The National tribune., 1902-10-16
LADIES OF THE G. A. r.
SECOND DAY.
Election of Officers Continued-san Francisco
Chosen as the Next Meeting Placs Routine
Business-Installation Of Officers, and Ad
journment.
FRIDAY, Oct. II.


The election of officers was resumed.
Comrade ID. w. Acheson Denison
Tex,. who served in the 10th Pa. as
enlisted man and officer, was elected Sur
geon- General without OPPOSITION.
Comrades ID. b. Shuey Qlan.) and J.
II. Bradford H'otOmac) were presented
by their respective Departments for Chap
lain-in-Chief, but upon the representation
that all the principal offices had gone to
the East, and that tae West should be
recognized, Department Commander Bing-
ham withdrew Comrade BradfOrd's name,
and the election of Comrade Shuey was
made by acclamatiOn.
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
L. A delegation of young ladies, bearing
the greetings of the daughters of veterans.
entered, the hall, were received standing,
and with cheers, and made brief speeches
Of cordial greeting.
THE NEXT MEETING-PLACE.
The Commander-in in Chief announced
that the hour set for selecting the next
meeting-p place Of the National Encamp-
ment had arrived, and that business was
now in order.
Gen. w. X. Shafter (CaD came upon
the stage and presented the invitation
from the State of California, and the City
SAN Il TiUClSCC. I1e SpOhc ol tHe loydl
way in which the Encampment had been
entertained in San Francisco 16 years ago,
and how eager everyone who had been
there was to go again.
Everything possible would be done to
give the comrades the greatest time of
their lives. A rate of $50 for the round
trip from Chicago and SAT from st. Louis
had been secured, with one cent mile
from points farther East to those cities.
ni,,hf hn fa pfn nar
was hardly any need of assurance that
the hotel rates would be reasonable. The
comrades of the Pacific Slope and the Far
West had been coming East ut great ex-
pense for many years to attend National
Encampments, and it was only simple JUS
tice that the veterans should go West to
visit the 10000 veterans on the Slope.
Comrade Il. II. Warfield was called
upon to speak for tn. hotel rates. and as
sured the comrades that they could have
good accommodations at from 90 cents to
81 Il day. s5a n
Comrade Enos F. Hahn. Commander
of the Department of New Jersey. pre-
sented the invitation Of Atlantic City. and
urged the comrades to come there. They
had the finest excursion city inf the, world.
with resident population of $4,000, could
easily and comfortably care for a. crowd
of 100000. with a rate nowhere higher
than 81 day. They had magnificent
sea-bathing, and five miles of the famous
board walk
Comrade Stahl eloquently pictured the
historic interest of the surrounding cOun-
try. with the glorious battlcfelds of
Princeton and Trenton near by.
There was some talk of Saratoga, but
the Department of New York was not
behind the proposition.
When it came to Il vote. Pennsylvania
stood solidly for Atlantic City. but New
York and Ohio broke for San Francisco.
and the current was SO strong in that di-
rection that the vote was made unani-
nous.
PRESENTATION TO COMRADE RAsSIEUR.
Past Adjutant- General l.. NJ Sterrett,
from the Committee, presented Past Com
manderin-Chief Leo Rassieur with an
elegant diamond badge which
COmrade Rassieur received with appro-
pirate thanks.
REGULATIONS, RULES AND RITUAL.
4 prolonged discussion took place upon
the report of Comrade Il. Il. Beath
Chairman of the Committee on Rules,
Regulations and Ritual. The determina-
ton of the Encampment will be presented
later.
The reports of the Committees upon the
reports of the National officers were pre-
sented and adopted.
The report of the Committee on Rela-
tions with the Sons of Veterans gave rise
to prolonged discussion, with Comrade
Ayars DelD and others urging that de-
cisive action be taken to admit the Sons
of Veterans to Post meetings as visitors.
upon taking an obligation of secresy, and
be provided with visiting cards admit
ting them to all other Posts.
Comrade Wagner Pa) opposed the
adoption of the report of the Committee,
on the ground that it was crude and. i'm
perfect, and proposed too radical n de-
parture from the traditions of the Order
He admitted that we were facing the in
eyitable. and that the time was near at
hand when wes would admit the Sons of
until the matter was better digested.
The matter was finally referred to a
committee of five. to be appointed by the
COmmanderin-Ch Chief.
PENSION FOR MRS. VAN DER vooRT.
A communication was received from the
Woman's Relief Corps asking the infu-
ence of the Grand Army to secure n pen
sion for the widow of Past Commander
Chief Paul Van Der WORT. which was
referred to the Committee on Pensions.
SCHOOL HISTORIES.
COmrade William NJ. Olin (Mass),
of the Committee on School HistO-
ries, reported that progress had
been made during the year, and a
number of Objectionable features elm
mated from some of the histories in
use. but that suitable history was not
yet written. The committee had hopes of
this, however. in the near future 1t re-
commended that such history be entire
ly free from sectional bias. Adopted.
RESOLUTIONS. hN %
Comrade John s. KOuntz, from the
Committee on Resolutions, presented
number of resolutions, of which the more
important were: rg III
In favor of the Memorial Bridge at
Washington. LII
In favor of Soldiers's roll for the Sen
ate, the same as now exists for the House
of Representatives. h.
In favor of n monument to Gen. Sigel.
In favor of n Temple of Fraternity at
the st. Louis Exposition for the Grand
Army of the Republic and allied Orders.
All these were adopted.
Adverse to a resolution offered by Gen.
Huidecooper in favor of monthly payment
of pensions. Concurred in.
A resolution was adopted giving the
thanks of the National Encampment to
Comrade H. Il. Palmer, Of Nebraska, for
his able and successful labors in behalf of
a Soldiers Sanitarium at Hot Springs,
S. Oak.
COMRADE J. n. HAwLEY,
Senator from Connecticut, and the oldest
Past Junior Vice Commander-in- Chief of
the Order, having served as such In its
ceived by the Encampment standing and
W a ~ tad fo ,Iat