The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-09-29
THE OLD VETERANS.
Close Of the Twenty-Sixth Annual
Encsmpment.
Capt. A. G. Weissert, of Wisconsin,, Chos-
en- as Commander in ChIef-Reso-
buttons AdOpted-The Union
Veterans Union.
OFFICERS ELECTED.

OFFlCERS ELECTED.
WASHINGTON, Sept 23-The Grand
Army of the Republic closed its TWEEN
ty-sixth annual encampment yesterday.
Capt. a. G. Weissert, of Wisconsin. was
elected as commander in chief: Com
rade R. H. Warfeld, of San Francisco,
senior vice commander: Peter B. Ayers,
of Delaware, junior vice commander;
surgeon general, w. c. Weyl, of DAN
bury, Conn: chaplain in chief, D. r.
Lowell. of Kansas.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Among the resolutions adopted were
the following:
Recommending that the commander in chief
issue circular requesting teachers in all
schools to set apart one Day Of elcn school year
fer intoxicating lessons of patrio ism.
Asking congress to pass law giving the same
right of precedence in appointment to all hon
orablv discharged soldiers that is now given by
law to soldiers that were discharged for disa-
bilities and recommending that the edition of
the OFFICIAL records of the rebellion published by
congress be increased from 900 to $1,000.
Comm, ndlng the order of Commander in
Chief Palmer forDidding any Grand Army Of
the Republic post 10 march under the confed-
crate flag.
Authorizing the commander in chief to Issue
a circular commencing the Veterans Frotec.-
lve association bureau of informa ton in con-
lection with the worlds fair in case he snail
find it worthy.
Declaring it to be inexpedient for the ma
tional encampment Grand Army Of the Repub-
&c 10 express an opinion on the subject OF open
ing the worlds fair On Sunday.
Favoring the establishment of a soldiers
home in the Marine hospital building at New
Orleans
Eeques ting that the census Of veterans OF the
war and their post Office addresses be pabiis ued
Immediately.
Asking congress to provide for the erection
Of monument to tie private soldiers OF the
army.
Asking the secretary of war 70 provide flag
staff at Fort Sumter upon which the national
dag Shall float tle sane as a. al government
posts.
Advising the council of administration to call
The meeting of the next annual encaEpment
lot later than the first week in September 1888
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Having exhausted the business Of
encampment, the installation of Off
GERS for the ensuing year took place,
Comrade Beath, of Pennsylvania, the
ranking past commander in chief, adj
ninistering the obligation to the Off
N chief had been installed he declared
the twenty-sixth annual encampment
Grand Army Of the Republic adjourned
sine die.
SKETCH OF CAPT. wEIssERT.
The new commander n chief was born Aug
lst7, 1874 at Canton, Stark county, O.. and re-
moved to Wisconsin in 1s49 He graduated at
he high school at Racine and the university of
ip1:c 1,,%
gree of LII B. He enlisted early in
September, 1861, in the Eighth
Wisconsin olive Eagle regiment
volunteer infantry, and participated in ali the
many battles of that regiment up to the time
of his discharge ssrving over four years. He
WAS breyettcd for neritcrous conduct in bat
tie, and was severely wounded at the battle
Of Nashville, Tenn. His wounds have
never lealela. They are constantly open and
1t times very painful, the bullet still
remaining in - his leg. Seventy sur
yeons hive operated on his wound Or been con-
suited il roiat;u:s hereto. He joined the grand
army in 1865 an is a member of E. B. Walcott
post, Milwaukee He attends all the meetings
when at home and takes an active
interest in all its affairs, has repre-
sented his post and department at numer-
ous state and national encampments,
vas elected department Commander of the
department OF y iSconsin IN 1888 and unani-
mously reelected to succeed himself in 1882 but
after his election as senior vice commander in
chief at Milwaukee, he resigned the commander
ship. believing that the houors should go round
He is member of the legal profession and has
a large practice
UNION VETERANS UNION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-The encamp-
ment of the Union Veterans union
Yesterday in Harris theater was well
attended and was specially marked by
the cordial cooperation manifest be-
tween the L. V. U. and the Woman's
Veteran Relief union Gen. Roberts.
commander of the department of Mas
sachusetts, invited the union to hold
its next annual encampment at Boston,
and the invitation was accepted by a
ma roto