The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-24

Union OK PRISONERS of War aSsn'la'p'"
of Iackawanna county was h'lu u,
Music hail yesterday afternoon, a'"
was followed 10y a supper in the pun"
inc and a campfire. Members "l wv
asociatiun were present from S.N''"i
counties and though only roini"'"
lively small number attended lh' u"S'
ness meeting i'm the afternoon th''r
was a large gathering of veterans am.
l.cir families at the supper, ana " sun
larger crowd at the campfire.
# had been expected that q neral d.
=. :. Goblin. commander of the Grand
Army of Republic of ,ho United states
and Adiutant General Thomas j. stew
art would bc present but the illness
,f tn. former and unexpected business
demands upon the latter prevented
thch attendance. \ letter from Cen
cral Goblin to Colonel f.. II. Ripple IN
rpimcd the association that the %en'r-
al was confined to his home by rh" l.
matiSm. Not until about o'cl>cF,
when "A telegram was received from
General stewart. was it known that he
could not be pres mt.
Music hail had been laNishly decor
at,d with tiays and bunting Rarely
has the plac. contained greater cN-
pansc of the stars and stripes ana
other national culors. which, i'm feStoon
drapory and Strcamer hid from view
everything i'm the hall. except the seats,
walls and stage. 1t was after O'Clock
when the business session began with
all the following officers in attendance:
Commander Halscy l.athrop. of Peck
willie: vice commander, G. Il. MCtzcar,
of Wilkes Barre; recording : cr"tary,
Colonel T.. H. Ripple. of Scranton; cor
responding secretary, T.. l.. Buck, OF
Scranton; treasurer c. l.. Mercereau,
of Scranton: chaplain. Rev. Dr. S. c..
Logan of Scranton.
BUSINESS BEGAN.
With Commander Lathrop in the
chair and about thirty members pres
cnt the meeting was opened with an
Invocation of Divine blessing by Rev.
DR. :. G. Logan, the chaplain. The
minutes of the thirteenth annual meet
ing. held last year in this city, were
rad by the secretary and were ap-
proved
Reports were made by three of the
five delegates To the recent national
cncampmcnt at Buffalo. The del gates
were f.. w. Pierce, of Scranton; q. II.
Parsons, of Wilkes Barre; John Me
Donough, of Scranton; George w.
Simpson, of \antiCOkc, and G, II. Gra-
ham, of Scranton. The reports were
made by Messrs. Pierce, Parsons and
Graham. The former made particular
reference to the difficulty in securing
a voice in the encampmcnt's business
sessions. the reason app airing to have
rested in the fact that the Lackawan-
ma association had not been properly
attached to the national body. Mr..
Pierce was directed to submit his re-
port i'm writing.
Many letters were received express
ing the regret of the writer's on their
inability to be present. Some of these
letters were from w. -. Stauffer. of
Lancaster. the department command
cr: Colonel :. \. Crquhart, of West
Pittston. vice president of the Libby
Prison Tunnel association; y. W. Elm
cndorf, of Honesdale; Judge Alfred
Darte. of Wilkes-Ba Barre; John +. Bar
rett. Rev. DR.. Joseph *. Dixon, n. L.
Rice and Richard O'I3rien, all of Scran-
ton. Judge Darte, however, made his
appearance about 80 o'clock.
Colonel w. II. Telford. of Susquehan-
ma, who was colonel of the Fiftieth
Pennsylvania volunteers, and William
II. Reed. of Ashley. corporal of Com
volunteers, We're elected to member
shin.
NEW BYLAWS.
The association made Itself an aux
Hilary of the National association of
Union cX-Prisoncrs of War by adopt
ing the constitution and bylaws rec
commended by the latter. \ motion
prevailed that the present officers
serve until the January meeting, when
the annual election must take place,
according to the new bylaws. 1t was
decided to hereafter make nominations
at the last quarterly meetings, which
are to be held in October.
Nominations, which mean an cleo
tion. to be voted upon at the January
first quarterly meeting, were made as
follows Commander Halsey Lathrop.
of PcCkVillc: vice commander, ~ :
Harrison, of Montrose; adiutant. COL
onel T.. II, Ripple, Of Scranton; quar-
termaster, &. l.. Mere rcau, of Scran-
ton; chaplain, Rev. Dr. s. c. Logan.
of scranton; executive committee. f.
w. rloICc ana G, l.. Mercereau, of
scranton, and Z. H. Campbell of
Wilkes Barre; dclogat : to the Nation
al encampment, to be held next wear
at Cincinnati, q. s. Parsons. Of Wilkes
Barre; Colonel W. II. Telford, of Sus-
quehanna, and +. w. Pierce and COL
onel Ripple, of Scranton; alt rnatos,
G. b. Met2gar and r. IL. Campbell. of
Wilkes Barre; Josiah Wolfe, of Pixies
Creek; George ). Brock, Of Scranton
1t was voted to hold the quarterly
meetings on the third Tuesdays in Jan
uary, April July and October the
Thin in flesh : Perhnncit,c