The record-union., 1895-04-25
ENCAMPMENp WORK FINISHED.
All the Organizations Elect Their
Officers.
Last Nights Camp Fire and Banquet
Great success-To-Day's
Excursion,

The Encampment of the Grand Army
convened at 10 A. NJ. yesterday.
The first order was the election of Off
GERS, and the following were chosen for
the ensuing year. Department Com
mander, Charles E. Wilson of San Fran
ciscoI Senior Vice Commader, w. B..
Maydweu of Sacramento; Junior Vice
Commander, George Hopkins of Arcata;
Musical Director, e. Z. Russell of Marys-
vile; Department Chaplain, W. Acton OF
Dixon; Assistant Adjutant General, I.
G. Mastellar Sixth year; Quartermaster-
General, Eugene Weigand.
Council OF Administration - Cohen,
Burgess, Miller, Sullivan and Dodge.
Delegate to National Encampmept, a.
". Barrett, Los Angeles.
Delegates -at-Large Elderman, -.
Burbank, @. w. White, J. 2. Lauck, II.
c. King; alternates-Ford, Simmons,
Wallace, Hilliker, Shuck and Baker.
Mem bers-elect of the Veterans Home
Association GridIey, Backus, Kennie,
Garnett and Todd.
a resolution was passed unanimously,
asking the enactment OF law making
all honorably discharged Union veterans
OF the Civil War pensioners when they
shall have reached the age of 62.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Transportation-Fulle Arbuckle and
Boskowitz. To Confer with Women's
Relief Corps and Ladies OF the g. a. r.,
with relation to the union OF the OrganiZa-
tlons-WalIing, Buckles and Warfield.
On Department Badge-hinne, Fuller
and Iicknor. On Sons of Neterans-Ar-
buckle, Bowman and Blackmer. on
Ladies of the q. a. R.-Jacobs, Fuller
ana Sullivan.
The CourCesies of the floor were ten
dered to Clarence Ashford, brother Of Y.
V. Ashford, once Attorney General of
Hawaii and Commander Of George ".
DeLong Post, q. y. Il. MIR. Ashford
made very interesting address on mat
ters n the Hawaiian Islands.
In accordance with his remarks the fol-
loving resolutions were submitted:
WHEREAS, 1t has been stated in the
public press, and has been declared on
the floor Of this encampment, that the
Government of the Hawaiian Islands
has illegally imprisoned, and has arbi-
trarily and illegally expelled American
citizens from Hawaiian territory; and
that among those so treated by said Ha-
Eaiian Government are mem bers of
George w. belong Post, No. Is, Grand
Army of the Republic, Department Of
California and Nevada, as well as mem
bers of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States; and that
said persons now so imprisoned were
civilians, and were imprisoned or de-
ported by the sentence of military
court, which was convened and sat in a
time of peace, when the civil courts of
the country were open and competent to
dispose OF all criminal charges against
any OF the persons SO Imprisoned and ex-
PEELED; and that said persons SO impris-
oned aud expelled have been denied by
said Hawaiian Government a trial by
jury, which Is guaranteed by the Ha-
waiian Constitution and laws, and have
been and are denied the just application
TO them OF the laws of the land in Ha-
waii as guaranteed by Anglo Hawaiian
treaties; therefore
ReSOLCed. That this department of the
Grand Army of the Republic be and are
hereby instructed TO make such repre-
sentatiOns TO the headquarters OF the
National Encampmeut of this order as
the facts herein recited shall appear to
them TO be warranted, to the END that a
full investigation of the conditions herein
referred TO may be urged upon the Federal
Government, with view TO the redress
Of any grievances which shall be found
10 have been suffered in the premises by
members of this order.
After some discussion of the matter the
encampmeut decided that the better
course to pursue in the premises-owiug
TO the near approach of adjournment. the
press OF other business and the far-reach-
ing importance OF the subject-to have
the resolutions brought before the au-
thor's post and such action IS the latter
might take thereon reported to the grand
officers OF the enCampment.
The place OF holding the next enCamD-
ment was fixed for Santa Cruz, and tie
encampment adjourned.