Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-13
ADDRESS OF RETIRING
COMMANDER NENIUS

f When the business session opened
Z today eight hundred delegates Were
e present
= After the call of the roll and the
II appointment Of the usual committees
j Commander-in-C chief Nevius read his
address which follows:
! After reviewing the promises he
made at the time of his election, Com
mander-in chief Nevius said:
81 have received a warm and cor
dial greeting wherever | have gone
and found the Grand Army posts en-
thusiastic and doing the best they
could under the circumstances pre-
vailng in their respective localities.
81 was treated with great cordial
| ity upon my visit In the southern de-
partmcnts and in Atlanta. Ga. when
| the Grand Army of the Republic held
| a Joint meeting with H. Cl'N Evans.
communicative -chicf of the United
Confederate veterans and his organ-
ization. The stars ana stripes were
conspicuous while the stars and bars
were not In evidence. Cur open ana
public discussion upon the FAMILY
trouble existing between the north
ern and southern states and between
the men who had stood upon the fir
ing line ON both sides was most
pleasant ! met the Confederate vet
Grams again in Dennison, Texas, ana
at public meeting there divided
the time with them upon the plat
form. | met them also at Birming-
ham, Ala. and I am satisfied from all
could see and hear and learn that
the men who stood upon the firing
lines in the southern Confederacy had
had enough Of the war and were anx-
ious and willing to support the gov
ernment of the United states under |
its flag and that, were il not for 9th
ers who did not participate In that
great struggle, but who are still la
boring to keep alive the lost cause
there would be no difficulty in ce-
mentng the bonds of union between |
the North ana South.
THE consolidated reports of the
assistant adjutant generals ending |
July 4. have not an been received. !
hence il is not possible TO state our
numerical strength on June 30. 1903
on December 81. 1907. the members
in good standing of the Grand Army /
Of the Republic numbered 225,l5G
The number remaining on the sus-
pended list at that date numbered
13.4S9 BY the consolidated report Of
the adiutant general of this cncamp-
ment there were remaining in good
standing on December 81. 1908. go
GIG. The number remaining sus-
pended ON the same date was S,539.
The number of comrades reported as
having died between December 81.
1907. and December 81 1908. was
1924 our gains during the fiscal
year have been: By muster in. -
43f. by transfer. 2.afS. by reinstate-
met, 7.146. by gain from delinquent
reports 3.62s. Total gains. 2i15f.
"The number Of comrades sts-
pended has been greatly reduced dur
ing the past year. but the number re
maining suspended is entirely too
large. When comrades who are on
The suspended list and cannot. with
put prejudice To themselves and their
families. pay their dues. the posts
should promptly remit them in order
that they may again bc placed in
good standing and have another
.hance."
I'm discussing suspension. again.
Commander Nevius said:
Investigation will show that there L
nave been many bills introduced in l.