The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-21
THE VETERANS CHOICE.
They Select Congressman Warner, of Mis-
souri,, as the Chief of the
Grand Army-Other Officers Elected
The Service Pension Proposition In
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They Select Congressman Warner, of Mis-
souri,, as the Chief of the
Grand Army-Other Oficers Elected
The Service Pension Proposition In
dorsed. ~
COLUMBUS, o.. Sept. 14-At the Ma
tional Encampment yesterday morning
the election of Commander-in-Chief
was iii order After the nominations
were made, Major William Warner, of Mis-
souri,, was elected. go
Hon. William Warner, of Kansas City, the
new Commander-in-Chie 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 the Forty ninth Congress from
the Fifth Missouri district and is still in Con
gress.l
Colonel Moses Neil, of Columbus, was
elected Senior Vice Commander sEf
]. 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 Fairchild
an elegant oil portrait of himself. A COM
mittee from the Woman's Relief Corps
was given a hearty welcome, as was also
committee inviting the Grand Army to
visit the Exposition at Cincinnati on Grand
Army Day--September Il 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 $4,000 in the treasury After the
session the local Organization was present
ed with a 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.C Chief and R. M. Dewitt, OF
Iowa, was chosen SUPERINTENDENT.
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 % The resolution as reported by
the committee and adopted read as follows:
| sResolued, 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 merited recognition of this G "
| eminent by granting them service pension in
accord with established usage; and further
"Resolusd, That this encampment favors the
presentation of a bill to Congress to give every
soldier sailor or marine of the army or navy
of the United States between April, 1861, and
July, 1866, for the period of sixty days or more,
service'pension of $500 per month, ana to all
who served a per cd exceeding 800 days, an adj
| dional amount of / cent per day for each day S
| service exceeding that period.
t'Your committee also earnestly advocate
| the passage ola 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 90 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
| mediate1y use in relieving the necessaries
| of members of the organization who are
suffering from the yellow fever epidemic
| in Florida.
| Fully 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. II
cropped up inciden tally when nominations
for Commander jim Chief were in order.