Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-09-20
THE @. A. r. ENCAMPMENT.
An Enjoyable Time at Columbus, Ohio.

An Enjoyable Time at Columbus, Ohio.
! In the soldiers parade at Columbus, Ohio,
on the 18th inst, Michigan was headed by
Farquhar post OF Detroit, In which Gen.
Alger marched on foot, much to the delight
OF the boys. A pleasant feature of the pa
rade was q company Of 700 children from
the Ohio soldiers and sailors orphans
home at Xenia, who came In special train.
Gen. Sherman put In an appearance early
in the day, and was loudly cheered. Mrs
| Logan, Mrs. Alger and Mrs. Foraker came
next and the crowds again expressed de-
light Last Of oil Judge Thurman came
also, and he, too, found favor with the be-
holders. As the posts filed past, Gen. Alger,
Gen. Fairchild, Gov. Foraker, Commander
in-Chief Rea, ex-President Hayes and Gov.
Thayer of Nebraska, mounted the review
ing stand
The special features of the parade caused
great amusement: Garden truck and chick
ems that reminded one OF "Sherman's
Bummers," an immense brass canteen car
ried by half dozen men and stuffed ca
gle The Garfield post of Mentor carried
m excellent likeness of President Garfield.
When the Sheridan battalion of Somerset,
u, marched by the stand there was tumul-
tuous cheering, as was also the case on the
appearance of John A. Logan post and u.
S. Grant post. One post from Baltimore,
u, had q beautiful cannon made entirely
OF buckeyes. The ex prisoners Of the war
! and Andrews raiders were favorites with
the crowds and kept all the time respond
| ing to applause. The naval squadron set
| off day fireworks.
! The veterans passed by their old leaders
on the reviewing stand and cheered and
saluted the wife of their gallant "Black
Jack.' Wisconsin men had badger which
was carried just behind Gov. Rusk as he
N .rched on foot with his comrades.
Michigan was headed by Farquhar post of
Detroit, in which Gen. Alger marched on
foot. The Sons Of Veterans, nearly all in
uniform and many carrying arms, received
continued applause.
| Gov. Forakers speech was one of his
usual efforts. He spoke of the surplus in
the United States treasury as result of
the saving Of the country and expressed
his desire to use it up in paying il to those
! who earned 1t during the war. He ex
| pressed his contempt for those who had
! hired substitutes, and when the audience
! yelled, Hit him again. he said he was
not hitting anyone, but as the representa-
tive Of the people of Ohio he must talk
plain, and whether it hurt anyone was not
his business
The national encampment proper began
on the morning Of the 18th inst, the recep-
tons, camp-fres and parade Of the previous
day being preliminary to the actual work
OF the encampment. The Grand Army of
the Republic, the Women's Relief Corps,
the ladies of the G.. A. r., the Army of
West Virginia, Naval Veterans, Sheridan's
regimental associations met in various
parts OF the city, but the cncampments
were strictly secret.
In his annual address Commander-in-
| Chief Rea says: ION March 81, 1887, the
membership Of our order in good standing
| was 800, $685. on March 81, 1888, it was 354,-
PIG, making a net gain of 80, $50. The re-
| ports for the quarter ending juno 30 show
gain by muster of 1862, and total men,
6ership in good standing of 36l 1862, with a
| loss from delinquent reports of ., 663, all of
whom ii may be assumed are in good stand
| ing in their respective posts. Omitting the
| loss from delinquent reports, the net gain
during the last quarter was II, l09 The
reports show that on JuLe 30 there were
1895, 245 comrades borne on the rolls, to
which may safely be added sufficient
number out on transfer cards TO swell the
grand total to 100000"
| After speaking at some length of the
future growth of the order denOuncing
the use of the Grand Army badge for polit-
ical effect, he endorsed the legislation pro-
posed by the last encampment, which fail
ed TO pass congress, and expressed his de-
sire for further action in the same line.
During the year I, 433 comrades died, being
an increase Of !, 027 over the previous year
and death rate Of over 12 day. During
the past year the reports show that there
was expended in charity the sum of S215,-
1913. This, of course, does not include
the many thousands of dollars which have
been given by members privately in aid of
less fortunate comrades. He spoke touch
ingly of the death Of Gen. Phil Sheridan.
He calls especial attention TO the Womans'
Relief Corps, the Sons of Veterans and the
army and navy survivors, division, and Of the
regard future generations will have for
them and their work