Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-16
NEWARK VETERANS
STILL IN CONTROL
Vie With Camden Men for Of
fees at G. A. r. En-
campment.
Especial to the Evening star.l

ATLANTIC CITY, May 16.-Cam-
den and Newark veterans at the an
nual State encampment of the New
Jersey G. A r. continued to hold
their control of the elections at the
session yesterday. The contest yes
terday was for the council of ad-
ministration and the delegates for the
national encampment, and the ma
jority of those elected were from
these two camps.
There were nine candidates for the
council with five to be elected The
successful ones were William Z. AL
len. Post no. Newark; John B. Fa-
SchoH, Post II. Newark; Henry nj.
Avis, Post 5, Camden, and Alfred B.
Cook, Post q, Railway.
Delegates and Alternates.
The election for the delegates was
close and exciting, Those who were
returned out of a list of twenty-siX
candidates were:
w. H. Alcott. Post 3, Camden;
Frank Bateman, Post 81, Camden;
William G. Campbell, Post IS, New
ark; Peter F. Rogers, Post IS, New
ark: Uriah Seeley, Post II, Newark;
William II. Foster, Post 81, Red
Bank; L. H. Marinus, Post 3, Jersey
City; Joseph Seal, Post 25, Elizabeth;
John Stagg, Post 2S, Paterson; Aaron
StillwelI Post lis, South Amboy;
Justis siebert, Post 80. Atlantic City;
Jacob White, Post 90, Paterson.
rnates-William H. Bratton,
Post IL, Newark; Amos Curtis, Post
II. Newark; Henry Dennis, Post 20;
John. r. English, Post As; Joseph b.
Fox, Post 5. Camden; Edwin Marsh,
Post Ga; A. Wilkes, Post 3; John
williams, Post s; D. E. Reggen, Post
3; r. H. Bolgiano, Post 3d. Atlantic
City.
Selection of the place of holding
next years encampment was left to
the council of administration. The
overwhelming rejection of the pro-
posal to perpetuate the G. A. r. by
admitting the Sons of Veterans to ac-
tive membership makes 1t unlikely
that the subject will ever be revived
Passing illusions were made to the
heroism of the sailors and marines at
Vera Cruz, but no reference was
made on the floor of the convention
to President Wilson's Mexican policy
A member of the council of admins
tratione said:
mo matter what we may think Of
the Administrations policy President
Wilson is the President of all of us
and we feel the solution of the situa-
ton is perfectly safe in his hands"
Newark Woman Commander.
The State division of the Ladies of
the c.. A. r. elected Mrs. Sarah Fitz-
simmons, of Newark. division com
mander and Mrs. Lizzie Walling, of
Vineland, senior ce-commander.
The State department of the Wom-
ems Relief Corps elected Mrs. Sarah
l, Manley, of Plainfield, to succeed
Mrs Lillian J. Bird, of Trenton, as
State president. Mrs. Frank o. Cole,
of Jersey City, who drew out Of the
race for the presidency at the elev-
enth hour was elected as senior vice
president over Mrs Margaret Sharp
of Atlantic City, by a vote of Al to So
The rival women's organizations
buried the hatchet by appointing Wis
itation committees that were cordial
ly received.
The annual encamptment of the
Department of New Jersey, Sons OF
Veterans, closed with the election OF
William j. Lenox, of Elizabeth, as
the State commander Other officers;
Senior vice-commander, John Coch-
ran, Camden: junior vice-commander
Henry Bender, Union Hill; division
council. John l.. Reagan, Trenton; |.
Tracy Mills, Newark; John Hopper,
Paterson. Delegates to the national
encampment at Detroit are Arthur
Young. Atlantic City; Arthur Vesee-
Illus, Paterson; Jacob Auerbach, Ho-
boken.\
Commander-in-C Chief Sauter MAJ
tional Secretary Hammer, of Read
ing, and Patriotic. Instructor Sher-
man, of Mt. Vernon, n. Y, visited
the encampment.