Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-02

Meeting OF the Grand Army Of ths Kspub-
ua-An Immense Crowd--Procsssfoa
and Other Proceedings.

and Other Procesdings.
Portland. Ne. had its iarsese crowd afe~
4 lays ago The Grand Army came In amer
D-ctedlv large numbers. Onthe iFst day all
day long the measured tramp of beer through
the straess and strains 81 martial music as
hosts of the Grand Army 81 the Republic
marched from the depot 70 theeamp mark
ed the inauguration u the nineteenth en-
campment. Deisgationsfrom various parts
% the Uaion formed q steady and almost
Z uninterrupted PROGRESSION from morning tail
night
On SECOND day the grand PROCESSION was
the main feaUure IL had been calculated
that il would reqairs two hours f0rthe pro-
eession to pass, but IL took more that
three hours. The most careful esti-
mates ~ the number Of men in
line place the figures at $4,000,
% which number 20 600 wore the
uniiorm n the Grand Army. Commander
Z in1hief kOantz Was greeted with generous
applause from all sides, and Gen. Logan,
Z sdo r9de in carriage with Congressman
Reid, received a continuous ovation.
E In the evening a reception .as tend
l cred to FAmFnander-in-thi ef Konntz, ~
I representative % the body at the
Z city hail Addresses 81 welcome we're
Z delivered by Gen. Hail, department
commander Of Maine: by Gov. Robe, who
{ &lso paid a tribute 70 Gen, Grant, and by
z Mayor Deering Commander kountz replied
oa behalf u himself and comrades. Adj
Z dresaes were also made BY Gov. Aiger OF
Michigan ex-Cov FaiFehiId ~ Wisconsin,
z fien. Henry ". slocam % View York and
( Ten. Logan. senator Logan prefaeed his
( rruarks Nitha leryent eulocy oieTen- Grant.
( Hesstid In my Judgment time has not gwen
t0any people q grahsieF commander u men.
q greater organizer ofi0ress, a more magnifi-
1 ssstN
\ sith more ability to executs than U.
Grant For this country he has
done as much as any man that ever lived
I haa ever done for any country"
on the third day the Commander deliver
eli hia snnussl asisk.ess. He said.
That Four years ago there was meha-
beFship ~ ~, 600, On March 81, 1885,
I thirty eight departments reported 5,O26
posts aBd z60. siS4 members. while the re-
part 90 the adlHtant general shows the
membership to be psf ,637 The large
aaHbss Of 54.z92 reported by the adin-
tant general as suspended during the year
~ due la q great measure 70 negligence and
Ineifciency ~ post officers. Our finances
are ia excellent condition We have
On hand cash balance uT SIS ga
The question having been raised 81 10
whether the late Comrade Dv. 2. f. Ste.
genson q Springfield ~, was really the
Army Of the Repasie, il ~ deemed but sim
pie justice To his memory as veil as Go hia
family and comrades 20 state that all an
thentie records confer upon him that very
Hlst honor. During the past eleven months
there have been issned hfty-one thousand
badges, at a profit Of $1,000. I heartily
endorse the organization knosn as the Vet
Grams Rights Union, the object u shichis 90
secure to ouregmrSdestheir rights and priv.
M. "a a. n a
states. The union urges a. il ghtlully may
and ought, that whsa the other quaRtiea-
tions are equal the soldier should be pre-
isrred beeaass he was q soldier. / am op-
posed TO the perpetuation Of the Grand
Army, believing the mission 81 great
eomradeship will have been ialflled when
the Last eomrads has Joined The last muster
ont. Knowing that there il nothing in the
Grand Army of the Republic inconsistent
withHtoee exaetihg duty or strictest religion,
Idsemed il for the aterest u the order to an
point a special committee TO lay its nature
and workings before the proper Catholic au-
thoritiss Ot the United States, that they
mas know our organization has nothing TO
conceal, and that otIr purposes are COM
naeuded by ALI who understand them The
committees reported having fult.sged It's mis-
sion report, thai assurances had been gives
By Archbishop Ryan and Gibbons that
nothing could be found in the aims % the
Grand Army 70 prevent any good Catholic
from becoming Il member. The com.
mander-in-chief deprecated partiefpa-
ton IL politics a. au organization, and
urgently advocated the Mexican pension fiIl
and q bill To grant disabled SOLDIERS pen
sion from the date Of disability. lie alSo
urged that Decoration day be not deseerat-
ed by recreation and pleasure The Won.
ans ReileI corps nov has twenty-five per-
manent aud three departments,
sIth subordinate corps in nearly all the
states where the Grand army exists.
Resolutions Of sympathy with Gen. Grant
were adopted by a unanimous rising vote
smid great cheering
The members on the q. A. K. speat the day
Ia sight seeing. attending clam bakes, etc,
some in the city and some going out by
rail-
AZ the afternoon session the Question OF
a place for holding the hext annual encanap-
ment came up. San Francisco received 269
votes 20 rs Tor Louisville. A representa-
tive % the former eity guaranteed that
500, 900 would he subscribed for the en-
teTtaiument 81 the veterans.
On the fourth day, ar she morning execu-
tsyo session Of tae national sHeampment
resolution was offered providing for the
suitable recognition Of Of Dr. Benjamin
Stephenson, as founder % the Republic. and
recommending that q subscriptions from the
national sneampm~nt he requested for the
purpose. Resolution adverse to the
consolidation 81 the sons OF Veterans With
the Grand Army was adopted
X was voted that the next annual en-.
rampment be held some time between
October and May, and recommendation
that memorial day 10 observed on the
"a bb.aas. @as adopted. The committee to
which was referred. asrGgade Loring' resolu-
ton in favor Of the S. per H0hth pension
liz reported adversely and the report was
ad0pted after 4 DrstFaeted debate. The
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vas 4gthGyizsd to
appoint a committee 80 present $685.
Iatieoz TO the heads Of departments
at Washington ia behalf o. pension
claimants. A recommendation that an
petitions to congress from posts or pen
sion claimants Resent through the national
headquarters * tho q. A. X. WAS adopted.
Resolutions Of thanks to congress- for hay.
ing placed Gen. Grant on the fetgTed list OF
ths army we're also adopted.
FOu Olstafes ~ as called Tor Eominatlons
for eommander-sn-ehiei and the following
candidates were presented;
John W. Burst of Illinois, Gen. John 4.
Reynolds 81 New York, Hon. samuel ;. Bur
5ett 81 Washington and Gen. Lueius Fair
child Of Wisconsin,.
and the hallCting proceedad On the sec
0nd ballot Bgrdette received 23p, Reynolds
I3G, Burst 10, ana NJ BursIstte's election
was made unanimous. For ssaloF vice com
mandsr-iB- chief, exsGev. Seitien Comes ~
Maine was chO0sen BY aesi,t,nasion. Toths
position os Junior vice commander-in-Chief
tomrsde Lewis u Atlanta was chosen onthe
second ballot. The usual resolutions 81
thaaks 30 the various parties, 1ryaniza-
tons and corporations were adopted, a.
ter which the executive session Of the ma
ttonal encsmpmGat closed.
The foregoing contains IN Substance. the |
official proceediBgs. IL woaia take pages |
10 gave 81 the details appcrtaining 20 the !
social side 81 the affair, and how the vetef- |
ans amused themselves. Those who have
attended these enesmpmsnts may easily |
imagine the whole.
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