The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-22
Special to the REooRD-UN1oN.

| Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-At 1925 O'Clock
the Encampment was raped to order By
| Commander-in-Ch Chief Palmer.
! The Glee Club of Veterans sang a song
inviting the Encampmentt to Indianapolis
next year and were uproariously ap-
| plauded.
Commissioner Douglas of the District
of Columbia read an address of welcome,
and General Palmer made tasteful and
appropriate reply.
| After the report of the Committee on
| Credentials had been received General
| Palmer made his annual address.
| a large portion of the address was di-
| rected to patriotic "reminiscences of the
war, and many scenes around Washing
ton were recalled to the veterans. The
race question, which has disrupted the
! 6. A. X. organizations in Mississippi and
Louisiana, was reviewed at great length,
| the commander explaining how he was
| forced to ignore the right of the depart
ment in those States to surrender char
| ter, and to insist that colored Posts Nos.
| 8 to II must be recognized. After COM
menting on the series of resolutions pub
lished by the recalcitrant and insubor-
dInate retiring white posts, he concluded
| as follows:
I'm dealing with this subject I was not
| actuated by an unkInd thought toward q
| single member of the department.. It
| was known there were disintegrating
forces at work, which the National En-
| campment concluded it was time to ar
rest, and in the discharge Of the duty in
cumbent upon me, under my oath OF Of
| flee, did it without either feeling, fear
| or prejudice"
The passage by Congress of the DISABLE
| ity Pension bill was warmly commended,
and it was urged that the statutes to pro-
| tect the rights of veterans OF the late war
| IN CIVIL service be more rlgldly enforced.
The report OF Acknowledgement Fred
| Phisterer followed the address of the
Commander-in-C Chief. This report shows
there was gain OF 229 in the number of
new posts during the past year. A sig
| nifcant and most pathetic sentence of
! this report is the following: practically
| it may be said that the membership of
the @. A. K. is now at its highest point.
! 1t no doubt will remain stationary for
few years to come, when, necessarily, it
| must decrease ana the decrease will be
| rapid"
| The only interesting feature of this af-.
| ternoOn's session was the selection of In
! dianapols as the place of the next en-
| campment, Lincoln deciding to make no
! contest.
Many resolutions and communications
were referred to the Committee on Reso-
| lutiOnS.
The Surgeon General brought in re-
| port cOngratulating the q. a. Il. upon
! the increased efficiency of that bureau.
The report was adopted, as was the re-
| port OF the Committee on Pensions, which
was included in that of the Adjutant-
| General, and contained no feature Of in
terest.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
UNCOMFORTABLE REPORT.
B. F. Stevenson, Surgeon General of
the G. a. r., in his annual report, COM
plains that many posts failed to make
any sanitary and mortuary returns, so
| the statistics on these matters was very
| incomplete. According to Commissioner
| Raum, at the close of the fiscal year there
| were S76,07S pensioners on the rolls and
| the appropriations aggregated Sl39, 1872
| 3S7. In addition to these vast eXpend-
! ltureS, the annual appropriation for nu-
| merous Government homes was y, $685.
| $40. There We're also 173 Government
| cemeteries kept up by Government ap-
preparation. These appropriations, says
the report, seem large, but it adds:
''They should be thought of in reference
| to the grand, loving cause calling them
! into being-the preservation of the Gov
| eminent from overthrow. And who can
| place LOO nlRH al 6SIlnldL0 on IflaG
| achievement? 1t is absolutely beyond
monetary consideration"
| In this connection, the report makes a
| statement of the national resources,
| quoting Superintendent Porter of the
| Census Bureau to the effect that the
| absolute wealth of the United States may
| be estimated at $63, 64S, 900, 000, 600. \
| number of other reports were also made.
UNION VETERANS UNIONS.
! The Union Veterans Union, which has
| 10000 members, preceded the encamp-
! ment to-day with fine parade up Penn
| sylvania avenue. General Goder, Com
mander-in-Ch and a large staff,
| headed by Adjutant-General Street, rode
at the head of the procession. AT sub
| sequent meeting General Yoder deliy-
cred tho annual address, reviewing the
| progress of the order
General Green Clay Smith offered
resolutions, which were unanimously
| adopted, expressing sincere sympathy
| with Comrade Harrison because of the
serious illness of his wife, and a sincere
| prayer for her recovery.
| committee, of which ex-President
Hayes is member, was appointed to-
take measures for the establishment OF
an industrial home for veterans.
CORPS REUNION.
A number of corps reunions were held
during the day. On board the Kearsarge
it was Marine Corps Day. Captain Her
| bert YVinslow, son of Rear-AdmiraI
| Winslow, who commanded the Kear-
sarge when she fought the Alabama, de-
| livered an address.
| Vice-President Morton and Secretary
| Tracy visited the ship, and both made
| brief remarks, Secretary Tracy speaking
| OF the need of a strong navy.
NEW G. A. r. ORGANIZATION.
| Steps were taken to-day having in
! view the birth of new @. A. r. subord
nate organization, under the title of 1.-The
| Minute Men of '6l," to be composed of all
who entered the service under President
| Lincoln's call of April Is, 1861. Massa-
| chusetts has State association of this
| character, and in Wisconsin similar
| organization has started.
PRISONERS OF WAR.
| The Association of Ex-Prisoners OF
| War elected Marion Il. Henderson of this
/ CITY President The association is inter-
| ested in having Congress act upon a bill
! granting pensions of 81 a day to all ex-
| prisoners who were imprisoned over a
/ certain number of days. A committee
was appointed to consider the question
further
WILL SUPPORT wEISSoRT
WAsHIN GToN, Sept. 2l-The Pennsyl-
vania and New York delegates to the
National Encampment decided to-nighI
to vote as q unit for Captain Weissort OF
Wisconsin, candidate for Commander
in-Chief of the O.. A. r. This action, it il
asserted, will give Captain Weissort q
majority or the votes and the election.