Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-08
ENCAMPMENT OVER.
The Veterans Nearly All Go
Marching Home.
END OF THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY

The Meeting Great Success from Start
to Finish, and Everybody Satisfied
with Detroit's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ses-
sion at Beecher HaIl-Much Missed
laneous Business Transacted-The New
Commander Assumes the Gavel-Coun-
Gil of Administrative Seiected-A Kick
Against Americanism Over in Windsor.
DETROIT, Aug. S-The "Silver" encamp-
ment is over and the veterans are nearly
all en- route TO their homes. On every
hand it is agreed that it was the most
successful of theNtwenty- five years series,
and the Detroit committee, besides having
its native modesty imperiled by the en-
coniums that have been bestowed upon 1t,
is perfectly satisfied with! itself as it
contemplates the result of its work.
And it has right to be. The whole
programme, from start to finish, has been
carried out without a hitch. The pro-
gramme itself was something to be proud
of and the fact that it was executed so
perfectly adds to the feeling of COM
placency with which the committee and,
in fact, every Detroter, looks back on the
events of the week.
The clerk Of the weather has been with
us also. He seems to have laid himself
out to do his best for the old soldiers.
While on Monday night. there were por-
tents in the sky of depressing dampuess
for Tuesday, that important day was
about as perfect as could have been de-
sired. So it has been all week-one fine
day followed another-and enabled the
visitors to extract the last particle of en-
joyment out of their continued holiday.
They embraced the opportunity with
vigor similar 10 that with which they
breasted the pillows of rebellion thirty
years ago and saw everything in sight
How many meetings of comrades in arms
who had not seen each other for twenty
five years took place will never ice known,
and those known would require columns
to relate But the cncampment was a
great success and that was what the boys
were here for.
Last Session of the Encampment.
The encampment met in its closing ses-
sion yesterday with another full attend
ance Of delegates. 1t was a day Of reports,
the first at hand being that on the Logan
and Sheridan monument funds The for
mer was closed there being so. 900 collect
ed The Sheridan fund has reached $50
600 \ report on the Grand Army memo
rial hall TO he located at Decatur, Ills,
announced that the progress was satisfac-
tory. An adverse report was made on the
request Of the Sons of Veterans for closer
connection with the Grand Army. The
rules were amended so as TO permit posts
to change their location on two-thirds
vote to that effect by the members. but
proposition IL permit the election of de-
partment officers in December was de-
feated.
Question of Eligibility.
The attempt to change the rules so ar
to make eligible to membership those who
did not bear arms voluntarily against the
government was defeated. The per capita
tax was reduced to 2 cents. The next
thing in order was the installation OF the
new officers which was performed &C
cording to the ritual, the retiring com
mander-in-chief and his successor making
brief speeches. The committees on the
deaths of Sherman, Porter, Hamlin ard
Devens reported appropriate resolutions
which were adopted by standing vo.t.
A proposition to appropriate 5000 for
monument t, DR.. Stephenson, founder Of
the order, was laid on the table.