Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-07
Separate Departments for Colored q.
a. Il. Veterans Recommended
by Commiiie.
opErcHEs ron AND AGAINST
SEPARATION.
Discussions About the reTpirNins
Race question.

DETROIT, August GA sensation
1 was created hy the aun0unccnv that
the report Of the special committee ON
the race question recommends Tho
creation Of separate departments Tor
col1rrd vctcrans This ~ likely 20
cause lively time when brought az.
For senior vicc.commandcr.in.
thufc were but two candidates, Henry
NJ. Dullirld Of Michigan being chosen
by reclamation. II. =. Clafks1u OF
Ncbraskn, Peter u. Ayers Of Delaware
nnd Albert T.. Sholr- OF Georgia were
nominated for Junior vicr-c0mmandpf-
in.chicL Clgfks1n won on the first
ballot. For chaplain, there were three
candidates, ,. u. Payne o. Florida,
-. &. Milncr Of Kansas aud A. Is.
Kondrick " Iowa. Payne was elected,
SuVcon.Gcnctal Stevenson " Cincin.
natl was reelected by reclamation.
Past COMMANDMENT Chief william
Warner, chairman or the committee
on udifUss u tue commandments,
reported resolutions, which were
adopted, petitioning Congfess for logis.
lation prOviding f0f the custody aud
care Of Mount McGrcgor cottage, aud
Tor amendments 10 the revised statutes
providing more explicitly that prefer.
euce be given old soldiers In Govern.
Tho vrycd Ufsr. problenlS came up
In tho eucsmpnent mi. afternoon md
was efIrcttinliy settled Tor AN time. A
gpeeinl champion of tho negro was OK.
ConrresFunn William Warner Of Mis-.
soufl. post commander.in.chleLa ana he
IL tonight receiving the trilute of the
c1iorrd veteran. whose cause ns 40
elcqucntiy espoused,
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tlon when Warner, ~ chairnnn Of the
committee on c6mmHnu.r.in.chleps
recommendation prp,pntpd the follow.
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reason for makIng this radical chanao
In our rules aud regulations. our
fraternity, charity aud loyalty should
los witnessed by our deeds a. well As
our words, Tho recommendation OF
our comniander.ln.chief Is ha.el ulOn
that fact that seven of tho colored posis
of the deparlment OF I.oulslnuN and
| Mississippi petitlonel for separate de.
uartmeI,ts. me comr1doa r.rrrsent.
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thls committee nnd claimed ia argtl.
ment that II yns their UNDERSTANDING.
and that OF many others OF The colofed
comrndra. that thew yero only pstI,
tioning for A DEPARTMENT 10 be created
i'm tbs state OF Louisiana. The same es
I'm other State, In which drpnrtment
ali r1tnraJgs. white und black. shoulI
In equally entitled 10 membersLip. and
futtl,er. that thoy, and those repF.sgnt.
ed In them. ar. opposed 10 me orea.
tion Of a srparate depertulent In Wow
Of lb, facts submIttsd 10 yDur commit.
toe, Il is Of the opinion that II would
hn inexpedient 10 place the authority
with the commander.in-chlei % organ
/ izp new or provisional departments In
! sItatea ia which lleTs are oryauizpu