Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-06-13
KANSAS VETERANS.
The G. A. R. Encampment Elects
O@cers for the Ensuing Year.
MARTIN NORTON NIDE COMMANDER.



A. X. encampment yesterday elected
the following officers: Department
commander, Martin Norton, of Blue
Rapids; senior vice commander, Maj.
j. b. Remington, Of Osawatomie;
junior vice commander, B. +. Pealer,
of Salina; chaplain, G. L. Smith, of
Winfield; medical director, N. W.
Hayes, of Abilene. Thursday night
everybody predicted that A. W.
Smith, of Mcpherson, would be
elected commander almost by accla-
nation and his defeat was genuine
surprise.
The 1909 encampment was sent TO
Fort Scott, and Hutchinson captured
the reunion for this fall.
The resolutions adopted by the de-
partment were tame. The plank in
reference to pension commissioner
reads.
Resolved That we, the comrades Of the
Kansas g. A. r., do most earnestly re-
quest the president to appoint as commits
sioner Of pensions for the ensuing term
one who will construe the laws In the
spirit which they were enacted and ad-
minister the laws according to the order
and rules Of evidence.
The history used in the public
schools of Kansas was condemned in
unmensured terms and n committee
of five was authorized to urge the
Textbook commission to get q new
one. This committee was also author
lied to name the monuments that the
Kansans should have so that the
legislature may have something to
work on along that line when 1t meets
again. The department commander
was authorized to bring a test case
to determine the validity Of the law
compelling the appointment Of old
soldiers to public Offices. The can
didacy Of Gen. Sickles, for command
er-in-chief of the national G. A. r.,
was indorsed A resolution Of SYM
pathy over the afliction of Mrs. Nc
Kinley, which prevented the presi-
dent from attending this encamp-
ment, was adopted.
Delegates were elected by the G.
A. r. encampment to attend the ma
tional encampment.
Officers Of the W. R. c. for the year
were elected as follows: President,
Jennie Walker, of Goodland; senior
vice, Dora Candy, of Topeka; junior
vice, Emma Cribner, of Junction
City; treasurer, Mary Davidson, Of
Abilene; chaplain, Cloe Savage, of
Belleville; delegates to the national
encampment, Jennie Marsh, of Man
haitian; Minerva Reynolds, of Beloit.
The ladies of the G. A. r. elected
officers as follows: President, Mrs.
Annetta Lundy, of Winfield; senior
vice, Laura Fitz, Of Vineland; junior
vice, Charity Peck, of Cedar Bluffs;
chaplain, May Weible, of Lawrence;
treasurer, $. j. Engle, of Lawrence;
delegates to the national meeting,
Mary Swearingen, of Kansas City;
Revane st. John. of Kansas City;
Elsie Cothers. of Beloit; Sarah Dill
hurst, of Kansas City; Matilda Stone,
of Emporia; Mrs. A. NJ. Wheeler, Of
Chanute.
The Ladies Aid society, auxiliary to
the Sons of Veterans, elected these
officers for the year: President, Ida
Selleck, of Emporia; vice president,
May Officer, of Reading; chaplain,
Rosa Jennings, of Burlington; in
spector, Minnie Huffman, of Newton;
treasurer. Pearl Morgan. Of ,Emporia;
members division council, Mrs. c. j.
Martin, Of Parsons; Eva Goreat OF
w Nllid, Istlu lIbNH, vi NblNiNH' W.
and !. officers. Emma Jones, of SAT-
fordsville; delegate-at-large, Nellie
Benjamin, of Lawrence; national dele
gate, May Murphy, Of Lawrence.
The Sons of Veterans organization
has about gone out Of business in
Kansas. The membership now Is less
than 400 in the state. Unless some
thing is done soon it will be extinct
There were not over 20 delegates at
tending the cncampment. The officers
elected for the coming year are:
Division commander, ]. l.. Papes, of
Wichita; senior vice commander, A.
II. Wilson, Of Wilson; junior vice
commander, c. 0. Clarke, Of Sunny
dale; division council, L. T.. Fowler
of Emporla; c. W. Richards, of Val
ley Center; William Calkin, of Par
sons; delegates to national council,
NJ. r. Weyeneth, Of Wichita; Clarence
Peck, of Bunker Hill.