The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-11
UNIONS FITS
 x DISORDER Effo,s: Q Censure General Is syrenforth Failed. G. AR. TO MEET IN FRISCO Annual Encampment in Wash
 ingt0n Closes. Action of Commander-in-Chief Tor rance Relative to Mountain Creek Home for Confederate Soldiers
 is Heartily Commended.

Washington, Oct. 10-The sessions of the Union Veterans today were marked by scenes of wild disorder and confusion. The proceedings at times became so heat ed that personal encounters seemed like ly. The trouble began when an effort was made to amend the constitution so as to restore the six months service clause as a basis for membership in the organization. After two hours discus sion, the proposition was rejected. This created considerable ill-feelins.
 A motion was then made and carried to permit sons of members of the organ ization to vote and otherwise participate in the proceedings. An amendment also was adopted admitting to membership sons-in-law and grandsons of members and any honorably discharged soldier, without regard to his services.
 While voting was going on large number of members of the Ohio, Illinois New York. Michigan. Iowa and Pennsyl- vania delegations met in conference over a proposition to withdraw from the or- gsnization and affiliate with the Massa- chusetts department. which severed It's connection with the Union after tho Des Moines convention. which struck from the constitution the six months service clause.
 Before the convention met in the after noon the Executive Committee heard General Dyrenforth, the Commander-in- Chief. in relation to charges which had been filed against him by the Judge Ao- vocate General of the Division of the Po- tomac. alleging the use of arbitrary pow CT and refiecting on his personal char acter.
 Later the committee made a report rec. ommending that he be suspended as Com mander-in-Chief General Dyrenfortf was notified in open session of the action | taken by Gen. G. E. Hutchinson of Ro- chester, Deputy Commander-in-Chief who had been directed by the Execu' tive Committee to preside. Pandemoniun l followed Every man was on his rect | chairs were overturned, and an effort wal made to throw General Hutchinson on | the platform. He, however, raised heavy cane which he carried. and thui kept the crowd back.
 General Dyrenforth refused to recog
 nize the committee to present its report and finally, after General Hutchinson had been called on to preside, Genera Dyrenforth refused to make way for him General Hutchinson then left the hall as did the delegations above named, and the convention proceeded to elect Com mander-in- Chief.
 The names of Harlow L. Street and General Dyrenforth were put in nomina' ton. The Executive Committee or the order thereupon declared that the eiec' ton was illegal and that under the con stitution General Hutchinson Is the legal Commander-in-Ch Chief. As the anti-Dyren- forth men filed out, they stated that they would not remain in the organization under Dyrenforth or unless the six months clause was restored in the con stitution. After order had been secured the convention, with General Dyrenfortn in the chair, elected the following oH' cers:
 Fiyst National Deputy Major. Gen Charles E. Forest, New York city; Sec ond National Deputy. J. c. Freeman Louisville, Ky.