The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-02-21
Delegates to National
Encampment.
The State Relief Corps Elects
Officers for Year.

eum med session At nine ooiooA ""St
yer 400 delegates In attendance.
Resolutions commencing the admins
tration OF the retiring department COM
mander Seth II. Snipe, OF Eath. were
unanimously adopted.
Reports of the chaplain, showing nu m
Der OF grand army men and others par
ticipating in the Memorial day psrades
was read, followed by that OF the chief
mastering oftlcsr and other department
officials.
The department voted to aooert the In
yitation OF Seth Williams Post OF Au-
gusta to meet with them next year.
COMMANDMENT chief Leo Rosseau of st
Louis was presented to the encampment'
Col. Rosseau making loyal and euthu-
siastio speech. The department. OF Maine
voted to send It's greeting to the Maryland
encampment through the medium OF COL
Rosseau, who win attend that encamp-
ment next week.
Mrs. GiIpatrick, president OF the
Women's state Relief Corps. WAS present.
ed. ma king an address to the encamu'
m emit followed by an address from the
department OF Maine Womens National
Relief Corps.
Ex-aoyernor Robie was then presented
70 the encampment and made brief
| speech.
The committee ON resolutions reported
a series OF resolutions touching the man
ner of pensions requiring that the court
OF appeals on pensions recommended by
the COMMITTEES OF the national encamp-
ment.G A. H., be appointed and organ
izsd in order that $4,000 or more cases oil
claims be settled at the earliest possible
time, and that those dependent upon
them ought not in justice TO be allowed
to wait for death to settle any reasonable
claim requiring adjudication.
1t was also urged In the resolution that
| in the appointment OF those In authority
in the pension bureau under the incom
nR administration at Washington 1t
should be the policy to place only those
In power over pension claims who are
friendly to the requirements OF the old
soldier and sailor and such as will enforce
the pension laws according to their
spirit and not their teohnicSlity.
The election OF dep artment commander
was taken up. The names OF James l.
Merrick OF Oakland. William u Clayton
OF Bangor, and John p. Swasey OF Can
ton, were presented. The result was:
Whole numbr of votes. Sl3
Necessary for choice, 172
William Il. u. Clayton, l79
| j. L. Merrick, l2s
| John 4. Swasey, AZ
Mr.. Clayton was declared elected.
Department of Maine National Relief
| Corps has elected Mrs. Sarah ]. Ross of
Newport as president; Mrs. Azuba O..
Bagley of Lewiston vice president; Mrs.
Annie L. States of Springvale junior vice
president
The Grand Army post elected the FOL
lowing delegates to the National encamp-
ment: For epresentative-at-large Will
liam T. Eustis, Auburn; for rep 'esenta-
tives, Hebron Mayhem, Westbrook; Or
rim A. True, South Litchfeld; e. A. But
Ter, Rockland; II. E. Webster, Newcastle;
Ira G. Jordan, Bethel; Henry E. Sellers,
Bangor; Charles I. Hooper, Bath; Alex
ander b. Sumner, Lubec; Joseph L.
Small, Biddeford.
The following resolution was adopted
on motion of Comrade Phil p. Getchell:
Resolved, That the thanks of this de-
partment of the G. A. r. in Maine be ex-
tended to the legislature for their gener-
osity in increasing the appropriations for
state pensions.
On motion of Gen. Anderson a resolu-
ton of sympathy to Comrade John P.
Swazey was passed by standing vote as
follows:
i Whereas, our comrade, John p.
Swazey, has been suddenly and severely
afflicted in the death of his only and be
loved son. be it
Resolved, BY the department of Maine,
G. A. r., in convention assembled, that
the sympathies of this department be
extended to Comrade Swazey in this his
hour of sorrow and that he has the as,
surance of our sincere coincidence in his
affiiction.
On motion of Comrade Milliken com
mittee of three was appointed to draft
resolutions on the deaths of Past Com
maders in Chief Adams and Shaw.
i These resolutions will be prepared at 6
later day and forwarded to the national
commander.
The newly elected department officers
were installed in due ritualistic form anC
in the most impressive manner by Past
Department Commander Gen. John d,
Anderson.
The new department commander made
a graceful speech, thanking the depart
ment for the great honor which they had
conferred upon him, and pledglng his
best energies to the department durinl
his term of office.
Several members then made remarks