The National tribune., 1885-07-02
WEDNESDAY.
Meeting of the National Encampment-Ad-
dresses and RepOrfs-San Francisco Sc
lected for the Encampment Next Year.

Meeting of the National Encampment-Ad-
dresses and Reports-San Francisco Sc
lected for the Encampment Next Year.
The National Encampment was called to or
der at 1880 by Commander-n- Chief j. S.
kountz, and after prayer had been offered,
Chaplain-inC Chief Shanafelt, OF Michigan, read
his annual report, which has been published
in former issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Thereafter the Committee on Credentials
made report showing that there were present
over $50 delegates No sooner had the report
been adopted than Department Commander
Brown. of Ohio. obtained the floor and spoke
for some time.
The Commander-in-Chi asked unanimous
consent to offer the following resolution:
Resotred, By the 18th National Encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic, assembled in the
city OF Portland, Me-, representing 800 600 ex-sol-
diers and ex-sailors in the United States that in
this first hour of session tender to the dis
tinguished comrade, soldier and statesman Gen.
U. 5. Grant, our profound sympathy i'm his contn-
ued illness. and extend "a soldiers greeting to
beloved commander and comrade. who has for
months endured unspeakab!e agony with that
characteristic orttude that has challenged the ad-
miration of the world.
Comrade II. X. Pierce. of Massachusetts,. pre-
sented another series of resolutions expressive
of the sympathy of the Encampment and of
the Grand Army with Gen. Grant in his pres
ent ailiictiOn and moved their reference and
the reference of Comrade Browns resolution
to the Committee on Resolutions.
Past COmmander-in-C Chief Beath said there
were % or 80 more resolutions of the same ma
Jure in the pockets of delegates, and suggested
that the whole subject be referred to the COM
mittee on Resolutions, with instructions to re-
port. Comrade James Tanner, of Brooklyn,
n. Y, opposed any reference. Said he:
Let us have no formaty, excep. such as is abso-
lutte necessary. Voice. Good There is in this
Encampment sentiment and ability enough to
,l,,ti., I,,la
mander without any reference TO n committee
lAppause. Let us send them out over the wires
OF the United States in a few moments and let the
world know that the inspiration of our expressions
of sympathy To Grant come instantly and from the
heart, and it will go with added force from the fact
that our response Is quick and sharp aud the
moment lGreat Applause.
The resolutions of Comrade Brown were
adopted amid great cheers, by rising vote. aud
on motion of Comrade Tanner, were immedi-
diateiy telegraphed to Gen. Grant by the Com
mander-in- Chief.
The COMMANDMENTS Chief appointed the fol-
lowing
COMMITTEES:
Commander-in- Chiefs Address-D. s. Aexan-
der, Potomac; j. &. Linehan, New Hampshire !;
Ira NJ Hedges, New York; d. N Foster, In
diana; II. H. Warfeld, California.
Adjutdnt- Generals Repost-ThOmas j. Stew
art, Pennsylvania John Cameron, Potomac :;
G. +. Lockhead, Michigan, C. b. Stetson, Iowa.
Thomas L. Mathews, Maryland.
Judge-Adrocate Generals slheport-H p. LLOYD
Ohio; III. NJ. Neve,fs, New jersey; A. B. Beers,
Connecticut: SAMUEL Harper, Pennsylvania !;
j. t. West, Dakotays
Rules and Regulati0as.-R. b. Beath, Pennsyl-
vania; Il. Z. Brown, Ohio III. A. Barnum
New York; J. La Bennett, Illinois; III. E.
Taintor, Connecticut.
Inspector Generals Repoyt.-George II. Evans
Massachusetts; A.y B. Valentine Vermont; !;
Theodore Wiseman. Kansas; c. A. Reynolds,
Kentucky; A. III. Brince. Maine.
Qnarierma sier- GeaeraPs Ps1tRepOrt.-W. s. Nc
Nair, Delaware; S.n b. Jones' Nebraska; Il. A
Becker, Minnesota philip Cheek, jr., Wiscon-
SIM Il. A. Cory, Rhode Island
ResOLutiOns.-Thomas Boes, Arkansas; j. A.
Maymier, f. V. Bohn, California; Frank d.
Sloat. Connecticut; ]. K. Gibson, Dakota !;
David Ross, Delaware; William Emerson,
Florida; Henry SchOrteH, Gulf; John A. Lo-
gan. Illinois; Ross Straton, w. R. Manning.
Iowa; George T. Anthony, Kansas James G.
Niche, Kentucky A. C. Hamln, Maine John
w. Horn, Maryland; B. f. Graves, Michigan !;
L. NJ Pope, Minnesota; Christian Stawitz, Mis-
souri,; L. c. Waters, Montana; j. III. Culver,
Nebraska; M. NJ Collis New Hampshire
George b. Fielder, New Jersey; J. w. Craw-
ford New Mexico; John Palmer. New York
Charles III. Grosyenor. Ohio; John c. Sears,
Oregon; Chill W. Hazard, Pennsylvania; C. G.
Roice Potomac; Charles r. Brayton, Rhode
Island; j. r. Lewis, Tennessee and Georgia;
+. w. Bradley, Texas; n. g. Wardleigh, Utah;