Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-09-20

Financial Condition OF tho q. A. r.
womanN Relief Corps.
PITTsBUReH, Pa, Sept. lathe ma
tional encampment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic opened yesterday in
the new Grand opera house. Com
mander-in-Chief Adams called the del
egates to order after the speakers lad
withdrawn. The credentials of the
delegates had been examined and the
annual reports Of the national officers
were taken up and read.
Commander-in-Chie Adams in his
address declared that one year ago
there were in good standing S97, ,22s
members and that there had been
gained during the year, by muster in,
i6,752; by transfer, 0,354; by reinstate-
ment from delinquent reports, 2,5i9--
a total gain of 80, 661, making the ag-
gregate 436, ssl. There had been lost
by death, 7,2s3; by honorable dis
charge, 1850; by trausfer, 7,132; by
suspension. 4,s0s; by dishonorable dis
charge, 154; by delinquent reports,
1851; a total Of 67,S01. The
number remaining in good standing
June 80 1894, was 369,0s4. OF these
figures he said: "These figures show
that the q. A. II. has reached the be-
ginning of the end, and each succeed
ing year will show gradual decrease
in our membership. The long contin-
ued depression In business has caused
many suspensions, and these we hope
to regain when prosperity returns, but
ID will be impossible for us TO recruit
our ranks as fast as our members are
mustered out by death. During the
year the Grand Army has not forgotten
the great work of charity and has ex-
expended s903. $50. 10 for relief While
It has lost in membership, the interest
in the order has not abated, but has
grown stronger"
The report of James +. Mech, adju-
tant-general, shows a decrease of 400
posts during the past year. For char
ity in the six months ended December
81, 1898, slOO, ,4s6.O8 was expended, and
for the six months ended June 80, 1894,
sl03, 29L07, a total for the year of s2O3,-
7s0.lO The adjutant-general points
out that the rules of the order should
be lived up TO, and says that IL this
were done there would be no delin-
quent comrades, posts or departments.
The inspector-general says of the
posts organized in Honolulu that nearly
every member is in the army of the re-
public of Hawaii. The posts of the
order in America own property valued
at s1,6ls, 1878, besides which they
have a general fund aggregating $685.
651.i6 and relief funds aggregating
$40, ,Oi5.55.
The chaplain chief quoted from the
reports OF the twenty-seven depart
ments the following statistics: Number
of fsoldiers' aud sailors graves decorated
by posts, 2s9, ,35s; number of soldiers
and sailors buried during the year end
ed last Memorial day, 4,622; cemetery
lots owned by posts, 539; number of
soldiers and sailors buried in potters'
fields, 752; unmarked by proper head
stones, 1929; number of posts holding
Sunday memorial service, 2,225; num-
Der of posts holding Memorial day
exercises, 2,232; number of comrades
who took par in the exercises, 1872 1O6
The lowing general financial state
ment is made by the quartermaster
general: Balances on hand September
S, ls93-general funds. So, ,O69. OF; Grant
manument fund, ss,57s.62; flag fund,
s7l4.95; received from saloon supplies,
s9,77sss; per capita tax, 50, ,446. 20; in
terest on United States bonds, $500; in
terest on deposits, slOl. 6s; interest on
Grant monument fund, s154.sO; con-
tributions TO flag fund, s1,0l2,O ,O2;
contributions 10 Sherman monu-
ment fund, s9O45O; total to be ac-
counted for, s36,65l.25. Expenditures
supplies, s7.3s7.27; travelling ex-
penses, s1,673.15: salaries, So. s3s 76;
postage and incidentals, s5,6si.92; flag
fund, 81, 496. o.; Grant monument fund,
5000; total, s23,Os174. Balance on
hand, sl3, ,569. 81, 10 be credited as fol-
lows: To general fund, s7,4Ol. 26;
Grant m0nnment fund, s5,73a42; flag
fund, $3.50. 80; sherman monument fund.
s2O4.5a.
The organization has SID, 600 invested
in United States bonds, per cent, due
1907. The condition of the flag fund
from which TO furnish flags for union
graves in southern cemeteries is as fol-
lows: Balance from last report, s7lA05;
received from Mrs. Armilla A. Cheney,
national treasurer of the W. r. c.,
S761.9O; received from members and
posts Of the G.. A. r., sl08.O5; total, ST.
fe6or; expenditures during the year,
81, 400. Ga; cash balance on hand in addi-
tion to "a, SIS flags, s23O.33.