The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-31
ADAY0P BUSINESS
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The Grand Army ~ nm oF9app
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Solid Work,
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Mayer HarrIson's Address of
Wei some Most Happily
Reeelved,
MANY OFFICERS REPORT
Membership statement Shows
Decrease OF Over Eleven
Thousand,
Nearly Eight Thousand Msmr
bsfs Have Dlsd During
the Year,

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tAs v, 4, w. M M organisation, strictly
AaAy 0f business FDr thDap mombapp
WA0 Wape, not bupdaRpd with thu W,
sponsibllities attending thu position oi
\ aal.4Ate 10 the convention III Tho
Grand Army " Was n dry f0p anything
NM everything bnt business, Prom
MVnins NJ night the convention IN,
bored Nh ltA WMk IN AtNdabAkpp hnll
listening w DnNapONs reports from off
carr anu eDmMtltapH, while tla yAat
majority of the old soldiers went IN tha
parks, to0k bOAt rides npon tho laAa
ARd accepted n invitation from thn
packers w visit Who st0ok yards,
The convention 0peDed NJ lDlBO O'nlOpk
WIN prayer by Chaplain Grimm
Mayor HARRISON enme No thp FROM ~
W. gostpnm md formally welcomed tho
g0lnlnpA w chicago, HlA Address WAH
happily peeaivpd,. gDmMAnaenln,uhlpf
shaw replied 10 Mnyop HAyPlAOn fop the
meMbapa ~ nm organisation, nKWlaa,
mn thH thnnkH ~ tho NFMy f0p thD hOA'
WtRlity shown lhpMl u, NJ, hpnva,
neekhIl commander 0f Tim department.
W Illinois, lhpn greeted lhe visiting
yelepanA ~ behAlf ~ the A0ldlepa 0l
Illinois, Ne made n happy little RDpeDb
which AyDhpd much upplAnsn 'upn.
apAl h0nlA Wagner, who responded for
thp members III tha Mmy, VIVA no laaa
lellGltiDnA M hin pnply, nkppuaalnH Mo
HIAlllnno " bin comrades No lhe mon or
illinois,
various nMnnM Heal NnpDptn
.yha nDDyDnliOn pehaAnmhlpd nh
g'elOek IN Via afternoon md thlA linn
there were no WplimlnAples, Action
WAs opened, NJ 0Age by General Shaw,
who lnha. Mn annual lppDpt
Following pho Addpppr ~ General
HhnW enma u lDDH liAt NJ lepDriA HDls
Mltted by minor OtlelAla md th0 ynplr
QnH G0MmlttepA W thn organisation,
Vhe reports peAd Wepe thnsp Of thn ON,
Bgntlve gDNmittpe, council Dr ndmlnlau
tPHtDA, AljntAnt General Al0WApI,
QRMtApmAHt6p General Atkinson, Anys
gsQH General HAkep, ghAplAln,ln,u Chief
Grimm, JndHe Advocate upnapNl 1Ops
Pence, senior Vlee gOmmAndpp,ln.Uhln
Robbins, JRnlDp ViOe UOmmandap.jn.
Chief Mlnt0n, custodian HOleOmh Iii,
speet0p ,l9DePHl Cummings, eoMmlltpe
ph leHlslAel0n III Veterans w public aprv,
lee nNn lhe committee Oh pension lpH,
islAtioD,
Al the conclusion on the poAaina N
tha ANIMAL PppDplA ~ tl9 vAplDnB OItlpnps
n penesB WIN Mken unIIl plDD \, m,
when gDnslnepntOn Df plpHpls WNa w,
snlnen, w executive session MNny IN
the aeleHAtes visited LhD A~lOpkynrds MI
invitation 0f Tho pAeAinH intpppais
sAna wope Hhown through Mo WAL !,
buildings
Failing OT IN Msmbsmhim \
:, pha rapport ~ AdlntAlt General
Ph0nlhH u steWnpt shows thAl thN tplNl J
Memlnpahlp 0f the Grand Amy on tDle I
HapnDlle ~ H0Oh standing jane ND, !
l.apO, WAs l,OOb pests with Il members \
Df ReT,BOal ~ June D0l lpDD, O,fTA 7
posts Win " membership 0f n7B,ONp, n
TOP the yeap ~ ll,BlD, Y
Tha. papDyt on Bupg90D General VIII. !
nm Hi .HAtAP shows tha. nnMbW NJ u
dnplnH !tle EeAp ending Dep, III,
.sDD, .Wepe fabf, divided M f0ll0Wsi
eHmDM VINO presumably dIed ~ 4
Peeelved In the ANpvtga, BDBl 4
who presumably died M dlsanAa II
Contracted In 'the Aepvlo1 p,pD0I nuHnbpp v
vh0 presumably dled from other N
snsesJ b, lDH, phe tDtA| money vNlDa y,
\ incident aepyiee and pnppllas Tip i.
|lahed during the yeAR WIN esDmal0l Nj
! HBD, 1900 II
qhs e0mmittpe Nh leglAlation fop WI.
Pans IN ,lla public aepyi0e n~peHpetfnlly
sports Ittle ppogpesaN
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