George F. Hopper

          IN GRAND ARMY CIRCLES.
  Past Commander George F. Hopper of Sumner
post No. 24 died recently at Paskack, N.J., and
was buried in Greenwood. The funeral was at-
tended by the comrades of the deceased, including
delegations from the veteran association of his
Tenth New York volunteers, the military order, 
of the Loyal legion of the United States, Exempt
firemen's association and Arcturus lodge of
masons. Rev. Clark Wright, chaplain of the G.
A.R. department of New York, and Rev. E.A.
Halloway conducted the funeral services at the
Thirty-ninth street Baptist church. The deceased
was born in New York in 1824 and enlisted in
the Tenth regiment of New York volunteers early
in 1861. Colonel Hopper was one of the organ-
izers of Sumner post, and he has served with
much distinction as department adjutant general
and quartermaster general, grand marshal for
memorial day and was a member of the council
of administration, department of New York, G.
A.R.