Colgrove-Woodruff Camp No. 22
Battle Creek, Michigan

UNION VETERANS' UNION
      This organization was formed at Washington, D.C., June 18, 1886, through the efforts of M. A. Dillon, who was also elected its first Commander-in-Chief.
      It has a National organization and subordinate commands, with the following officers: Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Surgeon, Chaplain, Officer of the Day, Officer of the Guard, Adjutant, Quartermaster, Sergeant Major, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Drum-Major, Color-Bearer, and Sentinel.
      Eligibility to membership consists in having had at least six months' continuous service, unless discharged on account of wounds (part of which must have been at the front), in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, between April 12, 1861, and April 30, 1865, and an honorable discharge from the same.
      The society also admits to honorary membership gentlemen of good moral character, not entitled to join as comrades, who are willing to co-operate with the Command in promoting the objects of the "Union Veterans' Union."
      The objects of the "Union Veterans' Union" are: "First, to preserve and perpetuate the principles for which we contended on many battle-fields; second, to recognize the rights of the soldier to positions of public trust, and the preferment of our members over others for employment by the Government, or by individuals, other things being equal; third, to demand of this Government a proper appreciation of their services and a just recognition of their claims; fourth, to support, aid, and assist in the election to positions of public trust any and all true friends of the Union Soldier, irrespective of politics, creed, or party; fifth, to extend to our comrades, their widows and orphans, in time of need, that charity that knows no end."