The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-22
MEN WHOWORET HEBLUE
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT DELE
GATES ARRIVING.

The Preliminary Work Of To-day's En-
campment Begun - Meeting Of the
Board Of Control of:the Andersonville
Prison Property Last Night - The
Programme for To-days Meetings
Department Commander Porter's
report.
The delegates to the Grand Army en-
campment. which meets in Savannah to-
day, began arriving yesterday, and the pre-
liminary work of the encampment began
last night
Among the prominent department officers
and delegates already here are Medical
Director DE-. j. w. Stone and
(uartermaster General A Bolsus of
Atlanta, Chaplain !. D. Crawford and
Philip Heidensfelder Of Macon, joseph H.
Mansheld, Charles A. Rainier and T. f.
fletcher Of Charleston. Past Department
Commander Gen. John r Lewis Of Atlanta
aud Past Department Commander of New
ork, L. Coe Young, now Of Macon, will
arrive this morning, as will most of the
Middle and North Georgia delegation.
W. s. HANCOCK POSTS MEETING.
w. s. Hancock Post held its regular
meeting last night in the post room in the
Knights Of Pythias hall, at which most of
the visiting delegates and department
ofncers were present.
After the post meeting the board of con-
troll OF the Andersonville prison property
met at the Marshall house to make up its
report preparatory to turning the property
over TO the department to-day. The board
consists of John w. Stone, president, l. D..
Crawford, Isaac Beckett, L. L. Doolittle
and George y. Graham.
The council Of administration will meet
at o'clock this morning at the Marshall, and
at 10 O'Clock the encampment will meet in
knights OF Pythias hall. The session, It is
expected, viii last most of the day. The
reports OF the various officers will show the
department to be in an excellent condition.
COMMANDER PoRTER's REPORT.
Department Commander Porter's address
and annual report is history of the grand
army in Georgia and South Carolina
during the lest year. In it he says;
THE annual session of the department
encampment Of Georgia, for the third time
presents US the opportunity OF personal and
fraternal communication. Thinly scattered
over department the smallest in member
ship, while among the largest in territory,
1t Is only on such occasions that we can
fully realize how true IL is that AS iron
sharpeuth iron, 80 the man sharpeneth the
countenance Of his friend Let US renew
and strengthen the ties formed among
arduous duties and dangerous enterprises.
and, thankful for the favors and mercies Of
the past year, let us start a new one in the
true spirit OF comradeship, With malice
toward none; with charity toward ALL
I'VE meet to-day to transact the business
OF department Of the grand army. Do
not yourselves the injustice to think that a
small membership in any degree reduces or
relieves you of any part Of your RESPONSE
bihty, or that it in any way lowers the
quality Of the service required of you.
Think OF the glorious history of the past
pertaining to the department for which YOU
meet to Iegislatel Remember how often,
and how earnestly, your comrades CON
tended on this soil in their ardent support
of the stars and striDesl Forget not
those silent cities Of the dead, which
are in your keepingl Recollect that you are
now sitting where the sound OF Gilmore's
guns could be plainly heard That Sher-
man and his men have thronged these
streetsl Let the mind go yet further back,
and remember the patriots who fought and
died on this heroic soil. And with these
thoughts in your mind and heart, APP
proach the business of this encampment de-
termined to do justice TO the comrades
whom you represent, and honor to our
glorious order"
THE WORK OF THE YEAR.
Commander Porter reviews the work of
the year in dBtail, devoting special atten>
tion TO the requirement. Of the Anderson
vile prison pen property, which will be
turned over by the trustees by whom it has
been held. to the department to-day.
He refers to the support which has been
given his administration by the various
department officers. OF Assistant Adjt.
Gen. Gleason ne saws: "The devotion of
the assistant adjutant general to the inter
ests of the order is well known. But for his
energy and faithfulness. my position would
have been a very onerous one. His cheer
fulness has been constant under the most
trying circumstances, and his energy and
knowledge of the law and routine of office,
and his constant services have been at the
disposal Of the department commander dur
ing the entire term"
THE ASSIST. ADJ'T. GENERALS REPORT.
The assistant adjutant generals report
shows the strength Of the grand army in