Department Order #3 Series 2017-2018

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #3
Series 2017-2018
12 JUL 2017

ELECTION OF DEPARTMENT  
TREASURER

Section 1:  The Department Council, by a majority vote, has filled the vacancy of the elective office of Department Treasurer.  Brother Travis Masters, of the NC Union Volunteers Camp #5, has agreed to serve as our Department Treasurer, and we thank him.

Section 2:  Effective immediately, all appropriate Department Treasurer business correspondence should be directed to Brother Masters.  His contact information is as follows:

ADDRESS:  103 Pirates Landing Drive, Beaufort, NC 28516

PHONE:  (252) 723-2669

    
Ordered this 12th Day of July, 2017

In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC     
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War          

110 Ivy Tree Place
Cary, NC 27519
(919)-388-3042
dstandrew@nc.rr.com


Attest:  Bryan Salter, Department Secretary

Department Order #2 Series 2017 - 2018

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #2
Series 2017-2018
02 JUL 2017

ELECTION OF DEPARTMENT  
SECRETARY

Section 1:  The Department Council, by a majority vote, has filled the vacancy of the elective office of Department Secretary.  Brother Bryan Salter, PCC, of the NC Union Volunteers Camp #5 has agreed to serve as our Department Secretary, and we thank him.

Section 2:  Effective immediately, all appropriate Department business correspondence should be directed to Brother Salter.  His contact information is as follows:

ADDRESS:  P.O. Box 26, Sealevel, NC  28577

PHONE:  252-725-3528

EMAIL:  abryansalter@gmail.com
    
Ordered this 2nd Day of July, 2017

In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC     
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War          

110 Ivy Tree Place
Cary, NC 27519
(919)-388-3042
dstandrew@nc.rr.com

Attest:  Bryan Salter, Department Secretary

Department Order #1 Series 2017-2018

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #1
Series 2017-2018
18 May 2017

ELECTION & APPOINTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS

Section 1:   The Department of North Carolina’s 10th Annual Department Encampment was held on 6 May 2017 in Salisbury, NC.  Thanks go out to the Maj. General John Gibbon-First Sgt. Daniel W. Burke Camp #2 for serving as Encampment host.  Thanks also go out to National Treasurer David McReynolds, PCC, for attending our Encampment as Installing Officer, and thanks to Jerry Devine, PDC, for his service as Department Commander this past year.  Congratulations to all of our elected and appointed Department Officers for 2017-2018. 

Section 2:  Department of NC Brothers who were duly elected and installed on 6 May 2017:

Commander                                        Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC
Senior Vice Commander                    William F. Fulcher, PCC
Junior Vice Commander                     Rolf C. Maris, PCC
Secretary-Treasurer*                          John R. France (resigned as of 6 May 2017)
Council Member 1                              Douglas P. Elwell, PDC
Council Member 2                              Craig R. Hipkins, PCC
Council Member 3                              Alonza Bryan Salter, PCC

*Secretary-Treasurer position vacancy to be filled by the Department Council.
       
Section 3:  Department of NC Brothers appointed by the Dept. Commander & installed on 6 May 2017:

Chaplain                                                       Rolf C. Maris, PCC      
Color Bearer                                                 Max Speers, PCC
Patriotic Instructor                                        Edward C. Gibson
Signals Officer                                              James R. Johnson
Eagle Scout Certificate Coordinator             K. Travis Masters
Civil War Memorials Officer                          Skip V. Riddle
Graves Registration Officer                          Henry C. Duquette
G.A.R. Records Officer                                 Robert A. Crum
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer                      Henry C. Duquette (resigned as of 6 May 2017)
           
So Ordered the 18th Day of May, 2017

In Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC 
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War        

110 Ivy Tree Place
Cary, NC 27519
(919)-388-3042
dstandrew@nc.rr.com

Department Order #7 Series 2015-2016

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #7
Series 2015-2016
6 April 2016

GRAND ARMY SESQUICENTENNIAL

Section 1:  The Grand Army of the Republic was founded on this day in 1866 by Civil War veteran Major Benjamin F. Stephenson, MD.  The first GAR Post, Decatur Illinois Post #1, was chartered and instituted with twelve Union Army veterans.  Dr. Stephenson created the GAR as a fraternal organization dedicated to helping honorably discharged Union veterans.   The founding cardinal principles of the Grand Army were “Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty”.

Section 2:  The 1st GAR National Encampment was held in 1866 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the 83rd and last National Encampment was held in Indianapolis in 1949.  At that time, there were 16 surviving members of the GAR, and only 6 were able to attend the Encampment, including Commander-in-Chief Theodore Penland, and future last living Civil War veteran Albert Woolson.

Section 3:  The peak membership of the GAR was 409,489 members in 1890 with almost 7000 local posts.  When Albert Woolson died on August 2, 1956, the Grand Army of the Republic
passed into history and dissolved.  Our Order, the SUVCW, is the legal heir and successor to the Grand Army of the Republic.

Section 4:  
The first Purpose and Object of the SUVCW is “To perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union 1861 to 1865”. All Brothers and Camps of the Department of North Carolina are encouraged to commemorate and observe the national sesquicentennial of the Grand Army of the Republic on this day by flying your flag from your house, by remembering the GAR ancestors in your family, and by honoring all of the Boys in Blue who fought to preserve the Union.

So Ordered the 6th Day of April, 2016

Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
             
Attest: John France, Department Secretary/Treasurer

Department Order #6 Series 2015-2016


Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order No. 6
Series 2015-2016
15 December 2015

                    DEPARTMENT OF NC APPOINTMENTS


Section 1:  Effectively immediately, Brother Henry Duquette of the Major General John Gibbon-First Sgt. Daniel W. Burke Camp #2 is appointed as Department of North Carolina Graves Registration Officer.  This position was previously carried out by the Department of NC Commander.

Section 2:  Effectively immediately, Brother Edward Gibson of the Major General Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1 is appointed as Department Guide for the 7 May 2016 Department of North Carolina Encampment.

So ordered this 15th day of December, 2015

Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

110 Ivy Tree Place
Cary, NC  27519
(919) 388-3042
dstandrew@nc.rr.com
           
Attest:         John France, Department Secretary/Treasurer

Department Order #5 Series 2015-2016

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #5
Series 2015-2016
9 November 2015

 Veterans Day

Section 1:  Wednesday, 11 November 2015, is Veterans Day.  The Department of North Carolina is very fortunate to have a history of strong veteran participation among its membership.  For example, in 2011, a survey was taken within the Ruger Camp #1 which revealed that 71% of the Camp’s adult members were US veterans.  Today, I am sure our Department ranks very highly when looking at the percentage of veterans within our membership.

Section 2:  Brothers, some of you serve or served as career military men, and some of you served as citizen soldiers.  No matter how we served our country, we all made sacrifices, as did our families, and as did our Civil War ancestors whose service and sacrifices are not forgotten.

Section 3:  What is a veteran?  The following quote (author unknown) says “A veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to and including their life.  That is an honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact.”  Another unknown author said “In war there are no unwounded soldiers.” 

Section 4:  Brothers, you and your families should all be proud of your military service, and the sacrifices that you have all made.  I also believe our Civil War ancestors would all be proud of our veteran status, as they were all very proud of theirs.  To the Brothers of our Order that are active military or veterans, and to all veterans, Thank you all for your service!

Section 5:  All Brothers and Camps of the Department of North Carolina are encouraged to
participate in Veterans Day observances in their local communities on Wednesday, November 11, 2015.  One of the “Purpose & Objects” of our order is to “cooperate in doing honor to all who have patriotically served our country in any war.”  I call on you all to fly your flag from your house, attend a local ceremony, or visit a war memorial or cemetery.  If nothing else, thank a veteran for his or her service--many veterans have never heard the words "thank you."

Section 6:  The following quote is from former senator, governor and veteran Zell Miller:
“For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.”
So Ordered this 9th Day of November, 2015

Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,

Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
             

Attest: John France, Department Secretary/Treasurer

Department Order #4 Series 2015-2016

Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department Order #4
Series 2015-2016
16 September 2015


20th Anniversary of the MG Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1

The Major Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1 was formed and recognized as an official Camp-at-Large of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 1995.  The Ruger Camp #1’s Date of Rank was assigned by then Commander-in-Chief David R. Medert on 16 September 1995.   Rev. Dr. Maurice E. Ankrom served as the Camp Organizer and was elected as the first Camp Commander.  Today, on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Ruger Camp #1, it is both a pleasure and an honor for me to express the congratulations and good wishes of the Department of North Carolina to the Ruger Camp #1, and all of the current and past members of the Camp.

The Ruger Camp’s Charter recognized the following “Worthy Brothers” as Charter Members:

Maurice Ankrom, William Davis, Roger Dostall, Eugene Mulhall, Charles Benrud, John Anthony, Herbert Birdsall, William Dartt, James Davis, Douglas Elwell, Harry Goodman, George Hale, Anthony Koehler, Kent McCoury, Yale Mooers, Myron Murley III, Michael Palmer, Steven Pirotte, Roscoe Reeve, Dallas Rightmyer, Thomas Rightmyer, Nathan Russell, Alonza Salter, Stephen Sayko, and Frederick Willshaw.

Over time, some of these Ruger Camp #1 Charter Members went on to help form more SUVCW Camps throughout North Carolina.  Since the Ruger Camp’s inception, thirteen   different Brothers have served as its Camp Commander.  Today, the Ruger Camp’s membership roster lists a total of forty Brothers, the largest Camp in the Department of North Carolina.  Over the past twenty years, the Ruger Camp #1 and its membership have set an example of achievement, dedication, and service to our National Order, always guided by the overall purpose “To perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved the Union 1861 to 1865” by keeping alive the memory of their service and sacrifice.

Congratulations to the Major General Thomas H. Ruger Camp #1, Department of North Carolina, for twenty years of outstanding service, and we wish the Camp success for many more years to come.

Yours in Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty,
Dennis C. St. Andrew, PDC
Commander, Department of North Carolina
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War             
110 Ivy Tree Place
Cary, NC 27519
(919)-388-3042
dstandrew@nc.rr.com



Attest:  John France, Department Secretary/Treasurer
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