The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-08-30
C. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
National Gathering of Old Solid.
ers in Chicago.
Rasseur for Commander Sara
toga Wants Next Encampment

toga Wants Next Encampment
Chicago, Aug. 2S.-With the grand
parade today, that feature of the
National G. A. r. Encampments, SO
far as the old veterans are concern
ed, has perhaps passed into history.
The boys of $50 to '65 are getting too
old to march for three or four miles,
and it is due them that they here
after stand by and review the young
er organization who may parade in
their honor. The streetsldown town
today were congested as they have
been but few times in the history of
Chicago. The sea of humanity surged
to and fro from early morning and
along the line of march even stand
ing room commanded its price. The
big hotels are regular bee hives of
veterans, and brigade, state and re-
gimental reunions are being held and
and enjoyed almost without number.
The encampment in everyway is a
grand success.
Do not know whether Bryan is here
or not, and nobody seems to care.
The unavoidable absence of Presi-
dent Mckinley, however, has been a
source of real sorrow to all, especial
ly his comrades. While there is no
politics in this assembly it is never
the less a regular Mckinley and
Roosevelt love feast. The boys who
followed old glory to victory when the
country was threatened with dissolu-
tion, have no time for the tin soldier
who wins his titles by his oratory,-
but they revere and love the man
who touched elbows with them, and
the man who in the war with Spain
carried the stars and stripes wher-
ever duty led. And while the dove
of peace has settled on their should
ers, their sympathy and words of
good cheer go out as an inspirtion to
the boys who are fighting their
country's battles in foreign fields,
and upholding the dignity of the star
spangled banner. The bugaboo of
"militarism" has no place on the
program in this gathering.
Iowa headquarters are at the Tre-
mont House, and the Hawkeye badge
which is seen everywhere, Isl a gold
colored ribbon printed in red. The
Mahaska comrades are all well and
report q pleasant and profitable time.
Judge Ben Mccoy who came along
W tn them leaves today for Michigan,
where he goes to shake off hay fever.
Mrs mccoy will accompany him,
and their stay viii be regulated by
the first frost in Oskaloosa.
Judge Blanchard also left today for
Saratoga, New York, whether he
goes to attend a meeting of the
American Bar Association. He will
also visit his old home in New York
state while away.
By all odds the biggest and best
drum corps in attendance is the
ing 60 members. Uriah Ballard form
erly of Oskaloosa, is the drum major,
and in leading his boys he is as
proud as boy with his first pair of
copper toed boots. Uriah is we'll, and
jovial as ever. He sends regards to
old Oskaloosa friends.
Chicago, Aug. 29.-Major Leo Ras-
seur, of st. Louis, will be the next
commands in.chief of the Grand
Army, no opposition to the selection
being manifest. The nomination will
probably be made this afternoon by
Past Commander Warner. The dele
gates met at the Studebaker Hall at
10 O'Clock this morning and began
the real work of enoampment. The
principal business was the reading of
reports of the retiring officers and
the report of the national committee
on pensions.
Saratoga, Denver and Salt Lake
are in the race for the Thirty-fifth
encampment, with Saratoga in the
lead by popular favor.
In his address Commander Shaw
advocated the passage of the law
providing for pension court of ap-
peals, saying, Generous pension
laws are one thing and their proper
and legal execution quite another
matter, as the action of the pension
Office furnishes abundant proof dur
ing the last few years" On the ques-
tion of having memorial day fall on
the last Sunday in May instead of the
3Oth, Mr.. Shaw strongly recommend
ing the change. Adjutant General
Stewart in his report showed the
total membership of the Grand Army
June 80, 1900, as 6,77s Posts with a
membership of 276, ,662. 4,
Chicago, Aug. 20.--Thc, econd day
of the Grand Army of the Republic
encampment opened Tuesday morn
ing with the formation of what is
probably the largest parade of civil
war veterans witnessed in three
decades. Soldiers representing Al
states and territories marched through
struggling masses of humanity, past
giant structures decorated with gay
colors, where red white and blue
predominated, through valleys whose
| sloping sides were made by thropo,