Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-19
Had Plurality Of over 500 over
Three Competitors in G.. A.
z. Encampment.
TOLEDO NEXT PLACE TO MEET
Reports OF Officers and AnuauI Al
dress of the Hctirinr Commander
in-Cbicf Heard Yesterday
Big Campfire Last Eycn-
Ng--TwO Dead.

Saratoss, *. Y. Sent. l2.-Charles G..
| burton II Nevada, Mo. - former member
! of Congress, was elected commander-in
: chict to-day o. The Grand Army of the
/ Republic Hhlch IS holding its forty
! FIRST annual cNcamrmout here He was
opposed by throc other candidates. Gen
erai John y. Wilder % Knoxville. Tenn,
Charles Burrows " Rutherford. y. j..
3 and Patrick H. Corey OF Topeka. Kans.
- HES plurality was over three hundred,
o,hcr officers elected by the encamp-
iTcnt were
Lewis c. Griffith, Troy senior vice econ
/ r7ander; William NJ Scott. Atlanta,
/ JUROR vce-conumaude:. Dr. r. Lane
1annehnl. Baltimore, surgeon general
Bishop samuel Fal,ows, Chicago chap
ttin-in -chier.
Toledo Ohio. was selected for the
reXt encampment. Tho date will be fixed
by the national council Of administration
! COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
The greater part Of the days SEES
sion was devoted to this portion OF
the business. In the morning the re-
! PORTS OF the officers and the annual
' address OF retiring Commander In
Chief Brown were presented. and in
the afternoon the reports of the com
mittcees were received and adopted
These included the recommendations
of the committee on pensions whic;
Endorsed an effort toward increasing
the pension Of veterans widows to 81.
a month, and those of the committee
or the commander in chiefs address
which approved of all OF his recon-
mendatlons Resolutions urging tn,
repeal Of the anti-canteen law ant
several other minor resolutions are
being considered tonight by the com
mittec on resolutions which will pre-.
cent its report at the final session to-
morrow morning.
A bugle blown by BENJAMIN F. 81
monds. Of Troy. y. v, who sounded IN,
alarm when the Merrmac was frs
sighted at Newports News. called th'
annual encampment campfire to orde
manded-in-chief. Gen. John G. Blacl
Ian j. Swift. Of Rochester, department
commander of New York State; Gen
Louis Wagner OF Philadelphia past com
mander in chief Gen. John c. Blacl
Washington past comma der-in chic
md Bishop Saslucl Fallows OF Chicago
the newly elected chaplain n-chies.
". r. c. OFFICERS
The Womens Relief Corps to-da
elected Mrs. Kate h. Jones, of New
York city national president. The Ladie
OF the Grand Army of the Repuhi
elected their nation IL president pre-
siding officer. Mrs. Clara L. Sawyer o
South Portland, Me
As a result OF the parade Yesterday tw,
veterans died to-day. Ensign S. Ounce
past commander of John L. Griswol'
Post of Troy y. Y. was stricken OF
Broadway and soon expired Heart dis
ease superinduced by exposure and over
exertion caused his death. Eli s Rob
:nson Of New York city. died to- day at hi
boarding house.
ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT.
The report of Adjutant General JOSEPH
W. O'Neall of the Grand Army of the
Republic. which was made public at tn,
encampment here to-day, shows that tn,
membership Of the Grand Army Of tn,
Republic on June 90, 1906 was %, 74S basec
on returns from all bat eight States
Georgia, Idaho, Indian Territory New
Mexico and North Dakota, from which
30 returns have been received The higl
water mark OF members in the arm,
was reached in 1890 when 400, 4ss wer,
enrolled. Since that time death ha,
rapidly depleted the ranks OF the aeet
Veterans end General O'Neall's repor
shows that a,o52 members died IN the las
twelve mon: rs. The report shows tha-
SECS old soldiers joined the G. A. r. dur
ing the year. The total number of post.
In the army is now 1876. General ONea)
reports tbet S6,sl4 has been expended fo
relief during the year
General ONeall strongly recon
menus that the G.. A. r. establish per
ranent headquarters instead OF chang
ing Its home office each year as 4
pow the practice. General O'Eeall II
his report says:
In my humble Judgment the tim,
has come and now is. when permanen
headquarters should be established.
can see no reason why our headuuar
tiers should. from year to year. b.
carted around over the country, incur
ring freight bills and damagin wha
little furniture we have ana withou
my conpersatlnE results I know O