The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-03

and the work it was doing was COM
Minnesota contingent at Buffalo last
year was mentioned with praise. The
Women's Relyief corps, the Sons of
Veterans and the Ladies' Aid societies
were commended for the grand work
that to the Sons of Veterans they must
chiefly look to carry on the work of
perpetuating the institutions so hap
PLY preserved thus far by the veterans.
In closing his report, Commander
Wood said he believed, from the oppor-
tunities which he had enjoyed of
sounding the sentiment of his comrades
that they had the most implicit conf
dence in the prudence, wisdom and pa
triotism of the president in dealing
with the very serious foreign compica-
tions of the day, and that they were
determined to do all in their power to
preserve and sustain the government
The reading of the commanders re-
port was followed by those Of the SEN
ior and junior vice department COM
manders, and by that of Adjutant Cen
eral ]. K. Mertz. The latter paid espe-
cial attention to the fact that during
the year he had been able to do a great
deal of field work, and in most cases
with the best possible results. During
the year he had Travelled over 1900
miles, and had visited many camp fires
and district encampments. If the post
would pay more attention to the time
of holding these meetings, and manage
so the dates would not conflict, it
would be possible to do still more. The
total receipts during the year had been
$3051. 90
Past Department Commander J. J..
McCardy was presented with a beauti-
full past department commander S
badge by Comrade Flower, of the COM
mittee which was appointed last year
for that purpose.
Afternoon Session.
Among the reports presented at the
afternoon session were those of Inspec-
tor General L. o. Merriam, of Mime
apolis; Judge Advocate Collins; COM
mittee on soldiers home, and the coun-
Gil of administration. The latter was
merely in reference to the work of the
past year, and this morning they will
present report outlining and suggest
ing work for the year to come.
Capt Morse, Of Camp No. 4, Sons Of
Veterans, appeared at the head of COM
mittees appointed from each Of the
Minneapolis camps, to propose to the
G. A r. that in future the Sons of Vet
Grams take upon themselves the hardest
of the work incident to the proper OBJ
servance Of Memorial day, and the offer
was accepted in the spirit in which it
was rendered.
Committees appeared from both the
Ladies Of the G. A. r. and the Women's 8
Relief Corps, and brief speeches made
by Mrs. Silloway and Mrs. George w.
Savage.
Commander Wood appointed the fol-
lowing committees:
On Officers Reports-John Wait, ]. M.
Daaa, Resolutions-E. L. wheelock, A.. Barto,
]. ]. Dow, w. P. Roberts, ]. Donahower.
Ladies Of the G. A R.-C. H. Graves, NJ.
H. Taylor, Fred Bloom.
Women's Relief CorIs-G. S. Ives, George
W. Savage, B. c. Gibbons, and the Bryant
Post quartette.
The Aeolion Ladies' quartette, of st.
Paul, appeared by invitation and sang
"Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp
Ground" and to the encore responded
with parody on "Reveille," with the
words Cant Get Them up in the
Morning." This caught the old vet
Grams, and the ladies had to favor them
once more, rendering a Kentucky ne