The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
ENCAMPMENT IS
 DULY ADJOURNED Grand Army Men Finish
 Their Work. ALL THE OFFICERS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF WAR EULoGIZED. Veterans Also Appeal to Comrade Mckinley to See That Pension
 Rules Are Not Made
 Too Harsh.
ALL THE OFFICERS ELECTED
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF WAR EULoGIZED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 9.-The work of the thirty second annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was concluded to-day.
 While the encampment was concluded in the afternoon. so that the national board of administration could meet with Commander -in-Chief Sexton for routine initial work. the national con- vention of the three organizations of ladies continued all day and until late tonight. They had much more fight ing over the officers than the eX-sol- ders. Their afternoon and evening sessions were devoted to the contest over the division of the honCrs, and in those contests Illinois carried off almost everything. The Department of Illinois secured the command chief last evening; also the president of the Woman's Relief Corps. To-day that State secured the president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re public. as well as the president of the Daughters of Veterans and thirteen of the members of the national council and also the secretaries and councillor of the Woman's Relief Corps.
 The encampment opened this morn- ing with a small attendance and pro-
  The following were elected by acclama- ton:
 Senior ice-commander-in- chief w. C. Johnson of Cincinnati
 JuniGr vice ce-commander-in-c chief, Da- vid R. Ross of Delaware.
 Surgeon general, Dr. Pierce of Ne braska.
 Chaplain chief, Colonel Lucas of Indianapolis
 Commander in Chief Sexton an- nounces that he will not appoint his staff until he returns to Chicago.
 The resolutions referring to President Mckinley and Secretary Alger were given precedence. The resolution re- ferring to the President was first adopted by a rising vote amid scene of most enthusiastic demonstrations. It read as follows:
 Resolved. That the Grand Army of the Republic has watched with pride and satisfaction the wide, conservative. un- selfish, patriotic and statesmanlike man ner in which our honored comrade, Wil- liam Mckinley as President of the Uni ted States has met every demand which therecent trouble with Span imposed upon our country; that his wisdom and pru- dence in his endeaVor to preserve peace with honor as well as the vigor and pat riotic ardor with which our army and navy were equipped for the conflict, when the war became imminent. have won our hearty and unreserVcd approval and com mendation: and, rejoicing in the glori- ous termination of the conflict in which our country has been engaged. we hereby express cur gratitude, not only to our dis tingulshed comrade, the President, but also to the officers and men in the land and naval forces. for their heroic con- duet and sublime achievements for hu- manity and the glory of our flag and country.
 As soon as the demonstration follow ing the adoption Of the resolution was over the following was read and adopt ed by a unanimous vote, without dis cussion and with another demonstra- ton of approval:
 Resolved, That from Knowledge formed of our experience soldiers during four years of active service, we recognize the unfaltering energy and patriotic devotion with which. as Secretary of War. Gen. eral Alger has borne the weighty respon- abilities and performed the important duties suddenly imposed by the recent war with Spain, creating and maintaining