Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
Tns. GRAND asmY.

Ths GRAND Aknfs
The Minnesota Department c. a.
q. Hold Their Eighth Annual en-
canpnsnt in Minneapolis--j. y.
Eye of Minneapolis Elected Com
n1ander Tor the Coming Year on
the Second Ballot.
The eiskth Annual Eneampuent OF the
HinuesOta Dsparsmsnt Of the G. A T. vas
held at MIiasapolls OK the Esd and 24th-
About sod sere present aud we're heartily
/ welcomed CoGmaneisr wheeloek OF
E 0watonna called the e1eamPusut 70 or
der and rad the annual ad1ress-
Ia this the commander, while claiming
that the ex-sold5er had As good right
As zay nan to speak upoa political
subjects. said no nan had the slight
est right TO use the Grand Army
orgAnizatiou for his own advance
meat. Memorial day. district. ssmfaanG-
81 and national eaeampnents we're next
considered, and Al encouraging report was
made in regard TO the growth OF the Won
ans Relief Corps and Sons OF Veterans OF
the latter. twelve camps have been added
during the year. representing an increase OF
/ 1 So in the membership The address con
elrded With = number OF suggestions for
! the good of the order. Annual reports
we're also subuaitted BY w. W. Brsdea. St.
Paul. assistant adiutant general; E w.
Leavsns, Faribaalt. Assistant quarter
master general, D.. A. Leonard. Rochester.
inspector. 8. W Hayes. Redwood Falls.
mus eriug officer. Rev W L Stanley, Al
bert Lea. chaplain; Dr. d. 2. ksnuesiy,
Litehhsld. psdie&l director. and Maj
Thomas Montgomery. St Peter, OF the
council CT administration. The several
reports showed that the posts in the de
partmsai are generally IN a prosperous
eoaSlftiorL and there has been a steady in
cease in the membership during the year.
( Twelve new posts had been established,
and halanee Of aoogt $4,000 vas re-
ported IN the trsasary OF the department.
Tie presentation OF reports occupied most
Of the lIfst day session.
The report OF AdIutant General Braden
shows . total membership OF $4,000 IN
this department, about Z 500 in good
stauiin.- Daring the year $40 have besn
suspended for non-pSyment OF dues, and
the membership Of posts from which re-
ports had not been received - estimated
at les. The actual number OF posts e.
tzblishsd during the year Sas fourteen.
and th,, total receipts OF the adigtant gen
erals Crfiics was 81, 800.
On the second DAY the reports Of the de
partm.ut commander and other officers
were adopted and the Women's Rsiiet
Corps were requested TO cooperate in the
adorament OF the permanent soldiers home
bGfkINA-S- Ge FtLErtD- Q1cETs we're
warmly commended for the zeal and
energy displayed during their terms in sd-
vaneiiig the cause OF the order. A rsso-
luton vas unanimously passed reinburs-
ing Commander Wheeloek the amount ex
peuxiei for rail- way fares. aad motion to
hold the memorial service on the last Sun
day Ia May Was voted down. The Mime
sofa senators and representatives in con-
sress were requested 10 urge the location
. a. ,.z,-ss,, IN Al
passslge Of the dependent pension bill
framsd by the national COMMITTEES OF the
G. A. y. aad now bsforS congress- The
assistant adiutaEt general Was Au-
thogized to prepare fuii roster of each
post in the department., totbs kept at head
quarters as long as Grand Army man ex-
ists in Minnesota Il was further decided
that the department viii paw the travelling
EXPENSES OF our delegate from ssteh post 70
future eneampmerts, whirh will be 50 num-
bsrssi as to recognize the sneanpment held
uader the old organization. provided the
legs.lity OF sueh action Is apurovep by the
Judge advocate general.
Among those adoutsd By the sueamp-
meat usrs the SRes asking the legislature
to iesiguats memorial 3ay as legal hoIi-
day. aud authorizing the department. com
mslnder 20 publish that portion OF the
state laws relating TO the burial OF decsas
ed soldiers
The fouowinS. offered By JGdzs E ST.
Julien Cox OF ST. Paul was adopted
Whereas, Memorial day Is Que OF solemn
sr.niIcsnes and subdaed rejection and re-
trusueetiOn to the living survivors OF the
great war. both in the past and in future
One By the living devoted to the memory Of
comrades who have joined the innpmer-
able caravan in its march to the silent
halls, and.
Whereas. the day set apart for this OBJ
servanee i too often tUrned into day q
mussnsus, irivOIity and levity.
Resolved, by this encampmsnt, that We
earnestly Hrye upon the comrades OF the
posts OF this department and the public in
general that all unseemly conduct, con-
fieting with due andrevereut observance
OF Memorial day, be avoided
The afternoon and closing session OF the
eneampnsnt Was principally devoted TO
au disqualification Of the secret
WORK of the orisr and the elee~
tionsot officers The principal contest was
on the election Of a Commander. the nom
nations being as fsliows. James
II. Eye. Minneapolis, r. r Header
son Minneapolis. j. j. YeCariy, ST. Paul,
W. p Spauldiug Brainerd; Thomas Mont
Eomery ST. Peter and E St. Julien Cox,
st. Paul Two ballots were taken. the
first resulting in III votes FOR Eye; SpauId-
Ing. 90; NeCardy. So Henderson, 9; Noat-
I l.
Withdrew his name Internationally, snd
the second ballot gave Eye 153 votes;
Spaulding IS; Meardy, so, and
Montgomery. s. James II. Egs
vas declared elected, and the
announcement was enthusiastically cheer
ed. There was no contest over the other
Offices. which were filed as follows
Senior vice commander Edward Dunn,
Rochester
Junior vice commander, james Compton,
Fergus Falls
Chaplain, Rev. j. NJ. STANLEY. Albert
Lea
Medical director, DR.. Wilson OF Pipe
stone county.
The old council OF administration vas
reelected, and the fc aowing were elected
delegates to the nsSJ national sncamp-
mrnt to be held at Columbus, Ohio:
Gen E. NJ. Pope Mankato; Col William
NeCrory. Minneapolis; Senator c. j. Ed
wards. Spring Valley: Perry Starkveatber.
ST Paul. and Judge l. W Collins, ST.
Cloud,
This closed the business OF the eveamp-
ment, and many of the delegates improved
the internal before the camp fire in visit
Ing the soldiers home at NinnshAhs Falls
About forty ex-prisoners Of var held 3
nesting Twenty new names were added to
the roll. On the last evening there was a
rouzinz camp IRE attended By 2. 500 peo-
pie The entertainment consisted OF
speeches etc.
The Woman's Relief Corps held q meet
ing and elected the following officers
President. Mrs & E Nilham OF s.. Paul;
senior vice, Emma X Ogden OF Detroit;
junior vice, Sarah h Clark of WinOna;
treasurer, Mrs. Jessie Nye OF Minneapolis
The presidents appointments we're
Secretary, Miss Mary H. KsutsH. Mime
arOlisc counsellor. Miss Lulie Becker. ST.
Paul inspector. Mary A. Bressrley. Mime
spolis-
Tire New Commander.