Show 1 maent WA 5 ains I 1 1 es well S lenyoun ler youn L 3 zak allf A ax 1 SOLDIERS enthusiastic 1 cault paa r OF TREAT TREATMENT MIENT air alra SS IN SALT LAKE CI 7 a saya T ible I 1 lad to governor Oo vernor van sari eart of min I 1 had a a ewt chon chosen Commande Mn in my body 1 chlof a resident Rel dent ef of utah bain being a the art urine e second place baxt CO can m at atlantic Atlant fc CRY 1 got ot brors IB I 1 was d pills b ure a aad 10 laka u city 1 the 1 forty third all encampment ot of the grand doaa of the republic ls to now ti history story a bo u hogug 11 exercises of a gilve day sea wilt held an 00 FIrl friday day auguet august 13 but happy and feeling in a mend hm xit ost irme armetous tous mood toward the peo rk 71 lithe of the city in which they had from every portion of the m di states the nati onit aK defenders B ho had been permitted to again aas g rt gt t U ir former comrades in arms 11 tad md attend to tg too 0 n necessary bees sary ess of e the organization which Is the pride of tery every loyal oya american joined in I 1 gatina god be with US till we meet neet again and the convention I 1 i 0 otto oae w of the most successful eucce satui and en le i coa hable 1 in many ways direr ever held hold came me to a close willa while for five days the veterans tl bad been granted the freedom of 0 the city tad and had bad been feted and enter ld in true western style during 1 every moment that they w sere ere not en pied gated la in tha the conduct of the business or of y tin the organization at the convention ta in the tabernacle a great num ter bet ot of the visitors were eo so well tal pleased kaied with the reception given them by the people of utah as a tu etaf bhole that they will remain in utah lestral days making tide side trips from ill suit SkIt lake city and vInI vl alting tIng points ol 01 late they were unable to eee see dur phil w b the time thue allotted for or the business J ls J T W bostaph of ogden oden senior alc tlc wu w chosen de the th 1 10 other ohe officer lunior nn 1 I 1 vice elected selected were been beer 0 t connecticut COnne commander cUc ader I 1 alfred 13 tit eral dr W IL 1 surgeon gen zen leanoa on for chaplain of kansas R ey daniel dian apolla aDolis waa was chosen chos e n ryan of in it resolution grand were adopted adap ted by the army ot of the illary republic reau bile and bran branches chee aux before 0 of the convention to to utah and salt giving luko lavish pr c manner la in which city for the been en the visitor had for por th ill beaff friend la in the th e 0 A officer R and 1000 frank irrin it retiring 0 cole ing session adjutant fe general at a t the clos presented presen tec general ai the bleary in la chief a beautiful retiring commander cOrn mader GAR G A R badge diamond studded for the colonel members of the GA G A it R frank R sterrett of a chairman committee appointed APPoint ea for that pose a year pur put ago tago predated sted charles judge 0 burton of nevada mo whose whoso term of as commander in chief of the vt A R expired ago with a year a beautiful chest of silver while the veteran were holding their convention the wives wires a and daughters oc of the U union clort soldiers 2 4 i 14 I 1 FERDINAND SHAVERS president lincoln first bodyguard were hold ng contention conventions c of ct t their or the womans heller relief bi ell 7 t 41 corporal Con JAMES TANNER who lott lost both legs leg at bull run run I 1 there was a warm fight between st 04 and atlantic city N J tor for the tit of t entertaining the veteran veterans the 11 next annual nual convention conre atlon at honor e city anally finally winning the van apor r commander comi nander in chief samuel II 11 a sant ot of minneapolis wae was chosen ard taa will direct the aff affair stra of 0 the ad army array ot of the republic for the le twelve months tho the nev ne coin cam oder in chief waa was formerly ormer lr governor ta tate state ot of minnesota Minne eota he ladles ladies of the grand army of corps the reau republic alic and the daughter D ugh of veterans these three organizations held their conventions on oil thursday priday friday the sessions el lons being bel ng held and church the th I 1 torian presbyterian in the birst Presby church and tb the first congregational eagle s hall bill ie to th the e organization anit tion the larges t organic org bort abort womac s relief corpe corps formed the war as an att of after the close ly or of war of othe the christian corp corps outcome ga 1 I the tre body number numbers women one of the greatest under takings taking ot of the W R ing in of A C Is the re reclaim clatin prison and the making of this union as a tree trek gift girt to the i the ladle ladies 0 of the grand the amy army ot of republic and wa was organized in 1866 number 6 some work women it ltv being along long the same general line of that undertaken by the woman ans relief corps president tatt taft has lately been elected an honorary anem her ber ot of this organization the daughters of veteran veterans li is fust oust what whit the name implies or granddaughters of the men who fought in tit the civil war mrs urs jennie I 1 berry ot of cedar rapids iowa was chosen president ot of jbv national womans relief corps at thursdays session she wa was elected by an overwhelming majority malo rity mrs delia della Rawl luga henry of kansas city mo lijo was chosen pre president Adent of the ladles ladies of the grand army ot of the republic at friday fridays a senu tort mra mrs minnie T Gult land ot of alliance 1 ohio was vict victorious orlou in the race for president of the daughter daughters at veterans commander in chief nevius in his Is fosta baba it ho hott b ny delit Y t 3 quoted t dut d to 8 2 ily atai f rell of 3 4 0 Us gow hot A 4 4 by abo A q lot N I 1 4 4 ct SAMUEL n VAN SANT W M BOSTAPH commander in chief grand of the republic senior vice Comman derin chief report says on december 31 1307 1907 the in good standing of the grand army of the numbered the number remaining on the suspended list at that data date numbered by the consolidated report of the adjutant general for t thi hit encampment there wen were remaining la in on december 31 1908 cag the number remaining sun us on the name same date was the number of comrades reported as having died between december 31 1907 and december 31 11 1908 was 1012 our gains during tho the year have been dy by muster in by trana S fer 2 2984 by reinstatement by gain gala from delinquent reports 3 cotal gains Ferdi ferdinand naad shavers white haired and nearing 75 years old was ono one of the celebrities of 0 tho the G A R encampment shavers alu Is a negro waa was president first bodyguard after his election to the presidency Y and until after the breaking out of atthe 0 war was with him th the day and those hours of the when lincoln would permit of a duani of any sort beang near him for tour four years before lincoln was wal made prest dent the colored man was his family servant after the election an even thousand of s neighbors signed a petition asking that shavers be appointed his bod bodyguard guard and lincoln complied ahen hen the war broke out lincoln feared for the mans safety and would not permit him to continue as his guard shavers asked tor for an appointment to one of the col cot ored regiments being abeln formed for the war and his appointment to the re crul cr ting of the colored regi ments of indiana resulted shavers now liseq in colorado and for years baa has never missed an all encampment among the prominent peins with the department of the lam alac at the G A IL encampment were cor james tanner past p commander in chief of the 0 G A IL and john men biroy past senior sentor vice commander I 1 in chief corporal tanner la known all over the tho united states through gh his war record lie ile was only 17 when it be 1 entered the army and in the aez second ond 61 I 1 battle of bull dull run both legs were shot ahot off or one of the most conspicuous figures j among the delegates to the grand army encampment was joh john fietcher fletcher 1 spence A bl L LL L D of knoxville while be he represented the entire south at the encampment be 1119 also cepres represented cut the whole G A IL la in on one euse use for be he Is th the e chaplain la in chief of the G A IL U S A A maa man may nave have the wealth ot or a rockefeller the philanthropy or of a carnegie the genius of an edison the oratory of a arran and the wot iness of a cardinal ardina I 1 gibbons gibbous but he can cin x va wear ear on one 0 of these buttons said one of the tr at a campfire campf lre there we were re many cases of old vet yet erans meeting comrades la in salt lake L city lity ity that they bad had not met bet before ore in it thirty years some had drifted awa from borne home at the close of the war sad had settled in the west welt and had bad aeve ney el heard hear d from their former fo mer comrades comrade un 11 til they met in toe the western 00 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