Show THE 0 A I L R central general ager ran rays a tribute Is t the lati lations ont ail as to I 1 BOSTON aug 13 the convention althe of alia twenty fourth national enca encamp meat ment of the G A it 11 came to ord order mai in the music hall at I 1 11 I 1 prayer rayer va waa as offered by bt poet chief chaplain V I 1 DI tester faster commander in in chief alger I 1 then delivered the annual ad address drees cg lie congratulated bis his hearers on celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the end of the rebellion in the his borle city known as the cradle of I 1 liberty lie delivered warm words of welcome to general shelman Sher naan and reported that the condition of the or was excel excellent lent the total membership borne on the rolls was tali against a year ago after r referring to the disappointment in in the ranks that congress bad had not passed the service pension bill the speaker con continued t inked much misapprehension exists I 1 think concerning the disability bill passed june 27 1890 by a careful reading of this lw law and the official explanation of it it will be seen that no matter what a mans financial condition may be if he be physically die disabled from performing manual labor he is an entitled tilled to a pension the conditions being first physical disability not necessarily contracted in service service and 1 second that proof of such disability abil ity mav may ti be tade made upon certificate from his P physician h ician and without the testimony arsilian ars of bis his former comrades should any member of this encampment tc day receive perma permanent injury not the result of his own vicious habits be he would be entitled to a P pension a n ion let us be just at to our lawmakers ma I 1 ere a even ven th they have not given ivan us all we asked no country on earth is or ever has has been nearly BO so generous to its soldiery as aso ours ira concerning the grant monument general abler said an ordinary plain vault on the banks of the hudson marks the resting place of our great chieftain this is is not creditable either to us or to this nation there should be erected at the capital of this government dedicated to the memory of this great man a memorial building such as will hl be a credit to the whole people not a shaft not a statue but a bonu mental structure such as has not been built in this or any other country one to which every citizen within the domains of this great land can refer with w ith just pride I 1 recommend that a commit committee tae of fire be appointed by this encampment whose duties shall be in in accordance with the foregoing and employed to solicit aid from the general government govern nent and from individuals vi too address waa was received with frequent expressions of approval the reports of adjutant general deorge george 11 II I 1 lop lopkin kins of detroit and quartermaster general john taylor of philadelphia mere lere presented they were of a routine character |