The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-05
THE GRAND ARMY.
Chief Topic of Discussion Is Who Will Be
Commander-in-Chief.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.-The election
of commander-in-chief is the leading
topic of discussion among veterans Of the
Grand Army assembled here. The
choice is thought to lie between Captain
j. G. B. Adams Mars and Major Charles
P. Lincoln of the department of the Po-
tomac, though number of others are
spoken of, including Postmaster Sexton
of Chicago.
The annual session of naval veterans
was called to order this morning with a
large attendance. After roll call Admiral
Edison delivered the annual address.
| The Citizens executive board gave
reception to the G.. A. r. and invited
guests at Tomlinson's hall tonight, about
5000 people being present. Prominent
| speakers were ex-PreSident Harrison and
Commander in-Chief Weissert. When
General Harrison arose to speak he was
greeted with a tremendous outburst of
applause. He spoke in words of welcome
to the Grand Army and said:
81 look into the faces of men tonight
VINO have shed their blood and lost their
limbs and walked among us manned and
dismembered in order that our
country might be untarnished. Can
it be possible that while the survivors
OF the great struggle are still with
us, while they walk our streets, genera
ton has come on forgetful OF their great
achievements? Has the mother of avar-
ice, canker of greed, so entered into the
| hearts of this generation that they are
unmindful of these men? God Forbid
The American soldier of the civil war,
said General Harrison. has not been
| greedy. He was not tempted to service
| by his monthly stipend. The men who
went to the front were not impelled by
sordid purposes, and when the war was
over their thought was not of dependence
upon the government, but upon their
own right arm. Every boy who had been
spared in the struggle was anxious
to be again at the pillow, at the shop,
in the Office, to take up again the work
he had laid down that his country might
| live. AS long as God gave him strength
of arm he fought and eat the bread OF in
| dependence. Only when he became
veteran of time did he turn hopeful eye
toward the government for relief.
The Grand Army has rightfulIy claimed
that men who fell by the way in the bat
| tie of life from disease or advancing years
| and lost capacity to maintain themselves
should be cared for by the nation they
saved, and not be dependent upon the
| township poor farm. When Congress, in
generous recognition of the rightful
! claims of soldiers, has passed a law for
his benefit, we may and will demand that
it be beneficially construed in his behalf.
| 1t is familiar maxim of law that reme-
dial legislation is to have favorable inter
pretations in the interest of the evils to
be remedied. Secondly, we may and do
insist that in the administration of law
soldiers integrity and honor shall not be
wantonly impeached. iCheers. He will
not ask that man who have fraudu-
lently obtained place upon pension rolls
shall remain there. He will ask that other
familiar maxim of law, that fraud is to be
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piled to the soldier. Great applause.
This is general principle, and as can't
go into details, must, think, be accept
able to every right thinking, patriotic
man.
Admiral Osborn, in the course of his
address, referred feelingly to the shortage
Of ex-Treasurer Fortier of Buffalo and his
removal from Office. The executive COM
mittee's report for the year was sub
mitted by Captain Sears of Baltimore,
showing general interest in the opera
tions of the order and the increase in
membership. Rear Admiral Osborn was
| then reelected, receiving 80 votes against
q for Commodore Allen.
At a large meeting at Camp Wilder
in the afternoon ex-President Harrison
addressed his old comrades He spoke
of struggles and trials OF soldiers In the
war and said ii there is any man here who
does not love union veteran he does not
belong to Indiana. You will go back,
said he, from this meeting to pick up the
duties of your citizenship with higher
sense OF those duties, OF the glory of this
flag than you had before you came here
to mingle with those comrades, to listen
to those stirring songs and stir other re-
membranes of those bloody days
Trains have been much delayed today
and tonight getting into the union depot,
and the rush is still undated. 1t is get
ting to be serious question about ac-
commodations for the largest host that
Indianapolis ever tried to entertain.
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