Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-23
6. A. COOK CHOSEN
c. A. R. COMMANDER
WAJSAu SELECTED FOR NEXT
MEETING AT RECORD STATE
ENCAMPMENT.
AUXILIARY SOCIETIES ELECT
w. o. Pietzsch of Baraboo is Made
Senior Vice-commarder-7-
Offices Consolidated for
2. A. Bird.

encsmpment ever held in Wisconsin
ended here with the election of S. A.
Cook of Neenah, commander, succeed
Ing c. H. Eenry, and other officers.
W. j. Mckay was nominated for COM
maDder, but withdrew Wausau was
chosen for the next convention. Other
officers elected were:
Senior vice-commander, w D.
Pietzsch, Baraboo; junior vice-coln-
nlander, Col. H. L. FAIR, Madison; de-
partment chaplain, the Rev. Elihu
Bernard, Whitewater; medical direcr
tor, DR.. B. c. Brett, Green Bay assist
ant adjutant general and assistant
quartermaster general, F. A. Bird;
council of administration, O. W. Car
son, Milwaukee; Orville Strong,
Dodgeville; ]. w Hinkley, Green Bay;
Rockwell E. Osborne, La Crosse; Har-
ry Goddard, Chippewa Falls.
Members of the board of trustees
Of tne Wisconsin Veterans hcme-H.
S. Veeder Mauston; Charles Cowan.
Rippon. Elected for three years.
E'ncampment trustee-W illia m
Handeyside, Depere
Representatives-at-large to the nation
al e,ocampment-Dav Dram, Racine;
alternate, R. ]. Flint, Menominee
The Sons of Veterans officers elect.
ed: Department commander, e. T.
Fairchild, Milwaukee; senior vice-com-
mander, Glen E. Pelton, Baraboo; jun
ior vice-commander, L. w. McCoombs,
Stoughton; secretary-treasureT, c. H.
Hudson, Madison.
The Offices Of assistant sdjutant
general and assistant quartermaster
general were consolidated. The posi-
ton now pays 500 month. A badge
was presented bs the personal staff
of the department commander to Re-
firing Commander Henry
Relief Corps OFFICERS.
The Women's Relief corps elected:
President, Amanda G. Wittig, Milwau-
kee; senior vice-president, Lucine
Smith, Madison; junior vice-presidert,
Helen Chatterton, Belleville; treas
urer. Ella M. Breeze. Madison; chap
lain Helen G.. Cole, Sheboygan; exc
cutive board, Agnes c. Gordon, Wau-
pacs.; Edith Roby. Superior; Mary L.
Daley, Milwaukee; Cora Haskins,
Evansville; Catherine Gear, Menasha.
Ladies of q. A. r. Elect.
The Ladies of thee A. R. elected:
President, Mrs. Martha Merriam,
West Bend; senior vice-president, Mrs.
Frances Lund, Madison; junior wee
president, Mrs. Emogene Hatch, Eau
Claire; treasurer, Miss Adeline v. Bell,
Milwaukee; chaplain, Mrs. Charlotte
Stevens, Beloit; council of administra-
ton Mrs. Frances Metz, Madison;
chairman; Mrs. Anna Barnes, Milwau-
kee, and Mrs. Hadler. Milwaukee.
Mrs Frances White, Waupaca, retired
president, will be counselor.
Sons Auxiliary Organized.
The Sons of Veterans auxiliary COM
posed of wives and daughters Of vet
erans, organized a state division.
Seventy-five attened, representing
Milwaukee, Madison, Fond du Lac, RAJ
cine, Baraboo, Endeavor, Prairie dl
CHEN. Plymoatn and La Crosse.
Officers elected and installed:
President, Mrs. Ella Kanouse, Madi-
son; vice-president, Mrs Nellie Hea-
ley, Racine; chaplain, Miss Alice Sea-
man, Baraboo; treasurer, Mrs. Lillian
Schlueter, Madison; inspector, Mrs
Blanche Wibenkopf. Baraboo; council
committee, Mrs. Minnie E. Groth,
Bars.boo; Mrs. Florence Siggelko,
Madison, and Mrs. Myrtle Kleck, Fond
du Lac.
o. of G. A. r. Elects.
The Daughters of the Grand Army
instituted a state department under
the leadership OF their national COM
mander, Miss Agnes Martin, Chicago.
The following officers were elected;
Department commander, Cora Lane,
Kenosha; senior vice-commander.
Rilla Larson. Madison; junior vice.
commander, Miss Leichterweise; chap
lain, Miss Margaret Beatty; querter-
master general, Miss KEENAN,, Racilse;
officer of the day, Mrs. Doyle; patriotic
instructor, Miss Weigle, Stougllton;
officer of the guard, Miss Fife Dawson,
Kenosha, and sentinel, Miss Coon,
Stoughton.
The Sons of Veterans adopted reso-
buttons asking conventions not to hold
sessions May 80, and suggesting that
the open season for game fish be made