Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-08-05
THE ENCAMpMENT.
Meeting for the Transac
tiOn of Business.
GRAND BANQUET AND CONCERT
Tie Los Angeles Delegation Delug
ing the Delegates With
Delicious Wines.


Especial to the Herald bv the associated Press
| SAN FRANCISCO, August 4.-The Ma
tional Encsmpment, G. A. R., convened
for the transaction of business in Ods
Fellows Hall at 10 o'clock this morning
The Session viii last three days. Th'
principal business is the selection of I
place Of encampment for next year ant
the election of officers.
The attendance was SO great that ths
alternates were requested to withdraw
until the regular delegates had been as
signed to their places. The location o.
the various Communicates was designat
ed by banners bearing the name of thei,
State. The hall was handsomely deco
rated with iAgs and the stage with fiow.
ers. After prayer by Chaplain Stewart
of Ohio. Commander Burdette read hin
annual address. The reading occu pied
one hour and forty minutes and was
listened to with marked attention and
frequently applsuded. The dress was
an eloquent tribute to the sentiment
which called the encampment from the
shores where the Mayfower landed te
the Golden Gate. His reference to Gen
erals Grant, Mcclellan aud Hancock
were heartily cheered.
The report showed that 1920 comrades
had d ed during the year and 25. 643 had
Joined. The cash balance ON hand is
$500, 900. When the reading of the re
port was finished three cheers were
given for the Commander-in-C Chief.
At the close OF the reading of the re.
port General Sherman was invited to
take a seat on the platform, but he asked
permission to remain with the Missouri
delegation.
After the regular committees had been
appointed Corporal Tanner read letter
from Colonel Fred Ora ant for membership
to the &. A. r. Referred to the Com
mittee on Rules and Regulations.
After recess at three O'Clock Depart.
ment Commander Sayles Of New York
present d to the Department Of Califor-
MIA an elegant banner and album. The
latter contains photographs Of the pres.
ent and past Post Commanders Of New
York. A handsome gavel was presented
in return by California to New York.
| Over some trouble which had arisen
respecting alternates, the Committee on
Resolutions reported that no Council o.
Administration had the right to fill va
cancies in any delegation. This partition
larly affected the New York delegation
| I..tl ha1 all
filed by Council of Administration
with men who were neither delegate.
nor alternates. The resolution wal
warmly debated and finally amended ts
read: mo Council of Ad ninistratior
shall elect any comrsde not an alternate
TO fill vacancy until the alternate lisi
is exhausted" Adopted by large ma
jority.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
| BANQUET.
The Pacific branch of The society ol
the Army of the Potomac rendered .
banquet this evening to the society Of
the Army Of the Potomac in the ban
quet hall of the California Pioneers
Covers were laid for three hundred
and twenty five. The hall was elabor
acely decorated Amoug the prominent
persons present were Generals Sherman
Logan. N. r. Mcmahon, GoverRo
Stoneman, Mayor Bartlett, Gsn. james
A. Beaver, Of Pennsylvania; Col. Horace
c. King, Of New York; Col. Dyer, o
Missouri.
Gen. Martin T. Mcmahon, President
of the Society OF the Army OF the Poto
mac, presided, and returned thanks tc
the Californians for their unprecedented
hospitality. Governor Stoneman re-
spouded to the toast ''The tate Of Cali
fornia." Mayor Bartlett TO "The City OF
San Francisco, and Gen. 4. d. Keyes
to ''The Army Of the Potomac" Gen.
Sherman's rising to respond to the toast
to the army was preceded by song,
.sMarching Thro' Georgia, followed by
long continued cheers. He gave vivid
retrospection of the history Of the Army
of the Potomac, comparing the trials
and struggles of the past with the calm
aud peaceful present. He related the
history Of the circumstances which led
to Grant being appointed to the CON-
mand OF all the Union armies, and con-
cluded by paying tribute to the whole
army and its stupendous task of putting
down the rebellion. Loud and prolonged
cheering followed his remarks. The
bat quet did not terminate until after
midnight.
CONCERT.
Fully ten thousand people occupied
the pavilion tonight to listen to a grand
welcome concert given by the combined
vocal societies of San Francisco and
Oakland to the Grand Army Of the Re.
public. There were seven hundred
voices in the chorus. The interior
decorations OF the building ELECTED the
highest admiration. By eight o'clock
tue crush was so great that the doors
had to be closed. The concert closed by
singing "America," in which the entire
immense audience joined. The singing
Of this national hymn brought out a
burst of enthusiasm never equaled on
the Pacific Coast.
nuE ENISI knJrpE