OFFICERS of the COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF 1889-1893
Commander-in-Chief
Brevet Major-General Rutherford B. Hayes, OH Commandery
Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief
Rear Admiral A. Ludlow Case, NY Commandery
Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief
Major General Nelson A. Miles, CA Commandery
Recorder-in-Chief
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John P. Nicholson, PA Commandery
Registrar-in-Chief
Brevet Brigadier-General Albert Ordway, DC Commandery
Treasurer-in-Chief
Brevet Brigadier-General John J. Milhau, NY Commandery
Chancellor-in-Chief
Captain Peter D. Keyser, PA Commandery
Chaplain-in-Chief
Chaplain H. Clay Trumbull, D. D., PA Commandery
Council-in-Chief
Brevet Brigadier-General Orlando M. Poe, MI Commandery
Colonel Thomas L. Livermore, MA Commandery
Brevet Major John P. Rea, MA Commandery
Brevet Major-General Eugene A. Carr, MO Commandery
Major-General Lew Wallace, IN Commandery
Source: Commandery-in-Chief of MOLLUS 1890 Meeting Banquet Program, St. Louis, MO
COMMANDERY COMMANDERS and RECORDERS of 1890
(listed in the order the Commanderies were formed)
PENNSYLVANIA
Commander: Brevet Major General David McMurtie Gregg
Sr. Vice Commander: Captain Richard S. Collum
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Brigadier General James A. Beaver
Recorder: Brevet Lt. Colonel John P. Nicholson
NEW YORK
Commander: Major General Wager Swayne
Sr. Vice Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Charles A. Carleton
Jr. Vice Commander: Medical Director Delavan Bloodgood
Recorder: Paymaster George De F. Barton
MAINE
Commander: Brevet Brigadier General J. Marshall Brown
Sr. Vice Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Thomas W. Hyde
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Francis E. Heath
Recorder: Brevet Major Henry S. Burrage
MASSACHUSETTS
Commander: Brevet Major General John M. Corse
Sr. Vice Commander: Acting Volunteer Lt. Charles P. Clark
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Colonel Henry Stone
Recorder: Colonel Arnold A. Rand
CALIFORNIA
Commander: Major General Nelson A. Miles
Sr. Vice Commander: Chief Engineer John W. Moore
Jr. Vice Commander: Lt. Samuel W. Backus
Recorder: Brevet Lt. Colonel William R. Smedberg
WISCONSIN
Commander: Major Charles H. Anson
Sr. Vice Commander: Lt. William H. Upham
Jr. Vice Commander: Captain George E. Sutherland
Recorder: Captain A. Ross Houston
ILLINOIS
Commander: (vacant)
Sr. Vice Commander: Major George L. Paddock
Jr. Vice Commander: Captain Eugene Cary
Recorder: Lt. Colonel Charles W. Davis
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Charles F. Manderson
Sr. Vice Commander: Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen
Jr. Vice Commander: (vacant)
Recorder: Brevet Major William P. Huxford
OHIO
Commander: Brevet Lt. Colonel E. C. Davis
Sr. Vice Commander: Major General Thomas J. Wood
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Major General Alvin C. Voris
Recorder: Captain Robert Hunter
MICHIGAN
Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Isreal C. Smith
Sr. Vice Commander: Brevet Lt. Colonel Samuel E. Pittman
Jr. Vice Commander: Lt. E. B. Fenton
Recorder: Brevet Major George W. Chandler
MINNESOTA
Commander: Lt. William Lochren
Sr. Vice Commander: Captain William W. Braden
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Edwin C. Mason
Recorder: Brevet Major George Q. White
OREGON
Commander: Major General John Gibbon
Sr. Vice Commander: Captain James R. Hayden
Jr. Vice Commander: Colonel Daniel B. Bush
Recorder: Captain Gavin E. Caukin
MISSOURI
Commander: Brevet Major Henry L. Morrill
Sr. Vice Commander: Major James G. Butler
Jr. Vice Commander: Captain Marshall B. Wright
Recorder: Captain William R. Hodges
NEBRASKA
Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Amasa Cobb
Sr. Vice Commander: Major Joseph W. Paddock
Jr. Vice Commander: 1st Lt. and Adj. William L. Wilson
Recorder: Major Horace Ludington
KANSAS
Commander: Brevet Major General Alex McD. McCook
Sr. Vice Commander: Captain John D. Barker
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Colonel Thomas J. Anderson
Recorder: Captain Forrest H. Hathaway
IOWA
Commander: Major Hoyt Sherman
Sr. Vice Commander: Captain William Dean
Jr. Vice Commander: Captain Charles E. Putnam
Recorder: Captain V. P. Twombly
COLORADO
Commander: Major Victor A. Elliott
Sr. Vice Commander: Lt. Westbrook S. Decker
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Colonel George E. Randolph
Recorder: Captain James R. Saville
INDIANA
Commander: Major General Lew. Wallace
Sr. Vice Commander: Brigadier General George F. McGinnis
Jr. Vice Commander: Brevet Major J. S. Ostrander
Recorder: 1st Lt. and Adj. B. B. Peck
Source: MO Commandery of MOLLUS Circular #60, 15Sep1890
Photograph of the Commandery-in-Chief of MOLLUS, taken during its session in St. Louis, 1890.
PHOTO NOT YET AVAILABLE.
Banquet Guest Speaker: Lt. General John M. Schofield, USA (Commander-in-Chief of MOLLUS 1899-1903)
Source: Museum Collection of the MO Commandery of MOLLUS