Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-08-31
LEO RASSIEUR
Of St. Louis, Chosen Com
mander Of Grand Army.
Nominated by AccIamation--E. c
Mi|Iiken Of Maine,
Chosen Senior Vice Commander OppCs-
tion 10 Candidates.

Chicago. Aug. 3O.-Commander-
in-Chief-Leo Rassieur St. Louis:
senior vice commander, f. G.
Milliken, Portland Me; junior vice
commander, Frank Seamon, Knox
vile. Tenn; surgeon general, John A
| Wilkins, Delta, O.; chapbain-in-c chief
Rev. 4. Drahams. San Quentin, Gal.
With the selection Of the above off
| GERS and the choice Of Denver for the
national encampment Of 1901, the 34th
! national encampment Of the q. A. X
practically came to a close, todaE.
| The convention was called to order
promptly at 9 o'clock, by Commander
in-Chief Shaw. The committee APP
pointed To consider the annual report Of
the commander-in-ch approved il
with the exception Of his recOmmenda-
tion Of an effort to secure the change
of the date Of Memorial day from May
80 to the last Sunday in May The re-
port was adopted. The report Of the
committee on pensions was adopted 1t
contains a petition to Congress to pass
a bill providing for a court Of appeals
to act Immediately on the thousands II
pension applications now pending and
which court Of appeals shall have final
jurisdiction. The election of officers
was taken up and Major VIM Warner
of Kansas City. placed Major Rassieur
Of st. Louis in nomination Off the posi-
tion Of commander-in-chi He spoke
in part as follows:
Communicated ana comrades:
A comrade can have 10 more lauiablc
lambition than To be commander chief
of this. the greatest Of all civic organi-
cations: an organization on whose roll
of membership are found the names Of
the nations most ilIustrilus citizens
land statesmen, an organization that de-
mands that its mischief
shall ~ y firm, fearless ana unfalter-
ing defender Of the rights III him who
hath borne the battle. md or his widow
and his orphan" an organization that
Twill make no mistake hv elactine as its
cpmmand"r-in-chief L'-p I;lssieur of
Missouri
Major Warner closed his address with
q warm culogy of Judge RIssirur. as u
soldier ana citizen. ana earnestly urged
his election.
Judge Advocate Gen. Torrance made
brief seconding speech. There was no
other nominations and Mai. Rassicur
WAS elected by acClamltiOn The new
mmander-in-cEief returned his
thanks for the honor which hr accepted
in the following speech:
"Commander ana comrades 9f
the thirty-fourth national eucamp-
mcnt-I am overwhelmed by the
manner in which you have manifested
your favor for me on this occasion.
would have to be untrue to myself if l
did not realize that the commitment Won
have paid me has been rendered ana
will be- accepted az compliment To the
Department Of Missouri. which has seen
fit to make mo its representative. in
asking for the high honor which has
been received All the ability which /
possess will be devoted II the work Of
this grand administration. that every
comrade may be heard in reference to
any ana every subject that he deems
Of importance to the national organiza-
tion. | appreciate that in that way
justice is to be done to the humble
members of our order.
appreciate that this election cnrfars
upon me an honor second To none thar
can be given in this country If comes
from an organization that represents
those who served their country III its
greatest neril. II renresants those tvb,,
were willing to sacrifice what tbev bad
in this world in order that tba natio,
might live and prosper
The past So wears have shown the
wonderful results that followed from
the sacrifices made bv those who bava
passed away. | believe that We arc
still upon the threshold of a great das
tlny before US. However great the FIJI