Ar a stated meeting of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, held May 1, 1889, the Recorder called attention to the forthcoming anniversary of the foundation of the Order and submitted the following resolution :— Resolved, That the Commander be authorized to appoint a committee of forty-one Companions to make the necessary arrangements for the celebration of the founding of the Order in the city of Philadelphia. Resolved, That the Commandery appropriates toward the expenses of the committee one thousand dollars from the general fund of the Commandery. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. At the stated meeting of the Commandery, October 16, 1889, the Recorder reported the preliminary work and the action of the Commandery-in-Chief as follows:— Journal of the Commandery-in-Chief, Fifth Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October 16, 1889. The Recorder-in-Chief called the attention of the Commandery-inChief to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Order, April 15, 1890, and the arrangements being made under the auspices of the Commandery of Pennsylvania for its proper observance in the city of its origin. Companion William O. Gould, California, moved that there be issued from the Headquarters of the Order an official circular announcing the programme of the anniversary. The motion was unanimously adopted. Companion George W. Chandler, Michigan, moved that there be held in the city of Philadelphia, April 15, 1890, a special meeting of the Commandery-in-Chief in honor of the occasion. The motion was unanimously adopted. Companion William O. Gould, California, moved the preparation and promulgation to the Order of a resolution from the Commandery-inChief expressive of approval of the celebration, and that the subject be referred to a committee of three Companions for report. The motion was unanimously adopted. Commander-in-Chief Hayes appointed as the committee Companions William O. Gould, California; J. Marshall Brown, Maine; and William H. Lambert, Pennsylvania. Companion William O. Gould, California, chairman of the committee, to whom was referred the resolution expressive of the approval of the celebration April 15, 1890, submitted the following: Resolved, That the Commandery-in-Chief, having learned with great pleasure that the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania contemplates celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization and the foundation of the Order, has called a special meeting of the Commandery-in-Chief in Philadelphia, April 15, 1890, and urges upon the several Commanderies their hearty co-operation so far as may be consistent with the arrangements already made, so that the celebration may embrace-as it is understood to be the wish of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania-every Companion of the Order. WM. O. GOULD, JOHN MARSHALL BROWN, Committee. Companion W. H. Fitch, Colorado, moved the adoption of the resolution. The resolution was unanimously adopted ing Commander Gregg, on November 11, 1889, issued the follow MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. CIRCULAR No. 19. Series of 1889. Whole No. 186. } PHILADELPHIA, November 11, 1889. I. The Companions named constitute the General Committee of Arrangements authorized by the unanimous resolution of the Commandery May 1, 1889, for the twenty-fifth celebration of the Order, in the city of Philadelphia, April 15, 1890: RECEPTION.-Galusha Pennypacker, H. M. Hoyt, Lewis Merrill, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, E. N. Benson, George Meade, William Brooke-Rawle, J. P. S. Gobin, James W. Latta, Robert Neilson, Robert B. Beath, W. C. Cook. TRANSPORTATION.-John P. Green, John Cassels, J. R. Wood, C. S. Sims. DECORATIONS.-Edward E. Potter, John J. Read, Richard S. Collum, W. Wallace Goodwin, Lewis R. Hamersly. ENTERTAINMENT.-Frank D. Howell, Persifor Frazer, Richard H. Morris. HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS.-Henry C. Potter, Sylvester Bonnaffon, Jr., John O. Foering, George H. North, H. W. Littlefield. PROGRAMME AND CEREMONIES.-John P. Nicholson, R. Dale Benson, William H. Lambert, H. Earnest Goodman. INVITATIONS.-J. William Hofmann, Charles M. Betts, Fred. Schober. FINANCE.-R. E. Patterson, E. A. Hancock, Samuel Goodman, Charles C. Knight, S. E. Meigs. II. The committee will meet at the United Service Club, 1433 Chestnut Street, Monday, November 18, at 8 P. M., for organization. By command of Brevet Major-General D. McM. GREGG, U. S. V., Commander. JOHN P. NICHOLSON, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. V., Recorder. Commander-in-Chief Hayes issued the following: MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. CIRCULAR No. 1. Series of 1890. Whole No. 52. COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF. PHILADELPHIA, February 10, 1890. I. In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Order, and in accordance with the unanimous resolution of the Commandery-inChief, a special meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 1890, at 10.30 A. M., in the Hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Thirteenth and Locust streets, Philadelphia. Brevet Major-General RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, U. S. V., Commander-in-Chief. JOHN P. NICHOLSON, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. V., MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF. CIRCULAR No. 3. Series of 1890. Whole No. 54. PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 1890. I. At the Ceremonies incident to the Celebration, April 15-16, 1890, the Insignia shall be worn as prescribed in Art. xxii, Sec. 1, Constitution 1889. By command of Brevet Major-General RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, U. S. V., Commander-in-Chief. JOHN P. NICHOLSON, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. V., Recorder-in-Chief. |