The Officers of the Rhode Island Department are elected by the governing body of the Department, the Annual Department Encampment, each April, as proscribed in the Department Bylaws.
DEPARTMENT BYLAWS
Elected Department Officers
Department Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Junior Vice Commander
Secretary
Benjamin J. Frail, PDC
Treasurer
Department Council #1
Leo F. Kennedy, PCinC
Department Council #2
James P. McGuire, PDC
Department Council #3
Geoffrey Gardner, PCC
Appointed Department Officers
Chief of Staff
Department Patriotic Instuctor
Michael J. Stewart, PCC
Department Chaplain
Department Graves Registration Officer
James P. McGuire, PDC
Department Archivist
Department Historian
Bruce Frail, PDC
Department Counselor
Department GAR Highway Officer and Eagle Scout Coordinator
Department Guard
Department Guide
Mark Brelsford
Department Color Bearers
Michael Alves, PCC
Department Memorials & Monuments Officer/Membership Officer
Signals Officer
James P. McGuire, PDC
Assistant Webmaster – Social Media
Benjamin Frail, PDC
