Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
VETS OPEN ENCAMPMEHT.
COMMANDER TANNER GIVES AID
DRESS AND OFFICIAL REPORTS
ARE READ.
RACINE WANTS MEET.
Old Soldiers March in Annual Parade and
Are Heartily Received by Citi-
zenS at Mar!nette.

MARINETTE, Wis, June 12.--[ Spe-
cial. THE department encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic opened
this morning with Il large attendance.
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 reports.
This afternoon at 80 o'clock the pa
rade was held and after it the guests
were escorted tc the Chautauqua grounds
where an address WAS made by Comman-
der-in-C Chief James Tanner of New York.
Other speeches filled up the afternoon
programme which was i'll the nature of Il
campfire and it Will be continued this
evening
Elect Officers Tomorrow.
The order of business tomorrow morn
ing will be election of officers and the
completion Of the routine work, which
does not appear to be very extensive this
year and the session will probably close
early in the afternoon. The new officers
will be installed at the afternoon session
by Past COmmander-in-Chief \. q. WelS-
Sert of Milwaukee.
The anndai convention of the Woman's
Relief Corps and the Sons OF Veterans
also opened this morning and will CON
ttnue i'll session tomorrow. The visitors
are much pleased with the manner of
their reception by the citizens and are
enjoying themselves. The city is pro-
fusely decorated in their honor and the
homes of all the best citizens have been
thrown open to them during their stay.
Veterans on Parade.
The parade this afternoon was fine
one, considering the fact that the veter-
ans are all growing old and are every
year less inclined to endure the fatlgueS
of the march. Several years ago an eff
fort was made to cut out the parades at
the encampments on that account, but
so long as the encampmentS are held out
side of Milwaukee the parade will be in
sisted upon by the people as one of the
features of the event and the veterans
can see no reasonable way out OF 1t, as
to refuse to march after being so hand
SOmely received and entertained would
be regarded as churlish
Madison people would like to have the
next encampment i'll their city, but the
general feeling seems to be that the in
vitation f~2nr Racine ought to be accept
ed Madison had the encampment only
two years ago, and it is several years
since it was held at Racine
Six Posts Abandoned.
The adjutant generals report shows
membership of 1881. the loss during the
300. which is 80 less than the preceding
year. The department sent to the San
Francisco relief fund SlOS3, and the
Womans' Relief corps over $500. Six
posts have been dropped during the
year, being unable to keep up their or
ganization. Resolutions will be offered
increasing the number of delegates from
the posts in proportion to the member
ship so as to have larger encampment
III the future.
Oshkosh is making a strong fight for
the next encampmcnt and the choice lies
between Oshkosh and Racine.
Copeland Gives Badges.
Department Commander Copeland dis
tributed to members of the encampment
this morning handsome bronze badges
having Il has relief of himself suspended
by red, white and blue ribbon from u
bronze badger pin.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Wom
ans Relief corps presented Il flag to the
Marinette high school. The presenta-
ton took place at the Gram Methodist
church in the prcsence of Il large gather
ing. In the parade this afternoon were
three National guard companies of Mar
inette, OcOnto and Menominee.
Says Veterans Are Honest.
The feature OF the morning was the
address of C0mmandcr-in-Ch Chief Tanner.
He announced that bill now before
Congress would reduce the pay of
old soldier employees after 60 years or
retire them after 70. He maintained
that they should be left alone if they
were mentally and physically competent.
''In all the Investigations of grand
jures, charges of graft and fraud now
going on III the country, not one grand
army man was involved" he said "A
record to be proud of.
J. w. Danes of Fox Lake will prob
ably be elected the commander tomorrow
morning.
The Womcn's Relief corps voted 500
to furnish the dining room ut Anderson
Vile, Ga, in the former rebel prison.