The National tribune., 1905-10-12

ARMY AND NAyYsUNION.
The Biennial EacanpIhcnf 1t NewburH,
N. r.

Newburg, N. T.. Sept. 2s.-The Bien-
NAL Encampment OF the Army and
Navy Union held its }ontluding session
in this city last night Like the Spanish
War Veterans at theD recent Encamp-
ment at Milwaukee. the members of
served homage to the grim old veterans
Of the civil war, whose ranks are grow
ing thinner each recurring year. One
Of the graceful tributes paid the fighters
OF the SOS was the election Of one OF
their number as National Commander
of the Army and Navy Union, to serve
two years.
The new Commander is Col. J. Edwin
Browne, formerly Commander-in-Chief
of the Union Veteran Legion, and Past
Colonel of Encampment 50, Of Wash
ipgton. D. c. Col. Browne also stands
high in the Masonic fraternity, being
SGD Degree Scottish Rite Mason, and is
a member of the GAR.
The other National officers elected
are: Senior Vice Commander, Edward
Stroebei, Albany. N. Y; Junior Vice
Commander, G. V. Anger, Brooklyn, N.
Y; Adjutant- John Schumach-
er. Brooklyn, N. Y; Inspector General
Edward E. Adams. Jersey City, N. j.;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. j. d. Cluet,
Buffalo, N. Y: National Chaplain, Rev.
J. P. Chadwick, u. S. n.
The decision was reached to hold the
next Biennial Encampment in the Fall
OF 1907, at Washington, d. C. A reso-
luton was unanimously adopted at the
concluding session coEgratulating Pres
ident Roosevelt on the appointment of
Mr.. Oscar ]. Ricketts, as Public Printer
pro tenn, and expressing the hope that
the President in his wisdom would
make the appointment permanent. The
Acting Public Printer was referred-to
in the resolutions as 'the soldiers
friend"
Other matters acted favorably upon
were the esta bishment Of more ca
pacious and modern temporary Soldiers
Home at Washington, where INDECENT
soldiers of the civil and Spanish war
can be accommodated without cost to
them when they go to the Capital City
on business; for a new amphitheater
and chapel at the Arlington (Va.) Ma
tional Soldiers Cemetery, and for the
establishment of Museum of War at
Washington.
The report Of Adjutant- General Schu-
macher showed that there are So gar
risons Of the Army and Navy Union,
with a total membership of 1850, a net
gain of sac members during the year.
The So Garrisons cover a wide scope,
extending from Maine to California and
thence across the Pacific to the Philip
pine Islands.
The proposed consolidation Of the
Army and Navy Union with the Regular
Army and Navy Union was considered,
but no final decision was reached in the
matter.
The Army and Navy Union was
founded March 3, 1883, at Cincinnati,
o., where Gen. George Washington Gar
rison, No. 1, was instituted as the first
subordinate body, with a large men,
bership. Its declaration Of principles
states that it is founded on "brOad and
liberal lines" the membership not be-
ing limited to any particular war or
military service, but includes all who
have served with honor under our coun-
try's Flag" in time of peace as we'll as
war. 1t is beneficial as lwell as fra
ternal. az. =.
The Order has spread to nearly all
the larger cities. and there are CARR
sons at many of the military posts, and
on the warsi1ips of the American Navy.
It's ranks are filled with men of all ages,
from the Mexican War veteran of 83.
soldiers Of the civil war, down to the
young man of 81 serving his first enlist
ment in the Army or Navy.