New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-07

LUCIUS FAfROHILp.
HENRY PAlNTOR
TIL. following minority report was presented on the
subject: 49,. A.
concur In the accommodation contained In inc aa
-ses a, the in reference 70 tho ai
cu,.,ss existing in the Departments Of Louisiana anu
MIssssnn and therefore recommend the adoption OF the
following resolution .,.d
ssoved That the rules and regulations DO % changer
~ ~, ousaorze the Commando Chief TO organize De
,,on,s =, the g. A. r. IN Departments now exist
'nq whenever satisfied upon proper representations %
thew NAV be organized without detrimen TO the g. A. ~
or any Department organization existing m STATES e
braced therein" W. o. r,o~,tv
snort al believe said he "that every colored SOL
der has right 10 all the privileges that are accoruea
Ia every white soldier in the G.. A. H. TINS Is HUI
drawing the color line. Comrades, served win
co,ored regiment, and want TO say 10 you that no
comrade of the G. A. r. will 60 further than VIII 10
extending the hand Of fraternity and Charity I" o'0
colord soldier There representatives on thiS noo
to-day that went there ten, twelve or fourteen OF n.y.
years aro and established the g. A. r. In the mios' Vi
,ebe,s AS there Is difficulty existing down there VIC
cav 10 the coored comrades: you have your coorcu
churches you have your coored orders OF the Maso0
fraternity Won have your colored associations IN o'o
respects.'' QIsses) .,o-,.s
~ move If there be more kissing In the galleries
they be cleared said O'Donnell OF lilincls. gu
opposed to the minority report p"O "
have fair play here ..
"If there Is any more OF that from the gaierie' '
will be cleared said the presiding officer
aNow resumed Mr. Decker, II we do not setue oiis
ouestion now IL Will be here year from no"' anu !"
will be here continually until 1t is se'tled a'No,
to the condition of affairs as we find item 10 Louisiana
Mississippi South Carolina and tho Southern s''cs'
Let US say TO the Commander-inChie as my repo'"
which have offered here says Go down there rs
r A over
ground aud see whether these coored comrades and
white comrades can live together. ii u'ey
csn live together In the different posts oi
South for Gods sake keep thein together' ouo
IL they cannot devise means by when the cooreu
men who fought for the Union can come In and nave
ell the privileges"
aComrades.S said Major Warner when these black
men or white men, or whatever color or nationality
they may have becn lshoudered the musbe in deienco
of the Union ii was not question OF etiquette OF
sociabiity but question Of patriotism AMI loyalty.
(Appause) The black man fought for nag thao
never up to that time, had protected him In anything
but bondage. Applause) This organization mad bet
ter bury the old flag comrades had better tear tie
button from the breast than now, our heads are
silverng DER with the foss OF years, to go back on
the principles for which we bled.7 Applause)
Comrade Johnson, q colored member from Washing
ton, and Richie, another coored member, and Past
Commandersin-Ch Chief Fairchld and Northcot of West
Virginia. spoke in favor Of the majority report
Mr. Graham, Of Louisiana, recounted some Of the
troubles of his Department. He said that no coiored
post had been recognized until recently, when charters
were granted by the Department Commander, who
became offended because members Of the order refused
10 attend the funeral Of JEFF Davis that several hun
dred men had been admitted within few days, and
the time was TOO short TO make any examination into
their military record or character
BY a viva-vooe vote the majority report was finally
overwhelmingly adopted.
Today closes the business sessions Of the order and
veterans are fast leaving the city 1t has been indeed
week OF reunions. No less than eight National or
carnations arc I'm session have adjourned, and the
En- ampmeni IN II; MANY innov tons ha' &C ainy en-
greater success than any which have preceded it,
some sensation has been created by the address OF the
president of the National Association Of Union FIX
Prisoners Of War, F. IL. Williams of Indiana. Re
ferrng 10 the treatment accorded the exprsoners he
says:
A. an Organization, and in view Of the great and
peculiar hardship and suffering endured as prisoners we
believe special compensation IS due Many when
caturcd were robbed what little earnings they had saved
from the small compensation allowed by the Government,
az well as other valuabes taken from them Many were
held long their Of service had expired,
while others compelled to expend their own means
in order TO get home after their release All OF which
ought to valid claims against the Government For
number OF years bills have been presented TO Congress,
looking such measures as we feJ Wef Gie Us, BnS 80
far all Of our appeals have awaited nothing 1t would
seem that the suffering and death o. 1000 OF comrades
buried around the Southern prisons should ever
be kept the memory OF what they suffered for
their county. for by the sacrifices OF such men civza
ton survives. Around the OF Andersonvie, Flor
ence and other prisons lnger the memory Of
misery suffering which has parallel in history Yet
twenty-five years Government has never so much
a. given vote OF thanks for the sacrifices made
This portion of the PRESIDENTS address was formally
ann he nSSociafiOn the report of
committees made was orc cmbOdyiag bill to be
presented at the session Of Congress In behalf
OF the soldiers who were in prison for period OF not
less than sixty days, providing that they shall re-
ceve 50 for every day Of their confinement from the
Government The new officers Of tho organization
are as follows: President, Stephen NJ. Long OF East
Orange n. j.. vlcspresident, Major Marion 7. Ander
son, of the District OF Columbia; chaplain, John 5.
Ferguson, KeOkuk, Iowa; historian, Warren Lee,
Norwich, Conn. members Of the executive committee,
Il. F. Wilson, Of Ohio; e. W. Pavy, Illinois; George W.
The society known as the Comrades OF the Battle
field" which includes both the blue and The gray,
election OF the following officers Major-G eneral,
George Z. polton of St. Louis; lieutenant general,
erai. Thomas Tcake, Of ST. Louis; quariernaster-
general, }. r Moore, of Washington Judge advocate,
D. IL. Briggs Rattle Creek Mich: Executive Council,
Colonel Il: T. Lee, Dr. D. II. Briggs, Eugene PaJnc,
Of illinois and $ j Murphy, Of Illinois '''''"'
The order only admits those to membership who
have been the fire Of the enemy not less than
ninety days wounded and disabled from further
service. constitution and BY laws were ado pied
The association holds its next annual meeting at
Chicago.
The sixteenth annual reunion OF the Unied States
Veteran Signal Corps showed a membership of sl2.
At the business meeting the reports Of officers and
committees were received and officers aud com
mittees elected rs follows President H. b. Fortlscuc
Of Philadelphia secretary and treasurer. Charles De
witt Marcy, Boston historian, J. Willard Brown, Bos-
ton: monument committee, J. T. Dwyer. Amsterdam.
~ Y, chairman; W. NJ. Wires Lynn. Mass; j. I.
Foraker, Ohio T. +. Taft, Providence. Il. l.: A. b..
Carpon, saltwater, r. l. The latter committee raised
Fl 900 by subscription from those present toward
erecting a monument 10 the United States Veteran
Signal Corps.
The Ladies Of the g. A. r." have held a successful
meeting. The order Is purely charitable and social
institution, and called into existence for the pur-
pose OF taking into a benevolent, w0rbng, patriotic
association all the members OF q soldiers family While
the e. A. Il. excludes women and the Woman's Relief
Corps excludes men. the Ladies Of the c. A. X. make
both eligible, admitting a soldiers mother widow,
wife, sister or daughter and all e1s0Mers and marines.
Its popularity is attestcd by It's growth. This is the
~ It's National otal