The National tribune., 1899-04-20
THE GRAND ARMY.
What Veterans Are Doing
for the Good of the Order.
HCTING c0MMANDER-IN-CHIEF."

The Executive Committee Decides Not to
Elect Successor to Chief
Sexton.
The Executive Committee of the G. r..
National Council of Administration held
a meeting in Philadelphia, Wednesday
| April 13, to consider the question OF
successor to the late Commander in Chlei
Sexton. Beside the Committee there was
a large attendance of other promlnen'
GAR men, and two strong delegations
from Cincinnati and Chicago, supporting
the candidacy of Comrades Johnson and
| Black respectively.
The Ohio delegation was headed by
Capt T. II. MOnfort. Postmaster OF Gin
cinnati. and included Matthew }. Day,
| Capt. j. S. Carr, A. NJ. Warner, Jos. w.
Hawkins, John A. Zeigler.. Nm. Mescher
| Vim. II. Brate, Otto +. Miller and Henry
Wagner. From Chicago came Gen. }. II.
Stibbs, Col. II. W. Thompson, DIR. q. IL.
Bassett and G. \. Partridge. c. {. Jones,
former Adjutant- General, of Rockford, III:
was also present as an Outspoken Black
supporter.
The Committee held two long sessions
with closed doors, which resulted IN a
deadlock and the adoption OF the following
resolution:
Whereas, For the first time in :he
history of the Grand Army of the Republlc,
| the Commander-in-C Chief has died while IN
| Office: Therefore,
"ResOlved, AS mark of respect to the
memory of James A. Sexton, the late
| Commander in Chief, the Senior Vice
Commander in Chief shall continue TO
perform the duties of Commander in Chief
| and the Office of COmmander-in Chle re-
main without an lncumi ent until tEe
meeting of the 33d annual Encampment.
The Committee consists of 10 members,
including the Senior Vice Commander in
~, that IchnSDn
supported by Adi't-Gen. IhOs. }. Stewart,
of PENNSYLVANIA; Jas. F. Morrison, OF
Pennsylvania; w. ii. Armstrong, of In
diana. and NJ. d. Wickersham, OF Ala
bama Black was supported by r. w
Sphinx, of Chicago, QuartcImaster-G General;
Wisconsin, and Thos. +. Feed, OF New
York. F. NJ. Sterrett, of Miss ouri, was
understood to favor Gen. Dan Sickles.
SUCCESS FUL IOWA POST.
I. L. Wilson, Co. b, Goth Iowa, and
Commander of Post PA, Center Point,
Iowa, writes: "a short history of Denison
Post, PA. may stimulate other Posts to
extra exertion. DenisOn Post was organ
lied in 1881 with 20 members. We have
always worked in harmony, and we nave
to day a membership OF 81. We own our
Post room, two story brick 40 by ~ ieet'-
which is fitted up in excellent shape as
an opera "ltil Sp"SS '''N
scenery We have 80 stands OF arms,
ard cups, plates, knives, spoons, etc, to
accommodate SEQ at Campfires and 0ther
entertainments. The walls OF cur Post
room are covered with appropriate PIC
lures.
eve owe not one cent, and have about
$500 in our treasury. All The dues we pay
is our per capita tax, about 25 cents each.
We pay out annually from $50 TO $50 for
relief, but our opera house pays IL, ana
our Relief Committee is always ready
and willing to disburse it wherever
it is necessary We have, also, an
auxiliary of enthusiastic, hard, earn
est workers in DenisOn WOman's Relief
Corps, %, with membership of between
40 and so, who are ever ready to lend
their assistance. Comrades, we are proud
of Denison Post to-day, and we nave
reached this present prosperous condl.
ton by earnestly working in the spirit OF
comradeship."
DEPARTMENT NOTES. .
The 18th annual Encampment of the
Missouri Department will convene at
Kirksvillc, May II.
Neal Post, Sidney, is having a strug-
gle with the library people, who want to
seize the Post room to extend the library.
Inasmuch as the Memorial Building, In
which it is situated, was erected as
memorial to the soldiers of Shelby County,
raised for that purpose, and the Post mas
been in there ever since the building was
completed, the comrades think that they
have a right to stay, and have secured an
Injunction against the library officials
disturbing them. ,
Comrade L. f. Garrison, Co. 6, 18th
H., Keokuk, Iowa, writes that Beiknap
Post, SIS, and Belknap Circle, Ladies OF
the GAR, recently held very inter
esting Joint Campfire at which Depart
ment Comman nder II. W. Terrill, Depart,
ment President Aurilla f.. sherman, ana
other prominent members OF the TWO or,
ders delivered addresses. Both Post and
Circle are prosperous.
T. j. Majors, Department Commander,
Lincoln, announces that the ed annual
Encampment OF the Department OF Ne
braska will be held at York, May 10.
Commander A. 6. Bcthard, Blrming-
ham, Ala, announces that the llln
annual Encampment Of the Department
of Alabama will be held in Birmingham,
May 5. Asst AdI'tGen. T.. d. Bacon,
A. A. Tyler, Geo. +. WOllenhaupt, W. II.
Black, c. b. Randolph, and r. ii. ALI
son compose the Committee on Creden-
tals. rate of one fare for round trip
has been secured.
The South Dakota Encampment will be
held at Hot Springs, S. D., June I, and
g. Members Of Silas A. Strickland Post, |
1877. are making extensive preparations to
entertain visiting comrades.
Asst Adi't-Gen w. S. Fletcher, Santa |
Fe, n. Nj, has prepared "A roster OF the
Department containing much information
OF value.
Terre Haute is already astir with prepa-
rations for the Encampment Of the De |
partmcnt Of Indiana to be held there May !
20, "a and 25, and = grand welcome will be
extended every veteran, members Of the
W.RC., and Ladies of the GAR. Com |
rade Lawrence Burget is Chairman OF the |
committee having in charge arra angements
for the W.R.C. and Ladies Of the G.A.H. |
feature OF the regimental Reunion, OF
which committee Comrade Frank L. |
BENJAMIN is Chairman. All letters OF a |
general nature should be addressed 10
George W. Krietcnste n, Secretary, Execu- |
tive Committee, Tene Haute.
Hannibal Ramlin Post, 1865, Bangor, |
Me, was recently presented with a very |
record book by Col. David Bug |
bee. The book is two feet long by Is
inches wide, and is bound in fine leather. |
1t contains space for the personal record |
of each member.
Austin Blair Post, 1928, Department of |
Michigan, Chase, Mich. has passed resO-
lutions appealing to President Mckinley |
to see that the pension laws are executed |
in the spirit Of fairness, Justice, and |
har fpr ber taSplua6 IN |