.'f ^/^ ^ <;, < ( / i ilS '^4^/1^, .vV " '^ V^^IVi'^ tl^ : %\^n,- L iJ^^ mn aa&«;.A:'*ril^ f- OSX, f/ UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. J(3IIN C. BLACK Com M A N 1) ER-I N-Cll I R V 1 903 UNOFFICIAL ROCEEDINGS P q^HIRTY-EIGHTH IN CONNECTION WITH THE -N ATIONAL ENCAMPMENT GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC p^ ELD IN BOSTON ^ EEK AUGUST 15-20 •.•.1904-.-.-. Issued under the direction of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE "In their hospitality broad and generous, and in their applause the most enthusiastic gathering the Grand Army ever marched before."— Commander ^n-Chief John C . Black BOSTON : Griffith-Stillings Press, 368 Congress Street 1907 ha ^41 ; •Ai 3^ 1 CJO'V Gift Publisher 7 K'oa LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Gen. John C. Black . : Department CoMHL\NDEk Lucius Field . E. W. Kinsley Post No. 113, G.A.R. . . . Pennsylvania Battle Flags Department Commander Field and Staff . A Typical Massachusetts Post Past Commander-in-Chief Tanner . . . . The Living Flag Executive Committee Capt. John Read Kearsarge Naval Veterans Kearsarge-Alabama Fight Ex-Prisoners of War Past Commander-in-Chief George S. Merrill . Past Commander-in-Chief John G. B. Adams . Past Commander-in-Chief Wilmon W. Blackmar Frontispiece . Facing Page 12 42 44 58 60 62 68 114 188 194 196 198 206 209 212 DEDICATION THE Souvenir of the Encampment held in Boston in 1890 was dedicated to Charles Devens, Past Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, who died Jan. 7, 1891. This eminent soldier and jurist was born in Charlestown, Mass., April 4, 1820. He served with distinction during the war of the Rebellion, rising in rank from Major of the Third Battalion of Rifles, M.V.M., in April, 1861, to Brevet Major-General in April, 1865. He was twice chosen Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, viz., in 1873 and in 1874. Since his administration the office of commander-in-chief has been filled by three other comrades of the Department of Massa- chusetts, all of whom have passed on to the eternal camping ground; and to them, George S. Merrill, John G. B. Adams and Wilmon W. Blackmar, this volume is dedicated. Under the appropriate caption will be found tributes to their memory, that to Comrade Merrill writ- ten by Comrade WiUiam M. Olin, who was his adjutant-general; that to Comrade Adams by Comrade Alfred S. Roe, at present Senior Vice-Commander of this Department; and that to Comrade Blackmar by his adjutant-general, Comrade John E. Gilman. iv Contents PAGE Woman's Relief Corps 167-173 Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic .... 173-175 Sons of Veterans 175-177 Daughters of Veterans 178-179 Army Nurses' Reception 180-181 Grandchildren of Veterans 181-182 Ladies' Aid Society 182-183 Parade of Naval Veterans and Other Organizations . 187-197 Ex-Prisoners of War 198-199 The Blue and the Gray 200-203 In Memoriam : George S. Merrill 207-208 John G. B. Adams 209-212 WiLMON W. Blackmar 213-216 FORMER NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS FORMER NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. 1871 THRICE before in the existence of the Grand Army of the RepubUc its sessions have been held in Massachusetts. The first for Boston, and the fifth in the career of the G.A.R., came in the month of May, 1871. The meetings, commencing May 10, were held in the rooms of John A. Andrew Post, then located on the corner of Essex and Chauncy streets. It was so near the beginning that, as compared with later events, it might be called the day of small things. In all there were sixty-eight delegates present, representing seventeen Departments. Of this number, Massachusetts led with fourteen men. The meeting marked the end of John A. Logan's administration; and however much the same did for the organization, the latter was still in such an inchoate state that the Adjutant General frankly stated that he could not even approximate as to the membership. After hstening to the address of the Commander, the Encampment lunched in a room belonging to the Post, on an upper floor of the same building. The banquet in Faneuil Hall, in the evening, was something to remember, and today it seems hke ancient history, so long have all the speakers been in their graves. The hall was elaborately decorated with flags and in the gallery was posted Gilmore's famous band, which discoursed the best of music during the feast. All remaining gallery space was taken by ladies and other friends of the soldiers who were on the main floor. \Vhile the meal was in progress. General Joseph Hooker entered the hall, and his coming was a signal for most enthusi- astic cheering. As presiding officer for the evening. General Wm. Cogswell of Salem was introduced, who, in turn, presented as Toast- master, General W. W. Blackmar of Boston. The latter, in most felicitous manner, gave his themes, and General Cogswell as happily named the speakers, who included in their number Generals Burn- side, Logan, Hooker, Pleasanton, Kilpatrick, Devens, Fairchild, and Mr. Edward W. Kinsley of Boston, who spoke for the "Citizen Friends." The second day's session was devoted to the election of officers, and the command was given to General A. E. Burnside, who went 8 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH thence immediately to the reunion of his own Ninth Corps and the survivors of his celebrated expedition then in session in Tremont Temple. In the evening followed a great reception and banquet given by the Loyal Legion, at the Parker House, attended by more notables of the Northern army than Boston ever saw at one time before or afterwards. While the Encampment adjourned on the 11th, there was still to be had the reunion of the Army of the Potomac, its third, the same being held in the Globe Theatre, having as its particular star General George G. Meade, its most distinguished and successful Commander. It was on this occasion that James T. Fields read for the poet, Bret Harte, the latter's immortal poem, "The Old Major Explains." During these three days Boston saw much of the veterans and they in turn saw a deal of the city, including Bunker Hill and the forts in the harbor. After thirty-five years not a man, soldier or citizen, mentioned in those days survives except in history and memory. 1878 In the above-named year the Twelfth Annual Encampment convened in Springfield. Though in the interval from 1871 the Order had grown, it still was within the power of a city no larger than that located on the Connecticut River to entertain the delegates and accompanying visitors. What Springfield lacked in size she made up in energy and application. June 4 was the date of beginning, but owing to the lateness of trains bearing Post 2 of Philadelphia, it was nearly 12 noon before the parade started for the Armory of the Peabody Guards, which company, with the City Guards, formed the escort. Captain S. C. War- riner, lately of the 36th Mass. Vols, in the Rebellion, was the Chief Marshal and associated with him were other members of Wilcox Post, who made efficient Aides. The Springfield Republican, describing the parade, said that there were 700 men therein, including militia, bands and Posts of the Grand Army. The procession was graced by the presence of Governors Hartranft of Pennsylvania, Van Zant of Rhode Island, and Ex-Governor Marshall Jewell of Connecticut. There were 100 men of Wilcox Post in line; Post 2 of Philadelphia, bearing fifteen tattered battle-flags, marched with 200 veterans, and they were followed by Drake Post, South Manchester, Conn., Marion Post of Meriden, Nathaniel Lyon Post of Hartford, and Stanley Post of New Bedford. There were citizens on horseback and carriages conveying distinguished guests. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 9 The parade was reviewed by the Commander-in-Chief, General John C. Robinson of Binghamton, N. Y., who, a West Point graduate, had lost a leg at Gettysburg, and so witnessed the passing, standing upon his remaining leg and a crutch. The decorations reflected great credit ujDon the patriotism and taste of the people, for not only were the public edifices aflame with color, but private dwellings as well, not alone on Main Street but throughout the entire city. At the Armory, where the Encampment met, an address of welcome was given by Emerson Wight, mayor of the city. The organization, whose numbers could not be given in 1871 are now stated as 8,940, still far from the greatness to be attained in later years, but showing an upward trend, a fact -which gives the comrades encouragement. During the preceding year General Wm. Cogswell of Salem, Mass., had been the Judge Advocate General, and the Rev. Jos. F. Lovering, also of Massachusetts, the Chaplain-in-Chief. It was at this Encamp- ment that the badge, now so well known as the Little Bronze Button, became an entitj^ through the report of the Adjutant General, Joseph A. Farley, who stated some of the difficulties which hedged the effort to secure the cannon for badge-making purposes. The delegates numbered eighty-five. Corporal Tanner and John Palmer, both of New York and both to become Commanders-in-Chief in future days, were appointed to see about the alleged discrimination against the veterans in U.S. Government buildings in Albany. In the evening of this day. Post 2 of Philadelphia exemplified in the Armory, before the local and visiting Posts, the secret work of the Order, much to the profit and pleasure of all beholders. Later the National Encampment and other visitors were received and enter- tained at the Springfield Club. Music was furnished by Brown's Brigade Band of Boston and the Orchestral Club of Springfield. While the house and grounds of the club were crowded, it was estimated that fully 4,000 people thronged the neighboring streets. The next day, or the 5th, followed the election of officers, and General Robinson became his own successor and the Massachusetts Chaplain-in-Chief Lovering also was elected for a third term. In the afternoon of this day the officers of the Encamj^ment and those of the Army of the Potomac were received and entertained by Mr. and Mrs. James M. Thompson of Highland Place, in a most tasteful and hospitable manner. - ; Following the precedent of 1871, Burnside's men had their re- unions, though their gallant chief was detained in Washington by public business. Their meeting was in Hampden Hall and the ban- quet in the Massasoit House. Again the Army of the Potomac came 10 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH together through its representatives, with Henry Ward Beecher as orator and R. H. Stoddard as poet. While the most noted of the leaders of the Potomac Army were not present, still the day and place were not wanting in distinguished men. When Daniel E. Sickles, as he said, "rose to his feet," some soldier in the audience corrected him, saying, "You mean your foot," for he too had lost a leg at Gettys- burg. The absence of President Hayes did not pass urmoticed nor unchallenged. Governor Alexander H. Rice of Massachusetts gave one of his eloquent addresses, and all the visiting governors spoke in similar vein. General Henry S. Slocum, who had commanded a wing of Sherman's army, was one of the noteworthy figures of the occasion. 1890 Twelve years later the Grand Army came again, this time to the Hub. The days of small things were far away and, instead of meeting in a Post room,Music Hall,one of the largest audience rooms in America, was none too large for its deliberations, and in place of a few veterans, skirmishing around Bunker Hill and the forts, 40,000 old soldiers paraded through the streets of Boston, amid the acclaim of five times that number of beholders. From the uncertain numbers of 1871, and the 9,000 of 1878, the G.A.R. had grown to almost half a milhon. So far from two days sufficing for the business of the Encampment, it took all the work-days from Sunday to Sunday, August 11 to the 16th, every day packed full of interest to visitor and visited. Whether Boston were the "Hub," the "Athens of America" or simply the capital of the old Bay State, for the nonce she was the most-.-;ought- after municipality from ocean to ocean, and never had so many vet- erans gathered with so many friends, new and old, as responded to the call for the year 1890. Many of the distinguished soldiers of the Rebellion were still this side the crossing, and the rank and file of the veterans were in their prime. No wonder that every train approaching the city came loaded with humanity, eager to see where the nation started. If the visitor were born in Massachusetts, he was just coming home again to note the changes of the intervening years; if born elsewhere, to see where the Pilgrims landed, where the "witches" suffered, to trace the footsteps of Britons as they went to and from Concord and Lexington, by angry farmers followed, to stand where Stark and Putnam raged, protested and retreated fighting, and where Warren fell. What a week of sight-seeing it was to the hosts who had gathered from the prairies, the mountains and from the Pacific shore, to indulge NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 11 in reminiscence, history and all that have contributed to the fame of Massachusetts! The story of the preparations and the event itself fill a large volume of three hundred pages, just to tell what was done unofficially. Six days of reception and entertainment as only Boston can receive and entertain; for where, in other parts of the land, are all the essentials of social ability found so perfectly blended? Then among those active in the receiving force were Devens, Merrill, Adams and Blackmar, all full of vigor and earnest in efforts to please. To meet the necessary outlay of caring for the visiting thousands, and to properly entertain them, while guests of the Commonwealth and Gty, the state and Boston contributed respectively $50,000 and $25,000, and private citizens responded to a call with contributions of more than $50,000 besides. Though the private gifts were not entirely used, the generosity of the business men of Boston was none the less conspicuous and creditable. The liberal yet judicious manner in which expenditures were made spoke volumes for the honesty and intelligence, as well as judgment, of those who had the manage- ment of the Encampment in hand. It was truly a magnificent cause which could call to its celebration Sherman, the last of the Paladins; Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, and Levi P. Morton, Vice-President ; four Cabinet Secretaries; McIQnley of Ohio, a future President; five state governors and other famous men and women by the score. General Russell A. Alger, a subsequent Secretary of War and United States Senator ffom Michigan, led the hosts that paraded through the beautiful streets and avenues of Boston, past her historic State House, fragrant with memories of Sam and John Adams and a long line of worthies all the way down through the century to Banks and Andrew, whose foresight and determination had placed the Commonwealth in the very fore- front of national defenders. Such was the Encampment of 1890. For many a long year its glories were sung, not alone by those who directed its entertainment, but by the thousands who carried to their far-away homes an effectual refutation of the oft-repeated statement that New England is cold, hard to please, self-centred and unresponsive. For more than a decade all that a G.A.R. man, traveUng anywhere throughout this great nation, on meeting a fellow veteran had to say, to secure for himself the best that the house or place afforded was, "I am from Massachusetts." The reply came quick and vigorous: "You are! Well, come right in, you fellows did the best thing for us in 1890 that I ever saw, and I've been waiting for this chance to even up. Come right in, the place is yours." LUCIUS FIELD COMMAXOKR DhI'ARTMKNT OF MASSACHUSETTS i;h)4 THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF 1904 INVITATION AND PREPARATION. THE veterans of the Bay State are not without memories and their share of a pardonable vanity, and it goes without saying that the success of 1890 left a most delightful im- pression upon the minds of those who had any part in its triumphs. Many a time in camp-fire and Post meeting was heard the remark, "Isn't it about time to invite the National Encampment to Boston again?" Of course, "Boston" was the word, for, say what we may, when a thousand miles from home the name of the city on her trimounts has a larger place in the minds of listeners than the Commonwealth whose capital she is. It was not, however, till the Department Encampment of 1902 that any real action was taken looking to the entertainment of the veterans at the Hub. At the morning session of February 12, Comrade George H. Innis of Post 2 moved that the National Encamp- ment be invated to meet in Boston in 1904, and it was carried. In the first morning session, February 10, of the Department Encampment of 1903, Comrade Innis moved that the action of the preceding En- campment in regard to the invitation to the National Encamj^ment be indorsed, and it was carried unanimously. The same comrade further moved that a committee of ten be appointed to present the in\'itation of this Department Encampment to the next National Encampment to meet in Boston in 1904; said Committee having full power to add to its numbers and that this Committee be the Executive Committee to make all arrangements for the National Encampment in 1904, if it accepts our invitation. This motion also carried. Com- mander Judd subsequently announced the following as the Executive Committee on National Encampment for 1904: George H. Innis of Post 2, Silas A. Barton of Post 29, Dwight O. Judd of Post 71, Lucius Field of Post 64, Elisha T. Harvell of Post 74, James Bruerton of Post 113, Wilfred A. Wetherbee of Post 62, WiUiam M. Olin of Post 26, Charles H. Baker of Post 5, and Edward H. Haskell of Post 62. At San Francisco, near the close of the afternoon's session of the first day, August 20, of the National Encampment, in the hurry preceding an enforced adjournment. Commander Dwight O. Judd 16 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH of the Massachusetts Department said, when recognized by Com- mander-in-Chief Stewart : Come to Boston and we will do our best for you. We had it four- teen years ago; we returned to the subscribers to the fund over twenty thousand dollars. We can do it in good shape. The invitation which is sent by our Department is reinforced by letters from His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth, from His Honor the Mayor of Boston, and from the chief railroad officials of the state, and there are others if necessary. I wdll simply say in behalf of Massachusetts, come to Boston and we will give you the time of your Ufe. Denver of Colorado had its merits as a convention city set forth in glowing terms, but it was evident that the veterans had their minds fixed on Boston, for before the result of a roll-call could be announced the Department of Colorado moved that Boston be the next Encamp- ment seat, and the motion was carried unanimously. In the Department Encampment of 1904, the one immediately preceding the National gathering, there was no official action regarding the same, except the adoption of a resolution, offered by Comrade George F. Hall of Post 1 13, committing the Department to the candidacy of Past Department Commander, General W. W. Blackmar, for the position of Commander-in-Chief. The proi^osition was received and carried with the utmost enthusiasm. While the individual Posts of the Department were acting as seemed to them most desirable with reference , to the approaching Encampment, no official action was had at Department Headquarters save through General Orders Nos. 4 and 6. The former, bearing date July 1, 1904, devoted the first four sections to the attendance and appearance of veterans, the naval parade, the many phases of transportation, and the procurement of music for the grand parade. The later and final order with reference to the Encampment was dated August 5, and has seventeen clauses, all devoted to the better carrying out of the details of the Encampment. It was Commander Lucius Field's happy privilege to make, in the closing item of his Order, the statement that the Department of Massachusetts had made a net gain of 94 members during the six months' term ending June 30, 1904. For months before the date assigned for the Encampment, indeed during the entire interval following the San Francisco gather- ing, not only the veterans, but a large contingent of America's other population were talking of the approaching assemblage. While the West, where so many of the meetings had been held, exhibited all of the nation's intensity of action and has no equal in progress the world over. New England is recognized as the country's scene par NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G.A.R. 17 excellence of historic interest. Possibly the expectant visitor was not born here, but the chances were that some one of his ancestors was, and the son was anxious to run down to the seaside and so get a gUmpse of the first laomestead this side of the Atlantic. There were many thousands who were laying up their dollars for the necessary outlay in August. To the veteran himself, only one locality could present equal attractions and that would be the Southern land over which were fought the battles which cleared the flag of its stain and rendered this land free in deed as it long had been in name. The Committee on Transportation was in constant correspond- ence with representatives in all parts of the country, and these par- ties, in turn, were answering all sorts of questions as to how they might reach the delectable land at the least expense and in the most convenient manner. Circulars by the million flooded the mails taking to all possible travelers the information sought, and the inducements which the excursion promised. Visitors and visited seemed to make the cause a common one, and if any seeker after knowledge concern- ing the proposed Encampment failed to find it he must have resided a long ways back, almost where Alexander Selkirk imagined himself, viz., "out of Humanity's reach." The press of the nation was by no means silent, and head-lines with all kinds of pleasant description set forth the advantages to accompany the midsummer trip to Boston and the sea. While the number of veterans in the Grand Army was far short of that when they resorted to the "Hub" in 1890, there were still so many that the din incident to their preparations made a great stir in the land. Had the Clipping Bureau been sufficiently patronized, volumes of items might have been compiled, selected from journals represent- ing America at large. From a very few chosen paragraphs the mass may be imagined. Says the Mirror and American of Manchester, N.H., July 14: " In order to accommodate the veterans who vsill be in Boston during the Grand Army Encampment week of August 15, Sergeant-at-Arms Remington has decided to open the State House during the evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that all who marched and fought under their old flags, which now grace Memorial Hall, may have opportunity to again look at the old banners." From a column article in the Bangor, Me., Commercial the follow- ing is taken: "As the Grand Army Encampment time approaches, the work of the Executive Committee continues to absorb more and more of the time 18 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH and attention of its members. This is true, also, of all the sub-committees. A great effort is being made to have the entertainment features, of them- selves, such as will attract a large nxmiber of visitors; and in this line a great deal of work is being done on the automobile parade. "This is not to be simply a long line of horseless carriages for the delegates to look at, but the latter are to be invited to step in and take a seat. They will then be taken on a ride over one of the most historical routes that could be found in this coimtry. It will follow out the famous ride of Paul Revere. From within sight of the tower of the Old North Church, — from which the famous rider received his signal, — and from within sight of the Bunker Hill Monument, the party wiU move out on the Bay Road now known as Massachusetts Avenue. "Over the Charles River into Cambridge the visitors will be taken past Harvard College and the old Washington elm, where Washington assumed command of the Army of the Revolution. Here, also, will be seen the old Longfellow home and the house where James Russell Lowell lived." The article continues descriptive of what is to be seen on the trip and closes with an allusion to the Living Flag. The Monitor, Concord, N.H., July 16, cUscourses thus: "Fourteen years ago historic old Boston welcomed the Grand Army of the Republic, and the reception which New England tendered the 'vets' has long been remembered. The gala appearance of the Puri- tanical old city, and the magnificent miUtary pageant which marched through the crooked streets, lined with cheering throngs, made the G.A.R. reunion of '94 a memorable event. "In fom-teen years many changes have taken place in the ranks of these sturdy soldiers; and while they may lack the quick step of their former Boston march, they are still ready for duty, and at the annual Encampment in Boston this year, August 15 to 20, it is anticipated that over one himdred thousand people will visit the city, and over forty thousand will be in parade. Visitors are expected from every quarter of the country, and the same care and watchfulness will follow the G.A.R. visitors which was exercised over the large gathering of teachers as- sembled here last summer. Boston is an ideal convention city. Hotel proprietors, citizens and boarding-house keepers all unite in doing their utmost for the ease and comfort of the visitors. As a city of interest, Boston is without an equal; the many famous landmarks, historical buildings and places in Boston and the suburbs make it doubly attractive as a convention city." The Fort Worth Register, Texas, thus refers to action of the R. E. Lee Camp United Confederates, July 17: NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 19 "An invitation from the Kinsley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, an organization composed of gentlemen prominent in social and business circles of Boston, to a reception in Faneuil Hall, August 15, was received by the camp. It is the intention of the Kinsley Post to have as many Confederate soldiers as possible attend the reception. " The invitation was received, filed and accepted and the commander was instructed to write a letter of acceptance." The Enquirer, Cincinnati, July 31, remarks: "The National Encampment of the G.A.R. wU be held in Boston the week commencing August 15, and in point of nimibers promises to be one of the largest gatherings of veterans since the close of the Civil War, while in magnitude of interest and entertainment it will equal, and perhaps eclipse, all previous meetings of this character. "The grand old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the 'Hub,' aware that this is, probably, the last time that the Bay State will have within her borders a full representation of this glorious organization, intends to make the occasion a memorable one. Princely contributions from individuals to the entertainment fund have been supplemented by liberal appropriations by the state and city. "Committees have been formed, and carefully prepared plans for- mulated, for the care, comfort and entertainment of the Civil War veter- ans, their families and friends. The skill, ingenuity and ability of those trained in the art of pleasing and entertaining will be fully tried and employed to edify and delight the great mvdtitude of guests. "Boston patriotism, backed by energy and the ambition to ecUpse all previous efforts, will extend the New England hospitality which is commensurate with the grandeur and dignity worthy of the memorable event." Supplementary to the work of Invitation Committees and Corre- spondence Clubs in the many Departments were the thousands of personal letters that comrades and their friends were writing to friends and acquaintances almost everywhere. While the dwellers in New England are well aware that their area is limited and that on the score of fertihty her soil is not the richest, yet she also knows that extent of territory does not necessarily arouse interest. Were it so how brief would be the story of ancient Greece or that of Great Britain, how extended the annals of Russia and China! The works of man, for more than a quarter of a millenial, have glossed the entire section to a degree possessed by no equal number of square miles in the West- ern World. It was, then, with the utmost confidence that Boston, the metropolis of New England, extended her invitation to all inter- ested to come down by Massachusetts Bay and stay a week. An 20 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH eager public heard the invitation and accepted it in a manner cordial and enthusiastic, and their visit is history. Headquarters for those ha\dng in hand the work of preparation came early after the decision in San Francisco to assemble next in Boston. Fortunately the recently erected Old South Building, on the corner of Washington and Milk streets, afforded just the accommo- dations necessary, and from Room 347 went forth the voluminous corre- spondence which set in motion agencies, throughout this great country, whose aim was the gathering in Boston in 1904 of the largest possible array of the veterans who in their prime had furnished material for whole libraries of history. It was a place of most intense actixaty of the leading figures in the corps of directors, and for months many a clerk and secretary were kept busy with letters to every state and territory in the Union, besides those to all parts of the habitable globe, for the Civil War veteran has become a great wanderer on the face of the earth. ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES. THE Committee appointed in 1903 to extend the invitation to the National Encampment of that year to hold its next meeting in Boston was composed of men accustomed to the handling of large interests, and several of them were experienced in the very matters so soon to be again prominent. Comrades Innis, Olin and Haskell were members of the Executive Committee of the Encampment in 1890, and Silas A. Barton was the Secretary of the General Committee at that time. Hence they were no novices to whom were intrusted the preparatory labors of the approaching assembly. When appointed, this Committee was given power to add to its numbers, and this it proceeded to do at an early date. From the nature of the case it was desirable that the members of the Committee should be residents of Boston or in the immediate neighborhood. For this reason a scanning of the names will reveal none farther off than Worcester, except that of Dwight O. Judd of Holyoke, who was the comrade inviting the Encampment to \'isit Boston, and was the De- partment Commander when the original Conunittee was appointed. Naturally he became the Chairman of the full Committee. The Vice- Chairman, Lucius Field of Clinton, was Department Commander when the Encampment came, and Elisha T. Harvell of Rockland was the Quartermaster of the Department. It appeared to be the aim of those selecting additional members to take those who had been Depart- ment Commanders as far as their proximity to Boston would warrant. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 21 Indeed, outside of former Commanders, only the following were chosen: viz., J. Payson Bradley of Boston and Junior Vice-Commander of the Department, Allison M. Stickney of Medford, Charles S. Clerke and Cranmore N . Wallace of Boston. The name of James Bruerton only . of the original Committee, is missed from the list as finally arranged. Comrade Bruerton, who was elected Secretary of the Executive Com- mittee and served till Nov. 21, 1903, on account of business demands resigned both as Secretary and member of the Committee, though strongly urged to remain. The following rules of organization were adopted by the Execu- tive Committee : I. The name of tlais body shall be the Executive Committee for the National Encampment, G. A. R., Boston, 1904. II. The membership of this Committee shall be twenty-one, but additional members may be elected from time to time if occasion shall require. III. The officers of this Committee shall be a Chairman, Vice- Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and such others as may be found neces- sary. IV. The Executive Committee shall have full and exclusive control of all moneys and other valuable considerations contributed for the purposes of the Encampment. V. The Executive Committee shall also have charge of all details for the proper reception and entertainment of the Thirty-eighth National Encampment and of all other societies meeting at the same time. VI. There shall be auxiliary committees as follows: Accommodations Finance Music Auditing Grand Stands Parade Badges Horses and Carriages Press Decorations Information Printing Entertainment Invitations Reception Faneuil Hall Entertain- Medical and PubUc Reunions ment Comfort Transportation VII. The chairman of each auxiliary committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Executive Committee from the membership of the Executive Committee, subject to the approval of the Committee. VIII. Members of auxiliary committees shall be appointed by the chairman thereof, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. IX. It shall be the duty of each sub-committee to organize by the selection of a Secretary, who shall keep the records of such sub-committee and make written reports direct to the Executive Committee, or through its Secretary. X. No member of the Executive Committee, or any auxiliary com- 22 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH mittee or member thereof, shall in any manner involve the Executive Committee in any expenditure, liability or obligation without the author- ity of the Executive Committee previously granted by vote at a regular meeting and duly recorded. In accordance with these rules committees were constituted as follows : Executive. DwiGHT O. JuDD, Holyoke, Chairman. Lucius Field, CUnton, Vice-Chairman. Silas A. Barton, Waltham, Secretary, Badges. Charles H. Baker, Lynn. WiLMON W. Blackmar, Boston. J. Payson Bradley, Boston. Charles S. Clerke, Boston. George W. Creasey, Chelsea. John E. Oilman, Boston. Eli W. Hall, Lynn, Mass. Elisha T. Harvell, Rockland. Edward H. Haskell, Newton. George H. Innis, Milton. Charles D. Nash, Chelsea. William M. Olin, Boston. Peter D. Smith, Andover. A. B. R. Sprague, Worcester. Allison M. Stickney, Medford. Joseph W. Thayer, Chelsea. Cranmore N. Wallace, Boston. Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Boston. General. Hon. John D. Long, President. Vice-Presidents: His Excellency John L. Bates, Governor. His Honor Curtis Guild, Jr., Lieutenant Governor. Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Mayor of Boston. Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. Hon. George F. Hoar. Hon. W. Murray Crane. Gen. William F. Draper. Hon. W. H. Moody. Rev. Edward Everett Hale. Col. William H. Dyer. Hon. J. Q. A. Brackett. Gen. Charles H. Taylor. Silas A. Barton, Secretary. Hon. John W. Weeks, Treasurer, NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 23 Rev. Edward Anderson, Quincy. Hon. William E. Barrett, Boston Advertiser. Charles B. Barnes, Boston. Charles H. Bond, 128 Commonwealth Avenue. Francis Bartlett, 40 State Street. Albert G. Boyden, Bridgewater, Mass. Dr. Francis H. Brown, The Buckminster. Col. Everett C. Benton, 20 Ealby Street, Boston. Gen. Robert A. Blood, State House, Boston. Col. A. George Bullock, Worcester, Mass. I. T. Burr, 60 State Street, Boston. Hon. Edw. B. Callender, State House, Boston. James D. Clark (Mihtary Committee), State House, Boston. Hon. Alvin B. Chamberlain, State House, Boston. George P. Gushing, 7 Rowe's Wharf, Boston. Col. Stephen M. Crosby, 60 State Street, Boston. Gen. Edgar R. Champlin, 5 Tremont Street, Room 46. Caleb Chase, 200 High Street, Boston. Hon. Henry E. Cobb, Newton, Mass. M. C. Clough, Lynn, Mass. Hon. Eben S. Draper, 90 Marlboro Street, Boston. William R. Driver, 119 Milk Street, Boston. Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, 25 Beacon Street, Boston. Hon. W. H. H. Emmons, 285 Meridian Street, East Boston. Stetson Foster, 39 Franklin Street, Boston. Eugene N. Foss, 8 Everett Street, Jamaica Plain. William E. Fuller, Jr., Fall River, Mass. Samuel P. Gates, Bridgewater, Mass. John W. Hersey, Springfield, Mass. George A. Hibbard, 76 Postoffice Building, Boston. Rev. E. A. Horton, 25 Beacon Street, Boston. Rev. Dr. Henson, Tremont Temple, Boston. Harry M. Holbrook, 27 State Street, Boston. John H. Holmes, Boston Herald. Sidney M. Hedges, 45 Milk Street, Boston. N. Wilbur Jordan, 53 State Street, Boston. Hon. Paul H. Kendricken, 80 Sudbury Street, Boston. Hon. Loren P. Keyes, State House, Boston. D. Webster King, 166 High Street, Boston. Henry M. Lockhn (Mihtary Committee), State House, Boston. John B. Lowney (Military Committee), State House, Boston. Thomas W. Lawson, State Street, Boston. Hon. George A. Marden, 60 Postoffice Building, Boston. Oliver W. Mink, 96 Ames Building, Boston. George W. Mitton, 450 Washington Street, Boston. 24 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Samuel R. Mandell, Boston Transcript. Frank E. Munsey, Boston Journal. Philip W. Moen, Worcester, Mass. Hon. William A. Nye, State House, Boston. R. W. Nason, 203 Barristers' Hall. Charles H. Newhall, Lynn, Mass. Hon. Henry M. Phillips, Springfield, Mass. Hon. Herbert Parker, State House, Boston. Hon. William B. Plunkett, Adams, Mass. Hon. David G. Pratt, State House, Boston. Winthrop E. Perry (Military Committee), State House, Boston. Elmer C. Potter (Mihtary Committee), State House, Boston. Samuel L. Porter (Military Committee), State House, Boston. Capt. David T. Remington, State House, Boston. William Howell Reed, Jr., 10 Broad Street, Room 424. Gen. Thomas Sherwin, 101 Milk Street, Boston. Edward J. Sennott (Military Committee), State House, Boston. George A. Schofield (Military Committee), State House, Boston. Albert Stone, 209 Barristers' Hall. A. Shuman, Boston, Mass. B. F. Spinney, Lynn, Mass. James P. Steams, President ShawTnut Bank, Boston. Hon. Stephen SaUsbury, Worcester, Mass. Thomas F. Temple, 2 Woods Street, Dorchester. Charies A. Vialle, 95 Milk Street, Boston. Rev. Thomas Van Ness, Brookline, Mass. Hon. William Whiting, Holyoke, Mass. Albert T. Whiring, 69 Worcester Street, Boston. Hon. John M. Woods, State House, Boston. Frank G. Webster, 167 Commonwealth Avenue. Robert P. Clapp, Lexington, Mass. Timothy Remick, 483 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. Finance. Edward H. Haskell, Chairman, 176 Federal Street, Boston. Albert Clarke, Secretary, 77 Summer Street, Boston. John W. Weeks, Treasurer, 53 State Street, Boston. Melvin O. Adams, Tremont Building, Boston. Charles B. Amory, 70 Kilby Street, Boston. Fred E. Atteaiix, 178 Purchase Street, Boston. Calvin Austin, 368 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. William A. Bancroft, 101 Milk Street, Boston. Herbert Barnes, Hotel Brunswick, Boston. Jacob P. Bates, 222 Summer Street, Boston. Thomas P. Beal, Second National Bank, Boston. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 25 Everett C. Benton, 20 Kilby Street, Boston. John T. Boyde, 12 Pearl Street, Boston. Robert M. Burnett, 9 Bosworth Street, Boston. Samuel B. Capen, 350 Washington Street, Boston. Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. J. Richard Carter, 246 Devonsliire Street, Boston. Caleb Chase, 200 High Street, Boston. H. E. Converse, 101 Milk Street, Boston. W. Murray Crane, Dalton, Mass. Frank A. Day, 55 Congress Street, Boston. Charles F. Dowse, 229 Franklin Street, Boston. Eben S. Draper, Hopedale, Mass. William F. Draper, Hopedale, Mass. George H. Ellis, 272 Congress Street, Boston. Arthur F. Estabrook, 348 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Arthur C. Farley, 141 Essex Street, Boston. A. M. Ferris, Newton, Mass. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Ivingston Street, Boston. William M. Flanders, 14 So. Market Street, Boston. Eugene N. Foss, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Charles T. Gallagher, 209 Wasliington Street, Boston. William A. Gaston, 70 State Street, Boston. Gorham D. Gilman, Franklin Street, Boston. Edw. Glines, Somer^^lle, Mass. C. H. Greenleaf, Hotel Vendome, Boston. E. A. Grozier, 265 Washington Street, Boston. J. M. W. Hall, Exchange Building, Boston. Edw. Hamlin, 30 Congress Street, Boston. Charles A. Haskell, 176 Federal Street, Boston. William E. Haskell, 255 Washington Street, Boston. John C. Haynes, care of Oliver Ditson Company, Boston. Sidney M. Hedges, 45 Milk Street, Boston. Joshua B. Holden, 92 State Street, Boston. John Hopewell, 129 Wasliington Street, Boston. H. O. Houghton, 4 Park Street, Boston. H. W. Huguley, 134 Canal Street, Boston. George Hutchinson, 113 Federal Street, Boston. Jerome Jones, 51 Federal Street, Boston. Eben D. Jordan, 450 Washington Street, Boston. B. F. Keith, Washington Street, Boston. Fred G. King, 205 Lincoln Street, Boston. S. C. Lawrence, 26 Lancaster Street, Boston. Thomas W. Lawson, State Street, Boston. George H. Leonard, 78 High Street, Boston. John Mason Little, 317 Dartmouth Street, Boston. Francis H. Manning, 138 Federal Street, Boston. Charles E. Mellen, President N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. 26 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Henry F. Miller, 88 Boylston Street, Boston. E. W. Mitchell, Medfield, Mass. Charles H. Moulton, 155 Lincoln Street, Boston. S. B. Newton, Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. Joseph H. O'Neil, 95 Milk Street, Boston. C. E. Osgood, 744 Washington Street, Boston. G. F. D. Paine, 48 Canal Street, Boston. Henry W. Peabody, Mason Building, Boston. Charles Pfaff, 17 Otis Street, Boston. James Phillips, Jr., Hotel Touraine, Boston. Benjamin Pliipps, Winthrop Square, Boston. E. L. Pickard, Newton, Mass. Wallace L. Pierce, Tremont Street, Boston. Col. Albert A. Pope, 221 Columbus Avenue, Boston. Elwyn G. Preston, Chamber of Commerce, Boston. Arnold A. Rand, 19 Milk Street, Boston. A. C. Ratchesky, United States Trust Company, Boston. Wilham B. Rice, 12 High Street, Boston. Spencer W. Richardson, 40 Water Street, Boston. E. L. Ripley, 72 Lincoln Street, Boston. William H. Sayward, 166 Devonshire Street, Boston. John Shepard, 30 Winter Street, Boston. W. P. Shreve, 147 Tremont Street, Boston. A. Shuman, Cor. Summer and Washington Streets, Boston. S. Henry Skilton, 31 India Street, Boston. George S. Smith, 100 Chauncy Street, Boston. James P. Stearns, 60 Congress Street, Boston. Frank W. Stearns, 140 Tremont Street, Boston. Ephraim Stearns, Summer Street, Boston. Thomas Talbot, 194 Wasliington Street, Boston. Charles H. Taylor, 244 Washington Street, Boston. W. L. Terhune, 11 Columbia Street, Boston. W. A. Tower, Lexington, Mass. Lucius Tuttle, President B. &. M. R.R., 3 North Station. Fred H. Viaux, 53 State Street, Boston. Arthur C. Walworth, Newton Centre, Mass. Samuel Ward, 50 Franklin Street, Boston. J. R. Whipple, Parker House, Boston. Sherman L. Whipple, Tremont Building, Boston. Wilham White, 885 Washington Street, Boston. H. M. Whitney, President Chamber of Commerce, Boston. John M. Woods, Somer\-ille, Mass. Frank L. Young, 111 Purchase Street, Boston. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 27 Accommodations. John E. Gilman, Chairman, 43 Hawkins Street, Boston. John E. Gilman, Jr., Secretary, 1114 Old South Building, Boston. SUB-COMMITTEES. On Encampment Hall: John E. Gilman, Clmirman, and Silas A. Barton, Boston. On Hotels: William M. Olin, Chairman, Edwin Seaver and William W Da\Ts, Boston. On Halls for Reunions: J. Payson Bradley, Chairman, and Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Boston, and Orra L. Stone, CUnton. On Camps and Free Quarters: J. Henry Brown, Chairman, Charles K. Darling, Charles E. Hapgood, !\Iichael P. Curran, Hugh Mon- tague and PerUe A. Dyar, Boston. On Boarding and Lodging Houses: E. B. StilUngs, Chairman, J. Henry Brown, Joseph H. Smith, Fred E. Bolton and James H. Wolff, Boston. On Supplies: Charles E. Osgood, Chairman, William White, John E. Gilman, Jr., Boston, and Orra L. Stone, Clinton. Auditing. Elisha T, Harvell, Chairman, State House, Boston. Edward P. Preble, Secretary, State House, Boston. Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. Badges. Silas A. Barton, Cfmirman, 347 Old South Building, Boston. Col. Charles K. DarUng, Secretary, 817 Old South Building, Boston. . Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. George H. Innis, 711 Norfolk Street, Mattapan. Col. William M. OHn, State House, Boston. Decorations. W. A. Wetherbee, Chairman, Boylston Building, Boston. W. W. Montgomery, Secretary, Newton, Mass. George E. Dean, Taunton, Mass. D. H. L. Gleason, Natick, Mass. H. S. Treadwell, Supt. S.B. P.O., South Boston. Eli W. HaU, Lynn, Mass. Entertainment. Charles H. Baker, Chairynan, 589 Essex Street, LjTin, Mass. Joseph B. Maccabe, Secretary, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. Leonard D. Ahl, 10 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. George E. Henry, 508 Colonial Building, Boston. 28 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Elliot C. Lee, Warren Street, Brookline, Mass. William M. Olin, State House, Boston. Joseph E. Shaw, State House, Boston. John S. Bartlett, 53 State St., Boston. Eugene B. Eraser, Lynn, Mass. Faneuil Hall Entertainment. Joseph W. Thayer, Cimirman, Chelsea, Mass. Thomas J. Tute, Secretary, 77 Church Street, Boston. Ered E. Bolton, 1 Beacon Street, Boston. J. Henry Brown (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. George A. J. Colgan, 65 Old Harbor Street, South Boston. Capt. Jacob Fottler, 57 Chestnut Street, Boston. J. Frank Giles, 55 Eranklin Street, Boston. George F. Hall (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. Fred Parker Ham, 152 Portland Street, Boston. William H. Robertson (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. Lieut. Edward SuUivan, 31 Milk Street, Boston. Henry Wade (A. & H. A. Co.), Armory. Col. C. N. Wallace, 133 Essex Street, Boston. Grand Stands. Peter D. Smith, Chairman, Andover, Mass. Fred E. Bolton, Secretary, 4 Montrose Street, Roxburj'. Joseph B. Maccabe, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. James Mulcahy, City Hall, Boston. Edward P. Preble, State House, Boston. Joseph W. Thayer, Chelsea, Mass. Hon. John M. Woods, State House, Boston, Mass. Francis A. Osborne, Hingham, Mass. John W. Kimball, Fitchburg, Mass. Horace B. Sargent, Santa Monica, Cal. Wm. H. Bartlett, Worcester, Mass. John D. Billings, Canton, Mass. Myron P. Walker, Belchertown, Mass. James K. Churchill, Worcester, Mass. Horses and Carriages. Allison M. Stickney, Chairman, Medford, Mass. Sumner H. Foster, Secretary, 1117 Old South Building, Boston. Henry Joune, 5 Knapp Street, Boston. Charles Kenney, 23 Charles Street, Boston. Ernest Mieusset, 840 Washington Street, Boston. Gen. J. H. Whitney, Medford, Mass. William L. F. Oilman, 1114 Old South Building, Boston. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 29 Information. George W. Creasey, Chairman, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. W. A. Stevens, Secretary, PostofEce, Foreign Department. Charles C. Adams, 112 Water Street, Boston. H. M. Holbrook, State Street, Boston. A. J. Hoitt, Pension Office, Postoffice Building, Boston. George E. Hunt, 58 Union Street, Boston. Joseph B. Maccabe, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. Dudley C. Purbeek, 134 Union Street, Boston. Orra L. Stone, Clinton, Mass. W. L. Gage, Box 56, Braintree, Mass. Invitations. Eli W. Hall, Clmirman, Lynn, Mass. Frank E. Orcutt, Secretary, 19 Milk Street, Room .35, Boston. Wilmon W. Blackmar, 95 Milk Street, Boston. Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. George L. Goodale, Astoria, Oregon. Elisha T. Harvell, State House, Boston. John W. Hersey, Springfield, Mass. Arthur A. Smith, Lyonsville, Mass. E. B. Stillings, 368 Congress Street, Boston. Edw. H. Haskell, 176 Federal Street, Boston. John M. Deane, Fall River, Mass. Medical and Public Comfort. Charles S. Clerke, Clmirman, 153 West Canton Street, Boston. Albert L. Wyinan, Secretary, 79 Berkeley Street, Boston. Hon. Albert H. Brackett, State House, Boston. Hon. Dudley S. Begley, State House, Boston. Dr. Howard S. Deering, 607 Tremont Street, Boston. Hon. Charles H. Innes, 23 Court Street, Boston. Dr. Walter R. Mansfield, 202 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Dr. Otis H. Marion, 22 Harvard Avenue, AUston Station, Boston. Dr. Horace E. Marion, 5 Sparhawk Street, Brighton. Dr. J. Q. A. McColHster, Waltham, Mass. Dr. Frank G. Watson, 219 Roxbury Street, Roxbury. Music. William M. Olin, Chairman, State House, Boston. George E. Henry, Secretary, 508 Colonial Building, Boston. John M. Flockton, 70 Broomfield Street, Dorchester. John E. Oilman, 43 Hawkins Street, Boston. George W. Mirick, Worcester, Mass. 30 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH John L. Parker, Lynn, Mass. W. A. Wetherbee, Boylston Building, Boston. Isaac F. Kingsbury, Newton, Mass. Charles D. Nash, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. James J. O'Brien, Ayer. Parade. Col. Cranmore N. Wallace, Chairman, 133 Essex Street, Boston. Lieut.-Col. Bowdoin S. Parker, Secretary, 31 Milk Street, Boston. Major-Gen. William A. Bancroft, 101 Milk Street, Boston. Lieut. F. C. Brownell (MiUtary Editor Herald), 255 Washington Street, Boston. Brig.-Gen. Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. Col. Edw. E. Currier, 170 Washington Street, Boston. Press. Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, Chairman, Worcester, Mass. Joseph B. Maccabe, Secretary, Office East Boston Argus, East Boston. Walter E. Adams, Herald Office, Boston. Silas A. Barton, 347 Old South Building, Boston. Paul F. Brown, President of the Press Club, Boston. Michael P. Curran, Mayor's Office, City Hall, Boston. J. Harry Hartley, Globe Office, Boston. William M. Ohn, State House, Boston. George Fred Richmond, Herald Office, Boston. A. B. Smalley, Transcript Office, Boston. Printing. Charles D. Nash, Chairman, Soldiers' Home, Chelsea. Silas A. Barton, 347 Old South Building, Boston. John E. Oilman, Jr., 1114 Old South Building, Boston. Reception. Gen. Wihnon W. Blackmar, Chairman, 95 Milk Street, Boston. Col. James A. Frye, Secretary, South Armory, Boston. His Excellency, John L. Bates, Governor, State House, Boston. Hon. Curtis Gviild, Jr., Lieutenant Governor, State House, Boston. Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Mayor of Boston, City Hall, Boston. Hon. George R. Jones, President of the Senate, State House, Boston. Hon. Louis A. Frothingham, Speaker of the House, State House, Boston. Hon. James M. Doyle, Chairman Board of Aldermen, City Hall, Boston. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 31 Hon. Arthur W. Dolan, President of the Common Council, City Hall, Boston. William E. Butler, 90 Tremont Street, Boston. Gen. Fred B. Carpenter, 92 Water Street, Boston. Col. Charles K. Dariing, 817 Old South Building. Lucius Field, Clinton, Mass. Edwin A. Grozier, 259 Washington Street. Fred G. King, 205 Lincoln Street. Charles E. Mellen, N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., South Station. Orra L. Stone, Bank Building, Clinton. Lucius Tuttle, President B. & M. R.R., 3 North Station. Edgar Van Etten, Vice-President N.Y. C. & H. R. R.R. William White, 885 Wasliington Street. Capt. A. J. Hoitt, Lynn, Mass. George A. Marden, Federal Bldg., Boston, Mass. Reunions. J. Payson Bradley, Chairman, 24 Purchase Street, Boston. J. E. Gilman, Jr., Secretary, 1114 Old South Building. Albert C. Andrews, 75 Main Street, Gloucester. J. Henry Brown, 3 Tremont Street, Charlestown. Col. Charles K. Darling, 817 Old South Building. Orra L. Stone, Bank Building, Chnton. Wilfred A. Wetherbee, Boylston Building, Boston. John Farley, South Boston. WilUam H. Lee, Room 42, 15 School Street. James H. Greene, 79 Rutland Square. George H. Innis, 1368 Blue HiU Avenue. Transportation. George H. Innis, Chairman, Blue Hill Parkway, Milton. George H. Watson, Secretary, 67 Federal Street, Boston. J. E. Brittain, 368 Washington Street, Boston. Elmer Chickering, 21 West Street, Boston. Col. Edward E. Currier, 170 Washington Street, Boston, George C. Daniels, 228 Washington Street, Boston. W. A. Dolan, C. & G. W. Ry., 294 Washington Street. Loms W. Ewald, Missouri Pacific Ry., 192 Wasliington Street. D. J. Flanders, 5 North Station, Boston. C. E. Foster, 279 Wasliington Street, Boston. A. H. Hanscom, Gen. Pass. Agent, Eastern S.S. Co. A. S. Hanson, 253 South Station, Boston. T. H. Hanley, Vermont Central Ry., 360 Washington Street, Boston. A. C. Kendall, 544 South Station, Boston. Willard Massey, U.P. Ry., Washington Street. J. D. McBeath, 176 Washington Street, Boston. 32 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH W. J. McLean, Illinois Central, 306 Washington Street. K. E. Palmer, Rock Island, 288 Washington Street. G. N. Roberts, Pennsylvania Ry., 205 Washington Street. A. J. Simmons (Simmons & Masters), Old South Building, Boston. Joseph P. Taggart, 360 Washington Street, B. & O. Ry. N. E. Weeks, 67 Federal Street, Boston. BOSTON ALL READY. HOWEVER far away the 15th of August seemed when the work of preparation began, the day at last was near at hand. Already the Far West had started its reiDresentatives and when, Saturday, the 13th of August, the blue-coated veterans began to appear at the great Union stations of the city, there were few railway lines in the land that were not proving that then all roads led to Boston rather than Rome, and could one have had a bird's-eye glance of the United States from Maine to Oregon he would have seen scores of trains, heavily loaded with excursionists, every one ticketed through to the sea. Need there be any wonder that Americans are the best informed people in the world? Large as their country is, they have given more time and money to its exploration than have the dwellers elsewhere to their surroundings, be they wide or narrow, and no one agency has done so much for continental travel as the Grand Army of the Republic in its annual Encampments. It has prompted the people in all parts of the land to know not only themselves, but the land in which they live. Not the least interesting of the many visitors to Boston at this time were the few scores of ex-Confederates, and if, at some future period. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington or Chicago should tender a reception to the whole list of surviving Confederates, more would be done to impress ujDon those honest Johnnies the extent and impor- tance of the country they were mercifully saved from destroying than any other means yet employed. A march from the Battery to Central Park would be an eye-opener to the "Boys in Gray" hardly inferior to Gettysburg and Appomattox, though along entirely different lines. Boston is ready. The governments of state and city had listened to the call for funds; the business public likewise had responded, and those delegated to expend the money had devoted themselves to their tasks till they were anxious to meet the visitors and to hear their plaudits of "Well done." The Boston of 1904 and the Massachusetts of the same year had grown somewhat in numbers from the city and state of 1890. Then NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 33 Boston had a population of 448,477 souls, now 590,000, away beyond the half million mark; then the Bay State had inhabitants to the number of 2,238,943, now the population exceeds 3,000,000. Four- teen years mark gi-eat changes in humanity. Thousands of the vocif- erous observers then have paid the debt to nature due, but their places are more than made good by their children and the later arrivals from abroad, whose faces glow with curiosity as to what it is all about. The Parade is to be over a shorter route than that of the earlier date, for the marching feet have trodden life's pathway many a wear}' mile since then and they cannot endure the exactions of younger days. It is to be essentially a parade of the men in the ranks. The officers of high position who led these veterans in the long ago have themselves joined their " Boys in Blue " beyond the river. Grant at Riverside, Sherman in St. Louis, Sheridan in ArUngton, Thomas at West Point, Hancock, Meade, Hooker and scores of others for whom, erstwhile, the masses lifted high their shout are at rest. Only a few of the leaders remain. Then the President of the nation, himself a veteran, was pleased to let Boston and the veterans know how thor- oughly his heart beat with theirs in the celebration of another year of life, but as these veterans from the ranks are the men who carried the guns and really did the fighting it is meet that they should receive the applause. Perhaps the possibilities of display in bunting were never more thoroughly realized than when the good people of the city hung out the flag and the national colors on this occasion. Wherever it was probable that the eye of a visitor would wander, there something had been done to remind the beholder that the "Hub" appreciated his coming and intended he should know that he was more than welcome. Emblems of every possible form and design indicated recollections of some phase of the struggle in which some person or persons have peculiar interest. Until they were flung to the sun and the breezes, no one could have believed that so much red, white and blue had been latent in staid old Boston. So profuse and ex- tended are the decorations, that they cannot all be put in place till Sunday, and many a patriotic citizen solaced himself, as he broke the Sabbath, with the reflection that he was sinning in a good cause. In prominent store windows are seen relics of the struggle, and crowds readily gather to gaze, ponder and wonder. Perhaps no one item attracts more attention than the flag for which Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth gave up his young life at the very dawning of the strife. This was the choice exhibition in the window of the Theodore Metcalf Co. The demand for seats on the grand stands exceeded all chances 34 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH for supply, and the pressure reached such a pass that every one having the least possibility of ability to furnish them was obliged to walk on back streets to avoid the rush for his ear. One of the choicest cartoons of Saturday showed the ever-genial General Blackmar re- ceiving the request of a beautiful lady, and the wonder of the reader was whether his smile betokened "Yes" or "No." Meanwhile comes the statement over the telegraph that all facilities for transportation from the West are taken, that the Grand Trunk alone is carrying 5,000 people, that some entire Posts in Chicago are on the march and that the sale of tickets, generally, is unparalleled. The tone of the public press becomes, if not warlike, decidedly reminiscent, and all of Boston's papers give themselves up to a re- hearsal of what was, is and is to be. The Herald comes out in a Sunday edition of forty-eight pages, a large part of the same glowing with matter bearing on the coming jete and the causes which pro- duced it. The accomplished cartoonist leads off with a figure, ycleped Miss Boston, of elongated frame, ancient face and corkscrew curls, courtesying low to a masculine shape, in the uniform of long ago, which returns the salute with equal politeness, and he is the veteran come to call on "Ye Ancient Dame"! Forty-four faces, taken from the Living Flag, serve to make every one anxious to see the display itself. When another Encampment comes to Boston, the originals of these pretty semblances will be the active men and women of affairs in this or some other place. A whole page shows every one of the Commanders-in-Chief of the Grand Army from Stephenson to Black, thirty-three in all, the choicest of souvenirs of the veterans. On the next page are faces of nine former Commanders of the Massachusetts Department with sketches of its history. Also we have the faces of the Commanders of the other New England Departments. War songs and their authors with happy illustrations follow, and then comes Gettysburg with more representations of that greatest of death-struggles. There are two full pages given to New England's early response to the call of Lincoln, wherein the Sixth bore so conspicuous a part. Nor is the Woman's Relief Corps forgotten, since along with a Headquarters scene are faces of Mrs. Sarah E. Fuller and Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner, both so prominent in the organization of the Order, and the smiling countenance of Clara Barton, easily the Angel of the Rebellion, as well as the spirit of the world-wide Red Cross benevo- lence. Quite apropos, also, is the story of Austin S. Cushman, the first Commander of the Department of Massachusetts, mth five illustrations of the man and his haunts. The editorial, devoted to the week and its lessons, is adequate and eloquent. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 35 Scarcely had Boston read its papers on the 14th before it was roused to the reception of the rapidly arri\nng veterans and their friends. General John C. Black, his wife and family arrived at the South Station at 2.56 p.m. and were at once escorted to their hotel, the Vendome, where, for more than a week, there were to be for them very few quiet hours. Confederate guests of Post 113 come early, that they may miss no part in this national celebration. One of the noteworthy receptions of the day was at the South Station when seventj'-six veterans from Detroit, under the command of Thomas McGraw, were met by a big delegation of Boston shoe men, for was not the \nsiting Commander one of them? With music and acclaim, the stalwart Westerners were conducted through some of the principal streets to the Brunswick, where their headquarters were during the Encampment. Seldom had Boston seen uniforms so natty as those which bedecked the figures of the Michiganders ; black Prince Albert coats covered, in part, black trousers, regulation hats with gold cord surmounted Detroit heads, while beneath their chins shone the whitest of ties, hands were covered with buff gloves, which in turn clasped silver-headed canes. Something of a contrast these well-to-do citi- zens presented to what must have been their appearance when, at the close of the war, they came marching home. Even the churches catch up the theme and pulpits ring with words suggested by the day and hour, although in many cases it is vacation time. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Van Allen of the First Church on Marlboro Street defends war as a salutary measure under certain circumstances. In South Boston the Methodist pulpit is occupied by veteran comrades who tell of the past and its lessons. At Camp "Jack Adams" there are more than a thousand comrades who are acting as advance guard of the approaching hosts. Are they happy? Says one gi-izzled veteran from Pennsylvania, "This is fine, splendid! I've been to all of 'em, but was never so comfortable before." How easUy these men from everywhere get acquainted! Indeed, there is no introduction needed. Are they not all in blue, and is not the very air full of song and reminiscence? What a rehearsing of the old songs! Sherman, though long since mustered out, must have heard his old bo5^s "Marching through Georgia," while "Brave Boys are They," "Just Before the Battle, Mother," and "Tenting tonight on the Old Camp Ground " made the very arches ring. More than 100,000 people thronged the Public Garden this day and effectually tested all of its conveniences. So great was the crowd that at times the passage of the bridge had to be closed, while women fainted in the crush. Boston's poUcemen who had served in the war had the privilege, during the week, of wearing, in addition 36 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH to their other decorations, the badge of the Grand Army, and proud officers they were in these blooming days! At night more than a thousand electric hghts set the Soldiers' Monument ablaze, while the Common and the Public Garden became fairyland. All this was prefatory to the week itself, for the Encampment was not ad- vertised to begin till Monday, the 15th of August. OPENING RECEPTIONS WHILE the day had been a busy one, the night was, if possible, more so. Business for hacks and carriages of all descriptions was good as prominent officers, civil and military, hurried from one place to another. To them, with hand-shaking and speech-making, besides lunches ad inpiitum, the evening was truly a memorable one. Readers of these pages will find certain names occurring in at least a half dozen places. At the Vendome, general Headquarters of the week, the Woman's Relief Corps gave one of the notable receptions of a remarkable night: "At the Vendome the reception given in the State suite by the national officers of the W.R.C., Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, president, to General Black of the G.A.R., was a brilliant affair. The rooms were profusely decorated with flowers, palms and the national colors, arranged under the charge of Mrs. Etta A. Lockhart, chairman of the floral committee. Thousands of people surged through the lobby and the staircases of the hotel, attending this and another reception so arranged as to time that the guests could go from one to the other. Those present were mostly members of the W.R.C., representing all parts of the country, together with a sprinkling of G.A.R. men. There was a number of distinguished guests who were presented to the various receiving parties, including both state and army officials. "In the State parlors, Mrs. Winans, W.R.C., stood in the receiv- ing line with General and Mrs. Black, Miss Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross Society; Mrs. Lodusky Taylor, past national president of the Woman's Relief Corps; Mrs. Luckens of South Da- kota, Mrs. Cook of Nebraska, both of the executive board; Mrs. Kate E. Jones, the national patriotic instructor, of New York, and Mrs. Annie M. Warne, the department president of the Massachusetts W.R.C. During the entire evening a woman's orchestra, which was stationed in one of the anterooms, played continuously. "As soon as the guests were presented to the national receiving NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 37 party, they were ushered to another parlor, where they were pre- sented to the Department of Massachusetts, W.R.C., which gave a reception in honor of the G.A.R. Those who assisted the State Dejiartment to receive were Mrs. Annie M. Warne, president; James H. Wolff, senior vice department commander of Massachusetts G.A.R. ; Mis. Harriet A. Ralph, senior vice-president; Mrs. Ahce M. Goddard, junior vice-president; Past Department Commander D. 0. Judd; Mrs. Mary L. Gilman, past department president; Miss Mary E. Elliot, department secretary; Mrs. Sawyer, chaplain; Miss Sarah ^lecuen, department instructor; Mrs. S. Jennie Tirrell, Mrs. Alice Gifford, Mrs. Beal and Mrs. Noyes of the executive board, and Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins Berry, department press correspondent. Later in the evening Miss Clara Barton was escorted by Mrs. Harriet L. Reed, past national secretary, to the headquarters of the Massachusetts Department, where she made one of the receiving party. "Among the notable guests who were presented at this second reception were Governor John L. Bates and Mrs. Bates, Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., and Mrs. Guild, General and Mrs. Black, General and Mrs. Blackmar, Colonel and ]\Irs. Haskell, accompanied by General O. 0. Howard, Corporal and Mrs. Tanner of Washington, General Dalton of Governor Bates's staff, Captain Wallace Foster of Philadelphia, Mrs. Sarah White Lee, Mrs. Emma Stark Hampton, past national president, and the department presidents of a number of states. The following-iiamed members of the State Department of- ficiated as hostesses: Miss M. E. Mecuen, chairman; Mrs. Lizzie Richards, Mrs. Annie Higgins, Mrs. Mary Parkhurst, Mrs. Sarah J. Rice, Mrs. Minnie Bessee, Mrs. Florence Haynes, Mrs. Octavia Blair, Miss Mary Pettingill, Mrs. Dorcas Lyman, Mrs. Carrie Dustin, Mrs. Etta Paine, Mrs. Etta Lockhart, Mrs. Belle Russell, Mrs. Delilah Davis and Mrs. Etta Rice. "Up in the New York headquarters of the W.R.C. at the Ven- dome a reception was held in rooms decorated with mammoth palms sent especially by Alexander Hamilton Corps 162 of New York City. Mrs. Wescott was at the head of the line, attended by several aides. All the members of the Post were in attendance. General Rogers of Farragut Post was among the five hundred who called to pay their respects. Comrades George W. Taylor, Past Commander Theron Parsons, Past Commander Thomas Miner, Past Department Presi- dent Mrs. Sadie Carver, past department president of New York, Mrs. M, A. Tirrell, and Mrs. Pratt, the national press correspondent, were among those present." In these noteworthy hours, memories of other wars than that of 38 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH the Rebellion are aroused, and Daughters of the American Revolu- tion determine to bring back still earlier days and so tender a recep- tion in Pierce Hall to General Black and Mrs. Winans, an affair re- plete with courtesies and pleasures. "First in the social affairs of the week was the reception given in honor of General Black, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Sarah D. Winans, national president of the Woman's Relief Corps, by the members of John Adams Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. This organization of patriotic women has planned to keep open house throughout the week at the state headquarters in the Pierce Building in Copley Square, and Monday's reception, given in the afternoon from three until after five o'clock, inaugurated this week of hospitality. "The reception was held in Pierce Hall where the guests of honor and others were welcomed by Miss Floretta Vining, regent of the chapter; Mrs. Curtis Guild, Jr., wife of the lieutenant governor of this Commonwealth; Mrs. Greenlief Wadleigh Simpson, a \'ice-presi- dent general of the National Society, D.A.R., in which she represents Massachusetts; Mrs. C. H. Masury, state regent of the Massachusetts D.A.R.; General Francis G. Appleton, chairman of the advisory committee on cooperation in patriotic work, which embraces the four Revolutionary patriotic societies hereabout; Charles E. Adams, presi- dent of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and Mrs. B. S. Bailey. They all formed the receiving party, together with General Black, Mrs. Bailey, who is president of the Ladies of the G.A.R., and Lieutenant Governor Guild. "Guests of the chapter and its members were presented to those in line by a corps of ushers including Mrs. Charles Wentworth Sprague, Mrs. Charles I. Tirrell, Mrs. Ella C. B. Richards, Miss Marianna P. Smith, Mrs. Walter R. Torrey, Mrs. Walter P. Gilbert, Miss Lilian M. Webster and Miss Marietta Murch. "The reception committee was made up of Mrs. Lue Stuart Wadsworth, chairman; Mrs. Sprague, Mrs. Charles T. Small, Mrs. Lester M. Bartlett, Mrs. Tirrell, Mrs. Lillian Rich Gilligan, Mrs. Torrey, Mrs. J. Warren Berry, Mrs. William A. Wagner, Mrs. Francis S. Bryant, Miss Bertha A. Munroe, Mrs. H. D. W. Morris, Mrs. Robert Plummer, Mrs. Mary Southwick, Mrs. George H. W. Bates, Mrs. Samuel Thompson, Mrs. William White, Mrs. Fred H. Hosmer, Mrs. John Roberts and Mrs. Martha Koppmann. "The hall was prettily decorated with red, white and blue, and a pleasing background for those who received was a mass of potted plants. "Simple refreshments were served by Mrs. Carrie Thompson, Mrs. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 39 George E. Fredrick, Mrs. Southwick and Mrs. Brinkbals. They were assisted by several young ladies." Then there were others. It was a busy whirl and the man who tried to take them all probably gave ujj in despair ere half of them were seen. The veterans of New Hampshire had a tender place in their hearts for their Commander and so they, too, attacked the Vendome in a way to signify their determination to carry at least an angle thereof and here is what they did : "No department commander has gained the love and respect of the veterans of his Post to a greater extent than has Colonel Henry O. Kent of Lancaster, N.H., and an evidence of that regard was given when he was serenaded at the headquarters of the New Hampshire Division in the Vendome. Junior Vice-Commander 0. B. Warren led the 'attacking' party, who gathered on the Dartmouth Street side of the hotel, filling the broad space between Commonwealth Avenue and Newbury Street. Hanson's American Band, which ac- companies Sampson's Post, G.A.R., assisted the serenaders, and Post 22 of Rochester and many other comrades took part in the event. From the balcony. Colonel Kent was introduced to the comrades by Assistant Adjutant General Frank Battles of Concord. Responding to the hearty greeting accorded him. Colonel Kent offered his heart- felt thanks and made reference to the relations which have long existed between New Hampshire and Boston, sons of the former coming here for their success in commerce, in divinity, in law and in legislation. He spoke with pride of the part which New Hampshire had played in the history of the country, first in helping the cause of freedom and later in preserving the Union." Out of the score or more of others, the recital may end with this account of the reunion and reception of the Medal of Honor men, those heroes who by their special acts of bravery merited and received governmental recognition in the shape of a bronze medal, more pre- cious by far than its weight in gold : "About thirty members of the Medal of Honor Association of New England, with their ladies, met in annual session Monday evening at the American House. Previous to the meeting there was a re- ception at which the members had an opportunity to meet Lieutenant Governor Guild. General M. A. Dillon of Washington was also a guest at the reception. At the business meeting these officers were reelected: William H. H. Howe, president; General Hazard Stevens, vice-president; Henry W. Rowe, secretary and treasurer; General Edmund Rice, Charles W. Reed, Cieorge H. Maynard, Edgar C. Barker and Paul H. Weinert, executive committee." 40 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Meanwhile there was ample amusement for those who were not present at receptions, and the electric display in street, avenue and public park made the night a blaze of glory. The Transcript of the 16th says of the night before: "To say there was a crowd on the Common and Public Garden last night is putting it mildly. It seemed as if everyone of the tens of thousands that came to see the electrical show on Sunday night had returned and brought at least two friends. Every walk was jammed, and the police deserve great credit for the manner in which they handled the throng. At times there were blockades, and it was im- possible for people in the crowds to move either one way or another, but these jams were of short duration, for the extra patrolmen were cjuick to separate the streams moving in opposite directions and to set them going again. Some changes were made in the electric lights yesterday afternoon, and these had the result of making the display still more brilliant. The searchlights on Lafayette Mall were lifted about thirty feet, and those on the island in the Public Garden pond strengthened, which made them more effective. More lights were added about the Washington statue, and this is now a brilliant centre- piece for the PubUc Garden display, as the Soldiers' Monument is for the Common. "The crowd began to arrive at six o'clock in the evening, and for the succeeding four hours there was a jam, the like of wliich the Com- mon and Public Garden had never seen before. At nine o'clock the crush was at its height, and the many patrolmen had all they could do to keep the mass of humanity from coming to a complete standstill. At about that time the Charles Street entrance to the Common be- came completely choked, and the police had to stop the stream headed for the Public Garden and divert it to another exit on Charles Street. This plan proved to be effective, and was followed until the crowd was considerably thinned out. "The subway was taxed to its capacity, and the Boylston and Park Street stations were crowded all the evening long. Often it required an hour or more to make a trip which under ordinary con- ditions could be made in fifteen minutes. Perhaps as dense a crowd as anywhere was that on the bridge in the Public Garden. The bridge had been tested during the afternoon and found to be capable of hold- ing all the people that could find places upon it, so no danger was felt in that direction." NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 41 THE GRAND PARADE. AFTER all, the chief object of the annual gathering of the Grand Army is its great parade, when those who can make the march or think they can set out with all the enthusiasm of youth and do things of which, under other circumstances, they would justly think themselves incapable. Many a worthy veteran undertook the trial of Tuesday to his sorrow, for weakness compelled him to fall out and from some vantage point see the "old boys," his comrades, go sweep- ing by. No matter what the attractions in other directions, however many feasts and rambles may be devised, the veteran, his friends and admirers are anxious for the day of the parade. It must not be too hot nor should the mercury take a sudden tumble. Rain must be in abeyance. When a perfect day appears and the very heavens smile upon him, then does the survivor of the strenuous days rise to the occasion and mentally if not orally ejaculate, "This is my day." Old Probabilities and all concerned could not have done better had they yielded to the demands of the sight-seeing multitude and provided just what the crowds desired. The day began early in Massachusetts. There had been crowds in Boston before. Monday had witnessed an outpouring, but Tuesday was to demonstrate that all that had gone before was mere preparation, a small foretaste of what was to follow. Railroads and electrics were to be taxed to their utmost capacity. All of eastern Massachusetts is a network of means of transportation, and from the Connecticut River to the Atlantic beach seemingly everybody was on the move. Not alone the gray and aged veteran but his relatives of both sexes and all ages. They were saying that not again in their day would there be such an opportunity to see in line the men who aided in putting down the Rebellion, so from the Cape to the Tunnel they were turning their faces Bostonward. Did it require patience to make the trip? Well, some. There was a luncheon to be carried, for once the line was in motion there would be no stopping till the end of the march, no matter how long it might prove to be, and who would leave the grand stand for such a paltry thing as food! The contingents from Brockton, Gloucester and Worcester ate early breakfasts to make sure of seats in the crowded cars, whether run by steam or electricity. Fortunately it was a good- natured company that packed those vehicles to the point of suffocation. All the trolley hnes leading to the "Hub" recorded their highest mark 42 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH on this day, and when the average number carried by the ordinary car was one hundred, something of an idea may be had of the extent of the movement towards the great city. Fortunate the person in whose possession was a ticket to the places provided for obtaining a good view of the parade. Repairing at once to the seat numbered on his or her check, there was nothing to do but wait the coming of the procession. Perhaps a reading of the Parade-filled morning papers will help to while away the inter- vening time, but how unhappy the people who are not so nicely placed! If by chance a front position is secured along the line of march, and it should be stated that not one inch of such space, from the beginning of the march to the end, was vacant, or if tall enough to look over the front array, the visitor was a subject of gratulation. Every point raised above the general level was seized at once and persistently held. There was not a vacant window from Arlington Street to Park Square, and the roofs of buildings, all along the way, bore burdens never carried before. After all there was many a weary pedestrian who, incapable of getting what he came for, turned away disconso- late and declared his intention of departing at once, for luck was against him. The great majority, however, held on, hoping in some way to obtain at least a squint of that they had come to see. It is a mod- erate estimate that a million people saw the " boys " of '61 to '65 parade thirty-nine years after Appomattox. If they waited, and the most of them did, they were amply rewarded. Of the parade itself let the daily press of Boston, whose reporters were almost omnipresent, tell the story: "Undoubtedly for the last time in the history of Boston the Grand Army of the Republic as an organization paraded the streets of the city today. It is fourteen years since the veterans last paraded here, and those who witnessed today's event and compared it with the former procession, could not help noticing the depleted ranks and the increased feebleness of the soldiers who fought so nobly for their country in the days of the Civil War as compared with the previous parade. A conservative estimate places the number of men in line today as about 25,000. The morning broke with a clear sky and a cool atmosphere, but at the time for the parade to begin the sun's rays had had their effect, and the heat had become something intense, the only salvation for the paraders being a slight easterly breeze. Otherwise better weather for today's event could not have been asked for, and with a short route of only about two miles over Boston's best-paved streets the conditions could not have been more favorable for 'the boys in blue.' The latter seemed to appreciate the conditions Uj NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 43 and went over the route with an enthusiasm and old-time spirit that have seldom been evinced at any of the Encampments of recent years. "Never did the city hold a larger crowd than was on hand to cheer the heroes of bygone days, and enthusiasm was manifest every- where. All of the stands were crowded and the sidewalks of the streets through which the veterans passed were lined from curb to building and every available spot inside and outside of the buildings was utilized by men, women and children anxious to get a look at the soldiers. To the discredit of the Boston Police Department the crowds in the down-town section were never more wretchedly handled, the eight hundred policemen being unable to keep the spectators from encroaching on the space provided for the marchers. The veterans themselves were not unmindful of the spirit shown by the spectators, and as they were cheered and applauded it must have brought back to their minds days when they marched through Wash- ington at the close of the war. "While the event of today was of course not to be compared as a miUtary feature with the naval parade of yesterday, still it was fully as interesting to the onlookers, especially from a patriotic point of view. No organization but members of the Grand Army were in today's procession, but the veterans of the Civil War who paraded yesterday were again in line. Plenty of music helped the paraders, bands and drum corps being numerous, and they confined themselves almost entirely to patriotic airs. A detail of Boston's mounted police- men with Captain Edward F. Gaskin of the Court Square station in command headed the line, and then came the Cadet Band with E. W. Kinsley Post 113 as an escort to the Commander-in-Chief, General John C. Black. A solid phalanx of about six thousand men, the hosts of the occasion, — the Department of Massachusetts, — brought up in the rear. It took about five hours to pass a given point. "The veterans formed on Commonwealth Avenue and adjoining streets and paraded over this route: Commonwealth Avenue, north side, Arlington, Beacon, School, Washington, Milk, Devonshire, Summer and Washington streets, Temple Place, Tremont and Boyl- ston streets to Park Square and Columbus Avenue, where the soldiers broke ranks. As the veterans passed the State House they were reviewed by Governor Bates and his staff, and Mayor Collins and his official family with the mayors of Greater Boston reviewed the line from the stand in front of City Hall. The Commander-in-Chief and his staff reviewed the line on Boylston Street. The roster was as follows : 44 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Platoon of Mounted Police. Edward W. Kinsley Post 113, Boston, Commander George H. Graves, escorting. John C. Black, Commander-in-Chief. Charles H. McConnell, Chief of Staff. Staff. Charles A. Partridge, Adjutant General; George A. Harmao, Surgeon General; Winfield Scott, Chaplain-in-Chief; Charles Burrows, Quartermaster General; Erwin B. Messer, Inspector General; C. R. Kaplinger, Assistant Inspector General; J. Henry Holcomb, Assistant Quartermaster General. ILLINOIS. Department Commander, Robert Mann Woods. Assistant Adjutant General, Charles A. Partridge. G. L. Nevins Post 1, Rockford, Commander Thomas G. Lawler. George H. Thomas Post 5, Chicago, Commander Isaac W. Boyer. Aurora Post 20, Aurora, Commander M. Marble. Stevenson Post 30, Springfield, Commander Samuel T. Twyman. General George A. Custer Post 40, Chicago, Commander O. A. Bishop. Veteran Post 49, Elgin, Commander William H. Brydges. Abraham Lincoln Post 91, Chicago, Commander William H. Browning. WiUiam T. Sherman Post 146, Bloomington, Commander J. C. Means. Waukegan Post 374, Waukegan, Commander Perry L. Austin. George G. Meads Post 444, Chicago, Commander John N. Stewart. Washington Post 573, Chicago, Commander Eduard Wernick. Columbia Post 706, Chicago, Commander J. T. Darling. WISCONSIN. Post 1 Band, Cass Hendee, Leader, 17 pieces. Department Commander, Pliny Norcross. Assistant Adjutant General, E. O. Kimberly. E. B. Wolcott Post 1, Milwaukee. Lucius Fairchild Post 11, Madison, Commander George S. Martin. PENNSYLVANIA. Department Commander, John McNevin. Assistant Adjutant General, Charles A. Suydam. Staff. Thirty Past Department Commanders and twenty-six Delegates. Lynn Cadet Band. George E. Meade Post 1 , Philadelphia, Commander George W. Newman. Union Drum Corps of Lynn, Mass. U. S. Grant Post 5, Philadelphia, Commander Thomas Hayes. Fr. Mathew Band, Springfield, Mass. Ellis Post 6, Germantown, Commander Theo. Schwernier. E. D. Baker Post 8, Philadelphia, Commander Thos. J. Rivers. John T. Greble Post 10, Philadelphia, Commander Charles F. Hubert. PEXXSYLVAXIA BATTLE FLAGS NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 45 General Zook Post 11, Morristown, Commander Edward Glass. Colonel Fred Taylor Post 19, Philadelphia, Commander J. R. Moon. Courtland Saunders Post 21, Philadelpliia, Commander W. S. Bemwood. Captain Pliilip R. Schuyler Post 51, Commander Charles Maguire. Ninth Massachusetts Regiment Band. General D. B. Bierney Post 63, Philadelphia, Commander Albert B. Foster Oldham Post 527, South Bethlehem, Commander Hermann Budtz. Reno Post 64, Williamsport, Commander Thos. F. Sauerveir. General John F. Reynolds Post 71, Philadelphia, Commander Augustus Hoguet. Robert Brine Post SO, Philadelphia, Commander Andrew James. E. B. Young Post 87, Allentown, Commander Charles C. Abele. Everett City Band. A. Patterson Post 88, Allegheny City, Commander J. M. Montgomery. Third Regiment National Band, Philadelphia. Anna M. Ross Post 94, Philadelphia, Commander William Fees. Winfield Scott Post 114, Philadelphia, Commander J. L. Feltz. Third Brigade Band, Philadelphia. McPherson Post 117, Pittsburg, Commander James Simons. Scranton Drum Corps. Lieutenant Griffen Post 139, Scranton, Commander Ezra H. Whipple. Cxmingham Post 97, Wilkesbarre, Commander Geo. H. Troutman. W. B. Mays Post 220, FrankUn, Commander J. Andrews. Naval Post 440, Pliiladelphia, Commander J. J. Byrne. Grand Army Band, Allegheny, E. Schmidt, Leader. Lietuenant James M. Lyle Post 128, Allegheny, Commander Thos. G. Sample. Carriage containing state flags. OHIO. Cleveland Electric Railway Band. Department Commander, Benj. M. Moulton. Assistant Adjutant General, E. F. Davis. Staff. Memorial Post 141, Cleveland, Commander F. N. Taylor. J. C. McCoy Post 1, Columbus, Commander Thos. Smith. Brooklyn Marshall Band. Brooklyn Post 368, Cleveland, Commander G. G. Burlingame. Forsythe Post 15, Toledo, Commander R. Youst. McPherson Post 16, Trumbull County, Commander Hiram Ohl. Ashtabula County Post, Commander P. D. Bishop. Ford Post 14, Toledo, Commander Edward Waltz. W. H. Lytle Post 47, Cincinnati, Commander Rolcutter. Miami Band, Hamilton. Weitzel Compton Post 96, Hamilton, Commander Thos. D. Smith. Mitchell Post 43, Springfield, Commander A. G. Titus. Scattered veterans of 34 Posts. 46 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH NEW YORK. First Regiment Band, Boston. Lafayette Post 140, New York, Commander Jos. J. Little escorting. Department Commander, Henry M. Burhaus. Assistant Adjutant General, William Sears. Staff. Whitman Band. General Dix Post 135, New York, Commander Geo. W. Dewey. Independent Marshall Band, Rochester. O'Rorke Post 1, Rochester, Commander Wm. H. Johnson. Post 62, Newton Drum Corps, John Scully, Major. Chapin Post 2, Buffalo, Commander Chas. A. Orr. Carriage containing General Kellogg and Aides. Lynn Brass Band. Fred Wilkinson Post 9, Buffalo, Commander M. M. Smith. WiUiam Richardson Post 254, Commander Henry Messing. C. F. Hammond Post 533, Round Point, Commander E. J. Bowker. N. G. Lyons Post 43, Cohoes, Commander Isaac Shaw. Broome County Veteran Fife and Drum Corps. Broome County Battalion, Commander A. A. Lord. Oliver Tilden Post 96, New York, Commander Morris Dietsch. Vanderbilt Post 136, New York, Commander J. A. Murray. Oliver Tilden Post Drum Corps. General James S. Wordsworth Post 77, New York, Commander Charles Innas. Veteran Guards Corps. New Benedict Post 5, Albany, Commander Harrison Ravisson. Lou O. Morris Post 121, Albany, Commander Thomas W. Healy. Greater New York Division. Grand Marshal, A. L. Schaeffer. Adjutant General, Col. A. H. Rogers. Chief of Staff, Gen. George Schappelle. New York Zouaves, Commander Captain Earl. New York Battalion, Past Department Commander E. A. Atkinson, commanding consolidated Posts. New York Catholic Band. Mozart 40th New York Veterans. Reno Post 44, New York, Commander George A. Drew. Maynard Brass Band. Koltes Post 32, New York, Commander Philip H. Yomig. Battery B, Cambridge, Fife and Drum Corps. Alexander Hamilton Post 182, New York, Commander George Taylor. Galpin Post 19, Little Falls, Commander Benj. Lane. Little Falls Band. E. S. Young Post 33, Amsterdam, Commander William Hobbins. Sloane Post 93, Penn Yan, Commander Chas. Hicks. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 47 Brennan Post 284, Malone, Commander Eugene Mannix. Root Post 151, Syracuse, Commander J. W. Armstrong. Westchester County Association, Commander Edward Long. Rail's Band, Ossining. John C. Shotts Post 60, Yonkers, Commander Robert P. Light. Farnsworth Post 170, New York, Commander Henry Lillie. Cromwell Post 466, White Plains, Commander Edward B. Long. Kings County Veteran Association, Commander M. J. Cummings, com- prising 10 Posts. American Waltham Watch Band, John M. Flockton, Leader. U. S. Grant Post 327, Brooklyn, Commander Myles O'Reilly. Rankin Post 10, Brooklyn, Commander S. Adamsky. Mansfield Post 35 Band, Louis Keggler, Leader. Mansfield Post 35, Brooklyn, Commander Robert Fairvnew. J. H. Perry Post 89, Brooklyn, Commander T. A. Josephs. Charles H. Burgess Post 185, Brooklyn, Commander D. W. Lee. Frank Head Post 16, Brooklyn, Commander Edward Fahey. Winchester Post 197, Brooklyn, Commander George A. Huzzey. G. K. Warren Post 286, Brooklyn, Commander B. T. Trumble. E. T. Taft Post 355, Brooklyn, Commander Col. H. S. Belmont. M. F. O'Dell Post 443, Brooklyn, Commander George P. Staley. Veteran Post 436, New York, Commander Harry Montague. Davy Jones Post 242, Oleans County, Commander F. E. Cahoon. Continental Fife and Dnmi Corps, Paterson, William E. Hennenon, Leader. George C. Strong Post 534, Brooklyn, Commander C. G. Curtis. W. W. Stevenson Post 669, Brooklyn, Commander James E. Smith. CONNECTICUT. Department Commander, W. C. Hillard. Assistant Adjutant General, John H. Thatcher. Sedgwick Post 1, Norwich, Commander Nathan L. Bishop. Elias Howe, Jr., Post 3, Bridgeport, Commander Albert F. Fargo. Drake Post 4, South Manchester, Commander M. H. Keeney. Merriam Post 8, Meriden, Commander William H. Harvey. Stanley Post 11, New Britain, Commander George H. Holmes. Buckingham Post 12, Norwich, Commander W. M. Niblock. Trumbull Post 16, Southington, Commander Elisha R. Newell. Admiral Foote Post 17, New Haven, Commander Daniel B. Horton. Post 18, Danbury, Commander Wm. J. Mallory. Hobbie Post 23, Stamford, Commander J. H. Brown. Francis S. Long Post 30, Willimantic, Commander Henry F. Royce. Palmer Post 33, Winstead, Commander John H. Lyman. Van Home Post 39, Milford, Commander J. P. Clark. W. W. Perkins Post 47, New London, Commander Henry B. Lawrence. Douglas Fowler Post 48, South Norwalk, Commander H. Brundage. Wadhams Post 49, Waterbury, Commander John Loucks. 48 UNOFFICIAL PROCKEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Robert O. Tyler Post 50, Hartford, Commander Julius Weed. Mansfield Post 53, Middletown, Commander Delmar R. Lowell. Samuel Brown Post 56, Thompsonville, Commander J. P. Davis. Ferris Post 61, Stamford, Commander I. B. Brown. D. C. Rodman Post 65, East Hartford, Commander Charles A. Rhodes. John M. Morris Post 66, Wethersfield, Commander F. W. Smith. J. H. Converse Post 67, Windsor Locks, Commander Eleasar Cook. T. M. Redshaw Post 75, Ansonia, Commander J. F. Oulds. William T. Minor Post 85, Stamford, Commander George B. Christison. Kellogg Post, Commander Lieut. Chas. French. Redshaw Post 29, Commander Capt. S. C. ChafTe. Additional veterans not marching as Posts, 450 men. NEW JERSEY. Department Commander, James M. Atwood. Assistant Adjutant General, J. R. Durrell. J. C. Houlton Post 3, Jersey City, Commander Fletcher. Barrett Post 8, Trenton, Commander Samuel Louden. Lincoln Post 11, Newark, Commander R. Miller. J. A. Garfield Post 4, Newark, Commander Wm. J. Fiu-ze. Aaron Wilkes Post 23, Trenton, Commander George W. Fox. Parker Grubb Post 16, Burlington, Commander Decotor Abdu, Adjutant F. D. Bunting. Slocmn Post 35, Paterson, Commander D. W. Stagg. Dahlgren Post 25, Elizabeth, Commander Thos. R. Trimble. Kilpatrick Post 64, Elizabeth, Commander Wm. Marsh. Mansfield Post 22, Bayonne, Commander F. C. Ludy. Marcus L. Ward Post 88, Newark, Commander Watson Ryno. Phil Sheridan Post 110, Newark, Commander Samuel D. Cobb. Additional veterans in line, not marching as Posts, 300 men. MAINE. Department Commander, E. C. Milliken. Assistant Adjutant General, A. M. Sawyer. Bosworth Post 2, Portland, Commander Charles H. Mitchell, escorting. Heath Post 6, Gardiner, Commander Dawson M. Dale. B. H. Beale Post 12, Bangor, Commander Thomas T. Tabor. Sheridan Post 28, Biddeford, Commander John J. Traynor. Cutler Post 48, Togus, Commander John J. Daly. Seth WilUams Post 13, Augusta, Commander O. N. Blackington. James P. Jones Post 106, South China, Commander Samuel C. Starrett. W. L. Haskell Post 108, Yarmouth, Commander Herbert Soule. Thatcher Post 11, Portland, Commander George H. Pennell. Charles S. Bickmore Post 115, Edes Falls, Commander Wyatt T. Edwards. EU Parkman Post 119, East Corinth, Commander Thomas G. Leathers. Wade Post 123, Presque Isle, Commander Charles W. Allen. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A, R. 49 Grover Post 126, Fryeburg, Commander T. L. Eastman. U. S. Grant Post 143, Biddeford, Commander George R. Andrews. William K. Kimball Post 148, South Paris, Commander James R. Tucker. Joseph E. Colby Post 41, Rumford Falls, Commander William Sargent. I\jiox Post 120, Levviston, Commander Samuel Black. W. S. Heath Post 14, Waterville, Commander Charles H. Nelson. Edwin Libby Post 16, Rockland, Commander Frank Aylward. Custer Post 7, Lewiston, Commander E. B. Morris. Sedgewick Post 4, Bath, Commander Hugh T. Madden. Vincent Moimtford Post 32, Brunswick, Commander O. T. Despeaux. Erskin Post 24, North Whitefield, Commander John Noyes. John F. Appleton Post 25, Farmington, Commander Charles Coburn. George Goodwin Post 32, St. Albans, Commander S. S. Parker. Farragut Post 27, Bridgton, Commander George H. Billings. G. H. Ruggles Post 27, Etna, Commander Anson Hatchings. Meade Post 40, Eastport, Commander Henry Harrington. Lafayette Carver Post 45, Vinalhaven, Commander Thomas G. Libby. Bumside Post 47, Auburn, Commander Franklin Martin. Hiram Burnham Post 50, Cherryville, Commander John Hailey. Kilpatrick Post 61, Fort Fairfield, Commander George W. Eastman. Brown Post 84, Bethel, Commander Frank C. Bartlett. E. G. Parker Post 99, Kittery, Commander Jethro H. Swett. Cloudman Post 100, Westbrook, Commander Philman Harriman. John R. Adams Post 101, Gorham, Commander Benjamin F. Whitney. CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. Department Commander, C. T. Bliss. Assistant Adjutant General, John H. Roberts. Staff. J. A. Osgood, M. R. FUnt, J. A. Barrows, D. P. Chapman, C. H. Dickey, George H. Thomas Post 2, 150 men. California Volunteer Veterans Association, 40 men. Also delegations from G. W. Meade Post, Lyon Post, Appomattox Post and Lincoln Post. Total from two states about 200 men, mostly arranged in headquarters brigade. RHODE ISLAND. Department Commander, J. J. Wooley. Assistant Adjutant General, Philip S. Chase. Prescott Post 1, Pro\'idence, Commander J. Newton Hunt. Burnside Post 2, Shannock, Commander J. T. Woodmansee. Ballou Post 3, Central Falls, Commander Albert Freeman. Arnold Post 4, Providence, Commander Franklin B. Ham. Charles E. Lawton Post 5, Newport, Commander Alfred L. Trowbridge. Smith Post 9, Woonsocket, Commander Alphonso D. Steere. Slocum Post 10, Providence, Commander John Howarth. 50 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Ives Post 13, Providence, Commander Stephen J. West. McGregor Post 14, Phenix, Commander Arthur W. Deane. Babbitt Post 15, Bristol, Commander George H. Peck. Charles C. Baker Post 16, Wickford, Commander Hugh Deakin. Tower Post 17, Pawtucket, Commander Thomas J. Gaddes. Budlong Post 18, Westerly, Commander Albert L. Chester. J. C. Nichols Post 19, Rockland, Commander Henry E. Nye. Bucklin Post 20, East Providence, Commander James Mallon. George H. Browne Post 25, Providence, Commander David C. Wyatt. John A. Logan Post 26, Ashaway, Commander John Bellamy. C. E. Guild Post 27, Pascoag, Commander William Blackmar. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Department Commander, Henry L. Kemp. Assistant Adjutant General, Frank Battles. Storer Post 1, Portsmouth, Commander Charles E. Dodge. E. E. Sturtevant Post 2, Concord, Commander Charles W. Dolloff. Louis Bell Post 3, Manchester, Commander Albert P. Barr. John Sedgwick Post 4, Keene, Commander L. D. Darling. C. E. Chadwick Post 5, Deerfield. Aaron F. Stevens Post 6, Peterboro, Commander Jolin F. D'Orsay. John G. Fish Post 7, Nashua, Commander Calvin L. Andrews. OUver F. Lull Post 11, Milford, Commander Oliver H. Foster. Major Jarvis Post 12, Claremont, Commander Martin J. Bixby. Parker Post, Hampton, Commander J. W. Warner. Colonel E. E. Cross Post 16, Lancaster, Commander Frank C. Grant. Charles W. Sawyer Post 17, Dover, Commander Albert F. Stackpole. Grimes Post, Hillsboro, Ephraim Weston Post, Antrim, and Peterboro Post, identified wath Milford. Sampson Post 22, Rochester, Commander Ira B. Dennett. W. A. Cobb Post 29, Pittsfield, Commander D. D. Hanscomb. Marshall Saunders Post 48, Littleton, Commander E. M. Underwood. W. H. Savage Post 49, Alton, Commander C. E. Fifield. Nat Head Post 72, FitzwilHam, Commander E. T. Platts. Bell Post 74, Chester, Commander Isaac N. A. McKay. Joseph Freschel Post 94, Manchester, Commander Ira D. Fellows, and Band. Additional New Hampshire veterans in line not identified with Posts, 400. VERMONT. Montpelier Military Band, 32 pieces. Department Commander, James E. Eldredge. Assistant Adjutant General, B. F. Bowman. Chamberlin Post 1, St. Johnsbury, Commander Albert Harris. U. S. Grant Post 96, Randolph, Commander John Hatch. Bixby Post 93, South Royalston, Commander M. J. Sargent. I NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 51 Whitney Post 21, Tumbridge, Commander H. R. Hayward. Eaton Post 38, Rochester, Commander H. C. Kidder. Waterson Post 45, Chelsea, Commander J. B. Atwood. D. Lillie Post 61, Bethel, Commander W. F. Baker. Freeman Post 98, Brookfield, Commander J. W. Parmenter. Baxter Post 11, Gaysville, Commander E. C. Hager. Brooks Post 13, MontpeUer, Commander A. C. Brown. Colonel Preston Post 64, Wells River, Commander J. A. George. Farnsworth Post 106, Lyndonville, Commander W. L. Guild. Commonwealth Band, 25 pieces. Old Guards, Captain James M. Edgar, Commander, 56 men escorting. Department Commander, A. Hart. Junior Vice-Commander, A. P. Tasker. Assistant Adjutant General, Gilbert M. Husted. Chief of Staff, Llewellyn G. Estes. Past Department Commanders. Post 1, Commander John Finn. Post 2, Commander J. L. H. Winfield. Post 3, Commander Hazzard Wheeler. Post 9, Commander William G. Hall. Post 14, Commander Thomas H. Jenks. Detached Posts, 300 men. VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA. Department Commander, John C. Fowler. Assistant Adjutant General, A. A. Hager. Past Department Commanders John W. Rudder of Portsmouth, John W. Stebbins of Norfolk and B. C. Cook of Riclimond, and 50 men, representing Warden Ewell, Curlolux and Dahlgren Posts of Norfolk, Silas Fellows Post of Portsmouth, Mulligan Post of Winchester, Va., and James E. Peachey Post of Newbern, N.C. MARYLAND. Dushane Post 3, G.A.R., Band of Baltimore, Samuel D. Bowers, Leader, 25 pieces. Department Commander, James Campbell. Geo. Prechtel, S.V.C., James C. Mullikin, J.V.C, Assistant Adjutant General John A. Thompson, Assistant Quartermaster General John C. Erdman, Inspector R. L. W. Simmons, Judge Advocate C. A. E. Spamer; Fred C. Tarr, Chief of Staff, and Past Department Com- manders Frank M. Smith, Theo. F. Lang, Geo. R. Graham, Geo. W. Johnson, John R. King, Louis M. Zennerman and John G. Taylor, all of Baltimore. Wilson Post 1, Baltimore, Commander Thomas C. Collett, escorting. 52 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Dushane Post 3, Baltimore, John T. Holmes, Commander. Reno Post of Hagersto^vn, Commander B. Morrison. Custer Post 6, Baltimore, Commander Fred C. Tarr. Lincoln Post 7, Baltimore, Commander George H. Brigham. Dennison Post 8, Baltimore, Noah Buckman commanding. Guy Post 16 of Baltimore, Commander David Pratt. Veteran Post 46, Baltimore, "Minnie" Johnson commanding. Naval Veteran Post 76, Baltimore, James H. Fitzgerald commanding. NEBRASK-V. Department Commander Harmon Bross, Andrew Trainor of Omaha, S.V.C.; Joseph Hoageland of North Platte, J.V.C; Chaplain Erastus Smith of Alma; Past Department Commanders C. A. Adams of Superior and C. F. Steele of Fairbury; delegates E. J. Adams of Superior, L. H. Horton of Stanton, E. F. Fisher of Taffield, R. R. Randall of Lincoln, J. W. George of Broken Bow, J. W. Stevens of Miller, J. P. Griswold of Hebron, and 200 men representing Farragut Post. U. S. Grant Post 110 of Omaha. Belknap Post of University Place. Kilpatrick Post 82 of Oakdale. George A. Custer Post 7 of Omaha. MICHIGAN. Salem Cadet Band, Jean ]Missud, Leader. Detroit Post 384, Commander Thomas S. McGraw, escorting. Department Commander, George H. Hopkins. Assistant Adjutant General, Fayett Wyckoff. Staff. John J. Cornwall, S.V.C; Dan J. WiUson, J.V.C; W. W. Root, Medical Director; William Putnam, Chaplain; George W. Stone, Chief of Staff. Detroit Post 384, Detroit, Commander Thomas S. McGraw. Dan S. Root Post 126, Belding. Charles T. Foster Post 42, Lansing. General I. C. Smith Post 451, Reed City. Custer Post 5, Grand Rapids, Commander J. W. McCrath. Fairbanks Post 17, Detroit, Commander George L. Holmes. Edward Pomeroy Post 48, Jackson, Commander S. B. Da\'is. General O. M. Pope Post 33, Detroit, Commander John Devlin. Bethlehem Post. Department Commander R. T. St. John. Assistant Adjutant General, George A. Newman. Pension Commissioner, E. F. Ware. Brigade, 300 men. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 53 Department Commander, Daniel R. Lucas. Assistant Adjutant General, Joseph Balsley. John A. Logan Post 3, Lafayette, Commander A. C. Shearman. Auten Post 8, South Bend, Commander James K. Meacham. George H. Thomas Post 17, Indianapolis, Commander Garret H. Shover. Fairfax Post 240, Gen. John A. Logan Post, 6 men. COLORADO AND WYOMING. Department Commander, Thomas J. Downer. Assistant Adjutant General, D. W. Brown. KANSAS. Department Commander, Charles Harris. Assistant Adjutant General, Gilbert Burdell. Lincoln Post 1, Topeka. Topeka Post 71, Topeka. Washington Post 12, Lawrence. Post 25, Wichita. Post 85, Winfield. Post 43, Baker. DELAWARE. Department Commander, William Kelly, Jr. Assistant Adjutant General, J. S. Litzenberg. MINNESOTA. George N. Morgan Post 4, MinneapoHs, Commander L. E. Carpenter, escorting. Department Commander, Colonel Harrison White. Assistant Adjutant General, Orton S. Clark. Staff. E. H. Holbert, Chief of Staff; L. O. Merriam, S.V.C; George A. Whitney, J.V.C; C. G. Higbee, Medical Director; Rev. D. A. Tawney, Department Chaplain; E. N. Leavens, A.Q.G. ; J. A. Leonard, J.D.; E. F. Barrett, D.L; J. A. Everett, C.M.O.; James Mulvey, S.A.D.C. Rawlins Post, Minneapolis. Bryant Post, Minneapolis. Dudley P. Chase Post, Minneapolis. Acker Post, St. Paul. Garfield Post, St. Paul. George Cook Post, Stillwater. John A. Dix Post, Luverne. LaGrange Post, Windom. Alex. Wilkin Post, Manketo. 54 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Frank Daggett Post, Litchfield. Stoddard Post, Worthington. F. M. Famngton Post, Hutchinson. John Ball Post, Winona. MISSOURI. Department Commander, Jerry T. Dew. Assistant Adjutant General, Thomas B. Rodgers. Ransom Post, St. Louis. Blair Post, St. Louis. Hassendeubel Post, St. Louis. Farragut-Thomas Post, Kansas City. Department Commander, B. F. Pike. Assistant Adjutant General, J. E. Mayo. Sedgwick Post 2, Salem. George Wright Post 4, Salem. Thomas Post of Salem. KENTUCKY. Department Commander, William T. Bausmith. Assistant Adjutant General, T. F. Beyland. George T. Thomas Post 6, Louisville. Warren Post 12, Louisville. Rousseau Post 10, Louisville. W. T. Berry Post, Louisvalle. Delaney Post, Louisvdlle. General Frye Post, Anchorage. General Joe Hooker Post, Eminence. Granville Moody Post, Bellevue. Bacon Post, Frankfort. Waltham Post, Shelby ville. J. H. Taylor Post, Bowling Green. Severe Post, Elizabethtown. Croxton Post 9, Ferris. Captain James West Post. Russell Post 171. WEST VIRGINIA. Department Commander, O. H. Michaelson. Assistant Adjutant General, J. O. Thompson. George Crook Post 3, Charlestown. Blondon Post 73, Charlestown. Andrew Mather Post 14, Parkersburg. i NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 55 J. W. Holliday Post 12, Wheeling. Meade Post 6, Fairmont. Reno Post 7, Grafton. Philip Bier Post 17, New Martinssdlle. J. C. Caldwell Post 21, Moiindsville. Hoffman Post 62 of Morgantown. Elkins Post 5 of Elkins. Carriages containing Department President Mrs. Fanny Cecil, Department Secretary Miss Belle Michaelson, Past Department President Mrs. O. H. Michaelson and Past Department President Mrs. F. J. Daniels of the W.R.C. SOUTH DAKOTA. Department Commander, H. P. Packard. Assistant Adjutant General, L. A. Drake. 86 Posts represented by 105 men. ARKANSAS. Department Commander, E. T. Wolfe. Assistant Adjutant General, W. G. Gray. ALASKA AND WASHINGTON. Department Commander, Frank M. Da\'is. Staff. Captain Dickenson Post 31, of Seattle; A. D. Quint of George W. Emory Post 68 of Anacortes; H. G. York of Everett, Washington; W. C. Hawthorn of Stevens Post of Seattle; Thomas Shannon of Mead Post 9 of North Yakima; B. L. Bull of Mead; George W. Scott of Post James Wakefield of Forty Mile Creek, Ala.; C. L. Connor of Reno Post, Spokane; William Bron.son of Miller Post, Spokane. NEW MEXICO. Department Commander, Theo. W. Heman. Assistant Adjutant General, John M. Moore. Department Commander, Hy P. Bums. Assistant Adjutant General, W. P. Roe. TENNESSEE. Band. Department Commander, Ben A. Hamilton. Adjutant General, Frank Seaman. Edward Maynard Post 14, Knoxville. Post 3, Memphis. I 56 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Phil Sheridan Post 67, Nash\nlle. Post 35, Jonesboro. Post 58, SeAderville. Post 94, Port Harriman. LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. Commander, Charies W. Keeting. Adjutant General, R. B. Baquie. Forty veterans from various Posts. Department Commander, Henry Marcotte. Assistant Adjutant General, G. H. Spencer. MONTANA. Department Commander, Henry H. Blake. Assistant Adjutant General, Charles F. Gage. TEXAS. Department Commander, John L. Boyd. Assistant Adjutant General, James S. Dunlap. IDAHO. Department Commander, Clement F. Drake. Assistant Adjutant General, J. J. Whittier. Department Commander, I. M. Christy. Assistant Adjutant General, W. F. R. Schindler. GEORGIA. Department Commander, Commerford. Adjutant General, Averill. Post 14, Colony. Post Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald. ALABAMA. Department Commander, Henry Chairsell. Assistant Adjutant General, E. D. Bacon. NORTH DAKOTA. Department Commander, D. F. Sigfried. Adjutant General, H. J. Rowe. General Cook Post 33, De\'ils Lake. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 57 Willis A. Gorman Post 6, Grand Forks. John Brown Post 14, Casselton. John F. Reynolds Post 5, Fargo. MASSACHUSETTS. U. S. Grant Post 4, Melrose, Commander Albert A. Carleton. Department Commander, Lucius Field, commanding. Assistant Adjutant General, Edward Preble. Staff. Edward T. Raymond, Chief of Staff; Horace E. Marion, Medical Director; Phihp S. Moxom, Department Chaplain; Elisha T. Harvell, A.Q.G.; Jonathan Smith, Judge Advocate; J. Albert Blake, Inspector; D. H. L. Gleason, C.M.O. FIRST DIVISION. Commander James H. Wolff, S.V.D.C. WiUiam Logan Rodman Post 1, New Bedford, Commander Thomas W. Cook. WilUam H. Bartlett Post 3, Taunton, Commander Alonzo M. Shaw. General Lander Post 5, Lynn, Commander John I. Parker. Charles Russell Lowell Post 7, Boston, Commander John McDonough. E. W. Pierce Post 8, Middleboro, Commander Walter H. Smith. George H. Ward Post 10, Worcester, Commander Daniel E. Denny. Abraham Lincoln Post 11, Charlestown, Commander George H. Huff. Reno Post 9, Hudson, Commander C. G. Brigham. Fletcher Webster Post 13, Brockton, Commander John W. Bean. John A. Andrew Post 15, Boston, Commander James F. McKenzie. E. K. Wilcox Post 16, Springfield, Commander Charles H. Emerson. General Sedgwck Post 17, Orange, Commander Wilham H. Foster. Colonel Prescott Post 18, Ashland, Commander Granville C. Fiske. Horace M. Warren Post 12, Wakefield, Commander Horatio Bumpus. Edwin V. Sumner Post 19, Fitchburg, Commander George T. Jones, Adjutant Andrew Connery. Joseph Hooker Post 23, East Boston, Commander Bradford H. Blinn. Major E. F. Fletcher Post 22, Milford, Commander Edward E. Cook. A. B. R. Sprague Post 24, Grafton, Commander William H. Moody. Thomas G. Stevenson Post 26, Roxbury, Commander William B. Gove. F. P. H. Rogers Post 29, Waltham, Commander J. Q. A. McCollester. William H. Smart Post 30, Cambridgeport, Commander C. Parker Cox. Washington Post 32, South Boston, Commander John Mahoney. Burbank Post 33, Woburn, Commander Bernard Fletcher. Phil H. Sheridan Post 34, Salem, Commander Charles H. Frye. Theodore Winthrop Post 35, Chelsea, Commander William A. Gardner. F. A. Stearns Post 37, Spencer, Commander Charles N. Hancock. Dexter Post 38, Brookfield, Commander George H. Deane. Needham Post 39, Lawrence, Commander Thomas Green. Lyon Post 41, Westfield, Commander L. W. Steiner. NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE G. A. R. 59 Captain Horace Niles Post 110, Randolph, Commander Samuel A. Foster. Joseph E. Simmons Post 111, Pembroke, Commander Bailey D. Damon, D. G. Farragut Post 116, Gardner, Commander S. Augustus Howe. General James L. Bates Post 118, Swampscott, Commander John I.Adams. Timothy Ingraham Post 121, Hyde Park, Commander David W. Lewis. E. P. Wallace Post 122, Amesbury, Commander George N. Janvrein. Parker Post 123, Athol Centre, Commander Enoch T. Lewis. Justin Dimick Post 124, East Bridgewater, Commander Charles D. Jones. Robert A. Bell Post 134, Boston, Commander Edward A. Ditmus. Willard C. Kinsley Post 139, Somerville, Commander Ed%nn M. Norton. Charles Devens Post 27, Oxford, Commander Silas Newton. B. F. Butler Post 42, Lowell, Commander Earl A. Thissell. C. L. Chandler Post 143, Brookhne, Commander Benjamin E. Corlew. Charles W. Carroll Post 144, Dedham, Commander WiUiam H. Clements. WilUam A. Streeter Post 145, Attleboro, Commander George Blackwell. Isaac B. Patten Post 81, Watertown, Commander Al\'in F. Tolman. A. D. Weld Post 148, Winchester, Commander John T. Wilson. Major J. L. Stearns Post 149, Charlestown, Commander P. J. Bench. General H. B. Berry Post 40, Maiden, Commander George J. Hunt. Francis Washburn Post 92, Brighton, Commander Joseph H. Haskell. E. S. Clark Post 115, Groton, Commander Henry P. Shattuck. George W. Perry Post 31, Scituate, Commander Bardin A. Prouty. George A. Custer Post 70, Commander Arthur H. Bachelor. Colonel William B. Greene Post 100, Methuen, Commander FrankUn W. Cluff. Huntington F. Wolcott Post 102, Milton, Commander George A. Fletcher. Ward Post 90, Dan vers. Commander I. E. Frye. H. H. Legge Post 25, Commander Edward Clegg. Friedrich Hecker Post 21, Boston, Commander F. B. Bamberg. General W. F. Bartlett Post 99, Andover, Commander George K. Dodge. Franklin Post 60, Franklin, Commander Fred A. Hartshorn. George G. Meade Post 119, Lexington, Commander Charles G. Kauffman. Francis Gould Post 36, Arlington, Commander Alexander H. Seaver. Arthur G. Biscoe Post 80, Westboro. Commander R. O. Stockbridge. James A. Garfield Post 120, Lowell, Commander F. W. Cragin. Otis W. Wallace Post 106, Rockport, Commander James M. Breen. General James Appleton Post 128, Ipswich, Commander Charles W. Bamford. Hubbard V. Smith Post 140, Athol, Commander J. C. Blake. W. W. Rockwell Post 125, Pittsfield, Commander John White. Isaac Davis Post 138, West Acton, Commander H. T. Clark. W. L. Baker Post 86, Northampton, Commander John P. Thompson. Samuel Sibley Post 137, East Douglass, Commander Jesse B. Sweet. E. M. Stanton Post 147, Amherst, Commander O. W. Prouty. Gilman C. Parker Post 153, Winchendon, Commander Charles T. Stearns. Martha Sever Post 154, Kingston, Commander George A. Graves. 60 UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS THIRTY-EIGHTH Marcus Keep Post 155, Monson, Commander George W. SejTnour. James A. Perkins Post 156, Everett, Commander Freeman A. Langley. John A. Hawes Post 159, East Boston, Commander John A. Wheeler. Alanson Hamilton Post 160, West Brookfield, Commander George H. Allen. Woburn Post 161, Woburn, Commander John Maloney. Manton E. Taft Post 162, Turners Falls, Commander Joseph F. Bartlett. General J. G. J'oster Post 163, South Framingham, Commander Da^'is P. Howarth. William Wadsworth Post 165, Duxbm-y, Commander John W. Alden. Malcolm Ammidown Post 168, Southbridge, Commander Joseph W. Seagrave. George K. Bird Post 169, Norwood, Commander Edward H. Dimbar. John Rogers Post 170, Mansfield, Commander Reuben Purdy. Washburn Post 175, Lancaster, Commander Benjamin F. Wyman. J. C. Freeman Post 55, Pro\'inceto-\\Ti, Commander H. P. Hughes. Old Concord Post 180, Concord, Commander George F. Hall. Sergeant Phmkett Post 184, Ashburnham, Commander Albert Needham. Ladd and Whitney Post 185, Lowell, Commander Charles H. Richardson. John A. Logan Post 186, Cambridgeport, Commander David A. Stevens. Preston Post 188, Beverly Farms, Commander Eben Day. Gettysburg Post 191, Boston, Commander Richard Middleton. Veteran Post 194, Reading, Commander Lambertus W. Krook. Berkshire Post 197, Pittsfield, Commander Oliver L. Wood. William B. Eaton Post 199, Revere, Commander Daniel D. Poole. Boston Post 200, Boston, Commander William G. Whitney. Henry Clay Wade Post 201, Cottage City, Commander Francis P. Vincent. E. B. Nye Post 203, Bourne, Commander George I. Briggs. Theodore Parkman Post 204, Centerville, Commander Thomas H. Soule, Jr. k^.