The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-09-05
LAST G. A. Il, DOlNGs,
THE NATIONAL ENeAMPNENT hp-
Ig' Jouaks SINE DIE,

The Closing aoenes-A dissolution fayar'
ing an Amendment 10 tho Pension
flaws Notwithstanding Letter from
AITs Sheridan Gep Aiger 10 Issue
Order Mo- I 90 soen ~ ITO Gais liome'
What Milwaukee Realised,
MILWAUKEE, Aug 81, The resolution
fayorlng an amendment 10 the pension
laws by which soldiers widows should
continue 10 receive pensions In tho event
OF thdr remafrlage, was rejected la tho
National encampment, just before the
adjournment On Thursday afternoon,
Strangely enough, no reference 10 tho
matter appeared In tho report Of the
oiiiolul atenogapher, nor Ia tho resolution
among tho documents Of the day on ille,
Corporal l'anner was Oneof tho speakers
IN support Of the resolution, and he Ia
credited with uHng In The course Of his
speeoh, tho following seDleaeel ~ want
70 say that 10 fail 10 adopt aohe such
rnle $50 place q premlum upon lmmnr-
ality There h not a week that there arc
hota kroat many eas6a that come 10 my
knowledge whore women have made
lambslSIns Of their virtue. 70 retain q
pension" 'HHHa.
A number Of delegates who were
spoken 10 denied that the commissioner
Of pensions had expressed himself Ia
tho literal terms, although they admitted
that ho made rather o broad remark
that, IN tho language Of an Ohio dele
gate, "brought down tho house aud
made those present shake their sides"
Resumed 10 sesslon
The euoampment resumed N session
yesterday morning, An adverse report
was made by the committee on rcRolu-
tIons ON the rosolulon mbmIiledby Gen,
Mcmahon, OF Now York. declaring
against the recent decision that dIa'
honorable discharge from tho army II no
bar 10 the securing Of u pension, Gen,
fairehlldH resolution IN favor of mark
Ing the rebel lines nt Gettysburg was laid
upon the table, Other resolutions killed.
include those asking tho government 20
furnish cnuh post with q copy Of tho
regImcntnl record now In course Of pub
lIoatlonl 10 hold future ouCnmpmenla AZ
such times ~ will be- convenient % PEN
aIonem after they have received their
pension MONEY, aud reQueatng the g0y-
Crnment 10 furnish each oX-Rpldicr ply
aioian with a copy Of The "Aledical and
Surgical llhtory Of the War
tho Pension Question,
The national cnoampmcnt adjourned
sine die NJ 1880, The pension question
wm again taken up nt the opening Of tho
bafmOn and debated ~ lengih Finally
the following resolution waa ad0plodi
"That the action Of the twonty,sccond
national cncampmCnt upon the multer
Of pensions N hereby rcuillrmcd,
aud that tho pension committee be-
and h hereby Instructed 10 uap
nll possible means t6accurr legislation In
accordance with the resolutions Of that
Cncumpmont
Ry This action tho cnCmmpmont en-
donca both disability and per diem bills
Tor tho second timo, There wna u pro.
longcd discussion upon u resolution 20
promote legislation giving 10 nll inmutcs
Of soldiers homes pension Of Sls
monthly II was vigorously opposed on
the ground that II the disability bill ia
pissed Nt the nCSt session Of congress tho
veterans would gct the sum m question
anyhow, whether they lived Ia the homo
or out OF H.
Majority ard minority reports woro
submitted on the proposition Of the de-
partmcnt Of Massachusetts, digirunChig.
ing past department commanders and
allowing them hereafter simply acata
upon the loor Of the Cncumpmont us
visitors, The effect Of this would have
been 10 largely reduce the voting
strength Of the future bodies The rcso.
luton was finally defeated by yoto OF
1877 10 ~,
An adverse report was presented and
approved upon the proposition 10 give
the eldest a0na Of yetorans qualified
membership In the order, II WIS dooid-
cd that the quorum Of posts with Nom.
bershlp Of less than fifty should bc five
A Chance for Tnrdy Comrades
The committee reported favorably
upon the resolution allowing all com.
rades who have been dropped from tho
roll TO bc roinatNtcd upon tho payment Of
back dues,
A touching letter Of thanks from Mrs.
Sheridan relating 10 the insertion In the
last report Of memorial sheet and
picture OF her deceased husband was read
by Gen, Warner,
The council Of administration was next
l., II. Williams, Of Ripley,
viii represent Ohio and William McClel-
land, OF Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
In few well chosen words Gen, War
ner expressed his appreciation Of the
confidence and support which had boon
extended him during his term Of office,
and introduced his successor Gon AL
ger. The now commnndcrin'chicf,
with the subordinate officers, were for
mally installed with the usual core
monies, and with three hearty cheers the
delegates filed out Of the hall,
First Meeting OF tho New Council
Immediately after the adjournment Of
the National onoOmpmont tlio new conn
ell of administration held Ia frat meet
ing. COmmundcr.in.C Chof.rlcCt Algor
presided and Col. n, L. WigCl was
selected secretary. Tho bond Of the
qunrtormnster general wns fixed NJ
81 200 and the ndiutOnt general NJ 81 900.
II was decided that an executive com
mittoo Of seven bo appointed by tho
commandcr.n.chlcf Ot hs earliest con-
vonienoc. The adjutont general was
TO publish the chief features
Of tho Boston oncumpmcnt In five Of the
leading papers of tho country,
Gen. Algor'a First order