St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-26
The Business Mee.iuo


The encampment came to order promptly
at O'Clock with good attendance.
After the transaction of routine business,
Corporal Tanner offered a resolution that the
National encampment present to Comrade
John A. Johnson, of Rejfeld, of Dakota.
who lost his leg in this city by falling under
the wheels of street car while on the way
to Camp Beath to meet his old comrades.
New York followed by contributing $3.50;
Pennsylvania gave $3.50; Ohio, $3.50; Hi
nois, $3.50; Iowa, 800; Kan
sas, 500; New Jersey, $50;
Rhode Island, $50; Missouri, 500; Massa-
chusetts, 500; Nebraska, $50; the Potomac,
$50; colored soldiers of Pennsylvania, $50;
Maryland, S25; Minnesota, $50; the First
Virginia, s25; West Virginia, s25; Tenne-
see, S25; New Hampshire, $50; Kentucky,
S25: Colorado, s25; Connecticut, $50; Ar
kansas, S25; Dakota, 5000; Comrade Man
chester, $25; John Fitzgerald, $40; Com
rade Carnahan, S25; Comrade Sipher, 10.
In order to make the contribution an even
So, 300 New York contributed $50 more.
The~ballot for commander-in-chief, post
poned from the day before, was taken up.
Burdette withdrew his candidacy and the
fourth ballot stood: Kountz, 159; Burst,
Ill; Barnum, 81.
There being no election another ballot
was taken, resulting as follows: Kountz,
1863; Burst. 100; Barnum, 90. Tue sixth
and last ballot was taken, which declared
JOHN s. KoUNTZ,
Commander-in-ch chief, by the following vote
Kountz, 1853; Burst, 1906; Barnum, 80.
The result was received with great applause
and the motion made by Comrade Burst and
seconded by Comrade Barnum, was carried
without dissenting voice.
The two late contestants were appointed a
committee to wait upon the commander elect
and bring him before the encampment
Upon taking the chair Mr.. Kountz said:
COMMANDMENT chief and comrades, want
the attention of this encampment for about
three minutes, on a subject that will meet a
response in the heart of every man here. We
have come together at our annual encamp-
ment, and | think we have all realized the
anticipations with which we came. The mat
ter desire to bring before this encampment
is this: That one of our comrades from a
distant part of the country, though not SO
far as some of US came, starting out as full
of anticipations of joy here as any of us, by
an accident with which many of you are ia
miliar, instead of sitting with us to-day is
left in hospital in this city, with one of the
good limbs upon which he came to
this encampment severed from his body for
ever. Now /, in conjunction with many
others in this encampment who go limping
through the world, know more than you men
who swing your legs in soundness and
health, the misery that there is in that life
Behind him in his home there is a wife and
three little children, and not at all an abund-
ance of means, and / want this national en-
campment to exercise practically its sympa-
thy and the sum and substance of it all
comes to this, and the best speech that can
be made upon the matter Is to vote for the
resolution / now offer that the quartermaster
general be directed to pay to the Dakota del
egation, for the benefit of this comra6e, the
sum of five hundred dollars.
THE VICE COMMANDERS.
For senior vice commander, Minnesota
nominated John P. Rae, of Minneapolis !;
Ohio named E. P. Stenson; California named
Walter H. Holmes The ballot stood: Rae
PSI. Stenson Ga, Holmes IL.
For junior vice commander, New York
nominated A. NJ. Way, Kentucky j. C.
Mitchie. Dakota Ira E. Hicks. The first bal
lot stood: Hicks 126. Way log, Afitchie So
There was no election, aud another ballot
WAS taken, as follows: Hicks 129, Way 81,
Mitchie 10.
For chaplain, j. n Foster, of New York,
received 6S votes, I. NJ. Sannefelt, of Michi-
gan. 1872.
W. B. Hall, of Pennsylvania, was elected
surgeon general by reclamation.
Portland. Maine, was decided upon as
the next place of meeting for the encamp-
ment.
The inspector generals report was adopted.
a committee of FIVE was appointed to pre-
pare and have engrossed resolutions thank
ing the governor of Min nesota, the mayor of
Minneapolis, the commander in chief of the
Minnesota encampment and the citizens
for their hospitality rendered the encamp-
ment-
Comrade Free, of Dakota, returned thanks
for the generous kindness of the members
of the G.. A. R. to George T. johnson, the
injured veteran.
The committee on the report Of the COM