GAR Department of Washington & Alaska
Department Posts
| Post # | Name | City |
| 1 | Stevens | Seattle |
| 2 | Ellsworth | Vancouver |
| 3 | Alfred Sully | Dayton |
| 4 | Abraham Lincoln | Walla Walla |
| 5 | George H. Thomas | Olympia |
| 6 | Custer | Tacoma |
| 7 | Phil Kearney | Toledo |
| 8 | Sedgwick | Spokane |
| 9 | Meade | Yakima |
| 10 | O.P. Morton | Snohomish |
| 11 | James A. Parsons | Ellensburg |
| 12 | McPherson | Kalama |
| 13 | James A. Garfield | Montesano |
| 14 | Philo Buckman | Sprague |
| 15 | Farragut | Port Townsend |
| 16 | John H. Henslee | La Center |
| 17 | Luther C. Ladd | Puyallup |
| 18 | Larabee | La Conner |
| 19 | Nathaniel Lyon | Colfax |
| 20 | Baker | Goldendale |
| 21 | Thomas Drury | Fort Spokane |
| 22 | McDowell | Pomeroy |
| 23 | GEN George Wright | Cheney |
| 24 | J.B. Steadman | Bellingham |
| 25 | Joe Hooker | Chehalis |
| 26 | U.S. Grant | Seattle |
| 27 | Canby | Ilwaco |
| 28 | GEN Warren | Walla Walla |
| 29 | MAJ Anderson | Palouse |
| 30 | O.M./O.N. Mitchell | LaCamas |
| 31 | John F. Miller | Seattle |
| 32 | Reynolds | Blaine |
| 33 | E.N./E.M. Baker | Walla Walla |
| 34 | Lindsay | Rosalia/Pine City |
| 35 | D.A. Russell | Mt. Vernon |
| 36 | W.H. Seward | Juneau, Alaska |
| 37 | J.J. Lewis | Asotin |
| 38 | Frank P. Blair | Spangle |
| 39 | R.L. McCook | Wilbur |
| 40 | Burnside | Waitsburg |
| 41 | John B. Wyman | Rockford |
| 42 | Lynch | Lynden |
| 43 | W.S. Hancock | Cosmopolis |
| 43 | G.M. Dodge | Cosmopolis |
| 44 | Phil H. Sheridan | Tacoma |
| 45 | H.A. Miles | Waterville |
| 46 | William B. Hazen | Ritzville |
| 47 | GEN J.L. Reno | Spokane |
| 48 | Pacific | Port Angeles |
| 49 | Kit Carson | Kelso |
| 50 | T.P. Price | Centralia |
| 51 | GEN Grover | Auburn |
| 52 | Washington | Hoquiam |
| 53 | Whitman | Pullman |
| 54 | C.M. Reed | Orting |
| 55 | R.R. Minor | Winlock |
| 56 | LT Cushing | Ballard |
| 57 | H.G. Sickles | Vashon |
| 58 | C.M. Kellogg | Ferndale |
| 59 | C.R. Apperson | Fairhaven |
| 60 | C.W.H. Bentley | Crescent |
| 61 | James J. Andrews | Oakesdale |
| 62 | GEN Milroy | Tekoa |
| 63 | GEN George Crook | Aberdeen |
| 64 | Wallace | Springdale |
| 65 | W.T. Sherman | Medical Lake |
| 66 | Admiral Porter | Mossy Rock |
| 67 | B.F. Stevenson | Sumas City |
| 68 | GEN Emory | Anacortes |
| 69 | S.C. Fremont | South Bend |
| 70 | Union | Chewelah |
| 71 | J.A. Reynolds | Buckley |
| 72 | A.J. Smith | Wayside |
| 73 | Everett | Sumner |
| 74 | Silas Casey | Friday Harbor |
| 75 | E.J. Houghton | Kettle Falls |
| 76 | COL Hiram Burnham | Kent |
| 77 | G.R. Pyle | Castle Rock |
| 78 | CPT E. Nichols | Quilcene |
| 79 | GEN Hovey | North Bend |
| 80 | H.R. Loomis | Gig Harbor |
| 81 | Worthington | Elma |
| 82 | T.P. Price | Centralia |
| 83 | GEN Saunders | Kelso |
| 84 | Commodore Foote | Port Orchard |
| 85 | GEN Kilpatrick | Allyn |
| 86 | E.M. Stanton | Haller City |
| 87 | J.A. Winslow | Wapato |
| 88 | GEN Fred Lander | Farmington |
| 89 | John Buford | Everett |
| 90 | COL E.E. Cross | Shelton |
| 91 | U.S. Grant | Orting |
| 92 | D. Chaplain | Coupeville |
| 93 | GEN Rusk | Harrington |
| 94 | N.B. Page | Mission |
| 95 | L.P. Plummer | New Whatcom |
| 96 | GEN Ewing | North Bend |
| 97 | W.T. Sherman | Burlington |
| 98 | GEN John M. Corse | Colville |
| 99 | Henry W. Lawton | Orting |
| 100 | Speagle | Mead |
| 101 | J.A. Mower | Bossburg |
| 102 | John M. Palmer | Clarkston |
| 103 | James A. Sexton | Seattle |
| 104 | Harrison | Chelan |
| 105 | Daniel McCook | Wenatchee |
| 106 | William McKinley | Deer Park |
| 107 | William Hall | Granite Falls |
| 108 | John Bothell | Bothell |
| 109 | CPT Belden Spencer | Republic |
| 110 | Navy Yard | Bremerton |
| 111 | Burnside | Waitsburg |
| 112 | Green Lake | Seattle |
| 113 | C.S. Hamilton | Kelso |
| 114 | MAJ Johnson | Prosser |
| 115 | Lew Wallace | Orchards |
| 116 | U.S. Grant | Tacoma |
| 117 | J.R. Warren | White Salmon |
| 118 | J.R. Hayden | Orting/Retsil |
| 119 | W.F. Cloud | Rice |
| 120 | GEN Shafter | Everton |
| 121 | ? | ? |
| 122 | Kilpatrick | Woodland |
| 123 | Lucius Day | Monroe |
| 124 | Veteran | Sequim |
| 125 | S.G. Cosgrove | Kennewick |
| 126 | Schofield | Port Orchard |
| 127 | Nathan P. Gregg | Hillyard |
| 128 | E.W. Sager | Grandview |
| 129 | Webber | Sunnyside |
Department Commanders
Source: Mr. George Kane
|
Fred C. Sparling (Prov) |
1878-83 |
Roderick R. Harding |
1912 |
|
George D. Hill |
1883 |
John E. Stewart |
1913 |
|
Henry A. Morrow |
1884 |
Hiram R. Gale |
1914 |
|
Albert M. Brooks |
1885 |
H. W. North |
1915 |
|
Charles M. Holton |
1886 |
Joseph E. Gandy |
1916 |
|
Amos P. Curry |
1887 |
John J. See |
1917 |
|
John W. Sprague |
1888 |
Samuel F. Street |
1918 |
|
C. Samuel Cosgrove |
1889 |
A. A. Stevens |
1919 |
|
Marcus M. Holmes |
1890 |
O. D. McDonald |
1920 |
|
Don G. Lovell |
1891 |
J. H. Coffman |
1921 |
|
J. Sox Brown |
1892 |
Enoch Sears |
1922 |
|
Joseph F. Sinclair |
1893 |
W. P. Cragin (died in office) |
1923 |
|
John N. Scott |
1894 |
John A. Harris |
1923 |
|
Norman Buck |
1895 |
Aaron P. Lawrence |
1924 |
|
C. T. Patterson |
1896 |
William J. Baker |
1925 |
|
John F. McLean |
1897 |
J. H. Shaw |
1926 |
|
George W. Tibbetts |
1898 |
Byron Phelps |
1927 |
|
James W. Langley |
1899 |
Henry P. Burdick |
1928 |
|
Benjamin R. Freeman |
1900 |
Willis Richardson |
1929 |
|
Henry A. Bigelow |
1901 |
W. W. Work |
1930 |
|
B. C. Bedell |
1902 |
Ralph W. Black |
1931 |
|
Thomas H. Cavanaugh |
1903 |
T. F. Coley |
1932 |
|
Frank M. Davis |
1904 |
Rustan O. Reed |
1933-34 |
|
J. T. Goss |
1905 |
David L. Crossen |
1935 |
|
Charles B. Dunning |
1906 |
George L. Foster |
1936 |
|
Rev. Wm. Humphrey Mock |
1907 |
Lansing A. Wilcox |
1937 |
|
George H. Boardman |
1908 |
Rustan O. Reed |
1938-41 |
|
Lyman Banks |
1909 |
Semer B. Tift |
1942 |
|
Walter H. Wiscombe |
1910 |
Hiram R. Gale |
1943-49 |
|
Frederick H. Hurd |
1911 |
Department Encampments
Source: Mr. George Kane
|
# |
City |
Dates |
# |
City |
Dates |
|
1 |
Olympia |
June 20, 1883 |
35 |
Seattle |
June 28-30, 1917 |
|
2 |
Vancouver |
April 16, 1884 |
36 |
Tacoma |
May 14-17, 1918 |
|
3 |
Vancouver |
April 15, 1885 |
37 |
Wenatchee |
June 17-20, 1919 |
|
4 |
Walla Walla |
April 21, 1886 |
38 |
Yakima |
June 15-17, 1920 |
|
5 |
Tacoma |
April 20-21, 1887 |
39 |
Olympia |
June 20-24, 1921 |
|
6 |
Seattle |
April 18-19, 1888 |
40 |
Aberdeen |
June 20-24, 1922 |
|
7 |
Spokane Falls |
April 24-25, 1889 |
41 |
Spokane |
June 25-28, 1923 |
|
8 |
Ellensburgh |
Apr.30-May 1, 1890 |
42 |
Everett |
June 23-26, 1924 |
|
9 |
Puyallup |
April 22-24, 1891 |
43 |
Centralia |
June 22-25, 1925 |
|
10 |
Fairhaven |
June 8-10, 1892 |
44 |
Seattle |
June 14-17, 1926 |
|
11 |
North Yakima |
June 14-15, 1893 |
45 |
Wenatchee |
June 23-26, 1927 |
|
12 |
Olympia |
June 20-22, 1894 |
46 |
Tacoma |
June 25-28, 1928 |
|
13 |
Spokane |
June 12-13, 1895 |
47 |
Hoquiam |
June 18-21, 1929 |
|
14 |
Tacoma |
June 16-17, 1896 |
48 |
Yakima |
June 16-19, 1930 |
|
15 |
Vancouver |
June 17-18, 1897 |
49 |
Bellingham |
June 8-11, 1931 |
|
16 |
Walla Walla |
June 14-16, 1898 |
50 |
Olympia |
June 20-23, 1932 |
|
17 |
Seattle |
June 20-24, 1899 |
51 |
Olympia |
June 19-21, 1933 |
|
18 |
Ellensburg |
June 12-13, 1900 |
52 |
Everett |
June 25-28, 1934 |
|
19 |
Tacoma |
June 25-27, 1901 |
53 |
Centralia |
June 17-20, 1935 |
|
20 |
Everett |
June 24-27, 1902 |
54 |
Wenatchee |
June 22-24, 1936 |
|
21 |
Spokane |
June 25-27, 1903 |
55 |
Vancouver |
June 14-16, 1937 |
|
22 |
Bellingham |
June 21-23, 1904 |
56 |
Port Angeles |
June 6-8, 1938 |
|
23 |
Vancouver |
June 20-22, 1905 |
57 |
Bellingham |
June 19-21, 1939 |
|
24 |
Walla Walla |
June 23-25, 1906 |
58 |
1940 |
|
|
25 |
Ballard |
June 25-27, 1907 |
59 |
Everett |
June16-18, 1941 |
|
26 |
North Yakima |
June 23-25, 1908 |
60 |
Yakima |
June 7-10, 1942 |
|
27 |
Tacoma |
June 21-24, 1909 |
61 |
Seattle |
June 6-8, 1943 |
|
28 |
Hoquiam |
June 21-23, 1910 |
62 |
1944 |
|
|
29 |
Wenatchee |
June 27-29, 1911 |
63 |
Seattle |
June 5, 1945 |
|
30 |
Pullman |
June 8-10, 1912 |
64 |
Seattle |
June 16-19, 1946 |
|
31 |
Bremerton |
June 17-20, 1913 |
65 |
1947 |
|
|
32 |
Bellingham |
June 24-27, 1914 |
66 |
1948 |
|
|
33 |
Centralia |
June 23-25, 1915 |
67 |
1949 |
|
|
34 |
Spokane |
June 27-29, 1916 |