The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-05
THE NEW COMMANDER
Maj. Thaddeus Stevens Clark.
son, Of Nebraska, chosen.
Elections OF Junior Commander, Sur
geon General, Chaplain and Conn
ell OF Administration.


Sc Paul Sept THE c1.rrsetn annual
canzQrnent OF the Grand Army o. ne
Republic came % an end today. AFTER enc
q the most successful meetings since the
organsxa ton was es-a oiishsd. The Wed 4
was the best nat could have Deea de-
sired. The treatment received By ne VS.
ttors. both veteran and others was such
tha. all left Tull ~ good feeling FOR eaelr
host the Sanity city. The railroads, OF
course. we're crowded, for on ina largest
day the number Of out-of-town Peep :
reached almost, II not fully 9p3.e,l nearly
ss.cs0 Of whom. however, came over from
Minneapolis % see The Grand Army pa
ra1e.
stu the railroads d46 very well with
such a mammoth crowd. and co. OF with
only one or TWO minor accidents. that
could not BE very well avoided under tina
circumstances. The street railway ser
vice. however. In contrast with that %
me railroads, was very poor. the COM
pany seeming unable 10 Go much win sae
crowd and a. times beng completely
blocked for hours. This cous1d eras2iy IN
convenience visitors and residents IN get
ting 20 the various camp nres and Fecep-
tons and reunions. The street railway
also had ! number OF accidents, rhs worst
being that at Ham1n yesterday The
crowds have greatly diminished. thou
sands having started for home, or for 9th
er parts OF the North west, immediately
after the parade yes terday.
When nominations were declared IN or
der in the Grand Army encamp znent this
morning. d. r Pallou, OF Providence. X.
T.. Mai Tladdeus s. Cl-.rkson. OF Omaha,
Neb L. II. Hooson. Of Kentucky. john
c. Linihan, OF Rhode Island. and Rear
Admiral Meade were placed in nominal
ticn for conInander-n-chief. Seconds for
the nomination Of Garrison came
from all over the hall Admiral
Meade withdrew his own name. II
soon became evident that Clark
son would win. All other names were
Withdrawn and he was nominated by ae-
clamaIion. Mai. GARRISON acknow edged
fhe honor conferred on him in an eioque NJ
speech Gen. ]. II. Mullen. OF Minnesota,
was elected senior vice commandments
chief. having been designated for that
honor by the department Of Minnesota
in accordance with the custom OF giving
that position 10 the state holding the en-
campment.
For Junior Vice commander-in-chief the
names OF Albert E. Sholes, Georgia. and
Charles W Buckley, Alabama, were pre-
sented The ballot resulted: Buckley 80.
SHOES 2il.
For surgeon general z. A. Johnson. OF
the department Of the Potomac. was eject
L.
Illinois had a candidate for chaplatn-in-
chief in THE Rev =. f. Bluner. OF Chi
cago, but Rev. Mark D. Taylor. OF MaSsa-
chusetts, was elected
The council Of administra ton named by
the various states and approved today by
thu encarprnent is as follows: Alabama,
". y. WickersN am. Mobile: Arizona, J. ".
Darlington, Yuma: Arkansas. F. II.
Hutchinson. Dewitt; California and Ne
~
ra5o and Wyoming. 3. L Carr. Long
mont. Col Connecticut. J. NJ. Wilsey.
r.ford: Delaware J. W. Worrau Pleas
ant HUI. Florida, T. 5. Wiimarth. Jaek-
sonville. Georgia. Ira y. MaEor9 Fltz-
gerald; Idaho. ". II. Barton. Moscow,
Illinois Thomas ". Scott. Fairfield; In
diana, w. II. Armstrong, Muskagee Iowa
Leeman a.. Newell. DEBORAH. Kansas. W.
II. Smith. Marysville: Kentucky. c. w.
Er3Inan. Louisville: Louisiana aud MS
sassfppi, a c Alterne New Orleans:
Maine II. r Sargent. Portland, Maryland.
". A Bryan. Baltimore: Massachusetts.
f NJ LOOMS Holyoke. Michigan. z. ..
Dix. Berrien Springs Missouri. Albert
Sterrit ST Louis Montana. Charles
Sprague. Bozernan: Nebraska A Traynor.
Omaha: New Hampshire. p Proctor. VII
ton, New Jersey, j. J. Ken1s. Trenton;
New Mexico. II. Cramton. Santa Fe: New
A
Dakota. 8 c.. Nagill. Fargo. Ohio. e. r.
Montort Cincinnati; Oklahoma. ". II.
Baker. GosS; Oregon. II. s Allen Port
land; Potomac, w H. Chambers, Wash
irRton. Rhode Island Nelson Wall How
ards; South Dakota, william H. Gray.
Deaewoo.3 Tenn e<ses, George W Patton,
Chattanooga; Texas J. 7. Ayers Dallas:
Utah. r ". Tatlock, Salt Lake City: Yer
mont. z. ". Mcintyre. Danbury; Virginia
Washington and ALASKA Thomas ".
Young. Seattle: West Virginia, C. K. Nal
lory, Parke-sburg; Wisconsin. o. ". Carl
son. Milwaukee
TIE eIloarnpne0t adopted resolutions ep-
proving the attempt OF the woraan.s Re-
lsef Corps 20 preserve An6ersony1lta prison
pen. bur refused 20 commend their efforts
20 oeeut.fy K. Ex-vo,un;eers and pres
err mem bets OF he regular army were
paced On an equality IN the matter %
dues, bdi the proposition 20 excuse posts
paving dues 10 departments under GER
tain conditions Was rejected
Among the resolutions adopted we're the
following: Asking preference fer capable
* So 1ers n government appoi ut.l1en-s:
Urging on congress the justice and pro-
Prey - comforting Or Gen Ne,son A
y as he ful. Ute OF heG.erant general.
ln3orsl1g the pTp9osed national PARKS a.
NlckscurE AMI Freiev.cks burg. recon-
nle asl-E tae reading o. I1u.>otr's C..tv@-
burg address, az pare u tie exercises Oh
Memoir 81 Cav. f3vori0z me prohibition %
tne use os rationa. aaEz fer tt.e~ rising
purpose asking conEress 70 repair ard
preserve tae fg.Ga-e Constitution ana ne
s-oop-of-v-ar Hartford ara asking con-
sress ~ 0r0v le for q -, Tiers. ho-ne xouth
q the thio RIVER.
= motion was Adopted Formally author
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