The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-20
THIS WOULD BE A TRUST!

department of California and Nevada
which practically prevents any opposition
candidate entering the lists.
It Is considered probable that the New
York department will present General
Nicholas Day of New York as it's candi-
date for Junior vice commander chief,
which will mean his election eventually
by the convention. For chaplain-in- chief
Nebraska presents the name Of Rev. Har-
mon Bross D. D., of Lincoln, Rev. James
H. Bradford Of Washington, D. c., Is
also a candidate and Iowa has Endorsed
Rev. Winfield Scott of Phoenix, Arizona,
who Is also backed by his own depart
ment.
For surgeon general the department Of
Ohio will present the name OF DR.. G. Har-
mon Of Lancaster, Ohio.
For the minor Offices no names have yet
been suggested. Two other conventions
Of kindred organizations also opened this
morning, that Of the women's Relief Corps
and that Of the Ladies of the Grand Army.
Visit the Navy Yard.
Early to-day a large number of the
delegates boarded the steamer Unadilla for
visit to Mare Island navy yard, where
an informal reception was rendered the
visitors by Commandant McCalla and
Captain lilly, captain Of the navy yard.
The discovery Of Miss Sarah Brown Of
Santa Clara county In this state, daughter
of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame,
among the visitors to the encampment
afforded the visiting delegates Of the G.
A. R. an opportunity to extend their con-
CALCULATIONS to the child Of their old
friend, and she received a hearty greeting
at the hands of the old SOLDIERS from
states all over the Union. Miss Brown
is a member of the Woman's Relief corps
of Los Gatos, Cal.
ha fr3r ha r,rn
too much for Samuel Birch, member Of
Boser Post NO. 379, Arcanum, Ohio. He
is dying at local hospital.
The medical department reports the
health Of the veterans as good ever since
their arrival, only sixty-fiye cases being
under treatment UP to this date and all
but one of a trivial character.
The report Of the junior vice COM
mander chief, James T. Averill, was in
part as follows:
General AverlI's Report
The report Of the junior vice COM
mander- in chief, James T. Averill, was
devoted to the federal dead who rest In
the national cemeteries of the south. It
was in part as follows:
The graves Of union soldiers in the north
CARNATIONS. when we have all answered to the
last rollcall. The graves Of the confeder:
Shrine oea Of DEVOTION is of = loving Ri hhaa
spirits for generations to come. But to whom
can we bequeath the sacred duty Of dropping q
blossom and sympathetic tear on Memorial Day
upon the graves Of the $50, 900 federal dead
who sleep on southern soil. There is scarcely
a home in the north but is represented by one
or more Of these fallen heroes and to theiI
kindred and friends this is certainly q question
of most absorbing interest.
It Is evident that the main dependence ir
perpetuating our Memorial Day in the southern
departments must be our Sons of Veterons, the
Womcn's Relief Corps and other patriotic asso
Citations, which may combine, inviting all sym
pathizing people to join them, in the forma
tion of strong and permanent Memorial Associa
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