The Washington times., 1904-02-03
CALLS ROOSEVELT
VETERANS FRIEND
Judge KimbalPs Report to
Potomac Department.
G. A. R. MEN IN ENCAMPMENT
Abraham Hart Expected to Be Elected
CommandeT-Banquet IN Honor of
Black Tonight.

Reports from tho retiring officers and
the nomination OF officers and delegates
was the chief business transacted by the
Department OF the Potomac. C. ~ r., at
the initial meeting OF the thirty-sixth
annual Cncampment OF the organization.
The encRmpaent began last evening
and viii conclude tomorrow evening af-
ter the newly chosen officers have been
installed.
The report OF Commander I. G. Kim
ball. who was offered reelection but re-
fused il. and the brief addresses by
Cen John c. Black. national command
er-in-chicf OF the Grand Army of the
Republic. and s. A Harmon. national
surgeon general. who We're escorted to
the hall near Fourteenth Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue northwest by the
Old Guard. were features of the first
night OF the yearly gathering. After
his report was read Judge KimbaIl re-
linquished the post of commandership
and assumed his position among the
past commanders Of the department.
twenty-five out of twenty-eiSht of whom
are still living.
Judge Kimball's Report.
THE aged veteran in office and his
retirement on a suitable salary" was
the chief topic talked OF in Judge Kim
balls report. In part. he said:
Our comrades are reaching the age
at which they will need all the influence
the department can exert to retain them
in their positions in the public service;
as they become more feeble and thus
able TO perform their duties less Wig
orously, we cannot hope that they will
retain the high positions they now &C
cupy; they should not. however, be dis
charged. but be retired for their natural
lives, at salaries sufficient to keep them
In comfort, not as an act of charity,
but as their due for the great service
they rendered during the war and the
equally great service accomplished by
them since the war closed"
Monument to Privates.
A recommendation which aroused
much comment was one which called for
a statue in Washington I'm honor OF the
private soldiers who fought for the
Union In the civil war.
In closing he spoke of President
Roosevelt as the friend of the veteran,
none better ever having Occupied the
White House.
He has been ever ready and anxious
to do all in his power for the veterans,
and in their name / thank him." said
Judge Kimban.
Practically No Contests.
Judging from the nominations made
last evning. tomorrow's elections will
be anything but spirited. and there VIII
he practically. no contests. almost all OF
the nominees VIII slip right into Office
without the least opposition. The nonni-
nations are for members Of the council
OF administration and delegates to the
national encampment. Unless some
thing unforeseen happens. Senior Vice
Commander Abraham Hart will be
unanimously chosen as department com
mander The following is a list of
names placed on the nomination list:
Abraham Hart. department com
mander: Hiram Buckingham. senior
vice commander: II. p. Tasker, junior
vice commander; DR.. Thomas Calver,
medical director: the Rev N H Miller
chaplain: S. w. McElderry. r. II. Mar
celius, w. II. Anderson. Edward Web
ster. j. II. Jennings. and s. c. Robb, for
members Of the council Of administra-
ton, of whom there are 10 be five elect
ed: z. II. Holbrook, f. @. Calvert, VIII
liam G.. Hall. II. S. Stevens, H N.
Cops, and Lewis Mundheim, for dele
gates TO the national encampment OF
whom four are 10 be elected; alternates,
y. o. Lawrence, J. II. Bradford, L. K.
Brown. and Alexander Oglesby.
In Honor of Black
A banquet in honor Of Gen John c.
Black Will be given at the New Willard
Hotel this evening Tomorrow evening
the officers will be elected and installed