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Show PiUlifNEff YORK The New CommaDder-in-Chief of the Q. A, B. The Next Enoampment to b Held at Washington. 0TEES VETEEA5 OEGANIZATIOS 3. The Ex-Prisonera of the War Cause Something of a Sensation The Brotherhood Broth-erhood of the Battle Field. 1)1 troit, Aug. 6. The afternoon session ses-sion of the Cw. A. II. encampment yesterday yes-terday was devoted almost entirely to the discussion of the selection of a place to hold the next encampment. After a long, heated debate the matter was settled ou the lirst ballot by Washington Wash-ington securing a majority of twenty-seven twenty-seven voles over Lincoln. A resolution was unanimously adopted limiting the length of tho parade at all future encampments en-campments to two miles. Immediately after the meeting of the encampment this morning the election of commander-in-chief was declared tho lirst business. There were four candidates: John Palmer of Now York, A. ti. Weissirt of Milwaukee, W. '. Smodbiiry of California, and S. II. Hurst of Ohio. litujamiii K. Bryant of Wisconsin placed V eissort in nomination nom-ination in an eloquent speech. Weis-sert's Weis-sert's nomination was seconded by Illinois, Il-linois, Iowa, Indiana and Kansas. Corporal Tannor of Xew York placed P, inner iu nomination, aud Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, New Jersey aud Pennsylvania seconded the nomination. J d. J. llollingsworth of Ohio nominated nominat-ed Hurst, aad VV. H. L. Barnes of Calf-fornia Calf-fornia nominated Smedbury. The lat-ter's lat-ter's nomination was seconded by Nebraska, Kansas. Oregon, Washington. Washing-ton. Alaska, New Mexico and Idaho. .lust before the ballot opened S. II. Hurst sked for recognition. "The (late of Ohio," said he, believes in justice just-ice and fair play and recognition to all the departments ot the Ci. A. R- (Applause.) (Ap-plause.) It has beeu.conceded for years that whenever New Y'ork became be-came united on a candidate, this state which gave more men to the, great army of the union than any other state should be entitled to tho commander-in-chief. New York is now united on a candidate and I d. sire to withdraw my name and second the nomination cf" Palmer of New York. The election was by secret ballot. The announcement of the lirst ballot villi Palmer far in the lead indicated the certainty his ultimate election. The ballot stood Palmer 322; Weissert 270; Smedbury 177, (Jreat enthusiasm w an manifested by the New Yorli delegates del-egates during the second ballot and though Palmer was in the lead from the start the conclusion was somewhat in doubt until the California delegation changed its entire vote to Palmer. Prolonged cheering greeted this announcement which meant Smedbury's withdrawal and Palmer's election. An enthusiastic delegate at this junc-tur junc-tur mcvf djiit Plii,fl .-electum b declared junanimumt, and. Jt-. prevailed amid the wildest entfiusiasm. Captain John Palmer the new commander com-mander in-chief, born on Staten Islcnd March 22d, 1842, has a splendid war record. He served during the war in tho Ninety-first New York volunteers, taking part in all its engagements. Since the war ha has been engaged in the fresco painting and decoration business bus-iness at Albany, N. Y. As a member of the (I. A. R., he was for several sev-eral terras commander of Lew Benedict pist No. 5 and was elected commander of the New York department, and in l7!l elected senior vice-commander-in-chief, all of which important positions ho tilled with credit, lie is said to bo a forcible speaker and a model presidium presid-ium oll'.eer. Today closes tho business session of the (i. A. K. reunion, but even now the veterans are last leaving the city. No less than eigJit national organizations are in session or have adjourned, and the encampment iu its many innovations innova-tions has certainly been the greatest of any of the preceding ones. A sensation was created by the address ad-dress of the president of the national association of 1'nion ex-prisoners of war, K. H. Williams of Indiana. Referring Re-ferring to the treatment accorded the ex-prisoners of war the president says: "As an organization and in view the great anil peculisrhardshipsand sull'er-ing sull'er-ing endured as prisoners, we believe special compensation due us. For a number of years bills have been presented pre-sented to congress looking to such measures ns we felt due us but so far all appeals havo availed us nothing. For twenty-live years our government hss never so much as given us a vote of thanks for the sacrifice made. 't his portion of the president's address ad-dress was formally approved by the association. Among the reports of the committee made is one embodying a bill to he presented at, the next session of congress on behalf of the soldiers who were in prison for a period not less than sixty days or more providing that they shall receive $2 for every day of their confinement from the government. govern-ment. Stephen M. Long of East Orange, N. J., was elected president of the society known as tho "Comrades of the Battlefield," Battle-field," which includes both blue aud gray. The society met and ell'ected a. national organization by the electioi. of Major-General Daltou of St. Louis president of the association. It will hold its next meeting in Chicago. The sixteenth annual reunion of the I'mted S:ales veterans signal corps showed a membership of 512. L. R. Fortiscue of Philadelphia was elected president The ladies of the (1. A. R. held a very successful ni"etinrr. The order is purely charitable and social aud was called into existence for the purpose of taking into a benevolent working patriotic association all the members of the soldiers sol-diers family. Its total membership is between 1.YO0O and 20,000, and the president pres-ident states that 2(ii) new circles were chartered the past year. Dr. Bryant, a colored ex soldier from Chicago, is here soliciting subscriptions for the erecti m of a monument in Jackson Jack-son park, Chicago, to tiie colored soldiers. sol-diers. It is intended to raise $lot).0i)0 and about $."il.l,(.U has been secured go fur. Resolutions were adopted at the Michigan reunion of Michigan war veterans vet-erans that an effort be nia.te by the officers offi-cers to iuvite tho surviving veterans of Mexico to meet tha America.! survivors surviv-ors of the Mexican war at the next general gen-eral encampment at Washington and that congress be asked for an appropriation approp-riation therefor. |