Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-09-10
G. 4. r. REPORTS.


The Order Found to Be In Good Condition
Financially =. interesting Statistics.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, sep. 4-lhe bust
ness ses ion OF the national encamp-
ment OF the Grand Army Of the Re-
public opened yesterday. the off,
GERS and delegates being escorted by
guards Of honor 10 the hall. which was
crowded with delegate. After the
usual preliminaries, reports Of national
officers were called for and presented
In the regular order,
Commander-in-Chief Walker, In his
annual report, recommended the peru.
sal by every comraie Of the reports Of
the staff officers. lie referred particu.
larly to the faithful and efficient labors
ofthe sdjutant.pen RAJ quartermaster-
general, inspector-genersl, judge advo.
cate.general and chief Of staff Gen.
Walker placed the membership Of
the organization at 3s4 406 and the
gain by muster during the year
at 13,467. The t,tal loss was H..
4O6, OF which number 1898 was by
death.
The work Of the Woman's Relief
corps wa, praised and the jealousies
between that and rival wonen's organ
izations deplored as tending TO incite
III feeling among veterans whose wives
were mem bers OF the different auxili-
ary societies. The genera sal he had
appointe committee OF fire to work
for consolidation and end the trouble
II possible
The Sons of Veterans were referred
to an the natural successors to and thu,
reserve Of the Grand Army. ''As WV
come off guard" said Gen. Walker,
land take up our line Of march to the
eternal camping grounds, we shall be
more content ii the picket line is still
manned and the uniform is blue"
Gen. Walker commented on the more
general observance Of Memorial day
this year than ever before Referring
to proposed, color posts he said: mo
honorablv discharged veteran should
DO discrmipated against on account
OF tho color OF his skin"
The report Of A. j. Burbank, quar-
ternaster-general, shovel receipts OF
$3O,354 and expenditures of Sl9,779,
leaving a balance on hand Of $40, SIS.
The assets are 81, l3l and the invest
ments $4,000.
Adjt..Ge Irwin Robbins reported
that June 80, 1895, the mem ,ership In
good standing was $500. distributed
among 1908 posts, with $4,000 mem.
bers on the suspended list making
total of 407, 239 on the rolls, while June
80, 1906, there were 1902 posts contain
ing $40, 8lO comrades In good standing,
with 1851 carried on the rolls as sus.
pended. The gains were; Muster in,
l3,467; transfer, 5,4ls; reinstatement,
1905; delinquent reports, 4,qOl; total,
30, Ssl. The losses were: Death, 1898;
honorable discharge, 1888; transfer, s.
9l2; suspension, ss, Ols; dishonorable dis
charge, 154; delinquent reports 1l,2S5;
total, 53,9l0. The amount expended in
charity for the year was 1910. an
increase OF si2,O over the preceding
year. Kansas has $40 posts and l4,7lO
men; Missouri. 4O2 posts and 1857
men,
II was voted to hold the next encamp.
ment at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Daughters Of Veterans elected
officers, as follows: President, Miss AL
Ice Ingram, Of Chicago; junior vice
Miss Anna Smith, Of St.
Louis; chaplain, Miss Stephens, Of AL.
lerheny, Pa; treasurer, Miss Ida J.
Allen, Of Worcester, Mass. inspector,
Miss Cora Pike, Of Massachusetts; in.
stalling officer, Miss Ella Adair, of Oak
Park, ILL.,; Miss Gladys Foster, Of Hia-
watha, Kan, was elected as one of the
trustees.