Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-21
THEY WORE THE BLUE.
Annual Encampment Of the Grand
Army at Boston.
Monster Parade of Old Soldiers Re-
viewed by the President - General Al
gers Address-Col Veazey. of YER
mont, Chosen Commander.
70 MEET NEXT IN DETROIT.

! bered 10000. The procession was five
hours and thirty-hSe minutes in pass
| ing given point, and was witnessed by
hundreds Of thousands of people. The
route was over five miles in length.
President Harrison and his Cabinet,
Vice-President Morton, General Sher-
man, Commander-in-Chief Alger Mrs
Logan and many other distinguished
persons reviewed the parade, and were
enthusiastic in their praise of the ap-
pearance of the veterans. The largest
post in tbs procession was No. ,, of
Lynn, Mass, which had 725 men in
line
BosToS. Aug. 1.-THE election of
officers was taken up in the encamp-
ment Of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie Wednesday, The principal positions
went to the East in pursuance, as is
claimed by some, of plan to give the
encampment to the West three sue
cessive years-Detroit in 1891 Topeka
in 1892, and Chicago in 1898
Three names were presented to the
convention for Commander-in-Ch
those Of Colonel Veazey, Of Vermont;
Governor Hovey, OF Indiana and Colonel
w. K. Smed berg, OF California The
two latter withdrew, and Colonel Veazey
was elected unanimously Richard F.
Tobin, Of Boston, was elected Senior
Vice-Com mander and George i.
CreameF, of Baltimore, was chosen
Junior Vice-Commauder Detroit was
chosen over Washington as the next To-
cation for the National encampment
"a
Interstate Commerce Commissioners, IS
native Of New Hampshire and has Just passed
his 50th year. He was graduated from Dart
mouth College with honors and is one OF the
present board Of trustees. He was also gradu
ated from The Albany Law School, and, taking
up his residence at Rutland, VI. was admitted
70 the bar OF Vermont in 1850 Upon the break
ing out Of the war be enlisted as q private and
in 1862 became Colonel Of the Sixteenth Yer
mont Regiment. He served with great distinc
tion throughout the war and won credit for his
gallant fighting on many fields Upon the
muster out Of his regiment Judge Veazey
returned TO the practice Of his profession be.
ing associated in business for awhile with Mr.
Proctor, now Secretary Of War He was for
ten years Judge Of the Supreme Court Of Yer
mont and resigned that position when appoint
ed an Inter State Commerce Commissioner He
has been q member OF the Grand Army for
many yearsj
At the morning session Of the en-
campment Commander-in-Ch Alger
delivered his annual address Referring
to the condition Of the organization he
said that with few exceptions it was ex-
cellent. The total membership June
SO, 1889 was 410,6s6; on June 80, 1890, 1t
was ass 230-an increase during the
year of A. The Sons of Veterans
organization numbers over rs, 600
members With regard to pension leg
islation, General Alger said no country
on earth has been nearly so generous to
Its soldiers as ours" There are in the
hands OF the trustees of the Logan
monument fund, outside of the
appropriation by Congress for the
site and pedestal, the sum of
el2 S4l.67. Iowa circle, in the
city Of Washington, has been Sc
lected as the permanent site for this
monument Under the general orders
issued from Grand Army headquarters
to posts all over the country, asking for
contributions Of from ten TO twenty-five
cents per member FOR the Sheridan
monument fund, there has been re-
ceived S445.04.
Touching the General Grant monu-
ment he said
4 An ordinary plain vault on the banks OF the
1 Hudson marks the resting place Of our great
4 ehieftain This is not creditahe either to US or
I 10 this Nation, There should be erected
at the Capital Of this Government,
dedicated To the memory Of this great
/ man, memorial building such a.
will be a credit 10 the whole people Not
shaft not q statue, but monumental struc
! ture suOh as has not been builded In this or any
! other country recommend that 0 commit
tee Of i've be appointed by this encampment
whose duties shall be in accordance with the
foregoing and empowered 10 solicit aid from tho
| general Government and from individuals
| The report of the Adiutant-Genera
shows that on June 80. 1890, there were
in the several departments IT'S posts,
with membership of 597, SIS.
The gains since June 80, 1882 were
500 posts and 2O2l7 members.
the year was s 476 The amount ex-
pended for relief for the year ending
March 81, 1890 was S22l $50; num-
Der OF comrades relieved, 1870;
others relieved, S,949, In this sum no
mention is made of the large amount
Of private aid expended by thou
sands of members individually or coll
lectively and of which no record can be
kept For the quarter ending June so.
1890, ISL, 500 was expended. The total
amount expended by the Grand Army
from July /, 1871, 70 July /, 500.
amounts to the enormous sum of 81, $751;
5S4.
BosToN, Aug. l5-In the G. A. r.
encampment on Thursday the report of
the committee on pensions, detailing
Its work in securing and aiding pension
legislation in Congress and its success
full efforts in regard TO the disability
pension bill. which became law July
%, was received and adopted. Various
changes in the rules and regulations
we're recommended by the committee
appointed for that purpose. A minority
report providing for the substitution
of the old ritual for the present one,
was adopted by large ma jority.
At the afternoon session resolutions
were adopted favoring the removal OF
General Grants remains from Riverside
N Arlinpt0u prNyi3e6 II ,raS n accord