Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-18
VETS OF WISCONSIN.
ANNUAL ENcAMPMENT OF G. A.
r. IN OSHKOSH.
Attendance Not as Large as Usual
John c. Martin of Mineral Point
Chosen Communicated Years
Meeting I'm Racine.

Oshkosh correspondence:
The forty-first annual department en-
campment of the Grand Army Of the Re
public opened at Oshkosh Wednesday and
was in session two days. The annual
conventions of the Womans Relief Corps,
the Ladies of the Grand Army and the
Sons of Veterans were held at the same
time
The first thing on the G. A. r. order
of business was the annual address of
the department commander, John W.
Canes.
An important feature of the report
dealt with the Wisconsin Veterans home
at Waupaca. Commander Canes said
No State in che Union has better home
for its aged and disabled veterans, their
wives and their widows than our State has
In the Wisconsin Veterans Home. As q
member of the board of trustees. | have at
fenced every meeting of that body during
the year, and have visited and carefully
inspected every hall and nearly every cot
tage, and any adverse criticism against the
home or Its management Is unwarranted by
facts and absolutely uncalled for In justice.
There are nearly 700 inmates at the Wis
consin Veterans Home, and the average age
of these is 20 years. 1t requires man Of
one of these homes, for he must OF neces-
sity be OF kindly, genial nature and yet
firm In dealing with all matters relating to
the inmates and to the management of the
institution From what / know OF my per-
sonal knowledge Comrade Joseph H. Wood
north. commandant of the home, Is well
adapted to discharge the duties Of his i'm
portant oidce.
Gain I'm Number of Posts.
The report of G. A. Pettebone, assist
ant adjutant general, shows that at the
end of 1905 there hat been net gain of
twelve posts during the year and net
loss of ninety-two in the total member
ship. There were at that time 242 posts
with 1915 members in good standing.
This insignificant loss in membership dur
ing the year is considered remarkable,
when it is remembered that it is forty
two years since the war closed and that
the total number of surviving veterans is
fast diminishing.
large camp fire was held in Armory
B Tuesday evening. The armory was
packed and the exercises were unusually
interesting. In addition to music by the
band, w. III. Babcock, the soldier singer
of Oshkosh, favored the audience with
solos which were enthusiastically receiv-
ed. and a male quartette added to the
satisfaction Of the audience. Capt. j. n.
Ruby of Oshkosh presided and the speak
ers were Department Commander John
w. Canes, exGov. George w. Peck, ex-
Gov. Edward Scofeld, Lieut. Gen. Ar
thur Macarthur and Bishop Samuel
Fallows of Chicago.
John c. Martin of Mineral Point was
on Thursday elected commander of the
Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic.
The other officers elected are as follows
Senior Vice Commander-E. T. Ellsworth,
Oshkosh
Junior Vice Commander-w. II. Gets,
Grand Rapids.
Medical Director-Dr. Samuel Bell, Be
lott.
Chaplain--Rev. George W. Case Portage.
Trustees of Wisconsin Veterans Home
J. p. Rumble, Milwaukee, and C. III. Henry,
Eau Claire.
Delegates to National Encampment-w.
E. Halloch, juneau; Charles Shoor, Burling-
ton; ]. T. Hays Oregon; c. II. Baxter,
Lancaster; Louis Holzhaeuser, Milwaukee
D. W. Howie, Milwaukee II. B. Allen, MIL
II. Botsford, Eau Claire; W. NJ. Walker,
Oshkosh N. NJ Edwards. Appleton; Ed
ward Salond, Amigo; John H. Degraer,
Barron; F. A. Wilde, Milwaukee, Ezra
Crosse
Next Encampment at Racine.
The next encampment will be held at
Racine.
The department commander appointed
w. w. Williams, Mineral Point, assistant
adjutant general; f. A. Bird, Madison,
assistant quartermaster general, and w.
Ii. Rood, Madison, patriotic instructor.
The attendance was not as large as
usual, showing clearly that the veterans
of the Civil War are not only decreasing
in numbers, but also that of the survivors
more and more every year have gone so
far past the meridian of life as to be I'M
able to withstand the fatigues of a jour
ney to the annual encampments.
The administration of the past year
has been both progressive and economi-
cal. The expenses were kept within the
receipts, SO that there has been no de-
pletion Of the funds on hand, and yet
great deal of work has been done and
the membership has been kept up remark
ably close to that of the year before. 1t
is impossible to keep up the membership
long and it must soon necessarily decline
rapidly.
Trip to AndersonviIIe Planned.
The Andersonville monument commits
sion has completed the details for the ex-
cursion to Andersonville next fall for the
purpose Of defeating the monument to
the sons Of Wisconsin, who lie buried
there. The party will leave Madison
Oct Is, stopping en- route one day at
Nashville, two days at Chattanooga, one
day at Atlanta and two daysat Ander-
sonville. The whole trip will probably
consume ten days.
Wisconsin division of Sons Of Vet
Grams at the annual business meeting
elected the following officers:
Commander-Felix A. Kremer Of Madi-
son, Wis.
Bloomer, wis
Junior Vice CommarHer-W. Z. CoWliag |
Of Oshkosh.
Division Couneil-R e. Van Matre of |
Burlington, J. N. Hayes, Stevens Point /;
Louis Grasse, sheboygan..
Delegates to the National Encampment |
at Dayton, Ohio-E. B. Nation OF She
boygan. Wilbur Perkins Of Jefferson. Alter |
nates-G Hackett Sheboygan, and Jay Lett, |
Oshkosh.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs. |
Sarah e. Gaues of Fox Lake, department !
president, and Mrs. Henrietta Smith, |
Racine, senior vice president.
Ladies of the Grand Army elected as
president Mrs. Emma Sonnemann of She |
boygan; senior vice president, Mrs. Jen-
ME Hopkins Of Milwaukee.
Object to Crow.
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