The National tribune., 1909-09-02

! The statement was officially made tS
4 the Encampment that the Sons of Vet
erans' Memorial University at Masor
City. Iowa. has an enrolment of 20t
students and possesses property valued
at S175.000.
The National Auxiliary.
4 The National Auxiliary reelected
Miss Molly Donaldson, of Paterson. n
j., National President, and presented
her with handsome diamond ring ir
recognition of her services for the Asso-
citation.
The other National officers elected
are:
National Vice President, Ida Tschu.
| dy, JOhnstown, Pa
Treasurer, III. Pauline Creighton,
champaign. Ill.
| Chaplain. Mrs. Loretta Patton. Ma
son City. Iowa.
| Inspector, Sadie E. Walters, New
Hampshire
| Installing and Instituting Officer, Ma
bel Braley New Bedford, Mass.
Patriotic Instructor, Kate G. Raynor,
Toledo, o.
Secretary, Mary L. 1redo, Paterson
N. ].
Chief of Staff, Mrs. St. Clair. Denver,
Colo.
Press Correspondent, Ethel Gilman,
Maine.
Judge-Advocate-G General, George w.
Pollitt, Paterson. N ].
Members of National Council: Edna
Bergovitz. Columbus. o.; Alice h.
White, Vermont, and Elizabeth Water
| man, New York City.
A brilliant social feature of the En-
campment was the ball and reception
in the ball room of the Arlington HO-
tel, Tuesday evening, Aug. 25. There
were many distinguished war veterans
present. also members of the Woman's
| Relief Corps and other patriotic bodies.
The New Commander-in-C Chief.
George Washington Pollitt, the new
Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of
Veterans, is Postmaster of Paterson, n.
J., and a prominent citizen of that
place. He is charter member of Hugh
C. Irish Camp. 8. S. of VS. of Paterson.
and Chairman of the County Repubii-
can Committee. He is also President
of the Lincoln Republican Club of Pa
terson, and is highly connected with
other influential organizations there.
Excursion to the BattlefeIds.
The delegates and their friends, to
the number of about 500, made an ex-
cursion trip from Washington to Fred
ericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg,
Va, and surveyed the country and its
fought from 1861 to 1865. At Fred
ericksburg they went to see Marye's
flights, with its famous sunken road
and stone wall, behind which the Con-
federates were massed when Gen. Burn
side assaulted their lines. They saw
the old tobacco factories in Richmond
that were used as wartime prisons, also
the White House of the Confederacy
which was occupied by Jeff Davis Up
on reaching Petersburg they viewed
the remains of the massive fortifications
and the scene Of the Crater disaster.
While in Washington many of the
delegates visited old Fort Stevens, on
the northern outskirts of the city. where
the only battle in the District of Co
lumbia was fought. They found the
welf-worn parapet of the fort upon
which President Abraham Lincoln
stood under fire of the guns of Early's
Confederates before their retreat. They
also visited Arlington. the Silent City
of the Nations Dead" where some of
their fathers sleep. and made a pill
grimage to the tomb of George Wash
ington at Mount Vernon.
The Encampment of the Command
ery-in-C Chief, Sons of Veterans, o. S. A,
of 1893. was voted to have been one of
the most successful and enjoyable in
the history of the organization.