{"id":613,"date":"2018-04-29T21:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T21:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/?p=613"},"modified":"2018-04-29T23:36:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T23:36:24","slug":"department-order-2018-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suvcwdepttn.org\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"Department Order 2018-01"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nHEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER<\/strong>
DEPARTMENT OF TENNESSEE WITH ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI<\/strong>
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR<\/strong>
Ben Block Jones II, PCC<\/span>
246 Highland Place Dr.<\/span>
Jackson, MS 39211-5909<\/span>
(601) 927-8479<\/span>
bejonesii@bellsouth.net<\/span><\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

DEPARTMENT ORDER #1, 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. I wish to thank all the brothers who attended the 23th Annual Department Encampment, Past
\nDepartment Commander David McReynolds for his leadership during his tenure,
\nrepresentatives of McTeer Camp No. 39 and the Allied Orders for their support and all other
\nelected and appointed officers for our organization\u2019s continued success. As your duly elected
\nand installed Commander, it is a great honor but I am aware and appreciate the solemn
\nresponsibilities that are now placed upon my shoulders. I stand ready to face our challenges
\nalways guided by our core principles of Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty and consistent with our
\nduty to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the men who saved
\nthe Union from 1861 to 1865. With this in mind, I would like to recognize my direct ancestors
\nwho fought for the Union:<\/p>\n

James William Dibrell Jones (Great-Grandfather)
\nPvt., 111th Ill. Vol. Inf. Regt.; Brevet Comm. Sgt, U.S. Marine Hospital, Paducah, KY
\nIra B. Vangilder (2x Great-Grandfather)
\nPvt., 23rd N.Y. Vol. Inf. Regt.; Hospital Steward, Co. A, 1st D. C. Cavalry
\nDied November 11, 1864, Florence Prison, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

2. The headquarters of the Department is transferred to my home address as stated above.
\nYou can reach me either by e-mail or cell phone (also above). Electronic communications are
\nthe preferred method of correspondence.
\n3. Appointments of Department officers and members to Department committees will be posted
\non the Department\u2019s websites. Many thanks to Signals Officer Bro. George A. Huttick, incoming
\nDepartment Secretary-Treasurer Bro. Craig Taylor Brown, PDC, and Bro. Geoffrey Hintze,
\nPDC, for invaluable contributions and urge all Camps to offer their assistance. Congratulation
\nto Bro. David Michael Du Brucq, CC, of the Army of Tennessee Camp No. 64 and Fort
\nDonelson Camp No. 62 on his election as Department Junior Vice-Commander.
\n4. Direct financial and other correspondences for the Department should be directed to the
\nDepartment Secretary\/Treasurer Craig Taylor Brown, 221 Glascock St., Alcoa, TN 37701,
\nTelephone: (865) 250-8090, E-mail: c37801@gmail.com
\n5. I ask all Camps within the Department of Tennessee to please inform the Department
\nSecretary\/Treasurer of all address changes within 30 days of any known changes and of all
\ndeceased members as known.
\n6. The Encampment voted favorably on several changes to the Department By-Laws. The
\nrevised By-Laws will be posted soon. Camps are also reminded of General Order No. 18,
\nSeries 2017-2018, dated 6 February 2018, regarding the amendment of Camp By-Laws as we
\ncontinue to seek tax-exemption under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Camps must be compliant by 31
\nMay 2019.
\n7. The Department Special Committee on National Encampment will remain in place to serve
\nthe Department charged with planning and organizing a National Encampment with the
\nDepartment as host.
\n8. The 24th Annual Department Encampment will be held in Memphis, Tennessee, and hosted
\nby the Sultana Camp No. 1. More details will become available as plans are finalized.
\n9. Department Order 2017-2018 – 02 ordering a period of thirty-days mourning for Brother
\nCharles Yates, PDC will continue in full force and effect.
\n10. Our sincerest condolences to the family of Department Senior Vice-Commander Roger A.
\nTenney, CC, on the loss of his mother. May He bless and comfort their family during this time of
\ngrief.
\n11. Although we have reached a significant milestone of 200 members under PDC
\nMcReynolds’ leadership, I encourage all camps to reach out to past members of the Order.
\nMembership is our life blood. We must all work together to attract new members and
\nencourage the participation of our current members. Without retention and new members, no
\norganization can longer endure. I challenge all Camps to re-enlist at least three members who
\nhave lapsed in dues over the past years. Discover their interests so we can keep them as
\nactive members.<\/p>\n

SO ORDERED on this, the 9th day of April 2018
\nIn Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty,
\n\/s\/ Ben Block Jones II, Commander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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