The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-09-19

COL. THOMAS G. LAWLER
The final division was composed Of
the posts of the department of Penn
sylvania. They comprised more than
one-third of the total in line and were
the redeeming feature of the parade.
There were battle flags by the score,
miniature cannon, relics of the war of
1912, infantile zouaves, precocious regi-
mental daughters and other light fea-
lures that caught the crowd. Delays
were numerous, and although there
were less than 10000 men in line, near
ly four hours were occupied in passing
a given point. The column was re-
viewed by Commander-in- Chief Adams,
Gov. Mckinley, Gov. Pattison, Gen.
Daniel Sickles, Corporal Tanner and
the state and city officials.
The national convention of naval
veterans have chosen the following
officers: Will G. Atkins, Cincinnati,
commodore; George c. Ireland, Brook
lyn, captain; G. w. Shaw, GAINESVILLE,
O., commander: Joseph j. Gilman, Bos-
ton, lieutenant commander.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 13.-The delegates
to the national encampment beat the
record yesterday. They started out to
transact a maximum of business in
minimum of time and they well sue
oeeded. Just as soon as the welcom-
ing exercises had been disposed of and
before the doors were closed upon the
non-veterans, Henry Watterson was in
troduced to present the plea Of Louis
vile for. the next encampment. The
sllver-tongued orator was in his best
mood. Before his peroration had been
reached the success of the leading city
of the Blue Grass state was assured and
the orator retired amid such an ovation
as national encampment has rarely
bestowed even upon one of It's favorite
sons.
Close attention was paid by the dele
gates to the report OF the commander
in-chief and the frequent references
that it contained to the attitude of the
congress and of the people of the south
toward Union soldiers and patriotic
movements originating in the north
were heartily applauded.
The semi-sensational report Of the
committee on legislation was submit
ted by distribution in printed form and
consequently failed to evoke any dem
onstration. When the report of the
committee on pensions was reached,
however, cheers punotuated every par
agraph. 1t was in part as follows:
"We feel compelled to say that there
is evidently on the part of both the ad-
ministrative and Legislative depart
ments feeling Of hostility to our
worthy and suffering comrades, the
wards of the nation, who bore the heat
and burden of the battle, feeling
which certainly should not exist in
country saved by their devotion.
while the Grand Army Of the Re-
public is pledged to purity in public
affairs, and will, therefore, sympathize
and cooperate with any and all proper
efforts at economy to the end that all
public business may be reduced to the
minimum, we view with extreme re-
grets that false economy which shaves
and pares to the quick at the expense
OF honor, justice and patriotism.
1--WE are confident that the loyal sem
timents of the country will condemn
policy that attempts to recuperate the
public treasury at the expense largely
of the slender purses of our disabled
heroes, widows and orphans"
The adoption of the report was
moved and seconded by dozen voices
from the body of the house and adopted
with shout Again the order of busi-
ness recurred to the location of the
next encampment and the invitation OF
st. Paul was presented In eloquent ad-
dresses by ex-Commander- Chief
Judge Rea and Col. J. N. Davidson. But
an overwhelming majority Of the dele
gates were still under the spell Of the
star-eyed goddess and when the ques-
tion was put, the viva voce vote in IA
vor Of Louisville was 80 overwhelming
that the opposition, instead Of demand
ing \ call Of the roll, bowed acquiescence
and gracefully retired from the field.
Upon the call Of departments for
nominations for commander-in-chief,
Coils. Ivan N. Walker, of Indiana, and
Thomas G. Lawler, of Illinois, were
named in eulogistic speeches. The
election was made special order for
noon Thursday and the encampmens
adjourned.
Eight hundred delegates and visitors
participated in the opening sessions of
the twelfth annual convention of the
Women's Relief Corps, which were
held in the First Baptist church. The
report of the national secretary, Mrs.
Sarah 4. Phillips, of Syracuse, N. Y,
showed the total membership to be
lS9,oS1, gain Of 4,751 over last years
report; number of corps 1885, amount
expended for relief during the year
S64, l5150; amount turned over TO posts,
$50, 1911; amount expended for Me-
mortal day, Sl3, S27.S7; amount expended