The Washington times., 1906-10-10
WARD ACCLAIMED
S. v. Y. COMMANDER
Election Made Unanimous
After a HotIy Contested
Fight.
ENTHUSIASM UNB0UNDED
All the Candidates for the Honor
Withdrew in the New Workers.
Favor.

Acclaimed c1mmandeT-in-chief of the
GUarlsh War Veterans. Capt Hamilton
Nurf. Department of New York was
borne To the platform In tie National
Guard Armory today and promised his
comrades to wuTl. uufalteTiugly ana un-
urlngIy for the hest interests Of the or
gaaizatIan and do his utmost Jo givs
+ them AS good administration as Gen.
4 Charles r. Miller. whcm Dee succeeds.
/ Tie election was warmly contested
from the first gong. ana closed after
/ "a memorable forensic battle during
/ which supporters o. Captain Ward.
f General Moulton, and Major Fodgsou
waXed eloquent and eNtOlled the virtues
und qualifications OF theIr respective
/ candidates.
General NOuIton brought the session to
| a speedy termination as soon as Le real
/ .zed that lhe organization Was becom-
ing divided. Cody and calmly he arose
and declared 10 the veterans that the
harmony and peace Of Tie organization
meant more 20 him than the Office fOr
which ho nGd been nominated. and for
tie sake o. the Uuauimity and The best
interests of the sOuleJy uC WCGlt with
draw his name and ask that COWraus
Ward be acclaimed COUmGndtr-.H-Cl lIeI.
Major HOlgsDn. the Districts candidate.
ClG likewise. Roth We're CLeeTed by tho
veterans until none of them had sufri-
Citut voice 10 talk above a Whisper.
Things passed on quietly until it came
20 Tie selection Of "a chaplain. and the
Jack tars" -lIlied most molly around
the Rev, Father ~. II. J. Reaney for
sky pilot
The officers elected were.
Commander-n-cmef Capt. Hamilton
Ward, OF New York
Senior vice commander Henry "
Bush. of Mississippi
Junior vice commander, Charles w
Newton Connecticut.
Judge advocate general j. Lewis
smith, or Department of District of
Columbia.
Surgeon general. John O'Donoghue.
N. D., of Massachusetts
Chap plain-iu-Chief, Rev. W. H. J.
Reaney, of New York.
Chief OF ordnance, John Evans, of
Chief Of artillery, William Walsh, Of
Massachusetts.
chier mastering officer, Charles
Straut
National historian. J. Walter Mitch
ell, of District OF Columbia
Chief signal officer. William Parker.
of Georgia.
Paymaster general. f. Jones. of Penn
Chief engineer. a. NJ Brunswick. Of
California.
Patterson Makes Stirring Speech.
Delegate Patterson. of New Jersey.
made stirring speech in favor of the
Rev. DR.. Glazbrook and urged that the
veterans choose him as SKY pilot be-
cause the state had not as Vet been
honorcd with any Office The conven-
ton was in turmoil for half an hour
or more. during which AIorian.
oRourke, and several others from New
York. and Colonel Urel and Captai1
Lipscomb, of the District of Columbia
made addresses I'm favor Of Cbanlain
Eeaney for reelection Colonel T~rau
finished his speech by characterizing the
chaplain as 'the best man that God ever
Tut breath in He said Father Reane,-
Te. -Te-tuttd the navy branch o+ ~
Spanish War Veterans and tho fsrs
were entitled to some recognition i'm Ia
line or national officers. Captain ms
comb brought his address TO a close
Wlin Es lS grand, good man. We
him"
Commauderin-ChiefA Miller asked that
ballots be cast for the candidates. Tho.
Rev Father Reaney got ISIS out of ~
Father GlaZehTuok received E5. and can
dldaJe King ]. Chaplain Reaney was
then carried to the platform ard made
a speech after il was moved by the
declared unanimous
Nurses Ask Privileges.
Dr. Laura Hughes, national president
OF The Spanish-American War Nurses.
then introduced a resolution through
General Miller. providing that the
nurses be given all the privileges and
preferences to which veterans Of the
war are entitled, The resolution was
adopted. and General Nil er urged the
veterans to prevail upon Congress TO
pass "a measure providing for what was
called for in the resolution. DR.. Hughes
then made an address. and DR.. Anita
McGee was introduced, but did not
speak.
The selection of the place of then ext
encampment was then brought up Com
mander Miller read letters from the
governors and mayors of many cities
The uffirials asked for the encampment
next year. The cities from which COM
muniCati0ns We're received were: BOs-
ton. Denver. Norfolk. Oklahoma. Spo-
kane. Atlantic City, Niagara, Saginaw, |
SIN Antonio ST. Paul and Richmond.
Speeches were made by a delegate
from ST. Paul who exhibited letters