Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-06-19
5. A. COOK CHOSEN
G. A. R. COMMANDER
WAUSAU SELECTED FOR NEXT
MEETING AT RECORD STATE
ENcAMPMENT.
AUXILIARY SOCIETIES ELECT
w. o. Pietzsch of Raraboo Is Made
Senior vice-commander-Two
Offices Consolidated for
F. A. Bird.

Madison.-The largest state G. A. R
encampment ever held in Wisconsin
ended here with the election of S. A.
Cook of Neenah, commander, succeed
ing G. H. Henry, and other officers
W. ]. Mckay was nominated for com
mander, but withdrew Wausau was
chosen for the next convention. Other
officers elected were:
Senior vice-commander, w. O.
Pietzsch, Baraboo; junior vice-com-
mander, Col H. L. Farr, Madison; de-
partment chaplain, the Rev. Elihu
Bernard, Whitewater; medical direc.
tor, DR.. B. G. 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 the Wisconsin Veterans home-H
S. Veeder Mauston; Charles Cowan,
Rippon. Elected for three years.
Encampment trustee-W m
Handeyside, Depere.
resentatives-at-large to the nation.
al encampment-David 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-treasurer G. H
Hudson, Madison.
The Offices of assistant adjutant
general and assistant quartermaster
general were consolidated The posi-
tion now pays $50 month. A badge
was presented by the personal staff
of the department commander to Re
firing Commander Henry.
Relief Corps Officers.
The Women's Relief corps elected:
President, Amanda c. Wittig, Milwau-
kee; senior vice-president, Lucine
Smith, Madison; junior president,
Helen Chatterton. Belleville; treas
urer, Ella M. Breeze, Madison; chap
lain, Helen G. Cole. Sheboygan; exc
cutive board, Agnes c. Gordon, Wau-
paca; Edith Roby, Superior; Mary L.
Daley, Milwaukee; Cora Haskins,
Evansville; Catherine Gear, Menasha.
Ladies Of G. A. r. Elect
The Ladies of the G.. A. r. elected:
President, Mrs Martha Merriam,
West Bend; senior vice. president, Mrs
Frances Lund, Madison; junior vice
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
Grams, organized a state division
ISeyenty-five attened, representing
Milwaukee, Madison, Fond du Lac, Ra-
cine, Baraboo, Endeavor, Prairie du
CHEN, Plymouth and La Crosse.
officers elected and installed:
President, Mrs. Ella Kanouse, Madi-
son; e-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,
Baraboo; Mrs. Florence Siggelko,
Madison, and Mrs. Myrtle Kleck, Fond
du Lac.
D. 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; quarter
master general, Miss Kleman, Racine;
officer of the day, Mrs. Doyle; patriotic
instructor, Miss Weigle, Stoughton;
officer of the guard, Miss Fife Dawson,
Kenosha, and sentinel, Miss Coon,
Stoughton.
The Sons of Veterans adopted reso-
Iutions asking conventions not to hold
sessions May 80, and suggesting that
the open season for game fish be made
to begin some other day.