Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-15

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in no gentle terms was printed IN The Sun
day Bee. It's reading was followed By most
enthusiastic applause. as was also the read
ing OF the letters Of General Miles, General
Merritt and Admiral schley. The others
we're appiauded but with slightly less en-
thusiasm. General Otis came In for a full
share Of applause when the president read
a letter In which. after expressing regret
at not being able TO attend, he wrote:
i would give me greatest pleasure to be
and greet old friends and former comrades
: M ; sSs vi Il s saI;: sjFS n %IESsI::SSs!SSsIiSS .
There will come q time In the not distant
future when the ~hardships endured and the
our countrymen. ana Til then / bid the
ana await patiently stf : E1~ the y ntfIns s0 SckH SoSi.
edgement Of their services for God and
prove highly. successfui and viii be accom-
panied by al the compromising advantage
w cl,S9o. should dn sceOmpany such generous sns an, Fnd
Il may be followed by a thousand more.
Revision OF Laws.
After the letters were read Chairman
Hale mad the report OF the committee on
revision Of constitution and bylaws. read
ing the revised instrument as drafted by
the cormittee In the preamble Il changes
the clause individuals and organizations
Of the Eighth army corps" to read 'individ-
uals and organizations Of the Army OF the
Philippines"
In the constitution the only alteration Of
the old form is to provide that the member
ship consist Of men who served In the Phil
ippines prior to July 4. 1902, the date Of
amnesty. Before there was no date given.
The bylaws we're almost entirely rewrit-
ten. Their principal provisions are these;
Fifteen men entitled to membership mag
secure charter for local camp upon applica-
ton to the president aud secretary OF the
state society. provided the latter, upon in
vestlgatIon. find that all requirements are
met; a majority vote Of the presidents and
secretaries of the local camps In a state
society carries it into the national society;
the individual members then get. free. from
the secretary Of the national society a copy
OF the constitution and bylaws and a card
OF membership in the national society, en-
graved certificates OF membership to cost
extra; local camps have representation in
the state societies at the rate Of one dele
gate for every ten members or fraction
thereof; delegations to the national So
ciety's meetings are on the same basis;
veterans who are members Of the state or
national society but not members OF local
camps may participate In the deliberations
Of the body to which they belong; eligible
men living more than ten miles from a local
camp may Join the state society; the ofacers
Of the national society hereafter shall be
/ president, six vice presidents, one secre-
tary, instead Of two as at present; treasurer
and chaplain. the vice presidents to be APP
portioned among the regulars, the United
States volunteers and the state volunteers
only insofar as convenient; officers OF each
state society shall be the same as those
shall be but three vice presidents; local
camps shall have the same stan except that
there shall be but one vice president and
the addition Of a sergeant-at-arms and a
bugier. this latter provision being a prep
~aration for funerals and other similar cere-
monies; state and national society officers
shall be elected yearly by majority of votes
cast, the meetings of the national society
to be on August Is. Of the state societies
ON February A: the local camps are to, elect
st their January meeting; dues shall be 81.
the state society to collect 80 cents per
capita and give half that amount to the
national society; where there are local
camps but no state society the national So
ciety collects Is cents per capita direct;
khaki shall be the ofhcial uniform for all
gatherings Of the societies.
There was also a provision for admitting
sons Of members, and General Hale ex-
planned that this was with 3 view to hav-
ing the organization ~perpetuatsd. A beard
less. chiidless member objected to this.
but General Charles King arose and said:
II cannot see why the objection should be
made. The Loyal Legion, which has thls
plan. Is now receiving every day applica-
1 tfcoa frar. orun - 7 .att,f-ok1 kkok wo-v
soon its membership OF this seccnd c.ass
will be greater than its membership Of the
FIRST class. / look forward with keenest
pride and greatest pleasure to the tine
when ! may name my son for membership
in the Legion. / look forward with equal
pride and pleasure to the time when / may
name him for membership in this society"
General King spoke with feeling and
almost before he had finished there was
| applause that was deafening and the objec-
| tion was voted Town with a ~thundsrlng
mo-" Captain Steele moved that the by
laws be amended to give all past CHEERS
a voice In all meetings and this was ac-
cepted. Then the convention voted to ac-
cept the amended draft but empowering
the executive COMMITTEES to make some
slight alterations in wording that General
Hale proposed. but which be had not had
time to prepare in writing. F
Report ON Ritual.
DR.. Locke Of Colorado reported that the
committee on ritual is making progress,
but asked time. Ii was voted to allow the
committee three months, the executive com
mittee then to adopt the ritual on behalf
Of the society II II shall see At. The exec
utive committee was empowered also to DO
as Il shall think best in the matter Of pur-
chasing the plate Of the engraving for the
charter. The eagrayers prefer not to sell
IL outright. but to give It with an order for
500 prints from It at 81 each.
The Philippine Island Veterans society
Il to be admitted TO the Society OF the Army
Of the Philippines. This was the last I'M
portant action Of the meeting. Chairman
Fouts Of the delegation sent up from St
Louis TO knock at the society's door was
called forward and briefly stated that his
organization has six local camps. with los
Members IN st. Louis ard 1,470 outside ST
Louis. and that the local camps viii aei
for themselves In the matter Of merging
but that all wieh to come into this larger
organization II they can do 30 and still 70.
main Individual campo.
This proved agreeable to the army so.
l diefv and ihera WAS not 4 Aaaanffng voio,