The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-09-22
Scenes at the Great Encampment In
Washington Yesterday.
AMERICAS NOBLE HEROES
Parade of the Sons OF Veterans
and a Display by Naval
Forces-Reports of
Officers.

and we're vloriousIy apolauded, Commits
sioner Douglas for the District of Columbia
read an address of welcome. and General
| Palmer made nm ,nnronr,at, rcp,y. After
| tho rcport of the comm,ttcc ON credentials
had been received. General Palmer made
his annual address.
Follouinr is a synonsis of ,hc adJres. of
! hicf Palmer of tho G., A.
X. to-day. A large norton o. the address
was directed 10 pntrio,ic "reminiscences of
| ,hp war and m,morics th,, sccpc. nround
| Washington recalled 10 thr veterans. The
race question which has tiisrup,cd tho G..
A. II. organizations in Mississippi and
Louisiana was reviewed at great length,
tho commander explaining how hc was
| forced ,o ignore tb. rights of the dcpart-
ment of those states 10 surrender their
charter and 10 insist that colorcd posts
| Nos. q 10 II mus, be recoyni,cd. After COM
mentipp on the series of resolutions pub-
lisbed by the recalcitraut and ,nsubdor,ii-
| nate posts. he concluded: "Iu dealing
with the subject was not act,,a,ed by uu-
kind thoughts toward n single member OF
the tlepattmeut. II was known there were
disin,erratine forces al work, which the
national encampment concluded IL was
| time 10 arrest, and i'm the discharge Of tho
duty incumbent upon me under my oath,
did Il without n feeling of fear or prej-
dicc.- The passage in congress of tho dis
ability pcpsion hill was warmly COM
mepdcd. and IL WAS urged that the stat
utcs 20 protect the rights OF the veterans
~ the late war in civil service bc more
rigidlly enforced,
THE report of Adiu,ent General Fred
Phistercr followed the address of the COM
mand.r-ip.cbief. THIS report shaved there
was a pain of 80 in The number of new
pos,s durug tho mast year. A -irniilcan,
and pa,betic sentence of this rcport Is the
followiup. "prnctic,lly il may be said
that tho membership Of the &. A. X. is
| nou, nj its bigh,s, poin,. n no Doubt will
remain about stationary for a few years
to come. when. necessarily. IL must de-
crease. and the decrease will be rapid"
The only interesting feature of the
afternoon scssiou WA. the selection of In.
sliauauolis as the place for the next en-
cewrn,cn,. Lincoln deciding 10 make no
contest. MANY resolutions and commune
cations we're referred 10 the committee on
resolutions. A special committc. was ap-
pointed 10 pass upon the reports. The re-
port of the committee on pensions was
adop,ed. which was included in that Of
the ndiu,ant general. and contained no
new feature of interest. Adjourned until
Tomorrow,
B.F. Stevenson. surgeon general of the
G.. r.. IN his annual rport complains
thai MANY pos,s have failed 60 make auv
sanitary and uor,uory returns. So the
stati,,ics on these matters is yery incom.
picte. According 70 toCommissioncr Raum.
M the close of tho fiscal wear, there
vcro s,s.o7s pen.iouers on tho rolls
and appropriations aggregated Slss..
I3a ss-. In addition 10 these vast
expenditures. the annual appropriation
Tor tho numerous rovernu.n, homes was
a. c,o sio T,or. .ro ,I.o ia ,,n,,rpm.,,
~ "o ~. '.''
cciha'er''s n.P' UP ~ s",'I,''' "lf,o,
priations' lhese appropriations, says 'ne