Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-19
Veterans Pay Tulsa
Tribute in Resolution
CoNrINuEp FRoM pAoE ONE

ment OF oklahoma, selected Tor thelf
department president Mrs. Georgia
Wallace. Mrs. Eta Query OF TINS
city also was selected treasurer and
Mrs. Effe Wise secretary.
Hold Meetings.
The business of the day opened
with meetings by all the organiza-
tions at their respective headquar-
ters at . o'clock. II was at these
meetings that the election of Off
GERS occurred and II was at this time
that the members of the Grand Army
Of the Republic acted in accordance
| with the suggestions OF the United
Spanish War Veterans and jointly Sc
lccted Bartlcsvilie as the next place
OF cncampment. There were several
cities Of the state in the race for this
honor Oklahoma city and Enid both
being close rivals of Bartlesville. but
the offer Of "A $4,000 entertainment
fund and Il program including "regu
lation army grub was too much for
the champions of the two west side
cities. and for the third successive
time the state encampmcnt will
come 30 an eastern Oklahoma city
for the meeting of 1917.
After the election of officers and
| the adoption of resolutions, the or
ganizations adjourned to take adyan-
tage OF being present at the opening
/ of the Tulsa Rifle clubs now rifle
range. This was an invitation shoot
and was open to the veterans and the
public in general.
Visit sand Springs
| Several hundred took advantage OF
the cordial invitation extended By
| Charles Page to visit Sand SPRINGS as
his guest at 2:30 o'clock. This closed
the regular sessions of the organiza-
tons during the encampmont. but
many of the veterans and affiliated
organization members took advan-
tagc of the illustrated lecture at Con-
vention hall last night by Charles
Norton Hunt on the Yellowstone park
This lecture was illustrated by slides
ana motion pictures and was one of
the most interesting and Instructive
| features OF the four-day cnCampmcnt
Before adjournment Of the final scs-
sion of the Grand Army of the Re
public. resolutions favoring the repeal
| OF the act Of congress cutting off the
| pensions of widows of old soldiers
who married after 1890 as pensioners
were adopted. as was "A resolution
| thanking Governor Williams for his
| cooperation with the ORGANIZATION
| me q. y. X also passed a resolution
| faNorlnE national preparedness and
asking for Il state home for old Union
soldiers.
Thanks Tulsa.
| One Of the strongest resolutions
| adopted during the meeting was one
| thanking the citizens of Tulsa for the
hospitablc manner in which il threw
open its arms. hearts and homes to
the members of the order and "A spe-
cial mention was made of the Off
| ciais OF the city schools and the
| teachers for their services in making
the preparedness parade one OF the
features Of the encampment. The
resolutions were signed by G. NJ.
Rawling. ID. NJ. Younkman, B. +.
Wood, f. Nj. Cline and w. o.
Mitchell.
Like resolutions with reference Ia
the manner in which Tulsa received
the delegates were passed by all of
the other organizations
The officers selected for the several
ORGANIZATIONS to serve for the next
year are:
Grand Army of the Republic.
| Colonel Albert Reeves, Tulsa. de-
paftment commander; Colonel j. &.
White, Oklahoma city, vice depart
ment commander; Colonel Joe Bing-
ham, Kingtisher, junior department
commander; John C.. Mageo, Tulsa,
! chaplain: DR. n. Rector, Hennessv.
medical director: u. u. Kenyon. Okla
homa city, +. J. Stroud. Perry, c. NJ.
Rawling, Hartlesville, G.. W. Fletcher.
Dover. and J. T. Baldwin of Hennessy,
council of administration.
United Spanish War Veterans.
| James Embry, Chandler, state COM
mander; DR.. G. T.. Earnheart, Tulsa,
junior Vice-commander, Judge Mason,
Bartlesvillc, junior Vice-commander.
q. G. Hinkle. Muskogee. inspector; II.
NJ. Cross, Sapulpa, chaplain; l.. NJ.
| Provost, Alva. marshal, l. B, Nichols,
Chandler adjutant. j. H. Herr Mus
kogee. quartermaster.
Military Order of Scrpcnts.
H. NJ. Cross, Sapulpa, grand gu gu;
Ben Rector, Enid. thrice infamous in
ferior gu GU; G.. T.. Earnheart, Tulsa,
lord high keeper: Or. j. T.. Wallace,
Tulsa most high ditto; T.. Bailey.
Tulsa, chief ladronc; !. B Foster,
Chandler ungodly william; Jess Walk
or, Tulsa. thrice dulcet yawler OF the
jungle. l., j. +. Rooney Chandler
insidious thumpcr ot the sanctifled
shccpskin. T. Wysong, Muskcgee. lord
high comptroller of the sacred bull
cart; l.. Il. Nichols, Chandler dog
robher to the unhalloVed lot.
Auxiliary Of American Veterans.
Mrs. Ethel Campbell, Tulsa. presi-
dent. Mrs +. Treable, Fort Sill. senior
vice president; Mrs. Alice Neil, Tulsa,
junior vice president; Mrs. NJ. Bailey,
Tulsa, secretary, Mrs. NJ. Cross. Sa-