The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12

A. II. Dixon, Dayton, ONO, ana d. >. Her.
bert of Springfield, Mass. The latter was
taken to the City Hospital, where his con-
dition is reported serious. The others re-
covered under treatment and left the
emergency hospitals during the day, with
the advice to take it easy fol the remainder
of the heated spell.
The opening of the encampment proper
was preceded tonight by campfire at
Music Hall, which was filled with brill
liant audience. Mayor Tyler presided.
Henry Watterson spoke words of welcome
for the citizens committee and ex-Lieu-
tenant Governor Jacobs for the Kentucky
department of the Grand Army.s Brief
impromptu responses were made by Com
mander-in-C Chief Lawler, General Lew
Wallace and Mrs. John A. Logan.
In the Tower Hall the visiting officials
and members of the Ladies of the G. A. R.
were banqueted by Mrs. G. E. Heirst of
this city, and Hon. W. o. Bradley, Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, General
William Warner of Kansas City, Corporal
Tanner and w. w. Dudley of Washington
and S. q. Cook of Columbus responded to
toasts.
Inc NdClOQal OIllCldlS VI tuc LdQIcS VI
the G. A. R. were deluged with kilograms
to day concerning a report sent from this
city yesterday that merging OF that Or
ganization with the Women's Relief Corps,
from which its founders originally seeded.
was contemplated. Great indignation was
caused by this development, the officials
declaring that the report was purely gra-
tuitous and that under no circum stances
would a consolidation be considered. The
only foundation for the report is the fact
that in her annual address. to be delivered
tomorrow morning, National President
Wallace of the Women's Relief Corps will
recommend the appointment of a COM
mittee of five to promote union of all
women's organizations working in con-
nection with ex-soldiers' movements. This
proposition, however, is not even sup
ported by the presidents own department,
that of Illinois, which has filed for action
a resolution by which all members of the
Women's Relief Corps joining the Grand
Army ladies are declared expelled from
the parent organization.
AS soon as the delegates had recovered
from the fatigue of the parade the wire
pulling for the location of the next en-
campment was resumed with vigor, and
the corridors of the hotels became as ami
mated as though a political convention
was in progress. 1t was early evident that
Buffalos efforts were more in the nature of
q bid for the encampment of 1897, and that
the contest lay between Denver and ST.
Paul. The committees from these cities
worked like political veterans, and a
prodigious amount of button-holeing argu-
ment and persuasion was INDUCED in by
both sides. The ST. Paulites are claiming
tonight that they have the victory won,
but their opponents, while not SO sanguine
as yesterday, are not inclined to concede
defeat. The prospects are that st. Paul
will be the selection.
For commander-in-chief General T. n.
Walker of Indiana is having things his
own way, and it was said tonight that his
only competitor, General Thaddeus S.
Clarkson of Omaha, will move to make
his selection unanimous. Walker came
within eleven votes of winning at the Pitts
burg encampnient.
At midnight of Tuesday, after contest
of several hours duration, the Naval Vet
erans elected Captain Charles w. Almond
of New York as rear admiral for the ensu-
ing year. The election was challenged on
the ground that the constitution provides
that the member elected must be in at
tendance on the convention, whereas the
successful candidate has failed to show up
in Louisville. This afternoon, however,
the objectors decided not to insist on the
protest. The incoming admiral will desig-
nate the place of holding the convention.
The proposition to strip the uniforms of
officers of all gold-lace decorations was de-
feated.
. Other cases of heat prostration were: w.
R. Gile of Washington, D. c., vice-com-
mander of the Department of the Potomac,
who fell from his horse; John Thomas of
Detroit, who in falling cut deep cash in
his head; Commander William Janecke of
the Department of Missouri, and j. P.
Perchall, his vice-adjutant. Janecke's
condition is serious.
Mrs. L. A. Turner of Massachusetts, will
be unanimously elected national president
of the w. R. C. T. q.