Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-16
VETERANS MEET.

blare of brazen horns, the hutter- |
ing of banners and cheers about 1000
veterans of the late war marched
from the Leland hotel to the capitol
building Thursday morning and opened
the twenty-sixth annual encampment
of the Illinois Grand Army of the Re-
public There were 932 delegates pres
ent, according to the report of the COM
mittee on credentials, which number
was largely augmented by arrivals dur
ing the day.
One important question was before
the convention. 1t is the dispute as to
the seniority of organization between
the departments Of Illinois and Wis
consin, which was decided adversely to
Illinois by the committee of the ma
tional convention, and a committee was
appointed TO look up the record and re-
port on behalf of this department at the
present encampment.
This report was presented Thursday
by Col. Robert Mann Woods, of Joliet,
chairman of the committee. After
showing by the records that Illinois
was organized as a department in
April, 1866, and Wisconsin not until
May of the same year. the COM
mittee presents a resolution callingsfor
q committee of five to act with the de-
partment commander in presenting the
case of this department to the national
encampment. This resolution was
adopted and the following men appoint
ed on the committees: Ex-Gov. X. j.
Oglesby, Maj. James A. Connolly,
Springfield; Maj. Robert Mann Woods,
Joliet; Col. Thomas J. Lawlor, Joliet,
and Gen. II. II. Thomas, Chicago.
The morning was devoted to recep-
tion of department officers. Command.
er Clarks report compliments the
members of the order and expresses his
thanks for the kindly cooperation he
has met with in the work of his office.
He reports go posts, with 32,9Si mem.
bers, as against 6o5 posts and 1854
members last year; 2, 107 have been sus.
pended, 26s discharged, and Ar have
died during the year. Indebtedness to
the amount of 5000 outstanding from
the last administration has been paid
and balance of 81, ,0G2 is reported
in the hands of the assistant adjutaut
general He commends the purposes OF
the organizations of Sons and Daughters
of Veterans and the Woman's Relief
Corps. The memorial hall at Decatur
is commended to the veterans as work
worthy of their support. The observ-
ance of memorial day and the visitation
of schools by the comrades are COM
mendcd.
The committee on soldiers orphans
home recommends the appointment OF
committee to urge upon the legis.
lature to amend the law so that
children may be retained in the
state institution until they reach
the age of 16 instead of IA, rs
is now the law. The report of the
committee on the soldiers home was
complimentary to the management oi
that institution and recommends the
appropriation by the legislature of &
sum sufficient to add to the institution
an asscmbly-room on the ground floor
Several propositions to amend the by
laws in relation to the manner of elect
ing officers were discussed and adopted
At the same time the Grand Army o
the Republic encampment was con
vened the ninth annual convention o
the Woman's Relief Corps was called t,
order by the department president
"a. VI bcCdLuI
Mrs. Bradley made report show
ing that during the year ther,
have been inspected 1866 corps il
the state Ly inspectors appointed b,
the president Sixteen hundred per
sons have been assisted, including oil,
soldiers. their families and members o
the relief corps. The cash relief ha
amounted to S3,774, and the estimate,
relief other than cash amounts t.
SS, lG9. This was in the shape of clothes
provisions, etc. On January l ther,, wa
$500 in the relief fund.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, April S.-Thurs
day was the last day of the Indians
state encampment of the Grand Arm
of the Republic. At the business meet
ing, which was presided over by De
partment Commander /. n. Wall1er,
was voted to place the past pos
commanders on the roster. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Ex-Cor
gresham Joseph 3. Cheadle, of Frank
fort, department commander; Phi
Dickinson, of Fort Wayne, seaior vic
commander: George Kocli, of Kew A
bany, junior vice commander; DIR. j. N
Jones, OF Spencer. medical director
Kew. y. +. Riley, OF paramount, chap
lain. Mr. Riley is the minister wh
was expelled from the United Brethrc
church because he would not resign hi
membership in the grand army. He
now Methodist.
Section IL of the present civil-servic
law came in for considerable discussio
and criticism. AS the law now stand
no person over 35 years of ago is elig
BILE for the civil-service examinatio
necessary to obtain appointment in tn
railway mail service. This provisio
bars the ex-soldicrs from this brancl
Resolutions were adopted urging tn
president to recommend to congres
that this be changed so as to render e!
soldiers eligible.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected o.
fcers as follows: State president, Mr.
Ida Mcbride, EllShart; senior vice pre-