Evening journal., 1896-02-27
DELAWARE
Big Meeting of Grand Army
Men at Newark.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MORNING

A Canvass shows . Large Majority of
the Old Soldiers Favor Colonel Norton
for Department Commander-Genera
LOUIS Wagner Arrives at 2 O'Clock.
Band Music and Cadet Drill on the
College Campus.
Scores. OF blue uniforms we're seen on
the streets early this morning, when
leading Grand Army men Of the city
aud neighborhood began to assemble at
the railroad stations to take special
cars for Newark, where the annual en-
campment Of the department of Della
ware Is being held to-day.
At Newark station the Delaware Col
lege cadets were to have received the
veteran visitors and escorted them to
Recitation Hall where the eucAmpment
is being held. but owing to the late
arrival Of Lieutenant Frier from VIII
mington and the hardness OF some of
the g. A. r. men In getting into town.
this was abandoned and the strangers
we're shown up to the college buildings
and grounds BY Newark Grand Army
men and individual students
AS a state department commander is
to be elected to day, and as that choice
falls to Wilmington this year by Gus
tomary rotation, the outer door Of the
convention hall WAS very carefully
sentried and no interlopers. not even old
soldiers unattached were permitted TO
enter. The hall was elaborately deco
rated with American flags and bunting.
Among the WilmiDgtonians inside ths
hall were:
Harry zlmmerman-w. H. Qsugz,
Daniel Ross, l. 8. Litzenburg Joseph
Miller B. ID. Boga, DR.. Evan Shortlidge,
VIM. Kelly, DR.. Joseph Agnew, William B.
Norton, William II. Moystin S. S. Solomon
John Rippugsr, Joseph Duffy, Joseph
Cooper, l. @. Grub, r. g. Buckingham,
John Furgeson, John Turner, Elwood
Craig, Joseph s. Wheeler, William
0'CoRnor. John Bullock, NJ Grlnniger,
Harry Stradley, William Pierce, w. s.
Byron. R G Turrisr, Joseph Haley,
julius Levy, Nathaniel Bayne, jacob B.
Slissr, Peter = Blake, Noah Wilson,
Luther w. Palmer, James Brown,
John Guthrie. James Hawkins. Moses
Weyl, John Gallagher, John p. Donahos,
Samuel Hawkins, Robert Lidell, James
Bsntham, Benjamin d. Bogia, Charles
WhAnn, Colonel Peter B. Ayars and
athers.
Later In the day, however, and toward
noon, the down state delegations began
to arrive in blocks Of Eve, Harrington
sendiug six gray bearded boys In
blue. By now the convention was
In full blast, the whole state
was represented, and Commander
Wood was kept busy thinking up
all the parliamentary law he knew and
applying an extra amount Of tact. All
the reports were well-prepsred and inter
esting.
Proceedings OF the Morning.
All minutes were read and
adopted. Resolutions were intro
duced and unanimously adopted on the
death Of Joseph L. Booth, OF Wilmington,
who WAS the assistant adjutant general
Of the department. of Delaware, and tthe
death Of Wilson W. Walker.
Of Odessa, member Of the
Delaware Conncil Of Admin
istration. The department commanders
report was referred to q committee. The
report dealt with many points ofinterest,
The,arrivAl Of General Wagner. Gen
erAl LOWS Wegner as to arrive en- the 9
o'clock 2 train this afternoon.
He will probably be met st the station
by the Delaware College Cadets under
Lieutenent Frler, and escorted by q
band.
Feared a Light Representation.
When Delaware Commander Edwin F.
Wood, Of Dover. called the convention
TO order at 10 30, 1t looked as though
this would be the lightest encAwpment
ever held In this state. Not more than
125 delegates, mostly from WILMINGTON,
Newark and New Castle were ready to
answer to their names.