The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-02-20

THE Assistant Acknowledgement or the different
Departments are respectfully requested To forward
g copy Of tiic Department rosters for 1859 Ia The
NATIONAL TMHuNE Adiutanis of Posts are also
requested 90 forward soon possible a list OF
the Eewly-e!ec,ed officers
ARKANSAS
Hugh Mcdaniel Post. No 60 -. Paul. has adopt
ed resolutions fav0ring tie immediate passage 10y
Congress % the per diem pension bill
COLORADO
The following Post has elected officers:
Battle Mountain. S. Red Cliff: Com, j.. Il
Thomas. :. Y g. ". H. Dick =. '. g, Vim.
Mcmillan: Chap. J. g Gibson: q. -. H. W.tiooti-
rich. % o.. Frank Berley; surg. ". V. Burt; q
81, George j. IlurraEe; q NJ. :. John J.. Camp
bell sdJt W H. Gaski!li ; NJ, Reuh Thorn
CONNECTICUT
The 25d annual Encampment 81 this Department
was hcid al New Haven Feb aud = The reports
81 tie officers showed the Department 10 be ia au
excellent condition, COmmaudcT-in-t Chief Algcr
visited tie Convention aud made a Short address
Die said: ID j. very gratifying lind ia this Stale
aGOyerBor who l. also q cOmrsde, and Ia know
thai Your hearts are with linn IN this work. aud
that bis J. with YOU in yours. But. comrades,
Wi- TO talk little business to you the matter
81 pensions. A. you are aware AT the Tccrnt Ma
tonal Encampmeni al Milwaukee the resolutions
E--d were nut relctitioHH 81 those passed ~ TIE
preceding Engampment al Columbus. They called
for tie united action 81 tir q T. in securing the
passage 81 tgo biils. one a dependent bill add one
RseFy8Ce bill. Our committee hss recently been IN
Washington. aIi We are satisfied that at early
date shall secure tlIe passage 81 very good de-
1ellfIA blil. neEE were 20 many objections to
taking up the service biil that. hile heartily
advocated both bills We thought that ihe best thing
could do would be 10 persuade taIetn to accept
Irs The dependent bill provides that nal sol
der either wholly partially disabled. shall re-
ceire 81 per month; and u also makes good pro-
visions for wsdow aud orphans. Ne concluded
that 10 urge the immediate passage of that bin
the best lllH. could de-. We told them to give
this bill, let d bc enacted and become law and
thai then we should see Them about tie other. We
found men whom we had thought fIisnas ready a.
oppose tins Ill., because They said IL did not give
enough 20 the soldier Doubtless had worked
f0r tie service bin tiIcsc would have told
tliHf fhe bili would swamp tie Treasury We told
tiiem ilai wanted tlIe bin. and that wanted
d now. GouiFade Tanner told recently that
There $685. uuadiudicsf,d claims in the Pen
slon Office certain that tlI- bill. when IL be-
cDnes law. VIII add Al least $1,000 more. We
told that ]; had been estimated that ihc cot
81 the bi would he - OoJssN- We told them We
fhOmgit y would bat that y haievrr b would cost
IL ~as aue 10 tle men hO gave tIer AL for their
eOunirg. aud but FOR whom iigr fag love to-day
would have been hidden tI6leen ia the dn-'
When the scale bIIafscr@ tie O. 4. H. will bee con-
sent TIE election 81 officers resulted a. follows:
Com. John q. Broatch Middietown: :. V. g.,
Henry y. FAnion DaIlbury }. N-f.. ii. T. Smith.
AIilIamantic: Medical Director. II. 81. Robinson.
Delegates 10 National F-5lcafmpmet.t ~ Easter
brook, ir st largcj q. y. liErIbut Post 2: q. II.
Gs9rge. Post q. III. Hayes Post -: 4. Gordon.
Post So ". g riape-, Pest %; q. Wool. Po-t
1s The Department Commander appointed IS. J..
Morgan. - New Haven. QgarteTnIaster General.
and J. IL TEACHER u Hartford Assistant Adjulaut-
General