Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-21
6. A. r. IN MARTNETTE
VETERANS HOLD ANNUAL EN-
CAMPMENT FOR 1906.
John w. Canes of Lowell Is Chosen
Commander, and Next Years
Session Will Be Held in Oshkosh
Parade a Fine One.

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Marinette correspondence:
The department encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic opened
Tuesday morning with large attend
ance.
The morning session opened with the
annual address Of the Department Com
mander, f. A. Copeland of La Crosse,
and the rest of the session was taken
up with the reading of the official re-
ports
In the afternoon the parade was held
and after it the guests were escorted
to the Chautauqua grounds. where an
address was made by Commander in
Chief James Tanner of New York.
| Other speeches filled up the afternoon
program, which was in the nature of
| campfire and it was continued in the
evening.
Veterans on Parade.
The parade was a fine one consider
ing the fact that the veterans are all
growing old and are every year less
inclined to endure the fatigues of the
march. Several years ago an effort was
made to cut out the paradeS at the en-
campments on that account. but so long
as the encampments are held outside of
Milwaukee the parade will be insisted
upon by the people as one of the fea-
lures of the event and the veterans can
see no reasonable way out of it, as 10
refuse to march after being so hand
somely received and entertained would
be regarded as churlish.
The Adjutant Generals report shows
membership of 1881. the loss during
the year being 511 Deaths repoJ ed
are POO, which is go less than the
preceding year, The department sent
to the San Francisco relief fund 81 ,0S3,
and the Woman's Relief Corps over
$500. Six posts have been dropped
during the year, being unable to keep
up their organization.
New Officers Elected.
The encampment elected the follow
ing officers Wednesday morning:
Commander John w. Canes, of Lowell
senior ' Ice Jason d. wright,
of Marnette; Junior Vice Commander l.. A.
Brace of Eau Claire; Medical Director. DR..
f. r. Garlock, of Racine; Chaplain, O. A.
Britton, of Superior; Council of Administra-
ton, H. c. Putnam of Brodhead j. NJ.
Botsford of Eau Claire Edward Scodeld of
Oconto, Orville Strong, ID. ]. Dill of Pres
colt; Trustees Wisconsin Veterans Home,
III. f. Mann of Marinette, ID. G. James of
Richland Center; Trustee of Encampment,
Phillip Cheek of Baraboo.
Delegates to the national encamp-
ment were elected as follows:
Representative at Large, Joseph Baer of
Racine; Delegates at Large, II. c. Putnam
OF Brodhead c. L. EstabrOok of Milwaukee,
+. Il. Osborne of La Crosse Robert lnglish
of Bayfield,; Alternates, w. ii. Bennett of
Mineral Point +. Enos of Racine Il. Ii.
Martin of Dodgeville, Anthony G. Ewens of
Milwaukee, W. II. Blyton of Sparta, John
Bapuderob of Oshkosh District Delegates,
f. X. Gariock of Racine, f. w. Reyes of
Madison George e. Budd of Lancaster, Os-
car III. Pierce of Milwaukee, Adam Hazel
wood of OconOmowoc George w. Pratt of
Sheboygan, John Ashton of Alma Center
n. A. Cook of Neenah Edward Scofield of
Oconto, ]. c. Van Marter of Florence, Lu
Their Spalding of River Falls; Alternates
of Madison c. II. Davis of Baraboo, NJ. c.
Welton of Milwaukee, NJ. l.. Snyder of Wau-
kesha, l.. D. Hinkley of Waupun, ]. NJ.
Botsford of Eau Claire, j. w Evans of
Waupaca, J. NJ. White of Depere; d. NJ.
Maxon of Wausau, John II. Degrow of
GrantsburG.
The new Commander appointed Chas.
A. Pettibone, of Waupun, Assistant Adj
jutant General, and L. A. Bird, of Mad
ison, Assistant Quarter Master Gen
eral. C0mrade Collins Bishop of Ar
cadia, 81 years old, and the oldest
member of the department, was intro
duced to the encampment. He attends
all department encampments and will
go to tie national encampment at Min
neapOls The officers were installed
by Phillip Cheek.
The official badge was presented to
the retiring Commander, Col. Copeland
of La Crosse, by members of his staff
and he in turn presented badges to w.
L. Osborne, La Crosse, Assistant Adj
jutant General, and Louis SchOles, his
chief of staff. In the afternoon the
veterans were given an automobile ride
around the two cities, and in the even
ing the encampment concluded with a
grand bail at the armory under the
auspices of the Sons of Veterans.
Next Encnmpment in Oshkosh.
Oshkosh was q winner over Racine
for the next encampment, receiving 90
votes to "A for Racine. Madison and
Ashland also sent invitations.
ID. G. James of Richland Center and
DR.. II. Z. Mann of Marinette were
elected to succeed themselves as mem
bers Of the board of trustees of the
Wisconsin Veterans Home at Waupa-
ca.
A resolution was offered by Col. J.
A. Watrous urging that in patriotic en-
tertainments the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner" be placed on the musical program
and that the audience remain standing
while it is played or sung. The reso-
luton was adopted.
The basis OF representation in the
department encampment was changed
from one delegate for each fifty mem
bers of post to one for every twenty
FIVE members, thus doubling the num-
Der of delegates.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected
Mrs Kathryn Bleyer of Milwaukee a.
Department President and Mrs. Walker
of Oshkosh as Vice President.
The Sons of Veterans elected officers
as follows
Commander, Fred " Graft of Sheboygan;
Senior Vice Commander, T.. a. kremer Of
Madison Junior Vice Commander, II. b.
Simcox of Marinette; Division Council, J.
F. Smith Of Boomer Wilbur Perkins of
TofrC Il NTsf+p Of sfpo1,f TlaTa
gates, f. A. Kremer Of Madison, J. G. Bo-
CART of Milwaukee: AIternates II. S. Seq