The Springfield herald., 1897-09-03
GOBLIN COMMANDER.
NEXT ENcAMPMENT AT CINCIN-
MATT.

Psnnsylvania and Ohio Both Happy
General Ciarkson Says Something
About Observation-Disclosures of Msmbsrs
DecrensInE.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug N.-Nncinnnu's
triumph in securing the national en-
campment for 1898 and Pennsylvania's
victory in winning the cOmmandsr-in-
chief of the Grand Army were the fea-
lures of the cncampment. Both battles
were hard fought. The struggle was
precipitated Immediately after the e1-
ecutive session was called to order. The
selection OF the next place of meeting
was first taken up, and the rival cities
We're given II hearing.
The city committee of Cincinnati was
admitted and NJ. u. ingalls,, president of
the Big -Four railroad presented the
claims and attractions of the city in
a happy speech
Delegate Woodruff of California pre-
sented the claims of San Francisco.
On the first ballot Cincinnati received
500 votes and San Francisco 214. The
vote had not been announced when Mr..
Woodruff withdrew San Francisco and
asked that the selection of Cincinnati
be made unanimous. This was agreed to
by reclamation.
Nominations for commander-in-chief
were then declared in order and Isaac
+. Mack of Sandusky, Ohio; ]. P. S. Go
bin OF Lebanon, Pa; George II. Innes
of Boston and John G. Linehan of New
Hampshire were placed in nomination.
I Later Mr.. Innes withdrew. The first
ballot resulted: Mack. 253; Linehan.
1S1; Goblin, 29G-no choice
The vote on the second ballot was
never announced officially, but as cast
1t stood: Goblin, 35S; Mack. 249; Line
han, l23. Before the result could be an
nounccd the tellcrs of the 10 Missouri
votes that had been cast for Mack
were withdrawn and ordered changed
TO Goblin, who had received the other
- OF the % votes belonging to the
state.
This gave Goblin 3GS votes. and
enough to elect Then Illinois and 9TH
er states began to order their votes
changed. hut while this was in prog
ress X. B. Brown of Ohio. who nominat-
ed Mr.. Mack, asked unanimous consent
that the adIutInt general be instructed
to cast the vote of the encampment for
Mr.. Goblin, making his election unani-
nous.
General Clarkson in his annual report
made the following recommendations:
''Owing to the steady decrease in thc
tHt very
imposed by the national per capita OF
2la cents, I believe that the best inter
ests of the order would be subserved by
an increase of y cent in the per capita
making it 3 cents per annum.
"During 1896 there We're cared for ir
the national homes 27.33S veterans, be-
sides many more in state hom2s.
1.-THE committee on pensions have Civ,
en- much attention to this branch of
the work. until quite lately with but
little effect. Within the last few months
the latch strings have been loosencd
and many justly entitled pensioners
have had their cases acted upon: others
stopped without cause. have been re-
stored to the rolls, and the machinery
of the great department of the govern
ment seems to have been oiled with the
oil of human kindness and honest obli-
gltion. and to be running much more
smoothly and with much less friction
than before. believe it will not he
long until every case properly made up
will be reached and receive attention.
mo subject in which the Grand Ar
my is Interested is more important than
that the truth Of history should be
taught to our children. 1t is certainly
not the object of the Grand Army of
the Republic to keep open the wounds
of the war, but of this we are deter
mined that one side in that great strug-
gle was right and that the other side
was wrong-and we are not the wrong
side. and we do not intend that our
children shall be taught that we were"
After thanking the vice commander
and his official and personal STAFF, VIII"
had splendidly sustained him in his
work. and the comrades who had beer
so uniformly kind and indulgent and
courteous he concluded thus:
"Let us keep the old flag to the fore
Let her every gentle wave be to us an
inspiration for greater devotion to our
own and our country's best interests.
and every star n beacon light leading
us on to higher and greater ambition"
Adjutant General Charles r. Burmes-
ter's report contained the following fig
ures:
''rhe total membership of the order
in good standing June 30. 1896. was
1902 posts. with 340.G10 members: on
December 81. 1896. 1870 posts, with
327.412 members: on June 30 1897,
7.10O posts, with 319.456 members The
gain by muster was 1854: by transfer.
1881; by reinstatement. POI; from
delinquent report. G.S07: total. 30 929.
| The losses were: BY deaths. 1915: hon
ors,ble discharge, 1857: transfer. 4.642:
suspension. 3O.771; dshonorable dis
charge. All: by delinquent reports,
S.9Sl; by surrender of charter, COG: to
tai. "a ,1S:i. Including the members re-
naming suspended June 30. 1897 43.-
9GO). the total borne on the rolls,
3O2. .S13.
Other reports made We're of no spe-
cial interest.
All other reports. including that of the
commander-in-chi We're referred to
| committees.