The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-04-11
MISSOURI g. A. r.
The Tenth Annual Reunion at Mobefiy-
The Election of Ohicers-The Womans
Relief Corps-Resolutions Adopted.

The Election of Ohicers-The Woman's
Relief Corps-ResoIutions Adopted.
The tenth annual reunion Of the Mis-
souri G. A. R., held at Moberly, was
largely attended Chillicothe was chosen
as the place Of holding the next annual
encampment. The new officers elected
are as follows:
Department Commander-Geo. W. Martini
| Brookfeld.
Senior vics-Louis Grund, St. Louis.
Junior ylce-J. W. Scott, Moberly.
Chaplain-Rev. Thomas II. Haggarty. Sc.
Louis.
Council of fAdministration-H. 4. Hammel.
No. 1. St. Louis; James Spence, No. l6, Car
thage; Luciep Carter, No. Z, St. Joe; d. T.
Dobbins, No. u, Oregon; j. W. Moss, No. l3l,
| st. Louis.
Thos. D. Rodgers was reappointed assistant
adtutant- general.
The following were elected delegates
to the national encampment at Detroit:
John Mcneil, Post No. /, St. Louis; f. J.
Smith. Post No. 81, Sedalia; +. NJ. Marshall,
| Post No. 35l, Norborne; P. V. Wise, Post No.
ls2. st. Joseph; II. C. Weaver, Post No. Z,
Kansas City; &. j. Root, Post No. 299, Mans
| teld; v. W. Taylor, Post No. 13l, st. Louis;
j. l. Briggs, Post No. Il, Joplin; W. ii. Park,
Post No. %, Springfield; John T. Clarke, Post
No. G, Jefferson City; G. W. Travis, Post No.
l73, Cape Grardeau; Albert Haney, Post No.
32e, Clinton; I. J. Ferrill, Post No. ]. st. Joe:
John Platt, Post No. 80, Kingston; James Y.
Broadwell, Post No. l, ST. Louis; ID. B. Yea.
sey, Post No. i6, DE Soto; T. A. Collier, Post
| No. 12, Trenton; Louis Benecke, Post No. 46S,
brunswick; B. Knoepfel, Post No. 43, Hanni-
bal; j. s. Rogers, Post No. IL. Cameron; z ID.
Cramer, Post No. l79, Memphis.
The increase in membership in 1890 is
1,690, and a net increase Of 3S posts
Money expended in relief of comrades,
S5,115.37. Total membership, nearly
$1,000
The Woman's Relief Corps transacted
business of importance, and gave an en-
tertainment at Apgar's opera house. A
summary of relief corps annual reports
is as follows:
Expenditures on relief for 1890, 81, ,s10.58;
turned over to posts, sl43; relief other than
money, .1.275.s0. Total, 50. .2s9.s6. Number OF
| members assisted in the year 1891, III; num-
Der soldiers and families, I.O5I; donated to
memorial home, woman's Relief Corps, s12j.
Increase in number of corps, l6; total gain,
yI2; total membership, 2,Gj2. Lost by death,
I3.
These ladies presented a grand ap-
pearance as they marched in double
file, 400 in number, to lunch at the rink.
| There were a few colored relief corps
present from st. Louis and Columbia.
The relief corps elected officers as fol-
lows:
President OF Department of Missouri
| Mrs. Belle satterly, Of st. Louis.
Senior Vice President-Mrs. Margaret
| Tracy, OF Springfield.
| Junior Vice ePresident-Mrs. Lizzie Young,
| Chillicothe.
Treasurer-Mrs. Anna Goldsmith, of St.
Louis.
The following are the delegates to the
National G. A. X. convention, to be held
| in Detroit. Mich, August to 8, 1891:
Delegate at Iarge-Mrs. Matte Rich, Mo-
berry.
DeIegates-Mrs. Matte Smith, St. louis:
| Mrs. Martha Bronson, Macon; Nrs. Mary
Baacii. St. Joseph.
The ex-Cnion Prisoners association
met and transacted necessary business,
and adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS. II is an established and undis-
| putcd fact that all eS-union prisoners Of war
| have not only suffered untold haIdships
while in rebel prisons, but have sustained
great loss while there confined in their effort
to supply the necessaries of life; and
NhERfAr, n
| burse said cX union prisoners Of war, by al
| lowing them pay at the rate Of 81 per day for
each day while there confined, failed to pass
| the last congress: and
| WHEREAS, Justice demands that this bill
should become n law " ithout further delay;
| therefore. he it
ResoIred, That we ask members Of congress
that they make all efforts in their power to
facilitate the passage OF this bill. in order that
a partial recognition Of the rights of ex-
Union prisoners Of war may be secured be-
| fore crossing the "dark river" with what few
Of the poorer comrades are left.
The following were elected officers OF
the association for the ensuing year:
President-L- s. Ferguson.
Vice -President-F. Reynolds.
Secretary and Treasurer-D. G. Anderson.
ChapIan-Mr. seely, Of ChillcOthe-
Representatives.. W. Martin and Miller.
| he aIternates to be chosen by the president.
Executive Committee-The president, and
Comrades A. ". Martin and J. b. Cotty.