Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-08
U.1oN VETERANS ADJouRS.
Grand Army Men Copdemn the Present
Pension Policy.


PHILADiELpHTA, Sept. THE thIr-
ty-t third national 'cncampment of tit.
G. a. It. adjourned tonight to meet III
Chicago in 1900. Many Of the veterans
left here tonight. The features of to-
days sessions We're the election OF c.
Albert ID. Shaw. Of Watertown, N. ",
10y acclaAnmation as commandments
chief for the ensuing year. and the
adoption of resolutions scoring the
present pension policy.
AT the opening session today Jud sc
Leo Rasscur. of st. Louis. withdrew
as Il candidate for commanders n-chief
and threw his support to Colonel Shaw,
whose election was made unanimous.
Judge Rassieurs action was cheere1l
to he, echo. and there were cries Of
''Rassicur for 1907 1T is expected
What he win be the next communicative
chief.
Other officers elected We're:
Irwin Robbins. OF indianapolis, SEN
Tor vice-commander-in- chief; NJ. Min
tom of louisville. Junior vice. conman-
der: VIM. III. Baker. Of Lynn, Mass.
surgeon general Jacob Grimm. Of
Maryland. chaplain in chief, and Thos
J. Stewart of Pennsylvania, adjutant
general.
The pensions committee presented its
report. which the encamp1nent immc-
distely adopted unanimously The
resolutions called for the abrogation Of
rule 225. now in effect in anljutlicatnS
claims under section .. of the June 81.
1880 act. stamping 1t as unjust ana
asking in its place the principle defined
in rule 1874. under whose operations
100000 names were added to the pension
roll. The resolutions also ueplores the
| iJ..A ,f
bars widows who have an income Of
limit to $3.50 \ committee of five was
appointed to seek relief from the ad-
ADMINISTRATION officers, and failing there.
TO ask Congress to amend the law in
such form as to make certain the true
intent of the statute
Will. KEEP CAPTURED FLAGS.
Late in the afternoon a motion was
made to return to the South flags cap
tured during the war. This was killed.
The majority report Of the resolution
committee complained that widows of
soldiers were asked If their lives had
been vil7tuouS after the death of their
| huSba nds and condemned such ques-
| tiOnS. .... ..
The minority report said thit if quas-
tons OF that nature We're asked this
! method of examination should be con
| denn~l. Commissioner Of Pensions
| Evans was then asked over the t"l,.-
| phone if it was Il fact that this uues-
| ton was asked. Mr.. Evans replied lna>
! Where charges We're made against aF-
plicants they We're required to answer
| questions relating to them. Otherwis,
| no such questions We're put to the :p
| plicant. The celebration tonight in.
| rluded the illumination of the Nnrti
Atlantic squadron and 4 big camp o.
| the Union eN-prsoners OF war. Tn,
ships We're literally covered With cleo
| trio lights. big searchlights being ais,
| in operation and great crowds wer. at
! tracteu to the Delaware river shores.
| The departments of the various
states this evening appointed thai, .e
personalities in the national council o
administration. They incude:l
\labam;,. Nj. d. Wickersham; Flor
ida: y. s. Wi!marth; Georgia J. 4
C"mmerford: Kentucky. a. Fl. Bliss
Louisiana and Mississippi. I.inrolr
Sims: Tennessee. George ". Patton
irsinia and North Carolina, James l..
Fuller.