The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-09-23
GILMAN CHOSEN
!. FOR COMMANDER
DEFEATED JOHN M'ELEOY FOR
HEAD OF GRAND ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIC.
ROCHESTER IS SELECTED
For Meeting Place Next Year, Fro.
vlded Desirable Railroad Rates
Can be Secured-Former
Commanders Address.

Atlantic City, Sept 22.-John E.
Glllman, CT Boston, for conn ander-
in-chef. and Rochester, N. Y, for the
lnext meeting place, was the winning
combination in tae National Encamp-
Enent Cf the O. A, II. Other officers
Edected were:
v Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief
Charles, Burrows, Of Rutherford, N. ].
Junior Vice Commandar-in-Chiet
William James. OF Jacksonville, Fla.
Surgeon General, John l.. Smith, of
Spokane. Wash.
Chaplain-inlChief, Rev. Thomas
Harwood, Of Albuquerque, N. M
Rochester was selected, providing
satisfactory railroad rates can be Sc
cured. The national council of al
ministration has power to change the
city ii the rates are not satisfactory.
Les Angels, Denver, and Springae.l,
H.. sought the convention.
Gilman won over John McEiroy, OF
Washington, 667 to ZIG.
McElroy asked the commission to
investigate the charges against mis-
administration at st. Cloud, Fla
which ne said had made him the tar
get of most persistent falsehoods.
The charges were not made public.
An investigating committee will be
named
Former Commander VanSant spoke
feeingly concerning the order.
The committee on pensions decided
against the dollar a day pension fer
( 3lle." as too expensive.
\ The committee favors the McIum-
Sber bill removing the restrict on
when bars women, who were married
: to veterans before June q, 1890 and
Hhave since become widows, from re-
4 covering pensions
Commander Van SAINTS Address.
While the roll of the Grand Army
His steadily shortening, the commah-
der-in. chief urged that every effort be
made to keep the organization up to
Its fullest possible strength. He quo
ted the figures showing that the G.
A. r at the beginning of the present
year had still 213,901 members in
good standing, as against 220,600 at
the beginning OF 1909. The loss dur
ling the year was 67S1, of which 5323
was by death The commander urged
+ that recruiting measures be taken
among the large number of former
Union soldiers who are not enrolled as
3Grand Army members.
Memorial Day.
The speaker noted better general
\ observance of Memorial Day than
\ formerly. Let us insist and do all In
our power" he said, that Memorial
Day shall he devoted solely and only
\ 10 the purpose for which it was ere
ated Let it be the one day of the
wear devoted to honoring our death
+ less dead for in that we will teach
| the rising generation love of country,
without which our nation cannot long
survive" He also urged the general
cooperation of G. A. X. members in
inducing a general observance of Flag
Day.
The w. r. c.
Commanderin-C Van SAINT had
commentator for the work of all the
yG. A. r. auxiliaries, praising the ex-
cellent work being done by the Wo-
mans Relief Corps, Ladies of the G..
A. r.. Sons of Veterans and Daughters
of Veterans. OF the Sons of Veterans
he said:
"This can be made still grander
organization 1t is constantly increas-
ing in numbers and influence. The
Sons of Veterans with proper encour-
agement should soon be the largest
patriotic body of men in the world.
That II may is my earnest wish. The
Sons of Veterans should have all the
encouragement possible from the
Grand Army Of the Republic. 1t is a
Y matter Of great satisfaction that the
Sons meet with us this year. | trust
our national encampments may in the
future be held at the same time and In
the same place"
Pension Legislation.
OF the more liberal pension legisla-
ton recommended by the last anual
encampment and urged at washington
by its committee, Communicating
Chief Van SAINT said:
II regret that nothing was accom-
plished, but 1t was no fault of the
committee. Congress would not pass
any general pension legislation. How
ever, some six thousand private pen
4 sion bills were enacted. The commit
tee canyased the matter industriously
with senators and representatives, bu'
10 no purpose The government was
facing deficiency in It's revenue and
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