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Show BUSINESS SESSION of ii nn My Annual Address Delivered by Commander-in-Chief Trim ble, and Reports Made. INCOME GROWING LESS Increase in Per Capita Tax Is Necessary to Meet Demands Upon the Order. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 12. "Dele-pates "Dele-pates to the" national encampmont o the Grand Army of tho Republic held an aJl-day aJl-day secret session today, receiving representatives rep-resentatives of officers and among other things, virtually exonerating the officers offi-cers of the National Soldiers' homo at Dayton, 0., of charges of mismanagement mismanage-ment of that institution. Commander-in-Chief Trimble in his official report urged the delegatos to take action for the erection of a fitting memorial to tho "loyal -women of our country," to commemorate com-memorate thejr great services and devotion, devo-tion, their willing sacrifices and un-cqualed un-cqualed fortitude during the period of the civil war. ' ' We owe it to our mothers, wives, sisters sis-ters and daughters," Baid the commander-in-chief, ''that we spare no effort to cause such a memorial to be erected, at thc earliest possiblo date. We owe a debt of gratitude that tvc cannot leave unpaid." William J. Wells, rhairmnn of the committee on Bull Run battlefield, asked in his annual report that comrades com-rades urge all congressmen to -work for the bill providing that the government become owner of the land on -which the battlefield monuments stand. Proposed Lincoln Way. The proposed Lincoln -way along tho Potomnc reported conditions unfavorable unfavor-able for tho project. Tonight the veterans vet-erans and the members of auxiliary organizations or-ganizations devoted themselves to pleasure pleas-ure The daughters of veterans tendered ten-dered a reception to Commander-in-Chief Trimble. The Illinois clnb kept open house in honor of the convention visitors from Illinois, Commander-in-Chief Trimble waa presented pre-sented today by members of thrj Grand Army -with a diamond badge, an insignia in-signia of a past commander-in-chief. It is valued at $1000. John E. Gilman, past commander-in-chief, was presented with a set of silver. sil-ver. The report of Commander in Chief Trimble referred to the work done by the G A. R. for a reunion of the blue and tho gray on tho fiftieth, anniversary anniver-sary of the battle of Gettvsburg, and also took up matters relative to the proposed incorporation of the G. A. R., one of the leading matters of business before the convention. The investigation of the treatment of the veterans at tho soldiers' home at Dayton, 0.. against which charges have been made, was referred to A committee. Reference was made to the observance observ-ance of Memorial day. flag day, a monument to loyal women and tho southern memorial fund. Other reports were made by the following fol-lowing officers: Nicholas W. Day, senior vice commander com-mander in chief: William A. Ogden, junior vice commander in chief; John D. Hanrahan, surgeon general; J. Wynne Jones, chaplain in chief; Charles R. E. Koch, adjutant general; C. D. R. Stowits, Jcjuartermaster general; gen-eral; William A. Kctchunr, judge advocate ad-vocate general; J. B. Lewis, national patriotic instructor. Income Growing Less. In his annual report, submitted today, R. B. Brown, chairman of tho board of trustees, G. A. R., stated, that the in-ve6tod in-ve6tod funds of the organization totaled 37,000 ami that $1070 was in bank August 1, 1012. That, tho income of thc G. A. R. was growing less and less ench year and that an increase in tho per capita tax from to 5 cents would be necessary in order to raise funds sufficiently to meet demands was the burdon of tho report filed by Quartormnster Genoral Stowits. ln 1800, tho report stated, there wore -100,000 members in good standing, each paying 3V cents per capita, but in 1912 thorc were loss than half that number, making tho yearly loss more than $7000 from the per capita tax alone. Surgeon General Hanrahan 's report favored the shortening of annual parade. pa-rade. Committee Reports Made. Committee reports were made on the investigation of tho national soldiers' homo at Dayton, O.; tho Lincoln centennial, centen-nial, legislation, Andersonvillo prison, Bull Run battlefield and on tho permanent per-manent fund. Reports from various state dopart-monts dopart-monts also were heard by thc convention. conven-tion. . Tho national organization of Ladies of tho G. A. R. continued in session today. to-day. The Bossions were not open to tho public. Nomination of officers for the ensuing year was scheduled for this afternoon. The Teport of Cora M". DaviBt national president of the Woman's Relief corps, was finished at todnj'-s Bess-ion of thai organization. Tt stated that during the year $133,563 was expended in relief re-lief work. It was announced that the selection of nntional officors for the G. A. R. and the next mooting plnco will occur tomorrow Outrunning two of his civil war comrades. com-rades. Colonol JamcH L. Smith of Highland High-land Park, Mich., covered ten miles to-dav to-dav in one hour and fourteon minutes. The Tace was run at Washington park before a cheering crowd. There was to have been sovoral teams in the veterans' semi-Marathon, but only two men appeared to contest with Colonel Bmith, who is moro than 70 years old. |
