The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
cayr,rASDHR-Tx-CHrEF GARRISON.

NthM-lANDLh- N-NiilE-E NA-=AANEA-'N-'s
evening there were "A number of cam.
fires fer { e men and receptions auC
musical enUert IInmeuts Tor the ladies
The first parade IN which Grand
Army men took part was a notable
event
The Naval Veterans association ano
the ex-PrisOners of War association
te-eJher with the survivors of Ell.
county regiments and other OrganIZa
tIOns, composed the Grand Army con-
tIuEent of the parade The naval vet
eranS wore the uniform OF the I nlted
STATES naval service and made splen-
did appearance. As they rolled through
the streets IN the swinging gait of men
Of-warsmen the crowd cheered them Il
the echo.
The ex-prisoners of war from the
rank and file of the G. \. r. wore the
uniforms of their respective posts, and
ON each coat was fastened a badg~
bearing the name of the prison III
which the wearer had been confined.
As the names of the AndersOnVille,
LIhbey. SallSb .ry. Belle Isle, Florence,
Castle Thunder and other places of his
torIc horror were read the cheers be-
came ueafenlng.
The National Association of ex-
Prisoners of War met in annual con-
venyIon with Commander Charles +.
Sheriff OF PIttsburg III the chair The
attendance was the largest since the
organization OF the association.
The report of the adjutant general
showed 63 local associations, with a
membership OF !, 1882, and 7O2 individual
members. q total membership of z, ,204.
There was a substantial cash balance in
the treasury.
Several speakers advocated the pass
age Of the eX-prisOners relief bill to be
presented TO congress.
These officers were elected:
Commander, Charles +. Sheriff,
Pittsburg; senior vice commander, J.
l.. kilgOur, Brooklyn; chaplain, John
S. Ferguson, Keokuk, la historian,
Lewis r Fortescue, Philadelphia
quartermaSter general, ). NJ. Long
East Orange. y. J.
Executive committee, ex-Mayor Do
ran, st. Paul; James AtwelI, ,PittsDurg;
Isaac c. Seeley, Minneapolis. and John
T. DOnahOe, Wilmington, Del
The Loyal Home Workers held a
meeting with 100 delegates. represent
inE 10 states, present. The annual re-
ports showed that the order was max
ing steady pro- -ress. its membership now
exceeding 10000.
When Rear Admiral Sears called the
twelfth annval convention of the Ma
tl0nal Association Of Naval Veterans to
order about 300 DELEGATES were in at
tendance. Daniel f. Kelly of Phila-
delphla was elected rear admiral for
the ensuing year over Will +. Atkins
by vote of 81 TO I3.
y resolution was adopted urging the
secretary of the navy to accept the
plans of Baerer x Webb of New York
for statue of the late Rear Admiral
David b. POr. er, to he erected IN Phlla-
delphia or Washington
The committee on resolutions re-
ported against the removal of gold
stripes from the uniforms of the naval
veterans. After fierce fight the mat
ter was unanimously laid on the table
for a ear.
A resolution approving the project
OF the late General William b. Hazen
to establish a sanitarium on Castle
Plnckey island in Charleston harbor
was unanimously adopted.
Another ngnt arose over the report of
the committee on the revision of the
constitution. which proposed TO amend
the cOnstitut on regarding classes 2 and
), which consist of sons, grand sons
and assoc EateS of the veterans, so that
these might be expelled from the ma
t1onal association a lengthy and
somewhat animated discussion ended
IN tabuug the report
The National Association of Army
Nurses met wlth Mrs. Emily Z. Wood
ley of Philadelphia IN the chair. and
president and senior vice president and
the various reports. ad iourned in order
TO allow the members to take ride on
the lake.
At the opening session of the Ladies'
of the q. \. r. every state except Iowa
and Indiana was represented. Mrs.
Catharlne Z. Hrst, president, presided.
Colonel Sexton of Chicago has with
drawn as candidate for commander
in-chlef. There are now three eastern
and one western candidate for the
place.
Of C1ncinnati's success in her race
for the next encampment there appears
10 be little doubt, although Denver has
IoOmed up as an aspirant fer that
honor.
At Colonel Gobin's headquarters,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della
ware are claimed for the PENNSYLVANIA
man. and his friends say he will be in
the fight to the END
Among the prominent arrivals were
General Lew Wallace and Former Com
mander-In-C Chief Thomas G Lawler.