The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-20
Thu GRAND ARMY'S CHOICE.
The Georgia and South Carolina
Department FaTOTS Atlanta.

v,,isville the Second Choice for the
national Eneampment in 1895
-,-orade watson of Atlanta, Elected
Department Commander and Com
ode Gillespie of Savannah, Vice
r.nnaader of Georgia and South
Carolina.
r,s annual encampment of the depart
--.r- of Georgia and South Carolina of
.l. Grand Army of the Republic was
tsd in savannah yesterday. The ses-
IONS were held in the rooms of Hancock
ro.- I'M the knights of Pythias building,
and convened at 10 o'clock. Department
commander Thomas +. Gleason was in
,-,..rrand. Forty-five delegates and
o5-.ers were present. The roll-cau
stagre9 the following officers present:
rhomas Z. Gleason, department com
nanter.
isaac Beckett, judge advocate general.
william Pease, chaplain.
8 F. b. Gillespie, assistant quarter
master general
T. p. Averill, acting assistant adjutant
general.
s,lvanus Lumpkin chief mastering
oaocr
his annual report. II showed that the
ArfcrsOnville prison property Is now free
from debt and belongs to the department.
me condition of the department is not as
satisfactory as could be wished. The
oath rate has been heavy this year,
The loss of membership from this cause
baiug greater than for any previous year.
The commander called attention to the
fart that while the charter of James
q BECKER Post No. II, of Charleston,
has been revoked, the post is in open re-
b,.I;0n. continuing to hold meetings and
refusing to give up its charter
The report Of Assistant Quartermaster
General Gillespie showed receipts of
S6S, ~, and expenditures of S4l2SS dur
in the year.
THE NEW OFFICERS.
The following officers were unanimously
elected for the ensuing year:
Department Communications G.
S Watson, of O. NJ. Mitchell Post No. /,
OF Atlanta.
Senior Vice Department Commander
S +. B. Gillispie, of w. S. Hancock Post
No 3. of Savannah.
Junior Vice Department Commander
Comradc George f. Schwarz, of Augusta,
post No. .
Medical Director-Co mrade S. c. Nor
ley. of o. NJ. Mitchell post of Atlanta.
CEaplain-COmrade William PeaSe of
W - Hancock post, of Savannah.
Council of Administration - w. M.
Scott of post No. l Richard Washington,
OF post No. 9; Sylvanus Lumpkin, of post
No. AarJln CooIey' OF posi- NO d; D. "
Ladq,, OF post no. Z. - ~ ,,..-,-,,--.
d. H. IhlOeaeau, OF ~. ", NIltcheI posi-
was elecleu uIIcsdte " VLiS la,lUual en-
Cdll.lILeut It lIISUu IoJ4 hibernate,
L. IS. Nelson, OF .. NJ. mitchell post.
The officers elected were duly installed
hi. Past DpDaTtmpnt Commander A F.
ATLANTA FOR THE ENCAMPMENT'
rosoIo+ion vvas naeeed favorino At.
1or+, ~ +1,,o fp,. 10 notiars1 an
4"Al' "s OLe pldCe loI Inc H tJdc ne Gu
action was somewhat of a surprise hut
the Atlanta delegates stated that they
would be murdered when they got back
to Atlanta if hey did not get the endorse
ment of the encampment, and not being
willing TO lose such valuable members
the endorsement was given. Louisville
was favored as second choice.
he place for holding the next depart
partment encampment will be selected by
the council OF administration.
Shortly after the meeting adjourned a
bdnG CoIoEed comrade from Virginia was
introduced; The blind comrade had sew
eral hundred copies OF Marching
through Georgia to sell. he began to
sing lne song and soon every member OF
l1e order IN the room was assisting him.
Tie sold nearly all OF the copies OF the
song ne hdd.
NomraGe Watson, OF Atlanta, was notl-