Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-22
G. A. R. STATE |. | CAMP
WORLD MOVEMENT FOR DlsARM.
AMENT HOLDS ATTENTION OF
MEN WHO TASTED WAR.
:. W. COLLINS OPENS MEETING
Ovation Is Accorded Prof. Maria San
ford When She Sounds the Call
Hundreds Of Defenders of the
Union Meet.

MAuAcdpOl13, N41lu. 49, uSU before
the meeting was called, some comrade
discovered that, while the auditorium
of the theater was decorated with the
national flag, there was not single
emblem of Flag Day on the outside of
the building. Every veteran imme'
diately started on hunt for flag.
One was found, and, as it was run up
outside the building, the old soldiers,
hats in hand, stood and cheered for
Old Glory; not once, but three times
they burst into cheers, until the people
in the street cars, and in the neigh
boring houses looked from windows to
discover the cause of the excitement,
and, seeing, cheered in sympathy.
Stand to Salute Flag.
Three raps from the gavei of State
Commander Loren w. Collins brought
the delegates scurrying into their
seats. Prayer was said, and then
Color Bearer w. H. Define marched
from the entrance to the platform,
flag staff in holster, and flag droop-
ing. AS he reached the steps leading
to the platform, every one present
stood, brought his hand to salute, and
remained in that position until the
colors we're placed on the platform.
Commander Collins then made a
brief opening address, and was fol-
lowed by other officers, who read re-
ports. Comrade Levi Longfellow
made an address to the flag; Miss
Zadie Mcdonald gave q short recita-
ton, and Miss Helen Mcdonald sang
''The Star Spangled Banner"
Immediately after the convention
was called to order at p. M, Prof.
Maria Sanford, who delivered an adj
dress advocating universal peace on
Memorial day, took the platform.
"The proposition make is that the
Grand Army of the Republic ask the
Confederate veterans to unite with
them and commission Theodore Roose.
Welt to act as their agent in devising
plan for disarmament and obtaining
for it the approval and acceptance of
the nations" she said.
n
but Of still greater victory of peace;
not of the splendid battalions that
marched under Grant, Sherman, and
Sheridan, but of plans for universal
disarmament, more than 500 veterans
of the Department of Minnesota G..
A. R. met in their forty-fourth annual
encampment at the Princess theater,
Fourth street, near Central avenue at
10 a. m. today. The morning was de.
voted to the registration Of delegates,
the salute of the flag, and routine re-
ports from the state officers. At the
afternoon session Prof. Maria San
ford made the principal address, urg.
ing the veterans to carry the universal
peace propaganda to successful con-
clusion.
AS early as o'clock the credentials
committee was at work, welcoming
and registering delegates. Comrades
from every post in Minnesota met at
this desk, old acquaintance being re.
newed and new ones formed. Each
delegate was given a yellow badge
bearing the inscription, department
of Minnesota, fourth annual encamp-
ment." They were proudly pinned on
blue coats, alongside medals for dis
tinguished service.
Those on the credentials committee
are Calvin r. Fix, adjutant, post No.
4; George B. Arnold, adjutant post No.
%; w. F. Corbett, adjutant post No.
50; M. D. Edwards, adjutant post No.
r.; and John Ripe, adjutant post No.
1853.
After registering the greater part
stood on the sidewalk or in the lobby
of the theater, enjoying their pipes
and cigars up to the last minute be.
fore the encampment was called to
order. Nearly all the conversations
amongst the various groups into which
the crowd divided was on the subject
of universal disarmament.
General Sherman said War is
hell and I know he was right" said
Benjamin Franklin Curtis, commander
of Chase Post No. %.