Commandery-in-Chief Journal of Proceedings: Annual Congress, October 15, 2016, Pensacola, Florida Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery-in-Chief Journal of Proceedings: Annual Congress, October 15, 2016, Pensacola, Florida _______________________________________________________NATIONAL COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF______________________________________________ Major General George Cadwallader, PA................... 1865-1879 Rear Admiral Purnell F. Harrington, NY..................... 1925-1927 Lt. Colonel Philip M. Watrous, PA......... 1981-1983 Major General Winfield S. Hancock, PA. (Acting)…... 1879-1885 Master Robert M. Thompson, DC.............................. 1927-1930 Alexander P. Hartnett, PA...................... 1983-1985 Major General Winfield S. Hancock, PA ................... 1885-1886 Brigadier General Samuel W. Fountain, PA…….…… 1930-1930 William H. Upham, Jr., WI.................... 1985-1989 Bvt. Major General Rutherford B. Hayes, OH............ 1886-1886 Bvt. Major George Mason, IL.................................... 1930-1931 Lowell Varner Hammer, DC................... 1989-1991 Lt. General Philip H. Sheridan, DC........................... 1886-1888 Captain William P. Wright, IL.................................... 1931-1933 Henry Nathan Sawyer, MA……………... 1991-1993 Bvt. Major General Rutherford B. Hayes, OH............ 1888-1893 Colonel Hugh Means, KS......................................... 1933-1935 Colonel Scott W. Stucky, DC................ 1993-1995 Rear Admiral John J. Almy, DC................................. 1893-1893 Colonel William Innes Forbes, PA............................. 1935-1940 Dr. Robert Girard Carroon, CT............... 1995-1997 Brigadier General Lucius Fairchild, WI...................... 1893-1895 Major General Malvern-Hill Barnum, MA.................... 1940-1941 Hon. Michael Patrick Sullivan, WI…..…. 1997-1999 Major General John Gibbon, OR............................... 1895-1896 James Vernor, Jr., MI................................................ 1941-1947 Lt. Colonel Robert J. Bateman, DC…… 1999-2001 Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, PA.......................... 1896-1899 Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap, NY..................... 1947-1951 Gordon R, Bury II, OH.......................... 2001-2003 Lt. General John M. Schofield, DC........................... 1899-1903 Donald H. Whittemore, MA....................................... 1951-1953 Douglas Reed Niermeyer, MO............... 2003-2005 Bvt. Major General David McMurtrie Gregg, PA…...... 1903-1905 Commander William C. Duval, OH............................. 1953-1957 Benjamin Charles Frick, PA................... 2005-2007 Major General John R. Brooke, PA........................... 1905-1907 Major General Ulysses S. Grant III, DC..................... 1958-1961 Karl Frederick Schaeffer, OH................ 2007-2009 Major General Grenville M. Dodge, NY...................... 1907-1909 Lt. Colonel Donald M. Liddell, Jr., NY........................ 1961-1962 Keith Graham Harrison, MI……............. 2009-2011 Lt. General John C. Bates, ME................................. 1909-1911 Lt. Colonel H. Durston Saylor II, PA.......................... 1962-1964 Jeffry Burden, VA……………………………… 2011-2013 Rear Admiral George W. Melville, PA........................ 1911-1912 Major General Clayton B. Vogel, DC......................... 1964-1964 Waldron K. Post, NY……………………………… 2013-2015 Lt. General Arthur MacArthur, WI.............................. 1912-1912 Colonel Walter E. Hopper, NY.................................. 1964-1966 Captain James Alan Simmons ,TX 2015-2017 Colonel Arnold A. Rand, MA..................................... 1912-1913 Lt. Colonel Lenahan O’Connell, MA.......................... 1966-1971 Bvt. Brigadier General Thomas H. Hubbard, NY….... 1913-1815 Colonel Brooke M. Lessig, PA…………. 1971-1973 Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, CA................................. 1915-1915 Charles Allan Brady, Jr., IL.............. ....... 1973-1975 Lt. General Samuel B.M. Young, DC........................ 1915-1919 Colonel Joseph B. Daugherty, IN........... 1975-1977 Lt. General Nelson A. Miles, DC................................ 1919-1925 Thomas N. McCarter III, NY.................... 1977-1981 Commandery-in-Chief Journal of Proceedings: Annual Congress, October 15, 2016, Pensacola, Florida Proceedings Editor Keith G. Harrison, PCinC © 2016 Commandery-in-Chief, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Table of Contents Congress Meeting Minutes ................................................................................................... 1 Elected Officer Reports......................................................................................................... 7 Commander-in-Chief..................................................................................................... 9 Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief ................................................................................ 10 Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief ................................................................................ 12 Recorder-in-Chief.......................................................................................................... 13 Registrar-in-Chief.......................................................................................................... 14 Chancellor-in-Chief....................................................................................................... 17 Treasurer-in-Chief......................................................................................................... 12 Judge-Advocate-in-Chief.............................................................................................. ** Chaplain-in-Chief .......................................................................................................... 24 Surgeon-in-Chief........................................................................................................... ** Appointed Officer Reports.................................................................................................... 27 Editor-in-Chief ............................................................................................................... ** National Quartermaster ................................................................................................ 29 National Membership List Coordinator....................................................................... 30 National Historian ......................................................................................................... 33 National Webmaster...................................................................................................... 34 Washington DC Representative................................................................................... 36 Standing and Special Committee Reports .......................................................................... 37 Audit............................................................................................................................... *** Finance and Budget...................................................................................................... (See page 17) Membership................................................................................................................... 39 Nominations .................................................................................................................. ** Constitution and Bylaws .............................................................................................. ** History............................................................................................................................ (See page 33) Historic and Preservation Grants ................................................................................ 41 Lincoln Death Day Observance ................................................................................... *** National Meetings ......................................................................................................... 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(See page 30) Fraternal Relations........................................................................................................ ** Civil War Library and Museum..................................................................................... *** Loyal Legion Memorial Fund........................................................................................ *** Commandery Reports ........................................................................................................... 43 California ....................................................................................................................... 45 Connecticut ................................................................................................................... 56 District of Columbia...................................................................................................... *** Florida ............................................................................................................................ *** Iowa................................................................................................................................ 58 Illinois............................................................................................................................