The National tribune., 1909-09-02

Grams. u. S. A, which was held In TINS
city last week.
The young men and women whose
fathers fought to successful conc!u-
sion the great civil war and established
the eternal indivisibility of the Ameri-
can Union, came to Washington from
many States. Their shibboleth VIA
.,The Union forever" and I'VE remen1-
ber the valor and endurance oI oui
fathers in the days of fire and smoke
and carnage in the SOS that tried mems
souls"
The approximately 500 delegates to
the Encampment were progressive, pa
triotic fellows, and Americans to the
core, every one of them
Tie Business Session.
The sessions of the Encampment were
held in the auditorium of the historic
Arlington Hotel the former abiding
place of many noted Americans and for
eigners Conformity with the sessions
of the Sons, the Annual Convention OF
the National Auxiliary to the Sons OF
Veterans was held in the parlors of the
Arlington
The Executive Committee of Wash
ington Sons, headed by the retiring
Commander-in-Chief. Edgar Allen, Jr.,
of Richmond, Va. were busily engaged
for two months preparing for the com
ing of the young men and women from
the STATES A Soo-
yenir program gave the amusement fea-
tures. history of the organization and
haIf-tone portraits of the principal OIL
GERS of the Association. Actively assist
ing the committee was Maj. e. K.
Campbell. of Washington. ID. c., Past
Commander-in-Chief of the Order
The Council-in-Chief held meeting
Monday afternoon, Aug. 20, ana
mapped out a tentative program for
the Encampment. The candidates that
were arriving on every train MONDAY
congregated in and about the Arlington
and discussed the politics of the organ
ization- 1t was quickly discernible that
there was to be a spirited three-cor-
nered contest for the position of Com
mander-in-Chief. New Jersey announced
that il would present the name OF Geo.
w Pollitt Postmaster of Paterson Mas
sachusetts put forward the name OF
Fred Bolton, of Boston. while Indiana
went to the fore with Newton j. Nc
CURE, of Indianapolis. All three were
stated to be strong men in the race, and
1t so developed. as the closeness of the
vote on the first ballot evidenced
welcome to Washington.
Owing to the absence from Washing
Ton of Henry B. f. Mcfarland, Presi-
dent of the Board of Commissioners of
the District of Columbia, VIM. +. GUIDE,
President of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce, presided over the recep-
ton meeting Tuesday forenoon Mem
bers of the Department OF the Poto-
mac. G. A. R., the Union Veteran Le-
gion, Woman.s Relief Corps, Ladies of
the G. A r., Women of the LOYAL Le-
zion, Daughters of Veterans, United
Spanish War Veterans, Army and Navy
Union and other patriotic societies were
present to greet the Sons.
Mr. GUIDE bade the delegates welcome
ta1 vx-t. .;<.l, Ile O.
scribed as the "fairest city on the
globe
Chas. W. Clagett, of the Chamber of
Commerce. in handing the keys of
Washington to the Sons and Daughters
OF Veterans, said:
The city is yours. Your fathers by
their yaIor saved it when the HE of the
Nation was threatened. Now ii is the
National City, and every American citi-
zen has an inalienable interest in 1t
Commander Edwin III. Holbrook. OF
she Department of the Potomac. G. A
R., received an ovation when he was
presented to the Sons and Daughters by
Mai. E. r. Campbell. He welcomed
the delegates to Washington in behalf
of the G.. A. r.
"For four long years." Col. Ho1brook
said. the Grand Army of the Union
never took its eyes off the city of Wash
ington, nor its arms from around IT..
and by the grace of God this Capital
City was saved to the Nation by that
Grand Army"
Commander HoIbrook declared there
can b.. no successor to the G.. A. R., bCt
the Sons of Veterans and Daughters CT
Veterans will be expected to take up
the good work where the veterans leave
off. and to see that loyalty is fostered
and the principles on which the civil
war was fought and won are carried
out.
National Commander T. J. Shannon,
of the Union Veteran Legion. said the
matter of admitting sons of Union vet
Grams to active membership in the U.
v. L will be taken up by the National
Encampment of the Order to be held
In Washington from Sept to Sept. IL.
The Daughters OF Veterans
Miss Molly Donaldson. President of
the National Auxiliary to the Sons of
Veterans, who halls from Paterson. N.
j.. said the heritage Of the Daughters
OF Veterans is the same as that of the
Sons. She dfspeiied the idea that the
Auxiliary is a social organization.
I'VE are banded together" Miss Don
aldson explained. ito assist the Sons in
maintaining the glorious principles of
PATRIOTISM and 70 help the members of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
s. c. Mawson. an officer Of the Span
fish War Veterans, who served in both
the civil war ara the Hdr VIII opduf.
greeted the Sons on behalf OF the sol
diers and sailors of 1898.
A telegram received by Commander
an-Chief Edgar Allen, Jr., from Rich
mond announced the birth of Edgar
Allen the Third. Applause greeted the
reading of the dispatch.
Report of the ComHanderin-CI Chief.
At the business session of the En-
cau.pment Tuesday the report of Com
mander-in-Chief Allen was read. He
recommended radical changes in the
Constitution and favored the erection
of great memorial building in Wash
ington in honor of the soldiers and sail
ors ef the civil war. He also urged that
a peace monument be erected in Wash
ington by the sons of Union veterans
andl the sons of Confederate veterans
to commemorate the perfect reunion
of all sections of the United States.
He announced the appointment OF
committees, with H III. Hammar. OF
Reading, Pa, Chairman of the Creden
fjals Committee; George b. Abbott, OF
Chicago. Chairman Ritual Committee;
Edward NJ Amies, OF Altoona, Pa.
Chairman Constitution and Laws Com
mittee; f. NJ. Grant, Hartford, Conn.
Chairman Committee on Officers Re.
ports; William It. Church, of Chicago
Chairman Resolutions Committee;
Chas A. Sidman, Washington, ID. G..
Chairman Press Committee.
The Ladies' Auxiliary met Tuesday
afternoon, and listened TO the reports
of the officers. Miss Donaldson, the
National President, urged the delegates