Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-27

club he met the prominent citizens OF
Buffalo. and then a little later he en-
tered the great banquet hall as the guest
Of honor Of Columbia post Of Chicago.
with 500 other distinguished guests and
soldiers At the guests table sat Com
mander C. H. Mcconnell Of Columbia
post postmaster Of the occasion: Presi-
dent Mckinley General 4. s. Clarkson,
Archbishop Ireland, Mayor Jewett, Cen
eral Russell A. Alger. Governor Frank
6 Black General James F. Curliss,
chaplain in chief Mark b. Taylor Of
Brooklyn, Charles w Anderson the
famous negre orator, William S. Bissell.
William J. Connors, Colonel Swift, Gov
ernor Hazen S Pingree of Detroit. Past
Commander In Chief T. W Lawler.
Representative r. b Mahany Repre-
sentative d. S. Alexander c. Porter
Johnson Of Chicago. Colonel Blackman
OF Chicago Colonel Case, General
Walker General Komitz Colonel John
d. Weber, Colonel J. II Horton. Colonel
Atkinson, Alderman Fitch of Chicago,
Henry d Estabrook Of Chicago Fred
W. Peck OF the Chicago Auditorium,
General John s Wise and Augustus r
scheu
The principal toasts We're: President
! Mckinley The Country and It's De-
fouders;' Mayor Jewett The City Of
Runalo;' Governor Black The Empire
State Commander Ia Chief Clarkson.
"The Grand Army" General Russell
Aieer The Army Of the United States"
Archbishop ireland, The Chaplain.
and Hon John $ Wise. Under one
Flag MIR Wise who was a Confed-
crate officer was received with much
enthusiasm. and his address was mark
ed by It's patriotic spirit.
Meeting of Prisoners of War.
The National Association Of Union
! Prisoners of War met In annual con
vcntion with Commander Charles F.
Sheriff Of Pittsburg in the chair There
was a large attendance, the largest, in
/ fact, since the organization of the asso-
,iatlon
/ Colonel Foe of Buffalo delivered an
/ address Of welcome to the delegates.
Chairman Sheriff, in the course Of his
annual address, said that the ex-pris-
oners' association was in a hourishing
condition. There were more ex-prisoners
attending the present encampment than
1 had ever been drawn together before.
/ The report Of the adjutant general
I showed 6S local associations, with
membership of 1881, and 702 individual
members, a total membership of 2,203
/ There was-a substantial cash balance in
/ the treasury
/ Several speakers advocated the pas
sage Of the eX-prisoners' relief bin. TO
be presented 10 congress at its next
session and the members present were
urged to bring all possible influence to
bear upon their congressman and sena-
/ tors 20 insure the passage Of the bill.
/ The officers for the ensuing year were
elected, az follows: Commander Charles
II Sheriff. Pittsburg; senior vice com
mander ]. L. Kiigore, Brooklyn chap
| lain. John $. Ferguson. Keokuk. Ia
historian, Lewis X. Fortescue, Philadel-
phia; quartermaster general, s. NJ.
I Long. East Orange, n. j.; executive
committee, ex-Mayor Doran. St Paul.
James Atwel Pittsburg; Isaac c. See
! ley. Minneapolis. and John P Dona-
hoe. Wilmington. Del.
Naval Veterans In Session.
! Rear Admiral Cyrus Sears called the
twelfth annual convention of the Ma
/ tional Association Of Naval Veterans to
order About 900 delegates were in at
tendance Daniel f. Kelly Of Philadel-
( phia was elected rear admiral for the
ensuing year over WIi e. Atkins by a
vote Of "a to l3.
] A resolution was adopted urging tnt
secretary Of the navy to accept the
plans of Baerer & Webb of New York
for statue Of the late Rear Admiral
David b. Porter to be erected in Phila-
delphla or Washington.
The committee on resolutions reported
fagainst the removal Of gold stripes
from the uniforms Of the naval veter-
ans. After a fierce hght the matter was
unanimously laid on the table for a
year,
A resolution approving the project Of
the late General William B. Hasen to
establish a sanitarium on Castle Pinck-
ney island in Charleston harbor was
unanimously adopted.
Another fight arose over the report Of
the committee on revision of the con-
stitution, which proposed to so amend
the constitution regarding classes 2 and
g. which consist Of sons, gTandsons and
associates of the veterans. so that these
might be expelled from the national as
sociation. A lengthy and somewhat an
imated discussion ended in tabling the
report
The National Association of Army
Nurses met, with National President
Emily F. Woodley OF Philadelphia in
the chair, and after listening to the ad-
dresses Of the president and senior vice
president and the various reports ad-
iourned in order TO allow the members
to take a ride on the lake.