The National tribune., 1906-11-08

ODonoghue, of Massachusetts, Surgeon
General; Rev. Father w. HI. /. Reaney
U. S. N, Chaplain-in-Chief;C Capt. FranI
f. Jones, of Pennsylvania, Payrnaster
General; A. L. Brunswick, of California
Commissary-General w. H. Mackay. o
New Jersey. Chief of Engineers; Capt
Charles Parker, of Georgia, Chief Sig
nal Officer; G. L. Evans, of Racine
Wis. Chief of Ordnance: ]. A. Welch
of Massachusetts, Chief of Artillery
capt. Chas. +. Stroud, of Sandusky, o.
Chief mastering Officer. Capt ]. Waite,
Mitchell, of Washington, D. c., Nationa
Historian Fourth term)
There were q number of cities in thc
race for the place for holding the mex
National Encampment in 1907 Aftcl
a spirited contest the honor was award.
ed to Oklahoma City, Okla. The cite!
that received the next highest vote.
respectively We're st. Paul, Mimi, ant
Richmond, Va.
DR.. Laura Hughes, President of tn,
Association of Spanish-Smerican Wal
Nurses. and DR.. Anita Nswcomb Nc.
Gee, Past President, We're introduced
and requested the members of the u
S. w. V. to assist the nurses to bt
placed on the pension roll of honor
The Committee on Legislation was di.
rected to urge the passage by Congress.
of the proposed bill favoring the nurses
Another resolution presented b,
Capt. j. Walter Mitchell was unani.
mously adopted. 1t directs the Legis.
lative Committee to urge the passage
by Congress of bill to provide by pur.
chase or erection at Washington q suit.
able soldiers and sailors temporary
home. This home is intended for sol.
diers and sailors of the civil and Span
ish wars who may become INDECENT
while in Washington on business. Tho
present nome was described as insani.
tary, overcrowded and unfit for human
habitation. 1t is also without a hospi.
tai ward and other needed facilities.
Resolutions.
resolution in favor of the stimuIa.
tion and promotion of rifle firing and
the formation of rifle clubs in the or
ganiZation of Spanish War Veterans
was adopted.
Another resolution was reported
which provides that as the rules of the
Soldiers Homes bar the admittance
thereto of the wives of veteran soldiers
the Legislative Committee urge Con.
gress to provide ample pensions for
such soldiers. in order that they NAV
live in comfort outside the Soldiers
Homes II they so desire. The resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted.
BY unanimous vote resolution was
passed announcing the opposition of the
soldiers of the Spanish War to the bill
before the last Congress which pro.
posed that distinguished citizens other
than soldiers" could be buried in the
National soldier cemeteries. This reso-
luton went to the Committee on Leg
islation for action.
Delegate Mcmahon, of New York,
presented a resolution calling attention
to the neglect of the graves of Federal
soldiers II provided that tbe Coy.rn
ment should properly maintain all SOL
dier. graves thruout the United States
and Canada, as we'll as In the colonies
and foreign lands. The resolution went
to the Committee on Legislation.
A resolution of thanks to President
and Mrs. Roosevelt for their MANY
and courtesies to the Span
ish War Veterans was passed enthu.
The Encampment decided to estab-
iish separate Departments in certain
states to be known as negro Depart-
ments"
The proposed purchase and restora
tion of the Appomattox surrender
house, where Gen. Lee surrendered to
Gen. Grant, April 8, 1865, was an,
proved.
The new Council of Administration of
the U. S. w. v. was announced as fol-
lows:
]. ]. West, California; Charles T.
Hutchinson. Connecticut; ]. II. VardejI
Georgia.; N. ]. Scott and II. N. Geyer'
Illinois; M. r. Dryon, Indiana: e. II,
Hutchins. Iowa; f. J. McCahe, Maine:
Charles Bierman, Massachusetts,: Albert
Hartenstein. Michigan: ]. H. Lakin.
Missouri; E. H. Charette. Montana: N.
]. Collins, New Jersey; w. F. Morgan
and John ]. ORourke, New York; C.