239 
 
 23 
 
 54 
 
 125 
 
 128 
 
 73 
 3i 
 l(i4 
 
 45 
 31 
 111 
 
 2))4 
 
 (;3 
 
 70 
 
 8.-) 
 
 225 
 432 
 
 102 
 58 
 343 
 141 
 150 
 353 
 
 131 
 
 34 
 
 1 CO 
 
 215 
 
 309 
 50 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Fred A. Washburn ; 
 
 Box 492 \ 
 
 C. H. Whiting 
 
 3S2 Broadway ) 
 
 Lewis B. Hodges 
 
 Edwin C. Gould 
 
 T. M. Currant ( 
 
 Box 23 i 
 
 Wm.H. Belcher 
 
 Wilbur F. Lane ( 
 
 37 D wight Street i 
 
 James M. Sampson 
 
 Chas. G. Brigham 
 
 Cephas N. Walker i 
 
 6 Merrick Street \ 
 
 Wm. H. Poole ( 
 
 143 Main Street ) 
 
 Arlon S. Atherton 
 
 Alfred F. Sears I 
 
 Box 1094 i 
 
 N. H. Houghton 
 
 Oavid R. I'icrce ) 
 
 771 Dudley Street \ 
 
 Joel H. Hendricks ) 
 
 C32 State Street ( 
 
 Albert L. Barrett 
 
 K. H. Bunker 
 
 Edward I*. Loring 
 
 E. J. Read ( 
 
 Gr^swokiville \ 
 
 Chas. Rothenberg j 
 
 46 Laicrange St., Boston I 
 
 Henry J. Bailev ( 
 
 ■ Box -243 i 
 
 Edward I'reble 
 
 6 Monmouth St., E.B. \ 
 
 Geo. M. Newton 
 
 Ezra H. Hill 
 
 John E. Killian / 
 
 1 FenwickSt., Roxburv ) 
 
 O. B. Chaffee '. . . 
 
 .1. E. Anderson 
 
 M. H. Stevens 
 
 Wm. H. P. Plumnicr. . . I 
 42 Windsor Street \ 
 
 Geo. O. Vinal ) 
 
 Egypt I 
 
 W. J. Blake ( 
 
 19 Dedham Street 1 
 
 Wm. P. Warren ( 
 
 Box 695 S 
 
 Samuel Worcester 
 
 Nelson H. Sibley | 
 
 Office Chief of Police i 
 
 Horace D. Durgin j 
 
 North Cambridge \ 
 
 Chas. P. Barton 
 
 E. Legg 
 
 Chas. H.Conillard 
 
 F.E. West 
 
 Geo. 11. Prescott 
 
 John Welch ) 
 
 212 Middlesex Street I 
 
 J. R. McCrillis 
 
 Geo. Cantello 
 
 Sidnev Gardner 
 
 JohnH. Abbott ( 
 
 Box 369 ( 
 
 Edward B. Savage 
 
 John H. Sprague 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and :u\ Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th AVed. 
 
 Alter. Fridays 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 Last Tuesday 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and .■!(! Wed. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 IstandlthThurs. 
 
 1st and SdThurs. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 Wednesday 
 lstand3dThurs. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 Tuesday 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 lstand3dThurs 
 
TWENTV-FIHST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 511 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. No. 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 49 
 
 llnion .W 
 
 EzraBiitcheller 51 
 
 A. B. Randall 52 
 
 Charles H. Stevens — 5.3 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings' rA 
 
 .7 . C. Freeman 55 
 
 Charles Beck riti 
 
 V. Stearns Davis 57 
 
 Heynokls 58 
 
 Major .T. A. Pratt ... .".9 
 
 Franklin (><) 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon C! 
 
 Charles Waid (>2 
 
 Oen . Wads worth (v? 
 
 K. 1). Baker 64 
 
 Clara Barton f)5 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 66 
 
 Allen 67 
 
 I'.enj. Stone, Jv 6H 
 
 ,7. P. Rice 69 
 
 Town. 
 
 'Jeorfrc .\. (.'uster. . . 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A. St. John Chanibrc. 
 Mcl'herson 
 
 HartSTiff 
 
 .7. P. Gduld 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Thenin E. Hall... 
 David A. Russell. 
 
 Chas. D. Sanford. . . 
 .\rthur <i. Biscoe. . 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr. 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 .7. W. Lawton 
 
 W. L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer. . . . 
 
 I'anl Revere" 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr. 
 
 Ward 
 
 K. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn. 
 
 I izro Miller 
 
 Itevcrc 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks. 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 K. J.Grifrgs 
 
 Henrv Brvant 
 
 Gen. W. F. Bartlett... 
 
 William B. (Jreene 
 
 Charles Suuiner 
 
 Huntint;ton F.Wolcott 
 
 Newburyport 
 
 Peabody 
 
 North Hrookfield. 
 South Easton 
 
 XO. OF 
 
 Memb'bs 
 
 Leominster.... 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Provincetown . 
 Cambridge. .. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling . 
 Franklin 
 "Webster. 
 Newton.. 
 
 Xatick.. 
 Clinton. 
 Warren. 
 
 Medford.. . . 
 Manchester 
 Dorchester . 
 
 Westminster. 
 
 Millbury. 
 Holvoke. 
 
 Stoughton. 
 Abiiigton.. 
 
 87 South Bra in tree. 
 
 8» Quincv 
 
 S9 Beveriv 
 
 Rockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington. 
 
 North Adams 
 
 Westboro 
 
 Watertown 
 
 Marblehead 
 
 Hanover 
 
 •South Deerfield 
 
 Ware 
 
 Northampton . . 
 
 90 , Danvers 
 
 Foxboro 
 
 !)1 Brighton 
 
 !i-.' Shelburne Falls. . 
 
 ii:5 
 
 94 Canton 
 
 95 Saugiis . 
 
 96 North boro 
 
 97 Belchertown . 
 
 9S Cohasset 
 
 99 j Andover 
 
 100 Methuen 
 
 101 Groveland . .. 
 
 102 Milton 
 
 243 
 117 
 
 3' 
 114 
 
 28 
 76 
 99 
 104 
 
 100 
 46 
 254 
 
 UC 
 101 
 129 
 22 
 136 
 
 103 
 99 
 58 
 
 179 
 30 
 26 
 34 
 
 184 
 
 fix 
 90 
 
 141 
 28 
 
 62 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Henry Martin 
 
 Frank E. 7''arnham 
 
 John S. Cooke 
 
 EIli.s R. Holbrook | 
 
 Box 30, Cocliesett j 
 
 A. W. Allen 
 
 John A. Merrill 
 
 Geo. H. Nickerson 
 
 Horace A. AUyn / 
 
 471 Broadway \ 
 
 F. M. Balcom j 
 
 Sixth Street i 
 Benj. S. Lovell i 
 
 East Weymouth ( 
 
 Wm. S. Walker 
 
 Wm. E. Nason 
 
 Elias 1'. Morton 
 
 W. H. Park.Jr / 
 
 Newtonville ) 
 
 S. W. Mann 
 
 Henry <; Ladd 
 
 JohnThayer ( 
 
 Box 3.30 i 
 
 Robt. M. Spinney 
 
 Chas. H. Stone 
 
 Chas. D. Stiles I 
 
 13 Belden Street I 
 J. S. Harrington t 
 
 S. Westminster ( 
 
 E. A. Waters 
 
 Wm. H. Abbott I 
 
 Howard Street ( 
 
 Lvsander Wood 
 
 A". W. Hincs ) 
 
 North Aldington | 
 
 Geo. E. Dunham 
 
 S.L. Colley 
 
 B. A. Hathaway 
 
 A. D. Bascom 
 
 Rufus Cass 1 
 
 S. Abington Station ) 
 
 I'eter Snyder 
 
 Chas. E. Smith 
 
 Fred A . Thomas 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 R. C Waterman 
 
 Chas. Stowell 
 
 Frank P. Clark 
 
 Wm. R. Bardwell / 
 
 Florence, Mass. \ 
 
 Henry A . Monk 
 
 Franci.s P. I^oud 
 
 John Hauners i 
 
 Box 84S ( 
 
 Harvev H. Pillsbury 
 
 H. C. Lindley 
 
 .Mva J. Wilson 
 
 James F. Hunter / 
 
 Box 1.54 i 
 John T. I'itman ) 
 
 Box 276 i 
 
 John T. Grlman ) 
 
 East Saugus i 
 
 F. M. Harrington 
 
 A. W. Morse.. 
 
 E. E. Wentworth 
 
 Geo. W. Chandler 
 
 Geo. N. Bernard 
 
 Hosea 7? . Nash 
 
 Chas. E. C. Breck 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 1st Tuesday 
 2d and 4th'Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 4th Monday 
 2d and 4th*Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Werl. 
 
 2d and4thTnes. 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 IMonday 
 M onday 
 Wednesday 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d l"ri! 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Friday 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d anrr4th Tues 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and .{d Wed. 
 2(1 and lastThur. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st Mondav 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st Friday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and lib We.l, 
 
512 
 
 HISTOKY DEFT. OK MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Kame of Post. 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 E. Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 O. W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett J'eabody 
 
 p:ricsson 
 
 Cajit. Horace Niles — 
 
 ■). E Simmons 
 
 D. AVillard Robinson. 
 
 E. W. Kinsley 
 
 Col.C. R. MudRe 
 
 E. S.Clark 
 
 D. G Farragut 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A . Gartield . . . 
 
 Timothy Ingraham . . 
 
 E. P. Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 (feorge E. Sayles 
 
 T. L. Bonney' 
 
 Gen. James Ajjpleton 
 
 AVm. H. Freeman 
 
 James H. Sargent. . . . 
 George H. Thomas . . . 
 
 Charles Chipman. . . . 
 Geo. H. Mainiien. .. 
 Robert A.Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 \V. C. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith. . . 
 Frank D. Hammond. 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G- .Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. D. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns.. 
 Armstrong 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. H P. Sargent 
 
 Chicopee 
 
 Hingham 
 
 Tipton 
 
 Rockport 
 
 I'almer 
 
 Georgetown 
 
 East Templeton. 
 Rmdolph 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate. . 
 
 No. OF 
 Mkmb'k-s 
 
 Boston , 
 
 114 Merrimac 
 ll.")i Groton... 
 
 Gardner. 
 Medlield. 
 
 Swampscott . 
 Lexington.. . 
 Lowell 
 
 121 Hyde Park 
 
 V22 Amesbury 
 
 1-23 A thol Centre 
 
 124 East Bridgewater 
 
 Pittsfield... 
 
 Adams 
 
 Hanson 
 
 Ipswich 
 
 Blackstone. 
 
 Medway.. 
 
 Leicester. 
 
 Sandwich. 
 I'lainvillu. 
 Boston . . . 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 
 Rutland 
 
 East Douglass. 
 West Acton. . . . 
 
 Somerville 
 
 Athol 
 
 !>. Chatham 
 
 Saxonville. 
 
 Brookline .... 
 
 Dedham 
 
 .\ ttleboro .... 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Amherst 
 
 Winchester . . 
 Chailestown . 
 Montague — 
 
 West Newbury. 
 E;ssex 
 
 TO 
 G2 
 .i'J 
 59 
 47 
 '6 
 42 
 4.5 
 
 .•!1 
 
 .")1 
 
 lit) 
 
 57 
 
 0:5 
 ■SO 
 
 31 
 37 
 247 
 
 109 
 
 47 
 
 20.T 
 7.1 
 
 103 
 
 3(1 
 
 ;;n 
 
 ."jO 
 
 .■)l 
 31 
 
 4S 
 
 24 
 39 
 33 
 72 
 65 
 73 
 47 
 
 43 
 92 
 
 1(11 
 
 COMMANKKK. 
 
 Benj. F. Tucker 
 
 Chas. H. Waketiebl 
 
 D. C. Haviland 
 
 Calvin W.Pool 
 
 Charles Upliam 
 
 Chas. W . Tennev 
 
 Chas. B. Garfield 
 
 N. H. Tirrell 
 
 Geo. H. Church / 
 
 E. I'embroke ( 
 
 David Bassiord, Jr ; 
 
 Hanover, Mass. ( 
 
 Augustine Samlerson. . 1 
 
 1(;82 Washington St. ( 
 
 M. P. Brew 
 
 Daniel C. Fletcher ; 
 
 Littleton, Mass. ] 
 
 John D. Edgell 
 
 John H. Pember j 
 
 Walpole.Mass. \ 
 
 John I. A dams 
 
 Geo. 1). Harrington 
 
 W. A. Fifleld ( 
 
 24 Varney Street ( 
 
 E. S. Churchill 
 
 Box 255, Dedham, Mass. ( 
 Charles (ioss ) 
 
 Box 2 ) 
 
 James Oliver, M.D ( 
 
 Box 110 ( 
 
 I'eregrine W. Poole 
 
 Elrawood, Mass. ( 
 
 VV alter Cutting 
 
 E. P. Snow 
 
 Edward I'endleton 
 
 Luther Wait / 
 
 Box 283 \ 
 
 C. E. Tucker 
 
 Blackstone J 
 
 Wm. J. Arbuckle 
 
 John F. Kebler ) 
 
 Rochdale | 
 
 S.Wells Hunt 
 
 Wm. H. Wade 
 
 Samuel .A. Valentine.. . ( 
 1 Blossom Court \ 
 
 .Tos. R. Coring 
 
 Jas G. Shannon.. ■ - ■ ■ 
 
 Henry Hutchins 
 
 Isaiah Hutchins 
 
 Melville I). Jones 
 
 Wm. E. Jaquith 
 
 Geo. X. Munsell / 
 
 Harwich \ 
 
 Nathaniel S. Robinson. ( 
 
 S. Framinghani ) 
 
 "Wm. E. Long 
 
 Hcnrv W. Weeks 
 
 >. D.' Guild 
 
 Geo. T. Fisher / 
 
 233 Middle Street i 
 
 H. M. McCloud 
 
 Nkiht of 
 
 Meet INC. 
 
 M. E. Lyon 
 
 Chas. S. Stone ) 
 
 11 Charles St., S'm'ville \ 
 
 G. N. Watson j 
 
 N. Leverett \ 
 
 Elbridge G. Wood 
 
 Chas. E. French 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 3d Wednesday 
 
 2d and lastTues. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 ( Sat. after 
 
 ) lull moon. 
 
 2d and last Men. 
 
 2d and 4th Weil. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 ^Monday 
 
 3d Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 1st Monday 
 Monday 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 1st and 3(1 Mon. 
 
 Saturday 
 
 2d Satunlay 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 1st Saturday 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 
 1st Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Tluir. 
 
 3d Monday 
 3il Friday " 
 2d and 4th Jlon. 
 
 3d Thursday 
 
 1 Tues. on or 
 I bcf . full moon 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 Wednesday 
 
TWENTY-FIKST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 513 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbridge B. Piper... 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser. 
 .John A. Ilawes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton... 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taft 
 
 Oen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 Wm. VVadsworth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown. 
 
 Geo. K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 A Ibert S. .Johnson 
 
 E. K. Warren 
 
 J . Arthur Johnson . . . 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee.. 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samuel F. Woods 
 
 Old Concord 
 
 Galen Orr .. 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton. . . 
 Chas. C. Smith 
 
 153 Winchendon . 
 
 154 Kingston 
 
 Monson 
 
 Everett 
 
 Walpole 
 
 Housa tonic. 
 East Boston. 
 
 West Brookfleld. . 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Turners Falls 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 164 Conway 
 
 165! Duxliury 
 
 166 Easthauipton 
 
 167 Whitinsville 
 
 Southbridge 
 
 Norwood 
 
 Mansfield 
 
 Northfield 
 
 Bolton 
 
 Sturbridge 
 
 Greenfield.., 
 Lancaster... 
 Huntington 
 Lee 
 
 174 
 175 
 
 176 
 177 
 
 178J Otis 
 
 179 Barre 
 
 ISO' Concord 
 
 181 Needham 
 
 182 Somerset 
 
 183 South Hadlev. 
 
 iNo. OP 
 Mehb'ss 
 
 Commander. 
 
 57 
 87 
 
 40 
 123 
 
 32 
 60 
 60 
 48 
 24 
 48 
 70 
 21 
 49 
 36 
 38 
 27 
 18 
 38 
 
 81 
 21 
 67 
 30 
 
 Geo. Q A. Bryant 
 Frank C. Hill 
 
 Wm. Ricketts 
 
 Chas. H. Spencer 
 
 Joseph C. Madigan I 
 
 East Walpole ) 
 
 Wm. McDonald 
 
 Joseph Rossiter / 
 
 123 Saratoga St„ E.B. ) 
 
 Geo. H. Howard 
 
 Milton Moore 
 
 Otis B.Wood 
 
 E. F. Phinnev 
 
 Chas. C. Burdett 
 
 J. W. Tower 
 
 Edwin E.Janes 
 
 J. F. Snelling 
 
 Geo. W . Corey 
 
 Albert G.Webb 
 
 Henry H. Fairbanks 
 
 Rollins C Ward 
 
 Ambrose Eames 
 
 John H. Harrison I 
 
 Fisk<lale i 
 
 Chas. C. Haskell 
 
 Eben C Mann 
 
 Edwin D. Hutchinson... 
 D.M. Wilcox 
 
 Warren O. Hawley 
 
 B. F. Brooks 
 
 Edward J. Bartlett 
 
 A. D. Kingsbury 
 
 Amasa Gray 
 
 Chas. Church 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 2d and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 1 Mon. on or 
 I bef. full moon 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 l^t and 3d Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 3d Wednendav 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 2d Fridav 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2(1 Friday 
 
 1st and 3dThur. 
 
 2(1 and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 2(1 and 4th Mon. 
 2d and 4th Thur. 
 
 { .Sat. on or 
 
 I bef. full moon 
 1st Saturday 
 2d Thursday 
 Alternate Thurs. 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
CHARLES D. NASH, 
 
 DEPARTrvLENT CONl M ANDER, 
 1887-8S. 
 
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT, 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.a.r. 
 
 HELD AT 
 
 Boston, 1888. 
 
 FEBRUARY .s. —AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Department of Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Republic, convened at Tremont Temple, Bos- 
 ton, Feb. 8, 1888, in accordance with General Orders, No. 11, from 
 Department Headquarters, and was called to order at 2.10 p.m. by 
 Department Commander Charles D. Nash. 
 
 OflScer of the Day reported that all present were members of 
 the Order. 
 
 Past Department Commanders were invited to take seats on 
 the platform. 
 
 Prayer was offered by Comrade E. A. Horton, Department 
 Chaplain, after which the Department Commander declared the 
 Encampment open in due form. 
 
 Commander then appointed the following Committee on Cre- 
 dentials, viz: A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General; Aug. 
 H. Wright, Assistant Quartermaster-General; A. A. Smith and 
 E. P. Jewett, Council of Administration ; W. H. BroAvn, Aide. 
 
 On the motion of Judge- Advocate John A. Keefe, the read- 
 ing of the records of the previous Encampment was dispensed 
 with. 
 
516 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General reported for the Committee 
 on Credentials, as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encamp- 
 ment 639 
 
 Number present 419 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers 15 
 
 Past Department Officers 6 
 
 Post Commanders 144 
 
 Delegates 254 
 
 Total 419 
 
TWENTY-SECONO ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 517 
 
 DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT, 
 1888. 
 
 ROLL OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Commander Charles D Nash. 
 
 Senior Vice- Commander Edmund C. Whitnkv 
 
 Junior Vice- Commander James Kittle. 
 
 Medical Director J. B. Cherry 
 
 Chaplain E. A. Horton. 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale. 
 A. A. Smith. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 E. P. Jewett. 
 
 Wm. a. Prescott. 
 Malcolm Sillars. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 Assistant Adjutant- General .... 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General 
 
 Inspector 
 
 Judge Advocate 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer 
 
 A. C. Monroe. 
 Aug H. Wright. 
 
 B. Read Wales. 
 John A. Keefe. 
 T. Spencer Jenks. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 J. W. Kimball. 
 J. G. B. Adams. 
 Geo. S. Evans 
 John W. Hersey, 
 
 George S. Merrill. 
 George W. Creasey. 
 John D. Billings. 
 R. F. TOHIN. 
 
 [Only the names of comrades present are given.] 
 
 Post 1. Commander Geo. P. Giftbi'd, F. P. Washburn, H. C Slosson, 
 H. F. Cakhvell, J. H. Saxon, A. B. Wady, S. S Benjamin. 
 
 Post 2. Commander Wm. F. Gierke, Geo. H Innis, W. II. Lee, C. H. 
 Ross, J. D. Kcnney, J. B. Blake 
 
 Post 3. Commander Aldeu H. Blake, J W. Brewer, Alanson Pratt, 
 Lyman Mason 
 
 Post 4. Commander John E. Marshall, John Gray, 
 
 Post 5. Commander Geo W. Wilson, T. M. Currant, Fred. P. Lara- 
 bee, P. S. Curry, G. W. Wilson, Geo. D. Stiles, F. M. 
 Flinn, John Macfarlane, H. F. Sver, Geo. H. Rich, J. W. 
 Youn<r, C. L Hill, Geo. W. Littletield, H. B. Preljble, 
 E. W. Hall, F. P. Sawyer, Israel BufliiUon, I). W. Eaton, 
 D. C. Earle, Benjamin Pitman. James H. Andrews. 
 
 Post G. Commander G. Y. Leland, Benj. A. P»ridges. 
 
518 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 7. Commander Charles H Whitney, Jeremiah Wakefield, P. W. 
 . Doherty, Thad Churchill, Andrew E. Perkins, C. G. 
 
 Goussebaire, W. F. Lane, M H. Enwright, G. A. J. Col- 
 
 gau, James E. Powers, W. H Skimmage, Theo. A. Phelan. 
 Post 8. Conimauder Robt. M. Dempsey, James H. Shaw, S. P. 
 
 Ed-wards. 
 Post 9. Commander Hiram P. Bean, Cyrus 11. Brown, P. Pengrey, 
 
 S. Arnold 
 Post 10. Commander Josiah N Jones, Geo. A. Blunt, W. L. Robinson, 
 
 M. A Boyden, S H. Fuller, J. E. Bigelow, J. P. Crosby, 
 
 Jeremiah Murphy, Frank II. Rice, C. W Putnam, J. K. 
 
 Churchill, S F Babl)ltt, H. A. Green, H. B. Buck. 
 Post 11. Commander Everett A. Stevens, J. W. Hill, C. P. Whittle, 
 
 H W. Woodbury, I W. Derby, R A. Blood, T. H. Haskell. 
 Post 12. Commander Chas. H. Hawes, A. S. Atherton, W. N. Tyler, 
 
 G W Aborn, W. L. Hawes, J W. Lee 
 Post 13. Commander Seth L. French, Frank W. Luce, Samuel J. Wade, 
 
 George A. Grant, J. P. Chipman. 
 Post 14. Henry D^ Smith. 
 Post 15. Commander Geo. B. White, W. B Daly, E. F. Rollins, W. B. 
 
 Frothingham, James A Fox, W. P Shreve, James E Reid, 
 
 Geo O Noys, Chas. W. Bartlett, Henry J. Ellis, Stephen 
 
 B Clapp, A Fitzemeyer, F. B. Beahn. 
 Post 16. Commander James L Bowen, J. II. Kendrick, E. M. Tiukhara, 
 
 J. A A Packard. O. H Perry, W. R. Sessions, C. W. 
 
 Garrett, W. D. Keyes, William Tatton, J. A. Turnbull, 
 
 C. H. Rust. 
 Post 17. Commander Lorenzo Harris, C. D. Heudrickson, Joseph 
 
 Spencer. 
 Post 18. Commander C F Davis. G. C. Fiske. 
 Post 19. Commander Chas. II Glazier. E B. Macy, William Jubb, 
 
 E. F. Putnam, J. W. Abbott, Stilman Stone. 
 Post 20. Commander Henry M. Howard, C. B Denison. 
 Post 21. Commander Theodore Leutz, O. A. Schmidt. 
 Post 22. Commander Joseph Hancock, A. F. Cheney, James W. Burke, 
 
 Henry J. Bailey. 
 Post 23. Commander J. H. S. Pearson, Samuel M. Weale, Geo. E. 
 
 Harrington , Lyman W. Clarke 
 Post 24. Commander Perley Goddard, A B. Hudson. 
 Post 25. Commander A. A. Putnam. 
 Post 26. Commander John E. Gilman, John E. Killian, Alphonzo Baker, 
 
 C. T. Richardson, L. F. Papanti. 
 Post 27. Commander Fred G Hyde, John A. Taft. 
 Post 28. Commander W. L G. Hastins, Henry O. Sawyer. 
 Post 29. Commander M. II. Stevens, Samel Patch, H. C. Hall, James 
 
 Beaty. 
 Post 30. Commander James K. Odell, J. W. Walker, Samuel Hall, F. E. 
 Martell, Henry C. Hobbs, J. W. Wilkinson, M. J. Folsom. 
 Post 31. E. F. Merritt. 
 
 Post 32. Commander Wm. J Blake, P. Lynch, W. L. Lord. 
 Post 33 Commander W. C C. Colgate, Thomas H Hill, A. P. Barrett. 
 Post 34. Commander Amos Stillman, A. M. Dudley, C. E. Frow, J. J. 
 McCue, Wm. Foss, C. W. Jones, Joseph G. Dennett, Edwin 
 A. Hall 
 Post 35. Commander Joseph W. Thayer, Jeremiah Norris, C. A. Little- 
 field, H. T. Holmes, Wm H. Hart, Thomas Keefe, George 
 S. Roberts, Benjamin P. Livingston, Ivory R. Allen, 
 Chas. A. Merriam. 
 Post 36. Commander Major Bacon, E A. Jacobs. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 .lit 
 
 Post 37. Commander C. V. Barton, E. R. Wheeler, Hiram Clark. 
 
 Post 38. -John M. Badijer. 
 
 Post 39. Commander George L. Gage, C. N Bell, John Sheehan, D. F. 
 
 Kiley, W. D. Curtis, Samuel Langmaid, James Lane, C. E. 
 
 Lock, F. O. Kendall, W. F. McAlpine. 
 Post 40. Commander H. H. Comings, L. Wolfsen, J. R. Howe, N. 
 
 Newhall. 
 Post 41. Commander Theodore Manee, Wm. E. Walton, F. V. Ludd, 
 
 William Clark. 
 Post 42 Commander C. A. R. Dimon, John Welch, H. G. Weymouth, 
 
 Geo E Worthen, H. B. Pettingill, J. J. Donnelly, J. F. 
 
 Murphy. 
 P(^st 43. Commander J. R. McCrillis, F. H. Morse, Walter S. Goss, 
 
 Geo A. Howe. 
 Post 44. Commander Peter Tebo, Samuel F. Draper. 
 Post 4.5. Commander Thaddeus Griffin, E. L. Rowe, Elliot Adams, A C 
 
 Andrews, S. Gardner. 
 Post 46. Commander John M. Deane, Joseph Shaw, John Fleet, Frank 
 
 McGraw, Joseph M LaRue, H. C Braley. 
 Post 47 Commander Wm. D. Wood, E. B. Savage, Thomas N. Arnold, 
 
 B. A. Sawyer, Wm. H. Johnson, E. G. Frothingham, 
 
 John T. Brown, P. F. Fitzgerald. 
 Post 48. Commander O P. Robinson, James O'Brien. 
 Post 49. Commander Luther Carter, Benjamin Pierce, Caleb P Davis, 
 
 Jr., Russell S. Tibbetts, Thomas E. Carter, Geo. W. 
 
 Lattime. 
 Post .50. Commander Thomas H. Jackman, F. E. Farnhara, Samuel G. 
 
 Southwick, Wm. F. Wiley. 
 Post 51. Junior Vice-Commander Geo W. Bruce, Wm. C. Griffin. 
 Post 52. Commander Geo. G. Smith, Thomas Bean. 
 Post 53. Commander Thomas A Hills, Thomas J. Ames, Samuel Fel- 
 
 ton, Elijah Thompson. 
 Post 54. Commander Geo. H. Andrews, John A. Merrill. 
 Post 55 Commander George Allen, H. P Hughes. 
 Post 56. Commander W H. H. Howe, C. F. Seagrave, M. J. Conroy. 
 
 H. E. Burton. 
 Post 57. Commander John S. Kenney, J. IL Gallagher, Geo. Lloyd, 
 
 Abner F. Davis 
 Post 58. Charles Trott, James J. Mahoney, Jr., Harvey E. Raymond, 
 
 B. Frank Thomas. 
 Post 59. Commander Albert H. Newhall, Edward N. Taylor. 
 Post 60. Commander Walter M. Fisher, W. E. Nason, W. M. Conrey. 
 Post 61. Commander A. R. Snow, P. S. May. 
 Post 62. Commander A. T. Sylvester, James H. Baird, R. M. Lucas, 
 
 S. A. Langley. 
 Post 63. Commander John Crawford, A. B. Pierce, S. W. Mann, 1 . 
 
 Mahan, J. II. Wright. 
 Post 64. Commander Wm. A. Johnson, Lucius Field, Charles M. 
 
 Dinsmore. 
 Post 65. Commander L. W. Gilbert, H M. Converse. 
 Post 66. Commander (). II. Allen, J. H Whitney, E. F. Smith. 
 Post 67. Commander Henrv T. Bingham, Charles 11 Stone. 
 Post 68. Commander C. D. W. Marcy, Charles B. Fox, Charles D. 
 
 Stiles, Wallace Kenney, Stephen Sumner, A. H. Spencer. 
 PO.ST 69. Commander J. Henrv Miller, Geo. E Rice. 
 Post 70. Commander Kodnev D- Loomis, A. H. Batchelor 
 Post 7L Senior Vice-Commander D. E. Butler, Ira G. Mattice, L. I. 
 
 Brockett, W II. IL Stebbins. 
 Post 72. Commander Ira Drake, George O. Wentworth. 
 
520 
 
 HISTORY D?:PT. of MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 
 
 7a. 
 
 Post 
 
 74. 
 
 Post 
 
 75. 
 
 Post 
 
 76. 
 
 Post 
 
 77. 
 
 Post 
 
 78 
 
 Post 
 
 79. 
 
 Post 
 
 80. 
 
 Post 
 
 81. 
 
 Post 
 
 82. 
 
 Post 
 
 83, 
 
 Post 
 
 84. 
 
 Post 
 
 85. 
 
 Post 
 
 86. 
 
 Post 
 
 87. 
 
 Post 
 
 88. 
 
 Post 
 
 89. 
 
 Post 
 
 90. 
 
 Post 
 
 91. 
 
 Post 
 
 92. 
 
 Post 
 
 93. 
 
 Post 
 
 94. 
 
 Post 
 
 95. 
 
 Post 
 
 96. 
 
 Post 
 
 97. 
 
 Post 
 
 98. 
 
 Post 
 
 19. 
 
 Post 
 
 100. 
 
 Post 
 
 101. 
 
 Post 
 
 102 
 
 Post 
 
 103. 
 
 Post 
 
 104. 
 
 Post • 
 
 105. 
 
 Post 
 
 lOG, 
 
 Post 
 
 107. 
 
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 108. 
 
 Post 
 
 109. 
 
 Post 
 
 110. 
 
 Post 
 
 Ill 
 
 Post 
 
 112 
 
 Post 
 
 Ho, 
 
 Post 
 
 114 
 
 Post 
 
 115, 
 
 Post 
 
 lie 
 
 Post 
 
 117. 
 
 Post 
 
 118. 
 
 Post 
 
 119 
 
 Post 
 
 120 
 
 Post 
 
 121. 
 
 Commander Calvin L Baker, A. W. Hines, J. W. Sproul. 
 
 Samuel P. Keene, Silas Gurney. 
 
 Commander James O. Laugblin, S. L. Colly, John Best. 
 
 Commander A. Oliver BroAvn, Chas. H. Barnes, Harrison A. 
 Wade, James D Thiirber 
 
 Commander Thaddens S. Clark. 
 
 Commander Samuel W. Keed, Wm R. Vlning, Wm. H. Gurney. 
 
 Commander Lewis F. Amadou, Henry Turner, L. P. Fuller. 
 
 Commander M. H. Walker, W. M. Blake, Alden Lowell. 
 
 Commander Samuel F. Stearns, Geo E. Teele. 
 
 Senior Vice-Commander J. W. Coffin, Joseph R. Graves, 
 Wm. D. Gregory, C W. Stevens, W. H. Brown. 
 
 Commander R. C. Waterman, O. T. Whiting. 
 
 Commander D. F. Hagar. 
 
 Commander Frank P Clark, D. W. Ainsworth. 
 
 Commander M. Bridgeman, Wm. C. Pomeroy, W. R. Bard- 
 well, H. M. Abbott, Chas. H. Heald, John Krach. 
 
 Coiumander Chas. G. Anderson, Edward Fisher. 
 
 Commander Horace O. Souther, I. M. Holt, George A. 
 Ordway. 
 
 Commander Josiah Woodbury, Geo A. Woodbury, 2d, Wm. 
 F. Early, John Hanners, Orange R. Taylor. 
 
 Commander James F Woodward, J. Albert Robert, Thomas 
 R. McDermott, Joseph G. Whitehouse, P. H. O'Connell. 
 
 Commander H. L. Campbell, S. Talbot. 
 
 Commander H. P. Kennedy, Lorenzo Murphy. 
 
 Commander Elliot F. Gillett, G. 0. Wilder. ' 
 
 Commander Horace D. Seavey. 
 
 Commander Wm. A. Paul, Joseph W. Sawyer. 
 
 Commander F. M. Harrington, Theodore F. Corey. 
 
 Commander A. W. Morse. Mason Abby. 
 
 Commander E E. Wentworth, D B. Lincoln 
 
 Commander S. K. Goldsmith, Peter D. Smith. 
 
 Commander Wm. R. Rowell, C R. Aj^er. 
 
 Commander Isaac C Day, J. W. Chadwick. 
 
 Commander J Strangman, Geo. A. Fletcher. 
 
 Commander Z. T Damon, J. Hines 
 
 Commander John H. Stoddard, J. Henry Howe. 
 
 Commander E. W. Ilarback, Geo. S. Ball. 
 
 Junior Vice-Commander Wm. H. Davis. 
 
 Commander H. E. W. Clark, Geo. O. Henry. 
 
 Commander Wm. G. Wadleigh, B. Martin, L. Adams. 
 
 George A. Brooks. 
 
 Commander Hiram C. Alden, N. H. Tirrell. 
 
 Commander Charles A. Bryant, Miles Sampson. 
 
 Commander John H. Prouty, George A Ayling. 
 
 Commander A C. Wellington, Edward J. Jones, Aug. X. 
 Sampson 
 
 Commander Bailey Sargent, W. H. Blodgett. 
 
 Commander Thomas Gilson, M P. Palmer. 
 
 Commander John D. Edgell, L. G. McKnight, Charles 
 Bancroft. 
 
 Commander N. F. Harding, J. H. Gould. 
 
 Commander S F Douglass, G. M. Connor. 
 
 Commander A. A. Sherman, George D Harrington. 
 
 Commander Wm A. Stinson, Wm. A. Filield, Daniel Walker, 
 H. i\L Jacobs, J. I. Brown, F E. Butler. 
 
 Commander James McKav, George G Bailey,. Jr., S. H. Rey- 
 nolds. G.A. Whiteher. " 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 521 
 
 Post 122. Commander (Jeorge X. Jauvrin, George H. Briggs. 
 
 Post 123. Commander H W. Harris, G. F. I'arrish, S. A. Hill. 
 
 Post lv4. Elmer C. Hennett. 
 
 Post 125. Commander L B Simons, W. F. Harrington, C. M. Whelden, 
 
 C. B. Scudder. 
 
 Post 12(!. Commander E. G. Ingraliam, N B. Baker. 
 
 Post 127. Commander J G. Clark, John Scatcs. 
 
 Post 128. Commander Philip E. Clark, Nathaniel Shattswell, Luther 
 
 Wait. 
 
 Post 129. Commander Wm. F. Byrne, Arnold Welch. 
 
 Post 130. Commander D. S. Woodman, H. A. Walker. 
 
 Post 131. Commander Henry Biscoe, George Mann. 
 
 Post 132. Commander Wm.'C. Gittbrd, S. Wells Hnnt. 
 
 Post 133. Commander Wm. H. Wade, Granville Morse. 
 
 Post 134. Commander Isaac 8. Mullen, J. H. Smith. 
 
 Post 13.5. Commander Peter Gamache, H. M. Ross. 
 
 Post 136. Commander George A. Brown, Henry Converse. 
 
 Post 137. George Q. Bigelow. 
 
 Post 138. Commander F. H. Stevens, A. C. Handley, F. H. Whitcomb. 
 
 Post 139. Commander John Kelley, Walter Winward, C. G. Brett, 
 
 M. D. Jones. 
 
 Post UO Commander L. C. Sawin, R. L. Doane, H. R. Barber. 
 
 Post 141. Commander George N. Munsell, H X. Coudeen. 
 
 Post 142. Commander John A. Cassan, C. U. Fuller. 
 
 Post 143. Commander E B. Richardson. C. E. Hapgood. 
 
 Post 144. Commander A. F. Cummings, B. P. Williams. 
 
 Post 145. Commander Charles L Fuller, E S Horton, E. D. Guild, R. 
 
 J. Bell. 
 
 Post 146. Commander George F. Fisher, Charles H. Harrison. 
 
 Post 147. Commander H. C. Comins, H. W. Field, John Woodard. 
 
 Post 148. Commander Joseph McConville, S. C. Sewall. 
 
 Post 149. Commander C. U. Stone, Joseph W. Leavett. 
 
 Post 150. Commander O C. Hutchins, G N. Watson. 
 
 Post 151. Not represented. 
 
 Po.ST 152. Commander J. B Kiral)all. W. H. Burnham. 
 
 Post 153. Commander George M. Stearns, J. B. Mathews. 
 
 Post 154. W. J Dunham. 
 
 Post 155. Commander W. G. Meacham. 
 
 Post 156 Samuel Freeman, D. Hadley. 
 
 Post 157 Commander N. W. Fisher, J. C. .Madigan. 
 
 Post 158. Not represented. 
 
 Post 159. Commander Chas. W. Lanman, Joseph Rossiter, C. E. Ger- 
 
 rold, L. E Jenkins, L. J Hurie. 
 
 Post 160. Commander J. G. Warren, George H. Allen 
 
 Post 161. Commander J Fred Leslie, B. F. Smith. 
 
 Post 162. Commander Myron \. Ward, George Dunbar. 
 
 Post 163. Commander Wm F Brown, W. R Eastman. 
 
 Post 164. G. H. Johnson. 
 
 PO.ST 165. L. Bradford. 
 
 Post 166. Commander E. C. Kornig, C. N. Loud. 
 
 Post 167. Not represented. 
 
 Post ](!8. Senior Vice-Commander Edwin T. Morse, Calvin Clatlin. 
 
 Post 169. Commander William Taylor, A. E Pratt. 
 
 Post 170. Commander John Smith, A. W. Cobb. 
 
 Post 171. Commander R. C. Ward. 
 
 Post 172. Commander L. L Potter, A. S Haynes. 
 
 Post 173. R. M. Shepard. 
 
 Tost 174. Commander .lames A. Horton, 1). I). Holden. 
 
 Post 175. Commander Henry H. Hosley, H. S. Xourse. 
 
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 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 176. Commander Jason H. Fisk, W. F. Miller. 
 
 Post 177. Commander H N. Horton, T. D. Holmes. 
 
 Post 178. Commander Warren O. Hawley, M. L. Hu^ins. 
 
 Post 179. Commander B. F. Brooks, S. S. Dennis. 
 
 Post 180. Commander George V Ball, John L, Bruce. 
 
 Post 181 Commander George Adams, A. E. Foss. 
 
 l^osT 182. Commander II. J Hall, William Ryan. 
 
 Post 183. Commander Louis B. Hooker, Charles Church, 
 
 Post 184 Commander J. W. Bride, M. M. Stowe. 
 
 Post 185. Commander A. A Davis, H. W. Allen, A. W. Weeks, G. E. 
 
 Tinkham, C. H. Richardson, G. H. Richardson. 
 
 Post 186. Commander John S. Sawyer, P. H. Raymond. 
 
 Post 187. Commander George E Hagar, J. H. Smith. 
 
 Post 188. Commander John L Eaton, George H. Wyatt. 
 
 Post 189. Commander John H. Eames, I. H. Hatch. 
 
 The next business was the reports of the Department officers, 
 commencing with the address of the Department Commander, 
 Charles D. Nash, as follows : — 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 523 
 
 ADDRESS OF 
 DEPARTMENT COMMANDER CHARLES D. NASII. 
 
 Comrades : — By the ceaseless and ever onward march of 
 time, we are brought to this our Tw'enty-second Annual Encamp- 
 ment, where for a time we will halt for the purpose of reviewing 
 the past, considering the present, and taking such action as may 
 seem to us wise for the guidance of our noble association in the 
 future. To this, then, the Twenty-second Annual Encampment 
 of this Department, I bid you all a most cordial welcome. Let 
 us act with the wisdom that comes with experience ; let the ques- 
 tions that may come before us receive due and respectful atten- 
 tion ; present them if need be with zeal and vigor ; but in the 
 discussion, let us remember that the minority are entitled to 
 respectful consideration. Let the principle of Fraternity in its 
 broadest sense govern our deliberations, and the Twenty-second 
 Annual Encampment will take its place beside those that have 
 preceded it, with the commendation of all the members of the 
 Order. 
 
 I feel that I must congratulate the J^ncampment as we enter 
 upon the twenty-third year of our existence, upon the return to 
 our ranks of that feeling of good-fellowship which has been so 
 conspicuous for tw^o or three years past by its absence. I will 
 not dwell upon the causes which led to so undesirable a state of 
 things ; but will merely suggest that the life of our institution is 
 altogether too short, and its importance too great, to endanger it 
 by the introduction into the discussions upon the questions that 
 may come before us of bitter personalities. If we cannot discuss 
 a question upon its merits, let us never allow its introduction into 
 our Encampment, for harmony is a source of strength that we, as 
 an institution, cannot afford to dispense with; let us then, com- 
 rades, recognize the right of every member to his own opinions, 
 and all of us press on for that which we believe to be for the best 
 interests of the Order. 
 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 It will be seen by the report of the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, that we have made a gain in membership during the 
 year of 3,291 and that our losses from all causes have been 
 2,537, leaving a net gain of 754. This certainly is very gratify- 
 ing to me, as it must be to every comrade. An examination of 
 the table of gains shows that of the total gain 1,455 were com- 
 rades who have never before belonged to the Order. This large 
 percentage of new recruits suggests the question that is often 
 asked, how many comrades still living within our jurisdiction are 
 eligible to membership, who have not j'et joined our ranks. 1 
 
524 HISTORY DKFT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 have not been able to discover any way in which I could obtain 
 this information with any degree of accuracy, but the steady gain 
 of new members would indicate that there are yet many comrades 
 still outside our ranks, who, if they could be induced to join, 
 would make valuable members ; let us then, comrades, use all 
 honorable means to induce them to join our Order, that they may 
 stand with us in our great and important work of to-day, as the}-^ 
 stood with us in the terrible days of a quarter of a century ago. 
 The time for forming new Posts to any great extent in the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts has passed ; however, I am glad to be able 
 to report that during the year, charters have been issued for three 
 new Posts, No. 187 at Dalton, No. 188 at Beverly Farms, and 
 No. 189 at Marshfield, and they are all in a prosperous and flour- 
 ishing condition. Two more applications for charters for new 
 Posts have also been received, one to be located at Pittsfield and 
 one at New Bedford. Hearings were given to the applicants in 
 their respective towns, at which representatives from the Posts 
 from whose membership the new Posts in a great measure were 
 to be organized, appeared in opposition. After carefully consid- 
 ering the evidence, I could not find that any good and sufficient 
 reason had been given why these Posts should be chartered, and 
 I respectfully declined so to do. While it would have been a 
 great pleasure to me personally to have granted the request of the 
 applicants, yet the principle involved was one of vital importance 
 to the Order, it being no less, as appeared by the evidence, than 
 the submission of the minority to the will of the majority. It 
 appeared in evidence in both cases, that had certain comrades 
 been elected to fill the various otfices, no application for a new 
 charter would have been made. To establish the precedent of 
 granting a charter to a minority of the members of a Post, on 
 the ground that the result of an election was not satisfactory, or 
 that the business of the Post was not conducted to suit them, 
 especially when they had absented themselves from the Post 
 meetings, would, in my judgment, be detrimental to the best 
 interests of the Order. It would in a short time result in an 
 increase of the number of Posts without materially increasing the 
 membership ; it would add to the work of the Assistant Adjutant- 
 General, and would result finally in the destruction of many Posts 
 and a general weakening of the whole Department. I would 
 respectfully suggest that where mistakes have been made in the 
 management of Posts, the better way to correct them is for the 
 comrades to attend the meetings and lake an interest in the general 
 work. Then minorities, if they are right, will soon be in the 
 majority, and n proper exercise of the spirit of Fraternity and 
 Charity in the Post room will obviate all trouble. In m.y opinion, 
 that is a better and safer policy to pursue, than to seek to divide 
 the Post. 
 
TWKNTV-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 525 
 
 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 The National Encampment convened in the city of St. Louis, 
 in accordance with General Orders, September 28 and continued 
 until the oOth. The central location of St. Louis brought together 
 a very large number of the members of the Order from all parts 
 of the country, and only for the inclemency of the weather, the 
 parade would have been the largest and most imposing of any 
 previously held, it being estimated that thirty thousand comrades 
 would have appeared in line. Owing to the severe storm on the 
 day of the parade, the Department Commander, deeming it unwise 
 to unnecessarily expose the comrades, respectfully declined to par- 
 ticipate, consequently the Department of Massachusetts did not 
 appear in the parade. The Armed Battalion of Post No. 16 of 
 Springfield performed escort duty to the Commander-in-Chief in a 
 soldierly manner, that reflected credit upon themselves and upon 
 the Department from which they came. 
 
 There were present from this Department besides the Depart- 
 ment Commander and the Assistant Adjutant-General, a full 
 list of delegates, also Past Commander-in-Chief Merrill and 
 Past Department Commanders Adams, Creasey, Evans and 
 Hersey. 
 
 Probably there has never convened within the history of our 
 Order a National Encampment in which there was more interest, 
 or one upon whose action depended in so great a measure the 
 future welfare of the Grand Army of the Republic. Much had 
 transpired during the year that had caused a widespread and gen- 
 eral feeling of regret and disappointment. In the excitement of 
 the hour members of the Order had publicly condemned the Chief 
 Executive of the nation for his action in regard to certain pension 
 legislation, and although the Order was in no wise responsible for 
 the impolitic and unwise utterances of some of its members, yet 
 some of the large and influential papers of the land sought to 
 make it appear tliat the Grand Army of the Republic was drifting 
 into politics. The situation was certainly somewhat critical, a 
 step in the wrong direction would involve us in trouble ; public 
 sentiment, which is so unanimously in our favor, and upon which 
 we so much depend, would have become divided, and the conse- 
 <iuences have been disastrous. I am happy to be able to state 
 that right grandly and nobly were the issues met ; some of the 
 best men in our ranks, throwing aside their political associations 
 and preferences for the time, stood loyally by the Order, and in 
 language most patriotic placed the Grand Army of the Republic 
 before tlie country as the great Fraternal, Charitable and Loyal 
 institution that it really is, and as every fair-minded editor even 
 must believe, perfectly non-political, non-partisan and non-sec- 
 tarian. 
 
526 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The aniendmeut to the Rules and Regulations for the unseat- 
 ing of the Past Department Commanders in the National Encamp- 
 ment was defeated, and I am inclined to think that it was properly 
 disposed of, and yet I recogjiized that the proper settlement of 
 this question is one of vast importance, as it involves more or less 
 the democratic principle upon which our institution must be gov- 
 erned. I suppose that it will be conceded on all sides that the 
 safety of our Order rests among other things, upon the preserva- 
 tion of this democratic principle, or in other words, in the principle 
 that the will of the majority must and shall prevail ; anything, 
 therefore, that tends to thwart or overrule the will of the majority 
 is undemocratic, and consequently unsafe. If the Department 
 Encampment after thorough investigation instructs its delegates, 
 as they certainly have a right to do, then it is the duty of the 
 delegates to vote in accordance with the expressed wish of the 
 Encampment; otherwise, they are not representing the majority. 
 The question then arises, are the Past Department Commanders 
 representatives? I answer, most certainly yes; they were made 
 by the suffrages of their comrades eligible to seats in the National 
 Encampment. While they were active Commanders they would not 
 think of disregarding the instructions of the Department Encamp- 
 ment, and the simple fact of having become a Past Commander cer- 
 tainly does not confer more power or more liberty. I said that I 
 thought the question was wisely disposed of by the National 
 Encampment, and I repeat it again. As I recognize the importance 
 of the democratic principle, so also do I recognize the benelit to the 
 Order of the Past Department Commanders, familiar as they are 
 by long experience with the workings of our institution. How- 
 ever much some of them may have differed with some of us upon 
 important questions, the fact remains nevertheless that they have 
 earned and well earned, as you all know, the honor that belongs 
 to the office. Let us not debar them from seats in the National 
 Encampment, but rather let us seek to have the Rules and Regula- 
 tions amended, if necessary, so that all the representatives, if they 
 vote at all, shall vote in accordance with the expressed wish of the 
 Department Encampments. If this recommendation be adopted, 
 I think the trouble will be overcome, and while we shall have pre- 
 served the true democratic principle of government, we shall also 
 have saved to the Order the value of the experience of the Past 
 Department Commanders. 
 
 I respectfully recommend, as my predecessors have done, 
 that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the 
 traveling and hotel expenses of the Department Commander when 
 on official duty, and when not otherwise provided for, and also 
 of any other Department Officer when acting in his stead. 
 
 1 also recommend as has been done heretofore, that the 
 expenses of the Department Commander and Assistant Adjutant- 
 
TWKNTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 527 
 
 General to the National Encampment be paid by the Department, 
 and that the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for extra 
 clerk hire in the office of the Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 The reports show that in ever}' city, town and hamlet in the 
 Commonwealth, wherever a Post of the Grand Army exists, the 
 day was fittingly observed, that the graves of our comrades gone 
 before were properly decorated, and tokens of remembrance offered 
 to the memory of the unreturned. To the members of the Grand 
 Army the day grows more sacred as time goes on. May the 
 memories of a grand past, which cluster about it, tend to unite us 
 more closely, and inspire us to noble, unselfish deeds, that we may 
 become better comrades and better men. Memorial Day : long 
 may the beautiful custom be observed, that once a year at least a 
 grateful nation may pause in its onward march and pay homage 
 to the memory of its citizens, whose patriotism and courage made 
 it possible that in this fair land there is today but one country, 
 one flag, one destiny. 
 
 THE woman's relief CORPS. 
 
 To the officers and members of the Woman's Relief Corps, I 
 desire to extend my personal thanks for the many courtesies received 
 at their hands during my term of office. I desire also to commend 
 the loyal women of this Order for the good work they have under- 
 taken. When I contemplate that in a few years the Posts of the 
 Grand Army will, in consequence of their depleted ranks, be 
 obliged to surrender their charters ; when the fostering care of the 
 Relief Committees of today shall cease, then it is that I can see 
 that this institution, in addition to the great work that it is doing 
 today, will be of incalculable benefit. They will be the great 
 reserve upon which the tliin picket-line of the Grand Army of a 
 few years hence will be obliged to fall back, and right nobly, 
 I believe, they will care for the old veterans of the future with a 
 devotion and tenderness equalled only by the loyal women of a 
 (juarter of a century ago. Then in your name, comrades, I bid 
 them All Hail and God-speed. 
 
 ROLL OF HONOR. 
 
 As we gather in our Encampment today, comrades, there is 
 one pleasant and familiar face that is missing, and a sense of 
 the great loss we have sustained pervades all our hearts. Since 
 last we met Past Department Commander George H, Patch has 
 been summoned to join that innumerable throng that has passed 
 beyond the confines of earth. Engaged in a profession that gave 
 him opportunity, and possessed of those qualities of mind and 
 heart that prompted him to noble things, he was always ready. 
 
528 HISTORY DEPT. OK MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 with voice and pen, to advocate the interests of our noble asso- 
 ciation. His great heart caused him to sympathize with his friends 
 when misfortune and trouble had overtaken them, and likewise 
 to rejoice with them in their prosperity. My personal friend as 
 well as my comrade, he was an ever-welcome visitor at my home, 
 where we shall always hold him in pleasant I'emembrance. In 
 our Department Encampments, at our camp-fires and in our 
 councils, we shall miss his eloquent voice and his great helpful- 
 ness. While he lived we loved him as a brother, and now that 
 he has gone we will hold him in grateful remembrance for his 
 devotion to the cause of the Grand Army of the Republic. Let 
 us seek to emulate his virtues, that our banner may be kept where 
 he helped to place it, in the forefront of the great charitable insti- 
 tutions of the world. Brave, kind-hearted, genial friend and 
 comrade, for a short time we will bid him farewell ; one by one 
 the " boys" will go out to meet him, until finally, as we believe, 
 we shall all join in the reassembling of the Grand Army on the 
 other side. 
 
 And still another face that was always welcome at our 
 Encampments has gone out from among us to join the fast-gather- 
 ing ranks on the other side. Past Department Commander A. B. 
 Underwood died at his home in Boston, Jan. 14, 1888. In 
 obedience to the wish of his comrades he was called to fill the 
 office of Department Commander for the year 1873, and discharged 
 its duties with ability, honor and credit. A brave man and a 
 true friend, honest and faithful to every trust, he has lived long- 
 in that he has lived well. He has travelled on to the end of his 
 journey whither we are all tending, and has left behind him a 
 record worthy of our emulation. 
 
 Two hundred and sixty-five of our comrades who were with 
 us a year ago now answer to the roll call on the other side. Thus 
 the roll of honor, like the shadows of the departing day, is ever 
 lengthening, and as in the eventide we watch the sun as it sinks 
 to rest, so also one by one we see our comrades go to their rest, 
 and as they go and we linger about them in memory and recall 
 the noble qualities of those who were once strong, great-hearted 
 men, let us feel thankful that w^e knew them, that they were with 
 us in this great work of ours, and while we resolve to cherish their 
 memory, we will close up the ranks, and in the spirit of Frater- 
 nity, Charity and Loyalty take care of those whom the dead have 
 left for our protection. 
 
 THE PATCH MEMORIAL FUND. 
 
 As the result of the circular issued last July in the interest 
 of the Patch Memorial Fund, the sum of $3,195.98 was collected 
 and has been turned over to Mrs. Patch. The result of this 
 appeal, as was expected, was generous and hearty and character 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. ' ')2!l 
 
 istic of the comrades of this Department when appealed to in 
 behalf of a worthy cause. Our memorial, conu-ades, does not 
 consist of granite, marble or bronze, but it is a tribute to the 
 memory of our friend and comrade which, we believe, he would 
 have preferred ; it has become a part of the history of our Order, 
 and its influence for good will live long after the Grand Army of 
 the Republic has passed away. For your contributions to this 
 fund, comrades, I desire to extend my thanks, and to assure 
 you that with a grateful and thankful heart your offerings were 
 accepted. 
 
 THE soldiers' HOME. 
 
 The excellent reports of the Trustees and officers of the 
 Soldiers' Home is conclusive proof that the comrade who conceived 
 the idea, and who devoted so much of his time and means to its 
 establishment made no mistake, for since its doors were opened 
 there have been sheltered within its hospitable walls, six hundred 
 and eighty-five old veterans, without friends to care for them, and 
 no place in the world that they could call home ; who, were it not 
 for this haven of rest, w^ould be obliged to seek shelter in the alms- 
 houses of the Commonwealth. Of these men many are old and 
 infirm, and all of them unable, by reason of physical disability, to 
 support themselves. The necessities of this Home have been fully 
 demonstrated in the past, and as the veterans of that grand old 
 Army of the Union become enfeebled by age and broken in health, 
 its capacity will be taxed to the utmost to provide and care for 
 them in the future. Let us hope, then, that from the large num- 
 ber of kindly disposed and charitable people of our grand old 
 Commonwealth, who are making bequests to worthy institutions, 
 some may be found who consider this a sufficiently worthy object 
 upon which to bestow a part of their bounty. The management 
 of the Home is creditable alike to the Trustees and officers, and it 
 stands today a model institution of its kind, and a monument to 
 the glory and credit of the Grand Army of this Department and to 
 the sagacity, foresight and great-heartedness of Past Department 
 Commander Horace Binney Sargent. 
 
 I'ENSIONS. 
 
 This nuich talked of and more or less abused question still 
 agitates the Grand Army of the Republie. to some extent, and in 
 all probability will continue to until some law is enacted granting 
 a pension to all soldiers and sailors for service, who served in the 
 army and navy during the War of the Rebellion. Nor do I see 
 any particular harm in the discussion of this question more than 
 any other, providing that it is carried on in the right spirit, and 
 in a manner becoming comrades and gentlemen. My investiga- 
 
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530 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., Cx.A.R. 
 
 tions letul uie to think that there is not so veiy much difference 
 between us after all upon this question, certainly not so much as 
 one would think, judging from the tone of some of the papers 
 published in the supposed interest of the service pension cause. 
 We are all of the opinion that pensions should be granted to those 
 who were in anywise disabled while in the service of their country. 
 We believe also in the justness of the provisions of what is known 
 as the Dependent Pension Bill, which provides for all veteran 
 soldiers and sailors who have become disabled since the war b}' 
 reason of mental or physical disability, and to the widows and 
 orphans of those who have died ; and a majority of us think that 
 a broader measure still should be adopted, embracing every honor- 
 ably discharged soldier and sailor who served in the army or navy 
 from 1S61 to 1865. I can see no particular difference in the 
 principle involved in these last two measures. If the Dependent 
 Pension Bill becomes a law, as it certainly ought to, it will not 
 grant pensions because of disabilities incurred while in the service 
 only, but because of the fact that service has been rendered. If 
 I am correct, then it would seem that we differ more in the appli- 
 cation than in the principle of pension laws, some of us believing 
 that only those who are unable to support themselves should be 
 pensioned, while others think that the time has arrived when all 
 should come under the operations of the law. For reasons which 
 seem to me valid, I am free to say that I believe in the principle 
 of paying pensions for service, — in fact it is nothing new, the 
 government has paid pensions for service to the soldiers engaged 
 in all its wars heretofore. 
 
 The principle then having been established, the only question 
 to be determined is, at what time shall the government begin the 
 payment of these pensions to the soldiers of the War of the 
 Rebellion? It seems to me that it is but just that the severity 
 and extent of the conflict should be considered in determining 
 this point. If it was right to begin the payment of pensions for 
 service to the veterans of the Mexican War thirty-nine years after 
 the close of that war, then in my opinion the time has arrived 
 Avhen the payment should begin to the veterans of the War of the 
 Rebellion, for it is the testimony of no less an authority than 
 General Grant that there was more severe fighting in one day in the 
 last war than there was in the whole two years of the INIexican War. 
 
 Believing that the pension bill as recommended by the 
 National Pension Committee will, if it becomes law, be of great 
 benefit to a large number of comrades and to many widows and 
 orphans, and probably all that can be obtained at present, I 
 respectfully recommend the endorsement of that measure. 
 
 I also recommend that the principle of Service Pension be 
 endorsed by this Encampment, and that all honorable means be 
 used to advance the interests of that measure. Finally, comrades, 
 
TWEXTV-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 531 
 
 I most earnestly recommeud, both for the cause of all pension 
 legislation and for the best interests of the Grand Army, that we 
 stop quarrelling among ourselves upon this important question. 
 If we cannot agree, then let us agree to disagree, for with our 
 forces divided we cannot expect to accomplish much in any direc- 
 tion ; but united we can become a strong factor in the moulding 
 of public opinion, and a power in securing the desired legislation. 
 Let us set the seal of our disapproval upon the practice that pre- 
 vails in some quarters of abusing soiue of the best comrades in 
 our Order, because they do not agree with us upon this question. 
 It is not argument, and not only hurts the cause they seek to 
 advance, but is a source of trouble which, if persevered in, will 
 result in no good to our Order. Let us accord to each other an 
 honesty of purpose worthy a comrade and a gentleman, and seek 
 to advance the cause we think right in the spirit of Fraternity and 
 Charity. 
 
 "the grand army RECORD." 
 
 I respectfully call your attention to The Grand Army Eecord, 
 a paper published in Boston in the interest of our Order, by 
 Comrade Thomas Keefe. Its columns are open at all times to 
 communications upon any subject that pertains to the interest of 
 this Department, and to the Grand Army in general. While 1 
 may not agree with it upon some questions, yet in these days 
 when so many papers which are published in the interest of the 
 Grand Army are indulging in so much personal abuse, it is refresh- 
 ing to find one editor who keeps his columns free from it. For 
 this I commend the Record, and hope the conu-ades throughout 
 the Department will send in their subscriptions and give it their 
 support. 
 
 REPORTS OF OFFICERS. 
 
 The duties of the Assistant Adjutant-General have been per- 
 formed in the same faithful manner that has characterized Com- 
 rade Monroe's management for so long a time. With one hundred 
 and eighty-nine Posts to deal with, besides the other business 
 that pertains to the oflice, requires much time and attention, and 
 the fact that his reports are received at National Headquarters 
 among the very first is proof of his efficiency. A faithful officer 
 and a true friend, long may he continue to fill the office of Assist- 
 ant Adjutant-General of the Department of Massachusetts. 
 
 The important duties devolving upon the Assistant Quarter- 
 master-General have been faithfully performed during the year by 
 the Wright comrade, and when everything is right, it is impossible 
 to be wrong; long nuvy the Assistant Quartermaster-General con- 
 tinue to be Wright. 
 
532 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The Judge Advocate, Comrade Keefe, has discharged the 
 duties of his office with credit and ability. Several questions of 
 importance have been submitted for his consideration, to each of 
 which he has rendered an opinion which I have no doubt will meet 
 with your approval as it has with mine. I respectfully call your 
 attention to the recommendations contained in his report. 
 
 The office of Department Inspector has been ably filled dur- 
 ing the year by Comrade B. Read Wales. To the discharge of 
 the duties of this office Comrade Wales brought the ability that 
 comes with experience, and the Department is indebted to him 
 for many suggestions which enables it to take first rank among 
 the Departments of the country. 
 
 To the members of the Council of Administration and to each 
 and all of the officers of my official and personal Staff, who 
 have contributed so much to whatever of success has attended my 
 administration, I desire to return my personal thanks; and 
 although today our official connections, which have been so pleas- 
 ant to me, will be severed, I hope and trust that I may take with 
 me as I retire, your personal friendship and good-will, which I 
 prize so highly. 
 
 veterans' rights union and employment bureau. 
 
 For the details of the business of the Veterans' Rights Union 
 and Employment Bureau, I respectfully refer you to the report of 
 the Superintendent, Comrade Hapgood. The last Encampment, 
 it will be remembered, voted that the sum of $3,000 be appropri- 
 ated from the funds of the Department for the use of this Bureau. 
 It is quite unnecessary, I presume, for me to remind you that it 
 will be impossible to appropriate a like sum this year, without 
 increasing the pe/- ccqnta tax still more, which would be, were it 
 possible, a very unwise thing to do. As there is much doubt in 
 the minds of many of the comrades in regard to the continuance 
 of the Bureau, I respectfully suggest that the report of the Super- 
 intendent be referred to a committee, with instructions to report 
 to the Encampment such action as it may think advisable for the 
 best interests of all concerned. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Comrades, as I turn back to you the trusts which you so 
 unanimously placed in my keeping a year ago, allow me to extend 
 to you my most sincere thanks for the great honor you then con- 
 ferred upon me. I accepted the office with a full sense of its 
 responsibility and approached it, I confess, with a certain degree 
 of doubt and hesitancy. I comprehended the fact that there was 
 not that feeling of good-fellowship that had existed in our ranks 
 heretofore, that we had not only become divided upon an impor- 
 tant question, but that personal animosities were entering largely 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAimiENT. 533 
 
 into the contest, and if not stopped the consequences would be 
 ruinous. This state of things was not pleasant to contemplate; 
 but thanks to the Great Coniniander of us all, the fog of distrust 
 and ill-feeling is lifting, and the bright sunshine of Fraternity 
 and good-will is returning. Let us all sincerely hope that our 
 noble old ship will encounter no more such experiences ; but that 
 from this on, until she takes us all safely into port, it may sail in 
 the calm waters of brotherly love. May the great w^ork for which 
 we are organized go bravely on to the end that suffering may be 
 relieved and humanity benefitted. As I look back today over the 
 year that has gone, the retrospect, while dotted here and there 
 with shadow, is in the main pleasant. The friendships that have 
 been formed, the kindly words of encouragement and good-will 
 from those who have preceded me in this otHce, and the cordial 
 reception that has been given me on all sides will be among the 
 pleasantest memories for me in the future. As I retire from this 
 honorable position, the importance of the Grand Arm}'' never 
 seemed greater than at present. We have passed the meridian of 
 our existence and find ourselves now in the afternoon of life ; with 
 the advancing years the infirmities of age increase, and the calls 
 upon our charities grow larger. We have made a grand record in 
 the past and let us see to it, comrades, that nothing shall inter- 
 fere to prevent its continuance to the end. Accept if you please 
 my best wishes for the prosperity of the several Posts you have the 
 honor to represent, and for yourselves individually and to the end 
 let us be 
 
 " Comrades known in marches man.y, 
 Comrades tried in dangers many, 
 Comrades boimd b.v memories many, 
 
 Brothers ever let us be. 
 Wounds or sickness may divide us, 
 Marchiua; orders may divide us. 
 But whatever fate betide us, 
 
 Brothers still in heart we'll be. 
 
 Comrades known by faith the clearest, 
 Tried when death was near and nearest, 
 Bound we are by ties the dearest, 
 
 Brothers evermore to be. 
 And if spared and growinii,- older, 
 Shoulder still in line Avith shoulder, 
 And Avith hearts no thrill the colder. 
 
 Brothers ever let us be. 
 
 By conmiunion of the banner. 
 Crimson, Avhite and starry banner, 
 By the baptism of the banner. 
 
 Brothers of one church are we. 
 Creed nor faction can divide us. 
 Race nor hinsiuajie can divide us. 
 For, whatever fate betide us, 
 
 Comrades of one flag are Ave." 
 
534 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. 
 
 Headquarters Deft, of Mass., G.A.R. , 
 Boston, Feb. 1, 1888. 
 
 Charles D. Nash, Department Commander. 
 
 Comrade: In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of 
 the Grand Army of the Rei)ublic, I herewith submit my annual 
 report of the business transacted in this office the past year : — 
 
 Number of Posts Dec. 31, 1886 185 
 
 " comrades same date 19,497 
 
 " Posts Dec. 31, 1887 • 189 
 
 " comrades reported same date 20,251 
 
 Net gain during the year 754 
 
 The net gain by quarters is shown by the quarterly reports 
 to be as follows, viz. : — 
 
 First quarter, ending March 31 188 
 
 Second quarter, ending June 30 400 
 
 Third quarter, ending Sept. 30 Ill 
 
 Fourth quarter, ending Dec. 31 55 
 
 recapitulation. 
 
 Number of comrades in good standing Dec. 31, 1886 . 19,497 
 " " gained b}' muster . . . 1,455 
 
 " " " transfer . . . 325 
 
 '' " " reinstatement . 1,511 
 
 Total number gained • . 3,291 
 
 Aggregate 22,788 
 
 Number of comrades lost by death .... 269 
 
 " "• " honorable discharge 79 
 
 " " " transfer . . . 432 
 
 " " " suspension • . . * 1,750 
 " " " dishonorable dis- 
 
 charoe ... 7 
 
 Total loss 2,537 
 
 Number remaining in good standing 20,251 
 
 Excess of gains over losses 754 
 
 I herewith present a detailed report of the changes that have 
 taken place in each Post the past year. 
 
TWENTY-SECONIi ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 535 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, 
 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1887. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wynian 
 
 Chas. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno , 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 A braham Lincoln 
 
 n. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 (ieneral Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 :Maj. E. F. Fletcher 
 
 .1 oseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague 
 
 II. II. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson 
 
 Charles Devens 
 
 George D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart 
 
 George W.Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. H. Sheridan 
 
 Theodore Winthrop 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 Frazer A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Xeedham 
 
 Gen. II. G. Berry 
 
 Lyon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 .John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden. 
 
 Major How 
 
 George S. Boutwell 
 
 A. W: Bartlett 
 
 Union. .. 
 
 Ezra Batcheller. 
 
 A. B. Randal! 
 
 Charles II. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings 
 
 J. C. Freeman 
 
 (;harles Beck 
 
 I'. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Ma'j. .1. A. Pratt 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon ' (U 
 
 Charles Ward I 62 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth i (ia 
 
 GAIN 
 
 H rt 
 
 n n 
 
 266 
 
 252 
 
 177 
 
 76 
 
 1007 
 
 50 
 
 .513 
 
 85 
 
 <J3 
 
 633 
 
 247 
 
 212 
 
 205 
 
 27 
 
 556 
 
 504 
 
 107 
 
 37 
 
 243 
 
 30 
 
 57 
 
 141 
 
 137 
 
 69 
 
 37 
 
 192 
 
 44 
 
 32 
 
 128 
 
 294 
 
 68 
 
 84 
 
 85 
 
 302 
 
 410 
 
 54 
 
 101 
 
 67 
 
 345 
 
 145 
 
 160 
 
 306 
 
 140 
 
 31 
 
 186 
 
 225 
 
 304 
 
 53 
 
 2.S0 
 
 140 
 
 61 
 
 72 
 
 116 
 
 23 
 
 40 
 
 145 
 
 154 
 
 190 
 
 29 
 
 76 
 
 96 
 
 115 
 
 190 
 
 I 303 
 I 279 
 233 
 I 4*4 
 1291 
 
 57 
 601 
 
 99 
 119 
 691 
 309 
 221 
 229 
 
 46 
 645 
 540 
 130 
 
 47 
 255 
 
 31 
 
 58 
 165 
 158 
 
 73 
 
 44 
 241 
 
 46 
 
 34 
 148 
 338 
 
 64 
 112 
 
 95 
 .350 
 531 
 
 63 
 106 
 
 75 
 36! 
 171 
 169 
 340 
 147 
 
 31 
 212 
 330 
 383 
 
 60 
 250 
 160 
 
 66 
 
 80 
 132 
 
 23 
 
 45 
 1.59 
 172 
 54 
 
 29 
 
 8; 
 
 103 
 139 
 209 
 
 LOSS 
 
 O <D 
 
 a bc 
 
 ° i; 
 
 n 
 
 20 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 294 
 
 6 
 
 72 
 
 S 
 
 30 
 
 47 
 
 13 
 
 18 
 
 U 
 
 20 
 
 114 
 
 34 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 .3 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 11 
 15 
 2 
 
 
 283 
 
 267 
 
 222 
 
 75 
 
 997 
 
 51 
 
 529 
 
 91 
 
 89 
 
 644 
 
 296 
 
 203 
 
 218 
 
 26 
 
 531 
 
 .506 
 
 126 
 
 42 
 
 252 
 
 30 
 
 51 
 
 1.54 
 
 147 
 
 58 
 
 42 
 
 V6 I 228 
 
 5 41 
 
 ...1 34 
 
 144 
 
 293 
 
 62 
 
 98 
 
 83 
 
 385 
 
 403 
 
 52 
 
 96 
 
 71 
 
 353 
 
 1.59 
 
 151 
 
 324 
 
 4 
 45 
 
 2 
 14 
 12 
 15 
 128 
 U 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 12 
 18 
 16 
 
 9 138 
 
 27 
 
 202 
 
 254 
 
 320 
 
 55 
 
 230 
 
 146 
 
 f5 
 
 60 
 
 130 
 
 21 
 
 42 
 
 155 
 
 162 
 
 190 
 
 26 
 
 75 
 
 98 
 
 129 
 
 204 
 
536 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF ASST. ADJT.- GENERAL— ConitwMed. 
 
 Name of 1'ost. 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barion 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allen 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 Joseiili r. Kice 
 
 George A . Cusier 
 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A . St. John Chambre — 
 
 McPherson 
 
 HartsufE. 
 
 J. P. GouUl 
 
 Collingwooil 
 
 Theron E. Hall 
 
 David A. Russell 
 
 Charles D. Sanford 
 
 Arthur G. Biscoe 
 
 Isaac B. Fatten 
 
 John Goodwin, Jr 
 
 Joseph E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. \V. Lawton 
 
 William L. Baker 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer 
 
 Paul Revere 
 
 John H. Chipman, Jr. . . 
 
 Ward 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis AVasliburn 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen. E. W. Hinks 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E. J. Griggs 
 
 Henry Bryant 
 
 Gen. Wm. F. Bartlett.. . 
 
 William B. Greene 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F. Wolcott. 
 
 Otis Chai>nian 
 
 Edwin Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 Otis W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick. 
 
 Everett Peahody 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace >iiles 
 
 Joseph E. Simmons 
 
 1). Willard Robinson 
 
 Edward W. Kinsley 
 
 Col. C. R. Mudge 
 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 D. G. Farragut 
 
 Ptoses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade 
 
 James A. Garfield 
 
 Timothv Ingrahani 
 
 E.P.Wallace 
 
 Parker 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell 
 
 George E. Sayle- 
 
 GAIN 
 
 126 
 79 HI 
 SO 97 
 
 81 03 
 
 82 V 
 S.S 29 
 84 
 85 i 40 
 861-217 
 871 69 
 88' 91 
 
 89 180 
 
 90 168 
 911 32 
 92 1 72 
 
 9-t 
 
 70 
 
 95 
 
 54 
 
 96 
 
 28 
 
 97 
 
 .53 
 
 98 
 
 30 
 
 99 
 
 54 
 
 100 
 
 73 
 
 101 
 
 .5;i 
 
 102 
 
 57 
 
 103 
 
 68 
 
 104 
 
 60 
 
 105 
 
 40 
 
 106 
 
 56 
 
 107 
 
 48 
 
 108 
 
 83 
 
 109 
 
 4(i 
 
 110 
 
 67 
 
 111 
 
 31 
 
 112 
 
 48 
 
 113 
 
 108 
 
 114 
 
 56 
 
 115 
 
 30 
 
 116 
 
 96 
 
 117 
 
 34 
 
 118 
 
 34 
 
 119 
 
 38 
 
 120 
 
 203 
 
 121 
 
 141 
 
 122 
 
 74 
 
 123 
 
 101 
 
 124 
 
 52 
 
 125 
 
 202 
 
 126 
 
 71 
 
 97 
 43 
 
 116 
 
 50 
 
 ■286 
 
 29 
 
 62 
 
 152 
 
 68 
 
 89 
 
 125 
 
 109 
 
 151 
 
 27 
 
 130 
 
 131 
 
 110 
 
 70 
 
 190 
 
 30 
 
 29 
 
 45 
 
 250 
 
 75 
 
 95 
 
 206 
 
 178 
 
 35 
 
 97 
 
 76 
 
 71 
 
 65 
 
 30 
 
 61 
 
 31 
 
 58 
 
 80 
 
 62 
 
 62 
 
 75 
 
 63 
 
 43 
 
 58 
 
 56 
 
 105 
 
 60 
 
 80 
 
 38 
 
 49 
 
 122 
 
 58 
 
 31 
 
 134 
 
 36 
 
 34 
 
 38 
 
 282 
 
 1.58 
 
 83 
 
 114 
 
 62 
 
 214 
 
 84 
 
 LOSS 
 
 W2 
 fQ 
 
 is 
 
 5 ° 
 
 ^ §1 
 
 9 
 
 6 37 
 
 4 112 
 3 47 
 
 23 ; 263 
 
 5 24 
 14 I 48 
 12 140 
 
 65 
 89 
 121 
 100 
 148 
 
 120 
 
 116 
 
 103 
 
 61 
 
 182 
 
 27 
 
 20 
 
 42 
 
 242 
 
 70 
 
 87 
 
 188 
 
 172 
 
 31 
 
 93 
 
 68 
 56 
 30 
 52 
 33 
 .56 
 72 
 54 
 57 
 07 
 60 
 29 
 57 
 50 
 88 
 56 
 71 
 28 
 44 
 
 110 
 51 
 27 
 98 
 36 
 32 
 37 
 
 277 
 
 137 
 80 
 
 107 
 55 
 
 139 
 61 
 
TWENTY-SECCXND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 537 
 
 CONSOLIDATED KEPORT OF ASST. A DJT.- GENERAL— Co?i<mwef?. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 T. L. Boiiney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. . . 
 
 Win. H. Freeman 
 
 James M. Sargent 
 
 (rcorge M . Thomas 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Marshall 
 
 Samuel Sibley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 WillardC. Kinsley 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith 
 
 Frank D. Haminoiul 
 
 Uurnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. D. Weld 
 
 Maj. Georo;e L. Stearns. 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Major Bovd 
 
 O. H. P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever. 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. Perkins 
 
 Elbridire B. Piper 
 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser 
 
 John A . Ha wes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton 
 
 AVoburn 
 
 Maaton E. Taft 
 
 Gen. J G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 Wm . Wadswortli 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 .Tesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown — 
 
 George K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Johnson 
 
 G. K." Warren 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 AVasliburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C. Lee 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samue F. Woods 
 
 Col. Geo. L. Prescott... 
 
 Galen Grr 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton 
 
 Chas. C. Smith 
 
 Sergeant Plunkett 
 
 Ladd and Whitney 
 
 John .\. Logan 
 
 Hancock 
 
 Preston 
 
 David Church 
 
 127 32 
 
 128! 106 
 
 129 29 
 
 130 41 
 
 131 50 
 
 132 62 
 
 133 22 
 
 134 50 
 
 135 2.5 
 
 136 41 
 1.S7 32 
 138! 73 
 139 117 
 140j 84 
 141 ! 50 
 142 1 30 
 143 45 
 144| 90 
 145 1 107 
 146 19 
 147lll2 
 148: 22 
 149 57 
 1.50 39 
 151 : 13 
 1.521 42 
 153 63 
 1.54 1 50 
 155; .53 
 
 156 64 
 
 157 40 
 
 158 44 
 
 159 138 
 
 160 33 
 
 161 63 
 
 GAIN 
 
 169 43 
 
 170' 41 
 
 171 25 
 
 172 19 
 
 173 41 
 
 174 95 
 17.5 20 
 
 176 65 
 
 177 33 
 
 178 22 
 
 179 46 
 
 180 58 
 
 181 
 
 37 
 
 182 
 
 25 
 
 183 
 
 33 
 
 184 
 
 38 
 
 18;5 
 
 235 
 
 186 
 
 
 187 
 
 
 188 
 
 
 LS9 
 
 
 45 
 115 
 31 
 52 
 .53 
 70 
 40 
 64 
 26 
 42 
 39 
 79 
 147 
 96 
 53 
 33 
 47 
 96 
 128 
 21 
 123 
 24 
 80 
 39 
 13 
 42 
 70 
 .50 
 61 
 72 
 41 
 46 
 155 
 37 
 71 
 65 
 61 
 25 
 50 
 74 
 35 
 73 
 53 
 48 
 26 
 21 
 46 
 103 
 23 
 69 
 34 
 27 
 53 
 65 
 44 
 33 
 35 
 42 
 250 
 73 
 38 
 31 
 21 
 
 LOSS 
 
 a to 
 
 o ^ 
 
 S-e 
 
 25 
 53 » 
 
 40 
 35 
 78 
 
 133 
 90 
 50 
 28 
 47 
 93 
 
 127 
 21 
 85 
 24 
 67 
 38 
 12 
 42 
 65 
 48 
 61 
 70 
 35 
 41 
 
 1.50 
 31 
 69 
 64 
 60 
 25 
 48 
 67 
 33 
 71 
 49 
 43 
 23 
 21 
 46 
 89 
 23 
 68 
 34 
 24 
 51 
 58 
 38 
 33 
 34 
 33 
 
 247 
 73 
 37 
 31 
 21 
 
538 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Of the one hundred and eighty-nine Posts comprising this 
 Department, one hundred and twelve have gained in membership : 
 twelve have the same number as one year ago, and sixty-five have 
 lost in number. Post 46, Fall River, has made the largest gain 
 by the mustering of new recruits. Number of rejections during 
 the year, fifty-two. Two hundred and sixty-nine comrades have 
 died during the year ; an excess over last year of twenty-three. 
 
 Four new Posts have been mustered during the year, as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 John A. Logan Post No. 1 HO of Cambridgeport ; mustered 
 Jan. 13, 1887; charter members, 55. 
 
 Hancock Post No. 187 of Ualton ; mustered April 7, 1887 ; 
 charter members, 34. 
 
 Preston Post No. 188 of Beverly Farms ; mustered April 28, 
 1887; charter members, 30. 
 
 David Church Post No. 18'J of Marshfield ; mustered Sept. 
 15, 1887 ; charter members, 14. 
 
 The gain of Posts by counties is as follows : Middlesex, one ; 
 Berkshire, one; Essex, one; Plymouth, one. Total, four. 
 
 I herewith present a tabulated report, giving in detail the 
 strength of each county, number of each Post, the number of 
 members in good standing Dec. 31, 1887, with date of charter. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. . 539 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES. 
 
 BARNSTABLK COUNTY. 
 
 No. Date of 
 
 Post. Mems. Charter. 
 
 132, Sandwich, 47, Feb. 24, 1882 
 
 141, Harwich, 50, Mar. 15,1882 
 
 55, Provincetown, 42, Sept. 23, 1884 
 Total — Posts, 3 ; members, 139. 
 
 BERKSHIRK COUNTY. 
 79, North Adams, ]!(>, Mar. 20,1869 
 
 125, Pittsfleld, 
 
 126, Adams, 
 158, Housatonic, 
 
 177, Lee, 
 
 178, Otis, 
 187, Dalton, 
 
 189, Mar. 10, 1882 
 
 Gl, June 12, 1870 
 
 41, Aug. 23, 1863 
 
 34, Nov. 6, 1884 
 
 24, Nov. 28, 1884 
 
 37, April 7, 1887 
 
 Total — Posts, 7; members, 452. 
 
 BRISTOL 
 1, Xew Bedford, 
 3, Taunton, 
 46, Fall River, 
 52, South Easton, 
 
 145, Attleboro, 
 
 146, New Bedford, 
 170, Mansfield, 
 182, Somerset, 
 
 Total — Posts, 8 : 
 
 COUNTY. 
 283, Oct. 
 
 222, 
 2.54, 
 60, 
 127, 
 21, 
 43, 
 33, 
 
 Jan. 
 Jan. 
 Feb. 
 June 
 April 
 July 
 Oct. 
 
 4, 1866 
 2, 1867 
 22, 1868 
 29, 1868 
 6, 1871 
 27, 1881 
 31, 1884 
 16, 1885 
 
 members, 1,043. 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 D, 
 
 34, 
 39, 
 45, 
 47, 
 49, 
 50, 
 67, 
 82, 
 89, 
 90, 
 95, 
 99, 
 100, 
 101, 
 106, 
 108, 
 114, 
 118, 
 122. 
 128, 
 151, 
 152, 
 188, 
 
 Lynn, 
 Salem, 
 Lawrence, 
 Gloucester, 
 Haverhill, 
 Newburyport, 
 Peabody, 
 Manchester, 
 Marblehead, 
 Beverly, 
 Danvers, 
 Saugus, 
 Andover, 
 Methuen, 
 Groveland, 
 Rockport, 
 Georgetown, 
 Merrimac, 
 Swampscott, 
 Amesbury, 
 Ipswich, 
 West Newbury, 
 Essex, 
 
 Beverly Farms, 
 Total — Posts, 24 
 
 997, Feb. 
 
 335, Nov. 
 
 .3.53, Dec. 
 
 202, Jan. 
 
 320, Jan. 
 
 230, Feb. 
 
 146, April 
 
 47, Sept. 
 
 182, Mar. 
 
 183, June 
 172, June 
 
 56, June 
 
 56, April 
 72, Feb. 
 54, July 
 
 57, Dec. 
 8.S, Aug. 
 51, Dec. 
 32, Jan. 
 82, Mar. 
 95, Jan. 
 12, Jan. 
 42, Jan. 
 31, April 
 
 ; members, 3 
 
 1867 
 1867 
 1867 
 1868 
 1868 
 1868 
 1879 
 1868 
 1880 
 1869 
 1869 
 1869 
 1881 
 1887 
 1869 
 1881 
 1868 
 1869 
 1870 
 1870 
 1882 
 1874 
 1883 
 1887 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 17, Orange, 126, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 20, Colerain, 30, March 4, 1875 
 
 No. 
 Mems. 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 Post. 
 
 84, South Deerfield, 20, April 17, 1872 
 
 93, Shelburne Falls, 75, June 15, 1869 
 
 150, Montague, 38, Jan. 12, 1883 
 
 162, Turners Falls, 44, Jan. 25, 1884 
 
 164, Conway, 25, April 29, 1884 
 
 171, Northfield, 23, Aug. 15, 1884 
 
 174, Greenfield, 89, Aug. 29, 1884 
 
 Total — Posts, 9; members, 470. 
 
 H.^Ml'DKN 
 
 16, Springfield, 
 
 41, Westfleld, 
 
 71, Holyoke, 
 103, Chicopee, 
 107, Palmer, 
 1.55, Monson, 
 183, S. Hadley, 
 
 Total — Posts, 7; 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 .506, Aug. 9, 1867 
 
 131, Jan. 9, 1868 
 
 140, Nov. 25, 1868 
 
 67, Oct. 7, 1879 
 
 .-0, July 18, 1881 
 
 61, May 26, 1883 
 
 .34, Jan. 14, 1886 
 membei-s, 1,009. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 85, Ware, 
 
 42, May 12, 1869 
 
 86, Northampton, 242, Aug. 4, 1882 
 
 97, Belchertown, 52, Nov. 23, 1872 
 
 147, Amherst, 85, Oct. 31, 1882 
 
 166, East Hampton, 67, June 17, 1884 
 
 176, Huntington, 68, Oct. 9, 1884 
 
 Total — Posts, 6 ; members, .556. 
 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 4, 
 
 Melrose, 
 
 75, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 6, 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 51, 
 
 March 8, 
 
 1867 
 
 9i 
 
 Hudson, 
 
 89, 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 7867 
 
 12, 
 
 Wakefield, 
 
 203, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 14, 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 26, 
 
 July, 
 
 
 1882 
 
 18, 
 
 Ashland, 
 
 42, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 12; 
 
 1867 
 
 29, 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 144, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1867 
 
 30, 
 
 Cambridgeport, 
 
 293, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 23, 
 
 1867 
 
 33, 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 88, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 G. 
 
 1867 
 
 36, 
 
 Arlington, 
 
 52, 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 40, 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 159, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1873 
 
 42, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 324, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 43, 
 
 Marlboro, 
 
 138, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 
 
 1868 
 
 48, 
 
 Aver, 
 
 55, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 
 
 1868 
 
 56, 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 155, 
 
 June 
 
 26, 
 
 1868 
 
 57, 
 
 E. Camliridge, 
 
 162, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1868 
 
 62, 
 
 Newton, 
 
 129, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 18(i8 
 
 63, 
 
 Natick, 
 
 204, 
 
 July 
 
 23, 
 
 1868 
 
 66, 
 
 Medford, 
 
 112, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 75, 
 
 Stoneham, 
 
 100, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15, 
 
 1869 
 
 81, 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 fil, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1871 
 
 115, 
 
 Groton, 
 
 27, 
 
 July 
 
 30, 
 
 1874 
 
 119, 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 37, 
 
 
 
 
 120, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 277, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 26, 
 
 1881 
 
 138, 
 
 Acton, 
 
 78, 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 1883 
 
 139, 
 
 Somerville, 
 
 133, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 1870 
 
540 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 TABULATED REPORT BY COUNTIES — C'on«m?<efL 
 
 Post. 
 
 No. 
 Mem 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 Pes 
 
 
 No. 
 Mem 
 
 Date of 
 Charter. 
 
 142 
 
 Frainingham, 
 
 28, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29, 
 
 1870 
 
 23 
 
 East Boston, 
 
 147, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 17, 
 
 1867 
 
 148, 
 
 Winchester, 
 
 24, 
 
 May 
 
 22 
 
 1872 
 
 26, 
 
 Roxbury, 
 
 228, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1, 
 
 1867 
 
 156 
 
 Everett, 
 
 70, 
 
 June 
 
 14, 
 
 1883 
 
 32, 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 98, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1867 
 
 161, 
 
 Wolnirn, 
 
 69, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 23, 
 
 1884 
 
 .35, 
 
 Chelsea, 
 
 403, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 l6:i, 
 
 S. Framingham 
 
 60, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 25, 
 
 1884 
 
 68, 
 
 Porchester, 
 
 263, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 
 
 1868 
 
 180, 
 
 Concord, 
 
 58, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1884 
 
 92, 
 
 Brighton, 
 
 93, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1873 
 
 185, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 247, 
 
 April 
 
 14, 
 
 1868 
 
 113, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 110, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 18, 
 
 1869 
 
 186 
 
 Cambridgeport, 
 
 73, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13, 
 
 1887 
 
 134, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 60, 
 
 June 
 
 29, 
 
 1870 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 34 
 
 members, 
 
 5,85: 
 
 
 149, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 07, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11. 
 
 1872 
 
 
 NOKFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 159, 
 
 East Boston, 
 
 150, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 7, 
 
 1883 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 15 
 
 members. 
 
 3,292 
 
 
 58, 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 190, 
 
 July 
 
 2, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 60, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 75, 
 
 May 
 
 16, 
 
 1881 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 72, 
 
 Stoughton, 
 
 65, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 WORCKSTEIl COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 87, 
 
 Braintree, 
 
 70, 
 
 June 
 
 2, 
 
 1869 
 
 10, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 644, 
 
 April 
 
 13, 
 
 1867 
 
 88, 
 
 Qulncy, 
 
 87, 
 
 June 
 
 4, 
 
 1869 
 
 19, 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 252 
 
 Aug. 
 
 16, 
 
 1867 
 
 91, 
 
 Foxboro, 
 
 31, 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1869 
 
 22, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 154, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 19, 
 
 1867 
 
 94, 
 
 Canton, 
 
 68, 
 
 June 
 
 24, 
 
 1869 
 
 24, 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 58, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 25, 
 
 1867 
 
 98, 
 
 Cohasset, 
 
 33, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1883 
 
 25, 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 42, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30, 
 
 1867 
 
 102, 
 
 Milton, 
 
 57, 
 
 April 
 
 3, 
 
 1879 
 
 27, 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 41, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1870 
 
 110, 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 71, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 28, 
 
 West Boylslon, 
 
 34, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 1867 
 
 117, 
 
 Medfleld, 
 
 36, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3, 
 
 1870 
 
 37, 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 90, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20, 
 
 1867 
 
 121, 
 
 Hyde Park, 
 
 137, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22 
 
 1870 
 
 38, 
 
 Brooklield, 
 
 71, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 27, 
 
 1867 
 
 130, 
 
 Med way, 
 
 50, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 18, 
 
 1882 
 
 44, 
 
 Southboro, 
 
 27, 
 
 May 
 
 17, 
 
 1878 
 
 133, 
 
 Plainville, 
 
 37, 
 
 May 
 
 23, 
 
 1882 
 
 51, 
 
 N. Brookfield, 
 
 65, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28, 
 
 1868 
 
 143, 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 47, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 1871 
 
 53, 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 130, 
 
 June 
 
 13, 
 
 1868 
 
 144, 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 93, 
 
 May 
 
 22, 
 
 1871 
 
 54, 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 21, 
 
 June 
 
 2, 
 
 1868 
 
 157, 
 
 Walpole, 
 
 35, 
 
 July 
 
 1, 
 
 1883 
 
 59, 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 26, 
 
 July 
 
 3, 
 
 1868 
 
 169, 
 
 Norwood, 
 
 49, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 1884 
 
 61, 
 
 Webster, 
 
 98, 
 
 July 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 181, 
 
 Needham, 
 
 38, 
 
 June 
 
 5, 
 
 1885 
 
 64, 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 88, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 Total— Posts, 19 
 
 ; members, 
 
 1,269. 
 
 65, 
 
 Warren, 
 
 37, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 21, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 69, 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 24, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9, 
 
 1868 
 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 70, 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 48, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3, 
 
 1876 
 
 8, 
 
 Middleboro, 
 
 91, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1807 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 77, 
 
 Holden, 
 
 27, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19, 
 
 1869 
 
 13, 
 
 Brockton, 
 
 218, 
 
 July 
 
 1, 
 
 1867 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SO, 
 
 Westboro, 
 
 103, 
 
 June 
 
 18, 
 
 1881 
 
 31, 
 
 Scituate, 
 
 62, 
 
 July 
 
 15, 
 
 1875 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 96, 
 
 Northboro, 
 
 30, 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 1869 
 
 73, 
 
 Abington, 
 
 89, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23, 
 
 1868 
 
 105, 
 
 Upton, 
 
 29, 
 
 July 
 
 15, 
 
 1881 
 
 74, 
 
 Rockland, 
 
 121, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 11, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 109, 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 56, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11. 
 
 1869 
 
 76, 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 148, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 19, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 116, 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 98, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30, 
 
 1869 
 
 78, 
 
 S. Abington, 
 
 120, 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 123, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 107, 
 
 June 
 
 1, 
 
 1870 
 
 83, 
 
 Hanover, 
 
 27, 
 
 April 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 129, 
 
 Millville, 
 
 19, 
 
 April 
 
 25, 
 
 1883 
 
 104, 
 
 Hingham, 
 
 60, 
 
 July 
 
 26, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 131, 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 49, 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 1870 
 
 111, 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 28, 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 135, 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 25, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30, 
 
 1873 
 
 112, 
 
 South Scituate, 
 
 44, 
 
 Nov. 
 
 1, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 136, 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 40, 
 
 July 
 
 1, 
 
 1870 
 
 124, 
 
 E. Bridgewater, 
 
 55, 
 
 June 
 
 7 
 
 1870 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 137, 
 
 East Douglas, 
 
 35, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 21, 
 
 1882 
 
 12T, 
 
 Hanson, 
 
 29, 
 
 .June 
 
 11, 
 
 1870 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 140, 
 
 Athol, 
 
 90, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 1881 
 
 154, 
 
 Kingston, 
 
 48, 
 
 May 
 
 24, 
 
 1883 
 
 153, 
 
 Winchendon, 
 
 65, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6, 
 
 1883 
 
 165, 
 
 Duxbury, 
 
 48, 
 
 May 
 
 19, 
 
 1884 
 
 160, 
 
 W. Brookfield, 
 
 31, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18, 
 
 1883 
 
 189, 
 
 Marshfield, 
 
 21, 
 
 sept. 
 
 15, 
 
 1887 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 167, 
 
 Whitinsville, 
 
 ;i3, 
 
 June 
 
 18, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 16 
 
 members. 
 
 1,209. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 168, 
 
 Sonthbridge, 
 
 71, 
 
 June 
 
 27, 
 
 1884 
 
 
 SUFFOLK 
 
 COUNTY. 
 
 
 
 172, 
 
 Bolton, 
 
 21, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 18, 
 
 1884 
 
 2, 
 
 South Boston, 
 
 267, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1880 
 
 173, 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 46, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 26, 
 
 1884 
 
 7, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 .529, 
 
 Mar. 
 
 11, 
 
 1867 
 
 175, 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 23, 
 
 Sept. 
 
 •'"'. 
 
 1884 
 
 11, 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 296, 
 
 April 
 
 23, 
 
 1867 
 
 179, 
 
 Barre, 
 
 51, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 11. 
 
 1884 
 
 15, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 531, 
 
 Aug. 
 
 c, 
 
 1867 
 
 184, 
 
 Ashburnham, 
 
 33, 
 
 April 
 
 1, 
 
 1886 
 
 21, 
 
 Boston, 
 
 51, 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 1881 
 
 
 Total — Posts, 41 
 
 ; members, 
 
 3,038. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. "j41 
 
 There have been issued, during the year, twelve General 
 Orders, sixty-three Special Orders, and six Circulars. 
 
 There has been expended for relief, during the past year, 
 $41,899.94, as follows: First quarter, $12,395.86; second quar- 
 ter, $10,602.18; third quarter, $8,766.17; fourth quarter, 
 $10,035.63. 
 
 By adding to this the amount contributed for the Geo. H. 
 Patch Memorial Fund of $3,195.98, we have the grand total of 
 $45,095.92. 
 
 In closing, I return my thanks to the Department Commander 
 for his uniform kindness and forbearance, and to the Department 
 officers, official staff, and the officers and comrades of the various 
 Posts, for their courtes}^ in m}'^ official relations with them. 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Yours in F., C. & L., 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 REPOKT OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL. 
 
 Head(^>uarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 
 Boston, Feb. 1, 1888. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I hereby submit my report of the operations of 
 this office during the past year. 
 
 The following tables, sustained by complete vouchers, contain 
 a full statement of the receipts and expenditures : — 
 
 RKCKIPTS. 
 
 1887. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $4,521 12 
 
 Received for dues, first quarter, 1887 
 
 '' " second (piarter, 1887 .... 1,5G9 28 
 
 " " third quarter, 1887 .... l,(iOI 78 
 
 " " fourth quarter, 1887 . . . 1,014 56 
 
 " " books and blanks .... 348 74 
 
 " " badges 1,032 00 
 
 buttons 310 50 
 
 " " sundries 113 24 
 
 Total receipts . . . $11,111.22 
 
 EXPENDITURES. 
 
 Cr. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, supplies $971 95 
 
 dues 599 66 
 
 " rent and care of office 412 00 
 
 " Salary Assistant Adjutant-General .... 1,191 63 
 
 " Tremont Temple for Encampment . . 75 00 
 
 " inspection expenses 90 38 
 
 Carried foricard $3,340 62 
 
542 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Br ovijM forward $3,340 62 $11,111 22 
 
 Paid printiii"; books, blanks, General Orders, etc. 905 57 
 " postals, posta.ee, telegrams, clerk hire, office 
 
 expenses, etc. 618 43 
 
 " organizing new Posts ... .... 12 83 
 
 " Department Commander's travelling ex- 
 penses . .... 61 01 
 
 " Department Headquarters, St. Lonis ... 50 00 
 " Department Commander and Assistant Adju- 
 tant-General in St. Lonis 109 50 
 
 " Veterans' Rights Union and Employment 
 
 Bureau . .' . . 3,000 00 
 
 Total expenditures $8,097 96 
 
 Balance to new account . . $3,013 26 
 
 Vouchers cover the expenses. 
 
 Supplementary Report from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, 1<S88. 
 
 RECEIPTS. 
 
 1888. Dr. 
 
 Cash on hand as per last report $3,004 36 
 
 Received for dues 1,620 08 
 
 " " books and blanks 55 44 
 
 badges 76 80 
 
 " '• buttons 14 30 
 
 " " sundries HI 07 
 
 Total receipts .... $4,882 05 
 
 expenditures. 
 Cr. 
 
 Paid National Headquarters, dues $202 51 
 
 rent and care of office . 
 
 Salary Assistant Adjutant-General . 
 
 pi'inting books and blanks 
 
 inspections 
 
 postage, express, office expenses .... 
 travelling expenses, Department Con)mander 
 
 Total expenditures 
 
 Balance to new account 
 
 Cash on hand $4,094 62 
 
 Value of supplies on hand 125 01 
 
 Office furniture 413 50 
 
 Colors 40 00 
 
 Due from Posts 27 90 
 
 44 00 
 
 
 108 33 
 
 
 88 67 
 
 
 187 56 
 
 
 51 93 
 
 
 104 43 
 
 
 
 $787 43 
 
 
 $4,094 62 
 
 Total assets $4,701 03 
 
 NO LIAWLITIES. 
 
 With many thanks to the Department Commander and officers 
 of the Staff, 
 
 I am 3'ours in F., C. and L., 
 
 AUGUSTUS H. WRIGHT, 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster- General. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENOAMPMENT. 
 
 543 
 
 REPORT OF INSPECTOR. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R., 
 Boston, Jan. 2.s, 1888. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Assistant Afljutant- General. 
 
 Comrade : I have the houor to submit, for the third time, the 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 During the year three Posts were organized by me, viz., 
 Hancock No. 187 of Dalton ; Preston No. 188 of Beverly Farms, 
 and David Church No. 189 of Marshfield. The good work still 
 goes on. 
 
 The following table will show by comparison the condition of 
 the Department Sept. 30, 1886 and 1887. 
 
 Number of Posts 
 
 " members in good standing 
 
 '" Posts where the Ritual is 
 
 committed .... 
 " Posts who are uniformed 
 
 " Posts whose officei's wea 
 
 rank badges 
 " Posts that own side-arms 
 
 " Posts where guards are 
 
 armed 
 
 1887. 
 
 issr,. 
 
 1.S9 
 
 186 
 
 L^0,19() 
 
 19,307 
 
 121 
 
 136 
 
 169 
 
 165 
 
 182 
 
 175 
 
 151 
 
 144 
 
 171 
 
 166 
 
 Posts who present a badge 
 
 to recruits 154 
 
 comrades suspended . . . 840 
 
 147 
 761 
 
 Amount of Post funds S59.414.60 .^55,471.98 
 
 of Relief funds 
 " of other property 
 " expended for relief . 
 Number of comrades relieved 
 " other than comra 
 
 lieved 
 
 139,441.27 
 
 223,975.88 
 
 34,560.78 
 
 1,725 
 
 1,081 
 
 140,620.55 
 
 223,060.49 
 
 37,289.55 
 
 1,543 
 
 992 
 
544 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 ANNUAL Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman, 
 
 Dahlgren 
 
 W. H. Bartlett 
 
 U.S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wyman 
 
 Chas. Rusfell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
 0. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K. Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Col. Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner. . . 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker — 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher. 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague.. . 
 
 H. H. Legge 
 
 Thos. G. Stevenson . 
 
 Chas. Devens 
 
 Geo. D. Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 Wm. H. Smart 
 
 Geo. W. Perrj' 
 
 Washington . '. 
 
 Knrbank 
 
 I'hil. H. Sheridan... 
 Theodore Winthrop 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needham 
 
 Gen. H. G. Berry.... 
 
 Lvon '. 
 
 B' F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols.. 
 
 Col. Allen 
 
 Richard Borden 
 
 Major Howe 
 
 Geo. S. Boutwell 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 Ezra Batcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Chas. H. Stevens 
 
 Capt. C. S. Hastings 
 
 1. D. Paull 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 P. Stearns Davis 
 
 Reynolds 
 
 Maj. J. A. Pratt.... 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon 
 
 Chas. Ward", 
 
 Gen. Wadsworth 
 
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 283 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Cap, Blouse 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 50 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 263 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes Full Uniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 90 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 205 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Hat, Blouse 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 36 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 71 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 .5 
 
 1025 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes Hat, Bl., Belt, Sword 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Y'es 
 
 200 
 
 93 
 
 6 
 
 51 
 
 No 
 
 Yes Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 528 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Helmet, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Yes V es 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 120 
 
 48 
 
 8 
 
 89 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Yes j Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 20 
 
 None 
 
 9 
 
 90 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 30 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 629 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat, Bl'se, P'ts, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 66 
 
 43 
 
 11 
 
 286 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Helmet, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 61 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 203 
 
 ^es 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 29 
 
 13 
 
 1.S 
 
 212 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 43 
 
 •) 
 
 11 
 
 37 
 5.53 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 Y'es 
 
 12 
 85 
 
 
 1.5 
 
 Cap, Blouse, Belt 
 
 57 
 
 16 
 
 499 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Iniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y^es 
 
 Yes 
 
 60 
 
 25 
 
 17 
 
 122 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 32 
 
 1 
 
 18 
 
 40 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Cap, Blouse 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 19 
 
 252 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 50 
 
 None 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 8 
 
 None 
 
 21 
 
 58 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Y'es 
 
 30 
 
 4 
 
 22 
 
 1.50 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 40 
 
 ,") 
 
 2.3 
 
 143 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse, Belt 
 
 Ves 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 35 
 
 None 
 
 24 
 
 57 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat, Belt 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 2.5 
 
 43 
 
 No 
 
 Ves 
 
 Hat 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 11 
 
 None 
 
 26 
 
 219 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 75 
 
 7 
 
 27 
 
 43 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat 
 
 Ves 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 '>8 
 
 34 
 141 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 
 No 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 No 
 Y'es 
 
 Yes 
 Yes 
 
 12 
 29 
 
 4 
 
 29 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 None 
 
 .30 
 
 291 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
 Y'es 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 74 
 
 24 
 
 31 
 
 62 
 
 No 
 
 Yes 
 
 Hat, Blouse, I'ants 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Yes 
 
 Yes 
 
 20 
 
 None 
 
 32 
 
 92 
 
 Yes 
 
 Ves 
 
 Full Uniform 
 
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 Name of I'ost. 
 
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AS 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Annual Report of the Inspector of the Department of 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 T. L. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. 
 William H. Freeman. 
 
 James II. Sargent 
 
 George H. Tliomas 
 
 Charles Cliipman 
 
 George II. IMaintien.. 
 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews 
 
 Geo. C. Warsluill 
 
 Samuel Sil)ley 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 WillardC. Kinslev.... 
 Iluljbard V. Smith.... 
 Frank I). Hammond.. 
 
 I'.urnside 
 
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 Chas. W. Carroll 
 
 Wm. A. Streeter 
 
 Robert G. Shaw 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. D. Weld 
 
 Maj. G. L. Stearns 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. II. P. Sargent 
 
 Gilman C. Parker 
 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep. 
 
 James A. I'erkins 
 
 Elbridge I). I'iper 
 
 E. S. Dresser 
 
 John A. Hayes 
 
 Alanson Hamilton 
 
 Woburn 
 
 MantonE. Taft 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A . Clary 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth 
 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown.. 
 
 George K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Henry H. Johnson 
 
 G. K. Warren 
 
 Albert S. Johnson 
 
 Edwin E. Day 
 
 Washljurn 
 
 (;en. Horace C. l^ec... 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols 
 
 Samuel F. Woods 
 
 Col. Geo. L. I'rescott. . 
 
 Galen Orr 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton 
 
 Chas. C. Smith 
 
 Sergeant Plunkett 
 
 Ladd and Whitney 
 
 John A . Logan 
 
 Hancock 
 
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550 HISTORY DEl'T. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 The reports show that the Uepartmeut of Massachusetts is 
 in better condition than ever before, and in no respect has it fallen 
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 tration. At the first meeting a committee was appointed to draft 
 a new form. This was done and subsequently adopted by the 
 Council and recommended to the National Encampment. This 
 form was exemplified by Post 68 of Dorchester, in the presence 
 of the Department aides and some of the delegates, in order that 
 its workings might be observed. The National Encampment, 
 upon recommendation of the Inspector-General, adopted it with- 
 out a change, and it is thought that its availability and practica- 
 bility will be clearly demonstrated in the future, and whatever 
 honor comes from it will be credited to our own Department. 
 
 The form of installation is incorrect and incomplete, and I wish 
 something might be done to improve it, especially as the Ritual 
 has been taken under consideration. Thus uniformity may be 
 secured without any detriment to the essential parts or taking 
 awav the beauty and simplicity. 
 
 I gladly take this opportunity to thank the Assistant Inspec- 
 tors for their faithfulness and efficiency, and for the zeal which 
 they have shown in the performance of their duties. When all 
 have done so well, it would be unjust to specify, for all have 
 been prompt as well as faithful in execution of the work assigned 
 them, and the reports received show they spared no pains to 
 thoroughly instruct and encourage the Posts which they visited. 
 
 To the comrades of the Council 1 would return thanks for 
 the kindness shown during the year. The friendships formed will 
 not soon be forgotten. I recall with great pleasure the pleasant 
 relations between us. 
 
 For the many favors received at your hands I return my 
 heartfelt thanks. As the years have passed I trust that our 
 fraternit}' has grown so strong that nothing can disturb it, but it 
 shall continue while life lasts. 
 
 I congratulate our Commander upon the close of a very suc- 
 cessful year of service, and upon the fact that he leaves the posi- 
 tion amid the sincere regrets of his comrades. I shall look back 
 with pleasure to the visits which it has been my privilege to make 
 with laim in various sections of the State. Pleasant were they at 
 the time they occurred, and the memories are delightful to recall. 
 Nor shall I forget the kindness he has uniformly shown to all his 
 comrades, even those of us who are cranks. 
 
 In conclusion. I hope that the coming years will cement our 
 bond of comradeship so strong that no disturbing element shall 
 ever be allowed to disturb our much loved Order. 
 
 I have the honor to be yours in F., C. and L., 
 
 B. READ WALES, Inspector. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNIAL ENCAMTMENT. 551 
 
 RErORT OF JUDGE ADVOCATE. 
 
 Office of Judge Advocate, 
 10 Tremont Street, Boston, Feb. 8, 1888. 
 
 To Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Acljutcmt-Ge)ieral. 
 
 Comrade : In compliance with the Rules and Regulations, T 
 submit the following report of the operations of m}' Department 
 for the past year: — 
 
 I have accompanied the Department Commander in ofllcial 
 visits to nineteen Posts in different parts of the State, and 
 at the opening of three fairs. In all these visits we were greeted 
 by the comrades with a true veterans' welcome, and it was most 
 gratifying to find that the Grand Army in Massachusetts was in 
 such a flourishing condition. 
 
 I have attended three hearings on application for charters for 
 new Posts in Pittsfield and New Bedford, examined the proceedings 
 and findings in six cases of courts-martial, attended all the meetings 
 of the Council of Administration, and rendered many verbal and 
 thirteen written opinions, on questions submitted to me on various 
 subjects arising in Posts appertaining to Grand Army law. 
 
 There is one subject that I feel it my duty to particularly 
 refer to, inasmuch as my opinion has frequently been sought 
 thereon, "The position Posts ought to take in regard to raising 
 money for charitable purposes by games of chance, such as lot- 
 teries, etc." There should be no doubt as to the position they 
 ought to take, as raising money by games of chance of any kind 
 is contrary to the law of this Commonwealth. The Legislature of 
 Massachusetts refused to pass a bill to exempt Grand Army Posts 
 from the operation of that Ian-. 
 
 The law of the State is supreme as regards regulating the 
 conduct of all persons living within its territorial limits, and all 
 societies and organizations existing within the State are subject 
 to its laws, and no member thereof has au}^ right to violate those 
 laws, though the object sought to be attained, that of raising 
 money to assist needy comrades and the widows and or))haus of those 
 who have fallen is a most worthy one. It is, therefore, the dut}" 
 of members of the Grand Army, as loyal citizens, to conscientiously 
 obey the laws and to aid in maintaining them if necessary. 
 
 In closing my year's service I wish to congratulate Com- 
 mander Nash upon his success in guiding the Department of 
 ^lassachusetts safely through a year that has been an eventful 
 one in the history of the Grand Army of the Republic ; also to 
 extend to him and the members of his Staff my sincere thanks for 
 the many courtesies received and friendship nu\uifested during 
 my official term. Yours in F., C. & L., 
 
 JOHN A.KEEFE, 
 
 Judge Advocate. 
 
HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 REPORT OF COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Boston, Feb. 1, 1888. 
 
 Commavder : In submitting the report of the doings of the 
 Council of Administration for the year to you, and through you 
 to the Department Convention, we find but little of importance to 
 present. 
 
 The duties devolving upon the Council have been prompth' 
 and faithfully discharged. Four regular and one special^neetings 
 have been held, at whicli the various questions referred to the 
 Council by the last Department Convention were fully considered, 
 with the following results : — 
 
 At the meeting, held March 9, the matter of a new form of 
 inspection was discussed, and a committee appointed to prepare 
 such form. This committee reported in print at the meeting of 
 April 27, and their report was unanimously adopted. The benefi- 
 cent effects of the doings of this committee are seen in the 
 increased interest in, and effectiveness of, the inspections through- 
 out the Department. The accepted form was presented at the 
 National Encampment at St. Louis, and we point with pride to 
 the fact that it was unanimously adopted for use by the Order. 
 
 The matter of holding the Annual Encampment in February, 
 and convening same at 2 o'clock p.m. on the first day, has been 
 favorably considered, and the recommendations adopted by the 
 Council. 
 
 It was deemed inexpedient to obtain a larger hall for the hold- 
 ing of the banquet, and it will be held in the old historic spot, Faneuil 
 Hall, at the close of the Convention, it being thought that the inter- 
 ests of the Department would be best served by first completing 
 the business of the Convention before enjoying any festivities. 
 
 The books of the Assistant Adjutant-General and Assistant 
 Quartermaster-General have been carefully audited, and the 
 special committee appointed for that purpose report books, 
 vouchers, funds and supplies all in proper form and correctly kept. 
 To you. Commander, we desire to express our high apprecia- 
 tion of the faithfulness with which you have performed the ardu- 
 ous duties of the year now closing. 
 
 To the Assistant Adjutant-General we return our sincere 
 thanks for the very many courtesies received, and for the devo- 
 tion and zeal with which the duties of his position have ever been 
 performed. Fraternally, 
 
 GEO. L GOODALE, 
 WM. A. PRESCOTT. 
 ARTHUR A. SMITH, 
 MALCOLM SILLARS, 
 E P. JEWETT, 
 
 Council of Admin istnition. 
 
TWKNTV-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 553 
 
 REPORT OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
 
 Boston, Feb. 1, 1888. 
 A. C. MoNKOE, Assistant Adjutant-General : 
 
 Comrade : I have the houor to report tluit during the past year 
 I have made sixty examinations* of veterans making appHeation for 
 pension or increase, and made fifty aflidavits in such cases. 
 
 Have visited, with the Department Commander, many Posts 
 holding fairs, camp-fires, dedicating G.A.R. halls, etc. I much 
 regret that on account of business I have been unable to devote 
 more time to such pleasant, and to me ver}^ interesting occasions. 
 Have attended all but one of the regular meetings of the Conned 
 of Administration. 
 
 I find many comrades afllicted with disease or its sequence, 
 contracted while in the service from '61 to '(!.). The most com- 
 mon are from gunshot wounds or their effects, chills and fevers, 
 rheumatism, rupture, varicose veins and paralysis. 
 
 I would suggest to phj'siciaus, wben writing certificates of 
 death of veterans, that when the soldier dies of disease or the 
 result of disease for which he was pensioned, care should be exer- 
 cised in writing cause of death so that the pension may continue 
 to the widow without delay. 
 
 There are few, if any, less than forty years of age in our 
 ranks. As mortality or death-rate just about doubles between 
 forty and fifty, and again between fifty and sixty years of age, 
 twenty-five 3'ears hence there will be few left that took an honor- 
 able part in one of the most gigantic civil wars the world has ever 
 known. Fortunate and I trust happy, will be the lot of the last 
 survivors. 
 
 I have the honor to be yours in F. C. & L., 
 
 J. B CHERRY, 
 Ifedical Director. 
 
 REPORT OF DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN. 
 
 Headquarters Dept. of Mass., G.A.R. 
 Jan. 30, 1888. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adj utant-Oenej-aL 
 
 Comrade: I have the honor to submit my report as Chaplain. 
 So far as my crowded time permitted, I responded to the calls of 
 the Department Commander, and went with him and his Staff to 
 the always interesting occasions of the various Posts. It was 
 understood when I assumed this chaplaincy that I could do little 
 of this work. I regret for my own sake that I have not met the 
 comrades oftener at their gatherings- 
 
554 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 No death has occurred in the active executive membership of 
 our bod}" ; but we still keenly mourn the loss of Past Department 
 Commander George H. Patch, a man who was ever active for the 
 cause, in ottice or out ; a comrade of great heart, tireless zeal, 
 deep loyalty, strong sense, and endeared to the rank and file of 
 our Order. He still lives for us in. his example and the inspira- 
 tion of his memory. I need not extend my reference to him since 
 he will be justly described and fitly remembered in the Com- 
 mander's address. 
 
 I would record here the loss from the veterans this past 
 year of tw-o brave characters. General Underwood and General 
 Attwood ; both of them lustrous types of the American volunteer ; 
 both noble illustrations of the citizen soldier. To the latter 
 especially is the G.A.R. indebted for labors many in its behalf. 
 He believed in the organization thoroughl}'. 
 
 Permit me to express mj' thanks to my associate officers for 
 the kindly feeling they have continually shown to me, and to the 
 comrades I have met for their uniform courtesj^ and good-will. 
 A chaplain is looked upon theoreticallj' as a traditional affix to a 
 staff; and in military matters he may be ornamental, but neither 
 necessary nor useful. I am afraid there is a great deal of truth 
 in this popular estimate. But 1 think there is a place for such a 
 person if he will remember that he is first, last, and always a man 
 and a comrade. 
 
 I desire to express my confidence in the Order, and my 
 increased sense of its value, the more I see of its life and work- 
 ings. There are many not of us who ought to be in our ranks. 
 Let us so conduct our affairs that we may steadily hold the sym- 
 pathy of the public and gain fresh additions to our rolls. 
 Most sincerely in F., C. & L., 
 
 EDWARD A. HORTON, 
 
 Chaplain. 
 
 VETERANS' RIGHTS UNION AND EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 
 TREASURER'S REPORT. 
 
 Headquarters Veterans' Rights Union and Employment 
 Bureau, Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 
 4 Pemberton Square, Boston, Jan. 31, 1888. 
 
 To Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General^ Dej)artment 
 of Massachusetts., Grand Army of the Republic : 
 Comrade : I have the honor herewith to transmit for the infor- 
 mation of the Department mj'^ report of the receipts and expenses 
 of the Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau, since 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. i')do 
 
 the date of my last annual report to the Department, Jan. 27, 
 1887, to the close of business, Jan. 31, 188.S, as follows : 
 
 Balance on hand Jan. 27, 1887 . $ 57 53 
 
 Received since . . .... 4,835 70 
 
 Total 84,893 23 
 
 Payments ,$4,825 99 
 
 Balance .$67 24 
 
 DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE KKCEIPTS AND KXPENDITUKES ON ACCOUNT 
 OV THE GENERAL FUND OR RUNNING EXPENSES. 
 
 Balance date of last annual report $6 58 
 
 Received since — 
 
 From Department of Massachusetts, G. A. R. . ..$3,000 00 
 
 From Post 49, G.A.R. 10 00 
 
 From Service Pension Association, one half rent 
 
 of Meionaon 7 50 $3,017 50 
 
 Total $3,024 08 
 
 PAYMENTS. 
 
 Salaries : — 
 
 Col. C. E. Hapgood, Superintendent $1,550 00* 
 
 Capt. James H. Marshall, to Dec. 31, 1887 ... 660 00 
 
 Comrade Chas. A. Feyhl, since Dec. 31, 1887. . . 45 00 
 Rent : — 
 
 J. P. Putnam 3G7 45 
 
 Proprietors Tremout Temple ... .... 15 00 
 
 Oftice supplies, iiicUidinij: sundry incidental expenses, 
 such as Avashins thxjrs and windows, putting in 
 
 coal, errands, repair of furniture, matches, etc. 97 43 
 
 Stationery, including blank books . . . . . 52 36 
 
 Printing 58 50 
 
 Fuel 52 60 
 
 Postage 51 88 
 
 Extra clerk hire 9 50 
 
 Gas 2 59 
 
 Total $2,962 31 
 
 Balance .$61 77 
 
 ♦Fifty dollars f $50.00) of this amount was due tlie Superintendent at date of last 
 annual rejiort.— J.E.H. 
 
 STATEMENT SHOWING THE RKCEIPTS .\ND EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 CHARITY FUND. 
 
 Balance on hand Jan. 27, 1887 .$50 95 
 
 Receipts since : — 
 
 From sundry Woman's Relief Corps 8102 00 
 
 From Mass. Commandery of the Loyal Legion . 100 00 
 
 From sundry individuals, in sums from $10.00 to 
 
 $100 00 540 00 
 
 From Posts of the G. A. K 108 00 
 
 Carried forward $850 00 
 
556 HISTOKY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Si-ovgJUforn-arcl $850 00 50 95 
 
 Fi'om the Council of Administration, Department 
 
 of Mass , G.A.R 51 94 
 
 From Union Camp-fire Committee 25 00 
 
 From loans repaid 581 08 
 
 From Overseers of the Poor 60 00 
 
 From snndry parties in small sums from 25 cents 
 
 to $5.00 . " 192 65 
 
 f],760 67 
 
 Total $1,811 62 
 
 PAYMENTS. 
 
 For transportation $322 47 
 
 " meals 129 65 
 
 " lodjiings .... 115 80 
 
 " clothinii? 25 02 
 
 " fuel ^ 15 30 
 
 " funeral expenses 193 37 
 
 " board 12 00 
 
 Cash donations 338 36 
 
 " loans . • .... 650 35 
 
 " incidentals 3 83 
 
 Total $1,806 15 
 
 Balance .... $5 47 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Total receipts, including balance last report $4,893 23 
 
 " payments 4,825 99 
 
 Balance $67 24 
 
 GENER.^L lUNl). 
 
 Total receipts, including balance •• $3,024 08 
 
 Payments 2,962 31 
 
 Balance $61 77 
 
 CHARITY FUND. 
 
 Total receipts, including balance $1,811 62 
 
 Payments . . . . ^ 1,806 15 
 
 Balance . . 
 Balance General Fund 
 Balance Charity Fund 
 
 Total 
 
 Deposited with International Trust Co. 
 Cash in hands of Treasurer . . 
 
 $5 
 
 47 
 
 $61 
 
 77 
 
 5 
 
 47 
 
 $67 
 
 24 
 
 $62 
 
 12 
 
 o 
 
 12 
 
 Total $67 24 
 
 Respectfully submitted in F., C. and L., 
 
 J. EDWIN HUNT, 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. DO/ 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Geo. S. Evans, 
 the address of the Department Commander and officers' reports 
 were referred to a committee of five, to be appointed by the 
 Commander. 
 
 The Commander appointed as that committee : — 
 
 Benjamin Pitman of Post 5 ; Past Department Commander 
 John W. Hersey of Post 16; Samuel M. Weale of Post 23; 
 William H. Gurney of Post 78 ; James K. Odell of Post 30. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Richard F. 
 Tobin, it was voted that when the Encampment adjourn it be to 
 meet at 8 o'clock this evening. 
 
 On motion of Comrade I. W. Derby of Post 11, it was 
 voted that the Committee on Commander's Address and Reports 
 of Officers report at the adjourned meeting this evening. 
 
 Past Department Commander Tobin presented the following 
 as a telegraphic despatch to be forwarded to the Department of 
 Maine, G. A.R., now in session at Portland : — 
 
 Boston, Mass., Feb. 8, 1888. 
 
 COMMAXDKR RiCnARD K GaTLEY, 
 
 Department of Maine, G.A.B., Portland: 
 The representatives of 20,000 comrades of Massachusetts G.A R., 
 in Convention assembled, send greeting to their comrades of the Maine 
 Encampment. 
 
 A. C. MONROE, 
 Assistant Adjntant-deneral. 
 
 Past Department Commander Geo. W. Creasey presented the 
 following preamble and resolutions on the death of Past Depart- 
 ment Commander George H. Patch, which were unanimously 
 adopted : — 
 
 Whereas, In the assembling of our Department Encampment today , 
 there is one form we all sadly miss, — one Avhom Ave have been accus- 
 tomed to meet at these annual gatherings, whose cordial greeting, smiling 
 face and earnest words we remember as characterizing our faithful com- 
 rade and associate Past Department Commander George II. Patch, who 
 died at his home in South Framingham, July 26, 1887 ; therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That in the death of our beloved comrade, the Grand Army 
 of the Republic, to which he was so devotedly attached, has lost one of its 
 most earnest and zealous advocates, — one Avho by his elociuent voice and 
 obedient pen, although silent today, has stinmlated us to renewed activity 
 and devotion to the great principles of our Order which were so often 
 and so forcibly presented by him as the future strength\ind glory of our 
 
558 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 noble organization. One whose sympathizing natiu'e ahvays prompted 
 him to advocate the cause of the unfortunate; whose kind heart never 
 failed to respond where want and necessity appeared, and whose I'eadi- 
 ness to do for those less fortunate than himself, was with him a pure 
 and holy oflering, and to us a practical exemplification of the Golden 
 Rule. 
 
 Besolved, That the great heart of the Grand Army of the Republic 
 of Massachusetts beats in sympathy with the widow of him whom we 
 loved as a friend, honored as a comrade, and today miss as the worthy 
 and brave expounder of the great principles of our Order, which teach 
 Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Evans, it was 
 voted that the Committee on Commander's Address be instructed 
 to present resolutions on the death of Past Department Com- 
 mander A. B. Underwood. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Pitman of Post 5, it was voted that a 
 committee of five be appointed on resolutions. The Commander 
 appointed the following comrades on that committee : — 
 
 H. G. O. Weymouth of Post 42 ; Thos. H. Haskell of Post 
 11 ; Geo. N. Munsell of Post 141 ; W. O. Hawley of Post 17H ; 
 J. K. Churchill of Post 10. 
 
 On motion of Comrade E. B. Macy of Post 19, it was voted 
 that this Encampment endorse the bill known as the '' Eight Dol- 
 lars per Month Service Pension Bill," and that the delegates and 
 representatives from this Department to the National Encamp- 
 ment be instructed to work and to vote for its endorsement b}' 
 that body. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Ivory R. Allen of Post 35, it was 
 voted that the Commander appoint a committee of five to nomi- 
 nate members of the Council of Administration, and to report in 
 print at the morning session. The Commander appointed as that 
 committee : — 
 
 Ivory R. Allen of Post 35 ; W. F. Clerke of Post 2 ; H. T. 
 Bingham of Post 67 ; P. H. O'Connell of Post 90 ; J. A. Hortou 
 of Post 174. 
 
 Comrade Geo. E. Harrington of Post 23 presented the fol- 
 lowing resolution, endorsing the pension bill known as the " Per 
 Diem Rated Service Pension Bill " : — 
 
 Besolvedi That this Encampment, representing the Department of 
 Massachusetts, Grand Array of the Republic, do heartily endorse Senate 
 Bill, No. 1537, otherwise known as the " Per Diem Rated Service Pen- 
 
rWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 559 
 
 sion Rill," now before Congress ; and that the Department Commander 
 be instructed to notify United States Senators and Representatives from 
 Massachusetts of the action of this Encampment in relation to said ImII, 
 at the earliest possible moment. 
 
 Followiug is a copy of the bill : — 
 
 PEit DiKM Rated Service Pension Bill. 
 
 ^-1 liill to grant Pensions for Service in the Armtj, Xnvy and Marine Corps 
 of the United States. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
 tives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that the 
 Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on 
 the pension roll of the United States the names of all persons specified in 
 the following section, upon making due proof that they performed the 
 service specified in said section. 
 
 Sect 2. That persons entitled as beneficiaries under the preceding 
 section are as follows : Any officer or enlisted man Avho shall have served 
 in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, including 
 regulars and volunteers, subsequent to the I2th of April, 1861, and prior 
 to the 1st day of July, r865. 
 
 Sect. 3. That the rate of pension for such service shall be at the 
 rate per month of one cent for each day's service rendered in the said 
 Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States. 
 
 Sect. 4. That the period of service shall be computed from the 
 date of muster into the United States service to the date of discharge ; 
 but no pension shall be granted under this act to or on account of any 
 person who deserted prior to July 1, 1865, until he shall have obtained a 
 discharge from the service from Avhich he deserted, and no discharge 
 which was given to any person by reason of re-enlistment as a veteran 
 volunteer, or to enable him to accept a promotion, shall be deemed a dis- 
 charge from the service within the meaning of this act. 
 
 Sect. 5. That pension under this act shall be at the rate specified 
 in Section 3, and shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto for the term 
 of their lives from and after the passage of this bill. 
 
 Sect. 6. This bill is intended as a Service Pension Bill, and as an 
 addition to all invalid pensions which have been or may hereafter be 
 granted for disability. 
 
 After considerable discnssioa the resolution was referred to 
 the Committee on Resolutions by a vote of 191 for to 182 against. 
 
 On motion of Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66, Com- 
 rade "Jack" Crawford of New Mexico, the Poet Scout, was 
 invited into the Encampment and to a seat upon the platform. 
 
560 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Couirade Thomas H. Haskell of Post 1 1 presented the fol- 
 lowing resolutions which had been unanimously adopted by Abra- 
 ham Lincoln Post 11 of Charlestown, with instructions that they 
 be presented to this Encampment : — 
 
 Headquarters Abraham Lincoln Post 11, G.A.R., "I 
 Department of Massachusetts, j 
 
 Charlestown District, Boston, Feb. 7, 1888. 
 
 Whereas, In the recent discharge from the Boston Navy Yard 
 (Feb. 1, 1888), three of the four men discharged were persons Avho had 
 served in the Army and Navy, and which is in opposition to the expi-essed 
 statements of the President, viz.: "Those who worthily seek public 
 employment have the right to insist that merit and competency shall be 
 recognized instead of party subservience or the surrender of honest 
 political l)elief,'" and also in direct violation of the Laws of the United 
 States as contained in the following extracts : — 
 
 " Sect. 1754. Persons lionoral)ly discharged from the military or 
 naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds, or sickness 
 incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil 
 orticea, provided they are found to possess the business capacity neces- 
 sary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices." 
 
 Sect. 3, Chapter 287, Laws of 187G, is in part as follows : — 
 
 " Provided, That in making any reduction of force in any Executive 
 Department, the head of such department sliall retain those persons who 
 may be equally qualified, who have been honorably discharged from the 
 Military or Naval Service of the United States, and the widows and 
 orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors." 
 
 Sect. 1546, Chapter 6, Laws of 1878, as follows : — 
 
 '' No officer or employee of the Government shall request any Avork- 
 ingman in any Navy Yard to contribute or pay any money for political 
 purposes, nor shall any workingman be removed or discharged for polit- 
 ical opinions; and any officer or employee of the Government who shall 
 offend against the provisions of this section, shall be dismissed from the 
 service of the United States." 
 
 Resolved, That the attention of the President and members of Con- 
 gress be called, not only to the pledges made during the war (under 
 which pledges thousands devoted the best years of their lives to the 
 defense of their country), but that the laws placed on the statutes since 
 the close of the war, which were passed to carry out and redeem the 
 pledges made during the War of the Rebellion, from 1861 to 1865, and 
 while in foreign countries an honorable discharge from the military or 
 naval service is almost an indispensable prerequisite to appointment in 
 public service, we view with deep I'egret the/ffc( that seven eighths of the 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 561 
 
 men employed were never in the service, manj' not even citizens durinjr 
 the war, while others were born dnrinj; or since that period ; and such 
 persons are employed to the exclusion of men whose devotion to their 
 country was proved in battle on land and on sea, and by whose courage 
 and perseverance victory at last was won, and the Union preserved. 
 
 licsolvcd, That these resolutions be printed and copies be sent to 
 the President, Secretary of the Navy, our Senators and Representatives 
 in Congress; the Commander-in-Chief, G.A R., and Department Com- 
 mander of Massacliusetts, G.A.R. 
 
 EVERETT A. STEVENS, 
 •M F. O'Nkil, Commander. 
 
 Adjutant 
 
 Referred to the Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Comrade H. G. O. Weymouth of Post 42 presented the fol- 
 lowing resolution in relation to Past Department Commanders 
 holding permanent membership in the National Encampment, 
 which was referred to the Committee on Resolutions : — 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates and representatives from this Depart- 
 ment to the next National Encampment be, and they are hereby instructed 
 to vote to eliminate Par. 3, Sect. 1, Art. II., Chap. IV., of the Rules and 
 Regulations. 
 
 A comrade of Post 57 presented resolutions adopted by that 
 Post on the same subject. As the resolutions were of a similar 
 nature to that proposed by Comrade Wejuiiouth, no action was 
 taken upon them. 
 
 Comrade L. E. Jenkins of Post 159 presented the following 
 resolutions condemning the delegates from this Department to the 
 last National Encampment : — 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates and representatives elected to represent 
 the several Posts of the Department of Massachusetts in Convention 
 assembled, deem this a fitting occasion to express their disapprobation 
 of the unjustifiable and indefensible action of a part of the delegation 
 from this Department to the late National Encampment at St. Louis 
 
 Resolved, That we regard the delegates from this Department to the 
 National Encampment as the trusted agents of its interests; that if the 
 duties imposed upon them are repugnant, they can decline the service, 
 but they have neither a moral nor legal right (after its acceptance) to 
 violate the trust reposed in them. 
 
 Resolved, That in setting the instructions of this Department at 
 defiance on the question of Service Pensions, and treating its wishes 
 with contempt, these comrades have demonstrated tliat thev are no 
 
 36 
 
o62 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.U. 
 
 Ioniser worthy of the confidence with which they have heretofore been 
 regarded. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Comrade Geo. H. Richardson of Post 185, in behalf of that 
 Post, presented the following resolution which had been adopted 
 by the Post and recommended to this Encampment for adoption. 
 It was referred to the Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Whereas, A petition to the General Court of Massachusetts of 
 1887 was presented by Comrade Chas A. Robinson, late Private Co. G, 
 First Massachusetts Cavalry, that he enlisting from Massachusetts be 
 rightfully accredited to the ({uota of said State, and same being referred 
 to the Legislature of 1888 ; be it 
 
 Eesolved^ That we, members of Department Convention in meeting 
 assembled, believing this petition an honorable and just one, do urge upon 
 the Military Committee of the General Court a favorable report on same, 
 and that the members of the Senate and House of Representatives be 
 re(|uested to grant said petition as an act of justice. 
 
 Comrade Joseph W. Thayer of Post 35 presented the follow- 
 ing preamble and resolutions which had been adopted by Post 35. 
 Referred to the Committee on Resolutions. 
 
 Headquarters Theodore Winthrop Post 35, G.A R., \ 
 Department of Massachusetts, j 
 
 Chelsea, Mass., Jan 19, 1888. 
 
 At a regular meeting of this Post, held this evening, it was unani- 
 mously voted that the Commander and Adjutant, in behalf of the Post, 
 endorse the bill now before the General Court, entitled. An Act for the 
 relief of persons who have served in the Army and Navy of the United 
 States, and their dependent families. 
 
 J. W. WHITE, 
 
 Adjutant. 
 
 Whereas, The surviving veterans of the War of the Rebellion have 
 now passed the meridian of life, and many of their number have reached 
 the period of old age, while all are prematurely old by reason of their 
 service or the poverty and want to which they have since been subjected ; 
 therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That we as delegates and representatives of the Depart- 
 ment of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, in Convention 
 assembled, endorse and respectfully recommend to the favorable con- 
 sideration of the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 
 for the relief of the veteran soldiers, sailors and marines who served in 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 563 
 
 the military or naval forces of the United States, durinii; the War of the 
 Rebellion, the following Bill, viz. : — 
 
 Commonwealth ok Massachusetts. 
 
 In the year one thousand eijiht hundred and eighty-eight. 
 
 An Act for the Relief of Persons who have Served in the Army or Navy 
 of the United States, and their Dependent Families. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court 
 assembled, and bij the authoritij of the same as folloics : — 
 
 Section 1. Whenever any person, three years or more resident in 
 this State, not under guardianship or legal restraint, who served in the 
 Army or Navy of the United States in the War of the Rebellion and 
 received an honorable di^charge, shall from any cause become poor and 
 unable to provide maintenance for himself and dependent family, such 
 person, his wife, widow or minor children, or such of said children as are 
 unable to maintain themselves, shall be supported at public expense, at 
 their own home, or such other place, other than the town, county or 
 State almshouse, as the selectmen or overseers of the poor may think 
 right and proper in such town or city. 
 
 Sect. 2. The necessary expense of such maintenance shall be paid 
 by the town, city or county liable under existing laws for the support of 
 such soldier or sailor. 
 
 Sect. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions 
 of this Act are hereby repealed 
 
 Sect. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. 
 
 Comrade F. E. Farnham of Post 50 presented the following 
 resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Resolutions : — 
 
 Eesolved, That the Department Commander be requested to cause 
 all representatives from this Department to the National Encampment to 
 be notified in writing of such instructions as may be given to them by 
 the Couvention, 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Tobin, a com- 
 mittee of fifteen was appointed to nominate a list of delegates and 
 alternates to the National Encampment, and report in print at 
 tomorrow morning's session. The Commander appointed the fol- 
 lowing committee : — 
 
 G. W. Wilson of Post 5 ; Wm. B. Daly of Post 15 ; E. T. 
 Putnam of Post 19 ; John Kelley of Post 139 ; E. S. Horton of 
 Post 145 ; C. A. R. Dimon of Post 42 ; Wm. H. Brown of Post 
 82 ; E. B. Savage of Post 47 ; S. W. Mann of Post 63 ; Nathaniel 
 Shatswell of Post 128 ; Geo. E. Hagar of Post 187 ; C. B. Bar- 
 ton of Post 37; L. B. Simonds of Post 125; H. V. Ladd of 
 Post 41 ; Thomas E. Cutler of Post 49. 
 
 On motion of Comrade J. E. Reid of Post 15, it was voted 
 that in the election of otlicers the vote be taken by Posts, and 
 
564 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 that at the call of the Assistant Adjutant-General the Posts file 
 by the committee appointed to receive, sort and count votes. 
 
 Comrade Jeremiah Norris of Post 35 presented the following, 
 which was referred to the Committee on Resolutions : — 
 
 Resolved, That the grave-marker invented by Comrade Henry F. 
 Jenks be approved and recommended to the Posts of this Department 
 
 Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 68 moved that the Committee 
 on Navy Records appointed at the last Department Encampment 
 be instructed to continue their labors during the coming year. 
 The motion was adopted. The committee consists of the follow- 
 ing named comrades: Chas. B. Fox Post of 68 ; P. H. Kendricken 
 of Post 113; G. A. Churchill of Post 68; Richard F. Tobin of 
 Post 2 ; and John A. Keefe of Post 15. 
 
 It was voted that the Convention adjourn until eight o'clock 
 this evening. Adjourned. 
 
 EVENING SESSION. 
 
 The Convention was called to order at 8 p.m. by Department 
 Commander Nash. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Evans, the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General was directed to send the greetings of 
 this Department to the Department of Massachusetts, Woman's 
 Relief Corps, in session at Parker Memorial Hall, and to bid them 
 success and God- speed in the noble work in which they are 
 engaged. 
 
 It was voted, on motion of Comrade Chas. B. Fox of Post 6.S, 
 that when we adjourn it be to meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn- 
 ing. 
 
 Comrade Wilbur F. Lane of Post 7 moved that the sum of 
 $3,000 be appropriated for the Veterans' Rights Union and 
 Employment Bureau, same as last year. Referred to Committee 
 on Commander's Address. 
 
 Comrade W. A. Stinson of Post 120 presented the following 
 resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Resolutions : — 
 
 liesolved, That any Post of this Department refusing to assist 
 deserving comrades and widows and orphans of our late comrades in 
 arms, whether members of the G.A.R or not, are acting contrary to the 
 spirit of the Rules and Regulations, and to their oaths taken before the 
 altar. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNLAr, ENCAMPMENT. 5()0 
 
 The Assistant Adjutant-General read the following communi- 
 cation from the Department of Massachusetts, Woman's Relief 
 Corps, in Convention assembled : — 
 
 Paukkh Mkmorial Hall, \ 
 Boston, Feb. 8, 1888. ( 
 
 Dki'akt.mknt Commandek Chas. 1). Nash. 
 
 Dear Sir : By vote of this Department Convention today, I am 
 instructed to express onr most cordial tbanlis for all the courtesies 
 received from you and your associates during the past year. 
 
 Please accept our sincere greetings and the assurance that your 
 
 organization will ever receive loyal support from the Woman's Relief 
 
 Corps. 
 
 Yours in F., C. & L , 
 
 MARY E. ELLIOT. 
 
 Df'pnrtment Secritary. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Evans of Post 30, 
 the Assistant Adjutant-General was directed to send the kindly 
 remembrance of his comrades of this Department to Past Depart- 
 ment Commander Horace Binney Sargent, now in California, but 
 to whose efforts are largely due the establishment of the Soldiers' 
 Home at Chelsea. 
 
 Comrade Benjamin Pitman, chairman of the Committee on 
 Commander's Address and Reports of Officers, submitted the fol- 
 lowing resolutions on the death of Past Department Commander 
 A. B. Underwood, which were unanimously adopted : — 
 
 Whkkeas, It has pleased Almighty God to remove by death our 
 honored comrade, Past Department Commander A B Underwood, whose 
 social virtues, no less than his distinguished military service, had 
 endeared him to every comrade of this Department, whose honors he 
 bore Avorthlly, and Avhose worth was only etiualled by his modest and 
 unassuming character; therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, That society has suffered a severe loss in the death of our 
 esteemed comrade, the community a most patriotic and worthy citizen, 
 the Department of Massachusetts G A R. a distinguished and honored 
 comrade, whom it was our privilege to love and respect, and the Grand 
 Army of tlie Hepul>lic a true and faithful supporter. 
 
 Jiesolred, That it will be our privilege to remember his many virtues 
 and keep his memory green, as one whose military services and social 
 qualities endeared him to all our hearts 
 
 Resolved, That these Resolutions be spread upon the records of the 
 Encampment and a copy sent to his family. 
 
 The same committee reported on the various recommenda- 
 
566 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 tions in the Commander's address and officer's reports as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 First. That the sum of three hundred dollars be appropri- 
 ated for the travelling and hotel expenses of the Department 
 Commander when on official duty, and when not otherwise pro- 
 vided for, and also of any other Department Officer when acting 
 in his stead. Adopted. 
 
 Second. That the expenses of the Department Commander 
 and Assistant Adjutant- General to the National Encampment be 
 borne by the Encampment. Adopted. 
 
 Third. That the sum of six hundred dollars be appropriated 
 for clerk hire in the office of the Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 Adopted. 
 
 Fourth. In our opinion the present financial condition of the 
 Department will not warrant the appropriation asked for by the 
 Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau, and your com- 
 mittee recommend that no further appropriation be made. 
 
 This report of the committee called forth an animated discus- 
 sion, which was participated in by many of the comrades, includ- 
 ing an elaborate and intelligent report of the doings of the Bureau 
 by its Superintendent, Comrade Charles E. Hapgood of Post 143. 
 The recommendation of the committee was adopted by a large 
 majority, and a committee of five appointed, to report tomorrow 
 morning as to the disposition to be made of the institution. The 
 committee consists of Comrades John Welch of Post 42 ; Wilbur 
 F. Lane of Post 7 ; H. H. Comens of Post 40 ; Chas. B. Fox of 
 Post 68; and Samuel M. Weale of Post 23. 
 
 Fifih. The committee cordially endorse the suggestions of 
 the Department Inspector relating to inspections, and recommend 
 that the incoming Council of Administration consider the pro- 
 priety of revising the Installation Service. Recommendation 
 adopted . 
 
 Sixth. The recommendation of the Medical Director relating 
 to physician's certificate of death of veterans, so that the pension 
 may be continued to the widow or other dependents, meets the 
 cordial approval of the committee, and they recommend its adop- 
 tion. Adopted. 
 
 It was voted that 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morning be assigned 
 as the hour at which to proceed to the election of officers. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. o67 
 
 Comrade H. G. O. Weymouth, Cluiirman, presented report of 
 Committee on Resolutions, as follows : — 
 
 On resolutions offered by Comrade George E. Harrington of 
 Post 23, that the Eneaini)nient endorse the pension bill known as 
 the "Per Diem Service Pension Bill," the committee report that 
 while the bill has many merits, it is deemed inexpedient to endorse 
 it, in view of the fact that the Encampment has already nearly 
 unanimously endorsed the '•' Eight Dollars per Month Service 
 Pension Bill." The report of the committee gave rise to an ani- 
 mated and interesting discussion upon the relative merits of the 
 Eight Dollars per Month and Per Diem Service Pension Bills, 
 which was participated in by a large number of comrades. The 
 recommendation of the committee was finally adopted by a large 
 majority. 
 
 On resolutions presented by Abraham Lincoln Post 1 - of 
 Charlestown, protesting against the discharge of veterans from 
 the Navy Yard and the substitution of men who never served in 
 the army or navy, the committee report in favor of resolutions and 
 recommend their adoption. Report of committee unanimously 
 adopted . 
 
 At 10.15 P.M., on the motion of Comrade W. A. Prescott 
 of Post 35, the Convention adjourned to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. 
 
 Tkemont Temple, Boston, Feb. 9, 1888. 
 
 Department Commander Charles D. Nash called the P^ncamp- 
 ment to order at 9 o'clock a.m. 
 
 Department Chaplain E. A. Horton invoked the divine 
 blessing. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General Monroe presented the final report 
 of the Committee on Credentials, as follows : — 
 
 Number of comrades entitled to seats in this Encampment. •;39 
 Number present •'>^'' 
 
 Divided as follows : — 
 
 Department Officers 15 
 
 Past Department Commanders " 
 
 Post Commanders ^'oO 
 
 Delegates •^'^S 
 
 Total •'>*i5 
 
568 HISTORY DEFT. OK MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Assistant Adjutaut-Geueral Monroe read the following tele- 
 gram received from the Department of Maine, G.A.R., in Encamp- 
 ment assembled at Portland : — 
 
 A. C MoNKOE, A.A.G., 
 
 Department of Massarhntietts, G A.B., Button. 
 Your brotherly greetinjKS just received Assure our comrades of 
 Massachusetts that Maine now, as in the war, stands by her side in Fra- 
 ternity, Charit.y and Loyalty. 
 
 RICHARD K GATLFA^ 
 
 Department Commander. 
 
 The Committee on Resolutions, through its chairman, Com- 
 rade "VVej^mouth, proceeded with its report. On the resolution 
 presented by Comrade Weymouth of Post 42, to exclude Past 
 Department Commanders from seats in the National Encampment, 
 the committee reported in favor of the adoption of the following 
 resolution : — ' 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates and representatives from this Depart- 
 ment to the next National Encampment be, and they are hereby, instructed 
 to vote to eliminate Par. 3, Sec 1, Art. II., Chap. IV., of the Rules and 
 Regulations, and that hereafter no comrade shall have voice or vote in 
 the National Encampmeut without corresponding responsibility to the 
 Department in which he holds membership. 
 
 After a warm discussion. Comrade E. R. Wheeler of Post 37 
 presented the following amendment : That the delegates and 
 representatives from this Department to the National Encamp- 
 ment be, and they are hereby, instructed to vote to change Par. 
 3, Sec. 1, Art. II, Chap. IV, of the Rules and Regulations, so as 
 to read after the words, " in good standing in their several Posts," 
 excejyf that they shall have no vote unless they are officers or past 
 officers of the National Eiicampment. The amendment was 
 adopted, and the resolution as amended was then adopted. 
 
 Past Department Commander J. G. B. Adams presented the 
 following resolution, which was referred to the Committee on 
 Resolutions : — 
 
 Resolved, That the delegates to the National Encampment be also 
 instructed to use their influence and vote in favor of so changing the 
 Rules and Regulations as to exclude the Past Department Commanders 
 from holding permanent membership in the various Departments to 
 which they belong. 
 
TWKNTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 569 
 
 It was annouiiced that Couimauder-in-Chief John P. Rea, 
 accompanied by Junior Vice-Commandei-in-Chief John C. Linne- 
 han, were at the outpost. Coniniauder Nash detailed Past Com- 
 mander-in-Chief George 8. Merrill to escort the Commander-in- 
 Chief to the platform. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief wan accompanied by the following- 
 members of his staff: — Comrades Henry P. Oakman of Post 68 ; 
 Warren O. Hawley of Post 178; George A. Woodbury, 2(1, of 
 Post 8i» ; Asa L. Kueeland of Post 10; George Perkins of Post 
 161 ; Alva J. Wilson of Post 92; J. B. Brewster of Post 76, 
 and Charles G. Davis of Post 15. 
 
 Commander Nash, in a few well chosen remarks, welcomed 
 the Commander-in-Chief and introduced him to the P^ncampment. 
 
 Commander-in-Chief Rea delivered a short but eloquent 
 address, in which he stated that he found that the place to come 
 to to learn the true comradeship of the Grand Army of the 
 Republic was among the hills of New England and along the 
 Atlantic seaboard. This he considered the grandest fraternity in 
 the world, and he was happy to be able to state, from a telegram 
 received last night, that eight Departments showed large gains 
 during the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1887. The remarks were 
 received with great enthusiasm by the Encampment. 
 
 The Committee on Resolutions resumed its report, and unani- 
 mously recommended the adoption of the resolutions presented 
 by Comrade L. E. Jenkins of Post 159, condemning the action 
 of delegates to National P^ncampment for refusing to obey the 
 instructions of the Department. After some discussion, the 
 matter was laid upon the table. 
 
 On resolution of Comrade (George H. Richardson, in relation 
 to case of Charles A. Robinson, Co. G, First Massachusetts 
 Cavalry, the committee unanimously recommend its adoption. 
 Adopted. 
 
 On resolution of Post 35, endorsing a bill now before the 
 Legislature of INIassacluisetts, requiring aid to be furnished to 
 needy soldiers at their homes instead of in public institutions, the 
 committee unanimously recommend its adoption. Adopted. 
 
 The resolution of Comrade F. E. Farnham, that delegates to 
 National Encampment be notified in writing of such instructions 
 as may be given them by the Department P2ncampment, was 
 unanimously recommended by the committee and adopted. 
 
570 HISTORY UEPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 On resolutiou of Comrade W. A. Stinson of Post 120, in 
 relation to rendering assistance to veterans not members of the 
 G.A.R., their widows and orphans, the committee recommend 
 that the matter be referred to the incoming Council of Adminis- 
 tration for its serious consideration. The recommendation was 
 adopted. 
 
 On resolution of Comrade Jeremiah Norris, that the grave- 
 marker invented by Comrade Henry F. Jenks be recommended 
 by this Department, the committee report : — 
 
 Your committee consider the design a worthy and appro- 
 priate one ; but deem it inexpedient to make any further recom- 
 mendations. 
 
 Recommendation of committee was adopted. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Tobin, it was 
 voted to proceed to the election of officers. 
 
 On motion, the Commander appointed the following named 
 comrades as committee to collect, sort and count ballots for 
 Commander : — 
 
 C. M. Whelden of Post 125 : C. D. W. Marcy of Post 68 ; 
 W. N. Tyler of Post 12 ; E. F. Rollins of Post 15 ; F. O. Kendall 
 of Post 39. 
 
 Nominations were made for the office of Department Com- 
 mander, as follows : — 
 
 Comrade Charles D. Stiles of Post 68 presented the name of 
 Department Senior Vice-Commander E. C. Whitney of Post 68. 
 
 Comrade E. F. Rollins of Post 15 presented the name of 
 Comrade James A. Fox of Post 15. 
 
 Comrade W. N. Tyler of Post 12 presented the name of 
 Comrade A. S. Atherton of Post 12. 
 
 Past Department Commander John W. Hersey of Post 16 
 presented the name of Comrade Myron P. Walker of Post 97. 
 
 The first ballot for Commander resulted as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 565 
 
 Necessary for choice 283 
 
 Myron P. Walker had 183, 
 
 A. S. Atherton " 145 
 
 E. C. Whitney " 141 
 
 James A. Fox " 96 
 
 and there was no choice. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 571 
 
 The second ballot resulted as follows 
 Whole number of votes 
 Necessary for choice . 
 
 Myron P. Walker had 
 
 A. S. Atherton " 
 
 E. C. Whitney " 
 
 James A. Fox " 
 
 and there was no choice. 
 
 533 
 267 
 
 229 
 
 158 
 
 106 
 
 39 
 
 Under the rules, the name of Comrade Fox, the candidate 
 receiving the lowest number of votes, was dropped, and the result 
 of the third ballot was as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 544 
 
 Necessary for choice 273 
 
 Myron P. Walker had 337 
 
 A. S. Atherton had 131 
 
 E. C. Whitney had 76 
 
 And Comrade Myron P. Walker of Post 97, Belchertown, 
 was declared elected Commander, and his election was made 
 unanimous upon motion of Comrade E. C. Whitney, 
 
 Pending the result of the ballot for Commander, a committee 
 of five was appointed to collect, sort and count ballots for Senior 
 Vice-Commander, as follows : — 
 
 A. B. Pierce of Post 63; A. A. Smith of Post 20; .1 H. 
 Whitney of Post 66 ; L. W. Clarke of Post 23 ; J. W. Abbott of 
 Post 19. 
 
 Comrade Wm. H. Hart of Post 35 presented the name of 
 Comrade Samuel M. Weale of Post 23 for Senior Vice-Com- 
 mander. 
 
 Past Department Commander Tobin presented the name of 
 Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66. 
 
 The result of the ballot for Senior Vice-Commander was as 
 follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 498 
 
 Necessary for choice 250 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale had 28(1 
 
 Samuel M. Weale had 202 
 
 Lucius Field had 15 
 
 A. S. Atherton had 1 
 
572 HI8TORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 And Comrade Geo. L. Goodale of Post 66, Medford, was 
 declared elected Senior Vice-Commander. On motion of Comrade 
 S. M. Weale, the election was made unanimous. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Tobin, it was 
 voted to proceed to the election of Junior Vice-Commander, and 
 the following named comrades were appointed a committee to col- 
 lect, sort and count ballots : — 
 
 L. B. Simons of Post 125 ; Chas. H. Ross of Post 2 ; Stil- 
 man Stone of Post 19 ; F. H. Rice of Post 10; J. ¥.. Oilman of 
 Post 26 
 
 The following nominations were made for Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander : — 
 
 Comrade Benjamin Pitman of Post 5 presented the name of 
 Comrade Geo. H. Innis of Post 2. 
 
 Comrade J. E. Reid of Post 15 presented the name of Com- 
 rade E. B. Macy of Post 19. 
 
 Comrade C. W. Putnam of Post 10 presented the name of 
 Comrade T. Spencer Jenks of Post 10. 
 
 Comrade John E. Oilman of Post 26 presented the name of 
 Comrade John E. Killian of Post 26. 
 
 Committee reported on tirst ballot for Junior Vice-Commander 
 as follows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 490 
 
 Necessary for choice 246 
 
 Geo. H. Innis had . . . • 205 
 
 T. Spencer Jenks had 113 
 
 John E. Killian had 101 
 
 E. B. Macy had 71 
 
 And there being no choice, the Encampment proceeded to a 
 second ballot, with the following result: — 
 
 Whole number of votes 472 
 
 Necessary for choice 237 
 
 Geo H. Innis had 310 
 
 John H Killian had 84 
 
 T. Spencer Jenks had 72 
 
 E. B. Macy had 6 
 
 And Comrade Geo. H. Innis of Post 2, South Boston, was 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 573 
 
 declared elected Junior Vice-Commander. On motion of Comrade 
 T. Spencer Jenks the election was made unanimous. 
 
 On motion to proceed to the election of Medical Director, 
 Comrade A. M. Dudley of Post 34 presented the name of Com- 
 rade Benj. A. vSawyer of Post 47. Comrade C. B. Scudder of 
 Post 125 presented the name of Comrade E. D. Hutchins of Post 
 176. Past Department Commander Geo. W. Creasey presented 
 the name of Comrade Geo. N. Munsell of Post 141. 
 
 The committee appointed to collect, sort and count votes for 
 Junior Vice-Commander were appointed to perform the same duty 
 for Medical Director, and the result of the ballot was as fol- 
 lows : — 
 
 Whole number of votes 339 
 
 Necessary for choice . • 170 
 
 Benj. A. Sawyer had 170 
 
 Geo. N. Munsell had 129 
 
 E. D. Hutchins had 35 
 
 R. A. Blood had 5 
 
 And Comrade Benjamin A. Sawyer of Post 47, Haverhill, 
 was declared elected Medical Director, and the election was made 
 unanimous. 
 
 On motion of Past Department Commander Adams, the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General was instructed to cast one ballot 
 bearing the name of Comrade E. A. Horton for Chaplain. The 
 ballot being cast. Comrade E. A. Horton of Post 113, Boston, 
 was declared unanimously elected Chaplain. 
 
 The committee appointed to present the names of five com- 
 rades for the Council of Administration presented the names of 
 the following comrades, and upon ballot they were declared 
 elected members of the Council of Administration for the ensuing 
 year : — 
 
 Wm. A. Prescott of Post 35 ; Arthur A. Smith of Post 20 ; 
 E. P. Jewett of Post 91 ; Malcolm Sillars of Post 90 ; Albert C. 
 Andrews of Post 45. 
 
 The couunitlee appointed to nominate a list of delegates and 
 alternates to the National Encampment made its report in print. 
 After substituting the names of Comrades A. S. Atherton of Post 
 12 and James A. Fox of Post 15 for those of Benj. S. Lovell and 
 W. C. Pomeroy as Delegate-at-Large and Alternate-at-Large 
 
574 
 
 HISTORY DEPT, OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 respectively, and making corrections in the printed list, the 
 Assistant Adjutant-General was directed to cast one ballot, com- 
 prising the names as corrected, which was done, and the follow- 
 ing named comrades were declared elected delegates and alter- 
 nates to the next National Encampment : — 
 
 DELEGATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 A. S. Atherton Post 12, ^V^akefield 
 
 DELEGATES. 
 
 E. W. Hall . . 
 H. G. O. Weymouth 
 E. B. Macy . 
 John Kelley 
 E. S. Horton . 
 Wm. B. Daly . 
 Joseph Gregory 
 W. S. Hixon . 
 A. B. Peirce 
 Morris Schaff . 
 Geo. A. Woodbury, 
 Jason Mann 
 John A. Pettsinger 
 John M. Deane 
 ^ M. Weale . 
 John Best . 
 Arthur A. Smith 
 Wm. L. Robinson 
 E. W. Lathrop 
 Perley Goddard 
 
 2d 
 
 ALTERN 
 
 James A. Fox 
 
 Post 
 
 '4 
 
 ATE-AT-LARGE. 
 
 Post 
 
 ALTERNATES. 
 
 J. W. Young Post 
 
 Dennis Meehan " 
 
 Aldrich Cook " 
 
 M. D. Jones " 
 
 Chas. S. Anthony .... " 
 
 E. F. Rollins " 
 
 5, Lynn 
 42, Lowell 
 
 19, Fitchburg 
 139, Somerville 
 145, Attleboro 
 
 15, Boston 
 
 82, Marblehead 
 
 35, Chelsea 
 
 03, Natick 
 125, Pittsfield 
 
 89, Beverly 
 150, Montague 
 
 41, Westfield 
 
 46, Fall River 
 
 23, East Boston 
 75, Stoneham 
 
 20, Colerain 
 10, Worcester 
 
 16, Springfield 
 
 24, Grafton 
 
 15, Boston 
 
 5, Lynn 
 7, Boston 
 53, Leominster 
 139, Somerville 
 3, Taunton 
 15, Boston 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 575 
 
 A. J. Lowd Post 34, Salem 
 
 A. Le Bosquett " 47, Haverhill 
 
 Geo. S. Fairweather ... " 80, Westboro 
 
 Edwin Northrop " 187, Dalton 
 
 Henry Bemis " ^^7, Spencer 
 
 Wm. F. Harrington .... " 125, Pittsfield 
 
 Wm. Provin " 41,Westfleld 
 
 J. O. Thurber " '^6, Plymouth 
 
 R. M. Spinney " 66, Med ford 
 
 J. W. Sawyer " '>&, Saugus 
 
 Thomas E. Cutter .... " 49, Newbury port 
 
 E. D. Hutchins "176, Huntington 
 
 James L. Bowen " 16, Springfield 
 
 R. B. Wight " 63, Natick 
 
 Comrade Weymouth, in behalf of the Committee on Resolu- 
 tions, reported unfavorably on the resolution of Past Department 
 Commander Adams that the delegates to the National Encamp- 
 ment be instructed to vote to so amend the Rules and Regulations 
 as to prevent Past Department Commanders from holding per- 
 manent seats in the Department Encampments. The report of 
 the committee was adopted and the resolution defeated. 
 
 Comrade Chas. B Fox of Post 68, in behalf of the Com- 
 mittee on Veterans' Rights Union and Employment Bureau, 
 presented the following resolution, which was accepted and 
 adopted : — 
 
 Eesolvt'xl, That the subject of the support of the " Veterans' Rights 
 Union and Emplo5'raeut Bureau " l)e referred to the incoming Council of 
 Administration, with instructions to procure, if possible, an appropriation 
 from the Legislature in its behalf, in the belief that the efticient working 
 of the Bureau, the aid it has extended to disabled and destitute soldiers, 
 the widow and the orphan, the assistance it has rendered to comrades in 
 the presentation of claims for pensions or support, will amply justify the 
 appeal. 
 
 Comrade A. H. Spencer of Post ^ presented the following 
 resolution in relation to the Sons of Veterans' organization, which 
 was adopted : — 
 
 Resolved, That the Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of 
 the Republic, in Convention assembled, desire to express its appreciation 
 of, and cordial co-operation with, the labors of its junior organization 
 and legitimate heir and successor, the Sons of Veterans ; and to express 
 
576 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., (i.A.R. 
 
 the sincere hope that the Sons may be prepared to take up and carry for- 
 ward our work when, by advancing years, we must relinquish it. 
 
 Department Inspector B Read Wales drew attention to some 
 corrections he desired to make in his report, and which would 
 appear in the printed proceedings of the Encampment. 
 
 Upon request of the Commander, Past Department Com- 
 mander John D. Billings installed the following named comrades 
 into their respective offices : — 
 
 Dept. S.V.-C. . .• George L. Goodale. 
 
 Dept. J V.-C George H. Innis. 
 
 Dept. Medical Director .... Benjamin A. Sawyer. 
 
 Arthur A. Smith. 
 E. P. Jewett. 
 
 Council of Administration . . • \ -^j , ^ o-n 
 
 I Malcolm SiUars. 
 
 ( Albert C. Andrews. 
 There being no further business, the Twenty-first Annual 
 Encampment of the Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army 
 of the Republic, was declared dissolved. 
 
 A true copy of the proceedings. 
 
 A C MONROE, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
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 N. II. Dilliiijibam, ajje 50; corporal, Co. H, 38th Mass. 
 
 James Barton, asje 73; lieut.-col., 3d Mass 
 
 Granville T Spooner, a.i;e 53; private, Co. G, 1st Mass. Inf. 
 
 C. F. King, asie 48; lst"lieut.,Co. E, U5th N.Y. 
 
 M. G. Wood, age 46; private, Co. B, 1st Vt. Inf. 
 
 John Galvin, age 44; landsman, U.S Navy 
 
 C. S Hildreth,"age 50; private, Co. I, 24t"h Maine Inf. 
 
 Willis S. Potter, "age 39; private Co G. 4th Mass. 
 
 Chas. II. Benton, age 42; private, Co. I, 3d Mass. 
 
 Wni. J. Briggs, age 53; lieutenant, Co. G, 4th Mass. 
 
 G W. Carver, age'48; private, 3d Mass. 
 
 David D Babbitt, age .")5 ; private, Co. K, 4th Mass. 
 
 Samuel Bostock, age 67 ; private, Co. A, 7th Mass. 
 
 W. II. Webber, age 52; corporal, Co. I, 30th Mass 
 
 M. M Andrews, age 48; private, Co. K, 17th Maine. 
 
 J. J. McKerne3s age 44; sergeant, Co. K, 2d Mass. II. A. 
 
 Michael Breen, age 39 ; private, Co. F, 3d Mass. H A 
 
 Robt. L. Muskland, age 49; private, Co. E, 50th Mass. 
 
 Samuel Gardner, age 62; private, Co. M, 1st Mass U..\ 
 
 C. F. Kellev, age 48; 1st sergeant. Co. I, 1st Mass. II..-\. 
 
 W. R. Field, age 49; private, Co. M, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Geo. M Richardson, age 41 ; private, 14th Maine 
 
 R. F. Alexander, age 50; private, Co. D, 5th Maine. 
 
 Samuel Childs, age 47; private, Co H, 1st Mass Inf. 
 
 Robt W Jessop, age 60; private, Co. A, 17th Mass. Inf 
 
 Elias Brooks, age 56; private, 29th Unattached Mass. Inf. 
 
 Edward A Bridge, age 57; private, Co. C. 1st Mass. H .\. 
 
 Samuel S. Pittengill, age 60; assistant engineer, U S. Navy. 
 
 Benj. F. West, age 51; private, Co G, 3d Mass H A 
 
 James Moloney, age 38 ; sergeant, Co. C. Pa. 
 
 A. Blauchard, age 58 ; private, Co. D, 1st Batt Mass. H.A. 
 
 A J. Cheever, age 58; private, Co. H, llth Mass. 
 
 M Fitzgerald, age 71 ; private, Co A, 28th Mass. 
 
 Wm. Pierer, age 44; corporal, Co K, 3d Mass. Cav. 
 
 D J. Donovan, age 44; private, Co. I, 13th Mass. 
 
 James Davis, age 44; teamster, Co. C, 32d Mass. 
 
 Daniel McNaniara, aire 60; private, Co. B, 21st Mass. 
 
 Watson -Vvery, age 62; private, Co. I, 2d Mass H.A. 
 
 John Murphy, age 64; private, Co. H, 2d Mass. Inf. 
 
 Wm. Fortune, age 40; ordinary seaman US Navy. 
 
 Wm. Scott, age 46; private, Co. D, 24th Mass. 
 
 H. W. Slocomb, age 46; private, Co. E, 30th Mass. 
 
 Jos. II. Daniels, age 45; private, Co. II, 5th Mass. 
 
 Geo. W. Stoddard, age 56: private. Co. H, I3th Mass. 
 
 Wm. S Ormsby, age 46; private. 9th N II. 
 
 Alviu D. Burns, age 48; private, Co. B, 4th Maine 
 
 C. M. Vaughau, age 72: drum major, 18th .Mass 
 
 37 
 
578 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Post 10. Jas. J. McLane, age 48; captain, 1st N C.V 
 
 Post 11. Wm. H. Russell, surjieon's steward, U.S. Navy, ship Tacamy. 
 
 Post 11 John H. Campbell, age 4f); cook, U.S. B Kingfisher. 
 
 Post 12. Solomon Thomas, age 65; corporal, Co. E, 18th Mass. 
 
 Post 12. J F. Newman, musician, Co. E, 50th Mass. 
 
 Po.ST 12. Wni. Newhall, age G7 ; private, Co. H, 28cl Mass. 
 
 Post 13 F. M. Sturtevant, age 50; private, Co. H, 3cl Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 14. M. O Connors, age 52; private, Co. F. 20th Mass. 
 
 Post 15. Philip Ritner, age 51 ; private, Co. F, 3(1 N J Inf. 
 
 Post 15. Wm. Clemons, age 46; private, Co. B, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 15. John Burns, aae 48; private, 2d U S. Inf 
 
 Post 15. W. A. Wikidal, age 42; private, Co. E, 104th Ohio. 
 
 Post 15. Michael Leonard, age 41 ; musician, Co. C, 136th N Y. 
 
 Post 16 Wm. D Phelps, age 47; private, Co. H, 42d Mass. 
 
 Post 16. A. F Blackman, age 41, private, Co. A, 24th Conn. 
 
 Post 16. Geo. M. Taylor, age 41 ; private, Co. A, 8th Mass. 
 
 Po.ST 16 Nathan E. Abbott, age 54; private, Co. B, 36th Mass. 
 
 Post 19. Geo. S. Gilchrist, age 58; private, Co. B, 15th Mass. 
 
 Post 19. Aaron Wilkins, age 66; corporal, Co. F, 57th Mass. 
 
 Post 19. Ai Foster, age 73; private. Co. B, 53d Mass 
 
 Post 22. Wm H. Bnrlingame, age 46; private, Co A, 36th Mass 
 
 Po.st 22. Joseph Atwood, age 66: private, 14th Mass Batty. 
 
 Post 24 G. F. Gourdan, age 52; private, Co. E, 51st Mass. 
 
 Post 24. Henry G Rice, age 53; private, Co. D, 80th Mass. 
 
 Post 26. John CouUahan, age 39; private, Co. K, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post 26 Henry Lysholm, age 44: private, Co B. 20th Mass 
 
 Post 26. Edgar H. Farnum, age 63; private, Co. B, 44th Mass 
 
 Post 30. F E. Burton, age 43; sergeant, Co. A, 16th Mass 
 
 Post 31. Gustavus P Pratt, age 47; brigade surgeon. lOth Mass. 
 
 Post 31. P^dwin Studley, age 52; private, Co. C, 4th H.A. 
 
 Post 32 James Faber, 1st class fireman, U.S Navy, ship Kennebec. 
 
 Post 33. John O'Brien, age 63; private. Co. I, 4th Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 34. Wm B. Hayford, age 65; private, Co. G, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 34. Abram F. Barenson, age 44; private, Co. M, 2d Mass. Cav. 
 
 Post 34. Martin Netter, age (53 ; private, 35th Mass Inf. 
 
 Post 34. S J Wheatland, age 61 ; private, 54th Mass. Inf. 
 
 Post 34. E. L Warner, age 57; private, 4th Mass. Batty 
 
 Post 34 Peter Cronin, au;e 50: private. Co F, 12th N.Y. Cav. 
 
 Post 35. Elija E Briggs, age 67; private, Co. C, 35th Ma«s. 
 
 Post 35. Thos. E Arnold, age 44; private, Co. I, 20th Maine. 
 
 Post 35. Timothy Hurley, age 51 ; private, Co. H, 4th U S Inf. 
 
 Post 36. W H Barnes, age 47; private. Co B, 24th Mass. 
 
 Po.ST 39. Wm. Shackford, private, Co. H, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. John K. Tarbox, 1st lieutenant, Co. B, 4tli Mass. 
 
 Post 39, John W. Wiley, private, Co. C, 40th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Thos Cohen, fireman, U S. Navy. 
 
 Post 39. John Harris, U.S Corps, Marines. 
 
 Post 39. A. J. Butterfield, sergeant, Co F, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 39. Wm. A Clark, private, Co. F, 13th N.Y. 
 
 Post 39. David Dana, surgeon, 1st H A 
 
 Post 39. Edward A. Fiske 
 
 Post 40. Geo. W Pope, age 71; musician, Co. H, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 40. Wm. T. Biathrow, age 39; sergeant, Co. C, 1st N.H. Cav. 
 
 Post 42. John Delaney, age 47; sergeant, Co. F, 30th Mass. 
 
 Post- 42. John Flood, age 50; private, Co. H, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 42. W. II. Kenniston, asre 49; teamster, Co. H, 39th Mass. 
 
 Post 42. John E Quinn, age 50; 1st lieutenant, Co G, 7.5th U.S.C.T. 
 
 Post 42 Francis Maguire, age 63; private, Co. B, 30th Mass. 
 
 Po.ST 43. Austin W. Russell, age 52; private, Co. E, 5th Mass. 
 
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 Samuel Tupper, age 67; sergeant, Co. B, 56th Mass. 
 
 John F. Foster, age 57 ; corporal, Co. F, 35th Mass. 
 
 James Connors, age 41 ; seaman, U S. Navy, ship Hartford. 
 
 John L. Dnl)y, age 45; private, Co. A, 3(1 Mass. H.A 
 
 Geo. Fleet, age 58; private. Co G, 26th Mass. 
 
 Michael Kelly, age 45; private, Co A, 7th Mass. 
 
 Patrick S. Farrou, tlremau, U S. Navy. 
 
 Thos. Fitzgibbons, age 71; private, Co C, 3d Mass. 
 
 Benj. Greene, age 65; private, Co. E, 12th R.I. 
 
 Alonzo L. Messer, age 51 ; private, Co. C, 50th Mass. 
 
 Moses W Downes, age 62; private, Co. I, 35th Mass. 
 
 Chas. S. Wheeler, age 55; private, Co. F, 17th Mass. 
 
 John Burke, age 60; private, Co .V, 17th Mass. 
 
 Isaac Swan, age 56; private, Co. A, 8th Mass. 
 
 Nathan Massay, age 57; private, Co. B, 40th N.Y. 
 
 Wm. D. Butts, age 44; engineer, U S Navy. 
 
 II. C. Balch, age 44; private, Co. G, 6th Vt. 
 
 Daniel D. Stran, private, Co. A, 6th N H. 
 
 Edward H Hartshorn, age 43; private, Co. I, 5th Mass. 
 
 Warren I. Stetson, age 43; sergeant, Co. I, 13th Mass. 
 
 Chas McGlone, age 56; private, Co. A, 9th Mass. 
 
 Jos Brahm, age 50; private, Co F. 41st Mass. 
 
 John R. Darling, age 57; private, Co F, 17th Mass. 
 
 John Vigneron, age 63; private, Co. D, 74th N.Y. 
 
 James Ford, age 53; private, Co. I, 19th Mass 
 
 Benj L. Cady, age 63; private, Co. H, 35th Mass. 
 
 Patrick Ward, age 59; private, Co F, 3d Mass. H A 
 
 W. H. SaAvyer, age 45; corporal, Co. K, 53d Mass. 
 
 Chas. W. Gill, age 61 ; private, Co C, 34th Mass. 
 
 R. Washburn, age 48 ; private, Co. I, 39th Mass. 
 
 Turner Whiting, age 49; private, Co. I, 2d Mass. 
 
 Wra A. Cutler, age 53; colonel, 37th U.S.C T 
 
 Geo. H. Patch, age 42; private, Co. I, 19th Mass. 
 
 Edward Baker, age 46; ordinary seaman, U.S. Navy, ship 
 
 Santiaau- 
 Luther S. Bryant, age 62; corporal. Co. I, 12th Mass. 
 John Dooley, age 51 ; private, Co. K, 9th Mass. 
 L. D. Foster, age 58; private, Co. G, 43d Mass. 
 A J. Dow, age 50; private, 13th Mass. 
 Daniel Dunham, age 52; private, Co. C, 18th Mass. 
 T Harvey Bartlett, age 53; private, Co. H, 58th Mass. 
 W. B Burnes, age 60; engineer, U.S. Navy, ship Minnesota. 
 Edward F Freeman, age 54; ordinary seaman, US. Navy, 
 
 ship Vermont 
 S. M Thompson, age 52; corporal, 20th Unattached. 
 Nathaniel P Doliber, age 59 ; private, Co C. 8th Mass. 
 Henry A. Walton, age 45; private, Co. G, 3d Mass. H.A. 
 Geo. Mason, age 05; private, Co. E. 100th N.Y 
 Mathew C Clair, age 48; private, Co A, 27th Mass. 
 Geo. W. Collier, age 60; private, Co. D, 39th Mass. 
 John A. Pratt, age 57; lieutenant, Co. K, 18th Mass. 
 Chas. E French, age 56; wagoner, Co E, 7th Mass. 
 John Parks, age 79; private, Co A. 4th Mass. 
 Dexter B. Fogg, age 59; private, Co. G, 12th N.H. 
 John M Bumpus. a<re 54; private, Co I. 23d Maine. 
 Wm. (iamage, age 70; private, Co. C, 19th Mass. 
 Jas. A. Martin, age 47; corporal, Co. F, 1st Mass. 
 Geo. C. Phillips, age 45; corporal, Co. C, 10th Mass. 
 Chas P. White, age 50; private, Co. A, 1st Batt. H.A. 
 
580 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Post 120. Francis Lacroix, age 70; private, Co. D, Ist Vt. H.A. 
 
 Post 121. Geo. C. Tinliliam, age 44; U.S. Navy. 
 
 Post 121. Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., age 63; captain, U.S. Marines 
 
 Post 121. Andrew J. Ross, age 51 ; private, Co. C, 5th U.S. Inf. 
 
 Post 121. Oliver Colburn, age 69; acting master, U.S. Navy, ship 
 
 Sampero . 
 
 Post 122. Hazen Davis, age 47; private, Co. B, 1st Mass. H.A. 
 
 Post 124. Frank D White, age 46; private, Co. A, 20th Unattached. 
 
 Post 124. B F. Ellis, age 77; private, Co. B, 3d Mass. 
 
 Post 125. Wm. H. Davfs, age 46 ; private, Co H, 186th N Y. 
 
 Post 125. Terrance Simmons, age 41 ; private, Co. B, 7th N Y. 
 
 Post 125. Henry S. Briggs, age 63; brigadier-general, artillery. 
 
 Post 127. E G. Fnller,Xae 66; private^ Co A^ 3d Mass. 
 
 Post 128. Walter F. Tarleton, age 50; private, Co. I, 6th Mass. 
 
 Post 131. Wm B. Howe, age 67; private, Co. F, 25th Mass. 
 
 Post 135. Jonah C. Sawyer, age 74; private, Co B, 57tli Mass. 
 
 Post 139. John A. Cummings, age 49; major, Co E, 6th NH. 
 
 Post 139 Samnel McJunkin, age 42; private, Co. E, 39th Mass. 
 
 Post 139. J E. Abbott, age 45; private, Co F, 1st Mass. 
 
 Post 139 W. F. Foster, age 64; private, Co F, 3d Mass Cav. 
 
 Post 140. Thos. Bnrns, age 61 ; private, Co. E, 53d Mass. 
 
 Post 140. S. D. Porter, age 48; private, Co. A, 36th Mass. 
 
 Post 147 Watson W. Cowles, age 52; private, Co G, 52d Mass. 
 
 Post 149. John McCoren, age 53; corporal, Co A, 30th Mass. 
 
 Post 151. Ben. Perley Poore, age 68: major, 8th Mass. 
 
 Post 157. S. E Stone, age 48; 1st lieutenant. 23d Mass. 
 
 Post 157. C. C Green, age 48; private, Co. K, 1st R.I 
 
 Post 165. M. C. Keene, age 59; private, Co. I, 4th Mass. 
 
 Post 165 S. B. Beaman, age 56; captain, Co. K, 53d Mass. 
 
 Post 168. Wm Bnchanan, age 45; private, Co. K, 1st Vt. H.A. 
 
 Post 169. Lew is P. Baker, age 51 ; private, Co E, 3d U.S Artillery. 
 
 Post 169. Edwin L. Bird, age 72; captain, Co. I, 47th Mass. 
 
 Post 170. Harrison Doty, age 72; private, Co. G, 45th Mass. 
 
 Post 179. Benj. F Bacon, age 42; private, Co K, 42d Mass. 
 
 Post 180. Richard Bassett, age 68; captain, Co G, 47th Mass. 
 
 Post 180. Silas II. Blake, age 64; private, Co G. 47th Mass 
 
 Post 180. Donald McFee, age 50; fireman, US Navy, ship Kennebec. 
 
 Post 184. J. A. Spalding, age 56; private, Co F, 25th Mass. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNl'AL KNCAMl'MENl. 581 
 
 General Orders. 
 
 Series of 1887-88. 
 
 Hkadquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [■ 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. ) 
 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Feb. 14, 1887. 
 
 No. 1. I 
 
 I. Having been elected Commander of the Department of Massa- 
 chusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, at the Twenty-first Annual 
 Encampment, held at Tremont Temple, Boston, Jan. 27 and 28, 1887, I 
 hereby assume command. 
 
 II. For the unanimous expression of confidence in thus electing me 
 to the highest ofHce within their gift, I desire to assure my comrades of 
 my appreciation of the honor they have conferred upon me, and to extend 
 to them my grateful thanks. It will be my purpose to keep our Order 
 up to its present high standing to Avhich it has been brought by the 
 efforts of my predecessors, and to do all in my power to advance its 
 interests at all times. 1 earnestly call upon all comrades to lend tlieir 
 aid in moving the line steadily forward until we shall have gathered 
 within our ranks, to aid and assist us in our noble work, every worthy 
 veteran of that grand old Army and Navy of the Union now living within 
 our jurisdiction. 
 
 Ill The following named comrades have been appointed members 
 of my Official Staff They will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General , Alfred C. Monroe of Post 13, Brockton. 
 
 Assistant Quartermaster-General, Augustus H. Wright of Post 73, 
 .\bington. 
 
 Departinent Inspector, B Read Wales of Post G8, Dorchester. 
 
 Judge Advocate, John A Keefe of Post 1.5, Boston. 
 
 Chief Mustering Officer, T. Spencer Jeuks of Post 10, Worcester. 
 
 Additional appointments will appear in future orders. 
 
 IV". All official correspondence and invitations for the Department 
 Commander should be addressed to the Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
582 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, j 
 Graxo Army of the Repurlic, - 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, ) Boston, March 19, 1887. 
 
 No. 2. / 
 
 I. The followins: comrades are appointed on the Staff of the Depart- 
 ment Commander, and they will be obeyed and respected accordingly : — 
 
 aides-de-camp. 
 
 Wm. H. Gurney . . 
 A. S. Atherton . . . 
 Thos VV. Cook . . . 
 Thos. H. Haskell . . 
 Wm. H. Brown . . 
 H. M. Mevens . . . 
 A. B. Pierce .... 
 F. C. Hills .... 
 Wm. L. Hicks • . . 
 J. Walter Bradlee 
 F. B. French . . . 
 Thos. F. Kllsworth . 
 Harlow Chapin • . . 
 A. P. Chambeilaine . 
 A. J. Lowtl .... 
 Chas. A. Gross . . . 
 Lysanrter Wood . . 
 Geo. O. Moves . . . 
 F. M. Balctim . . . 
 Wm. B. Sears . . . 
 Frank B. I'eabody 
 S. A. Valentine . . 
 A. L. Shattuck . . . 
 L. B. Simons . . . 
 Leroy C. Western . . 
 J. EverPtt I'ierce . . 
 Geo. A. Woodbury, '2d 
 J. Fred Leslie . " . . 
 Aldrich Cook . . . 
 IiaG VVilkins . . . 
 J. Linfield .... 
 James Frey .... 
 Isaac Hoiikins . . . 
 C. R. Kaplinger . . 
 Albert C. Andrews . 
 
 Whitman. 
 
 Wakefield. 
 
 New Hedlord. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Marble head. 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Newion. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 East Templeton. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Moil son. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Cobasset. 
 
 Stoiighton. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Brook line. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Orange. 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Newburyport. . 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Rockland. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Geo. R. Dyer . . . 
 .lohn Hest .... 
 Joseph W.Thompson 
 E. F. Phinney . . . 
 E. W. Smith .... 
 Lewis B. Hodges . . 
 Jeremiah Stewart 
 H N. Harriman . . 
 Jason Mann .... 
 Dexter F. Hager . . 
 T. K. Parker .... 
 Geo. N. Munsell . . 
 Marcus G. B. Swift . 
 A. S. Byrnes .... 
 James Holmes . . . 
 Cephas N. Walker 
 E. E. Barnard . . . 
 Jas. K. Odell . . . 
 L. A. Lamson . . . 
 Francis Drake . . . 
 L. F. Wheelock . . 
 M. I). .Tones . , . . 
 Peter N. Sprague . . 
 J. u arren Berry . . 
 Charles H. Deyo . . 
 Wm. Provin . . . . 
 AVilbur F. Lane . . 
 Jame^ P. Litch . . 
 James A. Horton . . 
 John F. Lambie . . 
 Charles Q. Pierce . . 
 Wm. H. Sherwin . . 
 Seth L. French . 
 Henry W. Weeks . . 
 Myron S. Barton . . 
 
 E. Bridgewater. 
 
 Stoneham. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Webster. 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Georgetown. 
 
 Montague. 
 
 So. DeerfieUI. 
 
 Winchendon. 
 
 Harwich. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 AVorcester. 
 
 Turners Falls. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Milford. 
 
 Mansfield. 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Somerville. 
 
 Hinjfham. 
 
 Andover. 
 
 No. Brookflelil. 
 
 Westfield. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Maiden. 
 
 Greenfield. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Ayer. 
 
 Campello. 
 
 Dedham. 
 
 Belchertown. 
 
 II. A list of officers elected at the Annual Encampment of this 
 Department, held at Boston Jannary 27 and 28, will appear in the Roster. 
 Two Rosters will be forwarded to each Post, one to be filed with G.O., 
 the other for the nse of the Post Commander. 
 
 III. Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports for first quarter will be 
 due April 1, and I trust they will be forwarded promptly. Adjutants 
 and Quartermasters are reminded that they should confer not only 
 regarding the number reported last quarter, but account for gains and 
 losses, and give tlie names as called for in the Recapitulation of Muster 
 Roll and notes 1,2,3 and 4. Care should be exercised that the number 
 remaining in good standing in form A, and the number paid for on form 
 B, shall agree. I would call attention of Post Commanders to the neces- 
 sity of carefully examining the reports, seeing that all requirements are 
 complied with, and, after signing both reports, forward the same, 
 together with the per capita tax, eight cents per member in good stand- 
 ing, to these headquarters Bear in mind the fact that the per capita tax 
 has been increased from six to eight cents per quarter 
 
 IV A year's supply of blank Obituary Reports have been sent to 
 each Post, and I w^ould call the attention of the Post Commander to the 
 necessity of the Adjutant filling out this blank when there has been any 
 loss by death during the quarter, in order that the memorial page may be 
 complete 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 583 
 
 V. It will be imposssible to assure Posts the attendance of Depart- 
 ment officers at camp-fires, fairs, etc , unless they first confer witli these 
 headquarters before making their arrangements, as engagements are often 
 made several weeks in advance 
 
 VI. Comrades are warned against giving assistance to the follow- 
 ing named comrades, as they have been reported at these headquarters as 
 un'vvorthy: E I) Harlshorn. a dropped raemi)er of Post ;?!» ; Geo. Miller, 
 a dropped member of Post 79; Miller sometimes goes by the name of 
 Perkins; John H. Foster of Post U7 ; and Isaac St. John of Post 128. 
 
 VII. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters: Capt. Lorimi S. Richardson, Co. 1), 3d Mass H A.; some 
 member of Co A, 24th Mass. Inf., who remembers Lieut. Frank H. 
 Shepard of said company; Geo. Desmond and John Hnrley, Co. G, 2d 
 Mass. Cav. ; any soldier who was on Belle Isle, Va., December. 1S63; 
 Lieut. Joseph Libbv, Co K, 19th Mass. Inf.; Edwin Turner, Cyrus B. 
 Rowe, Geo. \V. Barnes, Daniel Hallahan, Edwin A. Hubbard, all Co B, 
 otli Mass. Inf , from '62-'ri3; Samuel Anderson, James Robinson, U.S.S. 
 Port Rotinl. from '62 to '64; Capt Frederick Marsh, 11th Mass Indepen- 
 dent Battery; Captain Hardy, 2d Rhode Island Cav. ; any member of Co. 
 E 20th Maine, who remembers Walter Sheehau of said company: Cap- 
 tain Parsons, Co. D, ot\\ Mass Cav. ; 2d Lieut T. L Mnrtz, Co. H, 24th 
 U.S. Colored Regt. ; some member of Co. 1), 5th Mass. Cav., colored, 
 who remembers Joseph W. Williams of said company. 
 
 VIII. Comrade Thomas Keefe of the Committee on Naval Records 
 having resigned, Comrade John A. Keefe has been appointed to fill the 
 vacancy. . 
 
 IX. General Orders, No. 9, from National Head<iuarters is herewith 
 
 promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D NASH, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. MONKOE, 
 
 Assistant Adjntant-General. 
 
 Headquartkhs Department ok Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 1 Pemuertox Sq.. Room 11. 
 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, May 6. 1887. 
 
 No 3. ) 
 
 In accordance with Rules and Regulations, and in compliance with 
 General Orders, No 11, from National Headquarters, Monday. !\Lay 30, 
 will be observed bv the Posts of this Department as Memorial Day 
 
 Nineteen years have passed since the first General Order was issued 
 that inaugurated the beautiful custom of strewing with flowers or other 
 testimonials of love and respect, the graves of comrades Avho died in 
 defence of their country. For the great heart that prompted that order 
 the taps have sounded, and the liirht of his life has <ronc out ; brave, 
 generous friend, with hearts of gratitude we will remember him, and his 
 resting place will be strewn with flowers of allection. in accordance with 
 the sentiment of his General Orders, No II. 
 
 Upon this day the veterans livinsr will call to mind the heroic, 
 unselfish spirit of "their comrades with whom in the old days they shared 
 the fortunes of tlie camp, the march the battle; they will gather about 
 the resting places of the Grand Army of the dead, and in sweet com- 
 munion Avith the memories of the past, will renew their devotion to the 
 principles of the Grand Army of the living, and humanity Avill be bene- 
 fitted. The loval citizens as they gather a])out the graves of patriotic 
 
584 HISTORY PEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 men, will recall how they, by their devotion to duty while living, sus- 
 tained the liberties of the people and preserved the unity of the Republic. 
 
 In grateful recognition of the inestimable services of these men, may 
 the good people of the Commonwealth, as they gather to do honor to 
 their memory, receive the inspiration of their example, that the standard 
 of American citizenship may never lower, and to the end that this gov- 
 ernment " of the people, by the people and for the people, may not perish 
 from the face of the earth " 
 
 It is left with you, comrades, to make such arrangements for the 
 observance of the day as in your judgment may seem most appropriate. 
 As the safety of a nation depends upon the loyalty of its people, dis- 
 chai'ge your duties upon this occasion in a manner that will remind the 
 elders and impress firmly upon the young the lessons of patriotism and 
 devotion to the dear old flag, so truly exemplified in the lives of the men 
 whose memory we hold in grateful remembrance. 
 
 Discountenance the tendency that prevails to make the day one of 
 pleasure alone ; call upon the good people of your respective localities to 
 join with you in the tender and beautiful ceremonies of the day ; let 
 every loyal soul pay its tribute of respect to the memory of the men who 
 sacrificed all for one country and one flag, to the end that the ideal of 
 American valor and patriotism may be kept at the same high standard at 
 which they placed it. 
 
 The custom of Posts attending divine service in a body on the Sun- 
 day preceding Memorial Day is a good one, and its continuance is ear- 
 nestly recommended. 
 
 Post Chaplains are requested to forward to these headquarters reports 
 of the exercises of their respective Posts, including the number of officers 
 and men present for duty. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 AC. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 Headquaiiters Department of Massachusetts, i 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [- 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, "I Boston, June 24, 1887. 
 
 No. 4. ) 
 
 I. The Department Commander takes pleasure in announcing to the 
 comrades throughout this Department that from reports received from 
 Posts, Memorial Day was observed more generally and with more impres- 
 siveness than ever before. This is due in a great measure to the interest 
 of the members of our Order, and it is hoped it will continue as long as 
 there remains a comrade to perform the sad, yet sweet ceremony. 
 
 II In accordance with Circular No. o from National Head(iuarters, 
 the Posts of this Department will comply with the request therein made. 
 Post Commanders will give ample notice and cause the required vote of 
 their respective Posts to be taken, on or before July 31, and forwarded 
 to these headciuarters by Aug. 1, 1887. 
 
 III. I wish to call the special attention of Post Commanders to the 
 necessity for promptness in forwarding reports for the present quarter. 
 
 The Commander-in-Chief desires to make a full and complete report 
 of each Department to the National Encampment at St. Louis. The 
 Department of Massachusetts has always been prompt and commended 
 for the completeness of its reports to National Headquarters. Do not 
 let this quarter be an exception. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 585 
 
 I trust Tost Conimanders will attend to this matter, and see that 
 their reports are forwarded to these headquarters not later than July 10 
 
 IV. Aides-de-Canjp T. K Parker and Ira G. Wilkins having tendered 
 their resignations, they are herel)y accepted. 
 
 V. Comrades Henry T. Holmes of Post 35, and .James R Hamilton 
 of Post 19, are hereby appointed as Aides-de-Camp on my personal Staff; 
 they will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 
 
 YI The following new Posts have been organized : — 
 Hancock Post 187 of Dalton, Geo E. Hagar, Commander. 
 Preston Post 188 of Beverly Farms, John L Eaton, Commander. 
 
 VII. The address is wanted at this office of A. P. Sargent, Co. A, 
 17th Mass Inf.; some officer of Co. C, 28th Mass., Avho was on Gallops 
 Island Aug. 1, 1864; Lieut D. B. Abrahams, Co. G. 6th Regt , U.S C. 
 Cav ; Leverett C Felch, Co B, 28th Mass. ; Marcus Hawes, Q M., 2d 
 Mass. Inf ; any officer or comrades of Co. H, 9th Mass. Inf., who remem- 
 ber Corporal Patrick McGullen of said company ; Capt. Chas. H Union, 
 Co D. 22d Maine Inf ; any members of Co. E, 17lh Mass. Inf., who 
 remember Joshua Tucker of said company ; any officer or member of Co. 
 C, 33d Mass , who remember W. S. Allen of said company; any comrade 
 of Go's B or C, 17th Mass., Avho remembers Edward Ring of said com- 
 panies in 1864 ; any comrade of Co I. 6th Regt , V.R.C, who was at John- 
 son's Island, Lake Erie, in 1864 and 1865, who remembers Samuel Furbush 
 of said company; anycommissionedornon-commissionedofficerof the 15th 
 Mass. Batty, at New Orleans, La., from June 1, 1863, to Jan. 1, 1864; 
 Serat Wm. L White, Co K, 2d Mass. Inf ; Lieut. Frank Bradbury, Co. 
 E. 6th Vt. Inf.; Lieut. Wm. A Burrage, or any members of Co. H, 33d 
 Mass. Inf.. who remember Martin Tookey of said company; Lieut. 
 Richard A. Eliot, Co. C, 30th Mass. Inf. ; Annie M. Hill, Nurse in Armory 
 Square Hospital, in fall of 1863 and spring of 1864; Capt. Walter A. 
 Sampson, Co. A, 22d Mass Inf. 
 
 VIII. Comrades are cautioned against giving assistance to Comrade 
 John E. Baldwin of Post 16, as he is unworthy. 
 
 IX. The proceedings, findings and sentence of the court-martial in 
 the trial of Comrade Gilman J. Clough of Post 63, G.A R., Natick, are 
 hereby approved, and he is dishonorably discharged and dismissed from 
 the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 X Circular No. 5, from National Headquarters, is hercAvith pro- 
 mulgated. 
 
 Bv command of 
 
 CHARLES D NASH, 
 Official: Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 TS, ^ 
 ,10, [ 
 11. J 
 
 Hi:AD(iU.\l!TKRS Depaktmknt OF Massachitsetts, 
 Grand .\rmy ok the Republic 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 
 
 General Orders, \ Boston, July 27, 1887. 
 
 No. 5. r 
 
 Comrades: For the third time we are called to mourn the death of a 
 former Department Commander. 
 
 Comrade George H. Patch of Post 63, Natick, and Commander of 
 this Department 1882,'dicd at his residence in South Framingham, Mass., 
 Tuesday morning, July 26, at 11 o'clock. 
 
 HeWas a brave, generous hearted soldier, a good citizen, a kind and 
 loving friend, and a comrade who never grew weary in Grand Army 
 workT At the completion of his term of service as Department Com- 
 mander, he fell gracefully back into the ranks as a worker, and was 
 
586 HISTORY DEPT. Ot MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 always ready to do all in his power for the organization be loved so well. 
 Perhaps no member of the Order Avas better known than he, not only in 
 our Department, bnt in all the others, and he will be widely and sincerely 
 mourned by his comrades. 
 
 As a mark of respect and esteem for our departed comrade, all 
 Department and Tost Officers will, for thirty days from the date of this 
 order, wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm and sword hilt, 
 when on duty, and the charter of each Post will be draped in mourning. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, \ 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, \ 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11. ) 
 
 General Orders,) Boston, Sept. 21, 1887. 
 
 No. 6. / 
 
 1. The National Encampment, G.A.R., will convene at St. Louis, 
 Mo., the 28th inst. The Department Commander, .Junior Vice-Com- 
 mander, Assistant Adjutant-General, and delegates will leave Boston, 
 Saturday. September 24r, at 3 p.m., via Fitchburg Railroad. 
 
 n. During the absence of the Assistant Adjutant-General these 
 headquarters will be under the charge of Department Inspector B. Read 
 Wales, whose office hours will be from 4.15 to 5.30 p.m., except Saturday, 
 when the office will be closed. As most of the business and correspond- 
 ence, pertaining to the Department will have to lay over until the return 
 of the Assistant Adjutant-General, I hope comrades will make no requests 
 of these headquarters, except what is absolutely necessary, until his 
 return, October 6. 
 
 III. The Headquarters of the Department at St Louis will be at the 
 Lindell Hotel, and all comrades from Massachusetts are requested to 
 report there September 27 
 
 IV At a special meeting of the Council of Administration, held 
 September 21, Comrades Samuel M. Weale and H. P Oakman were 
 elected delegates to the National Encampment to till vacancies in the 
 delesration. and Comrades Wm S. Hixon, Geo E. Woodbury, 2d, B F. 
 Whittemore, A. L. Norris, J S. Pine, G. L. Gage, and Chas. S. Gierke, 
 alternates. 
 
 V. Commanders of Posts who have not yet reported in regard to 
 the Geo. H Patch Memorial Fund are re(|uested to do so at an early 
 date 
 
 VI. The address is.Avanted at this office of some comrade of Co K, 
 19th Mass. Inf., who remembers Wm. A. McKenny of said Co. ; of Lieut. 
 Burrage and James Griffin, Co. H. 3od Mass. Inf.; of Corporal James 
 Brightman, Co I, 2d Mass. H.A.; any member of Co H. 2d Mass. HA ; 
 any member of Co. F, 2d Mass. H A who knew H. E. Eiileston in 1864; 
 Edward O'Beirne. Sergt. of Unassigued Vet. Invalid Corps, Cai)t Thos. 
 Graham; of Arthur R. Curtis. 20th Mass. Inf.; of Wm H Knowlton, 
 Co. E, 16tli Mass Inf.; of James A Littletield. U S Navy, 1863, shipped 
 from Salem, Mass.; of any shipmate on board U.S. steamer Wyandcuik 
 
TWENTY- SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 587 
 
 who remembers Charles S Sissou of same ship, when stationed on the 
 Potomac; of Dr. Wadsworth, Camp Barry, Washin<;ton, DC, in Fall 
 of 1864 
 
 VII. The proceedings, tindin<i:s and sentence of the court-martial in 
 the trial of Comrade W. H Ball of Post IGO, West Brookfield, are hereby 
 approved, and he is dishonorably discharo;ed and dismissed from the 
 Grand Army of the Kepublic 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHxVRLES D. NASH, 
 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Department oi 
 Grand 
 
 VRTMENT OK MASSACHUSETTS, \ 
 
 ND Army of the Republic, > 
 1 Pemberton Sq , Room 11 j 
 
 General Orders, 1 Boston, Oct. 12, 1887. 
 
 No. 7. / 
 
 I. The Department Inspector has completed his arrangements for 
 the Fall Inspections. Commanders of Posts -will render the Inspecting 
 Officers all the assistance possible in the discharge of their duties. It 
 may be necessary to call special meetings of Posts in some instances. 
 Posts will be expected to exemplify the work of the Order, including 
 opening and muster-in. Travelling expenses will be assumed by the 
 Department, therefore it is expected that all local expenses will be paid 
 by the Post inspected A report of these inspections will be made at 
 once to these headquai-ters on blanks provided for that purpose. 
 
 II. Comrades Lysander Wood and J. Warren Berry having tendered 
 their resignations as Aides on the Department Commander's Staff, the 
 same are hereby accepted. 
 
 III. The following Aides-de-Camp are hereby detailed to act as 
 Assistant Inspectors, and are assigned to duty by the Department Inspec- 
 tor to the several Posts as follows : — 
 
 Wm. H Gnrney 76,124,127 
 
 A S. Atherton 33, 40, 185 
 
 Thos. W. Cook 3, 8, 46 
 
 Thos. H Haskell 15. 35, 6^ 
 
 Wm H.Brown 45,61,129.137 
 
 H. M Stevens 48, 56, 161 
 
 A. B Pierce 6, 10, 37. 167 
 
 F. C. Hills .... 24. 63, 81 
 
 Wm. L. Hicks 7, i)2. 144 
 
 J. Walter Bradlee 88, 94. 121 
 
 B. F French ■ 1V3, 179 
 
 Harlow Chapin . . 65, 85, 103 
 
 A. J Lowd 82, 90, 188 
 
 ChasA Gross 31, 104. 165 
 
 Geo O. Xoyes 2. 5, 159 
 
 F. M. Balcom 29, 134, 156 
 
 Wm. B. Sears ..... 113. 181 
 
 Frank B. Peal)ody 30, 39, ISO 
 
 A. S. Valentine 146 
 
588 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 A. L Shattuck ... 10'.», UO, 162 
 
 L B. Simons 158, 176, 187 
 
 Leroy C. Western 101,114,128,151 
 
 J. Everett rierce ... .4,12,75 
 
 Geo. A. Woodbury 2d 34, 49, 108, 120 
 
 J. Fred Leslie 35, 57 
 
 Aldricli Cook 59, 64, 69, 175 
 
 ,T. R Hamilton 53, 116, 153, 184 
 
 J. Linfield 91, 170 
 
 James Frey ... 1, 50, 95, 118 
 
 Isaac Hopkins 13, 83, 112 
 
 C R. Kaplinger 41, 86, 107 
 
 A. C. Andrews 67, 106, 152 
 
 George R. Dyer . . 73, 74, 154 
 
 John Best 21, 42 
 
 Joseph P. Thompson ... ^ .... 47. 99 
 
 E. F. rhinney 14, 18, 22, 96 
 
 E. W Smith 25. 27, 168, 173 
 
 L. B. Hodsres 133, 145 
 
 Jeremiah Stewart . . ... 9, 43, 54, 172 
 
 H N. Harriman 89, 100, 122 
 
 Jason Mann 79, 84, 164 
 
 Dexter F. Hasjer 126, 166 
 
 Harry T. Hohnes 26, 186 
 
 George N. Miinsell 55, 132 
 
 M. G. R Swift 141, 182 
 
 A S Byrne 78, 98, 111 
 
 James Holmes 38, 131, 136 
 
 Cephas N. Walker 28, 70, 77, 80, 135 
 
 E. E. Barnard 150, 171, 174 
 
 James K Odell 11, 23 
 
 L A. Larason . . 105, 117, 130 
 
 Francis Drake 142, 163 
 
 L. F. Wheelock 125, 177 
 
 Melville D. Jones 66, 149 
 
 Peter N. Sprague 58, 87 
 
 Charles H. Deyo 155, 160 
 
 William Provin 16,178,183 
 
 W. F Lane 32, 139 
 
 James P. Litch 60, 62, 148 
 
 James H Horton 17, 20, 93 
 
 John F. Lambie 71, 97, 147 
 
 Charles Q Pierce 119,138 
 
 William H Sherwin 19, 44, 115 
 
 Seth L. French 52,72,110 
 
 Henry W. Weeks 102, 143, 157, 169 
 
 Myron S. Barton 51 
 
 IV. David Cpiurch Post 189 of Marshfleld, Albion Hatch, Com- 
 mander, has been organized since last General Orders. 
 Bv command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Ad)nta)it-(rencraL 
 
twenty-second annual encampment. 589 
 
 IIeadquarteks Depaut^ient ok Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Kepublic, [- 
 1 Femberton Sq., Room U. ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Nov 10, 1887. 
 
 No. 8. ( 
 
 I. General Orders, No. 2, from National Headquarters, is herewith 
 promulgated 
 
 II Particular attention is directed to the election of delegates and 
 alternates to the Department Encampment. This election must be held 
 at the first regular meeting in December. The ratio of representation 
 is as follows: — One delegate and one alternate for ever}' fifty members 
 reported in good standing at the end of the third (|uarter, ending Septem- 
 ber ;?0, with an additional delegate and alternate for the fraction when it 
 is more than one half that number. But every Post, whatever its mem- 
 bersliip, is entitled to one delegate and alternate. (See Rules and Regula- 
 tions, Chap. Ill , Article II.) Blank credentials are herewith enclosed on 
 which to make returns One copy only will be sent to these headquarters. 
 
 III. A year's supply of blank Adjutants' and Quartermasters' reports, 
 with blank bond for Post Quartermaster, have been sent to each Post 
 Commander. If the same have not been received, notice should be sent 
 to these headquarters at once. 
 
 IV. Accompanying supply of blank Adjutants' and Qnartermastei's' 
 reports will be found a book showing specimen pages of books prepared 
 expressly for the use of G.A R Posts. Tliese books have been in use in 
 this Department for a number of years, and are just what is needed to 
 simplify the Avork of Post otficers I Avould earnestly recommend that 
 Posts who are not using these books now, adopt them as soon as con- 
 venient, as they are the most practical and business-like forms that have 
 yet been issued to Posts of the G A R. The price of each book is given 
 upon the specimen page, and they will be supplied through these head- 
 quarters only, either in sets or by single volume 
 
 V. The address is wanted at these headquarters of any comrade 
 knowing the post-office address of any of the following sailors : W W. 
 Whiting. Chief Engineer; John Ainsworth, Alex McCause, Geo. Ilosmer, 
 Thos Quiirley, Thos. Moft'at, John Meyers and John McCaffery, who served 
 on the U S.S. Tristra)i Shandii, in the years 18(!-1-G5; anj' comrade of 
 Co I, 'M\ U.S. Cav., who remembers James King of said company in 
 1864; Thos Nixon, 8th Maine; any shipmate on board Gunboat Pcmnlia 
 in 1864, who knew Samuel Strout. Avho lost foot during an engagement 
 near Mobile, Feb 22, 1864 ; of Charles M Munroe, Co I). ."jOth Mass Inf.; 
 any officers or privates of Co. G, 20th Mass. Inf. ; any shipmate on board 
 U S.S Neta Avho remembers Charles McLaughlin and John Williams of 
 said ship in 1864; some members of Co E. 3d Mass. Heavy .Artillery, 
 who remember Timothy O. Donoghue of said company; any comrade of 
 2d NeAV Jersey Vols, in 1861, who knew John A. Anthony of said regi- 
 ment; of Henry S. Russell, Co K. 11th Mass. Inf.: Sergt. Wni. H. 
 Humphrey, Co B, 12th Mass.; 1st Sergt. Chas C. Richards and two 
 comrades of Co. A, 4th .Mass. Cav., who remember Patrick Sanlor; 
 Henry C. Burgess, Co E, 17th Mass. Inf.. 1864-6."); Geo. R Arey, U S. 
 Ship Hartford. 1864; Nicholas Egan, 1st R.I. Cav. ; any member of Co. I, 
 9th Mass Inf., who remembers Thos. Norton of said company; any 
 officers or members of Co I. .5th Mass. Cav 
 
 VI. The proceediuiTS, findings and sentence of the court-martial in 
 the trial of Frank M. Whitman of Post 47, G .V.R , Haverhill, are hereby 
 approved, and he is dishcmorably discharged and dismissed from the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 Official : ' CHARLES D. NASH, 
 
 A. C. Monroe, Department Commander. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
590 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Republic, [- 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. ) 
 General Orders, ) Boston, Dec. 7, 1887. 
 
 No. 9. 
 
 I. The order announcing Mustering Officers will be issued on or 
 about December 25. Posts desiring the services of a particular comrade 
 for this purpose will first secure his consent to perform the duty, and 
 then at once notify these headquarters of their choice when he will be 
 detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer Recommendations must be 
 received previous to the above date, and in no case will an assignment 
 be made unless the Post or its representative so designate. 
 
 II In accordance with Rules and Regulations installations may be 
 conducted publicly at a special meeting to be held for that purpose, but 
 no part of the opening or closing services or signs of recognition are to 
 be used. 
 
 III. The address is wanted at these headquarters of Sergts John 
 McDonald and Chas H. Hesseltine, 13th Mass Light Batty. ; of any com- 
 rade of Co. F, 7th Conn. Inf , who remembers James F Smith of said 
 company; of any comrade of Company D, 11th Mass. Inf., who remem- 
 bers John Boyle of said company; of any shipmate on board U.S S 
 Maratanza in 1863, who remembers Martin Kennedy of said ship ; of 
 Walter S. Cushman, A. A. Paymaster on board U S. Bark Bi'stless to Janu- 
 ary, 1804; also Surgeon's Steward by name of Powers on board same 
 bark. 
 
 IV. The proceedings, finding and sentence of the court-martial in 
 the trial of Comrade Edwin A. Stackpole of Post 120, G.A.R , Lowell, 
 and Comrade Sumner Gilson of Post 48, G A R., Ayer. are hereby 
 approved and they are dishonorablj' discharged and dismissed from the 
 Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 OflScial : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Headquarters Depahtment of Massachusetts, 
 
 Grand Army of the Republic, 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11. 
 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Dec. 26, 1887. 
 
 No. 10. J 
 
 I. The following named comrades are hereby detailed as Mustering 
 Officers by Comrade T. Spencer Jenks, Chief Mustering Officer of the 
 Department, and will install the officers of the Posts whose numbers 
 appear against their names : — 
 
 Chas. D Nash, Department Commander, Whitman . . ... 78 
 
 E C Whitney, Department Senior Vice-Commander, Boston . 13, 170 
 Arthur A. Smith, Council of Administration, Griswoldville . . 17, 174 
 
 E P. Jewett, Council of Administration. lioston 91 
 
 A C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, Boston ... 30, 38, 159 
 Aug. II. Wright, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Abington ... 73 
 
 B Read Wales, Department Inspector, Boston 12, 185, 186 
 
 T. Spencer Jenks, Chief Mustering Officer, Worcester 63 
 
 Geo S Merrill, Past Commander-in-Chief, Lawrence 101 
 
 Geo. W. Creasey, Past Department Commander, Boston .... 62 
 Geo. S. Evans, Past Department Commander, Cambridgeport . . 34, 68 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 591 
 
 Richard F. Tobin, Past Department Commander, Boston . 2, 7, 15, 26 
 John D. Billinsis, Past Department Commander, Cambridgeport 86, 163 
 John W. Uersey, Past Department Commander, Springfield ... 41 
 Chas. O. Fellows, Past Assistant Quartermaster-General, Chelsea . 44, 
 
 95, 156 
 
 A. W. Fnlton, North Adams 79 
 
 Henry W Weeks, Dedham . . 181 
 
 Chas! H Wal<efleld, Hingham 104 
 
 Henrv O. Sawyer, West Boylston 59 
 
 A. A Seaverns, North Scituate 31 
 
 Tlios. R. McDermott, Danvcrs 90 
 
 Charles M. Whelden, Pittsfield 1^'» 
 
 Wm. H. Brown, Marbleliead ^2 
 
 E. P. Loring. Fitchbnrg 1'* 
 
 Henrv S Bunton, Hyde Vavk 121 
 
 Wm/H ^Morgan, Beverly , • -^^ 
 
 A. L. Shattucli, Orange l^-J. j'^ 
 
 Jeremiah Walsefield, Boston 1^* 
 
 Tristram Talliot. Newburyport ' ' to 
 
 Benj. S Lovell, E. Weymonth ; ' ,?, 
 
 A S. Atherton, Wakefield 4, 5, 101 
 
 Jos H. Stocker, Beverly 89 
 
 Charles II. Leonard, Plymouth . . . l^ 
 
 G. Q. A Bryant, Winchendon '^^ 
 
 J. C. Madigan, E. Walpole 1»^ 
 
 Wm. A Stone, Manchester "^ 
 
 M. D. Jones, Somerville 1^9 
 
 Edwin C. Gould, Melrose '^ 
 
 S. Wells Hunt. Sandwich - , ^An 
 
 Seth L. French, Campello . . In 
 
 Geo W. Nason. Boston 00 
 
 Daniel Travis, Holliston . • " ' iro 
 
 Jason Mann, Montague J"^0 
 
 Wm. Holt)rook, Palmer 10' 
 
 Geo. W. Corey. Southbridge 1^7 
 
 Lewis B. Hodires, Taunton J' 
 
 M. H. Stevens, Waltham 1°0 
 
 W. H. Chamberlin, Pittsfield 1°' 
 
 Henry T. Holmes, Chelsea ^5 
 
 Chas! E French, Essex J-^^ 
 
 E. P. Morton. Webster |''^ 
 
 John S. Beck, Medford «9 
 
 Geo. H. Howard, West Brookfleld '«o 
 
 C. J Lowd. Salem ' ' ms 
 
 Chas W Tenney, Georgetown J^° 
 
 E P. Snow, .\dams 1^° 
 
 (Jeo T. Fairweather. Westboro ^0 
 
 Wm. S. Frost, Marlboro 1^^ 
 
 Chas. A. Stott, Lowell *^ 
 
 Chas. L. Tucker. Amesbury j^^ 
 
 Geo M Rice, Uxbridge 'iq.,' Ii- 
 
 E C. Martin, Attleboro 1^-*' ^*^ 
 
 Frank McGraw, Fall Uiver 1 
 
 Charles Frazier. Clinton ''^ 
 
 M. M Stowe, Ashbnrnliam l°* 
 
 L E. Thaver, Oxford {' 
 
 L A. Lamson, Milford ^'^^ 
 
 Robert C Jenkins, Hopkinton 1* 
 
 Josiah A Richmond. Shelburne Falls »^ 
 
 A. H. Bump, Southbridge 1'^ 
 
592 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Lysander 'Wood, Stoujrhton .72 
 
 John H Abbott, Fall River ■ . . . . 182 
 
 Edward C. Marsh, Marlboro IK 
 
 C. C. Nichols, Dedham . . 144 
 
 D. L Getchel, Amesbury 114 
 
 Edwin Northrop, Dalton .... 178 
 
 John Balcom, Ashland 44 
 
 Horace A. AUyn, Cambridge .56 
 
 Andrew C Stone, Lawrence 100 
 
 W. W. Robinson, Bolton 172 
 
 Geo H. Bonney, Kingston . . . lfir> 
 
 Chas. A. Gross, Cohasset 98 
 
 C. A. Wheeler, Leominster 53 
 
 E. D Hnchinson, Hnntinston 17fi 
 
 Samuel M. Weale, E. Boston 33 
 
 Albert L. Barrett, Orange ... 171 
 
 Calvin W. Pool, Rockport 106 
 
 B. F. Cook, Gloucester 45 
 
 John Scates, Sonth Hanover Ill 
 
 II. The Commanders of the above indicated Posts should at once 
 communicate with their Mustering Officers, giving time and place of 
 Installation, and the most direct way of getting there. In case the com- 
 rade desisnated above for any Post cannot be present, and where no 
 comrade has been detailed by the Chief Mustering Officer, any National 
 or Department Officer, or Past Post Commander"(in his own Post), in 
 good standing (except the retiring Commander,) may act. In no case 
 will the officers of any Post be installed until all reports and dues have 
 been forwarded. fSee Service Book.) 
 
 III. The Twenty-first Session of the Department Encampment will 
 be held in this city, February 8 and 9. It is proposed to have a banquet 
 at the close of the meeting. In order that the committee may work 
 nnderstandingly, Commanders of Posts are requested to send to this office, 
 at their earliest opportunity, on the enclosed postal card, the names of 
 comrades of their respective Posts who will purchase tickets to the same. 
 Price of tickets. .$1.00 each, and as delegates are first to be supplied, it is 
 hoped they will order tickets through their Post Conimanders with- 
 out delay, so that if any are left, they can be sold to comrades desiring 
 them. Promptness is absolutely necessary in this matter, as only 500 
 tickets can be issued on account of the capacity of the hall 
 
 IV. The address of the following-named |)ersoiis is wanted at these 
 headquarters Geo. W. Swain, Co. C, 1st Mass. Inf. and Co H, 29th 
 Mass Inf. ; of any comrade who remembers Chns. P. Farnsworth. Co. I, 
 4th Mass Cav. ; of Sergt Thos. Botts, or any member of Co K, 11th 
 Mass. Inf., who remembers John Langlate of said Co.; of John W. 
 Robinson, Co G. 1st Rhode Island Art,; of two shipmates who served 
 on board the U S S Rhode Island, in the summer of 1865 and '60, who 
 knew John Glinn of said ship ; of two or more shipmates who served on 
 board U S Gunboat Tnscaroi-a in 1863, who rememljers H N. Brown of 
 said boat; of two shipmates who served on board the Gunboat Wijandanl- 
 in 1861, who remembers Chas. A. Sisson of said boat 
 
 V. The proceedinss, flindings and sentence of the court-martial in 
 the trial of Comrade Chas H. Walker, of Post 55, G.A R.. Provincetown, 
 are hereby approved, and he is dishonorably discharged and dismissed 
 from the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 
 Department Commander. 
 Official : 
 
 A C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 593 
 
 HUSETTS, "I 
 EPU15LIC, [■ 
 lOOM 11. J 
 
 Headquarters Departmknt ok Massachusetts, 
 Grand Army of the Rei 
 1 Pemheuton Sq., Room 
 General Orders, "I Boston, Jan. ID, 1888. 
 
 No. 11. / 
 
 I. In accordance vfith the action of the Council of Administration, 
 the Twenty-rtrst Annual Encampment of this Department Avill convene 
 at Tremont Temple, Boston, on Wednesday afternoon, February 8, at 2 
 o'clock, and continue the session the 9th It is hoped that by meeting at 
 2 o'clock Wednesday we shall be able to adjourn by 1 o'clock Thursday, 
 thus g;iving ample time for the banquet, and enabling comrades from out 
 of town to take trains for home. 
 
 II. It is earnestly desired that every Post in the Department shall 
 be represented by its full delegation. Posts should pay the expenses of 
 their delegates, if necessary to secure this end. 
 
 Ill The ratio of representation has already been published in Gen- 
 eral Orders, No. 8. In the absence of a Post Commander, the Senior 
 Vice-Commander may represent the Post; or if both are absent, the 
 Junior Vice-Commander may act. 
 
 IV. Comrade J H S. Pearson, Commander of Joseph Hooker Post 
 No. 23, East Boston, will detail an Officer of the Day. Officer of the Guard, 
 an Orderly and eight comrades to act as guard during the Encampment ; 
 this detail will report to the Assistant Adjutant-General at Tremont 
 Temple at 1 o'clock p.m. the 8th. 
 
 V. After the adjournment of the Encampment, a banquet will be 
 held at Faneuil Hall, to Avhich Comrade John P. Rea, Commander-in-Chief 
 of the G A.R ; John C. Linnehan, Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief ; 
 Daniel Fish, Adjutant-General; Governor Ames and other gentlemen dis- 
 tinguished in military and civil life have been invited. Only five hundred 
 tickets will be issued at one dollar each. Delegates should order their 
 tickets through their Post Commanders without delay, so if any are left 
 they can be sold to comrades desiring them. 
 
 VI. The annual meeting of the Veterans' Rights Union and Employ- 
 ment Bureau, Department of Massachusetts, G A.R., will be held at the 
 Meionaon (Tremont Temple), Wednesday, Feb 8, 1888, at 1. 80 o'clock p m. 
 
 Posts are entitled to two delegates, who may be appointed by the 
 Commander or elected by the Post. 
 
 VII. The address of the following named persons is wanted at these 
 headquarters: Some shipmate on board U.S.S. Colorado in 18G3, who 
 remembers James W. Langley of said ship ; a member of Co. A, 8th 
 Mass. Inf., who remembers Wm. F. Thomas of said company. 
 
 VIII. General Orders, No. 3, from National Headquarters, is here- 
 with promulgated. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
 38 
 
594 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.K. 
 
 Headquarters Department of Massachusetts, ) 
 Grand Army of the Repuri.ic, - 
 1 Femberton Sq., Room U. ) 
 General Orders, \ Boston, Jan. 19, 1888. 
 
 No. 12. 
 
 Comrades: For the second time it becomes my sad duty to announce 
 to the comrades of this Department that still another comrade has gone 
 from amon<r us to answer to the roll-call on the other side. Fast Depart- 
 ment Commander A. B. Underwood died at his home in Boston on 
 Saturday, Jan., 14, 1888. As Department Commander he discharged the 
 duties of the office with an ability that reflected credit and honor to the 
 Order, as well as to himself A brave soldier, as the telling evidence of 
 the conflict he bore about him testified, and as an honored and upright 
 citizen he was trusted and esteemed by all his fellow-men For these 
 sterling qualities we will ever hold him in grateful remembrance. 
 
 As a mark of respect and esteem for our departed comrade, all 
 Department and Post Oflicers will, for thirty days from the date of this 
 Order, wear the usual badge of mourning on the left arm and sword-hilt, 
 when on duty, and the charter of each Fost will be draped in mourning. 
 
 By command of 
 
 CHARLES D. NASH, 
 Official : Department Commander. 
 
 A. C. Monroe, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant- General. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 595 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 Department of Massachusetts, G.A.R. 
 1887. 
 
 Elected. 
 
 Charles D. Nash, Commander .... Wliitmau. 
 
 Edmdnd C. Whitney, Senior Vice-Commander, Dorchester. 
 
 James Kittle, J?owo/' Vice- Commander . . Pittsfield. 
 
 J. B. HERKV, Medical Director .... Boston. 
 
 Rev. E. A. HoRTON. Chaplain .... Boston. 
 
 Council of Administration. 
 
 Geo. L. Goodale Medford. 
 
 Wm. a. Pbescott Chelsea. 
 
 Arthur A. Smith Colerain. 
 
 Malcolm Sillars Danvers. 
 
 E. P. iEWETT Foxboro. 
 
 Official Staff. 
 
 Alfred C. Monroe, Assistant Adjutant-General, 
 Augustus U. Wright, Assistant Q.M.-General, 
 
 B. Read W.vles, Inspector 
 
 John A.. Kkefe, Judc/c Advocate .... 
 T. Spencer Jenks, Chief Mustering Officer 
 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 1 Pemberton Sq., Room 11, Boston. 
 Worcester. 
 
 Aides-de 
 
 Wm. H. Gdrxey, 
 
 A. S. Atherton, 
 Thos. W. Cook, 
 Thos. H. Haskell, 
 Wm. H. Brown, 
 H. M. Stevens, 
 A. B. Pierce, 
 F. C. Hills, 
 Wm. L. Hick.«, 
 J. Walter Bradlee, 
 F. B. French, 
 Thcs. F. Ellsworth, 
 Harlow Chapin, 
 A. P. Chamberlaine, 
 A. J. Lowi), 
 Chas. a. Gross, 
 Lysander Wood, 
 Geo. O. Noyes, 
 F. M. Balcom, 
 Wm. B. Sears, 
 
 Whitman. 
 
 Waketield. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Waltham. 
 
 Natick. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 East Templeton. 
 
 Ipswich. 
 
 Monson. 
 
 Concord. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Coh asset. 
 
 Stoughton. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 East Cambridge. 
 
 Brookline. 
 
 ■Camp. 
 
 Frank B. Peabody, 
 S. A. Valentine, 
 A. L. Shattuck, 
 L. B. Simons, 
 Leroy C. Western, 
 J. Everett Pierce, 
 Geo. a. Woodburv, '2d, 
 J. Fred Leslie, 
 Aldrk H Cook, 
 
 Ik A G. WiLKINS, 
 J. LlNFIELI), 
 
 James P'key, 
 Isaac Hopkins, 
 C. R. Kaplinger, 
 Albert C. Andrews, 
 Geo. R. Dver, 
 John Best, 
 Joseph W. Thompson, 
 E. F. Phinney, 
 E. W. Smith, 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Orange. 
 
 Pittsfield. 
 
 Newburyport. 
 
 Medford, 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Leominster. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Canton. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Rockland. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 East Bridgewater. 
 
 Stoneham. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 S. Framingham. 
 
 Webster. 
 
596 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 Aides-de- Camp ( Continued.) 
 
 Lewis B. Hodges, 
 Jeremiah Stewaut, 
 H. N. Harriman, 
 Jason Mann, 
 Dexter F. Hager, 
 T. K. Parker, 
 Geo. N. Munsell, 
 Marcus G. B. Swift, 
 A. S. Byrnes, 
 James Holmes, 
 Cephas N. Walker, 
 E. E. Barnard, 
 Jas. K. Odell, 
 L. A. Lamson, 
 Francis Drake, 
 
 Taunton. 
 
 Clinton. 
 
 Georgetown. 
 
 Montague. 
 
 South Deerfielil. 
 
 ■Winchendon. 
 
 Harwich. 
 
 Fall River. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Turners Falls. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Milford. 
 
 Mansfield. 
 
 L. F. Wheelock, 
 M. D. Jones, 
 Peter N. Sprague, 
 J. Warren Berry, 
 Charles H. Devo, 
 Wm. Pro YIN, 
 Wilbur F. Lane, 
 James P. Litch, 
 James A. Horton, 
 
 ,IOHN F. LAMBIE, 
 
 Charles Q. Pierce, 
 Wm. H. Sherwin, 
 Seth L. French, 
 Henry W. Weeks, 
 Myron S. Barton, 
 
 Adams. 
 
 Sonierville. 
 
 Hingham. 
 
 Andover. 
 
 N. Brookfield. 
 
 Westfleld. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Maiden. 
 
 Greentield. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 Watertown. 
 
 Ayer. 
 
 Campello. 
 
 Dedham. 
 
 Belchertown. 
 
 Bepresentatives to National Encampment. 
 
 delegate-at-large. 
 George H. Innis, South Boston. 
 
 delegates. 
 
 TH0MA8 J. TUTE, 
 
 Edward F. Rollins, 
 N. E. Ladd, 
 Isaac M. Holt, 
 Theodore Ledtz, 
 E. W. Lathrop, 
 John S. Beck, 
 Chas. H. Tracy, 
 
 GEORCiE E. PiNKHAM, 
 
 Wm. H. Abbott, 
 Horace A. Sawyer, 
 A. M. Dudley, 
 J, B. Brewster, 
 G. F. Thompson, 
 Alva J. Wilson, 
 Geo. G. Bailey, 
 Peter D. Smith, 
 E. B. Macy, 
 C. A. Chamberlin, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Groveland. 
 
 Quincy. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Medford. 
 
 Chicopee. 
 
 Lowell. 
 
 Holyoke. 
 
 Lynn. 
 
 Salem. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Brighton. 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 
 A ndover. 
 
 Fitchburg. 
 
 Pittsfleld. 
 
 alternate- at-large. 
 Geo. D. Stiles, Lynn. 
 
 alternates. 
 
 Chas. D. Stiles, 
 Joseph Gregory, 
 John E. Killian, 
 Ben,i. S. Lovell, 
 Wm. H. Poole, 
 Frank E. Martell, 
 W. A. Stinson, 
 J. B. Parsons, 
 Warren O. Hawley. 
 Henry B. Wallace, 
 Wm. H. Wade, 
 Thos. H. Hill, 
 Fred G. Hyde, 
 Emerson Stone, 
 s. l. colley, 
 H. N. Harriman, 
 Fred S. Taber, 
 Wm. McAlphine, 
 Wm. H. Gage, 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 Marblehead. 
 
 Roxbury. 
 
 East Weymouth. 
 
 Charlestown. 
 
 Cambridgeport. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Northampton. 
 
 OlJs. 
 
 Beverly. 
 
 Plainville. 
 
 Woburn. 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 Spencer. 
 
 Stoneham. 
 
 Georgetown. 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Braintree. 
 
 Past Department Commanders. 
 
 Austin S. Cushma.n, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Francis A. Osborn, 
 *James L. Bates, 
 William Cogswell, 
 A. B. Underwood, 
 John W. Kimball, 
 George S. Merrill, 
 Horace BiNNEY Sargen 
 
 New York. 
 Worcester. 
 Boston. 
 Weymouth. 
 Salem. 
 Boston. 
 Fitchburg. 
 Lawrence. 
 T, Salem. 
 
 John G. B. Adams, 
 *John a. Hawes, 
 George W. Creasey, 
 George H. Patch, 
 George S. Evans, 
 John D. Billings, 
 John W. Hersey, 
 Richard F. Tobin, 
 
 Concord. 
 Fairhaven. 
 Newburyport. 
 S. Framingham. 
 Cambridgeport. 
 Cambridgeport. 
 Springfield. 
 S. Boston. 
 
 * Deceased. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 59; 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Wm. Logan Rodman 
 Dahlgren 
 
 VV. H. Bartlett 
 
 U. S. Grant 
 
 General Lander 
 
 P. T. Wynian 
 
 Clias. Russell Lowell 
 
 E. W. Pierce 
 
 Reno 
 
 George H. Ward 
 
 Abraham Lincoln 
 
 H. M. Warren 
 
 Fletcher Webster — 
 
 C. C. Phillips 
 
 John A. Andrew 
 
 E. K.Wilcox 
 
 General Sedgwick 
 
 Colonel Prescott 
 
 Edwin V. Sumner 
 
 H. S. Greenleaf 
 
 Friedrich Hecker 
 
 Maj. E. F. Fletcher .. 
 
 Joseph Hooker 
 
 A. I?. R. Sprague 
 
 H. H. l.egge 
 
 Thos. G Stevenson . . 
 
 Charles Oevens 
 
 George 1). Wells 
 
 F. P. H. Rogers 
 
 William H. Smart. . . 
 
 George W. Perry 
 
 Washington 
 
 Burbank 
 
 Phil. PL Sheridan . 
 Theodore Winihrop. . 
 
 Francis Gould 
 
 F. A. Stearns 
 
 Dexter 
 
 Needhani 
 
 Gen. U. G. Berry 
 
 Lvon 
 
 B. F. Butler 
 
 John A. Rawlins 
 
 G. Wesley Nichols .. 
 
 Colonel Allen 
 
 Richard Bord'-n 
 
 Major ilow. . . 
 
 George S. Boiilweil . . 
 
 A. W. Bartlett 
 
 Union 
 
 EziaBatcheller 
 
 A. B. Randall 
 
 Charles H. Stevens... 
 Cant. C. S. Hastings. 
 
 J. C. Freeman 
 
 Charles Beck 
 
 Town. 
 
 New Bedford 
 South Boston 
 
 Taunton. 
 Melrose. 
 Lynn. .. . 
 
 Holliston . 
 Boston 
 
 Middleboro . 
 
 Hudson 
 
 Worcester. . . 
 Chailestown. 
 
 Wakefield . . . 
 Brockton. ... 
 
 Hopkinton 
 Boston 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Orange 
 
 Ashland 
 
 Fitchburg.. 
 Colerain.; . . 
 
 21 Boston.. 
 
 22 Milford. 
 
 East Boston. 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Uxbridge 
 
 Roxbury . . . . 
 
 Oxford 
 
 West Boylston . 
 
 Waltham 
 
 Cainbridgeport 
 
 Scituate 
 
 South Boston. 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Salem 
 
 Chelsea 
 
 Arlington . 
 Spencer.. . 
 Brookfield 
 Lawrence. . 
 Maiden... 
 Wet-tfleld. . 
 Lowell 
 
 Marlboro 
 
 Fayville 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Fall River 
 
 Haverhill 
 
 Ayer 
 
 Newburypori. . . . 
 
 Peabody 
 
 North Brookfield. 
 
 South t^aston 
 
 Leoniinstt r 
 
 Berlin 
 
 Provincetown 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 No. 
 Mkmu'ks 
 
 266 
 
 252 
 
 1007 
 
 50 
 513 
 
 85 
 
 93 
 
 633 
 
 247 
 
 212 
 205 
 
 27 
 556 
 
 504 
 107 
 
 37 
 243 
 
 30 
 
 141 
 
 137 
 69 
 37 
 
 192 
 
 44 
 32 
 
 128 
 294 
 
 63 
 
 70 
 
 85 
 302 
 410 
 
 54 
 101 
 
 67 
 345 
 145 
 160 
 306 
 
 140 
 
 31 
 
 180 
 
 2>5 
 
 304 
 
 53 
 
 230 
 
 140 
 
 61 
 
 72 
 
 116 
 
 23 
 
 40 
 
 145 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Ezra K. Bly 
 
 Geo. H. Innis ) 
 
 100 L Street ( 
 
 Alden H. Blake 
 
 John E. Marshall 
 
 David Walker ( 
 
 Box 23 ( 
 
 Wm. H. Belcher 
 
 Geo. A. .). Col^an j 
 
 Custom House / 
 
 James M. Sampson 
 
 H. P. Bean 
 
 Chas. H. Benchley 
 
 Everett A. Stevens i 
 
 17 G reen Street ( 
 
 Justin Howard 
 
 Seth L. French. . 1 
 
 < ampbello J 
 
 Willard Clark 
 
 William B. Daly I 
 
 Police .station No. '_' ) 
 
 Chas. H. Rust 
 
 G. D. Streeter 
 
 E. H. Bunker 
 
 Edward P. Loring 
 
 Henry M. Howard 1 
 
 Griswoldville ) 
 
 Charles Rothenbeig I 
 
 46 Lagrangest., Boston ( 
 
 Henry J Bailes' 1 
 
 ' Box 243 ) 
 
 Andrew P. Fisher 
 
 Perly Goildard. 
 
 Edward Parker 
 
 John E. Killiaii I 
 
 1 Fenwick St., Roxbury ( 
 
 O. B. (h.iiree 
 
 Geo B. Johnson 
 
 M. H Stevens 
 
 Henry C. Hobbs I 
 
 15i Prospect Street ) 
 
 Geo. O. VinaJ 
 
 Egypt i 
 
 W.J. Blake ( 
 
 19 Dedham Street \ 
 
 W. C. C.Colgate 
 
 Albion M. DiuUey 
 
 Jeremiah Norri.s". I 
 
 Bloominudale Street \ 
 
 Major Bacon 
 
 Charles P. Barton 
 
 E. Legg 
 
 Charles U. Bell 
 
 George H. Xorcross 
 
 L. B. Wakeley 
 
 Chas. A. R. Dimon ) 
 
 U.S. Cartridge Co. ( 
 
 W. A. Alley 
 
 Peter Tebo 
 
 Sidney Gardner 
 
 .John .M . Deane 
 
 Edward B. Savage 
 
 (has. E. Craig. 
 
 Leioy G. Wesion 
 
 Thos. A. Jackman 
 
 John S. Cooke 
 
 Geo. .\ . Lackey 
 
 Willard I). Blanchard... 
 
 Geo. H. Andrews 
 
 George Allen 
 
 Wm. H. H. Howe 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Isl and 3d Tues. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 Alter. Fridays 
 Wednesday" 
 Monday 
 
 1st and 3d Sat. 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 2d and last Mon. 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 1st and .3d Fri. 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 Island 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Thursday 
 Tuesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Tuesd.ay 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Thiirstlay 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Thurs. 
 
 Kriilay 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Satiirdav 
 
 2d and 4th Thurs. 
 
 Ist Tuesdav 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
598 
 
 HISTORY DEPT. OF MASS., G.A.R. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 P. Stearns Davis . 
 Reynolds 
 
 Major J. A. Pratt. 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Nathaniel Lyon . . 
 Charles W ard 
 
 (ien. Wads worth . 
 
 E. D. Baker 
 
 Clara Barton 
 
 S. C. Lawrence 
 
 Allenj 
 
 Benj. Stone, Jr 
 
 J. P. Rice 
 
 George A . Custer 
 
 Kilpatrick 
 
 A. St. John Chambre. 
 
 No. 
 
 McPherson 
 
 Hartsuff 
 
 J. P. Gould 
 
 Collingwood 
 
 Theron E. Hall... 
 David A. Russell. 
 
 Chas D. Sanford. . 
 Arthur G. Biscoe. . 
 
 Isaac B. Patten 
 
 John Goodwin, .Tr. 
 
 J. E. Wilder 
 
 M. E. Stowell 
 
 J. W. Lawton 
 
 W. L. Baker 86 
 
 Gen. S. Thayer »7 
 
 Paul Revere 88 
 
 J. H. Chipman, Jr.... 89 
 
 \V\«ird . 
 
 E. P. Carpenter 
 
 Francis Washburn.. 
 
 Ozro Miller 
 
 Revere 
 
 Gen.E.W. Hink^ 
 
 Joe Johnson 
 
 E.J.Griggs 
 
 Henrv Brvant 
 
 Gen. W. F. Bartleit. .. 
 William B.Greene ... 
 
 Charles Sumner 
 
 Huntington F.Wolcott 
 
 Otis Chapman 
 
 E. Humphrey 
 
 J. Orson Fiske 
 
 O. W. Wallace 
 
 L. L. Merrick 
 
 Everett Peabody . . . 
 
 Ericsson 
 
 Capt. Horace Niles. 
 
 J. E Simmons 
 
 D. Willard Robinson. 
 
 East Cambridge 
 
 Weymouth 
 
 Sterling 
 
 Franklin 
 
 Webster 
 
 Newton 
 
 Natick 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Warren 
 
 Medford 
 
 Manchester 
 
 Dorchester 
 
 Westminster . . . 
 
 Millbury 
 
 Holyoke... 
 
 Stoughton 
 
 Abiugton 
 
 Rockland 
 
 Stoneham 
 
 Plymouth 
 
 Holden 
 
 South Abington 
 
 North Adams ... 
 
 Westboro 
 
 Watertown 
 
 Marblehead 
 
 Hanover 
 
 South Deerfleld 
 
 Ware 
 
 Northampton . . 
 South Braintree 
 
 Quincy 
 
 Beverly 
 
 Danvers 
 
 Foxboro 
 
 Brighton 
 
 Shelburne Fa Is 
 
 Canton 
 
 Saueus 
 
 Northboro 
 
 Belchertown . . . 
 
 Cohasset 
 
 Andover 
 
 Methuen 
 
 Groveland 
 
 Milton 
 
 Chicopee 
 
 Hingham 
 
 Upton 
 
 Rockport 
 
 Palmer 
 
 Georgetown. . . . 
 East Templeton 
 Randolph 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 South Scituate. 
 
 No. OF 
 
 Meme'es 
 
 Commander. 
 
 115 
 
 108 
 48 
 
 256 
 26 
 49 
 
 139 
 66 
 81 
 
 lilt 
 07 
 146 
 
 111 
 97 
 63 
 
 176 
 29 
 
 40 
 217 
 69 
 91 
 180 
 
 168 
 32 
 
 72 
 68 
 
 68 
 60 
 
 40 
 56 
 48 
 83 
 46 
 67 
 
 48 
 
 William Voit I 
 
 109 Gore Street ( 
 
 Benj. S. Lovell 
 
 East Weymouth \ 
 
 Wm. S. Walker 
 
 David W. Corson 
 
 John M. Clark 
 
 A. T. Sylvester I 
 
 Newtonville ) 
 
 A. B. Pierce 
 
 Wm. A. Johnson 
 
 John Thaver ) 
 
 Box 330 ) 
 
 Robt. M. Spinney 
 
 H. T. Bingham 
 
 B. Read Wales 
 
 J. H. Miller 
 
 S. C. Spooner 
 
 Peter .). Gilligan 
 
 Thomas Blanchard 
 
 A. W. Hines ) 
 
 North Abington j 
 
 E. T. Harvell 
 
 S. A. Lawrence 
 
 A. Oliver Brown 
 
 A. D. Bascom 
 
 Kufus Cass ) 
 
 So. Abington Station ( 
 
 Lewis F. Amadou 
 
 David C base 
 
 S. F. Stearns 
 
 Joseph R. G' aves 
 
 R. C. Waterman 
 
 James M. Scott ) 
 
 Sunderland ( 
 
 Frank P. Clark 
 
 Malcolm Bridgnian 
 
 Henry A. Monk 
 
 Isaac M. Holt 
 
 Geo. A. Woodbury, 2d. ( 
 
 Box 735 i 
 
 Harvey H. Pillsbury 
 
 H. C. Williams 
 
 Henry P. Kennedy 
 
 James F. Hunter." ( 
 
 Box 154 i 
 John T. Pitman 
 
 Box 276 \ 
 James F. Pratt 
 
 F. M. Harrington 
 
 A. W. Morse 
 
 E. E. Wentworth 
 
 Geo. W. Chandler 
 
 John Cairns 
 
 Isaac C Day I 
 
 South Groveland | 
 
 Jedediah Stangmau 
 
 Charles H. Tracy 
 
 John H. Stodder j 
 
 South Hingham ) 
 
 George E. Childs 
 
 Walter G. I'eckham 
 
 Charles Upham 
 
 John Munroe 
 
 Chas. B. Garfield 
 
 Hiram C. Alden 
 
 Sylvanus Shedd ) 
 
 North Marshfield ( 
 
 John H. Proutv ( 
 
 Ridge Hill \ 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Tues. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 2d and 4tli Fri. 
 
 1st andSdThurs. 
 
 Tuesday 
 Istand 3dThurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2d and 4tli Tues. 
 
 Fridav 
 
 1st anVl 3d Tues. 
 
 Alternate Sat. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 1st and'Sd Tues. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 Monday 
 Monday 
 Wednesday 
 1st Saturday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 Monday 
 
 Last Tuesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 Friday 
 Thursday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d and "4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2daud4thThurs. 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 1st and 3(1 IMon. 
 1st Monday 
 2d and 4th" Tues. 
 1st Friday 
 Friday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 Thursday 
 
 1st Thursday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 3d Wednesday 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 If Sat. after 
 i full moon 
 
 2d and last Mon. 
 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL ENCAMl'MENT. 
 
 oOO 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 No. 
 
 E. W. Kinsley.... 
 
 Col. C. R. aiudge. 
 E. S. Clark 
 
 D. G Farragiit 
 
 Moses Ellis 
 
 James L. Bates 
 
 George G. Meade. . . 
 James A. Garfield. 
 
 Timothy Ingiaham 
 E. P. VVallace 
 
 Parker. 
 
 Justin Dimick 
 
 W. W. Rockwell. 
 
 George E. Saylcs 
 
 T. L. Bonney 
 
 Gen. James Appleton. 
 
 Wm. H. Freeman 
 
 James H. .Sargent 
 
 George 11. Thomas. . . 
 
 Charles Chipman 
 
 Geo. H. Maintien. .. 
 Robert A. Bell 
 
 E. A. Andrews... 
 Geo. C. Marshall. 
 Samuel Sibley — 
 
 Isaac Davis 
 
 W. C. Kinsley — 
 
 Hubbard V. Smith... 
 Frank D. Hammond. 
 
 Burnside 
 
 C. L. Chandler 
 
 Chas. W. Carroll. 
 Wm. A. Streeter. 
 Robert G. Shaw.. 
 
 E. M. Stanton 
 
 A. D. Weld 
 
 Major G. L. Stearns. 
 
 Armstrong 
 
 Major Boyd 
 
 O. il P. Sargent. . 
 Gilman C. Parker. 
 Martha Sever 
 
 Marcus Keep 
 
 James A. I'erkins . . 
 Elbridge B. Piper... 
 Capt. E. T. Dresser. 
 John A. Hawes 
 
 Alauson Hamilton.. 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Manton E. Taft 
 
 Gen. J. G. Foster 
 
 Francis A. Clary 
 
 Wm. Wadsworth.. . . 
 Geo. C. Strong 
 
 Town. 
 
 Boston 
 
 114 Merriniac 
 
 115 Groton... 
 
 116 
 117 
 118 
 119 
 120 
 
 121 
 122 
 
 1-23 
 
 124 
 
 12; 
 
 12G 
 
 12 
 
 1-28 
 
 129 
 130 
 131 
 132 
 133 
 134 
 
 135 
 136 
 137 
 138 
 139 
 
 140 
 Ul 
 
 142 
 143 
 144 
 145 
 146 
 
 Gardner 
 
 Medlield 
 
 Swamjjscott . 
 Lexington.. . 
 Lowell 
 
 Hyde Park. 
 Amesbury. . 
 
 No. OP 
 Memb'es 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Athol Centre 
 
 East Bridgewater 
 Pittsfield 
 
 A dams 
 
 Hanson 
 
 I pswich 
 
 Blackstone. 
 Medway. . . 
 Leicester. . . 
 Sandwich. . 
 Phiinville.. . 
 Boston 
 
 Shrewsbury ... 
 
 Rutland 
 
 East Douglass. 
 West Acton . . . . 
 Somerville 
 
 Athol. 
 
 S. Chatham. 
 
 Saxonville — 
 
 Brookline 
 
 Dedham 
 
 Attleboro — 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Amherst 
 
 Winchester . . 
 Charlestowu . 
 
 Montague 
 
 West Newbury . . 
 
 Essex 
 
 Winchendon 
 
 Kingston 
 
 Monson 
 
 1.56 Everett 
 
 1.57 Walpolc 
 
 158 llmi.-ia tonic. 
 
 1.5'.t East I'.oston. 
 
 West Brookfield.. 
 
 Woburn 
 
 Turners Falls 
 
 So. Framingham. 
 
 Conway 
 
 Duxbury 
 
 Easthampton 
 
 108 
 
 .56 
 30 
 
 96 
 34 
 34 
 38 
 263 
 
 141 
 
 74 
 
 71 
 32 
 106 
 
 29 
 41 
 50 
 
 41 
 32 
 73 
 117 
 
 84 
 50 
 
 30 
 45 
 90 
 107 
 19 
 
 112 
 
 64 
 40 
 44 
 138 
 
 33 
 63 
 61 
 54 
 23 
 48 
 TO 
 
 Austin C. Wellington.. ) 
 1762 Washington Street i 
 
 M. P. Brew 
 
 Geo. H. Balcora ) 
 
 East Pepperell ) 
 
 JohnD. Edgell 
 
 N. Frank Harding 
 
 John I. Adams 
 
 Geo. 1). Harriufrton 
 
 Robert M.Jacobs ) 
 
 107 Saleni Street i 
 
 Stephen H. Reynolds 
 
 Charles Goss 1 
 
 Box 2 ( 
 
 Chas. E. Taft. 1 
 
 Box 144 ( 
 
 Peregrine W. Poole — I 
 
 Klmwood, Mass. i 
 
 Robert B. Dickie j 
 
 Lanesboro ( 
 
 E. N.Jones 
 
 Joslah G. <'ook 
 
 Henry P.iBoviiton ) 
 
 Box 17 i 
 
 A mericus Welch 
 
 Wm. .J . A rbuckle 
 
 Henrvl5isco 
 
 Wm.C Gifford 
 
 Wm. H. Wade 
 
 Isaac S. Mullen I 
 
 Custom Hou.se \ 
 
 Jos.R. Luring 
 
 Chas. R Bartlett . 
 
 Henry Hutchius 
 
 Samuel A. Guilford 
 
 Walter Win ward i 
 
 Beach Street i 
 
 L.C. Sawin 
 
 Charles H. Packard — ( 
 Harwich \ 
 
 Henry F. Winch 
 
 E. B. Richardson 
 
 Henry W. Weeks 
 
 E. D."Guild 
 
 (ieo. T. Fisher . . ( 
 
 233 Middle Street ( 
 
 II. M.McCloud 
 
 Edwin Robinson 
 
 J.W.Leavett | 
 
 372 Bunker Hill Street i 
 
 G. N. Watson 
 
 North Leverett \ 
 
 Elbridge G. Wood 
 
 James B. Kimble 
 
 Andrew Uiley 
 
 Geo. E. Owens 
 
 Wm. G. Meacham 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 2d and 4th Wed. 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 
 1st Saturday 
 
 1st and 3d Wed. 
 
 2d Tuesday 
 
 Monday 
 
 3d Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 1st Monday 
 Monday 
 
 2dand4thThurs. 
 l8tand3dThurs. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Saturday 
 
 2d Saturday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st Friday 
 Thursday 
 2(1 Tuesday 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 Monday 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Chas. H. Spencer 
 
 Samuel L. Gilman 
 
 Wm. McDonald 
 
 Wm. F. Hayes } 
 
 14 Monmouth S 
 
 J, G. Warren 
 
 J. Fred Leslie 
 
 Ralph L. Atherton 
 
 E. F. Phinney 
 
 Alex. Sinclair 
 
 J. W. Tower 
 
 O. T. White 
 
 2d and last Tues. 
 1st Monilay 
 Thursday ' 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Monday 
 
 2d anil 4th Tues. 
 
 1st and 3(1 Fri. 
 
 1st and 3d Thur. 
 3d Monday 
 3d Friday 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 3d Thursday 
 
 1 Tues. on or 
 I bef. full moon 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2(1 and 4th Sat. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 •2d and 3d Fri. 
 
 2d and 4th Sat. 
 I Mon. on or 
 I bef. full moon 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Mon. 
 
 Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 3d Wednesday 
 
 Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
600 
 
 IIISTORr DETT. OF MASS., G.A.U. 
 
 POSTS. 
 
 Name of Post. 
 
 Jesse L. Reno 
 
 Malcolm Ammidown, 
 
 Geo. K. Bird 
 
 John Rogers 
 
 Albert S Johnson. . . 
 
 E. K. Warren 
 
 J. Arthur Johnson . . . 
 
 Edwin E. D;iy 
 
 Washburn 
 
 Gen. Horace C Lee.. 
 
 Scott Bradley 
 
 Myron Nichols . . 
 
 Samuel F. Woods ... 
 
 Old Concord 
 
 Galen Orr ... 
 
 Cyrus M. Wheaton . . 
 
 Chas. C. Smith 
 
 Sergeant Phinkei 
 
 Ladd and Whitney. . . 
 
 John A. Logan 
 
 Town. 
 
 Whltinsville 
 
 Southbridge 
 
 Norwood 
 
 Mansfield 
 
 Northfleld 
 
 Bolton 
 
 Sturbridge 
 
 (ireenfteld 
 
 Lanea.ster 
 
 Huntington 
 
 Lee 
 
 Otis 
 
 Barre 
 
 Concord 
 
 Needham 
 
 Sonier>et 
 
 South Hadley... 
 Ashburiihain. . . . 
 Lowell 
 
 Cambridgeport. . 
 
 No. OF 
 Memb'rs 
 
 19 
 41 
 
 95 
 20 
 
 05 
 
 33 
 
 •22 
 
 4(i 
 58 
 37 
 25 
 33 
 38 
 235 
 
 Commander. 
 
 Phineas Buckley , 
 
 Box 266 ' 
 
 Geo. W. C.rey 
 
 William Taylor 
 
 Geo. P. Chapin 
 
 J. M. Morrill.... , 
 
 West Northfield i 
 
 Ambrose Eame-i 
 
 W. H. H. Armsbv ... . 1 
 Fiskdale j 
 
 George Pierce 
 
 John K. Farnswoiih — 
 
 Edward Pease 
 
 Henry N Hortou 
 
 Warren <). Hawley. 
 
 B. F. Brooks 
 
 Caleb H. Wheeler 
 
 (ieorge .\dains 
 
 A masa G ray. 
 
 Chas. Church 
 
 J. W. Brid.- 
 
 Clias. H. Richardson... ) 
 Box 71 ( 
 
 John D. Billings / 
 
 17 Perry Street \ 
 
 Night of 
 Meeting. 
 
 2d Friday 
 
 2d and 4th Fri. 
 
 2d Friday 
 
 1st and 3d Thur. 
 
 2d and 4th Tues. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 Wednesday 
 
 1st and 3d Fri. 
 1st and 3d .Sat. 
 
 \ Mon. bef. 
 
 ) full moon 
 2d and 4th Thur. 
 
 ( Sat. on or 
 
 ) bef. full moon 
 1st Saturday 
 2d Thursday 
 Alternate Thurs. 
 1st and 3d W^ed. 
 1st and 3d Mon. 
 !ftand3d Tliurs. 
 
 Thursday 
 
 2d and 4th Tnur. 
 
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