The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-28
70 PURGE c. 1. R. ROLLS
Investigation May Be Ordered
in This Department.
ONE MORE SESSION YET
Aternates and Delegates Named Last
Night-Com mittee Appoint ed to Ar
range for Public Installation of
the New Officers-Reports Received
and Acted Upon.

The annual encampment of the Depart
ment Of the Potomac, &. a. r., will bc in
session one night more.
At last nights meeting the committee
on resolutions did not submit a report, be
cause the hour was so late, and there were
other matters not attended to. The final
session of the encampment will be on Satur-
day night, tonight being inconvenient be
cause so many of the posts will hold meet
ings.
The first business last night was the
election OF four delegates and four al
ternates to the national encampment at
ST. Paul. Twenty candidates were put
in nomination for delegates, the result of
the battle being the selection of j. IL.
Reeve. II. S. Tinker, George Parker Davis
and Ii. NJ. Bennett.
For alternateS ten names were put up
to choose from. Those chosen were Edward
Webster, j. Tyler Powell, George IL. Slay-
baugh and A. H. Freer.
The question came up whether or not
the installation OF the Officers chosen
Wednesday night should be made public
affair The proposition met with some
opposition. From the first il was plainly
evident that a majority favored the plan
OF throwing open the doors and inviting
friends TO witness the ceremonies of the
new administrators OF affairs being in
Quoted into office.
The affirmative won the day The in
stallation is 10 lie made quite an event
when it occurs, and that was not decided
upon.
COMMITTEE ON ARRANG EMEN rs.
A committee, consisting OF a. S. TaEer,
y. NJ. Brooks, George H. Slaybaugh, Calvin
Farnsworth and Peter McGirr, was named
10y Commander Anderson TO arrange for
the installation and TO fix time for
it. The committee was Instructed TO lie
in readiness to announce the time at the
session of the encampment on Saturday
night.
Most OF the tine last night was upon
the perfunctory matter Of adopting an
nual reports. There were but two OF
these which excited any prolonged com
nent and discussion.
One OF these was in connection with the
report of the department inspector. 1t was
alleged that there are those among the list
of members OF the department who have no
right TO the privileges of the q. A. K. mem
bcTship. The announcement would have
been veritable bombshell but for the fact
that il was not unexpected. There had
been a distribution of information that
this allegation was TO be made, hence it
did not create the surprise it would have
otherwise.
The department, by unanimous vote, put
itself on record, in a formal request, to be
presented 20 the new commander, John Nc
Elroy, when he assumes the office, TO make
a rigid investigation of this matter. There
is to be, most probably, a sensational result
as a climax of the coming investigation.
When the report of the committee on the
Temporary Soldiers Home, which is To-
Gated on Missouri avenue, was submitted, it
became the signal for another disclosure,
which the department did not relish, and
discussion ensued, although it may not
properly be termed discussion, for it takes
two opinions TO make a discussion, while
upon this matter there seemed to be but
one at all strong.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The question was. all about the present
superintendent, Mr. Harold, not being n
q. A. K. man. II was the positive voice of
the utpdTkGLttllt Iildl tue superintendent
should be a member OF the veterans order.
1t was voted that the department shall re-
quest the managers of the institution, who
are under the District Commissioners, to
either appoint a q A. X. man TO the place
or endeayor to have the present incum bent
join, it being shown that he is eligible,
having at one time been a member.
The department said a very decided NO"
to the council of administrations recon-
mendation that an increase per capita from
60 cents to 20 cents be assessed for the
support of the department 1t remains at
60 cents by big majority.
Other reports besides these three al
ready mentioned, passed on last night
without discussion. were those OF an ad-
dress OF department commander, reliefs,
chaplain's. judge advocates, chiefmus-
tering officers, historians and frater-
nal rela tions.
The recommendations and provisions
OF all of these were given by The Times
at the time they were submitted by the
revision committee, which condensed
them all.
As stated above, the department hopes
that the Saturday night meeting will be
the final one, but If it is great deal
OF business will be done. The report
of the committee on resolutions, said
to be the most important OF any yet
heard or to be heard, will come up for
considerati on then.
Other business will be to hear from
the public installa tion committee on
relations with the Sons OF Veterans, on
headstones for isolated graves in the
Distric ct of Columbia, and report Of
.the Old Guard.
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.