Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-27
PHELPS S. ". V. COMMANDER
Lincoln Man Chosen Department Com
mander Of Spanish War Veterans.
E. W. CROOK VICE COMMANDER
soldiers Hold Meeting At Willard
Hotel and Erect a Permanent
state organisation-Meet AZ
COlumbus Next.


Veterans Of the Spanish American war
held their first meeting at the Willard
hotel Monday and effected a state organ
izstion by the election of these officers:
10 L. Phelps. Lincoln, department COM
2. W. Crook. Omaha, senior vice COM
q Z. Riley, FaIrbury. junior vice com
George A. Eberly. stanton, Judge advo-
August Wagner. Columbus, Inspector gen
eral.
NJ. A. Hoover. Kearney, surgeon general.
Albert s. Rollins. Columbus, chief mar
shal.
n c. walsh, Omaha, chaplain.
IA. F. McGurren, Lincoln, adjutant gen
Otto Bsrth. Lincoln, chief Of staff.
Samuel Gibson, Omaha, historian.
w. F. schults, Feirbury, quartermaster
general.
The. following were elected members Of
the administration committee:
L. c. Ross and Colonel F. d. Eager OF
j; W Mcdonald and H. L. shearOn of
w. e. Baehr. A. D.. Fetterman and H.
d. Corneau OF Omaha.
j.. s. Haney.
These, with the commander and senior
and junior vice commanders, compose the
committee.
Columbus was selected as the place for
the next meeting to be held in April OF
1910. Fairbunry expected to be a contestant
for the honor. but decided at the last
minute to endorse the selection Of Column
bus.
Many There TO smoke.
Though the delegates present entitled to a
vote numbered only thirty.six. there were
more than 100 veterans who attended the
meeting and participated In the smoker dur
ing the afternoon. while the wives of the
veterans were entertained by the women
on the local reception committee.
While the delegates were in executive SEES
sion passing upon the rules of the new or
ganizatlon. which were later adopted, other
veterans who were not delegates passed
their time in the lobby of the hotel swap
ping war talk.
Thomas e. Langdon OF North Bend, who
was shot nine times while in the Philip
pines, came very near breaking his neck
when he saw Chaplain Mailley of the First
Nebraska. He rushed over to meet him
and recalled to the chaplain his Identity.
IT know YOU said the chaplain, you
were ounde and occupied the second cot
from. the side door Of the hospital"
That Is exactly where l was located. -
replied Langdon, land l was in there for
four months. Chaplain Mailley made ali
the soldiers happy because he was always
able to get the papers from home and he
never failed to bring a bundle to the hos
pital," said Langdon.
object of the Meeting.
The object of the meeting, which had
. been called by Provisional Commander
Phelps, was TO perfect a department or
ganization SO that the veterans could af-
filiate with the national society. -Four
delegates will be selected by the department
commander and the administration com.
mittee, to represent the state at the ma
tlonal meetings. to be held at Tacoma ncxi
September. e -st Sc 81,
Roll CALI
Following are those who had registered
up to the noon hour:
First regiment: Co. A-George II. Holde-
MAJ; Co. B-wiiiiam Freeman, Omaha;
Hastings; II. l.. Tucker, Minneapolis. Co.
E-Rud9lph Horacelki F. b, Naracons
Foss, Lincoln. Co. XIV, NJ. Talbtzer, st.
Joseph; August Wagner, Columbus; A. L.
Rollins, Columbus; 9; J. sinInerson. New
LIE. w. Crook, o. w. Auchmody, ". E.
BaenrIW, 3; Hall With Thompson, H.
Omaha; r. E. Riley, Fairbury. Co. NH.
F. Kennedy, Broken Bow.
Second Regiment: Company Am. A.
Hoover, Kearney; j. G. Jonas. Lincoln;
Company d, j.. j. Kicker, w. f. Schultz,
John c. Hartigan, c. c, Brook, Fairbury
II. l.. Shearon, Daykin; j. l.. Barber,
| Omaha; Company r, F. II. Tucker, Lin
coin; Company q, b. Z. McCague. A. d.
rettefman, Omaha; Company l., Perry
Miller; Company X, e H. Phelps, Lincoln.
Third Regiment: Company A-Porter J.
Howard, Nebraska City; John H. Robert
son, Omaha; Company 4. L. c. Sandan,
Omaha; Company +, Howard H. Antics,
Pilger; Company @, Frank Whipperman;
Company H, George Ludden, George w.
Dunkle, Otto May, Lincoln; Company 1,
Arthur A. Underwood, Cheyenne; Company
II. A. Schmidt, Stuart, Ia; Company M,