Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-31
THE CLOSING SESSION.
END OF THE NATIONAL EN-.
cAMPMENT.
Action on Pension Matters-Two Reports
About tho "Houso of Lords"-The
House to be Continued-The
Women's Relief Corps.


session OF the National Encsmpment was
held to-day. The call to order was made
at0 O'Clock, so that the busintss might
all be disposed Of before noon, and en-
able the delegates 10 leave the city after
dinner.
The Encsmpment was In session four
hours and cleared the decks of some i'm
portant business. There was prolong, d
discussion over the resolution favoripg
the allowance of pension of $12 per
mouth to all soldiers who prefer to live at
nome aud VIII relinquish their right to
enter the National Military Asylums. II
met with so much opposition that by a
voie oi the Encampment 1t was ordered
TO lie on tho table.
The Encampment then took up the
subject OF general pension Legislation, and
adopted the following without discus.
sion:
Resolved, That tho action of the TWEEN.
ty-second National Encampment upon
the subject oi necessary pension legisla-
ton by Congress Is hereby reafilrmed,
ana the Pension Conn 10 hereby in
ttrueted TO pursue all proper means to
secure legislation In accordance with such
policy.
The above resolution embraces the Dis
ability bill, and also calls for the passa 70
oil per diem service pension bill.
The resolution AMENDING the rules go
that five members might Constitute a
quorum In posts having less than 80
memters was adopted.
The principal debate of the day was
had over the resolution TO deprive Past
Department Commanders of the right to
vote at the National Encsmpment.
Upon the present basis OF Representa-
tion the membership Of the Encampment
consists. besides the regularly elected
delegates, OF past national officers and
past department commanders. The lat
ter grow In number from year to year
and have been stigr atized as the "House
OF Lords" because they are made life
members and Cannot be removed or de-
Prived OF any OF tine privileges OF the
regularly elected delegates. This has
been vigorously opposed by Nsssachu-
tetts. who, In this as In past years, has
demanded that the "House OF Lords" to
abolished. The Committee en- Uesolu.
tions handed up two reports, the ma
jority recommending adverse action and
the minority recommending that the
resolution DO adopted.
After a discussion the majority report
was adopted by vote OF 1877 to 3S, and
the House OF Lords will be continued.
The proposition to admit to qualified
membership the eldest sons OF veterans
without, however, the right TO vote or
wear the badge, was rejected.
A letter from Mrs. Sheridan was read
returning thanks for the memorial page
and portrait of General Sheridan, which
had been given In the rel ort OF last years
proceedings
The usual resolutions of thhanks to all
who had placed the Encampment under
obligations to them were then passed.
The business OF the Encampment hay-
Ing been concluded, Commander Warner
delivered a closing address on retiring
ir1m the char. The Adjutant General
then called the officers elect to the plat.
form and the ceremony OF installation
was performed. When this was accom-.
plished the Encarpment adjourned size
die.
The visitors are leaving ths city in bat
tai 'ons, and the streets have q deserted
Look as compared with their condition
yesterday.
woMEN's WORK.
The ladies of the G. A. r. Convention
have elected National officers ne follows;
President, Mrs. Frances Wood, of TOP eka,
Kan; senior Vice, Mrs. Catherine T..
liirst, OF Louisville; Junior Vice, Mrs.
y. q. Bruner, OF Altoona; Treasurer,
Mrs. Annie E. Grub, of Camden, N. j.;
Chaplain, Mrs. N. q. Reynolds, OF Chi,
cago; Counsellor, Mrs. E. Roby, of Chi
cago; Council OF Administration, Mrs.
Julia NJ. johnson, of Altoona, Pa; Mrs.
Nellie p. Anderson, of San Antonio,
Cal; Mrs. Charles w. Gerwlg, of Allie
gheny, Pa.
The report showed, among other things,
that the present membership Is about
10 OO0. Ths state Relief Corps, of
Maine, which works upon the same prln-
eipes as the ladies Of the q. A. r., ad-
hitting TO membership only wives,
mothers or daughters of veterans, sent a
proposition to unite with the Order, and
union will doubtless be effected In a
few months, thus adding 5000 members
to the title of the national organization.
The business eession of the Nationsl
Women's Relief Corps was resumed at
lmmanuel Presbyterian Church yester.
day. A report WIS submitted by Il @
Pension and Relief Committces, recon-
mending that the names OF all army
nurses, volunteers aud others be placed
upon the rolls of the corps. II recom-
mended, also, that the incoming Presi-
dent appoint committee to visit the
Madison Seminary at Madison, Ohio,
which has been offered to tho National
Relief Corps for home for soldiers' and
sailors wives and mothers, and rcpol
whether 1t would be wise to accept n a
offer. There were four sites offered In
different parts of the country.
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