paca, Wis. Inspector-General-J. Payson Bradley, Boston, Mass. National Patriotic Instructor-Levi Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minn. Assistant Adjutant-General-J. L. Bennett, Chicago, Ill. Assistant Quartermaster-General and Custodian of Records-J. Henry Holcomb, Independence hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Chief of Staff-Harry L. Beach, Hartford, Conn. Senior Aid de Camp-William Daly, Peru, Ind. Headquarters-Bridgeport, Conn. DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS AND ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERALS 1912. Alabama-W. H. Brooks.. Arizona-James F. Duncan. Charles C. Chapin. A. J. Sampson. Arkansas-F. W. Tucker. George W. Clark.. New Decatur .Birmingham Tombstone Phoenix Little Rock .Little Rock California and Nevada-W. R. Thomas.. R. G. O'Brien.... ...Oakland Oakland Colorado and Wyoming-H. M. Minor.. Rocky Ford William Green.. Connecticut-William H. Dougal. Henry J. Seeley... Delaware-Jesse K. Baylis.. J. S. Litzenberg... Florida-William P. Lynch. S. C. Scriber... .Denver New Preston .Bridgeport Wilmington Wilmington ...St. Cloud ..St. Cloud Georgia and So. Carolina-C. H. Brooks.. Fitzgerald G. E. Whitman. Illinois-Thomas H. Gault. Henry C. Cooke.... Indiana-Wilbur E. Gorsuch. J. R. Fesler... Iowa-John D. Brown. Kansas-J. N. Harrison.. Kentucky-John Barr. Andrew Offutt... Louisiana and Mississippi-F. K. Louis J. Souer... Maine-William H. Holston.. Frederick A. Motley.. Maryland-George Prechtel.. Robert C. Sunstrom... Massachusetts-George A. Hosley. Wilfred A. Wetherbee.. Michigan-John T. Spillane. Minnesota-William P. Roberts. Orton S. Clark.. Missouri-Charles W. Rubey Thomas B. Rodgers.. Fitzgerald .South Bend Ottawa Russ.. N. Orleans New Orleans Cumberland Mills . Portland Upperco Baltimore New Hampshire-George K. Stratton. Frank Battles.. .Boston ..Boston .Detroit Lansing Minneapolis .St. Paul .Lebanon St. Louis Bozeman Helena .Geneva ..Lincoln .Bradford ...Concord NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS AND COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF. 1866-Indianapolis; S. A. Hurlbut, Illinois. 1868-Philadelphia; John A. Logan, Illinois. 1869-Cincinnati; John A. Logan, Illinois. 1870-Washington; John A. Logan, Illinois. 1871-Boston; A. E. Burnside, Rhode Island. 1872-Cleveland: A. E. Burnside, Rhode Island. 1873-New Haven; C._Devens, Jr., Massachusetts. 1874-Harrisburg; C. Devens, Jr., Massachusetts. 1875-Chicago; J. F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania. 1876-Philadelphia; J. F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania. 1877-Providence; J. C. Robinson, New York. 1878-Springfield; J. C. Robinson, New York. 1879-Albany; William Earnshaw, Ohio. 1880-Dayton, O.; Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania. 1881-Indianapolis; G. S. Merrill, Massachusetts. 1882-Baltimore; P. Vandervoort, Nebraska. 1883-Denver; R. B. Beath, Pennsylvania. 1884-Minneapolis; John S. Kountz, Ohio. 1885-Portland, Me.; S. S. Burdette, Washington. 1886-San Francisco; L. Fairchild, Wisconsin. 1887-St. Louis; John P. Rea, Minnesota. 1888-Columbus, O.; Wm. Warner, Missouri. 1889-Milwaukee: Russell A. Alger, Michigan. 1890-Boston; W. G. Veazy, Vermont. 1891-Detroit; John Palmer, New York. 1892-Washington; A. G. Weissert, Wisconsin. 1893-Indianapolis; J. G. B. Adams, Massachusetts, 1894-Pittsburg; T. G. Lawler, Illinois. 1895-Louisville; 1. N. Walker, Indiana. 1896-St. Paul; T. S. Clarkson, Nebraska. 1897-Buffalo; J. P. S. Gobin, Pennsylvania. 1898-Cincinnati; James A. Sexton, Illinois. 1899-Philadelphia; Albert D. Shaw, New York. 1900-Chicago; Leo Rassieur, Missouri. 1901-Cleveland; Ell Torrance, Minnesota. 1902-Washington; T. J. Stewart, Pennsylvania. 1903-San Francisco; J. C. Black, Illinois. 1904-Boston; W. W. Blackmar, Massachusetts. 1905-Denver; James Tanner, Washington, D. C. 1906-Minneapolis; Robert B. Brown, Ohio. 1907-Saratoga-Chas. G. Burton, Missouri. 1908-Toledo; Henry M. Nevius, New Jersey. 1909-Salt Lake City: S. R. Van Sant, Minnesota. 1910-Atlantic City; J. E. Gilman, Massachusetts. 1911-Rochester, N. Y.; H. M. Trimble, Illinois. 1912-Los Angeles, Cal.; A. B. Beers, Connecticut. DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS. Commander-Thomas A. Gault, Chicago. Assistant Adjutant and Assistant Quartermaster- Chief Mustering Officer-M. H. Peters, Watseka. Méet CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY POSTS, G. A. R. Nnmber and name of posts, members in 1912, place and time of meeting in order named. ings in evenings unless otherwise specified. 5-George H. Thomas (521), Memorial hall; second and fourth Fridays. 7-W. B. Hazen (24); Memorial hall; first and third Saturdays. 9-Lyon (53); 128 West Randolph street; third Sunday. 28-U. S. Grant (421); Memorial hall; second and fourth Thursdays. 40-George A. Custer (128); Memorial hall; first and third Tuesdays. 50-John Brown (68); 2712 State street; first and third Wednesdays. 91-Abraham Lincoln (124); 3120 Forest avenue; first and third Wednesdays. 109-Ambrose E. Burnside (27); 92d street and Houston avenue; second Saturday. 275-Gen. T. W. Sweeney (18); Barrington; third Friday. 276-Kilpatrick (32); Odd Fellows' hall, Austin; second and fourth Tuesdays. 306-Col. J. A. Mulligan (26); 716 West Madison street; third Sunday, 2 p. m. 376-William McKinley (75); 26th and Butler streets; second and fourth Sundays, 12 m. 444-George A. Meade (201); 6248 Princeton avenue; first and third Tuesdays. 445-Winfield Scott (48); 2040 West North avenue; first and third Saturdays. 467-L. H. Drury (29); Drexel avenue and 75th street; second Sunday, 2:30 p. m. 473-Blue Island (18); city hall, Blue Island; fourth Saturday. 489-G. W. Spencer (7); Riverdale; second Sunday, 2 p. m. 521-John B. Wyman (47); the Arcade, Pullman; second Sunday. 540-Gen. John A. Logan (54); Odd Fellows' hall, Evanston; first Tuesday. 555-Gen. Silas Casey (13); Archer and Western avenues; third Sunday, 2 p. m. 560-Winfield S. Hancock (49); Larrabee and Center streets; second Sunday. 573-Washington (96); 1023 Diversey boulevard; second and fourth Fridays. 602-Farragut (81); Lake street and Western avenue; first and third Tuesdays. 615-Phil Sheridan (79); Scoville institute, Oak Park; first and third Fridays. 667-Hiram McClintock (25); Town hall, LaGrange; second and fourth Tuesdays. 668-Wilcox (26); Valentine's hall, 103d street; second Sunday, 3 p. m. 706-Columbia (104); Memorial hall; second and fourth Tuesdays. (8); 4650 Ashland avenue; fourth Sunday, 2:30 p. m. 713-Gen. E. Hatch 724-Harvey (27); Royal League hall, Harvey; second and fourth Tuesdays. 737-Cumberland (11); Rogers Park; second and fourth Fridays. 740-Julius White (68); Madison street and California avenue; second and fourth Sundays. 754-Gen. B. F. Butler (25); Race's hall, Irving Park; first and third Fridays. 759-James A. Sexton (18); Chicago Heights; fourth Saturday, 3 p. m. 780-Gen. Willich (20); Des Plaines; third Sunday. 790-Gen. William E. Strong (46); Masonic hall, Ravenswood; second and fourth Saturdays. 798-Old Glory (252); Masonic Temple; second and fourth Sundays, 2:30 p. m. Commanders' Association-Room 35, 143 North Dearborn street; meets third Saturday at 4 p. m. President, Hiram M. Pense; secretary, C. H. Davis. Officers in charge of relief work: Superintendent, John L. Manning; secretary, O. R. McKenney. UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. GENERAL OFFICERS. General Commander-Gen, Bennett H. Louisville, Ky. Young, Adj.-Gen. and Chief of Staff-Maj.-Gen. William E. Mickle, New Orleans, La. Honorary Commander-in-Chief-Gen. C. Irvine Walker, Charleston, S. C. Army of Northern Virginia Dept.-Commander, South Carolina Div.-Commander, Maj.-Gen. B. H. Virginia Div.-Commander, Maj. Gen. S. Bolling, Louisiana Div.-Commander, Maj.-Gen. Thomas J. Tennessee Div.-Commander, Maj.-Gen. John P. Florida Div.-Commander, Maj. Gen. Samuel Pasco, Texas Div.-Commander, Maj.-Gen. Felix Robert- Arkansas Div.-Commander, Maj.-Gen. Charles Cof- The next annual meeting will be held in the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., in the spring of 1913. Paymaster-General-J. R. McCullough, Newburgh, Inspector-General-John A. Miller, Jr., St. Louis, Judge-Advocate-General-Lemuel E. Fugit, Washington, D. C. Mo. National Chaplain-John E. Cox, Cincinnati, O. Surgeon-General-J. E. Hendrickson, Military Home, Council of Administration-D. C. Swinburne, Newport, Ky.; P. S. M. Munro, Brooklyn, N. Y.; P. Mohr, Rochester, N. Y.; W. T. Conway, Washington, D. C. MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. Instituted 1865. Membership May 1, 1912, 8,185. GENERAL OFFICERS. Commander-in-Chief-Col. Arnold A. Rand, U. S. V. Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Rear-Admiral Edwin Stewart, U. S. N. Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Bvt. Edwin A. Landell, U. S. V. Lieut.-Col. California-Acting Master W. C. Coulson, U. S. N., commander; Bvt. Col. William C. Alberger, recorder. Colorado-Lieut. W. H. Conley, U. S. V., commander; Lieut. Austin W. Hogle, recorder. District of Columbia-Bvt. Maj.-Gen. Cyrus Bussey, commander; First Lieut. Thomas H. McKee, recorder. Illinois-Capt. James G. Elwood, commander; Capt. Indiana-Surgeon Charles L. Wilson, commander; Kansas-Lieut.-Col. E. B. Fuller, U. S. A., commander; Capt. John T. Taylor, recorder. Maine-Capt. Frank A. Garnsey, U. S. V., commander; Lieut. Horatio Staples, U. S. V., recorder. Maryland-Lieut. Thomas Goodwillie, commander; Lieut. Joseph J. Janney, recorder. Massachusetts-Maj. William H. Trickey, U. S. V.. commander; Capt. Charles W. C. Rhoades, recorder. Lieut. Frank B. Bryant recorder. New York-Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, U. S. V., commander; Bvt. Lieut.-Col. William S. Cogswell, recorder. Ohio-Capt. Hosea Q. Sargent, U. S. V., commander; Maj. W. R. Thrall, recorder. Oregon-Edward C. Mears, commander; Capt. Gavin E. Caukin, recorder. Pennsylvania-Brig.-Gen. Samuel W. Fountain, U. S. A., commander; Bvt. Lieut.-Col. John P. Nicholson, recorder. Vermont-Lieut. Henry V. Cushman, U. S. V., commander; Bvt. Capt. Henry O. Wheeler, recorder. Washington-Gen. W. W. Robinson, U. S. V., commander; Walter B. Beals, recorder. Wisconsin-Maj. Edwin R. Herren, U. S. V., commander; Lieut. Amos P. Foster, recorder. Secretary-General-Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D., L. Assistant Treasurer-General-Henry Randall Webb, Only the thirteen original states have state societies. These, with the names of president and secretary of each in geographical order named, are: New Hampshire-William Davis Sawyer, Francis Coffin Martin. Massachusetts-Winslow Haskins. Warren, David Greene Phode Island-Asa Bird Gardiner, LL. D., L. H. D.; George W. Olney. Connecticut-Henry Larcom Abbott, LL. D.; Bryce Metcalf. New York-Talbot Olyphant, Francis Burrall Hoff man. New Jersey-James W. S. Campbell, Louis Dunham Maryland-Oswald Tilghman, Thomas Edward Sears. North Carolina-Wilson Gray Lamb, Marshall De- The Order of the Cincinnati was organized by American and French officers who served in the war of the revolution, for the purpose of perpetuating the remembrance of that event and keeping up the friendships then formed. Membership goes to the eldest måle descendant, if worthy; in case there is no direct male descendant, then to male descendants through intervening female descendants. The present membership is about 890. George Washington was the first president-general until his decease, and Alexander Hamilton the second. MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMANDERY. Commander-in-Chief-Maj. Gen. Alex. S. Webb, U. S. A., Riverdale, N. Y. Vice-Commanders-General-Col. William G. Bates, 43 Cedar street, New York; Brig.-Gen. James Forney, U. S. M. C., retired, Philadelphia, Pa.; Morris W. Seymour, Bridgeport, Conn.; Capt. Willis J. Wells, Chicago, Ill.; the Hon. Horace Davis, LL. D., San Francisco, Cal.; John C. Edwards, Boston, Mass.; Col. H. Ashton Ramsay, Baltimore, Md.; Gen. George H. Garretson, Cleveland, O.; Col. Marvey C. Clark, St. Louis, Mo.; Lieut. W. W. Russel, U. S. V., Vermont; Maj. William Hancock Clark, Richmond, Va.; Lieut. Charles H. Peckham, U. S. V., Providence, R. I.; Commander John W. Bostick, L. N. R., New Orleans, La.; Brig.-Gen. Edward E. Campbell, U. S. V., Newark, N. J.; Gen. Charles King, U. S. V., Milwaukee, Wis.; Rev. Francis C Kelley, Lapeer, Mich.; Lieut. R. K. Gaston, Dallas, Tex.; Col. J. W. Pope, U. S. A., Denver, Col.; Brig.-Gen. William J. McKee, U. S. V., Indianapolis, Ind. Secretary-General-Maj. place, New York, N. Y. David Banks, 23 Park Deputy Secretary-General-Maj. David Banks, Jr., New York, N. Y. Treasurer-General-Col. Oliver C. Bosbyshell, 4048 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Registrar-General-Rev. Henry N. Wayne, Tuckahoe, N. Y. Judge-Advocate-General-H. W. Lamberton, Harrisburg, Pa. Deputy Treasurer-General-Col. O. D. Clark, Montpelier, Vt. Chaplain-General-Capt. Henry A. F. Hoyt, Cynwyd, Pa. Historian-General-Capt. Edw. H. Smith, U. S. V., Oshkosh. Wis. Recorder-General-Maj. Guy A. Boyle, Indianapolis, Ind. Commanderies have been established in twentyone states. Total membership about 1,400. The order is a military organization with patriotic objects, having for its scope the period of American history since national independence. It stands for the needed and honorable principle_of national defense against foreign aggression. The principal feature of the order is the perpetuating of the names, as well as the services, of commissioned officers who served in either the war of the revolution, the war with Tripoli, the war of 1812, the Mexican war or the war with Spain and all future campaigns, recognized by the United States government as war with foreign powers. Veteran companionship is conferred upon such officers and hereditary companionship upon their direct lineal descendants in the male line. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. Secretary-General-Clarence Deputy Secretary-General-Henry G. Sanford, 45 Macpherson Hornor, Deputy Treasurer-General-Francis Howard Williams, Philadelphia, Pa. Registrar-General-George Norbury Mackenzie, Baltimore, Md. Historian-General-T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, New York, N. Y. Chaplain-General-Rt.-Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, D. D., LL. D., St. Louis, Mo. Surgeon-General-Justin E. Emerson, Detroit, Mich. Chancellor-General-Hon. Henry Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md. SECRETARIES OF STATE SOCIETIES. Callfornia-Harrison B. Alexander, Los Angeles. Colorado-John Wright Barrows, Denver. Connecticut-L. A. Barbour, Hartford. Delaware-Christopher L. Ward, Wilmington. Dist. of Columbia-Joseph B. Johnson, Washington. Georgia-Charles H. Banks, Savannah. Illinois-William R. Tucker, 135 Adams street, Chi Kentucky-George T. Wood, Louisville. Maryland-Murray P. Brush, Baltimore, Md. Maine-Philip 1. Jones, Portland. Massachusetts-E. W. McGlenen, Boston. Michigan-Williams C. Harris, Detroit, Mich. Minnesota-Herbert M. Temple, St. Paul, Minn. Missouri-Hobart Brinsmade, St. Louis. Nebraska-(Vacancy). New Hampshire-George B. Leighton, Monadnock, N. H. New Jersey-J. L. Merrill, East Orange. New York-Frederick Dwight, New York, N. Y. Rhode Island-Charles E. Cannon, Providence, R. I. Virginia-Thomas Bolling, Jr., Richmond. Washington-H. B. Ferris, Spokane. Wisconsin-Oliver T. Dwight, Milwaukee. SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812. GENERAL OFFICERS 1910-12. President-General-John Cadwalader (of Pennsyl- Acting Secretary-General-J. E. Burnett Bucken- M. Henry, Registrar-General-Henry Harmon Noble, Essex, N. Y. Surgeon-General-George H. Burgin, M. D. ILLINOIS SOCIETY. Treasurer-Charles Cromwell, Chicago. Chaplain-William Henry Babcock, Chicago. Historian-Dr. Charles David Camp, Chicago. State societies have been formed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey. Membership is made up of male persons above the age of 21 years who participated in or are lineal descendants of one who served during the war of 1812 in the army, navy, revenue-marine or privateer service of the United States, upon offering proof thereof satisfactory to the state society to which they may make application for membership, and who are of good moral character and reputation. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Organized April 30, 1889, and incorporated by act of congress June 9, 1906. President-General-James M. Richardson, Cleveland, O. Vice-Presidents-General-Amedee B. Cole, St. Louis. Mo.; 0. D. Baldwin, San Francisco, Cal.; H. V. A. Joslin, Providence, R. I.; N. B. Woodworth, Syracuse, N. Y.; Edwin S. Crandon, Boston, Mass. Secretary-General and Registrar-General-A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D. C. Treasurer-General-John H. Burroughs, 15 William street, New York, N. Y. Historian-General-David L. Pierson, East Orange, N. J. Chaplain-General-Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D., Chicago, Ill. Membership (1912)-13,200. SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. Organized 1876. GENERAL OFFICERS 1911-1914. General President-Hon. Edmund Wetmore, New First General Vice-President-James Mortimer Second General Vice-President-Thomas Wingate Weeks, Boston, Mass. General Secretary-Prof. William Libbey, Princeton, N. J. Assistant General Secretary-W. Hall Harris, Jr., Baltimore, Md. General Treasurer-Richard McCall Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa. Assistant General Treasurer-Henry Cadle, Bethany, Mo. General Chaplain-Rev. Randolph H. McKim, D. D., Washington, D. C. General Registrar-Hon. George E. Pomeroy, Toledu. O. General Historian-Marshall De Lancey Haywood, Organizations exist in thirty-two states. ILLINOIS SOCIETY (1912). President-Francis W. Shepardson, Chicago. Secretary-Frederick Dickinson, 562 Bryant avenue, Chicago. Treasurer-Nelson J. Ludington. Registrar-John R. Dickinson. Chaplain-Rev. George D. Wright. |