The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-23

by Colonel Lincoln and Captain Pipes.
declared elected. This breaks a line of
years.
For the office of Junior Vice Com
mander, Peter B. Ayars of Wilmington
was elected. For Surgeon General, DR..
w. G. Weyl of Danbury, Conn. was
elected. For the place of Chaplain-in-
Chief, d. r. Lowell of Kansas was elect
ed.
Comrade Cramp of Maryland, in behalf
of the members of the organization pre-
sented to ex-Commander Alger an i'm
mense and handsome silver loving cup.
Gen. Alger accepted it in an appropriate
speech.
The committee appointed to have
charge of the erection of national me
mortal hall at Decatur, ILL.,, reported re-
ceipts today amounting to $4,3s2. The
committee on resolutions reported
A Large Number of Resolutions
and propositions, most of which were
laid upon the table. Among the resolu-
tions reported favorably and adopted
were those asking Congress to pass law
giving the same right of precedence in
appointments to all honorable discharged
soldiers as are now given soldiers dis
charged for disabilities; recommending
that the edition of official re-
cords of the rebellion published
by Congress be increased from II, 900 to
$4,000; commencing the order of Com
mander-in- Chief Palmer, forbidding any
G. A. r. post to march under the Con-
federate flag; declaring it to be inexpe-
dent for the encampment to express an
opinion on the subject of opening the
worlds fair on Sunday; favoring the
establishment of soldiers home in the
marine hospital building, New Orleans;
asking Congress to provide for the erec-
tion Of a monument to private soldiers of
the army.
The proposition to accept the con-
veyance to the encampment of the
Andersonville prison grounds now owned
by the Georgia Department, G.. A. R.,
was referred to the incoming admins
tration.
The installation of the officers-elect
took place. The new commander.in-
chief named E. D. Gray of Milwaukee
to be adjutant general. The new COM
mandeF-in-chief assumed the gavel and
at 6. 10 p. m. declared the 26th annual
encampment G.. A. r. adjourned sine die.
The council of administration named
for the next year by the various depart
ments includes E. G. Milliken Of Port
land, Me.
At a meeting of the Army of the Kama
wha, Col. Theo. +. Lang received an ap-
preciative letter from Whitelaw Reid in
reply to a resolution electing the ex war
correspondent a member of the organiza-
tion with which he was associated.
The New. Commander.
A. G.. Weissert was born in Canton,
county, O., August I, 1874. He was
graduated at Racine High School and
University of Michigan, the last named
comforting the degree Of LII. B. He is a
prominent lawyer of Milwaukee.
His war record is a worthy one. Early
in September, 1861, he enlisted in the
Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Regiment, the regiment that had with
it the eagle, Old Abe, in all it's cam
paigns. He was with his regiment in all
the battles in which it engaged UP to
Nashville, Tenn. In that battle he was
severely wounded. As soon as able he
rejoined his regiment while still using
crutches, served over four years, and
was brevetted for meritorious conduct
in battle. His wounds have never
healed, and at times are very painful.
He was appointed to a cadetship at West
Point. but on account of his wounds
ould not accept the app ointment.