The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-26
G. A. R. AND W. R. c.
A Large Amount of Business Trans
acted by Both Bodies.
AN ADDRESS BY COMMANDER TORRANCE
New Officers Were Elected and Visit
Was Paid to tho Oil Field to Sec
the Gushers Gush,


| Army of the Republic, Texas division. has
been bent upon business only from yester.
day afternoon at o'clock up to this eve.
ming at the same hour
They have been holding their meetings
ms Is their custom, behind closed doors
That they have been working Is certainty
and by constant attention to their duties
both bodies hive been enabled to clean IN
q lot Of work and tomorrow morning about
tho only thing that viii remain to be done
will be to get the reports of certain Of
ficers
The adJutant general gave In regard to
the Grand Army meetings the following
The encampmcnt met this morning AZ q
o'clock at Elks hall tn the opera house
hAildins and elected officers for the ensuing
year Considerable business was trans
acted. Resolutions and reports Of commit.
tees were submitted. one ~ the matters
considered this morning was the petltlonlns
OF tue government 10 take charge of an
acre OF ground In Beaumont i'm which the
dshcS o. S'NtN-elght Confcdcrltes and 100
ieG'rdlS sleep, The land Is not fenced I'm
ana n was stated that this precious spnt
was lIamrlcd over by pigs aud cattle anl
- lH SAD stare of desulHti0n. II Is owned
ny Il nonresident committee was an
pointed this morning to petition tho gov.
einment to buy the property, have 1t prop.
elly fenced i'm ANA mndc pnrt of t6n
t4toiul TeMrtorieS OF the country Cap
tuln FRANK Hyatt who has has and the mat
ter IN charge, was continued as n commit.
Tee OF one to cooperate with the command.
eIS I'M ouShout the country and to ret the
subject To the attention Of the govern.
meht Following are the officers who
were elected; Department commander. &
'. HaSkCl OF peuison; senior vice com
mandcr Israel Goddard Of Jacksboro: Jun.
lof wee commander. " r. Weiland nf
No9theriotd: department chaplain. Father
y H. crowley Of Dcnison: medical direc.
tor, &. Hcbiuc OF Bunhan The follow.
| luS were elected council Of Administered ion:
". u. Mlsikeu pf Dallas: j H. Tigard ~
lcnlSon: p :. Stockwcll Of Alvin: John
~. Bolten Of san Antonio, anu A. Gar.
The session was opened by PRAYER by
Father crowley chaplain of the Dcnlsou
lost- Department Commander +. - Hunt
teen delivered his annual report reviewing
BE work done and making recommenda,
tons for the future. The report was an
/ exhaustive paper
Then followed the reports of tho various
/ department and star officers some being
present In person. others having handed
/ IN their report previously
After commander Uuuts address the
committee on credentials made its report
| whirH was followed hy that of Senior Vice
| Commander II. C. Adler Nlr Adler bcing
| absent his report was road. Junior Vice
commander j J. Rlllows made his report,
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| in Illinois Nv NUNS
The report Of Medical Director &. IIcl.
/ hlng .~AS read Next followed tho report
Of chief mastering officer u. NJ. Rakcr.
The report Of Department Inspector w y.
,t,,, n,f ,,i wa SuoMtteu MI Man.
H." M "r'',s "nSen, ne r'Poi7 was rcAl
report Of the assistant nijutant general
-, 49, "l!l Ni'I.'.WNNltr General was
oCt w. 1 N5E9'NS.lul Aujullht General Ridge,
.rb M,.n .ir 'n',upmrn' adj .nrnod.
an nm hIH'e or m"ting VIII be de
NInu upon duiinE the ensuing wear.
~ lrS inc aitG'n2on tho cncnmpm"nt
ne, lo'Ety with thc Womnn'e R'liHf Corps
USionng - an eloquent sptrch ny rho
',mmand't I'm chief Ell Torrance
,u' pr"G,2tu GpcnCd Win such stirring
sohaN as Marching Through Gcorgip" qnl
CihHIa r"m'udfu of tho th.i'ine Times ~
40. IN ,n1ltnCnt Commander y =.
!! 'i introduced tommandcr Torr'uon.
Wot nou , in r,,GI1nGnt r1',"SSs, ilo smoke
I l,,' rooi Wlk that ha1 h"cn dono ~"
thc ana Army of tho Republic GpI Of its
greet lN"Noncc IN tho country, 0rI stated
eenai hn R,@3n'd would continue I'm It's in
bad jus closed was the largest he over a.!
'en4'" IN lho Snuh.
'S azure met Wth svmpgthctr M
tcrmed with cxnrcssions of good fellowship
and i"Yc for th"s' finst whom the boys
IN mus fought from 1851 10 lSGi
A. ci,,, ,.,, a.. ~
No. Wv" '"r S''r'iorN' IN" hnSi-
H'NS "I tue felcf corps was conducted I'm
The following manner
The mornings snssiop nf ,ho X,,.
Relief Corn, was drvntoJ l,,oou nV d" unul
the rcportS Of The orricnrs To-, H. ~ m,"r lns
and then came the intcrcstino fa r'S, oe"t
Tho dnv mo ni,,.,in, n.t'lCCSitinS feature ~
sriug ycar RIA o ~ "''r ,'.I' Tor inc en-,
promptly for Tho morning. Scssi,,, "m n1mn
knights Of pvtblos Nail ~ 'II NV "'l'' lhr
10 RECEIVE thcm ana tbr,, ~. :" 'Vlu'neNS
fresh and sw, Of as -, n,on,, ,,t , ,'"N'"S IS
The renorts v,rrc odn"ta, "in,I' ~.
tion began and tho follnvin,. '', ~ Wy w
suIt. Mrs TvnrI nnniSG - w re-
president, senior Wee nresiicp," i''Upt
H. I'ndc,bIil Ecsnn,,,,,,, 'fr,Tu.' Mrs. II
idcnt. Mrs Iriio TnIVn,. n ,mi"t ,Wr plrs-
Mrs Rush Dcuis,n ,th 1919, INSURER,
Vet hrcn nnnoirtcIn. bnt syi,iV MI! Ms uot
San Antonio, ,b"irn,,,p Yrs MoSlti,
board Mrs Knit Enrrcu - H. ~ 'VNu,LNN
w Bnlycr DniCs Nh, Nt, ,tn.',t y, WIS
mnu Uous.on. Mrs So VI NJ ~, ''"Htv''
J. s. Cnrtts Rc"n,,,o,,t!' Muv"' Nts,
LARGE Mrs Anna uccto" mi "'s1 , It
Mrs Stsr RnrroI,, '',i, ',,,.'N' WI,'rnat',
SmitI, San Anto,,io, ite,v.,e' M,SS ,.uil
Durham N'S' l"N"i'
Tho meotinr N,as called ., ,.d.. q. ,.
afternoon Nv tho nrc.i'1er, ~ NI3ru'' IN w"
Nnn Harm ~ TI,,,,t, W. A"uTl''
tbcr - 49, ..'"'' ''ll h''u