Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-20
JERSEY WOMEN
HOPE TO WIN VET
FLAG FOR CIRCLES
Accompany Newark, Orange and
Plainfield Posts on Special
Trains to E%ncampment.

Veterans of Newark, Orange n
Bloomfield posts of-the G. A. R. started
in two special trains for Atlantic City
this morning to attend the forty-fourth
national convention of the Grand Army
of the Republic, which is held in New
Jersey for the first time. Wives or
daughters of the veterans went on the
special train. They are members of
the women's auxiliary circles connected
with the posts. There are several
circles in the New Jersey State Women
G.. A. r. Auxiliary. of which Mrs. Ellen
p. Ward is president, has headquarters
at the Continental Hotel. and the ma
tional headquarters of the women is
at Haddon Hall.
Friends of Mrs. Margaret A. Stevens
urged her to be a candidate for ma
tional president at the women's en-
campment, but she declined because of
the illness of her daughter.
Jersey Women Hope to Win Flag.
The women CT New Jersey hope to
get the flag to be presented by the
president TO the State hat organized
the most circles the last twelve months.
New Jersey has five circles. At their
annual encampnlent the women will
elect national officers for a year. The
delegate to the encampment from New
ark is Mrs. Elizabeth Schenck, of
Kearny Circle.
Veterans of Marcus l.. Ward and
Phil Kearny posts worked jointly in
getting a special Pennsylvania railroad
train. About 100 members of Marcus
l.. Ward Post were at the MARKET
street station soon after S o'clock this
morning with their wives, and so were
veterans of Phil Kearny post and their
wives. On the train, which left the
station at 8 o'clock. were delegations
from Hexamer. Sheridan, Garfield,
some members of Ira M. Tucker Post,
all of Newark, and delegations from
Pierson Post, of Orange, and Uzal
Dodd Post. of Bloomfield. Past COM
m2nders of posts in Newark md the
county and a former commander of
the New Jersey State department were
also on the rain.
Vets Did MOI March to Train.
The committee in charge OF the
special train for Marcus l.. Ward Pest
was composed of Forman Reynolds,
chairman; Charles e. Weiss, treasurer:
Frank Briden, secretary; Daniel Doty
and Edgar H. Taylor. David d. Keefe
was chairman OF the Phil Kearny Post
committee. The veterans Of the sew
erai posts did not parade to the all
road station.
Upward of 300 veterans of Lincoln
Post and their women folk, members
of the women's circle, started from the
Broad street station of the Central rail-
road at 3 o'clock prompt. Lincoln Post
had a number of invited guests on the
special train. The headquarters of
Marcus A. Ward Post in Atlantic City
will be at the Hotel Ponce de Leon,
and the general headquarters of the
National G. A. R. is at the same place,
and the national officers are stopping
at Haddon Hall.
The Newark posts were fortunate in
securing -four out of the nine delegates
to which New Jersey Is entitled. They
are Forman ]. Reynolds, Marcus L..
Ward Post; Edwin B. Smith, Lincoln
Post; LOUIS Weyland, Hexamer Post,
and S. H. Dougherty, Sheridan Post.
The other State delegates are: @. Fl.
Marinus, Jersey City; Joseph Locke,
William w. Mendel. Elizabeth; James
Hogencamp. Paterson, and James
Campbell. delegate-at-large, of Long
Branch.
Besides the votes of the delegates
every post department commander and
every senior vice-department COM
mander Is entitled to a vote in the en-
campment. 1t is expected that at least
$50 Newark and Essex county women
will attend the sessions of the women's
encampment. The -encampment of the
veterans will adjourn on September 2s.