The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-13

this head S2,6OO,OOO.
The report of the qual termaster gem
eral, John Taylor, shows receipts OF
S21, $40 and expenses s9,652; balance in
the treasury. s12, 1877. There remains in
the Grant monument fund SS,75S. An
itemized statement of contributions to
the following is given and summary
of amounts contributed in different
states; also the number Of flags issued
and where issued. The totals are:
Total Of contributions to flag fund,
81, 375. .OS; number of flags issued, 80, 1858.
The report of Surgeon General Will
liam c. Vile, M. D., shows the ranks OF
the Grand Army to be composed, as a
rule, of eas hardy and sturdy set OF men
as can be found anywhere, age and con-
dition taken into consideration" Con-
sumption, however, and grave lung
troubles seem to have good footing in
the ranks, which is due probably to the
exposure Of camp duty. He recon-
mends that home or hospital for the
treatment of these cases be erected by
the government in the long leaf pine
region Of the south.
Inspector General George l. Goodale
complains that department officers and
post commanders are derelict in enforc-
ing the rules of inspection, and conse-
quently In many cases there is nothing
to report to the inspector general This
derilection was due, partly, perhaps
to carelessness and partly to ineffective
ness Of the rules .
The encampment proper shows dis
position to rush through with its busi-
ness rapidly. The election OF officers
was brought up Wednesday afternoon
and the three following were elected,
practically without opposition: John
j. b. Adams, of Massachusetts,, COM
mander-in-chief; Col. /. n. Walker, OF
Indiana, senior vice commander, and
]. c. Bigger, of Texas, junior vice COM
mander.
THE NEW CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
j.. b. Adams, the new commander
in-chief, was born in 1871, and in 1851
enlisted In Maj. Ben Perley Poore''
rife battalion, which was the nucleus
of the Nineteenth Massachusetts regi
ment. He was promoted to captain fol
his valor. He participated in every
battle Of the Army of the Potomac, IL
which his regiment was engaged. A
Fredericksburg he saved the color
from capture after eight color-bearer
= had been killed He was captured il
1854 and held prisoner for nine months
, He has held several Offices OF trus
r since the close of the war and is nov
sergeant-at-arms OF the Common
/ wealth. He has always been active Il
the work OF the G. A. r. and has bee
; at the last twelve national encamT
ments as a delegate.
, THE woMEN's RELIEF CORPS.
= The seventh annual convention G
4 the leaders of the w. r. c. met to-day
A Mrs. Carrie V. Sheriff, OF Allegheny
i Pa, presided. She made an address
q The report shows that there is gai
:. Of two departments, ffty-two circle
n and an increase of $500 in membership
is The total membership Is over 1900
Is with l,5OO honorary members. Tf
q total relief granted during the year
r ss,7s7, with surplus of over $4,000
T. the treasures of the various depar
0, ments. Twenty-eight states and thi
10 teen departments are represente
,e every one of which Is in excellent co
IN dition. The treasurer reported as fc
O. lows: Total receipts, s4,10S24; tot
n. expenses, s9,476Ss; balance on han
In 81, 1,026S7.
OF INDIANAPOLIS, Sept Sat yesterdI
is mornings session OF the encampme
he the report Of the committee on pc
,ss sions, /. n. Walker, of lndianapol
be chairman; II. Z. Taintor, Hartfoi
cd Conn; J. w. Burst, Sycamore, ILL.,;
a r. Greene, Lecompton, Kan, and A.
er Warner, Cincinnati, was presented a
IT'S laid over temporarily for distribute
ial among the delegates.
II was 1880 before Chairman Walk
nd of the committee on pensions, put
of an appearance with his revised repo
10, his associates having been waterlogl
rts in the effort TO embody the substai
he of the thirty odd resolutions submit
to them. The report said that Line
I'M. declared II the duty of the nation
,lts care for those that had borne the B
hat tie and for their wives and orphans.
,en rehearsed the laws relating TO pensi
cd and continued TO say that with
the found sorrow and regret II had to
but port that all this provision for the
,uf. erans had been changed. Thousa
rcd OF pensions had been stopped with
trv. notice and thousands Of pension
ion dropped from the rolls. II had b
ves. claimed that an adjudication OF a
sion settled nothing; that the sc
o,,u tary OF the interior and commissic
y ~ of pensions were invested by law Y
IrIr absolute power over the pension
g.. and that II was within their legal
.,., M thority TO reopen and revise pens
'nvs allowed by their predecessors III
oars regulations adopted by them, when
von they see At TO change the rules OF
~ 10 donce and the scale Of ratings
In this In country Of law, whore,
go the very infancy Of the governm
vp" .nI" the United States by its organic la
,om. in terms denied the right TO der
ths any person Of property without
ovar process OF law.
a 40. The report concluded with seri
: "a resolutions declaring that the q
| for Army looked with solicitude and a
q 90 upon the action OF the administrs
IaI. in arbitrarily depriving the vetera
over an opportunity to be heard in def
Of the rights solemnly adjudged
aen. confirmed TO them; that II decl