The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-04

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ha, also arrived ON TINT day. They were met
at tho Union Depot by an Immense crowd
and escorted to headquarters by u large del.
cgation. Among the other noted arrivals on
the evening of thu 2ith was Mrs. Ella Jones,
president of the Ladies' Aid society, who
was accompanied by Mrs, II. Lindsey,
president of the Missouri division.
Camp Gritcn was established east of the
city. aud as fast AS the canps arrived from
the various parts Of the country, they were
assigned quarters there.
shortly after tho arrival OF the command.
cr.chicf he arranged for the parade of the
26th, and then convened the annual session
OF the council. in.chief.
When the councl in. chief convened ON
the ?6tn, Cummundcr.in Chief Grtncn occu-
pied the chair.
lie made twenty-five recommendations.
During the year there have been twenty.
Two court. martials. and twenty of them
based upon or contained charges of en-.
bczzlcmCnt. lie recommended the forms of
court.inartial blanks he amended and re.
Nised and an entirely new set adopted. Tho
charitable and benevolent features OF tue
order he believed can be enlarged upon and
suggests a system Of insurance. The order
also needs an entirety new and comprc-
hensivc constitutes aud "A set of rules
and equations. The order has gained by
muster %. no members. and Commander
has made - pr,h OF tfty.eight dollars on
badges sold them, and intiinated as to who
the gentleman was. Two new divisions
have been organized in Washington and
oregon, and three have been organized in
Oklahoma, and before the close of another
year II Will doubtless be ready to assume
the d Lightly OF a division, Texas has four
camps, with Others under WAY. Utah may
soon Ice organized as Il divsioI. lie
recommended an amendment to the con-
stitution prescribing definitely the inform
OF tile various arms of the service OF the
United States Amy for all uniformed,
armed and equipped camps, and that the
tIfn 80 1.I1N a. - can. r1. la a1anla Al sliE.
tlnctivc feature, similar to the Uniform
Rank, n. OF T., but based entir.ly upon mil.
itary law, to be divided into companies,
hhttalionS. regiments and brigade. with
distinctive elective o~tflccrs.l
The parade was the feature of the day.
The lines began forming ON Market square
ut two O'Clock and 1T three they were ready
to move, 1hrn COulnandcr.in Chief Griiicn,
on horseback, had the column divided into
ten divisions. Following the commander
came the Sons OF Veterans, then the q. A X
camp, the secret organization and last the
officers and mcniher of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety and others in carriages. There were
ten bands in the parade, and it Is estimated
that ten thousand were in line.
At night II am fire was held at the
opera. hous'. The commander n-chief,
Hon. JOIN NJ Thurston, of Nebraska. and
ex. Governor Oglesby of Illinois were the
speakers.
The 18th was principally occupied in hear.
ing reports of committees. A letter was
read from President Harrison expressing
regrets ut not being able to attend also u
letter from Governor Francis of Missouri.
During the evening there was n prize drill
In which st. Paul was given rs per cent;
Decatur, Ill, 81, and Springfield, 81. The
prizes were 50 %, 500 and 5000.
On the morning of the 2-th the election of
commander in. chief occurred. william
Bundy, of OHIO; Marvin +. Hill, of Mich
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Charles Gri1fen, of Indiana, were nominated.
Mr.. Webb was elected ON the ninth ballot.
The appeal of Commandment In Chief
Walter 5. Payne from the findings of the
court. martial was referred to the committee
on credentials. The committee reported
the matter Dack to the ~encainpment, re-
tusing to take any action under the existing
circumstances. The commundcry then, by
unanimous vote, decided to postpone action
on Iayne's application for rcinstatem ent
Indefinitely. Payne was prese It, and the
action of the cOmmandrry was any thing
but satisfactory to him. IL ut once con.
suited his attorney, who came out from
Ohio to look after the matter, and the at.
torney went to Kansas City to ask Judge
Phillips, of the United States Court, to issue
n mnndnmus to compel the en- calnpmcnt to
show cause why he should not be granted Il
trial of his peers. The ball and reception ut
Tootle's Opera House ut night was the feat.
ure of the days entertainment of the sons.
The ball was gwen in honor Of the Ladies'
Aid Society.
= The closed on the 10Th. L..
j. Sansousa, Of New jersey, was elected
Lieutenant General If the order, and X.
Lockbcnzteine, of Missouri, Mnjor.Generul.
Charles A. Book walter, of Indiana; Henry
Frazc, OF Ohio; y. l.. Harrison, of New York;
Mos T. O'Brien, of Nebraska, and ID. +.
Hurbrook, of Massachusetts, are the new
rnaiIlprs pf the lnunrl i'm rhIpf
After the election of the above officers the
amendment to the. constitution and laws,
known rs the relative Of veteran law, was
taken up and discussed and finally laid over
until the next encamptmont. The rule, IL
adopted, Will admit near relatives of veter-
ans to membership in tho order and has
been under consideration for two or three
years.
The price OF badges was reduced.
The next matter was the final settlement
of the post camp un~pleasantnesS. Prior to
a year ago there were In the East a number
of Sons of Veterans posts, One year ago tho
National encampment decided that all posts
must be abandoned aud all members come
into camp regulations. a few members
chung to the post system and have Their
grand officers, and now ask for admission as
camps, now that their officers all retain Their
titles as Post Majors, Colonies, etc. This
provision was refused. If the New York
DooNo Sbii' IA ~ ~ w e' thl UNIV thht
their places as new camps.
General Walter s. Pdyne's attorney re,
turned from Kansas City. After looking ovel
the papers Judge Phillips stated that a wri
competing the order to grant Genera
Payne what he asked for could not be Is
sued in Missouri, but that such proceedin,
could be commenced ir Illinois, where tn,
order was Incorporated. The Judge furthe
stated that tho trial OF General Payne was
farce devoid of justice, and he assured tn
attorney that his case was n strong one.
Commander .iu.chicf webb decided Of
his Adiutant and Quartermaster General
They are: Colonel Clay ID. Harrod. of Erie
Has, for Adiutant, and Colonel Hazelton
OF Norton, Kus., for Q~lartermaster C enera
BIOGRAPHICAL
LELAND j, Webb is not only a son OF
veteran, but n veteran as well, having en-
listed In the Union army at the carly age q
fifteen years. lie was born In 1916, In Brad
ford County, Pa, but his carly life was spen
in Wisconsin. He MOVED to Kuns as In 1856
and located at Fort Scott. In December
1863, he was admitted to the bar. In 1870 h
moved to ,S 0Einm M hss; and W y
a Representative to the Legisiatui
from that county. In 1880 he located ut II
attorneys In that city. His Grand Army re,
ord Is a good one. Besides holding the offlt
of adjutant vice'conmandcr and commant
er OF his post (Lincoln Post, No. d. i
has been Judge advocate of the DepartmeI
OF Kansas, q. A. II aud aide-de camp O
the staff of COMMANDMENT Chief Rea, III
was a delegate.to the National encampment
Cyrus Booker, who killed himse
neal Saginaw, left this bit of ghast
consolation to his parents: 'Dear Z
ther and Mother:-I am tired of life.