The National tribune., 1899-08-17
TE NATIONAL TR1BNE wAsHINGf0 c. THURSDAY H. 1855

CnieI, or Wnlcn may nave peel referred Dy
the National Encampment to the Council,
and by the Council referred to such COM
ruittee. but no action affecting the general
interests of the Order shall be had until the
whole subject shall have been submitted in
writing to all members of the Council for
| their information and an expression OF
| opinion thereon.
"Fhe actual expenses of such committee,
and Of such officers as the COMMANDMENTS
Chief may deem necessary to attend meet
ings duly called by him, shall be betrayed
| from the funds of the National Encamp-
ment upon vouchers duly approved.
The rule requiring r majority OF all the
votes cast to be qualified by the words 'ex-
cept where otherwise designated"
The Department of New York offers the
following amendment to Article w., Chapter
l., to read as follows:
"Soldiers and sailors of the United
States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, who
served between April II, 1861, and Aug. 25,
1865, in the war for the suppression of the
rebellion, and those having been honorably
discharged after such service, and of such
State regiments as We're called into active
service and subject to the orders of United
States general officers between the dates
mentioned, shall be eligible to membership
in the Grand Army of the Republic. No
person shall be eligible to membership who
has at any time borne arms against the
United States"
The Department of Tennessee offers the
following:
"ResoLocd, That hereafter the ribbon for
the membership badge of the Grand Army
of the Republic shall be one and one-half
inches in length in the clear, and one and
onefourth inches in width; and that here
after all swivels attached to the eagle and
star be of proper width to receive this ribbon.
The object being to make all SWlvelS and
ribbons of the same width.
"That hereafter the insignia of rank on
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mander-in-Chief shall be designated by
initial letters in Old English characters, as
follows: Adjutant-General, A. G.; Quar-
termaster-General,Q Q. NJ. G.; Judge-Advo-
cate-General, j. A. c.; InspectorGeneral,
|. e.; Assistant Adjutant-General,A A. A. G.
manders, as follows: Assistant Adju-
tant-General, A. A. g.; Assistant Quarter
master-General, A. @. NJ. c.; Inspector, L.;
Judge-Advocate, J. A; Chief Mastering
Officer, G. NJ. O.; and that the letter c on the
strap for the members of the Council of
Administration be an Old English char
acter C.
THAT the Council of Administration be
authorized 10 have manufactured lapel
button to designate members of the Ma
tional Encampment. This button to be
made by attaching rim of yellow metal
underneath the official bronze button. this
rim to project one-twelfth of an inch, and to
bear upon its front in raised letters the
words: Member National Encampment."
The Department OF Vermont offers the
following amendments to section 3, Article
w., Chapter ", by adding the following:
And provided, further, that the Post
shall not be liable for the per capita tax
of such member during such disabilities;
but such per capita tax shall be remitted by
the State and National Encampment."
The following is published for the infor
nation of all concerned inasmuch as the
c,rhtacf wi ha yracanfaI Of
the 33d National Encampment. 1t was
presented to the 32d National Encamp-
ment by the Department Of New York, and
reported adversely by the Committee on
Rules and Regulations (page 263 of the
Journal:
Whereas Congress, after long period
of delay, has at last rightfully recognized
the members of the United States Military
Telegraph Corps who served in the army
during the war of the rebellion as an in
tegral part OF the army, and by act ap-
proved Jan. 26, 1897 fixed it's status as a
corps OF the United States Army; and
Whereas the Grand Army of the Re
public, through its National Encampment,
has declared that the said corps consti-
tuted in fact part of the Union army.
partaking largely of its hardships and
dangers, whilst rendering invaluable aid;
and
Whereas the members Of the United
States Military Telegraph Corps have
made an appeal to the Grand Army of the
Republic for admission into its ranks
Therefore, be it
"ResoLUed, That we hereby indorse that
appeal, and earnestly request the National
Encampment to grant it.
"1n 1889 the National Encampment at
Milwaukee voted in favor of a resolution
that Congress should promptly recognize
the status and service of said corps by ap-
propriate legislation
"On Jan. 26, 1897, the President approved
an act entitled An act for the Relief of
Telegraph Operators Who Served in the
War of the Rebellion reading as follows:
Bet enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of War is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare roll of all persons who
served not less than so days in the opera
ton of military telegraph lines during the
civil war, and to issue to each, upon appli-
cation, unless it appears that his service
was not creditably performed, or to the
representatives of those who are dead,
suitable certificates Of honorable service
in the Military Telegraph Corpsof the Army
OF the United States, stating the service
rendered, the length of such service, and
the dates, as near as may be- between
which said service was performed: Pro
Vided, That this law shall not be construed
to entitle the person herein mentioned to
any pay, pension, bounty, or rights not
herein specifically provided for"