The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-18


ton to deprecate the action Of congress
in abolishing the canteen from the old
soldiers homes was laid on the table
without debate.
Staff Appointments.
new commander-in-chief, r. B. Brown of
GAINESVILLE, o.. announced the following
staff appointments:
Adjutant General-Joseph ONeil Of
QuArtermaster GeneraI-CharIes Bur
rows of New Jersey
Assistant Quartermaster General-H. j.
Holcombe of Philadelphia
, Chief of Staff. V. VVinanes of Ohio.
When the encampment was called to or
DER this morning the first question up for
settlement was the selection Of the place
for holding the next encampment The in
Vitation of Saratoga, n. Y. was presented
yesterday, and that Of Cincinnati was
made as soon as the meeting was called
20 order today. The vote proceeded
smoothly enough until the name of Kan
sas was called. Captain p. II. Coney of
the Kansas delegation, cast its entire
forty votes for Cincinnati
Only Twenty Present.
The votes were promptly questioned on
the ground that the Kansan did not have
any such number Of delegates in the hall.
A lang debate ensued. which was ended
by the ruling Of the commander in chief
that Kansas could vote only as many
men were actually present.
The number happened to be something
less than twenty. The final vote showed
4C3 for Saratoga and LIS for Cincinnati
A delegate from Wisconsin attempted
to bring up the canteen question. but was
squelcned summarily. and the whole quvs-
ton laid on the table at once.
The Wirz Matter.
Adam F. Ketchen of Indianapolis then
presented a minority report from the
committee on re>Siutions. which had been
silent on the question of the proposed
statue to Wirz. He moved that an ad-
dress should be sent 20 General S. d. Lee
the commander of the Southern Veterans
the southern soldiers be used against the
project. Mr.. Ketcham spoke for thirty
in support of his motion. and
was followed by Past Commander Z. Tor
renee of Minneapolis. who declared that
the Grand Army should not. i'm his opin-
ion, take official cognizance of the mat
ter at this time Both speakers were
loudly cheered as others who spoke on
the question. Commander in Chief Tanner
who had urged i'm his report that protest
should be made against the statue. gave
up the chair to make an impassioned
appeal from the floor in support of the
minority report of Mr.. Ketcham. which
was in line with the suggestion made in
his report. The debate grew very warm
and a few personalities were INDUCED IN.
Minority Report Adopted.
The minority report was adopted by a
viva voce vote and apparently by a large
ma ority. The resolutions We're passed
asking the secretary of war to purchase
the ground on which monuments have
beer erected on the battlefield of Bull
Run and asking that statistics as accu-
rate as possible of the mortality i'm south
ern prisons be issued by the government
During the day Commander i'm Chief
Tanner sent a telegram to President
Roosevelt informing him of the fact that
the encampment was in session To this
the following reply was made by the
president to Commander Tanner:
Many thanks for your telegram
Through you / extend to the Grand Army
of the Republic my heartiest greetings
not merely personal. but official in be-
half of all the people of this nation.
whose existence is owing to what you and
your comrades did in the heroic days of
the civil war.
(SignedD THEODORE ROOSEVELT"