Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-19
Old Soldiers at Atlantic City to
Appeal to Congress for
Uniform Rate.
ROCHESTER IS AFTER
NEXT WEARS BIG CAMP
Lobbyists Get'Busy and Already
Names Are Mentioned for
New COmmander=in=Chief.

| ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 19-There is
movement on foot among the G. A.
r. veterans attending the national en-
campment here to have the Federal
| government take some action before
the next gathering to, compel the rail-
| roads to establish a uniform rate for
all veterans desiringsto attend the ma
tional encampment.
The rate was made so high this year
from many points that hundreds of
veterans could not afford to come to
Atlantic City and their disappointment
and that of their comrades is so keen
that they win endeawor to have the en-
campment pass resolution asking
Congress to step ih1 and prevent a
repetition of present conditions. There
is no doubt but the resolution will be
unanimously adopted, for the delegates
feel that they We're to a certain extent
held up by the railroads this year.
The Grand Army veterans claim that
their ranks are so thin that the least
Congress can do is toipass some meas
ure which will permit them to have the
privilege of greeting each other at the
national encampments for the few
years that are left them of this life.
Lobbyists Get Busy.
No sooner were the national head
quarters thrown open than the cam
paign for the next place of meeting
and the next commander In -chief began.
Rochester, Los Angeles, Toledo, Bal
timore and. several other cities are in
the field for next years meeting
A rumor is going the rounds that it
might be voted to hold the encamp-
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every year. but it seems to have little
OF no foundation, it being stated, and
rather emphatically, by all those ap-
preached on the subject that a yearly
meeting will be held eff only a cor
porars guard is able to attend.
With this idea of a biennial session
eliminated the battle for the next en-
campment will be spirited one, and
may also affect the election of the new
commander. New York.. which is hard
after the encampment for Rochester
has no commander candidate in the
field and so is free to trade with the
hackers of the others who are out for
the honor. John f. Gilman, of Boston,
and John McElroy. OF Washington, the
latter editor of the National Tribune,
the G. A RS official journal, are
among the candidates.
sicIxles and Dodge the Lions.
OF the thousand and one little Incl
dents that go to make a grand army
encampment such a joy and delight to
the old soldiers, there was one that
aroused special enthusiasm today. This
was when General Grenville NJ. Dodge,
of Sioux City, and General Sickels, the
only two living corps commanders, met
on the Ocean pier. One from the East
and one from the West, they clasped
hands with a grip that seemed loath to
break. while the big throng swirlfng
around the registration desks and to
and fro in the spacious foyer, gath
cred round and cheered heartily
Indications are this year that the
survivors of the revenue cutter service,
who did yeoman work in blockading
and preventing smuggling during the
Civil War, will at last be taken into
the Grand Army. For years the vet
erans of this important department
have sought vainly to be allowed mem
bersnip in the q. A r., but have
always been refused.
! Tonight Chief Van
| SAINT will be given a reception by the
womens citizens committee In the
music hall of the Steel Pier. There will
also be a meeting Cf the executive COM
mittee of the Association of Ex-Pris-
oners of War tonight at the Hotel
\ Windsor.