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Show GRAND ARMY HEAD LIKELY TO BETRI1LE Probably Will Choose Los Angeles as Next Meet in Place. ' G. A. R. WILL LAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS The "Vanishing Army" Suf fered 10.491 Deaths in the Past Year. BOOHZBTEX, N. T, Anf. 24B-for 24B-for th first basin session of th forty-fifth annual national Oread Amy encampment eoovened today, tt waa rdlctd that Jodg Harvey K. Trimble Trim-ble of Princeton. X. .. would be elected ooirmandT U chief. In fact, tbar was report that th supporters of General John McElroy, (ditor of th National Tribune, had Uvea ua th fight and that their andlrtat might withdraw. It was aaid that President Taft's statement in hi address at last night's eampfir to th effort that he wa glad th Grand Army was aos-partlsaa and no suggestions from outside Influences were permitted to have weight ia the election of it leaders, was regarded as a declaration that he was aot in any way interested ia tb candidacy of General McElroy. Th election of Past Stat Commander Nicholas Day as senior sen-ior commander wa coaesded and th election of Los Angeles a th next meeting' plac : of tho encampment aermed assured. Today ' program Included th annual address of Commander ia Chief Oilman aad th presentation of annual report. Favors rnrtbsr .Pension Legislation. In his annual address. Commander In Chief Oilman spoke hopefully of securing secur-ing n increased nansioa bill at the coming session of eongreas. , Ha urged that, the . saiswamnas assess iss-p spoaaibility of incorporating. - Befen ring to th "vanishing army" be aaid that whil there were 10.491 death smong th veterans during th Inst year, the Q. A.. B.-would exist as sn organ!-' ratios for twenty-five yeara mora. I'pon tb auxiliary bodies of th G. A. R., commander Oilman laid the reapnn-aibillty reapnn-aibillty of perpetuating Memorial day when the organisation had ceased t exist and urged that Flag day aad Mothers ' day be generally obeerved. General Alvah C. Edmonds of Portland, Port-land, Or., a delegat to the grand encampment, en-campment, who waa stricken with gas-tmtis gas-tmtis during yesterday's parade, died in the general hospital early this morning. morn-ing. The body will be shipped to Portland, Port-land, Or. - |