Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-09-14
CHICAGO GETS 1T.
Next q. a. 81. Encampment TO be Held
la tt:e Windy City-A Eumpus Leads
TO the Secession OF Two Local Soci-



eties.
! Philadelphia, Sept. THE national
g. \. II. encampment met in executive
session Wednesday. The encampment
is made up of BAL delegates from the
various states and territories, 10 de-
partment officers. III national officers
| and post commardors-in-chief and Go2
! post department commanders.
The opening address was made by
Senior Vice Commandcr-in-chie john
son. Then followed reading OF re-
ports The report of Alonzo Williams,
| inspector general, gave the loss by
! death during the past year as 1924,
which. added to losses through other
causes such as discharges, honorary
| and dishonorablc surrender OF charter,
suspensions and transfers made the
! total loss 1855. The number of
members in good standing June 30,
! 1899 was 2S7,0S1.
Senior Vice Commander Johnson as
! commander-in-chie was elected to
serve the uneNpired term of the late
| Col. Sexton. Commander Johnson
will continue in Office until the end of
! this encampment.
Daniel Foss, of Wilmington. Del,
! junior vice commander, was elected
10 the office OF senior vice commander.
succeeding Col. Johnson.
The surgeon general. Albert s.
Pierce, reported that during the past
| Is months 11,OS3 deaths had occurred
| in the Grand Army. There are, the
report states. ,672 deserving sick and
MANNED soldiers not receiving PEN
sions. In the government and state
homes for soldiers and sailors there
are 6.4%1 inmates. and "a old sailors.
and soldiers are in almshouses.
In his report Daniel X. Lucas, chap
Iain-n-chief. states that there are g.
GS2 soldiers graves unmarked.
The first business after recess was
the selection of place for the next
cncampment and Chicago was chosen
| by accIamation. The report of the
committee on pensions was then read
and a motion was made to refer it 10
the committee on resolutions. This
created much discussion, many of rhe
delegates favoring the immediate
adoption of n resolution covering the
evils mentioned in the report After
n discussion lasting nearly four hours
the report was referred back to the
committee on pensions. with instruc-
tions that it he presented at to-day's
session embodying recommendations
and resolutions.
The complaint of the veterans as
contained in the pension committees
report is that the law governing the
granting of pensions is misconstrued
by the pension examiner. The re-
port is not critical. but is said to con
tain a statement of facts as they exist
III the pension department.
There were lively times at the an
nuaI convention of the National Asso-
citation of Naval Veterans. 4 resolu-
tion providing for the admission OF
participants in the Spanish war to
membership in the association started
Il rumpus and the result was that
there is now a split in the or"aniZa-
ton. At the convention held in Gin
cinnati last September the resolution
above mentioned was introduced. and
was laid over until this year. Num-
bcrs of speeches were made and the
vote on the resolution was overwhelm-
ingly against admitting the men of
the late war. When the result was
announced, the delegates from New
York and the delegates from the Ad-
miral Boggs association. of Newark,
". J.. walked out in a body. II IS
their intention to start an opposition
association to he known as the United
States Veteran Navy and the head
quarters will probably he in New
York The bolters claim they will
get nearly 200 members from the Naval
Veterans association and will admit
TO membership all those who were in
the navy during the Spanish war.
The nth annual convention of the
Women's Relief Corps began Wednes-
day morning. Nearly 800 delegates,
representing every state in the Union,
were present. Following the pre-
sentation of credentials and the ap-
pointment of committees. President
Miller read her annual address. II
was largely detailed review of the
work accomplished.
Mrs. Harriet J. Badge. of Cornccti-
cut. was elected president; Mrs. Lizzie
Baer, of Wisconsin, senior vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Mary Evans. of Washing
, ton and Alaska. Junior vice president: :
Mrs Isabella r Ba9iey. of Ohio, treas
urer. and Mrs. Brown, of Rhode Island.
national chaplain.
The ladies of the G. A. r. and the
Ladies' Auxiliary Naval Veterans also
held executive sessions. About 300
delegates wee present at the former.
The other which had branches only in
Providence. New Bedford, Salem. Bal
timore and Philadelphia, was presided
over hy Anna II. Sears. of Baltimore.
About so delegates We're present.
; Gigantic Consolidation scheme.