Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-10
MILITARY CONVENTION
Perfects Organization and Settles
Down to Business.
formed - Project For Legislative
Enuctmcnt TO Bc Presented 10 the
Government.
CBy Telegraph to virginian- Pnot3

Tampa. Fla. Feb. 9.-The National
- o'clock ~" morning by the election
OF the following officers: President.
General Daniel Butterfield OF New
York; Vlce-President. General +. H.
Chase, Mich!san; Colonel j. Anthony
Dyer, Rhode Island. and General John
c. Underwood, Kentucky; Secretary,
Captain James Y. Wilson, Florida.
The following committee on Resolu-
tons was appointed:
General Charles L. Anderson, Vir-
s!nia; Colonel Winfield Scott Proskey,
GINA; Lieutenant w. II. IL. Suther-
land. U. S. navy; General T. w. Floyd,
South Carolina; Major Joe Harper
Florida; Colonel w. S. Sheppard, Geor-
Gia; Colonel Chamberlain. Massachu-
sets, and Captain Andrews. New York.
General Anderson. of Virginia. was
made chairman of the committee.
Major Sampson, in command of the
Toronto Cadets. was made an honorary
member of the congress.
y number OF resolutions pertaining to
action by Congress TO provide for cloth
Ing and developing State militia and
Committee on Resolutions without de
bate. They Will be Incorporated in one
general resolution to be presented 10
the convention ut a future session.
DR.. McCrackin, chancellor of New
York University, was introduced by
Governor B!oXham and delivered an ad-
dress on military action in public
schools.
The convention then adjourned until
) o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
is IT GERMANY?
Boston. Mass. Feb. 9.-Thc Globe
this afternoon prints a letter received
Henry Murray, quartermaster OF the
First South Dakota Volunteers, of
General Otis command in the Philip
pines. which says that as far back as
the middle Of December Aguinaldo and
his followers were being encouraged
and aided by some outside source and
that the opening OF hostilities was cx-
pected by the United States troops
The letter, which bears the date OF
December 16. says. in part
"A couple OF nights ago We expected
the insurgents to attack us, but il fell
through like many of their threats
some one is working them up. One can
tell the end. We are ready The Amer
lean troops are in no temper to stand
any fooling. In Manila. those that con
trolled do not want to lose power and
sink into obscurity."
EVENING SESSION.
General Case. of Michigan, presided
at the evening session of the Congress.
at which the following was unanimous
ly adopted:
Your committee has the honor to re-
port the following resolution. prepared
from data furnished by the various res
olutions presented. and through the
suggestions and advice Of General Dan
lei Butterheld, OF New York, and others.
and earnestly recommend TO the com
mittee on resolutions and the conven-
ton for favorable consideration:
Resolved, That the views of the con-
vcntion will best be accomplished by
the framing and presentation to the
Governor Of a project for legislative en-
actment which shall cause TO be en-
rolled and made part OF the national
military and naval forces OF the United
States. the various organizations ana
bodies of national guard. State troops.
militia and naval reserve as an enrolled
reserve force of the United States, I'M
der the orders and directions of the
President both for instruction. prepara-
iion or any emergency through their re-
spective authorities: that such legisla-
ton should provide for their enlistment