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Show ENCAMPMENT WAS! A GRAND SUCCESS i OLD 80L0IER3 ENTHUSIASTIC IN PRAISE OF TREATMENT WHILE IN SALT LAKE CITY. Former Governor Vn Sn of Mln-neeota Mln-neeota Choaen Commander-in-Chief, a Reeident of Utah Being Given Second Place Next Convention Con-vention at Atlantic City. Salt mV City. Tho Forty thlnl Annual l'tirainiuui'tit or tho llranili Anny nf thn Itrpuhllt- Ik now hlatory, j the rlimltiK vxi-rcln-a tif a Hvo diy j Inn twine, h.'M oh Frhla'y. Auauat Hi TlrH b !UCl ic '0 B ttloat i,ra-til: Tliond tolvaru la" pro I p nf tin- rlty In tvhiih th.y hint There aa a aarin Lithi w -ii Si j Louie and Atlunil'- riiy. N J-. '"' l!"' prlvlk'KO (if onii ri ilnliiK tli" v.M. ran-at ran-at tho noxt annual ruim-titlou. At limtlc Cliy fluaily v. Innlni! Hi" cowt.-tl honnr. For coiiiniunuVrliW'lil.'f, Hiunuol 11 Van Sunt, of Mlniicapolla. wn rliuai-ti. and will dlrw.'t. tho affair nf It"-Grand It"-Grand Army of tto li.,miill- lr tin noxt twelvo nmniliK. Tho ' 111111 nmnd.T-lnclilff u forim-Hy Bivornut "f the auto of Mmniaoiu. .f. W. I'.'.'npli. nf (1t- l.n. mrhiuiMi ..-r'-ir vli f i oniii..iniliT. The hi her onVrra .l.- ic, ,.tv .Imilnr vlrv-riniitiiniHU-r, Altt.-.l II lb ara of fiitjliii'llriit ; eutui-iui pn hihI. r W. II. l-mnn ot kaiiaua: for rhaii'nln. ll.-v lmnti-1 Kau of In llananulla . rhoacll Keolutlone wr adopt., I by tin' (Irand Army nf in- Krpubllr und am lllary branch,., bfforo ailjimrninonl of tho connnilon. living lavian iraiaa to t'teh and Knit ljko City for Ui manner In hlrb the ulaltora bad bvro .ntcrtaini d. For the eluff oIIU-t and 1.00" friend In the U. A. K. Frank O. Col, retiring adJutHtit gnnvrnl, at the rlna ItiK -alon, pi-eat-iiti-d tivnvral H.Miry i. Nnvlu. thn retiring rntnniiimter Inchl. f, a beautiful diamond muilil.il il A. II. bailee. Tor th in. nib. -ra nf thn O. A. It Co!onH Frank M. Hterretl. chairman .f a committee niiolnieil for that pur ki" a year nan, ,rno-nte,l JiiiIki Chnrle. (1 Uurton of Nenoln. Mo 'whoa term of office J!i r-Aniinander lit Sjvl aj '' i' Ij "' an' Tih a loa n ful client of ath.r While tlii iri. nim with h i dun .Vi--v - ..;.t:.;V;-v.r. R-;' '.. : .:' ' ' ,M,.-',-y : .LV'i.iio.'Wjo !:' Li.-;.-V -" ',VA';i.V.:-lt L..V. 'I. rJ,1iy,i SAMUEL- R. VAN SANT. Commander-in-Chief Grand A-my of the Republic. IFuth.Ti'd from evory norilou ot the UnlKd Huitua, tho nutlon'a rter.md.Tf ho lind bcvn pcrnilttiMl to aaln - eirewt tholr former comrudi'H In arum and attrnd to tho ncccHiuiry btntlnpnn of tho ornnnliallun whlrh la thn prldi' of every loyal AmiTlrnn. Joined In ultiKlnK "(Jod bo With V Till V. klei.t AKuln." mill tho ronventlon. ono of tho mont niieennt.ful mid -n Joynliln In many wuya ever held, rnuie to n clone. Wlilln for five (luy tlm v.'ternn lind boon Kt'inl. d th fieedum of tie-clly. tie-clly. anil hud h. en fei. d mul i-nier tuind In tiuo wrHierii Hile .litr'iit-cvory .litr'iit-cvory moment thai lin y w. :e not .-n paged In the rondurl (if Hie liUHliiem. ol thn orKunratttin, at Hie t-nnv.-utlo! ball In tin' Tali, rnatli'. a an at ntiiu li.T of thn viKltora were ho well pIPAfrd wilh the re.-epilon given them by tlm people of I'tnh n n wlicil" that they will remain In I'lal kiiternl diye. rualilim M" Ir'pH Irom Halt Uike fliy. itiiU vUliliiK point oi tntereKt ihey wer iinahlH to eo dur Inn the time iilliitte.) lor the liUMlu.'k eRHlnnH. their convention, lh. wlvee, a hut: and ilaUKhtera of tho L'nlon aotitleri ii:.-::t.'' - ' FERDINAND SHAVERS, President Llncoln'a Flrat Bodyguard. MTe liuM.iot ronveuiloua ttf their or Kaulmilniia, the W'oniaii k llelie. ' '.V-. . ' " CORPORAL JAMES TANNER, Who Loet Both Lege at Bull Run. ,'uipx. the l a.li. h itt thu ( uti.l Army nf the It. pulillr. and thu liuunhuire ol v'eieruiiH. Tueuft Ihreu orxaul.ultonH held i heir conveiiiloim on Thursday iii.l Friday, 'he Heralona belnn l.o'.il :u ihu First 1'renliylerlan chun I tin-lint tin-lint ConKreyailoni'l r'.utch, and 'In l:;o:le'e hull. 'I he lanteHt l .. n on W.inian'a IC'llef Corpa, funned .jri ly ulier 'he cIohh of thu war in ai. loiiirouio of tho ChrlHilan Corpa ot wai limes. Th body numbera ICil.O m r oni. ii. One nf the createst utrf " anliiP of Ihe V H C. I tho P0l" iim of Aii.leiK.invlll.' prison anl "' ' liuiliiliM of 111 In aa a free clft to th t'nliui. I he ljli:ee of the filun.l AnS ' the Kepulille wn otBlinled In U" and numbera H.mie f.o.onc) womea, "v work beine ntoiiK the fame pceei.il !lne of that undertaken by the 'ti m e It. lief (.'orpH. Fredldent Tatt Ui lately h. en elected an honorary 0"-her 0"-her of thle orRanlratlon. The PaunhtorH of Veterana la t't what the name linpllea, datiKhlerl Ktanddatmhtere of the men who fuaSX In the civil war. Mre. Jennie I. I'erfy of Cedar 'da, Iowa, waa choaen prealdenl of" National Woman' Relief Corpa lhurilay aeaalon. Hhe waa ell"J by on overwhelming majniliy. Mm H. lla Itawlliica ll"iiry of In na City. Mo., wna choaen preilefut or the I. mil, a of the liraml Aunl t he Itrpnlilie at Friilaya aelon. Mra Minnie 1 (iiiltland or M lame, tllil.i. waa vleior.ona III tla ace for iTeauleiit of ihe lu uk Uteri , if Vet. -rant.' I Con in tt dt In C ill t Ni vlu. In, be I yfrx:-. iy:x. 'yV''rtxr i '-.v . ;'rWf " JvP Vi;:?--v.' : W, M. D08TAPH. Senior Vlca Commander-ln Chief. report, Raya: on Kecctni.er 31, 1U07. he memebra In KorMl a'andlm; of tli (irand Army of tho Kepublv mini iiered 2:".I07. The number remaining uii thn aiiHpendcd llr-l at that dale numbered lil.lsi). lly the con, ollil.it. 4 reHirt of tho adjutunt neueral for ih e, "ticumpincnt, theru were remain, nR It uood atundliiR on December ::t, l'J'L J-o.O lt. The uumber reiualuliitf eui-pended eui-pended on Ihi! Huiuo dato waa K.ri.lH. The number of toiurudea report. aa havillit died between lleeeuib.T 31, i:"7, ntnl December :it, llms. wai It),-l"l. It),-l"l. Our naliK dutliiK the year havn luen: lly niiiHter In, 7.1 il; by Irani-I. Irani-I. r, 2,'JM; by n liiHtaiemi nl, ".lliii by calu iioui ,'lin.iieni report h. ;i.sil. total tntiiiH. i:i..it. K, '1,1111111111 Hliavera, while ha r,d inJ tiearinK 7j y.uia old, wuh one ot tiie fclchr'Uc or the ti. A. It. en, attitv tnent. Khavei'H, who U u neijio, wua" IT, li, lit l.lucolu'H llrnt ll - mini after Ilia tlecllin to 111" pre lih'tiry and until after lite breakltiK out el t war waa with him ihrouiiii the day and thoae hotira of the uluht wiu-n Lincoln would penult of a iiua d "t any art beluK mar lilin. Fur feur years berme 1 lueolu wna made ptcdl-deiil ptcdl-deiil Ibo colored man waM IiIh family ervaiit. After tlto election un even thotiH.ind of Lincoln' neli lihor Planed a peiltlon ankltii; that rihavers bo appointed Itla bodyguard ami I.Hi-ooln I.Hi-ooln ciMiiplled. When the war hnko out Lincoln fenred for Ihe inaaa aafoty und would not la-rmlt blttt to coniltiue ua hi KUiird. Hbuvera usl.el ror an appointment to on, of the colored col-ored regiment hclim foniu d for tho war und hla uiipolnimeiit to the n-clll'lllIK n-clll'lllIK olUeemhlp of the cnlnred P'Kl ineittH ot Inillaua resulted. r-'havei now Uvea In Colinidu. ami f,ir ,uti haa never mlancd an eiieanipiiii ul. Aiuoiik 1 1 io prominent p,-ruim wilh ihe d, i ..mi, iii ot i in- roi,i.uai , at tho (!. A. II. encampment weru tor IHiral .latiiea l atiaer, p.t cuutiiatnli'i' In chief or the (1. A. It., and John Mc-K.roy, Mc-K.roy, ptiHt hinlor vice cuii,inan,l i ui-clibr. ui-clibr. Col, ,ial Tanner la Known all over the l.'nlied Htaiea Ibriiuuli hl war rocotd. He wua only 17 v. hen Ik entered lite unity und III Ihe aecunl buttle of Hull Hull both b'liu weru allot off. One of thu moat conaplcuiuin fl irei amoliK Uto lleleKUtea to I tut (ir.n.'l Army uutuinpiiient wlia Jobu Fl, t, I el Hpencc, A. M., L.L. I)., or Knoxvlllo While he repreRvnted the enllie axtitli at thu enciiiiipment, ho ulao repreaettt' ud tho whulu U. A. it., Ill olio actual, for hu la tho chu;ilulu In chief ot tin U. A. It.. L'. S. A. ' A ii, an may havn tho wealth of a Itockeieller, the ti'illauthropy of i t urnculc, Hie u. e, , t un Ftliann, tin irutory or i I i ",tt t.;y meelio" i of a ( ,1, b i' h can weii' .jo oi to..., I '..n. ." a Id cm . 'ie er- 4. a n-iplir. e.n cany ot old vet , 'I' i, comrade In Halt liik ' ' i .y nad not met before It hi i . ..in. ooinu h,.d drirted UWa. iiiom home at tho cloan of the war ud Hettleil In the went, and had nevi iieard from tlielr former comrade u i ill they nu t In the weateru couvtuUi" t rty. |