Evening star., 1901-09-16
DELEGATES M1IRN HOME
WORK OF G. A. R.sENCAMPMENT IN
CLOsINGesH0sRs.
Endorsement of the anterprises I'm
Which WashingAbntds Interested
-Anarchists stsszDknOunced.

Most or the Washintn orsSans who attend
ed the national encanpmenk of the G. A. r..
at Cleveland have returneL those only who
made the side trip to Buffalo being left be-
hind. The Old Guanft reached home yes
terday, and saturdayiCast. McElroy, Sc
nior vice commander-in-chief; Israel w.
Stone, commander of the Department Of
the Potomac, and a number of others came
IN on the evening train. Both the officials
named expressed pleasure that the differ
ences which at one time threatened perma-
nent dissensions had been disposed of to
apparent general satisfaction - ..
As has been already stated in The Star,
all unfinished business of the encampment
was referred by unanimous consent to the
council of administration, in order that the
body might speedily adjourn.
This action was taken when it became
known that the late President of the
United States was in the throes of death.
Ihe encampment quietly ordered adjourn
ment at the earliest possible moment, in
token OF the esteem with which the MEM
bers regarded their stricken comrade.-
Commander Stone stated to a reporter Of
The Star Saturday evening that the council
or administration had disposed Of most Of
the business requiring its attention before
the members left Cleveland. The council
had, he said. indorsed two enterprises in
which Washingtonians are specially inter-
ested. One of these is the proposition OF
the National Reunion Monument Associa-
ton to erect In the capital city monu-
ment to the private soldier of the civil
war The association has for its president
Capt. McElroy, present senior vice COM
mander-in-chief, and Commander Stone is
its secretary.
Appeal. to Congress-.
The organization has been striving 70
raise, by popular subscription, the amount
required to build the monument, but has
not made much headway. 1t now proposes
to ask the aid Of Congress. and the asso-
citation was appointed by the commander
ln-chlef a special committee to present the
appeal to the senator's and representatives
Ihe council also gave the memorial
bridge It's unqualified Endorsement. This is
the other matter referred to by Commander
Stone as OF special interest to the people of
washington. Literature calling the atten-
tion OF the members to the project was dis
tributed by Mr.. 8. ]. Block, well-known
local Grand Army man, and others, as
supplement to the appeal for the support Of
the encampment made by w. S. Odell, past
department commander.
Captain McElroy is naturally pleased
with the result of the election for senior
vice commander-in-chief. The captain was
elected over a Cleveland man. the latter
being withdrawn when it was seen that
the Potomac department candidate was SO
far in the lead as to be ''out of sight" so
the choice was by acclamation
Capt. McElroy informed The Star re-
porter Saturday evening that the council
OF administration had not decided upon
place for the next meeting of the national
encampment. The choice had been defer
red, he said, until thesneHt meeting of the
executive committee ASzed as to the dis
position Of the questionsaffecting the ad-
m1nistration of the pension office Capt.
McElroy said the Wholeimatter had been
referred to the commande1-in-chief and the
pension committee yetotozbe named, with
instructions to bring it at the proper time
to the attention of the, president of the
United States.
Among the matters enumerated by Capt.
McEroy as having beene passed upon by
the council were these:
Declaration Against Anarchy.
resolution submitted by Chaplain-in-
Chief Boyle calling for legislation by Con-
gress declaring anarchy and attacks upon
the life Of a President to be treason, and
demanding the suppression of anarchistic
societies in the ,United States, was unani-
mously adopted The proposition for es-
burg Va, was approved, and Congress was
asked to appropriate money therefor. The
bill before Congress providing for the crea-
tion Of a national park at Wilson's creek
battlefield was also approved
The appeal of the members of O. p Nor
ton Post of Potomac Department. whose
charter was revoked by Commander Slay-
baugh during his administration, was not
entertained. 1t was decided by the COM
mander-in-chief that there were no grounds
of appeal which the national encampment
could properly consider, and the matter
was therefore left for Potomac Department