St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20
6. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
The First Days Session Of the
Annual Reunion Largely
Attended.
Gen. Alger Present and Makes
an AddresS--The Camp
Fire.
Dissatisfaction Over the MAN.
agement Of the Sarasate
D'Albert Concert.
The Mask Of Pretended In
vestigation Finally Falls
Of.

"My present trip has nothing to do
with politics, and | am not putting my
self forward as candidate for the pres
idency." said Gen. Alger in his room
at the West hotel yesterday afternoon.
THE G. A. r. is not political body,
and do not care to discuss politics in
any way. shape or FORM" There might
have been a perceptible droop of the
eyelids over the steel-gray eyes as he
made the assertion, but he adhered to
the latter part of it and refused to say
anything about the political situation.
He said he had been charged with all
sorts of attitudes on the pension matter,
chiefly because his reports had been
given at executive sessions, and the
reporters had to take the word OF some
one who was present as to his feelings
in the matter. THE fact is" said he.
~ simply give the report of the ma
tiOnal committee on the matter, and it
has nothing to do with my own opinion.
The talk l am to give this evening is
practically the first public expression L
shall make, and trust it will set at rest
all the conflicting reports in regard to
All yesterday morning the streets
were filled with men clad in blue
clothes, brass buttons and SLOUGH hats,
their breasts decorated by the we'll
known q. A. r. badge and various
brilliant-hued ribbons. Most of them
were making their way toward liar
monia hall. which had been decorated
with the national colors in hoIor OF the
occasion. At 1918 the tWenty-thrd
convention of the Minnesota veterans
was called to order with Dept.
Commander A. Barto presiding. After
a short welcoming address, Commander
Barto introduced Chaplain Sewer, for
merly on Gen. Ayers staff. DR.. Sewer
started up the song, Battle Cry of
Freedom" and the veterans joined in
with hearty goodwill. The following
committees were appointed by Com
mander Barto:
On Soldiers Home-E A. Perkins, Excel
sior; l.. A. Hancock, Red Wing: d. W.
HicXson Herman: C. L. Wilcox, Farming
ton; j. F. French. Window.
On Resolutions. II. Mullen, George W.
Meads, 5. W. Hayes, j. Ham Davidson, L. L.
Baxter.
On l;ules and Regulations-L; L.Wheeloekk,
Whitney, John McCollum.
On Officer Reports-N. H. Harries. W. F.
Sutherland, Z. G. Wilcox, W. w. Braden,
Tary Thorsan.
on Credentials-George W. Morey, Henry
Lindorf, &. A Latin, II. NJ. Bayless, James
P. Kirley, Fl. S. Miles.
The committees retired, and Chap
lain Sewer, who, aside from being
reverted, Nssmewhat of comedian,
gave LmOrous dialect recitation,
which portrayed the trials of raw Ger
man recruit.
Comrade Davidson, of st. Paul, fol-
lowed by brief address in which he
4,,I 2 fIa Of
Minnesota at Gettysburg, which he
said was the chief factor in turning the
tide OF battle on that eventful day. He
closed by roasting the legislature OF
1885, which. he said, had handed its
name down to pOsterity as the body OF
men that had voted to appropriate the
munificent sum of $500 to be expended
in marking the graves of those martyrs
of Gettysburg, who had laid down their
lives on that bloody field. "It was a
shame and disgrace" said he. LET
US, before we adjourn, take steps to
raise al least $1,000 for this worthy pur-
pose. for | am happy to say that the $500
appropriated by that niggardly legislat-
ure has never been used for its desig-
mated purpose" OF course, his remarks
called forth the widest enthusiasm.
The reports of the various commanders
mittees on rules and commanders ad-
dress appointed. The meeting then adj
journed until two O'Clock. when the
veterans were to meet and march in a
body to the depot to receive Command
er-in-Chief Alger and his staff. At ] 80
the reception committee, with Col. NJ.
H. Sessions acting as chairman, took
the train for st. Paul, where it received
Gen. Alger on his arrival, aud returned
with him at 2:30. A grand welcome
was accorded him as he stepped from
the train, and the veterans, several
hundred strong, headed by the drum
corps, formed a guard of honor to the
West hotel. At 4 O'clock Gen. Alger,
1anked on either side by his staff and
the reception committee, stood in the
upper hall and shook hands with each
one of the veterans that filed past. At
Z o'clock in the evening the veterans
assembled at the West, formed in line
and marched down Nicollet avenue to
Washington, where they were met by
the st. Paul delegation, which was Civ
en- the right of line, and the full strength
of the encampment, headed by the soul
stirring strains of the drum and fife,
marched to Harmonic hall.