, 1866-07-16
THE GRAND Army OF THE
REPUBLIC,
Close of the illinois Convention,


1sakssEe OF Important HeaotutIonu-
letter from fsvv. s,eleabv-A Nalt,.nn.
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AseAu10.ue D"unky AA4es-AquAliza'
aivn OF fs"nnttcn.
fFrom 0ur Own rar,eenondsrtt
sra1sor1E1D, July Is.
IEe evening session Of Thursday continued
uutil a yery late hnur. but Its business was alt
OF p1lVate Character, oeyond The election OF
the permanent officers reported by the CON-
n,tia. .,,d o,5 T., ,o.+a, is,,.,. 7..ih...
ml.'ee, ana printed n yeste1oay,s 1rsoane.
> a letter "as received from Gov. Ggleshy,
defining his position in reference to the order
in these explicit phrases:
.tryer1 tnefno ~ nv ne.v. nna .ro-. ,,,,,,,. ~
my W I. Promote ts % nesest e t a6a bappnesa
~ ~. tssna .nd nnasa ne n n's2a os ois
.ye1 ....rd u su, ~ ~ ssi .aa
you hsye eres fonnn me- enerretic l.hnrinc lo1
1he sncoets md promotion Of The soldiers oF our
countr1.r
This Fridaya morning session Tas not 80
s.,.--s.
some OF Inc ae4egates naflhg returned nome.
Aftef The usual routine OF Lusintss OF private
cnataclef, ehapla1a Hul' D. hulleose onesea
the follow inE:
Rexapsd, That we recommend the calling Of Ma.
ltnnr1NfAnn ft1p n Rr-
nnh;ir r. ,nreT in t:n,csre W. ia o,rloek =. m m
r f.e isst & WedassasS III Gsiober mart md that 1he
som@iss,opes Of ;h,s Dep,Ftmens ana Adiutspt
f:ers-.i -. raones,ad - rrrro-nnnd n,th - 4hs
,,hr. nansr, ,r,,h ,stsreres ~ a,,d cnnver-
,,an oe taA "''n 1e1'ee"se ~ '"'1 o'n's'''
,;s,o,yr, Th,t the ofsrp,, of e,ch den,rtmant
h se,,s s - Z. w. .1S .,a.a.s a a.,a st,aat
scess,,sn, ~ ~ e.,1a -,v .. - % R.rnh,;c
Rkxclrod, That every two hundred oiicera and
Eoldlers Of the Grand Army Of the Republic be eu-
titled to one representative N the Nsttona! Con-
se1aon. nc tats ana ~ ais1acne q fepteseaases
s.,t &c st y ~ sa ,,n,; auS ILL
Tic Nnliona. { CONVENTION. @ sg '' 'n' ''''' 0'''''
These Resolutions we're unanimously adop-
ted.
Chaplain Rutledec offered the following:
Aeso{pxd. Thst as IL Uniou il our stronetn. re
VII NE our ut1nost endeavoz To promote hatmo-
~ Of ieeitng through III The ranks Of the
oEano Army or lhe Repnolic and When
"eNn,ns M3,n =. ahke %s "3ii sun lose aNke.
a WIZ ~ sp'ia1ula spGeen, ons o. lag nness 5es
ulaus ~ tue Conscoaon, u S,.ay ua1taony anu
.'''o .s! etn9pu ~ tns otusi. LUG srso'aIton
= 'T,,a sa,in,.,nn ~ auugtsu 1,es asra,
$I1xnras. Ths auinerises @ % Of many eouptie. of
onr 800 ~. ier;aS ,s[ nnar -. ~ nnnn tta
Tyidnrs sna nrnhsns ~ ~ mn ,esdas az IN 1sra
Their tyrs in drience Of or county 10 pay men 10
enter ,he army =. the close Of The war and 10 per
1ofm the dafy that Haa due nom tTcrJ loyal man TO
hfs country. be It. therefore.
Atsosfed, InAt tne men VINO coutd not or would
not 5endI me duty they owned to the country,
should pay fo1 thets own substitutes.
Htsote41. That In onr opinion II lie the duty OF
our next Legislature to pas the necessary laaS TO
enable the county au.horltes to refund al taxes for
The PAYMENT q bo1n!ies, that have been OF may
neIsaaeI o. S1meesu tfom toe MiaowS ana MINOR
rsl;us5 s.', hHnt, aa fo "oo naSe DOL
n,.,s1,e- ~ 49,. ,..,,o.
..ta = nut' ..19. VI snolL epeeGueS mete tnnus on
suae sao1eeI an1 Eseat aeal u sLEoo2 leel-
" "as Mnslueetso III IeSAsH 70 tue laJust1ce
t 1one lh aemAnalog ta4es rom tnose VINO
naSe supported tne county IL her houf OF
neeo, 70 o9y on rom dnly and danger Inc
CuHaIuS Auu ul:4OyHl VINO SuukeQ Tue re-