Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-12
BUSINESS SESSION
OF GRAND ARMY
ENCAMPMENT
OPENED
Annual Address of Commander
in Chief Trimble Contains
Plea for Reunion of Blue
and Gray.
REPORT OF SOLDIERS
HOME INVESTIGATION
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los Angeles. sept i2-Thc bust
ness session OF the forty-slxth annual
cncampmcnt Grand Army OF the re
public was opened this morning when
Harvey ". Trimbc. commander in
chief made his annual address Re-
ports of other officers and committees
were heard during the day
'rt of Commander loo chief
Trlmuit. ''rrvd To- The eork donc
hy the O. 49, a., for reunion Of the
blue and the grey on the niucth uu-
niversary Of the battle of Gottlsburg
pud also took up matters relative Co.
the proposed inc operation oG Gue e..
\. u" one of the leading mutto;s ut
business before the convention
The Investigation ct the treatment
of the veterans at the soldiers homo
az Dayton, Ohio. against which
charges have been made, was referred
TO.
Reference was made Co ih" obscfr.
anco oi Memorial day, Flag day q
monument tu loyal women aud the
Southern Memorial fund.
Committee reports we're made ia
Home at Dayton, ohio. the Lincoln
centennial legislation. Andcrsou,iilc
prison, Bun Run battlefield and on the
permanent fund.
Reports from various state depart
ments also we're heard 10y tie con-
yeNtion.
The national organization of ladies
OF the q A. H.. continued in session
today The sessions were not open
10 the public,
The report OF cora " Davis ma
tiunal president at the Wuman's re
lief corps. was finished 40 tudaY's scs-
Sion of that organization 70 stated
that during the year Sl33,jG5 VAS exc
pended In relief work.
n was announced that the selection
uf national officers for the O.. a. r.,
AND the next meeting place VIII take
place tomorrow
Ga his annual report submitted too
day, u b. Brown. chairman ol the
board of trustees stated that tbc In
vested funds OF the organization total
led {t7,UU0 ana that 5lUio was u
bank August T. 1919
That the income u tie Grand Army
of th, HUpublic was EruViur less aud
less each year aud that au increase loo
the per capita tax from 3is 20 q cents
would Dee necessary iu order 90 raise
funds sufficient Co meet demands, was
| the burden uf The report flied 10y
Quartvrmastvr General StpNItz. lu
1880 the report stated. there were
ioO,ooU members 100 good atnndsng,
ca,l paying 3ti cents per capita, out
| in 1919 there we're less than hall that
number, making the yearly loss more
than $1,000 from tIc per capita tax
| atone,
SURGEON General ilanrhu's report
| favored the shortening ui "a, annual
| parud' while stating that Olou was
scrNCd ihstcad of butter aud tunt mat
| trrssr- "arc exceeding thin for COM
Tort. the spu,ia committee OF tuo
| Grand Army uf th" Republic attended
| to investigate the charges against tho
| National soldiers Home az pas ton,
| ohio, len the main cNuncraicd tho
| management of that institution today
Ia ia report az thc grand cngamp
| ment
The management Of tho Dayton
( Home had been e matter ui discus
| sion for years iu e. =. -. circles. The
/ committee SAID food Ess supplied lu
abundance and no complaint was
found ON the score amons The 5000
| Inmates
THE system Is q beautifully cXrcnt
ed biz OF administrative WORK iu feed
| ing sayJ the report "bui % BE- re-
| pugnaut to thc idea 81 home auo
meals. considered from oar American
standpoint II may bee the best pos
| sibl. solution of th, problem, but u
| certainl, smack more ot "a military
camp or prison, than of a home t"f
| the worthy though unfortunate men
\ who saved this nation
The committee criticlsys the board
ly saying that competent members of
tuc home are occupying nigh clerical
| positions for which $50 aud $50 BE-
| uciug paid respectively when similar