Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-06
THE GRAND ARMY
It Has Gotten Down to Its
Regular Work.
Ex-pRlsoNERS OF WAR
Were the Feature of TOday's Parade
Number of Posts and Their Men,
berShip Decreases as the Years
Pass By--Adjutant'S Report

Philadelphia. Sept. 6.-The real busi-
ness OF the Grand Army gathering began
today with the assembling OF the national
ehca,npnent in the Grand opera house
Ihe contest for commander lies between
Colonel Albert d. Shaw of New York and
Judge Leo Rosseur Of Missouri In ad-
dltion to the national encampment. the
| following auxiliary associations began
meetings today: Naval Veterans Wo-
mems Relief Corps: Ladies If O. A. r.;
Union lIX- Prisoners of War; Ladies Aux
Hilary, Naval Veterans; National Army
Nurses association. and Daughters Of
Veterans. In addition there were many
corps reunion during the day and night.
| The show feature was the parade Of
! the union eX-prsoners of war.
The report of Thomas j. Stewart. adju-
tant general was: The total membership
OF the Grand Army of the Republic in
good standing June 80, 1898. was 1.2l,
posts. with membership OF 30o sos. On
Dec. 81, 1895 1l7S posts and member
ship of 29S, 747, and on June so, 1899. 69G5
posts with a membership of aS1 ,aSl EN-
! pended in relief during the wear. Sl6O
9356i. 'The year 1890 was the high water
mark in membership H09 99S): every yea,
since then has shown a decrease. one
! year ago I reported a decrease of $3A6 -
! in per capita tax received as compared
with the previous year. This year there
| is decrease of sab Al over last year. the
! decrease in the sale Of supplies over the
year ending June 80. 1898, is Sa2,222 The
Hui Infant general DrllIas in bjc n
comparative table of receipts and ex-
penditures from 1890 to 1899 inclusive,
showing a gradual decrease in both these
items.
The report of the quartermaster gene
raj, Frederick w. Sphinx of Chicago,
shows the funds on hand on Oct. Z, 1898,
amounted to $9,26o1s, Receipts since
then have been $l7O4S 20, making a total
of SIG, 306.6 6S. Expenditures have amount
ed to $l4, ,63G 23 leaving a balance of SILL
672.45.
In his report Senior Vice Commantler-
in-C Chief w. c. johnson of Cincinnati
says: Il cannot commend too highly the
efficient work and invaluable assistance
rendered to our order by that magnificent
auxiliary organization, the Woman's Re-
lief Corps. During the past year the ma
tional treasurer of the W. 4. G, Mrs.
Bagley, forwarded to our national head
quarters the luunifcent sum of 81 ,A2, 80
as a contribution from the W. r. e. to
the southern memorial day fund. Be-
sides their great charitable work they are
teachers of patriotism and loyalty to
flag and country of the highest order, as
demonstrated by their splendid work in
our public schools. l herewith give Il
statement taken from the renort of The
national seeretary's report for the pres
ent year: Number of members June 30,
1899, 13l $50; number of corps. 3,laG
amount of money expended for relief
present year. SEQ 6OS.i2 amount turned
over to posts, s3s,1i1.47; expended for
Memorial day. $10,SSO2 90: expended for
Memorial day in southern department,
81 02s56; expended for w. II. &. home,
SS19411; making Il total of over SIS 600
expended for the year and making IA
grand total expended for relief since its
organization to June 80, 1899. OF $l73,-
931. -