The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-22

! The Encampment was called to order by Com
| mander George G. james and was welcomed t.
| the city by District Commissioner Ross. Aftel
| a brief response to this address by Commands
| James the annual reports of the officers OF thu
| organisation were read. The report OF TIT
| Secretary indicated the addition of i've En-
campments during the past year, ana an IN
crease of u per cent in the total membership
making 154 Encampments in all, and giVlht
the Order membership OF 500.
| Mr. Ross, in the course of his address, SAID
| 1--WE welcome you for several good and suihc'
i ent reasons. Many of you helped to guard ant
| protect this Capital from armed invasion NOR
| than so years ago. doubt not that many her
| assembled marched with Sheridans veteran
| upon PENNSYLVANIA avenue in the Spring o
1865
"Why should you not be by rs gladly ant
| gratefully received, when, after all these years
| you return TO parade again upon the historic
| avenue, to revive old friendships and TO renew
| your fealty to the Order which has as It's mrs.
object the cultivation of true devotion Z
| American Government anG institutions
Your presence here to-day is an object lessor
of patriotism to the youth of the District o
| Columbia May you enjoy every moment o
your visit and carry away with you the mos
agreeable recollections of your 18th annua
| Encampment."
The sessions were resumed on Thursday and
| Friday. Secrecy characterized the proceedings
! and the delegates devoted themselves to listen
| ing to the reports from the Committee on Reso
| lutions and those of the various Encampment;
which had representatives present, and trans
acting other business.
The officers chosen were: National Com.
mander, John P. Donahue. No. 81 Senior Vice
National Commander, William +. Wooters. No
90; Junior Vice National Commander, J. II
Carpenter, No. AZ; Q.-M.-Gen., Thomas j.
Hubbard, No. 1903; Surg Gen, DR.. James N
| McGee. No. 63; Chaplain-inChief. Rev. s. r.
Whitney, No. % Executive Committee, i've
to be elected, no two from any one State, A. 5.
Oliver No. 124, Ohio; Edward Donnelly. No.
81, New Jersey; Joseph b. Knox, No. 80, Massa-
chusetts; NJ. J. Foote, No. 60. District of Co.
lumbia; J. w. Baker, No. z. Pennsylvania.
1t was decided to hold the next Encampment
at Columbus, on the third Wednesday in Sep.
tember 1897.
A resolution in honor of the war CORE
spondents was adopted apropos the dedication
of the war correspondents arch at Gapland,
Md.
The sessions of the Ladies' Auxiliary were
rather stormy. The troubles of the local organ.
ization. Auxiliary No. 80, have occupied great
deal of the attention Of the Convention.
The local organization is divided into two
factions over trouble between the President,
Mrs. Celynda Werner Ford, and the Treasurer,
Mrs. Dunn, who brought counter charges against
each other. Mrs. Dunn claimed Mrs Ford had
right to the office she occupies, and Mrs.
Ford aud her friends declared that the whole
trouble arose over the disappointment of Mrs.
Dunn, who aspired to the Presidency herself.
The tangle resulting over these charges seri-
ously delayed the business of the Convention.
A vote was taken resolution offered by
Mrs. Ford and warmly advocated by the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Tuxbury, to include the three En-
campments of this city in single auxiliary.
Mrs. Tuxbury's resolution was rejected almost
unanimously. Mrs. Ford. it is said, offered
the resolution because some of the dissatisfied
members of No. 81 were discussing the project
of organizing another auxiliary. There is a
strong probability that this will be done.
The following officers were chosen: National
Pres. Mrs. Hattie NJ. Miller. Mount Gilead. o.;
S. V.-P., Mrs. Mary Rose, Columbus, O.; J. V.-P.,
Mrs. Daugh, Reading. Pa; Chap. Mrs. Rankin,
Buffalo. N. Y; Treas, Mrs. L. McCaffery, Ale.
gheny. Pa; Sec. Miss Eva Gardner, Mount
Glead, o. ms. Mrs. Maggie Z. Foster. New
Castle, Pa. Installing and Instituting Officer,
Mrs. c. w. Ford, Washington, ID. C; Conn-
selor, Mrs. NJ. E. Tuxbury, Wilmington, DEL
Advisory Board. Mrs. Z. P. Green, Columbus
O.; Mrs. Ellen G. Woogan. Wilmington, Del,
and Mrs. c. Bogart. Brooklyn, N. Y.