The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-09-14
MUSTERED OUT.
Close cf the G. A. R. Encsmpment-Re lutions In Regard to Pensions-Woman's Relief Corps Officers.

Close ct the G. A. K. Encampment-Reso-
 lutions In Regard to Pensions-Woman's
 Relief Corps Officers.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 8. Tho national bodies of the G. A. R. resumed business sessions. The rapidity with which business YVES transacted almost took some of the delegates off their feet. The selection of officers and place of next encampment was generally ex- pected to take place yesterday.
 The committee on pensions present. ed very lengthy report Regarding the disability act of June. 1890, the re- port says:
 This act was accepted by the surviving sol. diers and by the people in general a settle. ment of the question. Under the administra- tion of that law the poor-house gave up it's veterans; ho who had borne the battle was cared tor and thus the sacred trust accepted and left as legacy to tho nation was faithfully administered
 Within a few months we hear with profound sorrow and regret that all this must bs changed that the construction of the law has been changed, and the regula tiors and rules in regard to proof and ratings under which moro than 900 900 claims have been allowed and paid have been revoked, and another construction of the law has been established and new reguls- uons for proof and ratings less favorable to claimants, have been adopted that board of revision has been organized in the pension ofhce, charged with tho duty of revising all these adjudicated claims in accordance with this new cons nstruction aad such changed regu. lations as 10 proof and ratings. Under these changes thou sands of pensions have been sus- pended with out notice. and thousands Of pen- sioners have been dropped from tho rolls.
 To emphasize the viciousness of the situation and accusation, we learn that it is said as .t.- l. --l.- ssf. A sI..s any of the pensioners SD summarty suspended or dropped will be able to preve that they arc still entitled to tho pens ions of which they havo been deprived" thus saying in no uncertain voice that the burden is not upon the party alleging fraud, but that the government which they had preserved shall first brand with in- fanny by the charge then sentence and, after the stigma had been effective, then oonoede to them, whose barriers aud support of character have been thus undermined the pitiful privi- lege of moving for a new trial upon the ground of newly discovered evidence
 The committee also reported the fol- lowing resolution:
 Resolved, That, as ths commissioner of pen- sions, by his recent withdrawals of the obnox- ious rulings which have been so generally con. demned, has virtually acknowledged the incor- rectness of of such rulings, we deem it his duty to at once restore to the rolls the th orsands of pensioners now standing illegally suspended
 The report was unanimously adopted.
 In the afternoon the encampment in- structed the comnander-in-c chief to carry the question of the legality of the suspension of pensions up to the supreme court of the United States.
 The national council of administra- tion was elected as follows:
 Arizona, IL B Lighthiz Oregon, s. R. Fl Nnr~ood. Louisiana and Mississippi, R B, Baquie; Maryland W. J. King; Wisconsin, George L. Thomas Missouri s M. Sterrit; Washing ton and Alaska, H A. Bigelow; Georgia and South Carolina, Harry, Burns; Maine J. B Nagle; West Virginia, U. R King New Hampshire s. M Brown; Ne brSska, Charles E. Burmaster; Ohio, R H. Cochran; Michigan George H Hopkins; New Mexico B. A. Knowles; New York, Nicholas W. Day; Iowa, J. W. Lindt; Dela- ware, A s. Nudins; Arkansas A D. Thomas; New Jersey, George E. Martin; Kentucky, A J. Thorpe; Potomac, Lyman B. Cutler; Con necticut c. D. Bates; Vermont S. w. Park hurst; South Dakota, ". L. Farmer: Massa l chusetts, William M Oin: Kansas, F P. Har- ris Texas, Alexander Brown; Idaho, w. A. Dodge; Virginia and North Carolina, Danial | Thompson; Colorado, J, G. Fleming Illinois, H s Dietrich: Alabama A N Ballard; Penn sylvania, A. P Burchfeld; Indiana, c. J. Murphy; California, c J. Fuller; Florida, F. c. Purcell: Utah. Rev. D. c, Bliss
 At the meeting of the Women's Re- lief corps the following officers were elected and installed: President, Mrs. A. J. Wethers, of Minnesota; senior vice president, Mrs. Taylor, of Ohio; junior vice president, Mrs. N. F. Ander- son, of California;; treasurer, Mrs. Cor don, of Kansas; counselor, Mrs c. V. Sheriff, of Pennsylvania.
 The convention passed resolutions de- nouncing Hoke Smith for dropping pensioners from the roll and demand ing that the administration was justi- fled in putting every federal soldier who served this government in putting down the rebellion upon the pension roll rather than to find some frivolous excuse for rejecting their claims for pensions.
 The committee or. resolutions made many recommendations. The memorial and resolution that the pay of soldiers in the late war be made up to the gold basis by congress was laid on the table. The resolution asking that veterans be given the preference in public service was adopted, as was also the memorial asking the Grand Army to hold services on Washington's birthday. The com- mittee voted to not sustain the c. s. Cole post of Illinois from the depart ment decision that the Grand Army can not collect debts from members.