The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-10
THE GRAND ARMY.
NTwenty.Fourth Annual Encampment Of
The Ohio Department.
Election of OHicers and DcIcgatcs-rntcr-
osting Questions Sprung in the Busi-
moss session - Proceedings
of tho woman's Relief
Corps Convention.

FIRST DAY.
CIHciYHATr. April on--The delegates 10 the
Twcuiy.lourth Annual Encnmpmcnt OF Tho De-
parimcnt OF Ohio G.. A. r., convened at Pixies
Opcrl.houSe this morning at o'clock. De.
parmcnt Commander = II. Hurst OF Chillicothe,
presided, and there were IN attendance iGS del.
egatcs. Mr. Buchanan Perrin, OF this city, was
chosen the official stenographcr OF the Encamp-
mcni.
Adju,ant General John T Rapcr reported that
nll thr Department officers were present and in
their places The Committee on Credentials re-
ported proEress and were granted further time.
Senior Wee Department Commander Wallace
Stable, OF Crestlinc, took the chair while Gen
cral Hurst read his annual address. After cx-
tending fratcrGnl greeting to those present
the General entered into review OF tho work
OF the past year. At the beginning OF tho year
there werc Cos Posts, with n membership Of
d., 2i2, and on December n, 1880, there had been
over 5000 net GAIN placing Ohio lr0) ahead OF
any other Department, with an enrolment OF
AG,2ii members
Seventeen new Posts have been organized
during the year Just closed, making The total
number of Posts In the State 712.
At The beginning OF the year the necessity
was apparent that some now plans or methods
must be rcsoried to. to enlist the cooperation
OF the conirndcship in the work Of recruiting
and strengthening our columns and filling them
with patriotic enthusiasm. For this purpose
the Council of Administration planned semi
military organization OF tho Posts by Counties
bringing all the Posts OF the county together
and forming battalion OF Grand Army men.
Z Each battalion was directed TO hold one grand
reunion during the summer or fall. The county
association is composed OF the five leading off-
GERS OF each Post in the county. District en-
campmcnts have been held in each Congress
sional District. save one. and more than one
hundred reunions were held.
During the ycnr there was added to the &C.
tive membership 3,i3S making Oho's depart
ment the banner department of the Nation.
Commander Hurst paid splendid tribute to
tho work Of the Woman's Relief Corps, and in
referring 10 the Sons OF Veterans called atten
tion 10 the fact that the two sections of the sup
porting Army of tho Sons of Veterans had
formed an amicable union and present to-day a
compact organization. When our campaigns
are ended we shall with perfect confidence
commit to their Keeping the flag and country
for which We fought Applause.
In touching upon pension legislation. Com
mandcr Hurst said: "In the field of National
legislation the outlook is not hopeful. In its
care of wounded and invalid soldiers the Gov
ernment has meant to be fairly liberal. But the
evidence required has been such that the men
who did the fighting in the field and Mt the front
have had little recognition for disability, while
thousands who never did duty in the field have
secured pensions upon their hospital record.
This practical discrimination against the
veterans has flied their minds with sense OF
injustice that has created n wide dissatisfac-
tion. and n revision OF our whole pension pol
icy is urgently demanded The dependent pen
sion bill now pending in Congress will not rem
incounIitias aud ir;nstico or tho nrcecn, srs.
TOM bee.des helm, a n,d,o n, humiii,tio, ,.,b.
er Than OF honor"
Concludin,, t,o coper,I e,id. uOr ono ,bt,,
we are constantly assured. and that is of tho
growing and grateful appreciation OF our people
of tho services of the Union soldiers"
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