| Show VETERANS SEE OTHERS PARADE civic and industrial organizations celebrate jubilee day closing days of the G A R encampment are devoted to Business Effort to unite the union and confederate soldiers address of commander go bin algers name cheered cincinnati ohio sept 8 athe abe busl bust mesa of the thirty second annual encampment camp ment of 0 the grand army and its auxiliaries beean began today after three days 01 ol of demonstrations the business of the session was inter rubw however by a parade of the civic and industrial organizations in the afternoon thia this parade was in celebration of peace a jubilee day over one hundred concerns were represented in the line with decorated wagons gons bodies ol 01 employee emp loyes some and all in gay uniforms while fifty secret military political and other bodies were represented by over ten thousand men as escorts to the peace floats this demonstration was followed by high carnival all over the city there were national dele dole sates present when the encampment proper was called to order at music hall trall at 10 a m with charles wentzel as officer of the day the welcoming address was delivered by governor bushnell ot of ohio with supplemental addresses by mayor tafel tale ot of cincinnati M EIn galls chairman 01 ol of the citizens committee and president of tha the big four font and chesapeake and ohio railways and director gen NY B la in bis response com commander mander in ch chief iet 4 i cobin gobin referred eloquently to the attractions tr actions sot ol 01 the week and the lavish entertainment of the citizens of cincinnati commander in in chief gobin said in part As com comrades radeR of the grand army of the republic we can look over the events of the year just passed with congratulation and J just net pride to our fellow soldiers and sailors of the present era we extend our congratulations aa as bear heartily tily aa as it is in our power to do BO so recognizing as we do that our organization and our teaching teach inz during the last thirty years have bare been eff effect vein in preparation arati ton lor for this glo clorious rions res result a t 1 11 1 1 to co our esteemed comrade president AdKin lej and his secretary of war oar commander in chief R A alger oar our individual and organ iaea support in the arduous dalles 08 un deposed upon them never in the worlds citory hi hit tory story has there bean an occasion when of leaders in fin national qz iff Ste rw itina atea them so thoroughly competent to meet the difficulties encountered the congratulations of the grand grand army ol 01 the republic aye of tho the nation are due to them and from this present encampment there should go 90 forward no uncertain words aa as to our limited support to the government in solving the difficult problems yet before them confident are we that the result will justify the reme faith in which we repose careful preservation and identification Ite ferring to his visits to departments in the south the commander in in chief gaid slin in the south the greeting of ex confederates Confederate a who participated in many of 0 our camp fires was exceedingly agic agreeable bable and was preliminary to the devotion to country and flag manifested in their response to the call of the president one fea feature tuie however which not but i impress me is the fact fatt that the color line still existe there are fire many colored soldiers in some pt department departments laboring under great disadvantage the race prejudice remains and the erasm teems seems to be widen widening inz it seems impossible to overcome and for or it I 1 can only express oly extreme regret what the r remedy emedy ie is if f any I 1 am unable to auguest nug aug gest aea an gobin discus discussed Red the petit bention ion ques question lon at length and said all ali that the old soldier demands dems ads if Is that the existing pension laws be administered with justice and liberality in accordance with the indention inJen in antion tion 0 ol 01 I 1 the laws when enacted and which were made to provide for the soldier and relieve bis his necessities to the full extend extent to which he be is entitled this is due him and there should be no cavil or question about his receiving I 1 the commander in chief embodied in bis his address a letter from commissioner of 0 pena pensions ions evana evans which contained the following figures number of pensioners on agency rolls june 30 1897 originals granted including report not on rolls restorations granted included ia report not on rolls originals granted in 1898 restorations granted in a 1898 total dropped in 1898 1893 by deaths by marriage remarriage re 1389 1369 by expiration minority 2121 by failure to claim by other causes total 46 on rolls jane june SO 1893 net increase for year 17 7 pensions army and navy paid in 1898 fees paid examining surgeons agencies salaries and expenses bureau salaries and per diem them total the chaplain in chief frank 0 bruner anlis in lis report stated that there has been in not a few ot of the departments a ban handsome isome development in mustering new members prompt payment of dues and looking at after er the needy comrades no such devotion to memorial I 1 day exercises had come under their observation eer in twenty five years the relation of the grand army to the common school system bad had a paramount significance in moul diniz the race in into to a more sublime civilization what had dott soiled edthe the southland so thickly with school buildings all must concede it was the triumph of the old flag the grand army could never be anything but ft a distinct order but one thing must be carefully guarded and that was contraction the army ol 01 1893 brought a climax in american annals which meant more than any past said the chaplain wo we may be on the eve of making lie tory of ourselves in a grand army which will include the boys in bine blue and gray I 1 firmly believe it is the dawn of a brighter day this would include every army under the old blaz from 1776 to 1898 tj the report of the adjutant general thomas J stewart St contained cotita ived the following figures as to membership the members in good stan diniz june 30 1897 numbered the gain during the year was by muster in transfer the report of abe quartermaster general genera gonera era A J burbank showed that the receipts during the year were and the expenditures 14 the balance on band being alonzo williams inspector general 1 reported that the organization ia Is still strong and in good conil condition tion although rapidly decreasing in la bumbera num bera bara it was still doing very efficient work throughout the land gen gobin gobia wore the fine field watch and ebann that bad had been presented to him at the camp fire last night by bis his old comrades of the forty pennsylvania regiment and on the tile aasem as em bling of the convention he was present ed d with a tine givel made of historical timber the hall waa was then cleared of all sill but members entitled to a voice in the proceedings cee ce and in executive session the 1 following reports were submitted te the encampment will have much work in considering the proposed revision of th the ritual and also in consider considering consi derins inz propositions tor for amalgamation it is believed that mat the proposition to make those who participated in the american war eligible eli aible will not prevail as the latter soldiers will want a separate parate ee organization there is more sentiment in favor of admitting chope who fought on either ride tide in the civil war and a resolution will be introduced asking the conf confederate ederae veterans vetera no to meet with the GA GAR it next year it no joint encampment is arranged it Is proposed 0 to o have fraternal delegates dele zateR sent from one encampment to another the national encampment of tb th t domans womans relief corps opened this morning at the scottish rite cathedral with an address by was miss law white I 1 ladies of the G A II 11 resumed their sessions sea eions ct at odd fellows temple the elloras to unite these two orders have not been successful EO so far when the annual reports were being read especially gobins Go bina there wab considerable sid erable cheering at the mention of president mckinless McKinIe McKin leys ys name but when the name of secretary alger in connection with the recent war wan was mentioned there was an uproarious demonstration in hia his favor after the reports had bad been referred to their respective committees many resolutions were offered specifically endorsing the administration of gen aler alger in the he war department the temper of the encampment as shown today indicates that the resolutions will endorse the management of the recent war A resolution was introduced to lave have the school histories use the term of the war between the states instead ot the war of the rebellion reb e eliou 11 it is quite likely that resolutions will be adopted providing for the uee use of the term the war tor for the preservation ot of the union there will also be an effort to secure representation for the colored men in the national encampment 0 S great interest was taken in the selection of the committee on resolutions owing to the endorsement of alger or miles the following are the members of the committee on re solutions from western tales states california and nevada A J buckley colorado and wyoming A V brown montana W II 11 black al i new aico xico J M moore south dakota robert robart dollard utah H 0 washington and alaska harry bigelow the encampment was in session from 10 a am m to p m when a recess was taken until p m the later indications were that sexton for commander in clief and philadelphia for the new location were in the lead ead |
