The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-13
The GRAND ARMY.

The GRAND ARMY.
The National Eaeampment-General sNsr.
man speaks-Next Meeting Ut Be. LoaAs-
Omoers Elected.
SAN FRANcIsco. Aug. TAT the third
days session of the national encampment
yesterday the Committee on Resolutions
submitted . report denouncing p0lygamy
and asking Congress to pass such laws -
would eradicate the evil from the country.
The feature of the afternoon session was .
discussion Of the service pension bills. Tho
department Of Massachusetts, offered q
resolution favoring the passage by Con-
gress Of the Lowering bill. which provided
q pension Of So month to every surviving
soldier and sailor of the war, whether dis
abled or not The Committee on Res0lu-
tons. to whom the matter was referred,
reported adversely. Mr.. Bennett, of Indi-
ana, submitted minority report favoring
the measure. A vote was first taken on the
latter and it was defeated-S27 to &c.
During the proceedings General Sherman
rsad an address in which he spoke of the
origin of the order and of the part the
members had taken In the civil war and
then said: MEN who have only engaged
in single battle or single campaign are
apt to dwell on 1t as the only one ever
fought and assume that our war was the
one conflict of arms worthy Of record.
Others have preceded it; others will sue
coed it We now with retrospect of only
twenty-One years read that the civil war in
America was but single step Of the world
to newer and higher civilization. The
revolutionary war demonstrated that the
thirteen colonies. planted by Europe on
the coast Of America, had attained man
hood and had natural right to assume
all its MISUNDERSTANDING them independ-
ence. The war of 1912 demonstrated that
this new nation was capable of defending
itself, not only within its own domain but
on the high seas and every where. Then
the Mexican war of 1916 and 1S47 demon
strated that our race and institutions must
reach from ocean TO ocean. from the lake to
the gulf. with ample room for development,
and finally the civil war demonstrated that
we, as citizens, could defend the Govern
ment against the greatest Of all enemies
ourselves"
General Sherman then gave an interest
ing account Of the causes which led to the
Mexican war and Of the subsequent history
of that war, and the conquest Of California
by the United States. with the part taken
by General Fremont.
Speaking of his own share in the opera
tons the General told how the battery to
-. - -AA hAl
around the "H0rn' leaving New York
July IA, 1876, and arriving Mt Monterey,
January 20, 1S47. He compared the cOndi-
ton of California at that time with the
present prosperity and then reverting to the
benefits Of the civil war, closed as follows:
"YOu, my beloved comrades of the war of
1861, have abundant reason for your faith
in the majesty and security of the new
Union, bound together in harmony by riv.
ers and mountains and by bands of steel,
each State controlling its own property and
interests with q strong government over all.
Yet. in your conventions and feasts you can
we'll spare some words of cheer to your old
cOmraues of the Mexican war who did so
much to enlarge the national domain and
make possible the glorious work you after
ward so thoroughly accomplished. We can
not expect TO tarry long to enjoy the fruits
of our labOrs, but untold generations will be
here to protect, defend and maintain these
cOnQuests, and meantime We have right to
be proud and content that i'm our day and
generation we have largely contributed to
build up and strengthen the fabric of gov
eminent fashioned by our fathers, sancti-
fed by the greatness Of Washington, made
dOubly precious by the noble virtues of our
martyred Lincoln and crowned by the
achievements of our cOmrade, Grant"
St Louis was selected as the PLACE of the
next national encampment by vote of 2l3
to III for Milwaukee.
1.-The encampment then proceeded to tho
election Of COmmander-in-Chief. Tanner,
of New York, was proposed by Hatch, Of
Massachusetts, after which Lucien Fair
child, of Wisconsin, john Burch, of llIi-
nois. John T. Rea, of Minnesota and John
ii. Reynolds, of New York. were placed i'm
nomination. The whole number of votes
cast was AL; necessary TO choice, 222.
Tanner received liz: Fairchild, 15S; Burcb,
Il; Reynolds, 81, and Rea, So. Reynolds
then withdrew in favor of FarclIiId. and
the second ballot was proceeded with.
When SIT votes had been cast on the second
ballot, it was shown that FairchiId had re-
ceived 229, or seven more than necessary TO
elect A motion was then made To make
his election unanimous and it was carried.
General s. W. Backus. Of San Francisco,
was unanimously elected Senior Vice Com
mander-in- Chief.