Connecticut western news., 1897-08-26

with 800 other distinguished guests and soldiers. At the guests table sat Com- mander c. H. Mcconnell of Columbia post. toastmaster of the occasion: Presi- dent Mckinley, General T. $. Clarkson, Archbishop Ireland. Mayor Jewett. Gen eral Russell A. Alger. Governor Frank g. Black, General James F.. Curtiss chaplain in chief; Mark B. Taylor of Brooklyn, Charles w. Anderson. the famous negro orator: William S. BisseI, William J. Connors Colonel Swift. Gov ernor Hagen S. Pingree of Detroit. Past Commander in Chief T. w. Lawler Representative R. R. Mahany. Repre- sentative D. s. Alexander. c. Porter Johnson of Chicago. Colonel Blackman If Chicago. Colonel Gage, 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 F. Scheu.
 The principal toasts were: President Mckinley, "The Country and Its De- fenders:" Mayor Jewett, The City of Buffalo;" Governor Black. "The Empire State;" Commander in Chief Clarkson, ''The Grand Army" General Russell Alger. The Army of the United States;" Archbishop Ireland. '"rhe Chaplain" and Hon. John s. Wise, Under One Flag" MT. Wise. who was a Confed- crate officer, was received with much enthusiasm, and his address was mark d by its patriotic spirit
 Meeting of Prisoners of War.
 The National Association of Union Prisoners of War met in annual con- vention, with Commander Charles F. Sheriff of Pittsburg, in the chair. There was large attendance, the largest, in fact, since the organization of the asso- ciation.
 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 fiourishlng condition. There were more ex-prisoners attending the present encampment than had ever been drawn together before. The report of the adjutant general showed 63 local associations. with a membership of 1.931, and 7O2 individual
 members, a total membership of 2.20S. There was a substantial cash balance in the treasury.
 Several speakers advocated the pas sage of the ex-prisoners' relief bill, to be presented to congress at its next session, and the members present were
 urged to bring all possible influence to
 bear upon their congressman and sena-
 tors to insure the passage of the bill.
 The officers for the ensuing year were elected, as follows: Commander, Charles
 F. Sheriff. Pittsburg; senior vice conn
 mander. J. L. Kilgore. Brooklyn: chap
 lain, John s. Ferguson. Keokuk, 1a.:
 historian, Lewis R. Fortescue, Philadel- phia; quartermaster general, S. M. Long, East Orange, N. J.: executive committee, ex-Mayor Doran, St. Paul:
 James Atwer, 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 l tional Association of Naval Veterans to | order. About 300 delegates were in att tendance. Daniel F. Kelly of Philadel- phia was elected rear admiral for the ensuing year over Will E. Atkins by a vote of 94 to 13.
 A resolution was adopted urging the | 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- | delphia or Washington.
 The committee on resolutions reported against the removal of gold stripes l from the uniforms of the naval veter- | ans. After a fierce fight the matter was
 unanimously laid on the table for a year.
 A resolution approving the project of | the late General William R. Hazen 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 ? and | 3, which consist of sons. grandsons 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 l the chair. and after listening to the ad-
 dresses of the president and senior vice | president and the various reports ad- | journed in order to allow the members | to take a ride on the lake.