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Show VETERANS OF SPANISH WAR H THEIR ORQANIZATION SHOWS I M RAPID QROWTH. P Suggnlad That Thla Young Society I B Will Became the Logical Succca H or tho Q. A. It. P I In' rapid Ineroaae In Ihe member i ii ip nf the nrganlaailou known aa ' VAH tl. lolled Hnlah War Velerana i H tin. irlklngly evident at I lie third Hj m ii ial encampment Juat held at H S Hlilnstnn, II I' lrealilanl lluoao- H v. li la one of lha inembera of the H exiou lutlon. and he la on tho roll M w. t omrade Hooaevvlt, of lha IiiiikIi rlileia, and many of Ida I B Id rnmuanlona In anua at tha II i. hi at San Juan hill pltcUwl llielr HBVl I. nia near Iho While llouec Among! BVJ tin..' who have united with the ao ! tu it during the Htat year have tun Ma) Din Kredetirk U Oranl. i F3 " iiiinunder of the dcartmeut of the M Hear Admiral Joaeph fl IVigh j Ian and Ueut ()eu Nelaon A Ml lea. H i.tiiid H V hat lha orgamaallou alamla fiir VVB 1 1- m uipllHeil In Ua uniform which H la half blue and half gray Among He H Mi iiiberahlp are old camnaJguera for B ihe union cauae aa well aa eoldlera R ff the confederac), althnugb there M nre eomparallvely few lelnraua of Hj I hi war of tho rebellion to be found Hj in It a mure than iH cauipe VwJ Kew orgiiiliallona have madeauch H rm id advaneea aa that which have H ini n attained In the laat year li B i hi Called 8ntab American War H nernna In that brief perkM Ihe Hj mder haa nearly doubled I la mem B tirahlp It now enrolla tO.lMKI wen H In the United Slaloa. The tlaiart H meiit of New York, whkll la the HbB rtmngeet of Ihe alale organlaatlnna 1 tm 4 000 mentbera Willi between HBf .ooooo and 100.000 wen from which BBai to draw, tha velerana will be able lo HK attain a latge membarahlp within the UHB m xt few yoara according to the con BJnVH Bdent predlctlona of the ottlcera. MH Hrat In lha Said waa tha NitUonal Army and N'avy Hiuiulah War Vet erana which waa ilinilcrcd In Ohio accond came the Miutnlali inerh nn War Velerana who dial gallii nil In the atate of New ork mid Inn! thi Horvlco Men of the rttuinli.li War win flrat coiivi ued In llllnnla In I00 the three orgaultalliuia mel In one convention In HI l.nula mid wore amalgamated Inlo ihe t'nliml Hiaiilah War Velerana llutlona Indicating uiemberahlp In the tolled 8utnlah War Velerana are now frequent!) ai'ii In Ihe i-nat lap-ela lap-ela of men nue meela lu Ihe aln-eta The official badge which la alao worn In button atyle, eonalala nf a 81 ; Andrew a t roaa of bronae 'I be top arm bear Ihe word 'Cuba,' the right arm haa ' Porto Itlro ' and the left arm ' Philippine lalanda while at Ihe bottom are the lettera V 8 " In Ihe ceuter medulllon la a aol iller at the inmIUiiii of i harge bay-imola' bay-imola' and a aallor with a cutluaa In IMialtlon la on miaril lletwiwn them la the kneeling figure of a woman. 1 ami In the background la a baltle-ahlp baltle-ahlp round Hie group are two clrclea, which have between them tho wordr Bpaulah War Veteniua, lgkfl,' i 1 ha badge la auapended by a ribbon . one I mil wide, In form of a miniature 1 I tilted Hlalea Mag Ita am borage la a bar of brome, which haa on It a tide aud a aaber croeaed bencalh the center of a ehleld embUtoned with Ihe Btara and alrlH'a Arniiud the hl tutu and aldea or thla device are law tel wraatba On Hie left aud of Ihe bar are the teller I'nl' aud on the left ted forming the word fulled ' The ribbon la aurmoimted by a bruai Idu anutlatluK of au anchor rroaaeil by a caiinott About tbem la twined a wrealh of laurel leaiea, and pen bed upon the cannon la an American Amer-ican eagle with wtnga extended The I buttona are worn In the lapuli uf I the coala of wembera when In civil : Ian drota and the badge when In uniform |