Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-13
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
The New Mexico Department Of the
G.. A. R. in Session at Santa
Fe Today.
WILL MEET HERE NEXT YEAR
Ration Makes a Fight for Next Years En-
campment, But Santa Fe Gets It
Santa Fe Veterans Honored
with High Offices.

The 10th annual encampment of the
being held today in the hall of Carleton
post. The number of visiting comrades
is not very large, but there are repre-
sentatives here from Albuquerque,
Thornton, Las Vegas and Taos, besides
a number of visitors who happen to be
in the city on other business.
Commencing at 8 o'clock the council
of administration held a meeting. 1t ex-
amined and approved the report of the
assistant quartermaster general and
filled the vacancy in the office of depart
ment commander, caused by the death
of the late Commander Francis Downs.
Senior Vice Commander Leveritt Clarke
of Albuquerque was chosen to fill the
vacancy.
The encampment was called to order
by Acting Department Commander
Clarke vt 10 o'clock. The officers of the
present are:
Senior vice deputy commander, Cap
tain S. Fl. Day; junior vice deputy COM
mander, Captain Henry M. Davis; as
sistant quartermaster general, Jacob
Weltmer; assistant adjutant general,
Colonel w. S. Fletcher; department
chaplain, Rev. Thomas HARDWOOD: Of
ficer of the day, John Quinn; officer OF
the guard, Adolph Weller.
1t was mostly routine business that
was transacted at the session this fore
noon. The assistant quartermaster
general read his report, which stated,
among other matters, that there is a
balance of IS in the department treas
ury. Department Chaplain Rev. Thos.
Harwood read an interesting report
and referred in a touching n to
the death of comrades during the past
year., paying an especial tribute to the
late national commander-in-chief, Jas.
n. e,uAtvIr, anu the late department
commander, Francis Downs.
Visiting Comrade Max Pracht made
some very pleasant remarks at the
morning session. A committee was ap-
pointed to report on the matter of in
stalling Department Elect
Clarke.
The encampment then adjourned for
the morning, making the report of the
installation committee the first business
for the afternoon session.
About thirty veterans are in attend
at the encampment. This morn
ing a salute was fired from an impro-
vised gun on the roof of the G. A. r.
hall.
At this afternoons session the COM
on installation reported that it
deemed it beyond the jurisdiction of the
encampment to install Commander
Clarke, as he succeeded to that office by
virtue of his having been elected and
installed senior vice commander at the
last encampment. The report caused
A long discussion, but was accepted.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: Commander, Colonel George w.
knaebel, Santa Fe; senior vice COM
nander, George Carter, Ration; junior
vice commander, Colonel J. l.. Morris,
Thornton; medical director, Captain w.
f.. Whiteman, Santa Fe; chaplain, Rev.
Thomas Harwood, Albuquerque; dele
to the national encampment, Rev.
Thomas HARDWOOD, Albuquerque, alter
late, Captain Fl. NJ. Davis, Santa Fe;
council of administration, Smith HI.
simpson, Taos; S. A. Slower, Albu-
Iuerque; John A. Ross, Las Vegas;
Thomas w. Collier, Ration; l.. H. Rud-
lisill, White Oaks.
Ration wanted to have the next an
lual encampment. but after a thor
'ugh discussion it was unanimously de-
to hold it at Santa Fe.