Show THE GRAND kRMi Beginningtof its Deliberations Delibera-tions inSan Francisco 1ati o A GRIND WELCOME CONCERT V The Annual AQdreii of Commander BurdettWoiher Nswi Note ofInt reit fi 4 I Th OA It SN FRANCISCO August 51u11y 10000 people occQpled the Pavilion tonight to-night to listen to the grand welcome concert given bycombined vocal societies soci-eties of San Francisco and Oakland to he Grand Army of the Republic There were several hundred voices In the chorus The interior decorations of the building elicited the highest admiration By 8 oclock the crush was ao great the doors bad to bo closed The concert closed by singing America in which he entire immense audience joined The singing of this national hymn broughtout oursts enthusiasm never equaled on the Pacific Coast SAN FBAKCUCO August 44t the G A K meeting today the attendauce wa so good that the alternates were requested re-quested to Withdraw until the regular delegates had been assigned their I places The location of the various commanderies was designated by banners ban-ners bearing the nam of their State The hall was handsomely decorated with flags and the BUlge with flowers Alter prayer by Captain Stewart of Ohio Commander Burdette read his annual address The reading occupied ope hour and forty minutes and was listened to with marked attention and frequently applauded The address was a tribute to the sent ment which called comrades from where the May lover landed to the Golden Gate His references to Generals Gen-erals Grant McClellan and Hancock were heartily cheered The report showed 4020 comrades died during the past year and 20643 joined Cash balance bal-ance on hand 300000 When the reading of the report v was finished fin-ished three cheers were given for the commat derInchief At the close of the reading of the report Gen Sherman was invited to take a seat on the platform but he asked permission to remain wIth the Missouri delegation After the regular committees bad been appointed Corporal Cor-poral Tanner read a letter from Colonel Fred Grant for membership to the Grand Army of the Republic Referred to the committee on rules and regulations regula-tions Aftera recess at 3 oclock Department De-partment Commander Sailcs of New York presented to the Department of California an elegant banner and album al-bum The latter contained photographs of the present and past t ast commanders command-ers of New York A handsome gavel was presented in return by California to New York Over some trouble which had arisen respecting the alternates the committee on resolutions reported repor-ted that no council of administration had right to fill vacancies in any delegation del-egation This particularly affected the I New York delegation whose vacancies had as alleged been filled by the council coun-cil of administration with men who was neither delegates nor alternates The resolution was warmly debated and finally amended to read No council of administration shall elect any comrade com-rade not an alternate to fill a vacancy until the alternates list is exhausted Adopted by a large majority djburned The Pacific Branch t > f the Society of the Army of the Potomac tendered a banquet this evening to the society of the Army of the Potomac in the banquet ban-quet hall of the California Pioneers Covers were made for 325 The ball was elaborately decorated Among the prominent personr present were 13 en eral Sherman Logan MMcMahon Governor Stoneman Colorado Mayor Bartlett San Franciscd General James A Beaver Pennsylvania Colonel Horace C King New York Colonel Silyer Missouri 4 |