St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-25
SONS OF VETERANS.
Several Hundreds Of Them
Are Already Crowded Into
Minneapolis.
Their Business Sessions Have
Begun and Reports Have
Been Read.
1t Is Denied That George OS-
borne Was Short Over a
Million.
More About the Soldiers
Home RoW--The Round
Up Of a Day.

morning when Commander-in-ChiefL Lee
land J. Webb came into the city. His
train was delayed in Iowa. He should
have arrived Sunday evening. The
camps flOated in all day long on all
trains from all directions. They have
not all arrived YET. Some of them Will
not arrive before tomorrow. Those
that have come have gone into camp at
Minnehaha.
The scene down there is a martial
one. Imagine a field covered with white
tents, peopled by hundreds of stalwart
young men in bright uniforms and
Shining brass, while here and there
floating about the tops Of the cleaning
canvas are the flags of the nation. The
old soldiers come over from the home,
look upon these scenes and turn away
to drop tear.
The camps were so slow in coming in
that it was decided to begin the bus
mess of the encampment without them
The reports of the executive otncers
were the first read.
The report of COmmander-ln-Chlef
Webb is an exhaustive one and treats in
a most comprehensive and thorough
manner of the matters which come
within its scope. The commander-ln-
chief begins his report as follows:
Brothers: In accepting at the hands Of the
ninth annual meeting of the cUmmandery-ln-
chief the highest office in its gift SAID tnat
there never was a time in the history OF the
organization when he who held the office OF
commander-in-chief would have so hard a
task in maintaining the standard OF the
order as the one who succeeded Gen. Grln1n,
and experience has shown that dld not
misiudge the situation. His = the pre-
,f1osS cd
beneficial, without detracung from
the merits of those who had gone before.
The commanders property was delivered 10
| Quartermaster General Hazelton, at Indlan-
| apOliS, sept. -, who was then sent 10 tnat
place. the property was shipped to Topeka,
| where safe rooms in the United States say
| ings bank were secured at yearly rental OF
| $500.
.tThe ouartermaster general is the proper
| officer to hold and handle the property and
money. and should give a suitable bond to
| protect the order. 1t was recommended that
| he receive and pay out all money belonging
| 10 the commandery-in-chi upon requisltlon
| drawn bv the commander and adjutant gen
eral and all remittances be payable 10 the
! order of the quartermaster general"
He then proceeded to speak of the
| failure to reinstate McCrillis in oppOsi-
ton to the opinion of Gems. Griffin and
| Applegate, and states that it was eX-
planned upon the ground that he had
! the full records before him as well as
! information received from the secretary
| of war as to the status of Malcolm Nc
| Dowell. major and aide-de-camp. The
! CORRESPONDENCE he states, was trans
! mitted with the report, and sympathy for
| McCrillis was ignored and facts only re-
| lied upon. He then goes on to say:
complaints were made against Col. Ad-
] dingtOn of the New 1Ork DIVISION, 1or uis-
81 ions
! ions headquarters were examined IN NoVem'
/ Der 1899. Illness prevented d personal al
| tendance OF the commander. Col. Perkins,
| when requested, went to New YORK TO IN
| spect the divisions headquarters. ne ni
| colonel refused 10 allow him. The colonel
| in order No. II, referred 10 The commands
| in such scaudalOus terms and on the
| 2gth of December, 1880, charges were
| preferred against him; that he had made
! false charges against his division ana VIII
| unbecoming conduct. The colonel was sus
/ pended Lieut. Col WyKer took command
! Coils T. 4. Barton. II. W. vessels, Ii. u
| Bixbv. ", A. Stevens. Andrew Derrom j.
! G. Brainard Smith, W. b. McNulty and Jot
+. Hedges constituted a subsequently con
vened court martial. Col. Addlngtou wa
| tried for being short in his accounts S4ll
! and had charged the commander with 500 10
| He was found guilty and degraded from OF
| fee.
He also took up the case of Past Com
/ 4
| that a court composed of members o.
the commandery-in-chi was fit tri
bunal to try Payne and decide upon the
| merits of his case. He recommended
that the appeal of Gen. Payne be re
! ferred to committee of five to repOr
TO the commander-in-chief. He thel
went on to speak in strong terms OF tn
growth and progress of the order anC
hopefully of its future. In conclusion
he said:
1t has been said that the strongest tie Of
earth, save that Of the domestic relation,
that tie which binds together the GRAM
| Army Of the Republic, a tie which wa
welded in the fire of battle and cemented b
| the blood of patriots Standing here III you
presence today, realizing that l spea
| through Won to the entire order, happy ]
thp love of two noble women, my wife an
/ daughter. proud of my humble memoershl
| in that grand organization, the Grand Arm
Of the Republic, say to you frankly that I
sever the ties which bind me to the Son
! of Veterans of the United State
of America, would make my lif
incomplete The years of service, froI
1888 TO the present, as captain OF camp, co
onel of q division, commander OF a gran
division. and as chief, nav
| brought TO me pleasant relations, war;
friendships and created ties and affection
which death alone can sever. In taking N
place again in the ranks pray that none c
those cords Of friendship and affection ma
! be broken. l hope to be ever found WOrk1n
for the best interests Of the order and tru:
, that l may be able 10 retain and enjoy tn
respect and confidence of all my brother
! When we separate here, it is my wish an
PRAYER that the Supreme Commander OF th
Universe may deal kindly with you in a
things, and that you may be prosperous an
happy.
There is one matter to come befOT
the encampment that may cause row
Past Commander-in-Ch Payne, {
FOstorla. o.. will demand Ie-instat(
mcnt. He was dishOnorable discharge
from the order after lie was commander
in-chlef in 1856. The charges agalnS
Col. PAYNE were in reality the embezzlt
1 ment Of funds. 1t was said he inveSte
money which came into his possession
and did not have the money {
! hand when il was called fol-
He was dishonoIably discharge
and then, when his case was brougf
UP at a succeeding encampment,
; was relnstated in the order under COZ
ditiOn that he rejoin it. Subsequent
) | COmmander-in-Ch Abbott brougf
the matter up again, and as a reSu
of the reopening of the case, after pro
. longed consideration, court MARTA
f was appointed. This was done by tn
present commander-in-chief, and 1t a
sembled III indianapolis April 10 of til
present year. After two-days' Sc
sion the court martial voted to sustal
/, the findings of the commandery-in-chie
+ though the charge was not that of en-
) bezZlement, but of withholding none
: when due the order, and of refusing
! turn it over when called for. Col. PayI
l is now on hand with an appeal to I'll
{ commandery-in-chief.
: Last evening the encampment was
l session again. a few more reports we
I received, none Of them of interest
I any one outside the order. All of Il
I business sessions are in secret. The in
: portant business OF the encampmel
will not come up for couple of da,
yet.
/, PRONOUNCED A CANARD.