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 sented the claims WHEELoCK G. VEAzEY. of Col. Smedberg, of the regular army, who lost his leg in the Wilderness Connecticut named Col. Wheelock c. Veazey, of Vermont, and Maine seconded the nomination. Col. Veazey's name was received with applause. Indiana and Ohio named Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, of Indiana, while Montana SUD- ported Smedberg. Minnesota, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, Idaho and Iowa ex- pressed preference for Col. Veazey. When New York was reached Warner Miller arose and was greeted with ap- plause. He seconded Col. Veazey's nomi- nation in felicitious speech.
 Col. veazey Unanimously Chosen.
 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Texas in quick succession named Col. Veazey. Col. Smedberg and Gen. Hovey at once gracefully withdrew their names. This action was greeted with great ap- plause, and by unanimous vote Col. Veazey was elected commander-in-chief Comrades Smedberg, Hovey and Miller were appointed committee to escort Col Veazey to the platform, and when he ap- peared there was great enthusiasm. Col Veazey accepted the honor in brief speech
 Other Officers Elected.
 Next in order was the selection of @ can- didate for senior vice commander-in-chief, and it being considered that the office out of courtesy belonged to Massachusetts, the matter was left to the delegates from that state. After long conference the name of Richard F. Tobin was presented as the unanimous choice. The encampment there upon instructed the adjutant general to cast one vote for MT. Tobin, and he ac- cepted the position.
 George P. Creamer, of Baltimore, was elected junior vice commander by unan- imous vote. There were several candidates put in nomination for the offices of surgeon in-chief and chaplain-in-chief, and the en- campment decided to defer action. Gen. Alger temporarily surrendered the chair to Hon. Warner Miller, who, in brief re- marks, moved that the next encampment be held in Detroit, the home of Gen. Alger. The motion prevailed by unanimous vote, and Gen. Alger expressed thanks at the action of the encampment, and as- sured the delegates that they would re- ceive warm welcome, although it would be hard task to equal the reception they had received in Boston.
 Gen. Alger's Speech.
 In his address Gen. Alger paid 8 stirring tribute to Gen. Sherman who was present. Ip speaking of the disability pension which he seemed to favor, he said: "Let us be just to our lawmakers, even though they have not given us all we asked. No coun- try on earth Is or ever has been nearly as generous to its soldiers as ours" He said that the fund for the Logan monument had reached $12,s41.67. He deplored the plainness of Gen. Grants tomb at New York, and urged the erection of great memorial building at Washington in honor of the dead hero.
 Report of the Adjutant General.
 The report of Adjt. Gen. George H. Hop kins shows that on June 30, 1890, there were in the several departments z 7,718 posts, with a membership of 397, 1885. The gains since June 30, 1889, were 52O posts and 2O,- 217 members. The losses were 20 posts and 1,5a members. The number of deaths dur ing the year was 5, ,476.
 The amount expended for relief for the year ending March 31, 1890, was $221, $50. 1s; number of comrades relieved, 19, ,470; others relieved, s,949 For the quarter ending June 30, 1890, $51 ,599. .O1 was expended. The total amount expended by the Grand Army from July 1, 1871, to July 1, 1890, amounts to the enormous sum of $1 ,987 ,534. 55.
 A Sketch of Col. veazey.
 Col. Wheelock G. Veazey, the new com- mander-in-chief, is native of Rocking ham county, N. H. He was educated at Phillips Exeter academy, Dartmouth col lege and Albany Law school, and was ad- mitted to the bar in the winter of 1860, in Vermont. Upon returning from the army he settled in Rutland, Vt, and pursued the practice of his profession. He was judge of the supreme court of Vermont ten years, from 1879 to 1889. He was 8 commissioner for revising the laws of Vermont in 1880 and was appointed interstate commerce commissioner in 1889, and holds that office yet. In 1876 he was delegate-at-large from Vermont to the national Republican con- vention and was appointed commis- sioner by the governor in 1879 to lature upon the subject of court ex- penses, with 8 view to retrenchment and reform. He has been trustee of Dart mouth college since 1878 and of other edu- cational institutions. He received the degree of LI.D. at Dartmouth in 1887. Col. Veazey enlisted as private in Baldy Smiths Third Vermont regiment at the outbreak of the war and was soon pro noted to be lieutenant colonel. Later he was colonel of the Sixteenth Vermont, commanding it in the flank attack upon Pickett's division at Gettysburg. Col. Veazey was assigned by special detail to command other regiments and brigades at different times during military service.