The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-09-19
Charles c. BURTON
new CHIEF OF c. A. R.
MISSOURI MAN ELECTED OVER
THREE COMPETITORS
AT SARATOGA.
Other Officers chosen-Next Years
Encampment to Be Held in Toledo,
Parade Proves Fatal to Two of
tho Veterans.

Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 13.-Charles
G. Burton, of Nevada, Mo-, a former
member of congress, was elected
Thursday commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, which is
holding it's forty-first annual encamp-
ment here.
The new commandments was
opposed by three candidates, Gen.
John T. Wilder, Of Knoxville, Tenn;
Charles Burrows, of Rutherford, N. j.,
and Patrick H. Coney, of Topeka,
Kan. His plurality was more than
800.
Other officers elected by the en-
oarapment were as follows: Lewis G..
Griffith, Troy, N. Y, senior vice com
mander; William M. Scott, Atlanta,
Ca, JUROR vice commander; DR.. Lane
Taneyhill, Baltimore, Md, surgeon
general; Bishop Samuel Fallows, Chi
cago, chaplain-in-chief.
Toledo. o., was selected as the place
of meeting for the next encampment.
The date will be fixed by the national
council of administration.
Busy Day for the Veterans.
The greater part of the days ses-
sion was devoted to this portion of
the business. In the morning the re-
port of the officers and the annual ad-
dress Of Commander-in-Chi Brown
were presented; in the afternoon the
reports of two, committees were re-
ceived and adopted. This included the
resolutions of the committee on pen
sion. which indorsed an effort to in
crease the pensions of veterans wild
W to $12 per month, and that of the
committee on the commander-in-chief's
address, which approved all of his rec
concentrations.
Annual Campfire.
At the sound of a bugle blown by
Benjamin F. Simonds, of Troy, N. Y,
who sounded the alarm when the Mer-
rimac was first sighted at Newport
News, the annual enc;lmpment comp
fire was called to order Thursday
evening. The speaker. included Gen.
Louis Wagner, of Philadelphia, past
commanderin-chief; Gen. John c.
Black, of Washington, y. c., past COM
mander-in-chief, and Bishop Samuel
Fallows, of Chicago, the NEWLY elected
chaplain-in-chief.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected
Mrs. Kate E. Jones, of New York city,
national president. The5 ladies of the
g. A. R. elected as theft national pre-
siding officer, Mrs. Clara L. Sawyer, of
South Portland, Me.
AS a result of the parade Wednes-
day two veterans died Thursday. En-
sign 8. Bruce, past commander of
John E. Griswold post, of Troy, N. Y,
was stricken on Broadway, dying
shortly after, of heart disease caused
by exposure and over-exertion. Eli S..
Robinson, of Post No. 234, New York
city, also was overcome and died.
March i n RaJnstorm.
Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 12.-The
Grand Army of the Republic held it's
parade Wednesday-its forty-frst-in
memory of the days Of war. Ten thou
sand veterans, the remnant of the
once victorious army whose scores of
thousands passed i'm review at the
national capital when the war was
over, braved a driving storm to march
again beneath their battle flags.
Unmindful Of the stress of storm, as
in the days of "~sixty-one," when youth
and vigor and love of the flag knew
no physical bounds, those that were
left passed in review over a measured
mile through village streets-a dis
lance suited to their gathering years.
Thousands of spectators, with heads
uncovered, watched the faltering lines
bearing the old banners with unsteady
hands.
Opening Of Encampment.
Saratoga, N. Y, Sept. 11.-With the
formal welcome of Gov. Charles E.
Hughes, of New York state, the forty
nrst national Grand Army of the Re-
public encampment was opened in the
convention hall Tuesday evening. Six
thousand veterans, members of the
Women's Relief Corps, Ladies of the
Grand Army Of the Republic and other
patriotic organizations filled the hall
to overlooking.
Gov. Hughes and the Grand Army
officers were given an ovation. Many
speakers of note in the Grand Army
made addresses, including Commander.
in-Chief Robert Bruce Brown, of Zanes.
Vile, o.; James Tanner, Of Washing
ton, former commander-in-chief; Most
Rev. John Ireland, chaplain-in-chief of
the organization, and United States
Senator Macomber, of South Dakota.
Jubilee Offering Presented.
Mrs. Carrie Sparklin, of st. Louis,
national president of the Women's Re.
lief Corps, presented to the Grand
Army the silver jubilee offering, which
was raised by the relief corps in COM
memoration Of the twenty-ffth ami
versary of the organization. The gift
was received by Commander Brown.
Baron Arrested for Forgery.
Denver, COL, Sept. 13.-Baron F.
Won Wiener has been arrested at the