Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-23
LATE DR. WARD IS
LAUOED BEFORE
c. A. R.. VETERANS
General Grub Pays Eloquent
Tribute to Newarker at At
lantic City Convention.

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 23.-One of
the most successful and enjoyable re-
unions OF the war veterans ever held
will come to an end today. when the
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic will finish bust
ness and bring matters to a close. The
total vote yesterday for Commander
in-Chief John e. Gilman was the
largest cast in a number of years.
There have been no serious accidents
ana the health of the encampment has
been excellent.
General Grub paid a glowing tribute
to the memory of the late DR.. Leslie u.
Ward, of Newark, who was the only
member OF the Game Chickens" who
had died during the year. He said he
was the only first sergeant In the regi-
ment who could fulfill all things X
pected of them. He told how the first
sergeapts were obliged to call their
rolls from memory while in the rencn-
es before Petersburg in order to keep
from getting shot. He said DIR. Ward
was the only man who could do it.
There will be no radical pension rec
~ommendation. The encampment prob
/ hIly VIII tOiillilt lkSCtl " u III lit
McCumber bill now in Congress, which
grants pensions to widows of veterans
providing they We're married to the old
soldiers at least three years before they
died. The McCumber bill will let down
the bars to about 20, 900 widows and will
increase the pension roll about 8 1000, 900
annually.
The Grand Army of the Republic
voted to do its best to make the fiftieth
anniversary Of the battle of Gettysburg,
in 1918, d success. 4 meeting of the
representatives of the several States
will be held in Harrisburg, Pa, on
October Is to discuss plans for the cele-
bration.
Men of the revenue cutter service
during the Civil War. who have up to
this time been denied membership in
the Grand Army of the Republic, will
hereafter become identified with that
organization. 1t was agreed in this
mornings session that they should be
admitted.
Sons of Veterans Elect officers.
The Sons of Veterans at the final
session of their encampment selected
Rochester for their next years meet
ing. The following officers were elected
and installed:
Commander-in-chief Fred E. Bolton,
Roxbury, Mass; senior yice-comman-
der, Edwin C. Ireland, Baltimore;
junior vice-comSnander, Frank M. Cum
ningham, Atlantic City; secretary,
Horace H. Hammer, Reading, Pa;
council in chief, HALEY v. Steelman,
CINCINNATI; Fred Phillips, Chicago;
Charles f. Sherman, Mt. Vernon. N. I.
J.. Louis Rake, of Reading, was APP
pointed national treasurer.
The committee on resolutions. with
Past commandments Torrance in
the chair, was in session until early
his morning considering various reso-
lutions presented for action. Besides
indorsing the McCumber pension bill,
the Committee recommended that an
amendment be made to the bill in
creasing from $12 to SIS a month. the
pensions of veterans sc years old. from
SIS to $40 a month for those over 40,
and from $40 to s25 for those over rs.
The Daughters of Veterans elected
these officers today: Anna NJ. Kelly,
Pueblo, president; philippine Schoe-
man, Buffalo, senior vice-president;
Minna Littleleld, Cambridge, Mass,
Junior vice-president; Mrs. Agnes NC
] Coy, Boston, treasurer; Eva Kelly,
Pueblo, secretary; Frances Davenport,
Los Angeles, chaplain; Anna j. Rob
erts, Washington, d. G., patriotic in
structor; Kate Fischer, Alliance, o.,
inspector. Mrs. Belle. c. Harris, Kan
sas City, Mo-, newly elected president
of the woman's Relief Corps, was in
} stalled today.
; The final business session of the en-
( campment will be held this afternoon.
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