The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-10
With Distinguished Party, the Chief Of the c. A. Arrives
for the National Encampment Next Week.
Corporal" Tanner Predicts
Greatest Encampment
in History.
Mrs. Adams, President of
the w. r. c., Arrive.
in Minneapolis.

Commander-in-Chief James Tanner
of Washington is in Minneapolis at his
headquarters in the West hotel, and
ment of the Grand Army Of the Re
public has informally opened. Com
mander Tanners party consists of Ad-
jutaEt General John Tweedale, Quar-
termaster General Frank Battles. As
sistant Adjutant General William p.
Rogers, Hugo ,Philler,. surgeon. general;
Commander-in-C Chief John c.. Black, C. .
tive. councillor; the Misses Nellie and
Ada Tanner, daughters of General Tan
ner; Lieutenant 2. W. Tanner, Fourth
United States infantry, a son of the
commander; Mrs. Tweedale, Mrs. Anna
G. o'Connor, official stenographer to 2
the adjutant general. The party ar
rived at am. today over the North
Western road.
There to Welcome Him.
A large crowd of patriotic citizens
waited as the train pulled into the :
union station. The Minneapolis G. A. Z
r. encampment committees were rep
reseseed by receiving delegation con-
| ii. fowler, Judge L. w. Collins Of
the executive council, Judge Ell Tor
/ rance, former commander n-chief, Will
/ liam P. Roberts, T. r. Salisbury, B. F.
! Nelson, and others. The party at once
/ took automobiles and carriages for the
] West hotel, the headquarters of the
!. .commander-in-chief for encampment
week. The party at once took break
4 fast and retired for short rest after
{ the. long journey.
/, 81 General Tanner, in spite of his long,
hard trip, his. recent bereavement and
the great amotfnt-ef work he has had to
/ do, is looking remarkably well. He
/ expressed himself as fully prepared for
the stirring events of next week. I'm
! fortunately he is suffering with felon
j wear heavy bandages. 81 shall try to
shake hands with the left, at least,
I with every old soldier who attends the
/ encampment,' said he. II am only
sorry that my right has been put out
i of commission,
Girding for the Week.
! Today and tomorrow will be spent in
resting, and in making the official ar
rangements Of the encampment Ad-
! vantage will be taken of the beautiful
! weather for drives about the city. Com
mander Tanner expressed the opinion
that the present encampment will be
! one Of the greatest in the history of the
iAIUny.
I Upon arriving at the West hotel,
Corporal Tanner at once summoned
to his room Surgeon General Hugo
Philler Of Waukesha, Wis, who Joined
the commander-in-c chief IS party in Chi
cago last night. Dr.. Philler made an
examination of Corporal Tanner
right hand, which had been carried in
a sling and which gave the Grand
Army chief much annoyance on his
1 trip to Minneapolis.
In the opinion of DR.. Philler the con-.
/ dition of Commander Tanner IS hand is
not such as will necessitate changing
4 his plans during his visit to Mime
! apolis. but the trouble is most un-
usual one, and Commander Tanner will
be unable to use his hand for several
days. Constant friction with cane
/ ever since HCorporal'' Tanner recov-
4 cred from injuries sustained at the sec
4 ond battle of Bull Run is held RESPONSE
BILE by the G.. A. R. medical chief for
4 the condition of the hand.
Guarding His Health.
/ Corporal Tanner announced today
/ that he would give all of his attention
today and tomorrow to his injury in
an attempt to recover the use of his
hand before the festivities of next
week, but despite his statement he re-
ceived many callers in his room and
IIdHSdcttu lconsluefdDle DuS!HesS con-
nected with the encampment. In the
course of the forenoon he promised DR..
M. D. Shutter, who visited him in COM
!; pany with several local Grand Army
men, that he would speak in the Church
of the Redeemer Sunday morning if his
i physical condition permits, and he later
announced that he would attend the
services in the People s church Sunday
evening.
Greatest in History
ssThe fortieth eneampment that will
open in your city on Monday will be
one of the greatest in the history of
the Grand Army of the Republic, - said
: Commander-in- Chief Tanner today.
'This has been shown by the thousands
of letters that have been pouring inte
4 the national headquarters in the last
country, from every department, and
from every post. 1t will be one of all
the greatest encampments, and the
greatest of the last encampments.
I" The veterans of that terrible strug-
| gle of forty years ago still number a
goodly army. They are dropping away,
however, at rapid rate, and great
We are year older every succeeding
year. and correspondingly fewer in
numbers. In the last year the former
boys in blue have answered their last
summons at the rate of 5000 a month.
! Appreciative Nation.
: tThere is, however, one gratifying
!. thought for the old veterans such as
I myself. The nation is appreciating
e more and more the service that was rem
: dered by the men who fought for the
e preservation of the union in those awful
d days of the civil war. Every year this
s fact is shown in thousand ways and
+ i can assure the people of this country
t that the goodwill that is felt towapS
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