The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-19
CAMP DEWEY
FORMED HERE
State Officers Install Local
Unit of Spanish War
Veterans.
OFFICERS ELECTED

Local men who went with the colors
in '98 are now organized and ready to
give their united support to all pa
triotic and civic movements. At a
meeting held in the Pompeiian room
of the Elks' home Saturday evening
Camp Dewey was established in Ke-
nosha with a charter enrolment of
twenty-four United Spanish War vet
Grams. The unit was installed by
state officials of the order led by De-
partment Commander Guy M. Dulin
of Milwaukee.
The charter of the camp was adopt
ed with much enthusiasm by the Ke-
nosha veterans after it had been pre-
sented, explained, and recommended
by Commander Dulin, Monroe Hollis
ter, commander Of the Robley D. Evans
camp at Milwaukee; A. Pateck, Major
E. L. Evans and F. J. Sugden, all of
the Racine camp of the order.
Francis Named First Commander.
After the unit had been officially
founded and formally named Camp
Dewey, first officers were elected as
follows:
Commander, Joel W. Francis, 421
Collins street; senior vice commander,
John Driscoll, $50 Rowland avenue;
junior vice commander, Robert S. wy
mans, 1924 Salem avenue; trustees, w.
Geissman, $50 Garden street, Charles
Fredericks, 377 Durkee avenue; officer
of the day, Joseph A. Douville; officer
of the guard, H. Reinsdorf; quarter
master, A. McVicar, 4O1 Jenne street;
adjutant, W. Geissman, $50 Garden
street; chaplain, A. Cleary, 162 Main
street,
Mr.. Francis, the first commander of
Camp Dewey, served with the field
artillery in the war that gave the
United States place of prestige
among the worlds great power, He
served with distinction as an attache
Of Division headquarters, 9Th army
corps and was later chosen for special
recruiting service in all parts of the
United States.
The latter experience will be es-
pecially valuable to him in the first
task that will devolve upon him as
commander of the camp, the enlist
.ment of all Kenosha veterans of '98
in the local unit of the United Span
ish War Veterans
Mr.. Francis has already announced
his intention of making the Kenosha
camp of the veterans as prominent
in Wisconsin as the local post of tho
Legion.
Cameraderie and Patriotism.
The purpose of the United Spanish
War Veterans, as set forth in the
speeches of Saturday evening, is the
promotion of fellowship and friend
ship among the men of '98 and the sup
port Of all movements looking toward
the protection of the Stars and Stripes
and the principles for which it stood
in the Cuban war.
Camp Dewey, Mr. Francis stated af-
ter his election to the command of the
local post, will adhere strictly to this
general policy and will extend it to To-
cal activities. Following the drive for
new members, he said, he and his staff
would initiate a campaign for a Hall
of Veterans or possibly Veterans
Home such as the Legion Home now
under contemplation by the men of IT.
This he admitted, was an ultimate and
not an immediate possibility for the
newly organized Camp Dewey.
Commander Francis announced this
morning that the first meeting of the
local camp Of the United Spanish War
Veterans would be held in the mayors
Office at the city hall at eight o'clock
next Saturday evening.