The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-09-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A NEBRASKA MAN AT THE HEAD
OF THE q. A. r.
Thadeus b. Clarkson, of Omaha, Chosen
selected by Acclamation-An Other
Candidates Withdraw Before . Ballot
II Taken-Gen. Mullen, of Minnesota
Elected Senior vice Commander.
Tho National G. A. r. Reunion.

morning, ID. K Ballou OF Providence,
r. L, Major Thaddeus 8. Clarkson OF
Omaha, E. H. Hobson of Kentucky,
John G. Linehan of New Hampshire
and Rear Admiral Meade were named.
Seconds for the nomination of
Clarkson came quickly from all over
/ the hall, but one of the nrst men up
was Admiral Meade who withdrew w
his own name. 1t at once became
evident that Major Clarkson would
! win znd all the other names were
! withdrawn and he was chosen by
, acclamation. He was called to the
stage and acknowledged the honor
! conferred on him.
| Geheral j. Fl. Mullen of Minnesota
was elected senior vice commanders
in-chief, having been designated for
that honor by the department Of
Minnesota, the custom being to give
that position to the state holding the
sncampment.
| Major ClaIkson was born at Gettys-
burg, Pa, in 1910 and was educated
three miles from the battlefield of An
tietam. He enlisted April 16, 1861
! within two hours after the appear
ance of President Lincoln's call for
! IS, 600 men for three months-in Com
I pany A, First Illinois artillery. He
/ went to Cairo and served under GEN
eral Grant there; re-enlisted July 16,
1861; was promoted December |, 1861,
to be adjutant of the Thirteenth Him
ois cavalry and served with that regi-
ment and on the staff of General John
! w. Davidson, partici pating in the
battles with that command on the
, march to Helena and Little Rock He
! was assigned to command it during
the Arkansas campaign. In August,
1863, he assisted in raising the Third
| Arka nsas cavalry of Union white
, men, was promoted to ma ior, and COM
manded the regiment until nearly the
! close of the war, participating in
nearly all of the battles in Arkansas
under General Steele. In November,
1862, he was married to Mary Beecher
, Matterson, and to-day has FIVE
children. In March, 1866, he
went to Nebraska, settling in Omaha,
with his brother, the late Bishop
! Garrison. and has lived in the state
for thirty years. He was postmaster
! of Omaha under President Harrison's s
last dlninistration. He was on the
! executive committee of the National
, Council of Administra ton. G. A. R.,
| for three consecutive years, was elected
| department commander of Nebraska
| by acclamatiun at the encampment in
February, 1890 He has also been
commander of the Loyal Legion Of
. Nebraska.
! For junior vice commander nchief.
| the names of Albert E. Sholes of
! Georgia and Charles w. Buckley of
| Alabama were presented and the bal
I lot resulted: Buckley, 536; Sholes, 24f.
/ For surgeon general, A. E. Johnson
of the department of the Potomac was
elected over Charles L. Boynton of
Indiana.
The council Of administration as
, nominate by the various states and
| approved by the encampment is as
follows: Ala bama, M. D. Wickersham
of Mobile; Arizona, j. w. Darlington
of Yuma; Arkansas. j. 81. Hutchinson
of Dewitt; California and Arizona, Z.
X. Stateler of San Francisco; Colorado
and Wyoming, B. l.. Carr of Long
| mount; Connecticut, j. Nj. Wilsey of
Hartford; Delaw are, j. w. Worrall of
Pleasant Hill; Florida, 7. s. Wiimarth
of Jacksonville; Georgia. Ira NJ.
| Mallory of Fitzgerald; Idaho, w. FL.
Barton of Moscow; Illinois Thomas W.
Scott of Fairfield; Indian Territory,
William H. Armstrong of Muskogee;
Iowa, Leeman L. Newell of Decorah;
Kansas. w. II. Smith of Maryvllle;
Kentucky, C.. w. Erdman of Louis
vile; Louisiana and Mississippi, A.
C. Antoine of New Orleans; Maine, H.
r. Sargent of Por tland; Maryland, NJ.
A. Brian of Baltimore; Massachusetts,,
William S. Loomis of Holyoke; Michi-
gan, r. d. Dix of Berrien Springs;
Minnesota, Albert Sterritt Of st.
Louis; Montana, Charles Sprague of
Bozeman: Nebraska, A. Trainor of
Omaha; New Hampshire, d. W. Proc
Tor of Wilton; New Jersey, j. j. kents
of Trenton; New Mexico, III. Cramp-
ton of Santa Fe; New York, Charles
A. Shaw of Brooklyn; North Dakota,
s. G. Magill of Fargo; Ohio, E. R.
Monfort of Cipcinnati; Oklahoma,
w. Fl. Baker of Goss; Oregon,
H. S. Allen of Portland; the
Potomac, William H. Chambers of
Washington; Rhode Island, Nelson
Wall of Howards; South Dakota, Will
liam H. Gray of Deadwood: Tennessee,
George w. Patten of Chattanooga;
Texas, j. w. Ayers of Dallas; Utah,
E. w. Tatalock Of Salt Lake; Yer
mont, E. w. Mcintyre of Dan bury;
Virginia and North Carolina, A. JEFF
fers of Norfolk, Va. Washington and
Alaska. Thomas NJ. Young of Seattle;
West Virginia, G. K. Mallory of Park
ersburg; Wisconsin, o. w. Carlson OF
Milwaukee.
The Daughters of Veterans held
business sessions and elected officers
as follows: President, Miss Alice In
gram of Chicago; senior vice presi-
dent, Miss Julia Coft of Cleveland;
Junior wee president, Miss Anna
Smith of st. Louis; chaplain, Miss
Stephens of Allegheny, Pa; treasurer,
Miss Ida ]. Allen of Worcester, Mass;
inspector. Miss Cora Pike of Massa-
chusetts; installing officer, Miss Ella
Adair of Oak Park, Ill; trustees. Mrs
Ellen M. Walker, Miss Gladys Foster
of Hiawatha. Kan; Miss Lizzie Kam-
bail of Massachusetts,, Mrs. R. E.
Monroe of Massachusetts, and Mrs
May Edgerton Of Chicago.