Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1892, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY, S 21, 1892—-PART TWO. SERVED AT THE PROX™ The Union Veterans’ Union—Its Ob- ject and Membership. A GROWING ORGANIZATION. A Rody of Veterans Assembled Here Thi Week Commaader-in Chief Yoder and His | partment Com- | As ite members proudly claim,the Union Vet- | eran Union t+ vganization of battlefie’d Veterans, men who heard the «ip. zip ot tminie bail aud the soressuing of shot and shell, the first requisite for membership being at least Six months’ continuo service (unless sooner ischarged on wo: c the army, avy oF marine cotps ot ths tween April 12, 1561, and April Bonorable Aischwrgs therefrom, said service m= ve been st the epplicans for members moral character. The union was or¢=tzed in this city in 1996, and during « years of its existence has acquired a 7 of over 60,000, with commands in nearly every state, Ae ih — growth and strength of the U. ¥.U. it anon that there are in the De, artment of commands. with « 2.000. The Depart- t the kame number. rapidly in New artment tl memory of the tt a ferve they Trion e rights of the plic trust and or employ | the ad- eral, Washingt. advoeat t mustering Fish, nesi<tant "= member o He was He t= “I | regiment served in N. ¥., Jnly 17, 1943. At the breaking out of the war he was employed in a broker's office in *<all street, New York city, and he enlisted the seventy-first New York in ¥ as « prival soldier, and later, in 1962, in the three yea service in the one hundred and thirty-first New York volunteers. He was several times prom for meritorious conduct until in 1864, when ferred to the Un: partment and acted in the capacity ant in settling the United States quartermaste accounts for transportation of troops. His Department of the Gulf din the Red River campaign with Gen. Banks. He was a volunteer to the Forlorn Hope storming column and commanded a company of stormers, and on June 27, with a small rem- nant of the volunteers, he reached ted States quarter a it work of the ene For meritorious condu’ mentix im_ the Union force and vivors, and was af ngress, and was jor U of his famou mander of the a medal from the voted a medal by C: f the service as a brevet m: manded the sur mn of the Forlorn Hope, thirteen in nt ber, in the G. A. R. parade at Boston in 15%. on which occasion they acted as escort to the bled veterans in carri Gen. Ellis is ‘the boys ntry with ard buiid- ing up m and the Woman's Veteran Union, a @ commander he attribut: of the W. V. RU. to the credit ler of the Depart- was born in Johnsto Tuly 6, 1843, His parents and he worked ona farm to Hills 4, comma when he came uded Hillsdale € a few weeks when he until the fall of 1 dale, Mich. » only the Army of the Pots ed in the battles of the Wild Ann, Cold Harb. en to Hadding’ rewained unti He then re November Mich. ed his p of Hillsdal ssi years and jndge o cow probate ¢ He served four of the was re Sovereign ( peo regim T refused to GEN. JOHN H. ROBERTS. 1 H. Roberts, commander of the De- f Massachusetts, enlisted in Jun: ate in the eighth Maine infantr; ommissioned second liente regiment left the state. Serv 4 of the Potomac, in defense of Washington, u til October, i361. when Dupont and Sherma expeditionary cor; ttache was at Port gard and Wag ‘aptared. ipated in the ai f Fort Pulaskiat the moath ab river. in January, 186: of Jacksonvil Fla. May and following lieutenant in May bh July, 1562. He was in the department of the h until the capture of Fort Wagner and | | the "lof Samter in the transfgrred to th every state whateoeve free of any has en-} denred him to the sol the thanks rades all over year, he was ele nion Veterans we and Xt Clevela: uw. L. oTRERT HL L. Street, the adjutant general, was Lora b was then being organ: s geteran regiment, nfath~ men who had jast be March. 1864, received orders to yrtland for New Orleans, with men Arrived there just in time to part Red River campaign, and then Louisiana to look ‘after a where no quarter After cleaning out this band and at. be was ordered to N and thence to Fort Barrancas, West Florida, to assist in the operations against Mobile, Ala, Took an active part in cut the railroad and telegraph communication between Mobil hus bottling up that ci engaged in its siege, and had two battles there ndered. After the war he asetts, and for ‘as colonel of the cavairy of the 2 for troops fm svi en- Listed tn company FE. second California caval ment with the indians = Balt Lake, Utah. January, i> second lieutenant first Unie, February 22, 1569, end honorably musteret G.O.No 1, 71, rede army. He is e member of John A. Logan Com- mand, No. 2, Department of th OrX. 7. 3. BALLENTINE. commander of the De- ’ , Was born and reared enlisted in company A, Angust 31, 1361, p the following campaigns: In Kentucky, under Gen. Buell; Tenncpsee, uncer Gen. Rosecrans; in Georgie, under Gen. Sherman, taking part in all the prom‘zcut battic- fought on that line omaugi,’ "Chattanooga, Re- aaving served all the time in pt uzder Gen. Thomas, Hoewan, against Gen. For- restare Taitoz, Ga.,and as he moved across by Huntsville to Pulaski, Tonn., were trans- ferred by ruil by the way of Nashville to inter- | cept and drive him across the ‘Tenneseee river at Mussle Shoals, Ala. Gen. Ba!!entine’s term of service havins <xrized he started for home and was 4. * nittanning, Penn., in October, M54. Gen. Jeiwes Polk Cornes, commander of the ra’ | » his success as | from which institute he graduated in Septem- ber, 1863, and in the following December en- d as a private in company C, ‘New York cavalry; was transferred to company Kand promoted to commissary sergeant, At SONS OF VETERANS.) An Organization That Has a Mem-| bership of 50,000. ITS OBJECTS AND ITS HISTORY It is Designed to Perpetuate the Memory of ‘Thoxe Who Fought for the Country and to Inculeate Patriotism—Its Leading Me! bers. The veterans who left their homes and their friends to fight for their country are not the only ones who are interested in the great cele- bration, for there are nearly 50,000 members of GEN. JAMES POLK CORNES. the first engagement, the battle of the Wilder- | ness, May 5, 1564, he was taken prisoner, but upon the following day, in company with» n, Mouers of company C. din making his eseape, and succeeded in reaching our lines at or near Brandy station and reporied to Gen. Auger, commanding. May 17 was sent from there fo Camp Stone: ; man and Joined the provisional troops and dis- mounted men who were sent out July 5 in de- | fense of Washington; was sent from there to Harper's Ferry, and was in the engagement at | Monocacy July 9, 1864, and several smaller en- gageme: In August he rejoined his command and was a participant in all the skirmishes and engagements until Lee's surrender. He re- | ceived a severe scalp wound at Mulberry Ran | November 12 and was mustered out with the regiment at Rochester, N. ¥., August 5, 1865. Comrade Cornes was adjutant of ( . | 236, GA. R, for two years; in 1 John A. Logan Command, Brockport, N. ¥., and at th [held at Albion, October 12, 18 second deputy N. ¥., in 1590 was elec ler,und upon the death of Dep: Commander J. Mar-hali Ginons, in 3 1891, wae ordered by Commander-tn-Chief Gen. Win: T. Clark to aséume command of the state, and at the third annual encampment, held at Rochester, Y., Octobe: 65, was unani- mously partment commander. . JOSE i of G onal . and adjutte 1 MOH Joseph command, Union Veteran d | erans of the civil war who were honorably discharged, none others being _ eligible to membership. The cligibility clause of | the constitution of the organization pro- | i | vides they be not less than cightcen years of age. Like all other organizations there are certain declarations which the “Sons” muat make before becoming members of the order. the organization of the Sons of Veterans, who take pride in honoring the memory of their fathers. Of this large membership several thousand take advantage of the annual oppor- tunity to celebrate, and this year is not an ex- ceptional one. The members of the local camps, Sons of Veterans, have been making prepara- tions to receive and entertain their guests, and they were materially aided by the members of the Ladies’ Aid Society. ‘The Sons of Veterans organization is probably the most prominent of the auxiliary sucieties connected with the Grand Army of the Republic. Its membership, as the name implies, 18 made up of sons of the vet- | Ho must declare his belief ina Supreme Being and must profess loyalty to the United States government. in applying for admission a candidate must present proof of his father having served in tho army or navy and his application must be recommended by a member of the camp. A ©o% ce investigate ndidate’s standing and the camp proc te on the applica- | tion, two black bails in twenty votes being | enough to reject the candidate, who cannot ap= ly for admission to any camp within the fol- wing *ix months, and then ouly with the con- sent of the camp that rejected him. ‘The ob- jects of the order are to preserve the memories of the veterans in the civil war, to aid the G. A. Rin enring for the disabied’ and helpless veterans, to assist deservins members of the order and general culeate patriotism, Provision is made in the constitution for the 1 one cxmmp to anothet and provision is also made for leave of absence, transfer or discharge. It is required thut regular meetings of each cnn be hel e hone shall | in part reg and patriotic exercises under the direction of the | chaplain. | It ix in the power of the commander to call | ings for the t special | oncerning the welfa raed members in Decem- vensed with mp commanc ing of th stated meeti unless a ballot be consent. The camp council looks after the investment | of the surplus funds of the camp aud mends meaeures for preserving aud increa the camp’s funds and attends generally to its | business affa ‘As the order is non-sectarian and no: cal, sectarian or political topics are not allowed within a comp. THE COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEP. engaging | ‘Tenn., with | vete the Kentucky tent whe et € of the renr guard 10 the batilo | z cut off commu- this deprived the ations for three or four days. Nearly rarain of continuous shot J. composed of the hirty-fifth Indiana, ents and intrenchments fifteen miles south of Nashville. ussing Sire for weeks bf the enemy in its progresa d Naehvile, Franklin was reached, and fe, one of the bloodiest most deci e of the war, resulted in the on of Hood's southern army. ight, in the i Morris w: of pris rates t on steamer to Jefferson vome hospital treatme . and thence he was sent to ¢ Ohio, and was furloughed thirty da: which time he went er and so d and ein 2 from bir wi na pment in Ar | ville that his own mother failed to recogni | him. After some years of slow provement in his do hard p and was republic ! republic Sherman ¢ ISSO and 1884 strong ad- ile was aypointed chief of staffof the na 1, Union Veterans’ Union, by |, Departme Ohio’ and In- ° Maj. Gen. L. ¥, Ellis, department commander. 2 THE The f m » first : Joseph M. Ohio; W.C. Cc. W. Wiseon xecus Bond, chairman, ade, Boston; Col. 4. Illinois; S VETERAN RELIEF UNION. h the Union Veteran Union is £ Union, which was Ohio, Febraary 22, r4 being chosen by No. 3, and installed At the ‘ame place the J encampment of the Union Veteran held on the 27th, 28th wnd_ 29th of September,1837.and at the sume time the-mem- bers of the Woman's Veteran fcliet Union con- vened, the following unious being represented: Marth No. 1, Cleveland, Ohi Lit No. 2, Akron, Ohie Union, No. 1 ‘T. D. York Union, No. 2, Titusville, Pu, thirty ladies taking an active part in ihe business of the convention, ‘The object of the order was made known to the U. V. U.. then in seseion, and accepted by that ax an independent aux- the supervision of — the hief, he being one of the amittee, known as the advisory committee of the national department. The preamble was then adopted as being agreeable to the principles of the Union Veterans’ Union. After being duly organized the officers wero elected to verve one year. | The roster of officers was as follows: Presi- | dent, Annie Ik Taney hill. Akro i i vice president, Sarai Whitney, |. Obt0; | Junior vice president, Henrietta Crane, Newark, 'N. J.; conduetzess, Lou A. Sellers, Cleveland, Ohio: treaxurer, Angeline Cline, Akron, Ohi | secretary. Sarah E. Stouffer, Akron, Ohio; in- je guard, Mary McCormick, Akron, Ohio; out- side gus 3 | UL Hall, McKeesport, Pa., October 9, 10, 11,12, 1883, whore a lively interest was manifested by those in attendance. The third convention was held in Detroit, Mich., and the fourth at Lake | Side, Ohio: the Afth in Cleveland, Ohio, each | one showing a large increase over the other. — A Scuscurrriox 70 Tux Stam ai campment Week, sent anywhere in the | States, outside of this city, costs onl | cents.” It will bea magnificent oosvene ‘ Encampment Onprr a of Tae Stan sent to ab- ose ia Seats So ghlatiss Officer bythe ected w | the Woman's V nized at the prov Justice © En- ‘nited fifteen of the. | fornin. Last yenr’s report +h | territories The commandery-i usof Veterans, Itn 1 regulations of the or inatrne of the he nd fully complied with hief is made up of its nt with but appoir t few exceptions —p full term of one y vaca past captains, representatives nnual meeting is held in August sand er of each year. the punishment of « members, and rules and them are laid down in the eu. laws. Provision is made ses committed by lations governing titution and FIFTY THOUSAND MEMBERS, The membership this year is something like fifty tin , divided among the states from Maine to Florida and from New York to Cali- 1 mem- | bership of 49,1 divided am Wisconsin HISTORY OF ITS ORGANIZATION. ‘The patriotic order of the Sons of Veterans ized in 1879 by Commander David Kuapp of Post 4. G. A.B. ‘The establishment {on April 10 wa ng the states and | | | 13 | Latayette Camp, 140; has serv Chaplain-in-chief, Rev. Charles MeColly, Win- nebago, Minn. ‘These elective and appointive officers were in- | stalled by Gen. H. B. Bagley of West Virgit ; assisted by Col. C. F. Morrison of Montana Henry Frazee of Ohio. At this encampment one of the highest honors of the order, that of the Grand Gold Cross, was conferred upon Maj. KM. J. Reed of Grand Camp No. 5 of this city by a unanimous vote. ‘The gold cross is conferred only on members for services rendered the order. Maj. Reed is Dut the fifth person, thus honored, the others being Lonis Rake, past division commander d past lieutenant commander-in-chief: H. H. jammer and Charles E. Defenderfer, both past division commanders, and of Camp 16 of Read- ing, and Comrade A. 'P. Davia of Pittsburg. Gen. Bangs of Maine, Gen. Ross of Balti- more, Maj. A. P. Davis of Pittsburg, Gen. Baun and Maj. Reed of this city have ail been made past division and past grand division com- manders, with life membership voice and vote in the division and commandery-in-chief e: campments. GEN, PRANK P. MERRILL, Gen. Frank P. Merrill, one of the past com- manders of the Sons of Veterans, was elected to the position at the second annual meeting of the commandery-in-chieft held at Columbus, Ohio, on Aug: Withont a diseenting voice the honor was conferred upon him in recognition of his valuable services to the order, ing ti ho serv tho chief oiticer of nization e great improvement wus made financially and otherwise, Past Commander Merrill was born at Buck- field, Maine. November 19 Berdan's Sharpshooters, and served e fuli of 1861 to the clos» of the war. of the war his father moved to Au- ne, and engaged in the shoe busine: the age of sixteen years Commander Merrill ined the Auburn Li as one of its arter members, ser -y grade until elected captain. “During the political trouble of the winter of 1820 his company was under arms sixteen daysand served with great credit, During 1881 he ished a book on “Guard Mounting sof a Soldier,” which was well rec all of 1882 his at- tention was called to the organization of the Sons of Veterans by Gen. I. s. Bangs, then provi ai ional commander of the first grand sion. During the winter of 1883 he assisted en. Bangs in organizing camps in Maine, and elected commander of the first permanent division organized in the United States. The commander of the organization last year was Bartow 8. Wecks of New York. His pop- ularity as a commander was shown in the large increase in memberehip during the year and ewes vari ions among the nizetion, He is still a known in his native ng assistant district attorney of New he is also dent of the Club, the rival of the noted thictic Club. He was born in New -two years ago. Being a graduate of the City of New York and School, he is «id to be o sof the bar of h jemoerat, being prosi- tk Democratic Club. He joined the order in 1884 as a charter member of d as lieutenant w York division and judge advocate general. He is a companion of the Loyal Legion, deriving the right of mezber- ship from his father, the late Col, H. C. Weeks. | His ancestors were ‘prominent in the revolu- tionary war. Man! York thir colonel of the of the order was the result of a desire on th | sons join tion, r to perp | delphia was the plaice where the organizatic was born. Several camps we th state of ,and until 1832 they had no regniar plan of org Ind ar the th Maj. A. P: Davis of Pit and laws governing a permanent organ ‘This was nearly completed when Gen. Bangs of Maine was called to take charge of wh known as th rand division, comprising | all the New England states. Gen. E. W. Itosx | of Baltimore was put at the head of the second and fifth grand divisions, the former consi of the middie states, with Virginia, West ginia and Kentucky, and the latter all the other southern states, At this time also Gen. Baun ol, assumed charge of the third hich consisted of all states Then the work of organizing camps began in earnest, Gen. Bangs and his staffand Gen. Ross and staff being particularly zealous in the task. Singularly enough as it may seem, promoters of the new organization found siderable opposition among the veterans, and was along time befo.v the veterans r ognized the body. ven now many veterans in the . R. are opposed to the sons’ organization. The camps that were formed prior to 1882 had little if any funda in their treasuries, nor by 1 they kept records and reports, FINST NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. ‘The work of organizing the camps proceeded under numerous difficulties, and daring the first year under the ritual the organization flofrished, and in 1883 the first national en- campment was held. Pitteburg was the place where it was held. and a partial organization was effected, and the next year the annual meeting was held at Columbus, Ohio. ‘Tho progress made in two years was satisfactory to ‘all interested in the order. The men who originally been placed in charge pushed for- ward the work until the fall of 1884, when thoy turned over the fully organized body to the several officers elected at the first annual sos- sion of each grand division. Since then the work of organization has gone on, until there are camps in twenty-seven siates’ and terri- tories, and the total number is considerably cover 2,000. ‘The annual encampments were held at various cities and the commanders elected from time to time were as follows: Frank P. Mertill, Bos- ton, Mass.; George B. Abbott, Chicago; Charles F, Grifin, Hammond, ind.: George W. Marks, Brooklyn; Louis M. Wagner, Phindelphin; A. P. Davis, Pittsburz; Leland ' J. Webb, Ti Kan.; George T. Brown, Brookivn, N.Y.; Ed- win Earp, jr., Lynn, Mass.; Walter 8, Payne, Fostoria, Ohio; Bartow 8. Weeks, New York city. Tho Inst meeting of the order was held at Helena, Mont.,’ when ollicers were elected follows: Marvin E. Hall, n, commander- in-chief; W. Poilitt, New Jersey, senior vige com John W. Miller, ‘Montana, junior vice commander. A quartermaster gen- eral was clected, the office having been made elective, with a term of three years and a salary of $1,500. Rudolph Lobenstein of Missouri was ‘The commander-in-chiof the fol- membersef huseie Ph aught was suggested to burg to write a ritu: the WALTER 8. PAYNE, In 1885 Walter 8. Payne was commander-in- of the uistration of affairs did not suit everybody the char, es against him were investigated and | he was exonerated. Gen. Payne was born in Victory Mil | 1857. “His fat | major of the twelfth Ps | moved toa farm near Irvine, Pa At the age of fifteen young Payne went and learned the trade of an iron molder. In 1857 he went to Wisconsin, where he took up |the business of telegraphy (which he had learned at the age of twelve years). He fol- | towed this business in connection with railroad- ‘il the war broke out. He enlisted April in company D, fourth Wiscon- infantry. and, “before state, was i company. Having served through the war with distinction. Gen. Payne lived at sev- eral places, where he held important posisions, taking part in the affairs of the Sons of Veterans in the meantime. Augugt 15, 1885. he removed to Fostoria, Ohio (his present residence). Later | im August he was elected commander of the second grand division in this city, and on the 19th of September was elected commander-in- chief without a nomination. He was candidate for secretary of state on the prohibition ticket in Ohio in 1888, and ran 263 votes ahead of the ticket. Ho is now commander of the depart- | ment of Ohio (twenty-five corps) of the pro- hibition army of the blue and the gray, whose motto is “Once Divided, but Now United to Conquer Rum.” nnxylvania cavalry), re- Gen, Marvin E. Hall is a native of having been born in Calhoun county, in that state, September 1, 1858. He was educated at Hillsdale College and the University of indi- ana, ani business life as. traveler. He'has boon thrice chegoreenercil Hillsdale and is a prominent Mason and ngust Lombard Came A of AIDING IN GOOD WORKS. A Useful Society Auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans. The Ladies’ Society of the Sons of Veterans, though practically but five years old, embraces 218 societies and is organized in fourteen states | societies in thirteen others. Its total member- | ship is now 5,097. Although the national society dates its real | organization with the first national encamp- | ment, Beld at Akron, Ohio, September 7 and 9, it really existed since the week following the fall of Fort Sumter, when a Ladies’ Aid Society, with all its avowed objects, was organized in Philadelphia by a Mra Harria, It was com- Posed o: upward of 200 noble ladies of that city. Their work for the soldiers is well known, Philadelphia is also creaited with having or- ganized an order of the L. A. 8. some time Previous to 1853, which grew to some extent ‘Miss Laura Martin was the official head at the time it was merged iuto the present organiza. tion, in 1883. Miss Martin was the provisional president until the Akron encampment of 1887. At that encampment Mra. W. D. A. O'Brien of Siduey, Ohio, was elected national president, ‘The following year at Wheeling, West Virginia, she was re-elected. ‘The third national encampment wa held im. Paterson, New Jersey, in August, 1889, when Nirs, Ella L. Jones of Altoona was elected na- tional president and served two years. The fourth encampment was held at St. Joseph, Michigan, in August, 1890, In Minneapolis, at the fiith national encampment, in August, 189i, Mrs, J. 8. Mason of Medina, Ohio, was elected the third national president, The sixth en- campment was heid in August last at Helena, Montana, at the close of which Miss Belle Gray of Washington, Iowa, was elected president, Dr. Catherine Holden of Helena vice-president and the national council as follows: Miss Josie Munholland, Bloomington, Ill; Mrs, May Mason, Medina, 0.; Mra, Ada L. Shannon, Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Parker, South Dakota, and Miss Taffe, Kansue City, Kan, Mrs, Burton, Butte, was chosen chief of staff und Miss McElwain, St. Louis, mustering officer, President Grey appointed Mrs, A. P. Davis of Pittsburg, Pa., national chaplain. Since 1887 the order has had a steady and substantial growth, Ghio stands at the head the column with the largest membership. Ivania, Kansas and Llinois foilow very however, The order has been repe y indorsed by the national encampiaents of the Sons of Veterans as their ouly recoga:zed autiliary, and has aiso received the heart proval of ma: ding members of the irand Army of the Republie, including many past and present department commanders, Commander-in-Chicf Paimer of the G. A, BR, made by the Sons of * uid societies to pre- Veteraus and thetr ladi serve the work of the G. A. R. and instill a of our spirit of patriotism and love of the fla couutry meet with my h jects, both financial and otherwise; to aid the members of the Grand Army of the Republic ing for their helpless and dixab!ed com- to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead and the proper observance of Memorial day; to inculcate true patriotism and love of country, aot ouly among our members, but all the people of the land, and ta spread and sus- tain the doctrine of equal rights, universal liberty and justice to all. Its societies may receive as members mothers, wives, sistersand daughters of veteran soldiers, also wives and daughters of Sons of Veterans, The call of the nationai president to attend the GA. Ro encampment in this city announces that the sofety will hold a mass convention at the E Street Baptist Church at 0 p.m. September 21, to be continucd as ircnmstances require, and that national head- quarters will bo located at 915 E street. The- objects of this meeting are to confer together upon topics of good to the order. to devise plans of greater usefulness and to ex- tend the social features of the organization. MRS. 3.8. MAKON, Mrs, J. 8. Maxon, third past national president of the Ladies’ Aid Society, is the wife of a vet- eran soldier, whom she married some time after the close of the war. He cnlisted in one of the fighting Ohio regiments when barely old enough to pass muster and during the Georgia campaign received a serious wound, which crippled lim for life. Since then they have made their home at Medina, Ohio, Mrs, Mason has long been identified with pa- triotie organizations and since 1887 with the order of which she 18 now the honored head. At that time the Ladies’ Aid Society, No. 13. of Med:na was formed. she being a charter mem- ber and chosen its first chaplain, In the next division encampment at Sidney, Ohio, she was sent as delegate, She was there elected a del- ezate to the second national encampment=at Wheeling. Both at that convention and again the following year at Cincinnati she rendered | clear and comprehensive report of the coun- cil upon her return home. At the latter con- vention she was clected division president for Ohio, and in another, year by the introduction of good judgment and sound business princi- ples she managed the affairs of her division with splendid results, In 1890 her services re- ceived public appreciation and at the next en- campment xt Mansfield, Ohio, she was re- elected to the same office. While holding this oncrous “position Mrs, Mason was at the same time the president of ‘the local society in Me- pa, At the national encampment at Minneapotis her ability ava ieader and as an executive of: ficer was recoguized by her election to the highest oflice in the order—its national presi- de Since that time she has managed the affairs of the headquarters with the same busi- ness tact and attention to the growing needs of thé organizations as she has evinced in cover- ing smaller fields of work. She has made sincere friends throughout the entire order and is an especial favorite in the Ohio division. where she has naturally a wide Personal acquaintance. As division president In two yexrs she doubled the membership in her own stats. , Mra, Mason is a woman of modest and pleas- ‘ant address, always courteous, and by her wide experience and close reading is up with the times upon all questions of modern advance- ment, rripee Ha s | in permanent divisions and with provisional | place she still holds, and at the fifth convention was made senior vice president. During all this time khe has never missed but one mect- ing of her society. At the Helena convention the rules wore suspended and the secretary was instructed to cast the vote of the encampment | for Miss Gray. This was done in the midst of the greatest enthasinsm. Her first gavel. a gift from the W..R C. of Helena, was then Presented. It is of cedar, ornai old, silver and sapphires,’ Miss in high regard by her order and is recognized woman of brilliant mind, remark- i in her duties, Sibley Sabre, a soldier paper pr ‘The other national officers are: Vice dent, Dr. Catherine Holden, Helena, ecretary. Miss Pearl Stevens, W. lowa; treasurer, Miss Bertha ton. Iowa: mustering officer, Miss Sophia Me- Elwain, St. Louis, Mo. MES. ELLA TL. JONES Mrs. Ella L. Joaes, past national president, is the wife of Mr. Jones of Altoona. She was born in Carlisle, Pa. and at the breaking out of the rebellion, while only a little schoo! girl, was glad to help the cause at the front by scraping lint and preparing bandages for hos- pital use, Although she saw but little of the dread struggle, she experienced its hardships She was driven from her home at midnight once by the shelling of Carlisle by the gray coats, | Sine Altoona, 1872 Mrs, Jones has resided in ue was for years and a haif + of the Ladies of Rim nd when the Ladies’ Aid. So~ ~ was formed at Akron was elect d on the national council. At the Wheeling convention she was elected vice president; at Paterson, N. J., was elected na- tional president: at St. Joseph, Mo.. was re- electea president. and at Minneapolis, Minn , took the honorable position of past national president. It was there that the Ladies’ Aid Society presented her with a handsome god badge, which is so highly appree: recipient. Mra Jones is still s in the esuse of the L CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD, Written for The Evenms Star. 1863—1892. Note the frost-vesprinkled heads, note the age dimmed eves; Note the footprints left by Time as o'er the course ities. Note the paln-retarded steps, the aged mooping forms. Are these the men who once marched here just from the battle storms? Then the Mush of health was stamped on each proud hero's face, ‘Then each warrior, lithe and strong, marched Airialy in his place. ‘Then the ight of victory flashed brightly from each eye, As through this Avenue they bore thelr war-rent banwers high. Loyal eves lashed greeting to the torn fags borne i air, Patriot tongues cried “Weicome” to the veterans everywhere. A natlows gratitude was thetrs, those valiant boys in blue, As up this Avenue they marched on that last grand Teview. Their bicody task they had performed with true and willing hands; they Joined the tattered ends of Union's riven bards. In sun and storm, in heat and cold, they'd battled for thelr trust, Until the foeman’s Maunting fags were humbled in the dust. In torn and tattered uniforms, solled by the touch war, ‘With weather-beaten faces, bodies marked with mang a scar; ‘With banners rent ‘by confict, proudly marched the martial host, While welcoming plaudits swept the land in waves from coast to coast. Are these the men we see today—these veterans marked by age— ‘The men whose exit then was made from war's blood-spotted stage? Are these the men whose eyes then flashed with wg TNmPh's purest light, 1o'd placed our country Dack upon her perch on honor's heigat: ‘The very same—but, battling with the storms of time since then 5 ‘Has “immed the lustcr of the eyes of those heroic men. Privation’s scods by war's hand sown have deeply taken re And asthe fleeting years sped on have borne their ‘The steps once fi totter, and the ‘once firm now 4 yes once bright are dim; = Bent are the forms we once saw marching here erect and trim; ‘Weaker have grows the voles, and the frost ts in r rf im wht review with Ot easpe who pesoot with tattered And y@ tis butarempant of that glad returning Of soldier patriots who marched tis Avenue along, For blade of death’has swept them from the center to the flanks, And almost countless comrades have been called to heavenly ranks. ‘Fhrough many an honored name the hand of death has drawn a line Upon ihe roster of the earth, but hand of God ine ‘Has graven them upon the roll in realm of endiess ‘day, Where they will shine with lustrous light when earth has passedaway. And year the wil his phe bh tng reaper grim swing ‘Until the last old veteran form beneath the sod is who marched in and those Andsthose sixty-five, who today, from memory's treasure house, will all Bat mat ol ag we eee today Dy peacetl breezes Will float in beauty o'er the land their patriot valor sav RAILROADS. agg SITET ERED Pati tr TRAneLEAtE WasHiNoTOR | ~ Ttow For Pitish ar ®: a Riceriny Care " are forte ®t Lon.sap i Chncigmatt, amd Dimine’ Srisbure to St Tonia. Cstasnbine 38 pom dalle, wit Cer Ghieato and" Dintue Car Hecpiabane se Wostorn Earns Tom. daite, with Steentae Cave Washinwion to. Chicags, commacting Astiy Mervishure with throagh Sleepers for Pittsbare eed, Pelham inine Gor hetaoane ss ica.” Southwostern Exprem. © &Oe mA vPamabire teenie Me xX AND Retiy NEN FORE. Teas a ae is “han fenicers for Paligsipnia cr Philadn'phia wil = Station. Philedelphia, for FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY, 50 am. week days, and 3.43 om Fin at throneh tratne Jersey Cite wit) hantt ae Rees Ine Atroct transter te Fulton: rec avetlien Asable ferrin“ aenoan Sow Neh Cite For Atwntin atts, wa, TT ven ant 11 38 e For, Baltimore. f. 20a.m. and 4.38pm. Aaity 2.00.an4 11 Mam. and 4.90 anday Sandaye Woe eek AXD THE sorra. BT, 4 yay . S Lor ereent Sn For Anpopoiia. tn, mr dalle excep: 2208 mF Ponneyivanta avenas, y lers rats be fate for ths checking st jon from hotels and 3. WOOD, 7) Gomera! Passenger Acwnt. ICHMOXD AND 1) a RE AX ATLROAD co HUE Rope ASB a nent res Warren, et Sunday, Dally connects at Lenchbure tor itor ‘ork Principal natura eonth an sit Tiviehoe CRietmon Totnes eonith sm ait The Snd'Danviile system. Pullman Sioaper New Verh e Mashineton to Atianta. connecting thence with Eicener ts Now Orleans via Momtoorwery aud for Meme niin vin Rirmineham.wnitineat Danelle with Seems for Aturusta ala! Groeustors with Sleaper for Ashe. 4.45 9.7. Dally for W; rt na irainor ‘arrenton ena fa td ert Sunday. = Dalle. WASHINGTON a! a eam tS ‘\eenee, Dining. Parke sna Sekine dl rynste Atlanta (thne IR houre’ with Pall throneh New York an] Washineton to. Oricane vis Muntaromery aid Washinton to Memphis fn irmninchiamn: Ny for atl 1 monn ma Paps aatrs Se vinvtens oo Reng TRATNSON WASHTNATON AND ONTO Jeave Washineton at #198. my DIVIsT Aatly. 1 gna A pom a Washineton 6.25 Suda ar 1, BROWN, General Acent Passoneer, W. A. TURK, General Tassomtor Avent Dept. a = (CRESAPFAKE AND omTO RATLWA) SCHEDULE IN REPECT JUNE 14. 1999. ‘Trains leave dail " ration ont os ly from Unton ts antes, Throneh the wrandest senory in Amerios, with hanteomest and moat « ‘Soild’ Train ‘Servioe ‘West fron Washinton + 2:00 9. m. Aally—"-Cincinnatt ant St, Lonta Limite Roll vestitnled, *new't caninped, elects tehted Fee Ra Te rilimens nce: siecalee as hineton nunti, Tniananalle and Se withont chance. “Arrives Cincinnet! 8:10 &.m., Ainnarotis 11508. m., St, Tonle 15 n TL On, Antiy Them tame FEF woattnnte Limited” <atid veettionia tentn with Amine car OP Cincinnatl Ohio. Lecinstan aml Lamevit'e Re eerie ine at Cincinnati att 25 ". m., Laxinotom Tomievitle 9.50 p. an, connecting in Unton all noints. AND. pe UTLER Gent Passenger Agent BAL tHne & Onto KATLROAD. Echodale tr effect May 2, 1897 Leave Washington from « cons ; For Chicas ant Northen, titted TAmited te. press trains 11.308 mm. ® Lp, dally - For Cin tiunat Be varie ama Lo buled Dimited, con $1 a express 11.25 p.m, Anile. For Pittshune and Cleveland, express dail m, and 8.45 9 ‘ jatnral Roden, Roanoke, and Memphis, 45 8.1m, | dally :partor ear to Roan-keon mori ine tar throngh to Meninh's For Baltimore, woot lave (5.09. 45 mints). 9.05.8 th30n. m. For Harerstown. $10,408. m, anf #5.0—.-0. int For Rowd an’ way 5 7m are ear points, $7.75 99 ae. Thon $4 en 27.05. a trains: mrins at nvinetoel stators oo ae Pier Fi, Th ao BOVAL BLOe Ne ot Yon For Philadephia, N-: ance ROO ROG, Tin in, 4065.00, Diniwe' Car), OM. station at agate City, 10.00and 12.00 n00n, Sundaga TExcept Sunday.» “Daily. tiSuntay only. Rareare for and checked acnees be Calta Teaneter Co. on By offices, 619 ‘L31 Pa. ave... ant at: J.T op! a. OL a a _ POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. ax « $2 soar P AE LRfporon © wre eae eerste a a abi ‘NORFOLK AND W: DAILY LINE BETWEEN WASRINGTOR, D. @, FOKTRESS MONROE and