The record-union., 1896-09-05
The New officers Installed and the
Encampment Adjourns.
Resolution Adopted Asking Congress
to Pass Law Prohibiting the Use
of the United States Coat of Arms
or Flag for Private 0ain-WOman'S
Relief Corps and Ladies of the
Ct. A. r

>. GARRISON OF Omaha, COmmander-in in
Chief; John H. Mullen, Wausau, Mimi
Senior Commander; Charles w. Buck
ley, Montgomery, Ala, Junior Vice
Commander; A. E. Johnson, Washing
ton, d. c., Surgeon-General, and Rev
Mark B. Taylor. Massachusetts, Chap
Chief, were the officers elected
at the Grand Army Encampment to-
day. With the installation Of officers
the successful encampment of 1896
came to close, and then it rained
hard for the rest of the day.
The encampment has not been
marked by any political or other SEN
sation, and the mild contests made for
the next encampment and commander
has taken from the event much Of that
lively interest which has characterized
former encampments. There had been
no complaint on the score of St. Pauls
hospitality, and every veteran is leav-
ing town feeling glad that he came
here.
Major Clarkson was elected Com
mander-i Chief by acclamation. The
other candidates realized the hopeless
ness of the situation and Messrs. Bal
lou, Linehan, Meade and Hobson with
drew in favor of the winner before a
ballot was taken.
General Walker appointed Comrades
Meade, Linehan and Ballou commit
tee to escort his successor to the plat
form, which was done amid demonstra-
tive applause.
Major Clarkson accepted the COM
mand of the army in a speech express
sive of deep appreciation.
General J. D. Mullen of Minnesota
was unanimously elected Senior Vice
&C mmander, that office always going to
the State where the encampment was
held.
The encampment installed the new
officers and adjourned at / o'clock o.
N. sine die.
Commander-in-Chief Clarkson an
ncanoed The appointment of c. e. Buer-
meister of Omaha as Adjutant-General.
His other appointments will not be
made for a few days.
A new Council of Administration was
elected, with a member from each
State. Among the members are: Ari-
zona, J. w. Darlington; California and
Nevada, J. K. Staler, San Francisco;
Colorado, B. L. Carr; Idaho, w. H.
corah; Kansas, w. H. Smith, Marys-
vile; Montana, Charles S. Prague,
Bozeman; Nebraska, A. Traynor Oma-
ha; South Dakota, David E. Proctor,
Wilton; New Mexico, Hiram Champion.
Santa Fe; Oregon, H. S. Allen; Army of
the Potomac, w. H. Chambers, Wash
ington, d. c.; Washington and Alaska,
Thomas M. Young, Seattle; Utah, E. w.
Tattlock, Salt Lake City.
The utterances Of President Eliot of
Harvard University concerning the
Grand Army We're resented in report
from the Committee on Resolutions,
which was adopted, declaring that
while we emphatically condemn such
statements as unworthy and untruth-
full, we will not dignity them by a for
NAL resolution Of condemnation
The anti-Confederate spirit of the en-
campment was put to a test by Past De-
partment Commander Blodgett of Illi-
nois. who introduced a resolution rec
ommending the erection of q soldiers
home in the South for Confederate army
veterans 1t failed to pass the COM
mfttee stage, and the Department of
Illinois threw 1t out at it's last encamp-
ment.
The project of establishing national
parks on the sites of the Vicksburg and
Fredericksburg battle-fields was strong
ly indorsed.
The pending bill in Congress for a
memorial bridge across the Potomac to
the Arlington National Cemetery op-
posite Washington was not indorsed.
Scott Post No. 40 of Colorado intro
duced a resolution providing that De-
partment Commanders should call on
the Ladies of the G. A. r. each memorial
day to assist in decorating soldiers
graves and otherwise observing the day.
This resolution was considered in the
light of an attempt to officially recog-
nize that organization as an auxiliary
of the G. A. r. over the Relief Corps,
and it was promptly referred to the
Chief. The sentiment
In favor of the latter organization Is
very strong in the G. A. r.
A resolution was adopted asking Con-
gress to pass a law prohibiting the use
Of the United States coat Of arms or flag
for private gain.
On motion the encampment supported
the proposition to raise Major General
Nelson A. Miles to the rank Of Lieu
tenant General.
The Sons of Veterans question was
shelved for year ,on a report from the
Committee on Rules, by reference to
the Buffalo encampment. Meantime the
plan proposed was ordered printed and
distributed among the posts for an in
telligent vote next year.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
The convention of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps elected the following officers:
President, Mrs. Agnes Hit of Indian
apolis; Senior Vice-President, Miss Ma
RE Hazen Wrinkle of ST. Paul; Treas
urer, Miss Isabelle Bagley of Zanes-
VILE, Ohio; Junior Vice President, Miss
Amelie J. Colgan Of Virginia
The resolution that the Anderson
vile prison site be purchased by the
corps and kept permanently in condi-
tion as a war exhibit was adopted. A
committee was appointed to attend to