COMMITTEES. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION. DAVID J. PALMER, Commander in Chief. WILLIAM F. CONNER, Senior Vice Commander in Chief. GEORGE A. NEWMAN, Adjutant General. COLA D. R. STOWITS, Quartermaster General. GEORGE A. PRICE, Brooklyn, N. Y. WILLIAM J. PATTERSON, Pittsburgh, Pa. A. G. HANBACK, Topeka, Kans. COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. WASHINGTON GARDNER, Albion, Mich., Chairman. CHARLES C. ROYCE, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL M. HENCH, Fort Wayne, Ind. E. F. HANN, Atlantic City, N. J. J. A. T. HULL, Des Moines, Iowa (post-office address, Washington, D. C.). COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REGULATIONS AND RITUAL. A. G. WEISSERT, Milwaukee, Wis., Chairman. A. B. BEERS, Bridgeport, Conn. Wм. T. POWELL, Pittsburgh, Pa. J. R. JOHNSTON, Youngstown, Ohio. W. M. SCOTT, Atlanta, Ga. COMMITTEE ON GETTYSBURG PEACE MONUMENT. ELL TORRANCE, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman. ELISHA H. RHODES, Providence, R. I. JOHN BIGELOW, Minneapolis, Minn. E. R. MONFORT, Cincinnati, Ohio. GEORGE W. MARTIN, Brookfield, Me. TRUSTEES OF PERMANENT FUND. MICHAEL J. CUMMINGS, Brooklyn, N. Y. M. A. GHERST, Reading, Pa., Treasurer. COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. GEORGE A. NEWMAN, Adjutant General, Chairman. CHARLES A. ORR, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of New York. JOHN H. ROBERTS, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of California and F. A. BIRD, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of Wisconsin. A. M. TRIMBLE, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of Nebraska. DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER OF SENIORITY, ACCORDING TO DATES OF PERMANENT ORGANIZATION AS HERETOFORE ANNOUNCED. 14 Potomac, provisional department, organized Aug. 6, 1867. 15 Virginia and North Carolina.. As department of Virginia; name changed to Virginia and North Carolina May 20, 1892. Colorado and Wyoming. Dec. 11, 1879 19 20 Indiana, organized Aug. 20, 1866. 22 23 As department of the Mountains; name changed to Colo- Kansas, organized Dec. 7, 1866. 24 Minnesota, organized Aug. 4, 1867. 29 South Dakota.. As department of Dakota; name changed to South Da 34 Utah... Tennessee. 35 Louisiana and Mississippi. As department of the Gulf; name changed to Louisiana and Mississippi June 13, 1888. Florida... 36 June 19, 1884 As department of Oklahoma and Indian Territory; name changed to Oklahoma July 3, 1891. 45 Indian Territory. July 3, 1891 Consolidated with and merged into the department of 1 Reorganized, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FORTY-NINTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 30 AND OCTOBER 1, 1915. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915-MORNING SESSION. The Forty-ninth National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic convened at Camp Matthew G. Emery, corner of B and First Streets NW., Washington, D. C., on September 30, 1915, at 10.30 o'clock a. m. Camp Emery was in charge of the following-named comrades, members of the Old Guard, an organization composed of members of the Grand Army of the Republic living in Washington and being the uniformed rank of the Department of the Potomac: Officer of the day: Capt. John Middleton. Officer of the guard: R. H. Cook, first lieutenant; Thomas Tettle, second lieutenant. Guards: D. E. Caruana, J. F. Collins, J. E. Richmond, W. S. Boyd, T. F. Brown, W. G. Burnap, Thomas Calver, Thomas Eagan, W. A. Gammon, Wesley George, W. H. Hoover, G. L. Johnson, Thomas Johnson, G. W. Louton, M. M. Lewis, C. B. Lower, J. E. McCabe, W. H. Moore, Fred W. Mixer, B. Mooney, S. Morton, J. M. Pipes, Thomas Robertson, M. J. Saunter, Henry Steen, George Tate, S. Weaver, Ephram Phillips. The encampment was opened in due form by Commander in Chief David J. Palmer. The COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Comrades, we ask you to join in singing the first and last verses of America, and that will be followed by a prayer by the chaplain in chief. The encampment sang the verses of America, led by Comrade J. W. Hank, of Jackson, Ohio. Chaplain in Chief ORVILLE J. NAVE. Let the comrades all be seated. Let me ask that we all unite together in this devotion and for a moment turn our hearts to the God of all nations and render Him our grateful worship. Our Father, we are thankful to Thee for Thy many providences unto us as a people. We are thankful that Thou didst guide our forefathers in founding a government that is based upon the interests of all the people, a government of |