New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-07
GRAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL ENCAMP-
MENT AT INDIANAPOLIS.
THE OLD SOLDIERS WILL MEET IN ONE MONTH
A NEW RULE FOR THE ADMITTANCE OF
MEMBERS PROpOSED-VARIOUS
ITEMS OLE INTEREST.

MEMBERS PROPOSED-VARIOUS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Tn less than month from today the delegates
chosen to take part in :he Twcniy-Seventh Natohai
Encampment and thousands CT other comrades VIII
have assembled at indianapolis, the city which wit
nesssd the birth OF tn. Grand Army OF the RepuOhc
as National organization or November ~ io""'
Commander in Chief y. WeiSS"rt. In "eheral
Orders NO. H. just issued, d. ccts that the Grand
Army delegates and Others entitled TO enter the EN-
campmcnt shall meet in TCmlinson's Han nj 40 10
A. m September 8. 1898 The annual parade VIII
lake place on the day preceding. september D. at III
A. m. Directions TO the formation OF the coinmh
and the movement of the several niNlSlchS VIII DE-
given in future orders National aides-decanp VIII
report on arrival nj Indianapolis TO the senior AIDE
de-camp Colonel David r. Brown, OF New York, AT
the Denison Hotel. for instructions. Colonel Brown
will have charge Of the mounting and formation OF
the aids in the column, and VIII detail such as
sisants as may be necessary.
The Commander-in- Chief and personal stan VIII
arrive in the National headQual tiers train, which VIII
leave Milwaukee en- September 4, reaching lndiah-
apols at ; D. III. the same day. The National touhci
az Administration will meet at the state HOUSE,
where the National headquarters will be established
at D. IN. on september >. conference oil "ranu
Army chaplains will be held Wednesday, September
q at 10 80 a. m. in the Monroe County Courthouse
Room a. Railroad rates the National Commander
assures his comrades. will be low t1S tlHe aS at
any previous encampment. lie is also In the poSSeN
sion OF satisfactory information that the arI'hse"'"'s
being made for the entertainment of comrades ana
their friends at indianapolis by the general committee
Of citizens are judicious and ample. Indianapolis Is
within easy reach OF majority OF the sooier pop"
]ation OF the country. Every visitor VIII be care!
cared for, and large aSSemblage OF veterans anu
citizens is confidently expected. u
A new departure TO the admittancc OF hppii
cants for membership is 10 be proposed In the Nno,
bcdv at INDIANAPOLIS which will provoke much us
cussion. 1t is embodied in resolution VIII" n"'
been prepared by Past Commander l. IT, horonS'
OF W. s. Hancock Post, No. 239, OF tmS Guy, " u',
gate from this department., ard Will be offered by nun
in the National Encampmcnt. 1t proposes 10 IN 'io
wear 1895 as the date for refusing further apphcaoS
for membership after which the books OF the "r''h'
Army shall be closed, and no more cahuiua''H ~
tered in except in cases where dispehsa"on "
granted by the Department Commander OF uio O0"
mandcr-in Chief - J.. a.,
1hosa who favor such a radical amendment to the
constitution OF the order sustain the proposed measure
on the ground that during the thirty years WHICH
will have passed since the formation OF 'he "''iu
Army abundant opportunity has been allowed 10 al
who desire to become members. and 1t may De ool
cuded that those who then still on the OUTSIDE
have no intention of coming in. Careful eSuin''es
show that 100000 or 100000 men who served dur
ing the war for a greater or less term are not upon
the rolls. 1t is argued that If these men arc ilie
10 realize that they must become members "l'ihh 'le
next two years be barred perpetuaiH Hoi "u
mission and from the rights and privileges winch
pertain to Grand Army membership the great ma
iority OF the eligible will present their names NJ once
Some comrades believe that such an amendmht VIII
add more than 80 per cent to the total IN less 'iI
one year. 1890
The Commissioner OF Pensions has written letter
on the subject of purgng the pension rolls In when
no ,okos the gratifying admission that he does not
heleve that there are many veterans who are draw
ing pensions dishonesty. lie defends the recent
order suspcndng large number OF pensions aho"'u
under The Act of June -, 1880, saying mat ue
action was taken, not because Of any oscoVer'u Ut
snspectcd fraud on the part of the claimants, but
hocansa It was found that the Pension Bureau had,
nv the adoption rule for adudicauon'
allowed many pensions not authorized by Jaw iiis
has reference to ex-Assisant Secretary Busseys de-
cjslon which granted pensions on account OF us
abilities under the act named. But Commlssion'i
Iochren does not explain why he deemed 1t lawful
or right to suspend the pensions Of aged veterans
many OF whom are eighty years OF age, because
they had not shown that they were unable 10 gam
a snppC ri by manual labor Hereafter the bureau
will demand evidence OF the credibity oil WITNESSES W
adayits taken I'm cities of 10000 inhabitants or over
Comrade Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, and other founders
If tho Grand Army Mission in Canalst deeply regret
that they were unable TO provide the necessary cur
rency with which to cash the checks oil pensioners
receiving their quarterly payment last week. IL mas
been their custom TO do this ever since Inc mission
vantage TO those receiving PENSIONS for 1t kept them
from the degrading influences OF the barrooms whose
propretors have been in the habit OF caslling the
checks, expecting that the old soldiers would spenh
large percentage OF their income in what the liquor
leepers have to sell. Unfortunately, currency AT
SOB Der 81 900 premium owing to the financial up
beaval came high for the mission treasury TO lay
in "a stock The consequence was that the liquor
stores in The ncgborhood OF the United states Pension
Agency In CanaSt. have had things their own way
during the last few days, and have reaped an Old
time harvest. The mission people hope to make
different arrangements in time for the next pension
payment I'm November Colonel +. e. LovehId, Inc
United states Pension Agent also hopes to be able
10 cash pension checks at his Office hereafter.
Inquiries from all quarters pouring in upon
Past Commander John W. Werner. the organizer Of
the Union Benevolent Association connected with
Kersweil Post OF Flatbush, asking for Information as
10 the purposes Of the association and the success
the project is meeting with. In speaking about IL
yesterday, Comrade Werner said:
From present indications our society Is to become
n popular ore. The officers yet are but temporary
and in about two weeks expect 10 hold a large
meeting ana elect permanent officers. We are much
ged by the apparent interest our comrades In
The CITY are displaying in the matter. ard shall be
only happy 10 welcome all who can become
members"
II * expected that the law proposed, which was
presented at the last session of Congress but was not
acted mon. TO insure to veterans of the War of 1861
1863 who are properly qualified, the preference in
apnointn,ent 10 Office under the Government and re-
,e,tiop I'm nu,lic employ will receive strong in1orse
mort from the National Encampment. The bill WAS
drawn by Past Commander Joseph W. Kay, or
Brooklyn.