The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-20

mortal day, Si8, se7. 81; amount expended
Tor ". K. c. home. s., s24. 81: tistributed
10 army nurses not in home, $3.50: ex.
Pcnucd IN pension work. $3.50. Gs; ex-
pended IN relief from national ~eliei
luhc, $50; total cash expenditures,
Sll4,S43 lG; amount of relief other than
money, S53, 7So. 10; tota! amounts Of s:.
penditures during The year. sl7o, 5s4. &C.
TOTAL amount OF relief since organize
ION 3l,0l",55J.2 The national chap
iair reported 290, 1915 SELLERS or;.v.s
decorated Nay so, 1897, ct cost Of
81, GJ..72.
rrfTsHrEo, Sept. 14.-I;rcalsing all
previous records in beginning and end
ing ITS business within two days, the
'"eniy-eighth national encainpnlcnt of
inc urand Army OF the Republic ad-
]ourned siae die last night. A year
rom next Monday the boys in blue.
crossing Mason and Dixon's line for The
nrst time in the history of the order
Will 1raternize with their opponents of
the sixties, andthus make visible dem
ohSIrat!on OF the oft-repeatec assertion
mat there is 10 longer north or q
south but ore country, free and undi-
vided.
In one OF the most heated contests In
the history % the order, Col. Thomas
u. Lawlcr, Of Rockford, H., was
elected ccmmandcr-in-chicf of the
Urand Army Of the Republic, defeating
us onl y opponent, Col. l. n. Walker,
OF indianapolis, by the narrow major
ity OF II in a total of Gao. LAWYERS
election marks the downfall of the
pennsylvania and eastern clement that
has long been all-powerful in the high
councils and control of the order.
The western and southern delegates
voted solidly for Lawlcr. He was near
~ forty ahead when the calling Of the
roll Of department delegates was con-
cludcd. bnt fwenty-nine votes from the
officers and council of administration
went to his opponent, and the Rockford
veteran was literally pulled through BY
the skin of his teeth.
The other officers elected by the en-
campmcnt we're: Senior vice command
er, MAJ. A. l.. Burchfic]d. of Titt5burg:
junior vice commander, Charles II.
Schultz, New Orleans; surgeon general,
0. I. Weeks Marion, o.. chaplanin-
ciief. Rev. 7. II. lIagge-tv, st. Louis.
The council Of administration was
chosen as follows: Utah. c. o. Farms
worth; California, f. r. Maclsmcr
Vermont, Ebene2cr ]. Ormsbce: Viz
ginia and North Carolina. Augustus
lager: Souti. Dakota, Charles II. %hcl-
don: Delaware. Charles Ieerbcy; Ohio,
Il. Ii. Cochran: Mississippi. 7. N. Stcr-
rett: Nebraska, J. +. nechcr: New
Jersey. Emanuel Sano!s: Rhode Island,
Charles Z. Barbour; New Ycri., David
$. brown: Michigan, Gco~gc II. Hop
kins; New Mexico, Smith Il. Sampson;
Minnesota Albert Schcffcr: Pennsyl-
v;,:l:a, Charles ". Gerwig: Washington,
c. II. Holmes; Tennessee, w. Ii. Eeazcy;
Arkansas, a. 4. Thomas; iowa, Albert
". :5walin; Indian Territory. Robert W.
Hill; Potomac q. VI. Hustled: West Vir-
ginia, T. H. Duva!; Georgia, Joseph H.
ThibaGcau Kansas, O. II. Coulter: Ken
lucky, Charles W. lIcrdman Alabama,
G.. H. Patrick: Wisconsin, O. ". Carl
son: Illinois, Il. s. Dietrich; Connccti-
cut. Courtluni :. barrow; Arizona, II.
G. SAVAGE; Indiana, w H. armstrong;
Maly,a3d. Dr. Hugh ~. ManGhlin:
Massachusetts. 4. NJ. Sticl1ncy: New
Hampshire, San \. Brown
Nearly half an hour was occupied in
reading thc reports Of the committee
on resolutions and which dealt with
more tl.an score OF subjectn Hearty
applause 2rcotod the 7eso("tioc direct
i:ls The incoming commarder-in-cAicf
TO eniravor 10 secure the reinstatement
ofsScl comrades as may have been I'M
i,,a.}, discharged from government
service. and also 20 protect such reter-
ans rs yet remain in Office. y rider
20 .!,is resolution the following was
al. o Carried, "rail vocifcroHs SaoatS:
1rr.: TIE Grad army OF the Republic, in
tl,cnty-aighth national cncainrlncit assem-
5lel r"s rec,iuliy requests the president VI me
..t. a:4tcs 70 S:.2 au executive o'"cr 10
m :.c.,ls c, ;tc scvo-al departments Of thc
,,o,e mn. y, a?G through them 20 IL suboldi-
y. tcS hayi2@ the power OF appointment. en-
.,,,y.,nco, ard rc.cntior OF persons il The pub
i. ..a.y;ca rat DAG cCn Slicr&t:o1 he Givcn TO
cans cf veterans Of the var. nnd thai in
lotioi m, n spirit any laws in reference thorc-
t..".,;t,.l, ave them preference be faithfully
carried OIL.
REPRESENTATIVES, Of the Big -Four,
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
penosylvania railroads appeared be-
fore the cncampmcnt and pledged a
raft. Of one cent a mile for the gather
;nc of next year This concluded tho
legislative business. The incoming
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and subordinate
officers we're formally installed with
tho usual ceremonies and shortly after
so,loc), with three cheers ana tiger
for ,itts5urg and it's people, the en-
camDnent came to an end.
Co,nnander-in-Chief Lawler issued
the following general order No. l last
r;oht. Having been elected and IN
s.71ia1 as conmander-in-c}ief OF the
C1.and Army of the Republic for the
ensuing wear, hereby assume com.
mana With profound appreciation OF
the responsibilities Of the Office Com
radc C. c. Jones. of Rockford, H. IS
hereby appointed adjutant general ana an,
ro,,,.,1e J. w. Burst, of Sycamore, III,
ovartcrnaster general, and they Will
he o5evei accordingly. lIeadauarters
arc hereby established at ''ochlofn,
I'LL All official communications should Il
be addressed to the adjutant genera a. !.
This afternoon the Womens kelicl
GO. elected the following officers
,,.;+!,ont much friction: President. Mrs.
was, p A. Wallace, of Chicago; senior
vice president, Mrs Helen r. Mofrlson'
srri,hnort, Pa; junior vice president
49,. Il;zz;e r. Hcrrick, Seattle, WASH