National Republican., 1873-12-08
THE IMMACuLArE coNoEpTIoN.
VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR.
ARRANGEMENTS seR ruE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
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VETERANS or THE MEXICAN WAR.
RRASeEMrSrs peR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
Tho Associated Veterans Of 1870 met saturda,
evening at Gen. Dcnvcr's Office, iii5 Pennsyivn
MIA avenue, TO hear reports from the committee'
appointed on the 18th uitimo to make arrange
ments for the national convention Of Mexican war
survivors, to be held In this city on the 18th OF jan
uary President Denver being absent from the city,
Hon. j. J. Martin, Sixth Auditor OF the Treas
ury, was called on to preside, and on taking the
ance Of united efforts TO make the forthcoming
convention creditable to this city. We had In
ylted our old comrades to assemble here ~ iur-
thcr ance ofa movement which originated In Pitts
burg last winter and the Invitation was likely TO
meet with o hearty response from oil sections OF
The S from hs
tion, the occasion would be memorable In afford.
Ing opportunity to revive old friendships that had
and other causes, and would probably iuaugurate
a series OF annual reunions In the future.
We should therefore cndeayor to make the visit
Of our old friends as agreeable US possible and u
this end all should contribute by good word OF
deed. Amer enrolling eight new members, Mcssrs
II. 4. Merrek, 5. V. Niles, John T. Lynch, Rob
John Galloway and B. II. West, reports Of the
committees appointed at the last meeting were
called for.
TRANSPORTATION.
The committee on transportation, consistlng Of
Hon. J. J. Martin, Judge Crosby and Colonel
Kretsehmar, reported that they had received let.
ters from the general passenger agent OF the
they would make arrangements with associations
for excursion tickets at the rate Of two cents u
mile to and from the place Of meeting. From the
way, good ior thirty days. Tht Western and At.
lanttc railroad, Atlanta, Georgia, will take dele
gates at half the usual iare-that Is, paying null
iare going and return frcc-on the certificate Of
the presiding officer or secretary of the conven.
tion that they were in attendance as delegates.
ion ion confer With local agents as to terms, %
PLACE OF NEKrISo.
The committee on procuring hall for place Of
Degges-rcportcd that Mr.. Cake, proprietor Of
willard's hotel had generously offered the use OF
willard: hall situated on street @ pesTssn gesa
thanks was rendered to the popular host Of VII.
lard's for his liberalty and public spirit.
RxcErrIoS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
The committee on hotel accommoda 10 ations-t'ol.
Ailabaeh, Major Greene and Capt Brannan-rc-
ported that they had found a general disposition
on the part Of proprietors Of hotels TO make lib
eral deduction In usual rates for accommodating
delegations, but the impossibllity Of estimating
the number likely to come to the convention made
negotiations out ot the question. The committee
corresponding secretary "a. NJ. Kenaday) the
probable number to arrive from each society
and efforts will be made TO secure, in advance Of
reasonable terms.
The executive committee will also act as com.
mittce Of reception, and consists Of the following
members: Gen. j. W. Denver, chairman; Gen.
Albert Pike, Hon. J. ]. Martin, Col. Justus J.,
McCarty and A. NJ. kcnaday, esd, to whom the
several DELEGATIONS on arriving IN the city are re-
den J. W. Denver, No, Ills Pennsylvania
| avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
where they will register their names, SC, and can
obtain such useful information to strangers in the
city as the committee will be enabled to impart.
RKrREsESrArivE pELEoATEs.
The corresponding secretary read commun
| cation irum Col. David ). Johnston, president ol
| the Georgia State Association, eoncuTrng In the
| views heretofore expressed by the Philadelphia
| Louisville and other organizations as to the pro
pricty OF the Washington body arranging the pre-
iimlnaries of the convention, stating that the
Georgia convention had appointed three dele
| gates and as many alternates, and desiring tt
know whether larger delegation would be re
In a discussion Of this point It was decided thai
under the call for the convention the number o
delegates was not limitcd-"two or more" being
the expression used-and that ms many delegate,
as the president Of any association saw proper tt
Issue crcdcntialsto would be admitted to seats In
the convention.
STATES HEARD FROM.
| A letter from Andrew J. Wells, Of Indianapo
| lis, Ind, formerly Of company II, 5th Indians
volunteers In the Mexican war, asking advice u,
State represented In the convention, had been an
swered by the secretary, suggesting the call Of .
meeting, through the press, 10 attend 10 the mat
| ter, as had been done with success by public
spirited veterans elsewhere.
| Major J. F. Huber. secretary Kentucky STATE
Association, at Louisville, had been endeayorinp
| to organize movement In the neighboring stat,
| OF Indiana, and with that view had written :,
General Il. =. Scrlbncr And Hon. WV. Tuley, o
| New Albany, Ind, urging cooperation. Matol
| H. writes that A. II. Jackson, esq, Of the New
| Albany Ledger Sid Hddrd, himself a veteran, had
| taken much interest In the matter, anu he had nj
doubt that Indiana would be properly repre-
| sented.
veterans at New Orleans forwarded n printed
! postal card. addressed to the members Of that as
soclation, Indicating that they were to meet Sat
urday evening, December Q, to elect delegates tC
| the convention.
The Virginia CITY (Ney.l Chronicis, OF the 18th
uit., contained call for the association In that
city to meet on tho next evening to elect delegates
| publishing Q full account OF the proceedings oil
the Washington meeting Of the 18th ult., and ap
plauding the energy With which the latter asso
| A letter from Secretary II. A. McGlcnan, Of the
Boston veterans, states that ave have an organl
nation OF the old boys who went out with the Mas
sachusetts regiment, and there are some sixty o
| us In the land Of the living. There may be more
but their abiding places are unknown to us. Ii
any way that can be devised to gain proper recog
milton for the veterans, and to bring back the fra
terg!y 9f feeling thst wg.so general In tho vale,
Biles, Scott Legion, Philadelphia; o. r. smith
| secretary North Carolina State Association; tn,
| Palmetto Association, Columbia, 3. O.; VIM. y
%Sa . Esw aSS YSrf rom B:Tssy Sc
! retary Of the Norfolk Veterans-containing inter
esting matter (which our limited space compels u
TO omit, indicative Of the widespread interest Ii
The Association then adjourned to meet agai,
| on Saturday evening next.
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