Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-13
G.A.R.CONTR0vERSY
SETTLED At LAST
Survivors OF Capt. Lot Smith
Utah Cavalry Are Admitted
BY War Veterans.
MRS. HENRY'S TRIBUNE REPLY
National President of the ladies of
The G.. A. II. Made Object of
Characteristic Bitter Attack.

A controversy of long standing as to
the admission Of the survivors OF the
captain Lot Smith Utah cavalry.
which served the United states in the
protection OF the mails during the early
part OF the war Of secession. into the
state organizations OF the q. \. Il.
was practically settled at the state
Grand Army oncampment held in this
city Saturday and Justice to that or
ganization seems about To- be done at
last Many of the Lot Smith veterans
have belonged to the national organi-
zation OF the O. A. r.. but for reasons
OF religious animosity recognition OF
the or6anization has never been made.
The state enCampment unanimously
seated Charles Crismon, delegate from
the Lot Smith circle, @. A r.. and the
ladies of the Lot Smith circle we're de-
clared to be eligible as members OF the
ladies OF the G.. A. II. by Mrs. Della X.
Henry, president of the ladies' ma
tional organization.
The veterans elected officers for the
ensuing years and delegates to the ma
tional cncampment at Atlantic City,and
passed resolution deploring the plac-
ing OF the statue OF Gen. Robert r. Lee
ia the hail Of fame az Washington.
lhe Observance Of Flag day on June IA,
was also urged. Lucian II. Smith, re-
firing department commander. presided
at the sessions Of the encampment.
Oficers for the department OF Utah
G. A. r.. we're elected as follows:
Thomas Lundy ogden, department
commander. 4. Il. lawrence, Salt
Lake, senior vice commander j. w.
Brown. Provo. junior vice commander;
Walter C.. Neazio, salt Lake. chaplain;
j. X Allen. ogden, medical director;
delegate to national encampment' :. u.
Chase, salt Lake. r.. w Tatlock. salt
Lake: alternates. W. ". Pierce. ogden;
T.. ]. Goble. salt Lake; council OF adj
ministration members. Timothy Egan,
Mexican post: W. l.. Randall Logan
post: r.. NJ Onion, Howard post; Eli
Price Maxwell post; NJ. II. Kester,
Sherman post.
wOMENS RELIEF CORPS.
While the G. A. r. encampment was
being held. the Womens Relief Corps
formed state department under the
direction Of Mrs. Jennie l. Jones, junior
vice-commander Of the national organ
ization. The following officers were
chosen.
President. Mrs Martha Campbell Of
Salt Lake; senior vice Mrs. Anna Jeu-
kins. Ogden: junior vice. Mrs. Ellen
Brooks Salt Lake treasurer; kittle
Hines, Provo: chaplain, Mrs. Johanna
Melton salt Lake executive council,
Henrietta Griffith. Ogden, chairman;
Louisa Vinegar. Martha Hines Mrs. 9.
Coombs OF Salt Lake. and Miss Kellogg
OF Provo, councillor. Mrs w. II. Jones,
Salt Lake; patriotic instructor, Mrs.
Harvey, salt Lake.
With National President Della II.
Henry in attendance the ladies' OF the
G. A. r. instituted a state department
for Utah at session held I'm Eagle
hall. with the following officers: Presi-
dent. Elnor b. Burns Salt Lake; SEN
Tor vice. Mrs. Wells OF Ogden; junior
vice. Sarah ]. Chapman, Ogden. treas
urer. Mrs. J. H. Murfett. Salt Lake;
chaplain, Mary ]. Hoage; council OF
administration, June Pierce, Ogden,
Mrs. J. F. Lyon and Mary Slater OF
Salt Lake were selected as delegates TO
the national convention TO be held In
Atlantic city, Sept 10.
The installation of officers took
place in the evening at odd Fellows
hall
At o'clock in the afternoon,
Commander L. II. Smythe appointed
a committee TO walt upon and escort
Mrs Della r. Henry, president or
the national organization Of the
Ladies Of the G.. 4. r.. to the state
encampment, where she made an I'M
pressive and patriotic address. She
was presented with large bouquets OF
flowers by the different circles in
RULING ON ELIGIBILITY
The incident leading up to the
recognition OF the Lot Smith dele
gates in the state encampment follow
ed a discussion of a ruling by y. j. l..
Davenport, commissioner Of the
bureau OF pensions, to the effect that
lat one time IL was held that TINS
company was not organized for serV-
ice In connection with the war OF the
rebellion. Recently the secretary has
reversed his former holding and nov
holds that the company was enlisted
for service In that war. and that TINS
last decision gives pensionable status
| 10 the members of the organization
under the act OF February s, 1907
| This would seem 20 place them In the
| same position as soldiers who actually
served at the front during the war
| In the year 1859 President Abraham
| Lincoln sent to Brigham Young, then
governor Of the territory OF Utah,
asking for aid. and the result was the
| organization OF the Lot Smith com
/ pany of cavalry, which performed
! active service in protecting the united
States mails and stage service IN
/ Utah and wyoming from April l.
| 1852 to August 10 Of the same year.
While the men OF tho command
we're not regularly mustered out al
| the time, they received honorable dis
| charges some years later.
TRIBUNE's ANIMosITY.
Mrs. Henry. national president OF
| the Ladies of the G.. A r.. was mad,
| the object OF n bitter attack by Thu
Tribune for declaring the women OF
the Lot Smith circle eligible to ad
| mission to the state department
However Mrs. Henry stood by hei
guns and is quoted as saying that she
Is surprised that a newspaper in Q
city like Salt Lake would deliberately
resort TO false and misleading state
ments 10 cause friction In an organi'
zation like the Ladies OF the q. A. Il
Naturally enough | am Obliged e
resent the statements made In ar
article I'm the salt Lake Tribune OF
| SUNDAY. June H. In which my mo-
tives in ruling that the ladies OF the
Lot smith circle were eligible To mem
bership in the department organiza'
ton which was perfected saturday
are impugned." said Mrs. Henry -
know nothing OF local conditions, re-
| ligious. pOlltiosl or otherwise. which
may have prompted the attack upor
me and the Ladies Of the q A. X
hut | do know that u was unjust ano
unwarranted
Anyone who will take the pains e
inquire must know that religion and
politics are eliminated In the affair'
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic
as well as in the Ladies Of the g. 4
X. All that "a required for admission
10 membership in any circle OF th'
Ladies' Of the c. A. r. Is for the APP