Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-19
THE VETERANS CHOICE,

They Soloot Congressman Warner, Of Mis-.
souri,, ~ tho Chief OF the
Grand Army-Other Onlcsrs Elected
Tho Sorvioc Pension Proposition In
tl0rsed.
COLUMBUS. O., Sept. 14.-At the Ma
tional Enoampment yesterday morning
the election of q Command Ter in 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 Chief served In the Thirty.
third and Forty-fourth Wisconsin regiments,
and has passed his later life In Missouri
After filling various Offices In that State he
was elected to tho Forty-ntnth Congress from
the FIFTH Missouri district and 10 stu In Con.
gresa.l
Colonel Moses Neil, OF Columbus, was
elected Senior Vice Commander.
]. K. Hatfield, Of New York, was chosen
Junior Vice Commander. All three Of the
officers elected made speeches Of thanks.
On behalf Of his comrades Louis Wagner
presented to General Lucius Fairohild
an elegant oil portrait Of himself. A com.
mittee from the Woman's Relief Corps
was given q hearty welcome, as was also b
committee inviting the Grand Army to
visit the Exposition at Cincinnati on Grand
Army Day-September IA. Recess taken
for dinner s -. .a.-
At tho morning meeting Of the Woman's
Relief Corps the National treasurer, Mrs
Elizabeth A. Turner, OF, Boston, reported
over so, 900 in the treasury. After the
session the local organization was present.
ed with 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. M. 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 ofthe propo-
sition for a service pension BY vote Of
40 to "a The resolution as reported by
the committee and adopted read as follows:
"Resolued, That 1t il tho sense OF this en-
campment that tho time has come when the
soldiers and sailors Of the war for the pres
ervation OF the Union should receive the SUBJ
stantial and merited recognition OF this G V
ernment by granting them service pension In
accord with establ shed usage; and further,
"Resosrsd, That this encampment favors the
presentation Of q bill to Congress to give every
soldier, sailor or marine OF tho army or navy
of the United States between Arril, 1881, and
July, 1865, for the period OF sixty days or more,
service pension Of $500 per month"; and 70 all
WIZ SoEScu u per on o4Co0ulug gu Gays, 0Q I'D.
d!onal amount OF cent per day for each days
service exceeding that period.
"Your committee also earnestly advocate
the passage Of q bill placing widows OF the SOL
diers, sailors and marines on the pension list
without regard to time OF the service or the
cause Of the soldiers death. Your committee
further report that We do not withdraw our re-
peated approval OF the bill now before Con-
gress, which was proposed and Endorsed by the
National Pension Committee, known as the
Disability Pension BILL"
Other resolutions recognize the Sons of
Veterns as an organization and thank the
people of Columbus and Of the State for
the welcome accorded the Grand Army.
A special resolution was offered and adopt
ed unanimously appropriating $500 for i'm
m ediate!y use in relieving the necessaries
Of members of the organization who are
suffering IRON the yellow fever epidemic
In Florida
Fully one-third Of the delegates failed to
record their votes on the question A
greater part Of the two sessions was occu-
pied in the discussion of the subject. It
cropped up incidentally when nominations
for Commander-in-C Chief were in order.