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Frost, Senior Vice Commander ; McQuilling, Junior Vice Commander ; Bar- 

 cus, Chaplain; Ellis, Quartermaster ; Brown, Officer of the Day; Black, Officer 

 of the Guard; Bunnell, Adjutant. The motto of the order is : "Fidelity, 

 Charity, lyoyalty." Its beneficiary plan is not by any fixed schedule, but 

 by mutual aid according to circumstances in each case — and a relief fund 

 is constantly maintained. The first time the old soldiers attended church in 

 a body on Memorial Sunday was May 30, 1886, at the Methodist Episcopal 

 church, where a sermon appropriate to the occasion was preached by the 

 pastor, Rev. A. W. Bunker, who had served in the First Maine Eight 

 Artillery. 



In 1893 funds were raised by Comrade J. H. Stuntz, as a soliciting 

 committee, and from other sources, to secure a hall for the Post and its allied 

 orders. The second story of E. S. Frost's unfinished brick block on East 

 Colorado street was leased for six years. Necessary alterations were made, 

 both above and below, partitions put in, rooms finished and furnished, 

 plumbing and gas-fitting done, a flag-pole erected, etc., at a total cost of 

 about $1,600 — thus providing two halls for sub-rental that can be opened 

 together as one, for large assemblages. The number of members April i, 

 1894, was 130. [April i, 1895, 127.] One of its delegates to the State 

 encampment in 1894 was Gov. H. H. Markham. And in August, 1895, 

 Geo. T. Downing, a past commander of this post, was elected commander 

 of the Department of California. 



In 1892 93 I spent several months collecting a complete list of all old 

 Union soldiers then residing in Pasadena or its immediate vicinity, and it 

 was printed in a small manual or ' ' Directory of John F. Godfrey Post and 

 its Allied Patriotic Orders." And from that roster, which was then com- 

 plete up to February i, 1893, I compile this table : 



Old soldiers residing in Pasadena or its vicinity 287 



Army nurses 2 



Soldiers ' graves in Mountain View cemetery 35 



Members of John F. Godfrey Post, G. A. R 119 



Members of John F. Godfrey Corps, W. R. C 141 



Members of Phil Kearny Camp, S. of V 48 



Members Eadies' Aid Society 24 



Since that time, and up to March, 1895, I have thirty-four additions to 

 the list of resident old soldiers ; five additions to the cemetery list ; and each 

 of the four orders had increased their membership. 



John F. Godfrey W. R. C. No. 43. — The first meeting to con- 

 sider the matter of organization was held in the latter part of June, 

 1887, at Library hall on Dayton street. The Corps was organized 

 July 6, 1887, with the following charter members: Cynthia B. Clapp, 

 Avelina J. Crowell, Eliza M. Van Kirk, Clara A. Elsemore, Cynthia 

 Ramsey, Margaret E. Lincoln, Maggie Williams, Emma A. McCoy, 

 Virginia H. Rippey, Amelia G. Rice, Addie C. Conover, Minnie E. Wil- 



