Evening star., 1905-09-08
FAVOR ARMY CANTEEA
Resolution Introduced at
Convention.
SPANISH WAR MEN
REFERRED TO COMMITTEES FOR
REPORT.
Veterans Hold Busy Session at Mil
waukee-Washingto Presents
Invitation.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, September s.-Maj.
Herbert w. Meyers Of Washington has In
troduced a resolution for the restoration Of
the army canteen. From the sentiment of
| the delegates evidenced today the resolution
will be ratified. 1t was referred, with other
resolutions proposing changes in national
laws, to a committee on legislation to be
appointed by the incoming commander-in-
chief. An effort will be made to have a ma
jority of the members of the new legislative
committee appointed from the District of
Columbia. Maj. Meyers resolution was re-
ceived by the convention with shouts Of ap-
proval and continued cheers followed. 1t
Is the sense of the convention assembled,
composed of men who served in the states
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, in
Cuba, Porto Rico and the far-away Philip
pines during the late war with Spain, men
who had an opportunity to see the army
canteen in full operation In every cnme ana
many of whom have seen the operation
since the abolition of the said canteen, nave
had an opportunity again to see ana 10
study the demeanor of the men ana the
general conditions at the posts ana the
camps to resolve to recommend to the Sen
ate committee on military affairs the re-
establishment of the army canteen
1t was further resolved that copy OF
this resolution be sent to the President OF
the Senate and the Speaker of the House
Of Representatives.
Want Convention Here.
Telegrams urging the United Spanish
War Veterans to hold their encampment
next year at Washington were received last
night and today from the following Wash
ingtonians;
Col ]. Edwin Browne, on behalf of the
Union Veteran Legion and Army and Navy
Union; Sergeant John Strait, representing
sociation; Wayne w. Cordell, on behalf of
twenty Rechabite organizations In the DIS
| trict of Columbia. and kilograms from the
Fraternal Sons of Jonadab and the Army
| and Navy Union.
| These were read to the encampment to-
| day by Capt. ]. Walter Mitchell, to whom
| they were sent, and were greeted by ap-
plause by the assembled veterans. At
| caucus Of the twelve District of Columbia
| delegates this morning the decision was
| reached to support the candidacy Of Col.
| Charles r. Miller OF Cleveland, Ohio, for
| comma ander-in-chief against the only other
candidate whose name has SO far appeared.
| General Moulton of Illinois. In return
Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and other
| states will vote solidly for holding the
| 1905 convention at Washington The Dis
| trict delegates are working like beavers to
| bring about this result. and 1t looks as
| though they will win. San Francisco was
| today withdrawn as the convention city for
| 1906 and Buffalo and Newark, N. j., en-
| tered the race.
Roosevelt Cheered.
The mention of President Roosevelt's s
| name several times during the proceedings
today of the national encampment of the
United Spanish War Veterans in session
| here was each time the signal for tumul-
tuous applause and wild cheering. When
| the statement was made that Comrade
Roosevelt would no doubt be "delighted' to
| have the 1896 encampment held at Wash
ington many veterans sprang to their feet
and cheered wildly. Commander John
| Lewis Smith of the District department
| figures that Washington will be selected as
| the next convention city on the first ballot
when one is taken this afternoon.
Each of the 800 delegates and nearly 200
alternates was presented today by the Dis
| trict of Columbia delegates with an artisti-
| cally printed souvenir circular, headed,
| Washington, D. c., 1906" 1t sets forth
| the beauties of the capital and it's advan-
| tageS a convention city.
Maj. Herbert w. Meyers of Washington,
D. G., moved that the new legislative COM
mittee be instructed to urge the Senate and
| House of Representatives to pass the House
bill for the establishment at Washington
of a museum of war: He gave in detail the
many relics, etc, that could be placed in
| the proposed museum. The proposition was
| favorably received and referred to the COM
mittee on legislation.
Report on Museum Of War.
| The delegates from the District of CO.
| iumbia, seconded by those from Missouri,
stood sponsor for the project OF establish
| Ing at Washington, D. c.. a museum OF
| war, 'as monument to the American SOL
ders of all the wars in which this country
has been engaged-from the revolution to
| the advance on Peking, China"
Delegate ]. Walter Mitchell Of Washing
| ton, D. c., said bill for this purpose was
| introduced in the last Congress by Rep
resentative William Hughes Of New Jer-
sey. appropriate ting $25O,OO0 for the museum
building. He then submitted statement
| showing that the Hughes bill authorizes
and directs the Secretary Of War to cause
to be erected in the Smithsonian Institution
Park suitable and commodious building
for a museum Of war, at a cost not to ex-
ceed $150,OO0.
| 1t was also shown that the first steps for
the establishment Of such museum were
taken by the National Army and Navy
Spanish War Veterans at the annual assem-
bly, at Detroit, Mich. The project was ap-
proved by Col. NJ. Emmet Urell. then COM
mander-in-chief, and resolution intro
| duced by Delegate Herbert w. Meyers Of
the District Of Columbia urging such estab-
| lishment was unanimously adopted. Since
that time many members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and other patriotic
organizations. and the National Guard of
the several states, as well as army officers,
have sent strong Endorsements Of the prop
osition to Capt. j. Walter Mitchell, ma
tional historian of the Spanish War Vet
erans who Is preparing such Endorsements
for presentation to Congress-
The statement to the encampment con-
tinued:
1T was intended by the projectors that the
proposed museum should be erected as a
memorial to the valor and endurance Of all
American soldiers. from the revolution to
the war with Spain, and that 1t would be a
valuable adjunct to the Army War College
here and a helpful object lesson in warfare,
| ancient and modern. to the students of the
art of war. 1t is contended that there will
be but little expense to the government in
stocking the museum with relics Of war
and implements of warfare, as there Is
now a great quantity Of such material in
the National Museum, the War and Navy
departments, and in the war museum at the
Washington navy yard, besides the num-
ber Of exhibits which will be loaned to the
institution by individuals and states.
Museum Maintained.
Several years ago the ordnance bureau
of the War Department maintained a war
museum in the Winder building on 18th
street, In which was displayed many in
teresting exhibits and relics of war. These
included large number Of battle flags.
Union and confederate, some Of them