The National tribune., 1909-09-16

day. The candidates for the office were
Robert c. Hayes; w. P. Griffith and Jo'
seph McCabe. ~
The members of the National Execu
| tive Committee were elected as follows
Robert McKeowf, New Jersey; Thomas
II. Carter Maryland; Frank l.. BAR
Pennsylvaria; c! G. Stewart, New Jer
sey, and james Lynn, Delaware.
Mrs. Louisa Stafford, of jamestown
N. Y, was elected National Presiden
of the Ladies' Union Veteran Legion.
A telegram of fraternal greetings was
received from the National Encamp
ment of the Army and Navy Union, U
). A, then in session at Erie, Pa.
Sons of Veterans.
A resolution proposing that sons OF
Union veterans be admitted to active
membership in the Union Veteran Le-
gion was referred to a special commit
tee to be reported TO the Chattanooga
Encampment next year. In the discus
sion of the measure much opposition
was developed.
The Encampment adopted resolu-
ton favoring an Appropriation OF S25,-
600 by Congress to be added to the fund
for the erection of a monument to Gen
Rosecrans at Washington.
An appropriation by Congress for
printing the names of all soldiers and
sailors who served in the Union and
Confederate armies from 1861 to 1865
was favored by resolution. Another
resolution requests that plot OF ground
in the Arlington National Cemetery DE
SET aside for the burial of veteran sol
diers in Government employ, Without
regard to the rank they held.
The veterans and their ladies spent
Thursday afternoon sightseeing about
Washington or steaming down the his
toric Potomac on one of the Dig river
steamboats,.
The Final Session.
The final session of the Encampment
was held Friday forenoon, when the Ma
tional officers were installed by Gen. A.
B. Hay, of Pennsylvania, founder of
the Union Veteran Legion. He deliv-
cred an impressive address urging the
members to hold together and pull
together in the interest of the organ
ization.
The National Commander reappoint-
ed o. p. Hallam, of Washington, d. c.,
to serve another term as Adjutant-Gen-
eral. He also presented Surg.-Gen. c. III.
Gardner, of Philadelphia, with hand
some gold medal with the insignia OF
the U. V. l..
w. P Griffith, of Brooklyn. N. Y,
was elected Junior Vice National Com
mander after spirited fight.
After resolutions of regret and con-
dolence We're adopted in honor of three
recently deceased members the En-
carnpment adjourned sine die. to meet
again next year at Chattanooga. Tenn.
The campfire Thursday evening at the
Arlington was great success. Remin-
iscences of the war were related, and
there was program of music and reci-
tations. A number of the veterans spent
Saturday visiting the batt1efields about
Washington and the historic places in
the nearby Virginia and Maryland
Counties.
The Ladies' Union Veteran Legion's
new National officers were installed as
follows:
President, Mrs. Louisa Stafford, of
Jamestown, n. Y: S. V. p. Mrs. Laura
v, Enochs, of Baltimore, Md; ]. V. P,
Mrs. Hannah. Horn, of Allegheny, Pa:
Treasurer. Mrs. Ellen G. Wogan, of
Wilmington, Del; Secretary, Mrs Jane
Caff, of jamestown. n. Y; Chaplain,
Mrs. Mary Y. Jones. of Columbus, o.;
Counselor. Mrs. Sarah Y. Hunt, of Co.
lumbus, o.: Instituting and Installing
officer. Mrs. Mary NJ. Rose, of Colum-
bus, o.; members Of the Advisory Board,
Mrs. Sadie =: MCGEE, of Philadelphia,
President; Miss Sue Denny, of Terre
Haute, Ind and Mrs Anna Riggs, of
Mrs. Ada II. Weiss, of Washington.
d. c., who Was a prominent candidate
for the NATIONAL. Presidency, offered a
resolution providing that the bronze
shield or button Worn by members of
the Union Veteran Legion shall after
the death of the veteran become the
property of the widow or daughter. TO
be worn for all time by his descendants
and retained as an heirloom. The mat
ter went over to the 1910 convention.