Evening journal., 1890-08-14

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sented the CLAIMS
| WIiEELOC& g. VBAzEy. OF Col. SmedberV
of the regular army, who lost his log In
the Wilderness Connecticut named Col
Wheelock c. Veazey, Of Vermont. and
Maine seconded the nomination. Col
Feswey's name was received with applause.
Iatilana and Ohio named Gen. Alvin 2.
| HOvey, Of Indiana, while Montana sup
| ported Smedbers Minnesota, New Hamp-
: shire, New Jersey, Idaho and Iowa ex-
, pressed preference for Col Veazey.
Whea New YaSk was reached Warner
4 Miller arose and was greeted with ap-
plause. he seconded Col. Veazey's nomi-
nation in a feliciSous speech.
Col. yeaGns URanimoasly Chosen.
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee
and Texas in quiek succession named Col.
| Feazey. Col. Smedberg and Gen. Hovey
at once gracefully withdrew their names.
This action was greeted with great ap-
pleuse, and by a unanimous vote Col
VeaEey was elected eommander-in-chief.
Comrades Suaedberg, Hovey and Miller
were appointed a committee 20 escort Col.
Feazey to the platform, and when he ap-
peared there was great enthusiasm. Col
Neazey accepted the honor in brief speech.
other OnaoePs Elected.
Next in order was the selection Of a can
didate for senior vice oommander-in-chief.
and it being considered that the Office out
OF courtesy belonged to Massachusetts,, the
matter WAS left 10 the delegates from that
state. After long conference the name
Of Richard Y. Tobin was presented as the
unanimous choice The encampmentt there
upon instructed the adjutant general to
cast one vote for Mr.. Tobin aud he &C
cepted the position
George =. Creamer, OF Baltimore. was
elected junior vice commander by unan-
imous vote. There were several candidates
| put in nomination for the Offices OF surgeon
in-chief and chaplain-in-ehief, and the en-
campfnent decided TO defer action. Gen.
Alger temporarily surrendered the chair
TO Hon. Warner Miller, who, in brief re
marks, moved that the next eneampIaent
be held in Detroit the home of Gen. Alger.
The motion prevailed by unanimous
vote, and Gen. Alger expressed thanks at
the action Of the encampment, and as
sured the delegates that they would re-
ceive a warm welcome, although il would
be hard task to equal the reception they
had received in Boston
ocB. Algor's speech.
In his address Gen. Alger paid stirring
tribute TO Gen Sherman who was present
In speaking Of she disability pension which
he seemed to favor. he said; LET Rs be
just to our lawmakers, even though they
have not given us all we asked. No ooun-
try on earth is OF ever has been nearly as
generous to It's soldiers as ours" He said
that the fund for the Logan monument
had reached .s12, ,Sfl67. He deplored the
plainness OF Gen. Grants tomb at New
York, and urged the erection OF a great
memorial building At Washington in honor
of the dead hero.
Report Of the Adjutant General.
The report Of Adjt Gen. George II. Hop
kins shows that on June 40 1890, there
were in the several departments Z, ,7ls posts.
with a membership Of 3g7, ,Ss5. The gains
since June 20, 1889, were 800 posts and 20
2i7 members. The losses were 20 posts and
1851 members. The number OF deaths dur
ing the year was 5,476.
The amount expended for relief for the
year ending March 81, 1890, was SD, $50. Is;
number Of comrades relieved, 1g. .47O: others
relieved, S949 For the quarter ending
June 60 1890, Ssl ,5990l was expended. The
total amount expended by the Grand Army
from July /, 1871, 10 July !, 1890, amounts
to the enormous sum Of 81 ,9s5, ,53f55.
An Interesting Incident.
An interesting incident was the presen-
tation of gavel by q comrade from the
post at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, to
Commander-in-Chief Alger for the nation
al encampment. A very felicitous re-
sponse was made by Commander-in-Ch Chief
Alger on behalf Of the encampment A
test vote was reached upon the question
as to the abolition of the 50 called "House
of Lords" in the G. A. r., the vote being
upon q motion to assign the question for
debate at 2 p. m. This was defeated and
the question will take its regular turn.
Massachusetts and Ohio seemed solidly
against the House of Lords.
a Sketch Of Col. veazey
Col. Wheelock g. Veazey, the new com
mander-in-ohief, is a native OF Rocking
ham county, Y. H. He was educated at
Phillips Exeter academy Dartmouth col
lege and Albany Law school, and was adj
mitted 70 the bar in the winter of 1860, in
Vermont. Upon returning from the army
he settled in Rutland, VT, and pursued the
practice of his profession. He was judge
Of the supreme court of Vermont ten years,
from 1879 to 1889. He was commissioner
for revising the laws Of Vermont in 1880
and was appointed interstate commerce
commissioner in 1889, and holds that Office
yet. In 1876 he was delegate-at-large from
Vermont to the national Republican con-
vention and was appointed commits
sioner by the governor in 1879 to
investigate and report to the legis-
lature upon the subject of court ex-
penses, with a view TO retrenehment and
reform. He has been trustee Of Dart
mouth college since 1875 and of other edu-
caiional institutions. lie received the
degree of LID. at Dartmouth in 1887.
Col Neazey enlisted as private in Badly
Smiths Third Vermont regiment at the
outbreak of the war and was soon pro-
moted to be lieutenant colonel. Later
he was colonel of the Sixteenth Vermont,
commanding it in the flank attack upon
Pickett's division al Gettysburg. Col