New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-31
PRICE THREE CENTS.
THE VETERANS GO HOME.
CLOSE OF THE GRAND ARMY NATIONAL
ENCAMPMENT.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON GENERAh
PENSION LEGISLATIoN-THE NEW OFF,
GERS INSTALLED-AcTToN OF THE
WoMENS AUXILIARY oRGANI.


CATIONS.
Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 30.-The closing session
OF the National Encampment was held to-day. Inc
call 10 order made at o'clock, so that the
business might all be disposed OF before noon
and enable the delegates TO leave the city after
dinner The Encampment in session foui
hours, and cleared up some important business
There prolonged discussion over the reso'
luton favoring the allowance of pension Of 81
per month TO all soldiers who prefer to live az
home and will relinquish their right to enter the
National military asylums 1t met with so much
opposition that by vote Of the Encampment II
WAS ordered to lie on the table.
The Encampment then took up the subject oil
general pension legislation, and adopted the fol-
lowing without discussion:
Resolved That action OF the second National
Fncampment upon subject OF pension legis
laton by Congress hereby reanmed and the Pension
Committee is hereby Instructed to pursue all proper eahs
to secure legislation in accordance with such policy
The above resolution embraces the Disability
bill and also calls for the passage OF per diem
service pension bill The resolution amending the
rules so that five members might constitute
quorum in Posts having less than fifty members
was adopted.
The principal debate of the day was had over
the resolution to deprive Past Department Com
campnent. Upon the present basis of representa-
tion the membership of the Encampmcnt con-
sists, besides the regularly elected delegates, OF
past National officers and Past Department Com
manders. The latter grow in number from year
to year. and have been called the House OF
Lords" because they made life members and
cannot be removed or deprived OF any OF the
privileges of the regularly elected delegates This
has been vigorously opposed by Massachusetts,
who in this in past years has demanded thao
the House Of Lords be abolished. The Com
mttee on Resolutions handed up two reports the
majority recommending adverse action, and the
minority recommending that the resolution be
adopted After noisy discussion the majority
report was adopted by a vote OF 81 to SO, and
the House of lords will be continued. 1t is
thought that the matter is now finally disposed
of and what has been bone of contention for
years will not come up again.
The proposition to admit to qualified member
ship the eldest sons of veterans without, however,
the right to vote or wear the badge was rejected.
litter from Mrs. Sheridan read, returning
thanks for the memorial page and portrait OF
General Sheridan which had been given in the
report of last years proceedings. The usual
resolutions of thanks to all who had placed the
Encampment under obligations 30 them were then
passed.
The business of the Encampment having been
concluded Commander Warner delivered a closing
address retiring from the chair The AdJutant-
General then called the oficers-eIect 20 the plat
form and the ceremony of installation was per-
formed. When this was accomplished the En-
campment adjourned sine die. The Council OF
Administration met Immediately thereafter, but
its work was simply technical and Of no public
interest The visitors left the city in battalions.
and the streets have deserted look as compared
with their condition yesterday. The railroads are
running few special trains out Of the city to-day
but are increasing the size Of the regular traini
and dividing them into sections in such a way IA
TO accommodate all the departing visitors.
The ladies of the G. A. r. Convention have
elected National officers as follows President, Mrs.
Francis Wood, of Topeka, Kan; senior vice-presi-
dent Mrs Catherine l.. Hirst. Of Louisville junior
vice president, Mrs c. G.. Bruner. of Altoona.
Penn: treasurer Mrs Annie l.. Grubb. of Cam
den \. j. chaplain, Mrs n. @. Reynolds. Of Chi
cago counsellor, Mrs Il. Roby, of Chicago. Coun-
Gil of Administration: Mrs Julia NJ. Johnson. oi
Altoona Mrs Nellie p. Anderson. of San Antonia.
Cal; Mrs. Charles w. Gerwig, of Allegheny.
Penn The report showed, among other things,
that the present membership is about 10000.
The State Relief Corps Of Maine. which works
upon the same principles as the Ladies OF the
o. 4. r., admitting to membership only the wives.
| mothers or daughters of veterans, sent propo-
sition TO unite with the order, and IA union Will
doubtless be effected in few months thus adding
3 600 members TO the title of the National organ
! ZatlOn
The business session Of the National WOmen's
| Relief Corps resumed at Emmanuel Presbyte,
rian Church. Yesterday report was suDnltteu
| hy the Pension and Relief Committees recon-
mendng that the names OF all army nurses, vol
unteers and others, be placed on the rois on Sno
| corps 1t recommended also that the incoming
president appoint committee 10 VISIT the Madison
! Seminary 40 Madison, OHIO, which has been
offered to the National Relief Corps for home
| for soldiers and sailors wives and mothers, and
| report whether il would be wise 90 accept the
| offer There were four sites offered IN different
! parts of the country. In the afternoon resoiu-
| tions OF coincidence on the death OF Mrs Lucy
| Webb Hayes were adopted. The report OF the
| Committee ON Pensions and Relief was adopted.
| Mrs. Anna Wittenmeyer, of Philadelphia, was
| elected president
! During the Naval ngagement last night can
non on the United States revenue cutter fessendeh
was discharged premaurcly, and Two sailors
| John Schulz of Detroit, and Charles Mottshead,
! Of Montreal were seriously injured mortar
exploded on of the mortar-boats ana two
| sailors Frank SayeS, of Milwaukee. and ,. ,.
| Rock of Thensville, were painfully but not SER,
| ously injured. William Bate, eighteen years od,
| was also injured by the premature discharge .,
mortar, and William SILL of Racine, recei'eu
| painful injury in the hip and ankle. -
| A well-dreSsed young man with an Encampment
ticket from Philadelphia to Milwaukee, bearing the
| name of Otto Roemer, died at the Emergency nos
| pital last night. He was fonnd UNCONSCIOUS on
| the Whitefsh Bay road, and is slpposcd To nave
| taken poison.
! COMMISSIONER TANNER TALKS.
| Chicago Aug 3o.-Commissioner OF Pensions Tanner
is taking part of his vacation In this CITY, The Com
missioner was asked today "what do you think OF