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Wisconsin Department Dispatch Newsletter

The Spring 2025 issue of the Department Dispatch newsletter
is now available for download here: Spring 2025

Previous issues of the Department Dispatch:

Spring 2024 | Summer 2024 | Fall 2024 | Winter 2024-2025 |
Spring 2023 | Summer 2023 | Fall 2023 | Winter 2023-2024 |
Spring 2022 | Summer 2022 | Fall 2022 | Winter 2022-2023 |
Spring 2021 | Summer 2021 | Fall 2021 | Winter 2021-2022 |
Spring 2020 | Summer 2020 | Fall 2020 | Winter 2020-2021 |
Spring 2019 | Summer 2019 | Fall 2019 | Winter 2019-2020 |
Spring 2018 | Summer 2018 | Fall 2018 | Winter 2018-2019 |
Spring 2017 | Summer 2017 | Fall 2017 | Winter 2017-2018 |
Spring 2016 | Summer 2016 | Fall 2016 | Winter 2016-2017 |
Spring 2015 | Summer 2015 | Winter 2015-2016 |
Spring 2014 | Summer 2014 | Winter 2014-2015 |

Sons of Veterans Reserve Fourth Military District Newsletter

The SVR's Fourth Military District newsletter is Past in Review. It's published three times per year and
issues are available for viewing on the SVR4MD website.

Series 2023-2024 Department Orders:

23 August 2023 - Dept. Order No. 3 - Special Encampment Called Regarding National General Order #2

Series 2022-2023 Department Orders:

5 Sept 2022 - Dept. Order No. 2 - Chief-of-Staff Appointment
15 July 2022 - Dept. Order No. 1 - Passing of PDC Alan Petit

Series 2021-2022 Department Orders:

1 June 2022 - Dept. Order No. 8 - Presentation of Doctor Mary Edwards Walker Award
26 May 2022 - Dept. Order No. 7 - Implementation of National General Order No. 13
18 May 2022 - Dept. Order No. 6 - Resignation of Camp Commander
5 May 2022 - Dept. Order No. 5 - Attention to Department Encampment Preparations
5 May 2022 - Dept. Order No. 4 - Attention to Honors for Col. Hans C. Heg
15 February 2022 - Dept. Order No. 3 - Attention to Award and Report Due Dates
31 August 2021 - Dept. Order No. 2 - Attention to Best Practices and Recruitment
14 July 2021 - Dept. Order No. 1 - Attention to IRS Requirements

Series 2020-2021 Department Orders:

27 October 2020 - Dept. Order No. 3 - Dept. Treasurer Alan Hembel awarded PDC rank
13 August 2020 - Dept. Order No. 2 - Passing of PDC Lyman Elliot Jr.
5 July 2020 - Dept. Order No. 1 - Status of Col. Hans Heg monument in Madison

Series 2019-2020 Department Orders:

9 June 2020 - Dept. Order No. 3 - Years of Service awards
9 June 2020 - Dept. Order No. 3a - Years of Service awards
13 May 2020 - Dept. Order No. 2 - Use of virtual meeting technologies disallowed for Dept. Encampment**
25 March 2020 - Dept. Order No. 1 - Camp Meetings and Activities During April

** Dept. General Order 2 was declared to be Out of Order by CinC Edward Norris on 17 May 2020.

Series 2018-2019 Department Orders:

1 June 2019 - Dept. Order No. 5 - Presentation of 2019 Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Award
16 March 2019 - Dept. Order No. 4 - Passing of Brother Randy K. Novak, PDC
28 June 2018 - Dept. Order No. 3 - Presentation of 2018 Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Award
18 June 2018 - Dept. Order No. 2 - Passing of Brother Frederick Murphy, PDC
5 June 2018 - Dept. Order No. 1 - Expectations for 2018-2019

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Days the flag should be flown

17 May:	Armed Forces Day
26 May:	Memorial Day
7 June:	Dept. of Wisconsin Encampment, Town of Norway Town Hall (right-click on this link and choose "save link as" to download encampment registration form file)
14 June:	Flag Day
4 July:	Independence Day
7-10 Aug:	2025 National Encampment, Houston, Texas
11 Sept:	Patriot's Day

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Department of Wisconsin

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Last Updated: 9 May 2025