Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-05
THE G, A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Leo Rassieur, Of St. Louis, the New
Commander-in-Chief.
STATISTICS AS TO MEMBERSHIP.
The Thirty fourth Annual Encampnent
Held I'm Chicago-Gcncra1 Shaw, In
His Speech. Presents Figures Regard
Ing Pensions-Condition of @. a. Il.
rs Shown by Reports or Omcer,

Chicago (SpeciaD.-With the selec-
ton of officers and the choice of Den
yer for the National encampment OF
1901. Inc thirty-fourth National en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic practically came to n close
Thursday. The list of officers is as
follows: Commander-in-C Chief. Leo
| Rassieur. st. Louis: Senior Vice-Com-
mander. e. c. AIilliken, Portland. Me- :
Junior Vice Commander. Frank Sea
mon.' Knoxville. Tenn; Surgeon Gen
eral. John A. wilkins, Delta. Ohio and
Chaplain i'm Chief. the Rev. \.
Drnhms, San Quentin. Cal
The following officers were elected
by the Woman's Relief Corps for the
ensuing year:
National President. Mrs. Mary l..
Carr, Longmont. Col: National Senior
Vice-President, Mrs. Belle NJ Satter-
lee. ST. .ouis. Mo: National Junior
Nice-President. Mrs. Abbie + Flagg.
Battle Creek, Mich: National Treas
urer. Mrs. Sarah T.. Phillips. Syracuse.
y. y.
Commander-in-C Chief Shaw. in his
tistics regarding the pension situation.
They showed that 991.519 pensioners
were on the rolls on July l, 1899, and
that 4o,33S new names were added
during the year ending July I. 1900.
| making total of ,036. .S63 During
the year there were 43,334 names
dropped from deaths, remarriageS and
| other causes, leaving the roll at pres
ent 993.52o. This is net gain OF
20.O10 during the last year. At pres
ent there are 1910 claims pending.
The Committee on Resolutions made
| report on the subject of service pen
sionS. Over tni. question the commit
tee was divided, and majority and mi
nority reports were presented. The
majority report. which was adopted
after somewhat lengthy discussion.
recommended that the whole matter
he referred to the Committee on PEN
sions. thus practically burying It until
the next annual encampment The mi
nority report. presented by Past Com
mnnder Hurst. of Ohio. recommended
the passage " the cncampmcnt of
resolution favoring service.
The report of Adiutant General
Thomas j. Stewart said that the total
membership OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic In good standing on June
30. 1909, was 60o5 posts. with meIn-
bcrship OF 2S7.9S1. while on June 80.
1900. it was 677S posts, with mem
bership of 21GG62. The report of tho
Adjutant-General shows Illinois TO he
fourth In the list of States from the
point of numbers of veterans. The
four largest Lepartments are: New
York. 81. LOG: PENNSYLVANIA. 20SIa:
Ohio, 23,So7; Illinois, 23.03T. The high
water mark was reached in 1890 with
4W.4S members The present nom.
bers number 27G,G62 During the last
year $120.279.26 was expended Cor the
relief of veterans.
The report of Surgeon General Wm
ii. Baker contained IL number of in
teresting statistics showing the rate
mt which the old soldiers arc dying.
During the last year 1857 deaths oc-
Cured. 363 of them from wounds re-
ceived while in service and 229G from
disease contracted in service
Judge Rassieur was born in Alsacc
Germany. in 1874. His people came TO
this country in 1919, settling in St
Louis. When seventeen years old. in
1861. he enlisted rs n private in the
First Missouri. At the end of the war
he held majors brcvet