The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-17
TIE GRAND
ARMY'S EN-
CAMP MtAI
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most disastrous results of a civil war
are the animosities and bitter feelings 4
engendered thereby and am convinced
that one of the most patriotic services 4
we can render our country is to ear
nestly aid in removing every barrier
that separates us or estranges the peo- q
pie The victory at Appomattox VIII n
WELD imperfect fruit if we do not WIN
the hearts as well as the flags of the 4
men who wore the gray. union OF
hearts as well as of hands is indispen-
sable to an indissoluble union OF 1noe-
structible States.
The Grand Army of the RepupIc
has nothing to fear. 1t is not trammel-
ed by political creeds, nor embarrassed
by sectarian controversies, and In the 4
discharge of my duty neither my
neart nor my Judgment will consent to
return to you the great commission
committed to my trust one year ago 1
without voicing the noble sentiments
which I know animate all your hearts
and I rest confident in the belei that
] no influences or conditions north OF
south can successfully construct or
maintain a sectional line that Will pre-
vent the manifestation OF the Hlost
kindly feeling and cordial will by act
as well as by speech, between the sur
iyiying veterans of those who wore the
1 blue and those who wore the gray.
/ Cornmander-in-Ch Chief Torrance's re-
port was referred to the standing COM
mittee having in charge the reports OF
officers. after which the other reports
of general officers were presented
i DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS.
i WASHINGTON, Oct S.-Ohcial re-
4 ports were made by the senior vice
; commander, the junior vice-command-
. err. The surgeon general, the chaplain
!, in-chief, the acknowledgements, the quar-
| ternlaster- general, the inspector-g ener-
| al and the Judge acknowledgement.
IL In his report Surgeon-General W. X.
lThrall of Cincinnati recommended tnat
| the office of surgeon-general be mace
honorary and the mortuary and heaitn
III features which the surgeon general Is
III expected to supply be furnished by the
II Acknowledgement This recommends
III ton is made. DR. Thrall says, because
4 of the impossibility of getting complete
III statistics from the department meolcai
directors He makes no further report
saying that to go further would pc 70
palm off statistics which would be en-
tirely unreliable.
II Chaplain-in-Chief Thomas N Boyle
H sttempts he has made to secure statis-
L tics of attendance at memorial DAY
| services. but he attributes the neglect
| to supply the facts to the advanced age
Ii of many post chaplains and OF their
| comrades.
|! In his report Inspector-General WI
| fred A. Wetherbee of Boston says:
81 find that our weakest departments
| as well as our weakest posts. are those
III which do not have a Woman's Relief
IlCcrps connected with them. 1t mas
| been truly said that the success OF al
| great undertakings has been Largely
| due to the influence of woman. Ihe
| Grand Army of the Republic can give
| testimony to the truth of that state
| ment. most earnestly recommene
| that every post that is not so blessed
1 take steps at once for the formation o.
a Corps The smaller and more re
!. rnotely situated the post, the more neet
of Corps"
ouartermaster-G General Charles Bur
II rows of Rutherford, N j., Furnished
Il details concerning the financial affalr
of the order, in the course of which n
said:
S~ II am glad to be able to report I
good sound financial condition, IN
smy cash in the general fund and supple
on hand showing an increase over las
Isl year
@ 1.-THE Southern memorial fund show
M smaller balance than before, ana OF
81 for the generous contributions from u
81 Woran's Relief Corps, would hay
~ been wiped out.
H The statement shows balance Q
~ hand in the general fund of $9,25l.
M The report of Acknowledgement
81 las IA. fowler of Minneapolis show
81 that on the 30th of June last, the n4u
s ter roll of the Grand Army conta1ns
"a 2s3745 names of members in goo
al standing and that there were 6511 posi-
E8 The figures as to membership show
ID net Joss since the preceding year
81 5so4 The adjutant- general says tn
IS the high water mark of membersh
- was attained in 1890, when 1t NUMBER
4Oe, 4S9, and that there has been gra
@ nal decline since that date. CONNER
Isl ing on this circumstance he says:
% is indeed encouraging that notwit
"a standing the inevitable increase IN I
M loss by death, the gains by muster
ga and reinstatement overcome it. The
81 are still living over 900, 900 of the m
~ who were a part of that grand army
~ the sixties, and of that number IL
@ than $4,000 are over 81 years of a.
VA This suggests TO me to say that If Pre-
rs er energy were put forth the Grand
so my of the Republic ought to increi
81 in numbers, instead of decrease.
ia 1.-THE death loss for the year as sho
by the report is S2ss. The percents
50 based on the number of members
good standing at the beginning OF
year is 3.Os, as against 500 per cent
20 the preceding year.
- The convention then agreed by v
AaAsSs TO proceed at o'clock TO the election
- zsas.es officers for the next year and after
question was disposed of they .llste
to the reading of the report OF the s
cial committee On pensions.
"a Reunions were held this morning
ga Camp Roosevelt.
~ THE NEXT COMMANDER.
sI WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Gen'
Y Sici1les has Withdrawn from the con
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