New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-09

Bichford: South Dakota Robert Oonard: Tennes'
sec II. c. Whitaker; Texas, G. c. HesKelI: lteA'
II. c. wardwegh: Vermont. W. II. ~ SACK VIZ
ginia and North Carolina. Edgar ANeh' Wusn'.a
Ton and Alaska, Harry B!oelow; "es' a"s."a'
George J. Walker; Wisconsin A. O. We''ser''
chairman.
SEXTON ELECTED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I.
coIo,sl Js,no. A. Sexton. OF Chicago, was elected
Commander !a-ch.ef. receiving ~ Vo'ef u ~ ~.
A. d. shaw OF New.York No other names were
presented
CoIoro, Ja,nc, A, Sexton, the new Commhnaer'
ir.chet war bern 81 Chicago January d law
Whom Lincoln. IN April. lSei. Issued Ms eau io'
7r ooo volunteers Colonel Bexton enlisted on Ap''
"a 1891 ~. II private After three fnonths SER
v,c, ina ,esnll,teJ IN tho 9Th Illinois Infantry.
NH WE. commissioned n Arst lieutenant lie was
Inter Transferred 20 the I'D illinois and was maui
captnn Of Company u. lie served IN Ransom
Rriynde. McAr,hura Division. Seventeenth ATM!
corps o. the Army Of the Tennessee ana pax"
pated IN It's campaigns. sleges and ba'"es AS
reg.mental commander ne led his regimen. !" ,tn,
battles O. Columbia. Duck River; Spite TIE Nan.
Franklin and Nashville and throughouib she Tan OF
ys cempais Smith i the q the
sixteenth Army Corps and remained WIN S',, "a
UNI The - end I'd Of spa ne Ts fort &obe Ala April s.
1855. his Jeff leg BROKEN below tne Nwounded
ing struck by piece 25 s sme at Nash2e After
the war he remained two years IN Alao1 iSre bo re
Ing a plantation near MontgomstS' a., -, ~ + A. &
turned to Chicago and founded the nf'n % - ~
r s Sexton. .,s eru vas suc-
M a To5 the fa esoH Fe Co. tins 4F
f sGn sy H" o. C hi 2snG ID A HP6
he Mary order Of the sysl Legion ma sna 3nT
s"cjsi@s Ike il past commander 81 the y ,ba
Snt Of ., T7gsees Of r. illinois state soldiers
and sailors Home At 3 HinG't IN the M, Illinois IA.
t,onal Guard. and has held seyeral ro''uo"' ~
hS2oT and fesc9% ms If enc on Pensions retu,ed
the charge that the pension roll was rn nvest;Ts
nonor bo nl,e undertaken by the Department ond
after their close there had boen noL nmeeT 80
OF iISgd Of the Grand Army % The Rerubc The
report "a say That ne ron W Nrntes show
rol! OF h9ne' aesth rate was rapidly Increasing
amorg PENSIONERS The number DYING eath va
now exc tocrosse in the number Of deaths eac1
cay would he such that in 1927 TIE nufnpe' ~. ~
p ens1fr snd ftv thousand and in leio the lis
Woud be cberasd TIE report aa re- ada fer
sdudicsng The claims row psndfn s~o IN ,9 on TIE
raTtment and that no reaxation OF he aoUed
part Of the Grand Army Of the Repop'c We "'''"'"
10 By vote Of 3o5 for Philadelphia 70 ~ Tor Des
,ap ~ was decided to hold the q a. + Na"on'i
Yer .yorn,ent Of 1899 in the Quaker City
The Fourteenth annual convenuon OF ths this
m0m ip in Re tha scottish Rite cathedral The ses
sion was devoted TO the readIns ot -" ~ Commit
tees and other routine matters. The ronta 40 600
fnli attendance of delegates reptes elpS 7.s,d.nt
nempsIs " Marin ~ Missouri. delivered hsr
MIS- Sa sSdre.s Addresses of welcome wSIt mace
nv Misc Annie Laws chairman. OF VIZ n,.v and bv
~ HsSartmant PRECEDENT MIS- Nesta % Ae'
OF Dayton representing the SstsIs re e Mary H
shephsrd Of Missouri showed an agfesne net
iias4S members and s3t c cCps DUNG the year
gan ba SECTION % Of wiz take place 1ber ses
TIE Women of the g. A. r. ra reSns'e' Mrs W r
sion [o-oa AMI j" Congressman Bromwe r1esdent
speeches The reports Of the E Tsad. It appeared
r sno that in the year mF%
circles have been organized ave G Members They
o9 aiour na5 AZ noon until Tomorrow "he"
~ oN1cers takes place