Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-20
TWO GOVERNORS THERE
Van SAINT and Cummins Receive
and G. A. R. Encamp.
ment Is On
Main Business Wednesday-382
Posts Number 1929 Mem.
bers-Complete Report.
6. A. R. Finances Improving
Increase in Relief Fund
Expenditure.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, May 20.-The Grand
Army encampment is on. Gov. S. X.
Van SAINT, of Minnesota, the Iowa river
captain, arrived today with his staff.
and they were met by Gov. Cummins
and staff. This afternoon the two gov
errors and their official families held
forth in the governors rooms at the
state capital and received officially
hundreds of the visiting veterans and
their friends. 1t is the plan of both
Gov. Cummins and Gov. Van SAINT to go
tomorrow morning to Rock Island
where both will attend the encampment
of the Illinois department G. A. r., with
their STATS.
The encarnpment proper begins to-
morrow, and after the morning business
meeting there will be a street parade at
1880 o'clock. The reports OF the Off
GERS will be highly pleasing to the en-
campment. The report of Inspector
Cousins, of Council Bluffs, will be es-
pecially fattering. 1t covers the period
the inspection reports are given album
dant time for preparation. 1t will show
that the membership of the 3S2 posts
on the date last named was 1929,
whereas the report of Inspector kath-
bun q year ago showed total member
ship of only 10,999. This agreeable
showing has been made by the utmost
care in securing reports from all the
posts. Inspector Cousins, who is here
for the encampment, says that he de-
termined on having the most complete
report ever made to encampment. He
got reports from all but dozen or
more of the posts. He found that he
could get no response from these posts
and so he went in person to the towns
where they We're located and got the
reports. In fact in some cases the poor
old soldiers who chung to their posts
were unable to make out the reports
and Cousins had TO do it himself Ten
posts passed out of existence during the
year, including those at What Cheer,
De Soto. Birmingham, Tracy, Bows, AL
bion, Jamaica, and Lovilia; and new
posts were instituted in Prairie City,
Conway and Rockwell.
According to the report of Inspector
Cousins the financial condition of the G.
A. r. posts of Iowa is also becoming
better, and the posts are better able to
care for dependent and needy members.
On June so, 1901, there was total of
$3,094.69 remaining in the relief funds
of the various posts, while the preced-
ing year the relief fund total was 3d.
279.46, and year preceding that it was
but $2,74167 Capt. Cousins report
shows a total expenditure from the re-
lief fund for the year of S1,16469, while
the preceding year the relief fund ex
penditure was $1,527.29. Money and Sc
ourities in the hands of the quarter
master June 80, 1901, was $21,S7S65,
The total value of other property
owned by the posts on June 80, 1901,
was $64,014.o2, against $63,o03.7S the
year. The largest post in the
state is Crocker Post of Des Moines,
with 263 members. Ben Hancock post
of Sioux City is also a large one, hav-
ing 1S5 members reported, and it is the
richest in the state having s3,4S7 in
the hands of its Quartermaster at the
time of the report.
The report of Inspector Cousins also
shows some other interesting facts in
regard to the condition of the posts and
the work being done. Questions We're
asked on which the following informa-
ton in the report is based The ritual
work is properly eXemplitied in 1856
posts. officers and guards are property |
uniformed in fifty-four. members are
in siXty-two. officers are
regular in attendance in $50. members |
are reported in regular attendance at
PSI, records are complete and well kept |
in 81, the orders received are regularly |
read to the posts and kept on file in 35S, |
all reports and dues forwarded from
376, a relief fund for charitable pur-
poses is maintained in fifty-seven, aux
liary organizations are connected with |
232 posts. camps of Sons of Veterans
ire reported from forty-five posts, and
m answer to the question as to the
of the post 149 report gooo,
l26 fair and LOT poor.