Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-27
FOR A HIGH OFFICE
Shiloh Command u. ". u.
Endorses a Member.
HEAD OF nLmo1s DEPARrNEHT.

HEAD OF ILLINOIS DEPART4EHT.
Conpnmsat to Z. II. wilcox and Some.
thing of the Great vss.rsas' Society That
Nay Hold lss Next NAsioaal 0sshsrisg
In Rock Island.
Shiloh command No. 2. Union
Vsler ans Union, has complimented
E. M. Wilcox BY endorsing him for
department commander of Illinois,
ID II elected the department head
quar,ers will come to Rock Island
for the next year and during the
national encamPm. MT. which ther-
is now every probability of being
held here. The Union Veterans
Union as an organization was insti-
tuted at Washington. u. c., in the
year 1886. and it now has commands
in nearly every state in the Unioo,
stretching from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from the great lakes to
the gulf. It is an under stood fact
that it will embrace IN its mem er-
ship nearly every old soldier who
served six months and upward at the
front. Tue Union Veterans Union
antagonizes no other soldier organi-
cation, but stands on its merits and
assists in the election to public trust
none but those friendly to the Union
soldier regardless OF party affiii s.
tions. The organization has n large
membership in the eastern slater.
illinois, as 1t did in the war, is FAST
forging to the front in representa-
ton. It has "a commands and is
3 department with q provision. |
commander. Six months ago
there was but one command
in the state and that was
Shiloh command No. 2 of this
city. 1t has now crossed the Father
Of Waters. and Iowa and Missouri
have departments. Kansas and Me-
braska will be organized before the
national enc.mpment meets at
springfield. Ohio, Aug. II.
The Local Command.
Shiloh command No. 2 will have
four delegates to the national en-
campment who are instructed to Sc
cure. if possible, the national en-
csmpment for Rock Island next year.
This they will accomplish if the citi-
z-ns will back them in their efforts
The east has promised to help Rock
Island, and as there never has been
a national encampment west of the
state OF Ohio, it Is almost certain to
co me here. The railroads centering
here have all promised to aid the
movement, and if our citizens will
come to the front. we will secure
this encampment, which will exceed
any thing Rock leland has ever had
before since at least the Sc
ciety OF the Army Of the Tennessee
met here. but to entertain
as large a crowd as will be here will
take work. and as the delegates alone
number 1000 or more, q conserva-
tive estimate will place the number
in attendance at $4,000 The en-
campment will bring thousands of
dollars to our citizens and Rock ISL
and can and will get it. This is the
best convention city in the west, and
it is believed the proper effort will
land the encampment. The dele
SosoS W oPEAuRuelu ITOm ONION
command are ex-Mayor William Nc
Conochie, Capt. H c. cleveland,
colonel on the staff of the command
er-in-chief. E NJ. Wilcox. colonel of
Shiloh command, and John Reeves,
lieutenant colonel. Davenport has
a large and splendid command Of the
U. V. U. Among those prominent
no belong to the u. V. U. and will
be invited are President William Nc.
Kinley, Gen Dan Sickles. Cen Rus
sell A Alger. Gen. Lew Wallace, and
others OF less note. A veteran eays
1.-The Grand Army of the Repu bic
veterans are especially invited to
join with US and make this q grand
success. as We recognize the fact tina,
the G. A. Il. is the mother of all old
soldier organizations" The W.
V. r. U. holds its national encamp.
ment at the same time and will re-
ceive the same entertain ment and
welcome accorded to the veterans
Seems as il all the things we lik,
disagree with us. and all the things