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Encampment<br />

(laughter and chatter)<br />

Past Commander-in-Chief, Donald E. Darby<br />

Yeah. So, so any way, you, you know, you can put those,<br />

the form that, that, that Danny just held up and, and those<br />

membership forms …<br />

National Quartermaster, Danny L. Wheeler<br />

I didn‘t hold that up.<br />

Past Commander-in-Chief, Donald E. Darby<br />

… in the, you know, the double secret probation area. And to<br />

put the rest <strong>of</strong> the forms <strong>of</strong>, you know, the tri-folds that we<br />

have, put ‗em out where everybody else can get ‗em. One, it‘s<br />

saving you money in shipping. It‘s saving you in time. If you<br />

need one, you‘re not sitting there waiting for, and God knows<br />

Danny gets it to you quick. I‘m not giving you that. But, he‘s<br />

not going to do it as quick as I can hit enter, print. Okay.<br />

So I think putting those day-to-day forms that, the tri-folds,<br />

we‘re going to save ourselves a lot <strong>of</strong> money. We‘re going to<br />

save ourselves a lot <strong>of</strong> time. And a lot <strong>of</strong> aggravation. That‘s<br />

my two cents.<br />

Leo F. Kennedy, Commander-in-Chief<br />

Thank you. Steve?<br />

Steve Hammond, Department <strong>of</strong> Maryland<br />

Steve Hammond …<br />

Leo F. Kennedy, Commander-in-Chief<br />

Steve then Danny, okay?<br />

Steve Hammond, Department <strong>of</strong> Maryland<br />

Steve Hammond Past Department Commander, Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Maryland. (chatter)<br />

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(laughter)<br />

Steve Hammond, Department <strong>of</strong> Maryland<br />

But one <strong>of</strong> the, one <strong>of</strong> the statements that Brother Mark<br />

brought up about, yes, people are falsifying membership in the<br />

U. S. Military service and those sort <strong>of</strong> things. They get a<br />

benefit from that. I have yet to find out any sort <strong>of</strong> benefit<br />

or any sort <strong>of</strong> money or any sort <strong>of</strong> retirement I get from my<br />

membership in the SUV. And I will be very honest with you, I<br />

can tell you there are a damn big number <strong>of</strong> GAR members out<br />

there who fought in every battle in the Civil War and were<br />

wounded at every one and never even saw a service. I think we<br />

should be putting these certificates out there that we can use.<br />

We‘re just aren‘t that big <strong>of</strong> a draw for fraud. I honestly<br />

believe that. Thank you.<br />

Encampment<br />

(applause)<br />

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