Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-05
ADIEU TOST. PAUL.
Grand Army Encampment Fin.
ishes Its Weeks Work.
THE NEW CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEf

h Major +. 8. Clarkson, of Omaha, and He
Goes in by Acclamation. All Other Cam
didates Neutrality-suspicious. Auxiliary
Societies Also Wind Up and Adjourn
Some of the Resolutions Adopted-The
Gathering . First.Class Success.
st. Paul, Sept. 5.-The thirtieth annual
encampment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic came to an end yesterday after
one of the most successful meetings since
the organization was established in Illi-
nois few months after the close Of the
war The weather was the best that could
have been desired, the rain-that early in
the week threatened at times just enough
to make marching and sight seeing more
Misunderstanding of till yesterday after
noon after adjournnHnt. The treatment
received by the visito.s, both veterans and
others, was all that could have been asked
or desired, and all left full of good feeling
for their hostile SANITY" city. The
railroads, of course, were crowded, for on
the largest day the number of out of town
people reached almost II not fully 200 900,
nearly $1,000 of whom, however, came
over from Minneapolis to see the Grand
Army parade
Street Rail ways Not Up-to-Date.
Still, the railroads did very we'll with
such o mammoth crowd, and got off with
only one or two minor accidents that
could not very we'll have been avoided uu-
der any circumstances. The street car SER
vice, however, in contrast with that of the
railroads, was very poor, the company
seeming unable to do much with the
crowd, and ut times being completely
blocked for hours and this considerably
inconvenienced visitors and residents in
getting to the various camp fires and re-
captions and reunions with which the
week has been full. The street railways
also had a number of accidents, the worst
being that at Hamline Thursday. The
crowds have greatly diminished, thou
sands starting for home or for other parts
Of the northwest Immediately after the
parade. The parade, while smaller than
many that have preceded it, was one of the
best handled ones ever known and the
veterans are al proud of the fine march
ing appearance they made in line.
Election of Comma nder-iu-Chic
The most important business of the last
session of the Grand Army was the cleo
ton Of commander-in-chicf, which result
ed in favor of Major Il. :. Garrison, of
Omaha, all the other candidates having
withdrawn, Admiral Meade withdraw
ing his own name, Clarks, N vas then
elected by reclamation. General ]. H.
Mullen, Of Minnesota, was elected senior
vice COMMUNICATIVE chief, having been
designated for that honor by the depart
ment of Minnesota, the custom being to
give that position to the state holding the
encampment. For junior vice command
er-in-chief the names OF Albert f. Sholes,
of Georgia, and Charles W. Buckley, of
Alabama, were presented and the ballot
resulted: Buckley, 1856; Sholcs, PAL. For
encouragement A. f. Johnson, Of the de-
partment Of the Potomac. was elected over
Charles l.. Boynton, of Indiana. Illinois
had candidate for chaplain-in-chief in
Rev. G. F. Bunner, of Chicago, but Rev.
Mark ID. Taylor, Of Massachusetts, got
more votes and was declared elected.
Council of Administration.
Member of the council of admins
tration for the west are in part as fol-
lows: Illinois, Thomas w. Scott, Fair
field: Indiana, William II. Armstrong,
Muskogee; Iowa, Leeman l.. Caldwell,
DEBORAH; Kansas, w. II. Smith, Marys-
Vile: Michigan, +. d. Dix. Berrien
Springs; Minnesota, Albert Sterrit, St.
Louis; Nebraska, A. Traynor Omaha;
Wisconsin, o. w. Carlson, Milwaukee.
Disinclined to Beautify Antiersonville.
The encampment adopted resolutions
approving the Womans Relief Corps
attempt to preserve the Andersonville
prison pen, but refused to commend the
efforts to beautify it. Ex-volunteers
and present members of the regular
army were placed on an equality in the
matter of dues but the proposition to lex
ter of dues. but the proposition to ex-
cuse posts paying dues to departments
under certain conditions was rejected.
After adopting a memorial on the
death of Post COMMUNICATIVE Chief
Lucius Fairchild and resolutions thank
ing st. Paul for its great hospitality.
the state encampment adjourned.