GRAND ARMY

BLUE-BOOK:

CONTAINING THE

RULES AND REGULATIONS

OF THE

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,

AND

OFFICIAL DECISIONS AND OPINIONS THEREON, AS

REPORTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT TO
SEPTEMBER 13, 1901.

ION

EDITION OF 1902.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

1902.

GRAND ARMY BLUE-BOOK.

THE GRAND ARMY BLUE-BOOK was first compiled and issued by Past Commander-in-Chief Robert B. Beath, in 1884, its purpose being to bring together for handy reference the Rules and Regulations and all Decisions or Opinions bearing thereon. It was officially accepted as authority upon all matters passed upon and reported to the National Encampment by the Commandersin-Chief and Judge-Advocates-General.

In 1886 the following resolution, presented by Judge-Advocate-General C. H. Grosvenor, was unanimously adopted by the National Encampment :

Resolved, That this National Encampment, actuated by a desire for uniformity of rulings and decisions upon the Laws, Rules, and Regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, does hereby endorse the BLUE-BOOK compiled and written by Past Commander-in-Chief R. B. Beath as a standard and authoritative book of reference and authority, and Comrade Beath is requested to continue the revision of his work from time to time to correspond with the new Decisions of the National Encampment and the changes of the Rules and Regulations.

Several editions followed, and the publication was then transferred to National Head-quarters. No edition had been printed for the year 1889, and the National Encampment at Boston, 1890, directed the appointment of a committee to prepare a complete Digest up to that date, to be printed when approved by the Commander-in-Chief.

Under this resolution, Comrades R. B. Beath, S. S. Burdett, and Henry E. Taintor were appointed the Committee on Revision, and their work was duly approved by the Commanderin-Chief. In this compilation the same general form has been followed, but all subsequent Decisions and Opinions have been brought forward to their proper position in the text of the Rules and Regulations.