Evening capital., 1889-08-29
BOSTONHS VICTORY.
The Hub Secures the Next Ma
tional Encampment.
GEN. ALaER EASILY ELECTED.

Judge yeazey and Gen. ConsIgney with
draw and Gen. AIger i Elected BY
ccIamation-Address Of the Retiring
der-in-chief-Progress or the
iom--DIshonorabIy Discharged
Soldiers Denouneed-The Pension Com
mittee's Interesting Report = Ex-con-
feaerate visitors.
MILWAUKEE,. Aug. 29.-The lengthy
Introduction TO Gen. Warmers report
was devoted to an eloquent eulogy of
the Grand Army and its purposes. The
present membership of the order, he
went on 10 say, aggregated 41O,6s6, di-
vided among 6,711 posts and AZ depart
1lenti The greatest gain was in Mis-
souri,, 3,659. The departments of Illi-
nois. Iowa, Nebraska, Pennsylvania,
New York. Wisconsin and Ohio also
showed gains The death roll has been
unusually heavy, 1896 veterans having
passed away during the year.
se,oO0.O0O Expended In Charity.
Since 1871 the order had expended
5000, 900 in charity, of which $3.50, 900
had been distributed within a year. The
report urged the departments of the
country to initiate the action of the New
York department in presenting Ameri-
can flags TO the public schools on Wash
ingt0ns birthday. Action tending to
draw the order closer to the Sons of
Veterans as well as TO the Order of
Military Telegraphers was urged, and
the pension question was dealt with at
length.
No Progress IN the Matter OF Pensions.
The commander-in-chiefd deplored the
fact that the committee appointed at the
Columbus encampment 60 press the pen
sion ideas of the order upon the atten-
tion Of congress had been unable to
make any progress. He reiterated the
arguments i'm favor of the dependent
pension bill; declared that service PEN
sion must come and insisted that the
bondholtlers of the country should re-
ward the men who had stood by it in its
hour Of peril.
The report of Adit. Gen. Weigel was
devoted to statistical information. Two
new departments, those of Georgia and
Alabama, had come into existence dur
ing the year.
Tho DishonorabIe Discharge Question.
Before the close of the morning ses-
sion something OF O sensation was cre-
ated when Gen. Mcmahon, of New
York, arose and offered a resolution
which had been unanimously adopted
by the delegates from that state. 1t de-
clared that the Grand Army was COM
posed of men who after honorable SER
vice in the cause of the country had
been honorably discharged from further
service IN the army and the navy of the
for its glory and the good name of its
surviving comrades as well as mindful
Of the honor due to the memory of the
dead, and that the encampment there
fore protested against any construction
Of existing laws which would place on
the pension rolls men dishonorably dis
charged from the service.
The resolution was greeted with ap-
plause, but under the rules it went to
the committee without debate.
The Matter Of Pensions.
When the delegates assembled after
lunch q lengthy report from the COM
mittee on pensions was presented. 1t
opened expressing regret that owing to
the short session of congress after the
last encanpment and the crowded con-
dition of business little in the line of
practical results could be accomplished.
After the congressional recess the COM
mittee met in Chicago and proceeded to
the home of the president-elect. The
interview was a pleasant one. Gen.
Harrison gave cordial assurances of his
warm interest in the question of PEN
sions and expressed an earnest desire
that generous pensions to the defenders
Of the Union should be granted.
The Committees Bills.
After the last encampment the COM
mittee prepared two bills, one dis
ability bill SO broadened in its provisions
as to include an indorsement of PEN
sions to all honorably discharged vet
Grams and another to give every honor
ably discharged veteran monthly rate
OF cent for each days service. hese
bills were given in detail and the COM
miltee expressed its regret that it had
been unable to secure favorable action
upon them.
Should, however, the encampment re-
affirm its position the same bills were
ready for early presentation to both
houses OF congress Immediately upon
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