The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-12
MENUS IS
NEW CHIEF
GRAND ARMY OF THE RE-
PUBLIC ELECTS NEW
JERSEY MAN.
Commander Burton Reviews the
Year-During 1907 Organiza-
ton Lost 1928 Veterans by
Death, but 5,467 New Men
Were Added to Rolls.

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Nevius, of Redbank, N. j., has been
elected commander inchief of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The
election occurred on the first ballot,
which gave Nevius 454 votes, COM
pared with 254 for former Governor
Van SAINT, of Minnesota, and 80 for l..
T. Dickerson, of Illinois. On motion
Of the former Minnesota executive, the
election of the New Jersey man was
made unanimous Other officers chO-
sen we're:
Senior vice commander J. Kent
Hamilton, of Ohio; junior vice COM
mander, G. G. Royce, Of California
chaplain, j. F. Spence, of Tennessee
surgeon, J. Lane Tunehill, of Mary
hand
Col. Nevius, a native of New Jersey,
was studying law with the late Russell
A. Alger, Of Michigan, when the war
broke out, and enlisted from Michigan
with the Lincoln cavalry. Young New
Jus rose to commission with the Sew
enth Michigan and the Twenty-fifth
New York cavalry regiments, and lost
an arm in front of Fort Stevens when
the Union army was engaged with
Gen. EARLY. Col. Nevius, besides be.
ing twice department commander OF
New Jersey, has been a judge and pres
ident of the New Jersey senate.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected
Mrs. w. L. Gilman, of Rosebury,
Mass nreSident
Toledo, o., Sept. 4.-With the pa.
rade and other features of the forty.
second encampment over, delegates to
the to the encampment of the Gradn
Army of the Republic took up the bus.
mess of the order The reports Of the
commander n-chief, the quartermaste1
general, other officers and several com.
mittees were received
Commander Burton, after cOngratu-
lating the members of the organiza.
ton upon the success of the encamp.
ment, said:
''The consolidated reports of the as.
sistant adjutant general for the term
are never received in time to enable
the adjutant General to tabulate them
for the benefit of the next succeeding
national encampment and it is impossi.
BILE to state our numerical strength on
June 80, 1908.
''On December 1, 1906, the mem.
bers in good standing numbered 229,
932 On December 81, 1907, the mem.
bers in good standing numbered 1885,.
157, net loss in membership during
the year 1907, Ats. During the year
1907 our loss by death was 10, 243,
which was partly offset by 5,4O7 mem.
bers who were added to our roll by
muster and reinstatement.
Commander in. Chief Burton declared
that the suspended list is very large,
and suggested that whenever it is ap-
parent comrade cannot pay his dues
without detriment to himself or fam.
lily, his post should promptly remit
them.
The commandre- in-chief congratu-
lated the members Of the Grand Army
upon the passage of the Sulloway bill
in April, 1908, which grants pension
o every honorably discharged soldier
of the War of the Rebellion who had
served ninety days or more and who
had reached the age Of 81 years, pen
sion of $12 per month, and to the wild
ows of such soldiers pension Of like
sum.
Quartermaster General Burrows, in
presenting his annual report, said:
"By unanimous action of the forty
first national encampment, a perma-
nent investment fund was created, and
three trustees elected to have charge
offs aid fund. In accordance with the
action $16, 900 in United States bonds
owned by the Grand Army of the Re-
public was transferred to these trus
tees. The only money received during
the year aside from the regular source
per capita tax and supplies was a
gift of 81, 600 from Mrs. Helen Black
mar, widow of our honored and late
commander chief, w. w. Black
mar.
Salt Lake City was chosen as the
place for holding the next encampment.
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