Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-05

increasing the pensions for the severer
disabilities,
The disability bill prepared by this COM
mittee aud which passed both houses OF
congress-, but was vetoed by the President
provided for pensions TO all disabled sol
diers, without reference TO cause of dis
ability: TO parents in all cases where they
became in needy circumstances after the
death of "A soldier, instead of the present
law refusing pensions in any such case,
except where parents were dependent upon
the soldier at the time of enlistment. This
bill also provided for the cont nuance OF
every soldiers pension in case of his death
to his widow in her own right and increased
the pension of minor children. The com
mittee had pending before the | st session
of congress another bill providing pensions
for ali widows without reference TO the
cause of the death OF their husbands, bills
for the survivors OF rebel prisoners and
for the re-enactment of the arrears law.
While the foregoing does not comprise
all that has been accomplished by the
Grand Army pension committee nor indi-
cate by any means the entire amount OF
their work, il is sufficiently comprehensive
and eXhibihits enough accomplished fact to
justify its original appointment, and we
recommend that the work be vigorously
pushed for the yeur TO come, upon the lines
marked out by the t.onal encampment
The annual reunion of the veteran signal
corps was held, and elected j. Is. Foraker
of Ohio, president. James III. Kelly OF
Albany, n. y, Louis Is. Fortescue of Phil
adelphia and j. X. Fitch of Evanston, H.,
were elected vice presidents; Capt. Chas.
ID. Marcy OF Boston, secret ny; Eli Down
er of Pittsburgh, quartermaster, and Prof.
j. Willard Brown of Cambridge, historian.
At the evening session on Aug % the
delegates proceeded 10 the election OF OIL
GERS. Gen. Russell A. Alger of Detroit had
it all his own way. Twenty men nomin-
ated him, Col. James Sexton of Chicago
first presenting his name. All the other
candidates were then withdrawn and Gen.
Alger was chosen by reclamation,
Col. a. q. Wessert of Milwaukee was
elected senior vice commander and John +.
Lovett of New Jersey junior vice command
err. DR.. Horace f.. Porter of Kansas was
chosen surgeon general, w. ii. Childers of
Kentucky chaplain, and II. j. Lovett OF
New Jersey junior vice commander.
The encsmpment refused TO recognize
the Sons of Veterans as an auxiliary TO
the G. A. Il. because of disturbing fac
ton in the former. Instead OF giving the
two women's OrganiZations--the Loyal
Ladies of the G.. A. H. and the Women's
Relief Corps-formal Endorsement, which
would be contrary TO the rules, it was
recommended that the encampncHt bid
them God speed in the work.
Gen. Alger, president of the Logan mon
ument fund, reported that the collections.
to date aggrega ted sl1,ll9,60. commit
tee of five was authorized 10 place before
congress proposition TO set apart por-
ton of tho $40. 900 appropriated for the site
to be added 10 the fund for the monument
Boston was chosen as the next place of
meeting. Saratoga, indianapolis and
Washington were also nominated but Bos-
ton received an overwhelming vote.
Speeches in favor Of Topeka Kas., and Los
Angeles, Cal, were made with view 10
future results.