Department Orders are grouped by the issuing Department Commander and term of office. These orders are viewable directly on the website. The orders issued by previous commanders are combined into a single .PDF file for that year. This format will require Adobe Reader in order to view them.

2013-2014 – Commander Rocky L. Bartlow

Order No. 1 – 01/12/2013 – Announcement of Elected and Appointed Officers

Order No. 2 – 01/12/2013 – Appointment of Standing Committee – Bylaws Committee

Order No. 3 – 01/12/2013 – Appointment of Project Chairman – Last Soldier Project and GAR Records Project

Order No. 4 – 01/12/2013 – Wear of Elected Department Officer Badge by the Elected Department Officers

Order No. 5 – 01/12/2013 – Establishment of Special Committee – Vision Committee

2012-2013 – Commander Roy A. Lafferty (Third Term)

2012-2013 series in .pdf format

2011-2012 – Commander Roy A. Lafferty (Second Term)

2011-2012 series in .pdf format

2010-2011 – Commander James R. Knopke (Second Term)

2010-2011 series in .pdf format

2009-2010 – Commander James M. Converse

2009-2010 series in .pdf format

2008-2009 – Commander Craig A. Sundell

2008-2009 series in .pdf format

2007-2008 – Commander Roy A. Lafferty (First Term)

2007-2008 series in .pdf format

2006-2007 – Commander Randal L. Durbin

2006-2007 series in .pdf format

2005-2006 – Commander James R. Knopke (First Term)

2005-2006 series in .pdf format

2004 - 2005 Commander Thomas E. Schmidt

2004-2005 series in .pdf format

2003 - 2004 Commander Kenneth R. Spurgeon

2003-2004 series in .pdf format

2002- 2003 Commander Alan L. Russ

2002-2003 series in .pdf format

2001 - 2002 Commander Randall M. Thies

2001-2002 series in .pdf format

2000 - 2001 Commander Kenneth Strader

No Department Orders were published by Commander Strader

1999 – 2000 Commander Franklin C. Bergquist

No Department Orders were published by Commander Bergquist

1998 – 1999 Commander Dean K. Speaks (Third Term)

1998-1999 series in .pdf format

1997 – 1998 Commander Dean K. Speaks (Second Term)

1997-1998 series in .pdf format

1996 – 1997 Commander Dean K. Speaks (First Term)

1996-1997 series in .pdf format

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«««DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENT PROCEEDINGS«««

The following files contain the proceedings of the indicated Department Encampments. These proceedings are the official record of the encampment.

17th ENCAMPMENT – January 12, 2013, Roy A. Lafferty, Commander

16th ENCAMPMENT – April 28, 2012, Roy A. Lafferty, Commander

15th ENCAMPMENT – April 30, 2011, James R. Knopke, Commander

14th ENCAMPMENT – April 24, 2010, James M. Converse, Commander

13th ENCAMPMENT – April 25, 2009, Craig A. Sundell, Commander

12th ENCAMPMENT – April 26, 2008 Roy A. Lafferty, Commander

11th ENCAMPMENT – April 28, 2007, Randal L. Durbin, Commander

10th ENCAMPMENT – April 22, 2006, James R. Knopke, Commander

9th ENCAMPMENT – April 23, 2005, Thomas E. Schmidt, Commander

8th ENCAMPMENT – April 24, 2004, Kenneth R. Spurgeon, Commander [Note 1]

7^th ENCAMPMENT – April 26, 2003, Alan L. Russ, Commander

6^th ENCAMPMENT – April 27, 2002, Randall M. Thies, Commander

5^th ENCAMPMENT – April 7, 2001, Kenneth D. Strader, Commander

SPECIAL ENCAMPMENT – April 7, 2001, Kenneth D. Strader, Commander

4^th ENCAMPMENT – April 29, 2000, Franklin C. Bergquist, Commander

3d ENCAMPMENT – May 8, 1999, Dean K. Speaks, Commander [Note 1]

2^nd ENCAMPMENT – April 25, 1998, Dean K. Speaks, Commander [Note 1]

1^st ENCAMPMENT – February 22-23, 1997, Dean K. Speaks, Commander

SPECIAL ENCAMPMENT – August 1996, Dean K. Speaks, Acting Commander

Note 1: Minutes/proceedings for this encampment are not yet available to be posted.

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«««DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES«««

The following files contain the official minutes of Department Council meetings. The Fall Council Meeting is normally held on the third Saturday in October. A Spring Council meeting was held on the second Saturday in March through 2012. The Department Bylaws were amended in 2012 to eliminate the requirement for the Spring Council meeting. The following minutes are the official records of the various meetings.

2013-2014

2013 FALL COUNCIL MEETING – October 19, 2013, Emporia

2013-2014 ELECTRONIC BOARD ROOM

Motion 1 – Approval of Encampment Proceedings – Approved February 12, 2013

2012-2013

2012 FALL COUNCIL MEETING – October 20, 2012, Emporia

2012-2013 ELECTRONIC BOARD ROOM

2011-2012

2012 SPRING COUNCIL MEETING – March 10, 2012, Emporia

2011 FALL COUNCIL MEETING – January 14, 2012, Emporia

2011-2012 ELECTRONIC BOARD ROOM

2010-2011

2011 SPRING COUNCIL MEETING – March 12, 2011, Lawrence

2010 FALL COUNCIL MEETING – October 16, 2010, Emporia

Revised February 15, 2013