Show I I NEW CHIEF OF VETERANS i. i j je e 4 I IIi t c A ic cr e 4 4 z SAMUEL R. R VAN SANT in Commander Grand Army of the Republic VAN SANT WINNER j RD fil i JW VA f C t. t IJ r Nation l Officers Are Are Elect Elect- i l by Grand Army at J Stirring Session F. F AMUEL R. R VAN SANT of Minnesota was vas elected com com- comi i SAMUEL mander-in-chief mander of the Grand Army of the Republic yesterday afternoon r r- r His only opponent was William A. A Ketcham of Indiana and when the roll call of departments showed a vote of f forc for c Van Sant and for Ketcham the Indiana man moved that thatA A the election be made unanimous and the former governor of r Minnesota was declared elected amid rousing ro ing cheers The encampment made the election of officers a special order of business for 3 o'clock clock 0 in the afternoon and all of the I national officers with the exception of chaplain were elected before adjournment W w. M. M Bostaph of ot Ogden Osden was nominated nominated nomi nomi- S for senior vice ln In T.- T. chief b by Col Cot George Georgo B. B Squires of ot Salt ItrO kc and the Utah man was elected without opposition Ho lie had hod been selected se selected so- so L for tor tho tila place by a caucus of ot the Department of Utah the election was according to tho usual custom of ot the Grand Army Arm to elect the senior from the state vice Ica In commander In which the thc encampment Is ts held There was a three cornered fight for Junior vice Ice commander ln in which Alfred Altred B. B Beers Deers of Connecticut won with 4 votes J. J W. W of received votes and W. W II IL Virginia Hornaday of Oklahoma received lOG For surgeon general Dr W. W II H. Lemon Lomon received votes and of ot Kansas P. P Conn of NOW New Hampshire of or Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- received Daniel Ryan nan and Thomas Harlow of ot Now apolis nominated for tor chaplain chaplain- Mexico In worn were and the session adjourned without voting of Ut National Officers Officer The Tho first business session of ot the en encampment encampment en- en was hold In Armory Armon hall hail national officers oc oc- oc- oc and reports of tho the the whole forenoon A larger number of delegates than had been ex expected expected ex- ex crowded tho hall hail to such an ex extent extent ex- ex tent that tho the afternoon session was held at Assembly hall ball In tn tho the Temple grounds The appointment of ot the tho com com- on resolutions and committees to pass on the tho reports of ot national of officers officers officers of- of preceded the election and these theRe committees will win mako their reports atthe atthe at the tho morning session today A report of th tb tho committee on credentials cre cre- showed 1 that there wore were 1160 1161 comrades entitled to vote voto In the Forty Forty- third encampment with about present pres pres- ont ent Tho The report showed National officers officers of ot- 10 council of f administration 44 H past commanders In 16 16 senior vice in commanders 17 past junior vice Ico In commanders 13 1 department do- do officers past department commanders The report on the thO permanent fund showed In bonds bonas and 1169 1159 cash on hand Reports wore were received from tho permanent permanent permanent per per- manent committee on the tho Bull Bun Run battlefield battlefield bat bat- memorials which were accompanied accompanied b by a draft of a n bill for tor Con- Con mi un Page l o b VAN SANT WINNER Of DESIRED HONOR from Irom rn Page PARC C One One- Kress gress ress to appropriate for carin car car- in Ins for th tho monuments on the batti for a 0 commission com con field fIed This bill provides pro ml mission slon ot of three to be bo appointed t to rare Are for the tho monuments now on th Ui tho and nn any others which mahe ma mn mabo bo he erected One member of ot this commission commission com con mission must b be a n. Civil war vetera from the Union arm army and another from the thEn Confederate arm army When Vh n tho time came cun for or tho tim Uon of ot officers Orlando A A. Seniors do dc do- do commander of oC Indiana wn A recognized to name William Wililam Ketcham past department commando commander Commander Command or Somers Somers Som Som- of tho of-tho the state suite ers reviewed the tho arm army career of th tho Indianapolis attorney and told of or hi hIli work In connection with the Grand Gram Army Arm of t tho Republic and of or his pro pro- career delivering a strom trong speech for tor the tho candidate from Indiana The nomination of ot W W. A. A Ketcham Ketchan wu wit seconded by b Wisconsin Pennsylvania ula and Indiana and find then Former Go amnel R. R Van Sant was nominated b bEH Ell EH T of ot Minneapolis pa past t comman com corn man ln r lu of the Grand Army Arm am manager of ot the tho Van Sant campaign et Jinny l Comrade VIm Van Sant was presented for foi I with tho the endorsement en en- the Department of Illinois of ot Marcus W. W Bates Dates department department depart depart- ment commander r Chos F. F Greening t enIor vi vice vico co department commander 1 K 1 Z Junior vIce command or Henry A. A Castile Henry HenryG G Hicks Adam Marty William Thomas John Day Smith 1 K I. B. B Bood Wood D. D B B. Searle Searie Gideon S. S William H H. Harries Terry Perry Starkweather Isaac I L Harrison White C Colin 1 K F. Me- Me Ic- Ic Donald Levi v and an Geo A. A Whitney laUne past department ers I and Ell EU Torrance past ln in i chief t Silas 11 IL past paRt Junior juniol I In commander and i. i L. L L. L Collins past paRt judge Juds advocate genera general In bringing forward Minnesota's can can- Comrade Je Torrance said ic C pr r r a man whom n-Jiom he lie knew to posIt pos- pos i It ess SS every eer qualification for lio tho high I and one who In army arl service servi tc jW and ond public life and In service for or orthe the Grand rand Army of the Republic had hadl l proved ro cd these qualifications Comrade Van In Sant was wan born at Island Ii May ra 11 ISM h In h. saM sad and the man we present be began an his military sef i in August 1861 as a al l r io Jo In Company It A J Ninth Illinois cavalry Ho lie served with honor find and wa va discharged September 2 23 J. J l with tho the ran ran- rank of oC corporal ance reviewed d the tho service of f r his l ate In as a member of ot the legislature speaker of the Ho tonio iio lz 4 Representatives anti and as governor for or ortt two tt o terms lie Jk Js Is in body and genial In spirit showing the heritage from Croon a sturdy Dutch ancestry said thc the s SI t c. c cr Governor Van Sant Is of ot speech successful in II bus busl 1 ines and nn tried trl d li ft public lUg Ills J as a sold solder cr conn comrade ado aul uI niti- I zen meets every requirement bas t J 1 on personal worth character and achievement achieve e ment and with Tolan years cars of ot an 11 honi hon hon- i crania business and public life Ills his credit ho he Is eminently qualified to dJs us- I cI alC the tho s of or in commander and If It chosen to that higi office orrice he lie IC wll wil make mako a n I record cord that will com com- U pare are most ta with that of oC the ablett t of t his mis pI e Sect l Ii h- h j- j lun Depari Department seconded b by Th Tho nomination was vas each department dop excepting three and I then Mo to vote was called When hen It stood a at 1 tS liS to William A. A Ket- Ket Ketcham i cham charn rose roo and moved that the tho election eJection 1 of Van Sant be bo made In making this this motion Comrade Com Corn rade lade Ketcham said he ho had hall been over over- persuaded by his friends until ho he thought he had the bee beo In fit his bonnet i Ho lie had hod found round out however howe that tho the I bee was not there and promised his hearty support to the new commander- commander in I Samuel H. H Van Sant was dt declared cared 1 I 1 elected and ond W. W A. A Ketcham was ap ap ap- ap a committee of or one ono to conducts conduct j t 1 1 the successful candidate to the stan stand Comrade Van Sant was received with 1 I He thanked the tho I prolonged cheers I comrades for the honor which he said he regarded as aR the hl highest within the J power of man to bestow He said he I proposed to give his entire time for forthe or orthe the year car to the tho work vork o of the tho Grand 1 Army ATm of the tho Republic and to that end he lIe would ask his business associates for lor a n. vacation of or twelve months The rhe suggestion of Charles G. G Burton Bur Dur ton past national commander ln that the distribution of oC the journals of ot the tine encampments be Investigated d. d was wasi i taken up tip by the encampment and Past Commanders tn C. C C G. G Burton R. R B. B 3 Ell Eli Torrance and A G. G Wels- Wels sert ert and ond J. J Henry Holcomb custodian of oC records were vere appointed to determine deter deter- mine tine tho libraries to which the journals jour jour- nals should be sent Telegrams from the Army of tho Philippines and the tho American Veterans of oC Foreign Service Vero received extending ex ex- tending best wishes to the tho encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment mend and appropriate replies were made by the tine commander ln Tho The following committee was appointed ap- ap appointed appointed ap ap- pointed to visit the tho organizations of oC women In convention with the tho Grand Gland Army J. J C. C Black of oC Illinois Charles Harris of oC Kansas E. E V. V Hann of New Jersey ey A A. A o of or Massachusetts ctt and C. C A. A Partridge e of oC Illinois One Ono of oC the Important reports of oC the day was Wag that of ot the tine permanent com com- on pensions In this there was wasa wasn a n recommendation that a cont con- con t course be bo adopted by the tho organization regarding the work of oC procuring pC pension l lon legislation A i handsome grandfathers clock was presented to Robert Rubert B. B Death Beath of oC Pennsylvania In recognition o of forty years years' ears cars service on tho tine committee on rules regulations re and nd ritual of oC the tine Grand Army Arm J on IU- IU The Tine committee on resolutions re regarded regarded re- re gardell as as tho the most Important unto uno appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed at each encampment with a representative tom from e each ch department Is as ait follows Alabama W. W M. M Anston Anston Anston Ans- Ans ton Arizona D. D P. P Kyler KJer California and Nevada W W. P. P Morgan Colorado and amI Wyoming G. G W. W Cook cut Albert A. A May ra Delaware Daniel Ross Ros Florida William James Geol Georgia ln C. C R. R Idaho W. W T. T Il II- II Benson Benlon Wood Indiana W. W T. T Iowa Iova S. S S. S Kansas P. P II H. Coney Kentucky R. R It IU Perry Louisiana and Mississippi James Janne LowIs Low- Low Is Maine Murray B. B Watson atson Maryland Mary Mary- land George Massachusetts etts George Geor-e W. W Nason lason Michigan an I L. L Jones Minnesota Lewis Longfellow Missouri l Louis Deneke Beneke Montana J. J G. G Sanders Nebraska R. R R. R Randall New Jersey Charles rows Burrows New York James Tanner North Dakota B. B F. F Jow Ohio E. E R. R Monfort Okla Okla- homa J J P. P Cummins Oregon Oreon F F. II IL Lamb Penn Pennsylvania M. M 1 A A. Rhode Island A. A P. P Mann Iann South Dal Da Da- Da- Da kota l ota George Geor- W. W Snow e II If B. B Chase Texas C. C N N. N Cahoon Utah G George ro B. B Squires Squire ormont Vermont E. E L. L Wells Virginia and anI North Carolina J. J J M. M C. C Rounds Yu Washington ton and Alaska J. J Z Gog GOBS GOBS- West Virginia 1 E. E A. A Bennett Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett Wisconsin B. B T. T Bryant Deliver r Command Commander in r ln Henry M. M r. r delivered his address at t tho the opening of ot the tho business session of or the encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment yesterday esterday morning giving a a. detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed account of or tho tine work in tho the last year and placing with the organization an accounting of ot his stewardship Ho lie said When hen I wn W elected eJected I said Rall to 10 you that the Grand Arm Army of ot tho Republic did not belong to me mo but hut that I belonged belonged be te- longed to It It anti and In exercIsing exorcising tine the functions of the office IP tn which you had elected eJected me rue I should h bo be guld guided d b by the best Interests of or tho ito Grand Gran Army Arm of the tho Republic a an aH expressed in your last and In previous encampments In accordance with tho tine rules and regulations regu reKU- lations and well nell constituted authorities ties of the tho Grand Army o of tho tine Re Ro- public Commander ln Nevius said his mis report repart would not bo inn as favorable as OK ashEl he hEl moped hoped In sonio sorno respects an as through poor health hr-alth he lie had been detained from Crom visiting a as many department encampments encamp encamp- m ments as aR he had hall hoped loped for tor Ho lie had mad attended eleven department encamp encamp- however and had visited sixteen six six- teen toen other Important reunions anti and traveled miles In tints can i t. t t. t 01 4 i t A 1 d' d J. J 3 t ar tha that lion tion ho outlined tine till arrangements had han been made maele for tor others to encamp department him at various menU ments poke with will In Chief Tho which In In he enthusiasm on the greetings received In the tho southern states sayin sayIng say say- InK Ing in Greeted and cord cordial in received a warm I and fount toun I went vent greeting greetin wherever where tlc enthusiastic Arm po pOt posts t Grand Army tho the could uncle tho the best the they and doing In their theli prevailing the circumstances s localities respective ve treated with great reat cordiality I 1 was as depart depart- In lit the tine southern m my upon with the tiu Ga and In Atlanta montu ments Republic held C a 0 Army rm of ot the tine Grand Evans with H. H CIa Clay meeting Joint of the tine L United Commander in Veterans and his organ Confederate were Stripes and Tho The Stars bars bar while white the stars an and conspicuous ain and Our open evidence e not inot In were upon the family discussion public existing between tho the northern trouble and between the themen themen inc Rn and aind southern states who had stood upon tine the tiring men mien both bath sides was most mot pleasant pleas pleas- line lino upon for tor being In made no apology ant I southern state hut but appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap Atlanta In a 0 citizen who as aa an American to appear times right at all aU had a this tints country countr so o Jon Jonas longas long longas In an any part of of ot the land andin and andIn I. I tho the laws Jaws obeyed obe as be he remarks said to General Gen In concluding In Chief my of ot tho th lie era eral fOral Evans Veterans that representing representing representing rep rep- I Confederate United the Grand Army Arm of ot tine the Republic Republic Republic Re Re- resenting and anti addressing him hUn himas hUnas I did public as of ot the ln commander as aI the should United Confederate Veterans It American Amen Ameri bo be our aim and our purpose as maintain to uphold and can cnn citizens fathers and anti It Its the tics government of our government of tIne the people peo peo- Institutions a pIe b by tho tine people and for or the thA people of ot our the tine flag and under one flag Ong nag flag that was or ever er Union the the only has hns been reco recognized In this country or had mad never that nag flag would bo be a ever er J know now defeat and never would known and defeat the defeat tho flag of ot united America and and forever of of cit our Union forever these principles and sentiments upon of ot our respective followers fol to- In the tho presence amid annUl the tine hands we clasped lowers of or the tho ho entire audience great applause a again aln tho tine Confederate erate veterans I met In Denison Texas and at nt a 0 public n with there I divided the time timo meeting them the platform |