Show COMMANDER PALMER the 0 A R elect him their corn com mander lo chief chice VETE imam samma TO THEIR bom HOIES A 1 guila ess dat day reports from kinor minor organ litra extra pension to be he hied for fimm of war DETROIT aug 6 immediately at af ter er the meeting of the encampment this mornine morning tho the election of corn mander i in chiet waa was declared the first business there were four candidates john palmer of new now york A G weissert Wei esert of milwaukee W P of california and B S 11 II hurst of ohio benjamin K E bryant of wisconsin plaid pla ed in nom nation in an eloquent speech weis berta nomination was seconded by illinois iowa indiana and kansas cor corporal ral tanner of new now york placebo placed palmer in nomination and nd massachusetts new now jersey andla and pennsylvania seconded condel Be the nomination J J hollingsworth of ohio oh I 1 0 nominated dominated karat hurst and W V 11 II L barnea barnes of california nominated smedberg birg the lat litters nomination was seconder seconded 4 by nebraska kansas oregon washington alaska new now mexico and idaho just before the ballot opened S II 11 huret aked asked for or recognition the state 0 of I 1 ohio said he be believes in in 1101 j eshra and fair play and recognition lu all the departments depart menta of the 0 AR applause it has bas been conceded for or years rears that whenever wh enaver new now york beame became united on a candidate this state which give more men to the preat great irmy army of the union than any other state should be entitled to the com corn no nander ander in in colef new york is is cow now united on a candidate and I 1 desire to withdraw my name and second the domin nomination aaion of palmer of new now york the election was by secret ballot the announcement of the first billot ballot with palmer far in the lead indicated the certainty of his blei ultimate election the ballot stood palmer wes wels sert great en an thu husia ilasa sm was maintained by the new york delegates during the second bal lot and though palmer was in the lead from rom the start the conclusion condu Bion was a somewhat in doubt until the california ia delegation changed its entire vote to palmer prolonged cheering greeted greated this announcement which meant Sm edburgs withdrawal and palmers halmers Pal mers election an enthusiastic delegate at this juncture moved that palmers halmers Pal mers election be declared unanimous and it prevailed amid the wildest enthusiasm captain john palmar palmer the new com corn mander in born on staten island march 22 1849 and has a splendid war record lie ile served during the war in the ninety first new york volunteers taking part in all its engagements since the war he has been engaged in the fresco painting and decoration business at albany N Y As asa a member of the 0 A it K be he was for several terms commander of lew benedict post no 5 and was elected commander of the new now york and in 1879 elected senior vice ice commander in chief all of which important V positions be he filled with credit ho is said to be a forcible speaker and a model presiding officer today to day closes the business session of the G A it reunion and even now the veterans are fast leaving the uty city no less than eight national organize lona lions are in session or have adjourned ind and the encampment in its many innovations novat ions baa has certainly been the greatest rea test of any of the proceeding ones one A sensation was created by the address of the president of the natto national 1 l ageo association of union ex prisoners 0 of f the war E 11 II williams of indiana referring to the treatment accorded the ex prisoners of the war the preal president says As an organization and in view of the great and peculiar hardships and sufferings endured aa as prisoners we believe special compensation is due ns us for a number of years bills have been presented to congress looking to such measures as re e felt felt due us but BO so far all appeals lave a availed us nothing for twenty five ive years our government has never so much as given us a vote of thanks forth tor the a sacrifice nade made this portion of the presidents address was formally approved by the association among the reports of he the committee is one embodying a aill bill to be presented at the next session sion of congress on behalf of the sol diers who were in prison for a period not less than sixty do days e or more providing viding that they chati shall hecei receive ta for every day of their confinement fro from in the government stephen 31 long of E bast set orange N J was elected president of he the society known as ft the comrades of the battlefield which includes both the blue and gray the society met and effected a national organization by the election of major general ballon dalton of st louis president of the association tion it will avill bold hold its next meeting in chicago the sixteenth annual reunion of I 1 the he united states veterans ignal corps showed a membership of L K R Forte fortescue acue of philadelphia was elected president the ladies of the G A R held ft a very successful meeting the order is purely charitable and social and was called into existence for the pose ose cf of taking into a benevolent working aug fug patriotic association all the main members of the soldiers Eol diers families its total membership Is between and and tho the president states that new now circles were chartered the P past t year dr D bryant B a colored ex soldier from chicago la is here soliciting subscriptions scrip script tlona ions for the be erection of a monument in jackson park chicago to the colored soldiers nol diers it la ii intended to raise and about has been secured eo to far resolutions were adopted at the michigan reunion of blich michigan ig war ve veterans cerans that an sin effort be made by the 0 officers to invite the surviving veterans of mexico to meet the american survivors 0 of the mexican war at the next ge general idral encampment at washington and that congress be asked for an appropriation for senior vice commander in chief chiet there wag was but one candidate henry at duffield of michigan who was chosen chos enby by acclamation TS T bclark clark son nebraska peter B ayers delaware and albert E georgia were nominated for or junior vice corn m mandet mander ln in chief chiel clarkson won on the first ballot for chaplain there were three candidates S B payne florida D DO 0 milner kansas ana AD A U hendrick iowa payne was elected surgeon general stevenson ol 01 connecticut WILD ft as j ye e elected by ac ic past co in mend erin er in chief william warner chairman of the committee on the address of the commander in chiei chief reported resolutions which were adopted petitioning congress 10 for r legislation providing for the custody and I 1 care of mount mcgregor cottage aid 0 or a amendments m ead ments to the revised eta 1 to talea tea providing more eipl explicitly sal 1 1 ay that preference be given old soldiers 1 1 1 in to government appointments and employment ibe the vexed race problem came op up in the encampment this afternoon and was effectively settled for all time the special champion of the he negro raci wag ex congressmen william warner of missouri past corn mander in chief andee and he isto ia tonight receiving the tribute ot the colored veterans who whose e biuso 3 use he BO so eloquently y espoused the matter camo came bea before ore t the b a convention 0 0 n when ft hen warner as cha chairman i ruic a of eligi t the b e committee on the commander in c chiefa recommendations presented the following report your committee comin cornin in attee has carefully tho clear and frank statements of the commander in in chief regarding the difficulties existing between the posts in to the department of lousiana Loue iana and mississippi the committee has also considered all the documents sub crafted to and the arguments ms made do before it as to the causes beadi leading ng to the ex existing asting trouble in those departments from one to eight inclusive c clu sive in the depart department meat of louie ana and mississippi are composed of w white bite comrades the new poets toots from nina nine to seventeen inclusive are composed of colored comrades the c contention 0 ri 1 is that the latter posts are t tainted n tad with fraud in in their organization TUB the remedy bug rested of a separate department of concu cone wrent rent jurisdiction for the colored veterans involves an amendment to our rules and regulations during that fierce struggle etrue gle tor for the life of the nation we stood shoulder to shoulder as comrades tried it is to too late to divide now on the color line the man who ia Is good enough to stand between the flag and sod those who would destroy it when the fate of the nation was trembling in the balance is good enough to bs be a comrade in any department of the grand aral army of the republic no different rule has as been or ever shall be recognized D zed by the survivors of the union army and navy no depart ment merit should be established for any color or nationality the platform of principles of the 0 A it is so broad that all honorably dit dLE charged soldiers and sailors cabi can stand upon it in the opinion of your committee the fact that the de apartment part ment of louisiana and mississippi consists of posts part of which are composed of white bite comrades and others of colored comrades is no sufficient reason for making this radical change in our rules and regulations our oar fraternity charity and loyalty should be witnessed by our deeds as well as our words the race recommendation in of the commander in in chief chiet is based upon the fact that seven of the co colored lored posts of the department of louisiana and mississippi have petitioned titio ned tor for a separate department comrades representing part of their post apple appeared rel before the committee and claimed in their argument that it was their understanding and that of many other colored comrades that they were only petitioning for or ads a department part ment to be created n the elate state of louisiana the same as in the other states in there is a department in which all comra comrades dear white and black should be equally entitled to membership and further that they and those represented by them are 0 opposed to the creation of a separate department in v view iw of the facts submitted to V your committee it is of opinion th ahu it it would be inexpedient to place asce the authority with the command commander in chief to organize new or provi dional departments in states in which there are organized departments this report afa is signed by Will william iain warner john 1 P itea lucius fair child lenry henry painter Pain tor the minority report was presented by IV edecker SD S ecker 0 of f colorado he ile concurred in the recommendations of the commander ia in c chief hief and recommended recommend that the rules and regulations be BO so changed as to authorize in the commander in chief to organize a department in departments now existing whenever nev er satisfied upon proper representation representations that they may be organized without detriment to the 0 A it U or any department organization mr air decker defended bis his minority report in a speech of some length lie ile dwelt on the race distinctions in the south and said if ne we do not settle the question now it will ill be here continually until settled according to the condition of affairs found fund to n louisiana all mississippi 1811 I 1 P I 1 a and d other southern a state 11 major major N warner arner said when these black blick men and white me men shouldered a musket in defence of the union it was not a question of or sociability but of patriotism and loya lity the black men fought for a flag that never up to that time had protected him in anything but bondage this organization had better bury the old flag the comrades had better tear the button from their breast breasts than now as our heads are silvering to go back on the principles for which we bled applause obiel ex commander in chief fairchild lair child comrade northcott of virginia and two tolfred members spoke in favor 0 of I 1 the majority report mr graham of louisiana recounted some of the rouble trouble of bis his department ho ile said no colored post put had been recognized until recently when charters chatters were granted by the dep department artmen t e commander a r who became ol ollander ded b because the members of the order refus refused e d to attend the funeral of jeff da daia vis several hundred men had been admitted w within thin a few days and the time was too short to 0 o make any examination into their military record recard or c character ly by a viva boco vote the majority report was finally overwhelmingly adopted aug 0 tho the fifth national convention of the ladi laniea a of the 0 A it today to day rec received elved the fraternal greetings of the 0 A it encampment t aad and elected off officers leers tor for the en cn year national president mrs nita 31 J Cast cattledge ledge kansas senior vice mrs alto alice bishop massachusetts junior vice mrs biro hattle sanford chapin iowa treasurer mrs site anna grubb new jersey chaplain mrs alonzo pago page |