Show i I 1 i i COMMANDER NEVIUS REVIEWS YEARS YEAR'S WORK Head of Grand Army of the tho Republic Explains Policy of His ills Ministration Administration all and Tells Why He ll Opposed Joint federal and Confederate Con Con- federate Reports of With over SOO delegates represented the business sesSion session session ses ses- ses- ses sion of the third forty national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was opened this morning in armory hall hail Owing to the fact that all of the delegates could not be crowded into the hall hail the session adjourned after hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing the rep report rt of the commander in chief II H. M. M I. I N Nevius and receiving the reports of the various officers officer and special committees The meeting place was changed to assembly hall hail where at 2 o'clock the entire delegation met Inet again and continued the business It is expected that national officers for the ensuing year will be named this afternoon At the opening of the session Cooks Cook's drum corps of Denver gave e a a concert concertin in the hall hail which will never ne be forgotten forgotten for for- gotten by the veterans With the entire entire en- en tire band baud of expert drummers and other players the corps went through a littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe by Captain Geor George e Cook entitled The Battle of Gettysburg This bt began an with the playing plain of Auld Lan Lang Syne Sync The Girl I Left Behind lie Me Dixie and a series of bu bugle le calls calls including Call Call to Arms Then came the battle scene It be began n with Just Before Defore the Battle Dattle Mother followed fol followed lowed by Assembly Char Charge el I the the rattie rattle rattle rat rat- tle tie of musketry a and and d the the- booming of cannon and finally the cheers of of vic vie tory In n conclusion the tho corps played the tho Boys s Are Tramp Tramp Tramp Marching Marchin The The Vacant Chair Nearer Kearer My God to Thee and Taps Delegates Are Pleased Dunn During the entertainment the hallwas hall ball hallwas was a scene of wild excitement The Theold Theold old soldiers cheered with excitement Many of them were transported by memory aroused by the music musio to far off battlefields of lon long a ago o. o They Thoy could see the call to arms the tho assembling of troops the tho char charge e the victory and at last the tho pathetic ending with the vacant vacant va- va cant chair With fhe the Cook drum corps feature concluded the old fellows many with tears trickling down their cheeks got cot ot down to business Commander in Chief 1 H. H M. M N Nevius vius us began the tho reading of his speech but before he had read rad long his i failed him and he called upon the adjutant general Frank O. O Cole to finish The reports of officers and committees were to have been read but the meeting decided to appoint committees committees committees commit commit- tees to dispose of the reports After concluding this work the meeting meeting meet meet- ing jag adjourned until 2 0 o'clock when all aJl gathered in the assembly ha hall which gave ave more room for the session General General Gen Gen- eral business was vas discussed until 3 o'clock when the election of officers was begun The meetings were all lucid held in private A guard ard at the door with a musket forced er c every person to show credentials before being admitted Commander in Chief Nevius in his llis a address said My report is not as favorable in all respects as I had hoped that it mi might ht be I had attended eleven en of the department department department de de- de- de encampments I had appeared eleven times in seven soven other departments on occasions of great reat interest to the Grand Arm Army of the Republic and had made sixteen visits visits to reunions receptions recep and campfires in other departments depart depart- meats ments traveling tra in a all miles when on May 1 on the Pacific coast I Iwas Iwas Iwas was taken s suddenly ill and from that time until the tho middle of June Juneas was as under under under un un- un- un der the doctors doctor's care and unable to attend attend at at- tend to the duties of the office except such lUch as all I could attend to at I J was thus prevented from attending attending attending at at- tending eleven department encampments encamp encamp- ments mentI held durin during the months of May 1 and June all of which I had made arn arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar n ts to attend and fully int intended to do so While I was unable to attend th these fe encampments the senior enior vice commander commander com mander came camo to my aid and visited two department encampments the junior vice ico commander visited one the inspector tor general visited one the chief of staff visited two and my adjutant general gen Zen oral eral visited six I afterward attended the he encampment of the department of Pennsylvania and had made mado arran arrangements arrange arrange- E ments to attend the encampments of ot Wisconsin Ohio Ohi and New York but found I was unable to do so Gets Many Invitations Past Commander in Chief Comrade Comrad Torrance very kindly represented me at athe atthe atthe the he department encampments of Minnesota Minne- Minne i sot sola sota a and South Dakota Comrade Van VanSant VanSant I Sant represented me in the department of Michigan an Past Commander in Chief Comrade Robert B. B Brown Drown very cry kindly represented mo mc in the tho department of Ohio I have ha received many invitations to o campfires reunions receptions and banquets banquets' I attended as many manyas as I possibly pos poe possibly sibly could could it being impossible to attend attend at- at tend end them all So many of ot the depart depart- meat nent encampments are held upon simi simi- lar ar dates and to so widely separated that it is impossible for the commander in chief to attend them all I Likes the tho South e I was treated with great reat cordiality I upon my visits sits in the southern departments departments depart depart- ments and in Atlanta Ga Oa with the Grand Army of the Republic held a joint meeting with II n. Clay Evans commander commander com eom- mander in chief of the United Confederate erate crate Veterans and his or organization Tho The stars and stripes were conspicuous while the stars and bars ban were ere not in ino o evidence dence Our open and public discussion discussion discus discus- sion upon the family trouble existing between the northern and southern states and between the men who had stood upon the tho firing line upon both sides was most pleasant In concluding my mJ remarks I said paid to General Evans E commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans that representing the Grand Army o othe or orthe of the Republic a an I did and addressing him as the commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans it should be our aim and our purposes as American Amer Anter ican citizens to uphold and maintain the government of our fathers We clasped hands amid the great reat applause of the entire audience I I met the confederate veterans etE a again ain in Denison Tex and at a a. public pub lie lic meeting there I divided the time with them upon the platform I met them thorn also in Birmin Birmingham ham Ala at a a. public meeting At tho the encampments of those two departments and in both cities I found a most generous display of our flag flaA by the citizens And I am satisfied from all that I could see seo and hear and learn that the tho men who stood upon the firing lines in th the southern confederacy had had enough of the war and were anxious and Willin to the govern ment of tho United Unitt t States of of America merl a under its flag and that were wre it not for others who did not participate in that great struggle but who are aro still laboring to keep alive alive the lost cause there thero would be no difficulty in cement 1 in ing the bonds of union between the north and south Condition of Funds runds The The funds of the Grand Army of the tho Republic are arc the general fund k kept pt separate and by br itself the southern memorial fund kept separate and b bv by itself and the tho permanent fund under an amendment to the rules and T regulations regula regnia Hons of our order passed at the last encampment kept separate and by it itself itself it it- self in the tho are ne and custody of trustees trustees trus trus- tees tell elected b by the national l encamp meats ments The general fund is mado made up from the per capita tax and sale lale of supplies supplies sup sup- I plies and such uch donations and end bequests as are made to it from time to time tints timeout timeout out of ot which are aid ald id the expenses of tho the national encampment and the purchase par pur chase chue price of supplies and such sums as rna may be bo voted from this fund to the Tuma permanent ent fund fond by b the national en en- n No Xo m moncy money ney has been drawn from this thi fund during the year rear f except th the salaries which arm are fixed by the ex cx- o committee of the council of administration and such sums as were ordered paid by bv the last encampment The bills inc ed by the previous pre administration ad ministration and the tho present administration administration administration adminis adminis- will fully folly appear in tho the report of the quartermaster general to together ther with the balance on band hand All bills except the expenses l of this encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment meat have been paid as ns will also appear ap pear by tho the report of the quartermaster ter general e eral to which I call your at attention Created by Donations Tho The southern memorial fund wa created by donations for or the purpose of assisting our comrades in iu the south in properly observing Memorial day The largest contributions to that fund during durin dur dur- dur- dur in bug ing the tho past years rears and durin during the Continued on pago page 10 COMMANDER NEVIUS Continued from rom pa page pago c 1 I. 1 present year ear vear have ha 11 0 come from the WRe AV W. Re K R. C. C I There was in iu this fund at the commencement com corn of ot this administration a balance of This was le less s in amount than at an any time in previous pre i years In f In general orders I 1 called for contributions con con- on to this fund and dunn during the months of February March April and up to and including the tho day of May Ma- Mathe aJ the tho sum Sun of 1723 had been contributed Of this sum stun Iun was contributed b by Grand Army posts 99 was WIS contributed by the Women's omens Worn Wom 1 ens en's Relief corps was contributed contributed contrib contrib- I by the Ladies of the G. G A. A 11 n. This fum sum plus plu plu makes the total in t this his fund 2341 73 3 Of or this sum there was distributed to the southern south south- ern cnn departments department in time f for r use for Memorial Memorial Me Me- morial dR follows I lay day as Department of Texas I Mississippi and Louisiana I Virginia and North Carolina Tennessee Arkansas jOO Georgia and nd South Carolina OOOO I Total 1000 I This leaves es ea-es a balance on hand of 1236 3 in the southern souther memorial fund as will wi appear by In the quartermaster generals general a report Inspects Cemeteries During Durin I my tour through the south sooth em cnn er states I pai paid close attention to to the national cemeteries and to the number number num num- ber her of Comra comrades es buried therein an and also to the number of comrades in the southern departments and their proximity proximity to these cemeteries I T found that that that in many instances the posts had to travel long on distances in observance of Memorial day in order to pay proper tribute and respect to the comrades who ho lie le in these cemeteries taking the tho whole day lay with car fare an and means It f H could hardly be expected that small amal departments with ith so 80 many cemeteries cern cem could perform this duty uty without with wills wih out being helped in some way to bear the tho ne necessary expense e The comra comrades es who lie le in these cemeteries are comrades corn com rades who fell fel on the field fel of battle and who ho starved in loathsome prison pens and while the government furnishes furnishes fur fur- the flags which are put upon their e graves gra by the superintendents of the various cemeteries the comrades in inthe inthe inthe the southern outher departments hold their memorial memorial memorial me me- morial services in them and distribute the flowers fowers Upon Upon an examination of the list of national cemeteries prepared in the office of of- flee fice of the quartermaster general of the war department bearin bearing date June 30 1906 before any of the Spanish was war ar veterans were interred therein I find that there were ere interred in the Ute national cemeteries con comrades rades of of- whom are marked by name and are marked unknown Of the these e interments are of confederates who are interred in the national cemeteries at Camp amp Butler Buter Cv- Cv lr press R Hills His Finns Finn's inn a Point Post Port Smith Hampton Jefferson Jeferson barracks harracks and Woo Wood Wood- lawn Of or this number of interments I fn find that are interred in the cemeteries of the northern states or states which did not join the time southern confederacy Of or this number are interred in the cemetery at Arlington Arling ton Va Yn leaving Jea the number of interments interments inter inter- ments ment in the southern or confederate st states tes in the national cemeteries 10 Wants Want Encampment to Act I II I I have ha e been thus particular in giving giving i 1 in ing you vou ou these figures that come lome action ma may may be taken by this encampment or orsome some future one ont not too far distant I with view that some a arrangement I Ila la may be made for the proper observance of Memorial day dav and the strewing of flowers fowers upon o our r deceased comrades comrades' graves in upu these southern southEr departments department when laes the departments of the bouth will willbe willbe ni be unable to perform that duty I I find from actual inspection tion and examination that the superintendents of these cemeteries flags a s upon the graves rate of our deceased comrades on on the the da day preceding Memorial day lay and the da day succeeding Memorial day take them up an and put them away for future u tI use Thereby the government o is not called cale upon to furnish 2000 worth of 1 flags s every cry up year year for purpose but butI for a yer very cry inconsiderable number number and andI I j if it tJ this thie economy i is used a large lUe portion portion por por- I tion ties of the O appropriated I by the government Jo Di might aught ht be well wel expended ex ex- I for the proper observing of memorial nit services and the planting of flowers dower in th these cemeteries lm I leave leavet t this thi matter mater with the tle encampment for its consideration Permanent FundAs FundAs Fund fund fuad there As to the permanent w was wa as appears b bv the report of the tret trustees at the last latt encampment in- in ID ested ete by them the sum of or 2000 together to to- gether with a balance blance in bank of 29 The W. W K R. C C C. at the last en encampment pr presented the G. G A. A R. R with witha I a ch chock cheek k for tor the sum of 1000 10 which donation was ina inadvertently verent omitted in inthe inthe inthe the proceeding of the thE la last t encampment encamp encamp- meat ment and which check chek was wal p passed to tom tome tome m me by bv ut my prees r in of ofee dee te after my installation i and the adjournment of the encampment tI This Thil money monEt not have e been transferred from that fund fUDd to the permanent per manent immanent fund without the vote of the national encampment and in ble believing that the money mone was not needed in the general euErl f fund and and and |