The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-17
BROWN SELECTED
BY GRAND ARMY
Ohio Soldier Chosen Comman-
der-in- Chief, the Other
Candidates Withdrawing.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS READ
STIRRING ADDRESS OF coRPo-
RAJ TANNER.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Aug. 16.-Commsn-
der-in-chief-R. b. Brown. GAINESVILLE. o.
Senior Vice William II.
Armstrong Indianapolis
Junior Vice Commander-E. B. Fenton.
Detroit
Chaplain-in-C hief-Archbshop John Ire
land. ST. Paul.
surgeon General-w II. Johnson, Lin
coin Neb.
the annual meeting OF the Grand Army of
the Republic. All other officers are staff
appointments and will be announced later
by the new commauder-in-chef. The
strongest opponents OF Mr.. Brown for
the honor OF being commander-in-chief
were 6. q. Burton Of Missouri and Cap
tain p. III. Coney of Kansas. Both with
drew when IL was seen that the election
of Mr.. Brown was a certainty.
Several candidates were nominated for
senior and junior vice commanders, but
later all withdrew in favor Of Armstrong
and Fenton, and both were chosen unanl-
mously. Archbishop Ireland had no rivals
for the position of chaplain-in-chief.
Move Voting Today.
After the election the place for holding
the next convention was taken up, but
adjournment was taken before vote was
reached. The voting will be resumed to-
morrow.
1t is expected that the debate on the
Wirz monument proposition will also
come up tomorrow Despite the fact that
Commander-n-Chief Tanner strongly
urged that a protest be made against the
erection OF the monument. there is a pro-
nounced feeling that the matter is not one
OF which the Grand Army should take Of
fetal notice.
The new commandments OF the G.
A. r.. r. Il. Brown, was born I'm 1915 and
has always lived I'm Ohio. He enlisted in
the Fifteenth Ohio infantry at the age OF
is and served I'm the Fourteenth army
I'm he Arm of he nm bsr nd nm
I'll he was mustered out i'm 1854. He then
re-enlisted and served until the end Of the
war. He was a private for three years
and then became a nOn-commiSsioned Of
ficer. He has long been active in the
work OF the Grand Army. Mr. Brown is
now editor Of the GAINESVILLE Courier.
Business Sessions Begin.
The business sessions OF the Grand
Army of the Republic began today. About
100 delegates were present. The most
important questions TO be taken up were
the abolition OF the canteen from the old
soldiers homes. and the proposed cree
ton OF monument to Henry Wirz by the
women of the south. On the canteen
question the delegates were apparently
about evenly divided. on the question of
a monument to Wirz there was on all
sides a bitter feeling of opposition After
the formal opening exercises, reports of
officers were submitted.
AdJutant Generals Report.
The total membership of the Grand
Army is declared In the report of Adju-
tant General Tweedle TO be 235 S23. an in
crease Of 1855 during the last six months.
The losses by death for the year ended
Dec 81. 1905. were 9.205, or $50 per cent of
the total membership. In the preceding
year the losses by death reached exactly
the same percentage.
The suggestion is made that the organi-
zation be Incorporated with a provision
recurring the annual reports Of the or
ganization TO be submitted to congress-
The receipts from the per capita tax i'm
posed on members are declared to be in
sufficient for the proper conduct OF the
affairs Of the Grand Army. The sugges-
ton is made that the tax be increased
from 81 cents to cents per annum
which will increase the revenue of the
organization about 50. 800 yearly. The ad-
jUtant general also suggested that GER
tain things now issued gratui-ously 10