Show ALDER THEIR HERO G A R Veterans Endorse the War Secretarys Record SEXTON IS CODIMANDER A pmr AiELPA SELECTED FOR NT ENCAMN General Gobin Delivers His Address and Laud NcKiiiley and Agr to the Skesoror Tanner Makes A Attack Upon Pension Commissioner Evans Cincinnati 0 Sept SIlnols and Pennsylvania are celebrating their victories vic-tories at their respective headquarters tonight to-night The one has secured the command erInchlcf in Colonel James A Sexton of Chicago and the other the location of the thirtythir annual encampment of the G A R at Philadelphia next year While heated contests were going on inside of the guarded doors of the encampment en-campment all the demonstrations on the outside In the city were in accord with the peace jubilee The parde of the civic and industrial organizations In the afternoon after-noon with aU the illustrations of peace and prosperity and happiness that could be produced was the most magnificent pageant ever witnessed In this city I is estimated that there were 400 in line and over hal a million spectator along the line There were more people In the city today than at any time of the week ci of the or any other day In the history cIty With the river fronts and the park and Camp Sherman ablaze tonight with a most elaborate display of fireworks the demonstrations are ended but special en demnnstrtons hnve beer provided for tomorrow to-morrow and tomorrow evening In excursions excur-sions on the river and special delghts at tIme summer resorts The naval ampment elected only Is commanderInchIef today and will elect its other officers tomOrrow adopt its resolutions Is ofcer lutions and attend to other business atend lutons auxiliaries of time ladies elect their ofcer tomorrow and complete their annual an-nual encampment ENCP ENT OPENS There were about 120 national delegate gates present when the encampment gate proper was called to order nt Music Hal prper am with Cbsties Venue as QI cer or the day The welcoming address was delivered by Governor Bushnel ot delvered Ohio with supplemental addresses by Major Tafel oC Cincinnati It F Ingls chairman of the citizen committee and president of the Big Faur and Chesapeake Chesa-peake Ohio railways and Director General Yo B Ielhh In his response Commanderinchief l Gobin referred eloquently to tho attractions attrac-tions of the week and the lavish entertainment enter-tainment oC the citizens of Cincinnati General Gobin wore the fine geld watch and chain that had been presented to i him at the campfire last night by his I old comrades of the Fortyseventh Pennsylvania I Penn-sylvania regiment and on the assembling ot the encampment he was presented with i a line gavel made of historic timber At the conclusion of these Interesting preliminaries the hall was cleared of al but the members hal to a voice In the IJrOceedlng and In executive session I the reports were submitted GOBNS SPEECh CommanderInhlef Gobin said In par As comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic we cm look over the events of the year just passed with feelings of congratulation and just pride To our fellow soldier and sailors of the present era we extend our congratulations as heartily as It Is In our power to de so hearty as we do that our organiza ton and our teachings during the last 30 years have ben effective In preparation prepara-tion for this glorious result ton our esteemed comrade President McKinley and his secretary or war our past commanderlnchleC R A Alger we have given our Individual and oran arduous duties imposed Ize sumort In the ltutes posed upon them Never in the worlds histor has timere been an occasion when the experience of leaders In national strife rendered them so thoroughly competent com-petent to meet the difficulties encountered encoun-tered The congratulations of the Grand Army oC the Republic aye oC the nation na-tion are due them and from this present pres-ent encampment there should go forward no uncertain words as to our united support sup-port to the government In solving the dlihicuit problems yet before them Confident Con-fident are we that the result will justify the supreme faith which wo repose In these our comrades und through their efforts wo believe the nation will continue con-tinue under the providence of Almighty tnue evidenti to the designed higher for position it which he has General Gobin combated the propsi ton to chang the rules of the Grand Arm so as to admit Into membershIp the soldiers of the war with Spain Ho continued I has been urged by wellmeaning comrades to propose the return re-turn of the tars captured during the war presumably to the states recently In rebellion I cannot but deprecate any agitation of this question PENSION DEMANDS General Gobin discussed the pension question at length and said All that the old soldier demand Is i that the ex Istn pension law be administered with justice and liberality In accordance with the Intention of the laws when enacted and which were made to provide for the soldier and relieve his necessities to the full extent to which he Is i entitled This Is duo him and this there should be no cavil or question about his receiving The communderlnchleC embodied In his address a letter from CommIssioner of Ponslons Evans which contained the following I fol-lowing figures Number of pensioners on agency rolls June 3 1891 9j601 orIginals granted Included In report not on rolls 6S2 restorations granted IncludEd In report re-port not on roUs 76 originals granted fort ST 52632 restorations granted in lS 4033 total Jtons I Dropped In 1S8 By deaths 3r by remarriage 13G by expiration minority 2121 by raiure to claim 01 by other causes 436 Total 4iwl On rolls June 10 IS9 931 net Increase I In-crease for year 117C pensions army and navy paid In 1bS 1H6159 tees paid examlmmimmg I surgeons 3594249 agemm des satarles ndu exldnses ld tg bureau 1 bu-reau salaries and per diem t SGl Total H9241 I LOSS IN IE BERSlIP The report of the adjutant general Thomas J Stewart contained the following fol-lowing figures as to membership The member In good standing June 3 1197 numbered 34 The gain during the I year was by muster In 10O transfer 4E5 reinstatement 126 from deln quent reports 451 Total 34 The losses were by death 3 honorable discharge 11St transfer 41 suspension suspen-sion 20 dIshonorable discharge lG by delinquent reports 07 by surrender of charter 10 Total 4G6 So the members In goo standing June 30 l S numbered G5 The number ot members mem-bers remaining suspended at that dato was Gt Report received from departments de-partments showed that 8510 members prevIously reported ns suspended had been dropped from the rolls rhe amount expended In c arlt during the ea was 171W3 The revenues from the sale of supplies and per capita ta are decreasIng decreas-Ing yearly and I Is Imperatively necessary neces-sary that the epelses at national headquarters head-quarters be decreased or the per capita tax increased Many ot the posts are becoming be-coming reduced In membership the In frmites ot ago rendering comrades In many instances les3 enthusiastic meetings meet-ings become less interesting comrades are soon suspended and lime posts become be-come delinquent I WILL ENDORSE 4LGER When the annual reports were being read especially Goblnl there was considerable con-siderable cheering at the mention oC Pres Ident McKinleys name but when the name of Secretary Alger was mentioned In connection with the recent war there was an uproarous demonstration In his favor After the reports hlli ben re ferred to thp respective committees many resolutions were ororcll specifically endorsing en-dorsing the administration ot General Alg er In the war deportment The temper ot tho encampment a shown today Indicates that the resolutions w1 endorse the man agoment oC the recent war A resolution was introduced to have the school histories uso the term of The War Between the States Instead of The War of the Rebellion I Is quite likely that resolutions will b adopted providing for the uso of the ter War for the Preser vaton of the Union There will also boan effort made to secure se-cure representation for the colored men In tho national encampment a ALGER OR MtIES Unusual Interest vas taken i the ser t r lection of the committeo on resolutions on account of the recent issue of endors I in Alger or Miles and other matters in connectioa with the management of the Spanish var The following is the committee on reso iutions Alabama B A Allison Arkan sos 0 M Speliman California and Nevada Ne-vada A J Buckley ColoraOo and Wyom log A V Brown Connecticut Alfred B Berns Delaware Daniel Ross Florida L Y Janes Georgia L B Nelson Idaho H F Reed IllinoIs Joel 11 Lange necker Indiana Gil It Stromont Indian TerrItory David Redileld Iowa George Sletzger Kansas Cyrus Leland Kentucky Ken-tucky 0 M Reynolds Louisiana and Mississippi Charles 11 Shute Maine James L Ierrick Maryland ftobert S Sunstorin Massachusetts Georgu 21 Fiske Michigan Washington Gardner Minnesota S Vanzant Shissouri B Rogers Montana W H Black Nebraska Ne-braska H C Russell New Hampshire John C Ltnehan New Jersey Charles IL Hotmghton New Mexico I 21 Moore New York John Palmer North Dakota Colonel W H Brown Ohio i St War ncr Oklahoma J C Cummings Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania C 21 Hazzard Potomac Nath ama Richforci South Dakota Robert P01 lard Tennessee If C Whittaker Texas C C Haskeil Utah II C Wardwrtght Vermont IV H II Stack Virginia and North Carolina Edgar Alien Vastmington and Alaska Harry Bigeiow West Virginia Vir-ginia George J Walker Wisconsin A G Weissert chairman PENSION REPORT The encampment convened promptly at 220 oclock The first business in order was a lengthy report from the committee on pensions It cited tim fact that cx tensivo Investigations had been undertaken under-taken by the department of difterent states and that alter ciose inquiry there had been not a single case of fraud discovered dis-covered which could be traced to a memo ber of the Grand Array of the Republic The report made a somewhat extended comparison of the work accomplished now and during the last year of toe adminls tration of General Grant This showed that the efficiency of the department in the way of prompt disposal of claims bad been vastly increased The committee gave figures showIng that the death rate was rapidly increasing anmong pensioners pension-ers The number dying each year now cx ceeds 40000 It is estimated that the iii crease in the number of deaths will be such that In 190 the number of pensioners pension-ers will be reduced to a little over 250000 anti that in 1340 the hit viii be obliterated obliter-ated EVANS ATTACKED When a motion was made to accept anti adont the report Corporal Tanner of New York arose to dlcUss it He said that in the main he agreed with all the committee hat reported But with that portion of the report which dealt with the adminis tratlon Of time pension office ha did not agree and he went on to speak in erit icism of the present commissioner of pensions pen-sions Hon H Clay Evans With evident feeling lie said I stand ready to be responsible here and elsewhere for all statements I may maim on this subject and I declare that Commissioner Evans called his chiefs of divisions together and using language which indicated intense feeling if net anger Instructed them to disregard totally every application based on aeafness or rheumatism Ho further intimated that if any one declined to accept his suggesttons ho would find chiefs who would obey his orders Corporal Tanner declared that In his opinion it was clear that the man who would make such an order had himself never heard the sound of cannon nor slept in the open air and he as not surprised therefore to mind that the commissioner of pensions had an army record which con slated of three months anti 10 days as a cletk in the commissary department A delegate from Kansas followed Tala nor in the same straIn The matter was disposed tlnally by postponing IU until after the report of the committee on resolutions reso-lutions should ho received DENVER BEATEN The choice of the place for the next encampment en-campment was then taken up The pend In question was upon substituting Denver Den-ver br Philadelphia Commander May of Denver spokefor his localIty saying that 50030 had already beca pledged for the entertainment of the encampment He promised to the delegates and their wives a three days trip through the mountains about Denver free of cost and gave ai luring promises of favorable railroad rates He was followed by a delegate from Plttsburg who made an equally eloquent plea for Philadelphia balancing the sea shore against Denvers mountains and naming the natural advantages ot Philadelphia When the time came for voting it was suggested that instead or voting to submit Denver for Philadelphia votes shoulti be taken directly by calling the roli and letting the delegates vote rem their choice This was done anti the result as announced was Philadelphia 110 Denver B5 SEXTON FOR COMMANDER A motion was made immediately afterward after-ward to go into the eiection of command erincimlef Although it was then late in the afternoon the motion was adopted and immediately the name of Albert D Shaw of Watertown N V was presented by a delegate of that state General John C Black of Illinois placed in nomination Hon James A Sexton of Chirago No other candidates were arm nounced The roll of states was called and the vote announced showing the election of James A Sexton who received el otes while Albert D Shaw received 241 Sexton being called rettmramcd his thanks in very brief forms and the en eampment immediately adjourned until 9 oclock tomorrow The commanderelect entereti the volunteer volun-teer army in ilGi as a private in the Sixty seventh lilinois Later he attained the rank of captain in the Seventysecond Ii linols and still later became colonel of the regiment At the close of the war he was serving upon the staff of Major General Gen-eral A J Smith commander of the Sixteenth Six-teenth army corps Colonel Sexton is a nanufacturer of stoves and hollow ware in Chicago Ho was postmaster in Clii cage during President Harrisons term WOMANS RELIEF CORPS The sixteenth annual convention of the National Womans Relief Corps of the G A It convened at 9 oclock this morning in the Scottish Rite cathedral The annual report of the secretary Mary 11 Shepperd of Missouri showed an aggregate of 111215 members a gain of 40SJ members during the past year The report of the national treasurer Isabel T Bagley of Ohio showed the assets as-sets of the organization to be 818997 anI no liabilities The general fund now on I hand Is 1226i The election of officers will take niafo tomtroa On suspension of the order of business the Womans Relief Corps eiected the following officers Mrs Flo Jamison Miller of Chicago president Mrs Mary Wentzel of Cincln nati senior vice president Ellen T Dan ieis West Virginia junior vice president presi-dent Mrs Carolina Belle of Milwaukee national treasurer The following were elected members of the executive board Chairman Mrs Ella F Burt Rhode Island Mrs Alida Rue Knoxville Tcnn Kate B Valland inham South Dakota |