Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-22
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
INDIANAPOLIS CHOSEN.
Opening Of the Grand Army
Encampnent.
FATAL RAILROAD COLLISIONS.
The Cholera is Making no
Roadway.
GRANITE CUTTERS STRIKE ENDED.
An Express Train Thrown
Into a Rayine. !
REUNITED VETERANS.

REUNITED VETERANS. :
The Encampment opened in WASH
| ington-General Palmer Makes His
| Address-Annual Reports-Indian-
| apol1s Chosen as the Place of the
| Decided.
WASHINGTON, b. c., Sept. 2l.-The
Twenty-sixth National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic began it's
session in Albaugh's opera house this morn
| ing.
When the encampment was opened Com
missioner Douglas received the delegates
on behalf of the citizens of Washington,
and Commander in Chief Palmer made re-
ply in which he said:
The union soldiers are the conservators
of peace, and the men who were bravest
and bore the brunt of battle are among the
first to promote feeling of fraternity
among all sections of our country. Recon-
ciliation and forgiveness are as commend
able in a good citizen as were heroism and
valor in good soldier, and We rejoice in
the fact that to day We are at peace with
ali nations. But should the stern necessi-
ties of war again require the services of
the "citizen soldier"-God grant that time
may never come!-you would find the men
of all sections of this great nation standing
shoulder to shoulder in the ranks of their
common country.
The first part of General Palmer's ad-
dress was devoted to speaking of the ap-
propristeness of Washington as the place
of reunion for the veterans of the war, and
to "reminiscences and associations connect
ed with the spot. Speaking of the return
of the Union Army on its disbandment to
civil duties and avocations, he said that
every avenue of business life numbers for
mer soldiers by thousands and tens of
thousands, and that he believed that the
key to the soldiers success would be found
in the school of discipline and training
from which they graduated twenty-seven
years ago. A review of his work while
commander in chief followed.
At the conclusion of the address the re-
ports of the adjutant-general, quarter
master general, surgeon-general and judge
advocate general were submitted.
At the afternoon session Comrade Allen
of Virginia said his department had come
into possession of large number of letters
written by inmates of Libby prison during
their confinement. There letters would be
distributed to the different departments
where the writer's are supposed to
live. A number of resolutions and
communications relating to q
large variety of subjects were submitted
and referred to the committee on resolu-
tions. The committee appointed to pass
upon the report of the surgeon general
brought in q report congratulating the
Of that bureau. The report was adopted,
as was the report of the committee on pen
sions, which simply recites its recommen
dation to the pension, committee of the
house that the defect in the law of June
81, 1890, permitting the decision that death
on the battlefield is not equiva-
lent to an honorable discharge, be
| remedied, and the submission to the
| commissioner of pensions of requests
| that pension agency be established in
Oregon and that the clerical force of the
pension bureau be increased. Greetings
were received from the Union Veterans
| union, the ladies of the G. A. R., the
daughters of the veterans and the Woman's
Relief corps. Then came the question of
| where the next encampment should be
held. Lincoln, Neb., announced that she
would not make a contest. Governor
Chase extolled the advantages of Indian
apolis, and that place was selected by &C.
clamation. The date of the enosmpment
will be fixed later by the council of admin
istration. The encampment adjourned till
| tomorrow.
| Meetings of affiliated organizations and
Freunions without number were held
throughout the city o-day, and the day
was busy one. The Union Veterans
union was chief of these outside bodies,
with 10000 members, the Woman's
Relief corps ,aeoming next. Others
are the Prisoners of War, Daugh-
ters of Veterans, Army Chaplains,
Ladies' Aid association, and Army Nurses,
The Union Veterans union preceded their
meeting with parade with 1900, includ-
ing posts from Massachusetts and Connect
icut. General Yoder, commissioning,
delivered his annual address to- this, the
seventh annual encampment of the union.