The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-21
PASSING AWAY.

ment q. A. R.-The Old Veterans Rapidly
Being Mustered Out-Next Meeting at
Louisville.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. lathe sna-
tional encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic opened yesterday in
the new Grand opera house. Com.
mander-in.C Adams called the del
egates to order after the speakers had
withdrawn The credentials of the
delegates had been examined and the
annual reports of the national officers
were taken up and read.
Commander-in-Chief Adams in his
address declared that one year ago
there were in good standing 397, 223
members and that there had been
gained during the year, by muster in,
16, 75o; by transfer, 1854; by reinstate-
ment from delinquent reports, 2,519-
a total gain of 80, Gel, making the ag-
gregate 436, ss4. There had been lost
by death, 1888; by honorable dis
charge, 1,756; by transfer, 1872; by
suspension. 4,sOS; by dishonorable dis
charge, 154; by delinquent reports,
1861; total of 67,sO1. The
number remaining in good standing
June 80, 1894, was 369,Os4. OF these
figures he said: These figures show
that the G. A. r. has reached the be-
ginning of the end, and each succeed
ing year will show a 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
it 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 s2O3, $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 F. Mech, adju-
5ant-general, shows a decrease of AGO
posts during the past year. For char
ity in the six months ended Decem Der
81, 1898, 500, 4S6. O3 was expended. and
for the six months ended June 80. 1894,
SOB, 294. OF, a total for the year of S2O3,-
7sO.1O The acknowledgement points
out that the rules of the order should
be lived up to, and says that if 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 S1,61S, 1879, besides which they
have n general fund aggregating $685.
G51. 16 and relief funds aggregating
S449. 045.5S.
The chaplain chief quoted from the
reports of the twenty-seven depart
ments the following statistics: Number
of soldiers and sailors graves decorated
by posts, 232. 35S; number of soldiers
and sailors buried during the year end
lots owned by posts, 532; 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 part in the exercises, 1S2, 106.
The following general financial state
ment is made by the quartermaster
general: Balances on hand September
S. 1S93-general funds, 5000. OF; Grant
manument fund. SS.51s62: flag fund,
S714.95; received from saloon supplies,
50, 77S IS; per capita tax, S9,446. 20; in
terest on United States bonds, $500; in
terest on deposits, SlO1.6s; interest on
Grant monument fund, S154.S0; con-
tributions to flag fund, S1,012. OF;
contributions to Sherman monu-
ment fund. S2O4.5O: total to be ac-
counted for, S36.651.25. Expenditures
supplies, S1.3S7.27; travelling eX-
penses, Sl,673.15; salaries. S3s3S 76:
postage and incidentals, S5.6S5.92: flag
fund. 81 ,496. Ga; Grant monument fund,
s., 900: total, S23, OS1.74. Balance on
hand, S13, 569. 81, to be credited as fol-
lows: To general fund, S7,4O1. %;
Grant monument fund, S5,133. ~; flag
fund, $3.50. 81; Sherman monument fund,
S204. so.
The organization has SIG, 900 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, STA %;
received from Mrs. Armilla A. Cheney,
national treasurer of the w. K. c.,
SOL. 90: received from members and
726. 81; expenditures during the year,
81, 1896 "a; cash balance on hand in addi-
ton to Isis flags, S23O33.
Louisville, Ky, was selected as the
next place of meeting.
woMEN's RELIEF CORPS FIGURES.
The Women's Relief corps held it's
first session this morning. The ma
tional president, Mrs. Sarah &. Mink,
in her report said the movement to OBJ
tain pensions for army nurses had been
pushed during the year, and referred
to work in securing general observ-
ance of Memorial day. The report of
the national secretary, Mrs. Sarah E.
Phillips, shows: Number of corps,
2,63s; amount expended for relief dur
ing the year, S64, ISL. So. amount turned
over to posts, $50. 1S1.11: amount
expended for Memorial day, S13,-
S2L37; amount expended for w.
L. c. home, S5,S24.s1; distributed TO
army nurses not in the home. $3.50; ex-
pended in pension work, S259.6S; ex-
pended in relief from the national re-
lief fund, $50; total cash expenditures,
S114, S45.16: amount of relief other than
money, $50, 1910: total expenditures
during the year, S170, 5S4.26: total
amount of relief since organization,
81. 103, 560.25. The national chaplain
reported 300. 100 soldiers graves decorat-
ed May 80, 1894, at cost of So, 654.72.
Made the Trip Safely.