The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-20
THE VETERANS. CHOICE.
rhey Select Congrcssmsn Warner, Ct Mis-
souri,, ~ the Chief Of the
Grand Army-Other Onfcers Elected
The Service Pension Proposition In
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souri,, as the Chief Of the
The Service Pension Proposition In
dOrsed.
COLUMBUS. O., Sept. 14-At the Ma
tional Encampment yesterday morning
the election Of Commanderin-Ch Chief
was In order After the nominations
were made, Major William Warner, Of Mis-
souri,, was elected.
Hon. William Warner, OF Kansas City, tho
new Commandcrin-Chief, served In the Thirty.
third and Forty-fourth Wisconsin regiments,
and has passed his later life in Missouri.
After filing various offices in that State he
Was elected TO the Forty-ninth Congress from
the fth Missouri district and 10 still In Con-
gress.l
Colonel Moses Neil, OF Columbus, was
elected Senior vice-Commander
J. K Hatfield, Of New York. was chosen
Juuior Vice Commander. All three Of the
officers elected made speeches Of thanks.
On behalf Of his comrades Louis Wagner
presented to General Lucius Fairchild
IN elegant oil portrait Of himself. A COM
mittee from the Woman's Relief Corps
was given q hearty welcome, as was also
committee inviting the Grand Army to
visit the Exposition at Cincinnati on Grand
Army Day-Septembcr IA. Recess taken
for dinner.
At the morning meeting Of the Woman's
Relief Corps the National treasurer, Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Turner, of Boston, reported
over 10000 in the treasury. After the
session the local organization was present
ed with q fine portrait Of Department Pres
ident Mary E. Bancroft, in recognition Of
their very excellent work as entertainers.
Rev. w. Updyke, Of Dakota, was elected
Chaplain-in Chief and r. N. Dewitt. Of
Iowa, was chosen Surgeon-General.
The afternoon session was taken up in
discussion Of the pension question, the re-
suit being the Endorsement OF the propo.
sition for service pension BY vote OF
400 to q The resolution as reported by
the committee and adopted read rs follows:
.Resolced, That 1t is the sense Of this en-.
campment that the time has come when the
soldiers and sailors OF the war for the pres
ervation OF the Union should receive the sub
stantial and mcrited recognition OF this G "
ernment by granting them service pension in
accord with established usage; and further,
"Resoiu.d, That this encampment favors the
presentation Of q bill to Congress to give every
soldier, sailor or marine OF the army or navy
OF the United States between Arril, 1861, and
July. 1855, for the period Of sixty days or more,
q service pension OF 300 per month. and to all
who served y per cd exceeding $40 days, an ad.
donal amount Of cent per day for each day I
service exceeding that period.
s'Your committee also earnestly advocate
the passage Of . bill placing widows Of tho sol
diers, sailors and marines on the pension list
without regard 10 time OF the service or the
cause OF the soldiers death. Your COMMITTEES
further report that We do not withdraw our re;
peated approval OF the bill now before Con
gress, which was proposed and indorsed by the
National Pension Committee, known as the
Disability Pension bilL'
Other resolutions recognize the Sons oi
veterns as an organization and thank the
people of Columbus and Of the State fol
the welcome accorded the Grand Army
A special resolution was offered and adopt
ed unanimously appropriating $500 for i'm
mediately use in relieving the neccssaries
OF members of the organization who are
suffering from the yellow fever epidemic
in Florida.
Fully onc-third Of the delegates failed *
| record their votes on the question.
| greater part Of the two sessions was occu'
| pied in the discussion OF the subject.
| cropped up incidentally when nominations
for Commander in Chief were In order.