Evening star., 1909-09-10

Nathan Munchauer.
The twenty-fourth annual national con-
vention of the Union Veteran Legion.
which has been in session at the Arling
ton Hotel since last Wednesday. adjourn
ed sine die just before noon today.
Gen. A. B. Hay of Pennsylvania,
father of the organization, installed the
national officers as follows: Thomas j.
Shannon of Washington. d. c., national
commander; o. p. Hallam of Washing
ton, d. c., adjutant general; John G.
Morris of Manayunk. Pa. senior vice
national commander; w. p. Griffith of
Brooklyn, N. Y, junior vice national
commander; Ben D. Miner of Indianap-
oils, Ind, ,quartermaster general; c.. II.
Gardner of Philadelphia, Pa, surgeon
general; Rev. N. H. Holmes of Pits
burg, Pa, chaplain-in-chief. and Levi
cate general. Members of the executive
council: Robert McKeown, New York;
Thomas H. Carter, Maryland; Frank l..
Blair, Pennsylvania; c. G. Stewart, New
Jersey, and James Lynn. Delaware.
"Duty Of the Hour Pointed Out"
Gen. Hay made an impassioned address
on the duty of the hour from the veteran
soldiers standpoint. He described the
patriotic purposes of the Union Veteran
Legion and urged the members to hold
together and pull together"
National Commander Shannon present
ed Surgeon General c. H. Gardner of
Philadelphia with handsome gold
medal with the insignia of the OFFER en-
graved upon it.
The delegates spent this afternoon in
G iOhf al fla cifx
they will visit the battlef1elds and other
historic places in this vicinity
The Ladies' Union Veteran Legion
national officers were installed as fol-
lows: President. Mrs. Louisa Stafford of
Jamestown, n. Y; senior vice president
Mrs. Laura v. Enochs OF Baltimore, Md;
junior vice president. Mrs. Hannah Horn
OF Pittsburs. Pa: treasurer, Mrs. Ellen
selor. Mrs. Sarah v. Hunt of Columbus,
Ohio: chaplain, Mrs. Mary v. Jones of
Columbus. Ohio: secretary, Mrs. Jane
Can OF jamestown. n T.; instituting and
Columbus. Ohio; members of the ad-
visory board. Mrs. Sadie MCGEE of Phil
adelphia, Pa, president; Miss Sue Denny
Terre Haute. Ind, and Mrs. Anna Riggs,
Columbus, Ohio.
Suggestion by Mrs. Weiss.
Mrs. Ada H. Weiss of this city pro-
posed that the bronze shield worn by
members of the Union Veteran Legion
shall be worn by the Widows and daugh-
ters of deceased veterans and be retained
in their families as heirlooms. The mat
ter went over to the next convention to
be held with the encampment Of the
Union Veteran Legion next year at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
A prominent delegate at the convention
is Mrs. Ora Louise Keyser. widow of
Quartermaster Gen. Keyser Of the Union
Veteran Legion, who Is a noted Pittsburg
artist. She Is arranging to place some Of
her paintings on exhibition in this city
next winter.
Guests at Campfire.
Following their voyage down the Po-
tomac yesterday afternoon. the delegates
and their ladies were the guests last
night at campfire at the Arlington Ho-
tel. he function became a soldiers re-
union and the fighting men Of the COS re-
lated many stories of the bivouac. the
camp. the march and the firing line.
Practically all the patriotic organiza-
tons in this city were represented in the
large audience. The presiding officer was
Col. William III. Bailey. past commander
of Encampment So
Henry w. Sanford. commander of En-
campment 69, Union Veteran Legion;
Col NJ. C. Connolly. commander of En-
campment Ill. Union Veteran Legion;
Inns Post, G. A. R.: William f. Daley of
Encampment Ill. Union Veteran Legion;
Col. G. c. Kniffln, chief of the record
division Of the pension office; Col Thomas
J. Shannon. national commander, Union
Veteran Legion: Edwin H. Holbrook.
commander District of Columbia, G. A.
r.: Thomas Fl. Mckee, warden OF the
United States Jail: John L. Parsons Mrs.
Ida u. Hunt and others. Emil c. Lang
and William Smith sang patriotic songs.
Music was furnished by Sol Minister'S or
chestra and the Nautical Mandolin lub.
Badge for Col. Allen.
National Commander Shannon, in the
course OF his address. presented a gold
badge of the design of those worn by
the delegates to Col. James A. Allen
for his faithful work as chairman of
the badge committee of the convention
Luther S. Dickey. late corporal of
Company c, 1o3d Pennsylvania Infan-
try Volunteers, is noted figure at the
encampment. He is writing a history
of his regiment, in which he defends
Caseys division at the battle of Fair
Oaks or Seven Pines from the censure
and unjust criticism" of certain high
Union officers. He says no body of
troops in the civil war was treated
with greater injustice than Casey's d.
vision of the 4th Army Corps. attached
TO the Army of the Potomac in the
peninsula campaign under Gen. McClel-
Ian. He adds that the battle of Fair
Oaks was misrepresented in the reports
and sustains his contention by liberal
extracts from the civil war records
Instead of Casey's division becoming
demoralized under the first Confederate
fire and breaking to the rear. as re-
ported by Mcclellan, Corporal Dickey
shows by the record that the division
held its ground under a merciess fire
until it was f1anked because of the
failure of reinforcements to arrive, and
was forced to fall back.
Resolutions Of thanks We're adopted
by the L. v. l.. encampment yesterday
to Pension Commissioner Warner for
his friendship for veterans of the civil
war: to the officers of the District of
Columbia government. President Will
liam r. GUIDE and the Washington
Chamber of Commerce and the man
agement of the Arlington Hotel for Til
aid given in behalf OF the encampment.