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TIE deiesaie, sppoinied from vaiious state
ia rtpre sent he Old sol1iers Of 1912, met at y
Dependence Hall. pkilaielphia. on the q St Jap
nary. Aboai one thousand were in aneodsnEes
The Hca. JoEL D. srrHEat.kD, formerly
mesnber 81 Congress from Philadelphia, ssa ne
comnandanl of regiment dari1g ne lAN @st
/ Win Enzlsad presided, and made very haPfs
opening speech. and ssll more ielieiioas ole =.
the dose He SEEMED 10 be perfectly posted an
the historical facts sniIzhe 20 te hfoagat :1flfsfa
on such an OCCASION He hasiaboret Ioas q me
cause wbich now engages his attention
The object Of the Convention is 70 induce Cos
eresslo extend The BOaoty Land laws - - 4 give
100 acres OF laad all persons wko served Of aad
ossa, without restriction a. 70 lime andte fziera'
The Peasio1 Laws 50 as 10 provide FOR he widows
o, The officers aud soldiers seamen and nzfines,
+ who served 10 the war Of 1919.
Il was meeting n. great interest, not hnni1ed
with melancholy sasaiion-, 70 those wha noticed
he ravages of lime pom The faces and feaiares OF
men once 20, 5cssed OF III: marks Of consEnsss and
vipof,
NAM Or them sought heir battles V'er igain, .
AMI started tears ia The eyes Ct The listening
/ efo,.d
r II IS propcsef By the conveniioa thai s'sts5and
cosnty Associations fine Old Soldiers be formed
% promote their muioal interests and ehser ih'
: downward passage OF each other to the gave
a The conviction IS sad one. but irresisibe. tia
. the average life Of those present canno! exceed a
'l !. i i.isoarSs ctssres. xHl rpadsy Ets5i an !.
prSyer of lie memorial.
The following were among The prinipallre
tons adopted by The conyention;
~ Rssore4. That as many of the officers anitolaie
en- az the war oFlsl2, and their widows, are oH and
n destitute circumstance Congress be reqnesed al
III present session 10 extendt benefits Of the sane PEI
- SION system that the soldiers and widows ofhe vi
Of the Revelation have so long enjoyed TO thtkelde
he and idows of the secolId war Of ndependthce az
nd that the thanks Of this Convention lie tendet}dio
Hon John entseFti, Of Illinois, fer lis eatly NOV
a. eut al the present ssisn Of Congress 70 eject u
81 Il desirable audapatric tic object
y Resolrei, That meeting rs we Do upon ithesat
fy ground where our foreathers signed and sent Tor
on their Declaration Of Independence and retnember
that we have descended from the Revolutionary sto
II that assisted in Winning the freedon Of AMERICA fro
British vassalage, we claim TO have done no me
PIC than the nation had rghtto expect al sAsr ham
On, ly going forth 70 battle against old Enzitnt, q
attempted 50 som to bring n back 20 foreign sub
-, CATION from which cur gallant fathers h ~ Ftce
- Is emancipated US I'll
ign Resoisea That with The view Of doing an jast
tho 10 the vast Interests we represent aad OF udetar
ern ing tie condition Of friends ~ every orton
the Union III is respectfaIlr reconfiendedtp the
diers ,fs he war Of 1914 10 form SocictS each
on The States of the Republic THAI the Ssh al jar
ide ary be set afart as the day Of annual mesttng.
-om Resolred Thatas the persons WHO performed nj
nm tary duty fnthe war of 1872 and Indian vars or
widows and heirs ofthose sho are dead, araseatte
-'eu over ali parts Of the nen grant them al rel
let almost errry taI IN TIE nation chldrenand graz
idh children y be interested in snch bounty Of Cove
ring ment consequently such provision conld not
Ia he as pop,ilar with theswhole country SIS any
that could be passed by our National legislature
i Is Resolr6H That Congress ought to place fhesold
Of the war Of 1912 upon the same oQtiug with u
tract Who seryed in Mexico by considering theIp n SER
! until DqiioE As was the case with the Iolunte
y Mo retntned from Mexico who were not deemed
efn- ofserice tin they rccered their Pcy from lhe gent
low Ssoyornn,anf
J OF The following resolution was aiso uAa4ino'
posh adopted
lfhy Resolrdd, That committee bel appointed to
al slider the expedency of adopting measures TO i
crest tuie national society similar to- the Cincinnati
DOL. comprise the soldiers of the war o. 1912.