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Show Erection of Monument to Wlrz Resented Re-sented By Northern Soldier. Minneapolis. The Grand Army of the Ropubllc completed Its fortieth encampment late Friday and adjourned ad-journed to meet In Snratoga, N. Y., In 1907. The encampment, nftcr nn exciting ex-citing debate, decided thnt a protest against tho erection of a statue to Henry Wlrz should be sent Gencrnl S. D. Leo, tho commander ot tho Southern South-ern Veterans' association. This action wnB decided upon only after a long debate, which nt times becamo energetic ener-getic and acrimonious. The proposition proposi-tion to deprecate the action ot congress con-gress in abolishing tho canteen from tho old soldiers' homes was laid on the table without debate. |