The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-12

Of union between the North and tho
South
The consolidated reports CT The as
siStant adjutant generals ending June
80 have not all been received hence
IL is impossible 10 state our numer-
icll strength on June 80. 1903 On
December 81 1907, the members I'm
good standing of the Grand Army Of
the RepTblic numbered 225.157. The
number remaining on the suspended
list az that date numbered 13.iS9. BY
tanl general for this oncampmont
there were remaining IN good stand
Ing on December 81. 1905, 22O.6lG
The number remaining suspended on
the same date was S,529. The number
OF comrades reported as having died
between December 81. 1907, and De
cember 81. 1908. was 10124. Our
gains during the year have been BY
master in. 7i@I; by transfer. 2.9IS:
by reinstatement, 7li6. by gain from
delinquent reports 1926. Total gains,
21,154.
In discussing pension legislation
Commander Ncyus said.
Investigation will show that there
have been many bills introduced In
the national congress upon different
lines. called pension bills. asking for
relief for the veterans upon different
lines, and no prospect of any of them
becoming a law. The Grand Army Of
the Republic standing united. has in
the past years secured and placed uD-
ON the statute books such pension laws
rs are In force and Will continue to
ask for such relief as shall seem to be
equitable and just And 1t does not
stand in the way of other veteran or
CARNATIONS securing such legislation
from the national congress as they
may by their influence obtain
Il am informed that several de-
partmentS have passed resolu.
tions along different lines and fayoring
different laws from those which have
received the sanction of the Grand
Army OF the Republic These resoh-
tions viii so into the hands OF the
pension committee and aftor their re-
port viii receive reconsideration Of
this cnCampment. | invite your care
fJl consideration OF the subject mat.
Ter OF these resolutions,
The lumber of survivors of the Civ
II war at the close of the last fiscal
year rs shown by the report of the
CommIss ioner of pensions was $50 ,9S5.
The number of survivors on the pen
zion rolls May 81 1909 was 696.ill.
The amount appropriated and spent
during the year ending June 80 1908,
in the national and state homes for
the support Of old ana needy soldiers
was $l,lS7,36l. My attention has been
called TWO or three times to letters
from inmates of the soldier homes.
anonymous letters. complaining OF i'll
treatment and Irregularities in the
home. All OF these matters have been
carefully investigated and the com
plants found to be without founda-
ton
Il received anonymous oommunlca
tions In regard TO the home in Call
iornia and visited the home in com.
pany with the officers of the depart.
ment Of California and Investigated it
very carefully ] found In this home
that all the officials were Grand Army
men and in addition to their pensions
we're receiving comuensation for such
labor as they could perform, that the
surgeons and some OF the nurses were
not Grand Army men for the reason
that the Grand Army men in the home
would not or could not perform the
duties required of them"
Some excitement may be generated
tomorrow when the vote viii be taken
on the election Of new commander
in-chief and on the next meeting place.
il is generally believed that
Ex-Governor Samuel X Van SAINT of
Minnesota is the choice for one and
Atlantic CITY n j., for the other.
Business sessions are also being
held this morning by the Ladies of the
G. A r.. the Womans' Relief Corps.
the Army Nurses, the Daughters OF
Veterans and the Naval War Veterans.
The last named win elect officers
some time today, bat the ladies organ
izations will not make .hcir selections
until tomorrow.
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