Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-27
THE PENSIONS PAID
The Reports at the @. A. r.
Encampment Are Discussed
in GoyernmentCircles.
PANAMA CANAL PROJECT
The Alliance Between France
and Russia Definitely An.
nounced by the Gar.
A BIG BLAZE IN CHICAGO

BUFFALO, New York, August 27.--
The business sessions of the grand
army encampment we're resumed, this
morning. A special report from the
chief aide on military instruction IN
the public schools, Captain A. Y.
q .linski, of New York, was referred
to a committee with instructions to re-
port during the day. Captain Zilinski
recommends the creation Of new de
partment Of the grand army, similar
i its organization and status to that
of the adjutant-general, and TO be
known as the "department of military
instruction. aud TO consist OF one
chief aide and about fifty assistant
aides. The object of the department
to. be is to push through the coming
session of ,ngress bill giving a
detail Of army officers and non-com-
m missioned rffi sers TO towns OF 70 ,C0O
inhaDitants and upwards, for the pur.
pose OF aff)rding military instruction
in the public schools
Captain Zil,nski admits that there
has been retr grsssion on the sub
i ct in New York City, owing TO the
beard of education being governed by
sentimental views, and also admits
that but little progress has been made
in the sou hern states, due to the op
position OF me confederate veterans to
the grand army, embittered by the con-
troversy on the question OF school his
tories
1t is insisted, however, that as to the
move nent for the introduction OF mil
itary instruction in the publ, schools,
with the view OF securing the natiou's
defense from attack from without,
south, rn states are quite as much con-
cerned IN its success as are those OF
the north and west.
The city is nearly deserted, this after
noon, by G. A. Il. men. Colonel
M ack, of Ohio. who was beaten by
Colonel Goblin, of Pennsylvania, for
commander-in-ch chief, takes it philo-
sophically. II Cincinnati had not been
chosen, he could not have been de-
feated. To-day, Mrs Sara Jane
Martin, of Missouri, was chosen presi-
dent OF the Woman's relief corps. For
JUNIOR vice commander, Mrs. Alien, OF
Hartford, was chosen.
COMMENTS AT THE CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 81
The statical reports presented at yes
terday Is session of the grand army at
Buff 10 are furnishing topic OF dis
cussion in pension circles to-day and
are accepted as in themselves q reply
20 .hose who hold that the grand army
of the republic as an organization Il
approaching its end. According to the
statistics in question, the organization
ON July 1st had total membership Of
319,456. Ga the same date, the mum
Der of male names on the government
pension list was slightly IN excess o.
three Quarters of a million and oyel
100000 applications had successfully
passed the principal stages Of scrutiny
Assuming therefore that every memoel
OF the grand army OF the republic iron
the commander n-chief to the humbl 80
comrade is drawing pension from I'M
goyernment--andt this assumption ha
no foundation in fact-there still re
main more than half million of tn
bows that wore the blue, who, Will
they have possessed sufficient activit.
to secure for themselves pension, ,hav'
not so far manifested enough patriot
ism to ally themselves with the Oh
guard. Out of this half million, 1t J
contended that the grand army shoul'
be able to make sufficient number Q
recruits to maintain high-wa mar
showing for several years to come.