Roosevelts Letter on Pensions at Grand Army Encampment
Boston August 11 The Grand Army of the Republic held its encampment with thousands of delegates and veterans visiting historic Boston sites. Commander Black urged pension law expansion and noted 47373 new pensioners this year, 49156 dropped, with total costs $144,912,937. A Roosevelt letter was read praising Union soldiers and urging the Philippines remain under American order, and a reply letter from Roosevelt dated August 16 discussed national debt to veterans and Civil War legacy.
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John C. Black
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America
Commissioner of Pensions
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White House
Washington
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Veterans Group Reports G A R Membership Drop and Relief Spent
The Grand Army of the Republic reports 246 261 members in good standing as of June 20 194 with 10 249 lost in the year and posts dropping from 6426 to 6142 Historic gifts including a diamond studded badge and gavel were presented to Gen William W Blackmar and Mrs Black by Col Charles H McConnell The encampment backs veterans exemption from proposed age seventy retirement and adjourns until tomorrow
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Woman's Relief Corps Elects National President Fannie Minot
At the Boston convention of the Woman's National Relief Corps Mrs. Fannie E. Minot of Manchester NH won the national presidency on the first ballot. Officers reported strong membership and relief expenditures while patriotic instruction and peace work received emphasis. The Ladies of the GAR and Army Nurses groups held events with Gov Bates in attendance.
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Menlo Park
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Rolfe, Pa
Carmen. Sparnklin
St Louis
May
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Cambridge
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Naval veterans meet at encampment with new officers in Boston
In Boston on August 17 war veterans organizations gathered for the Grand Army of the Republic assembly. The National Association of Naval Veterans elected Isaac D. Baker as Commander and named Walter Jacobs fleet captain and John W. Prout fleet commander among others. Edward H. Haskell was chosen president of the United States Veteran Signal Corps Association. Resolutions favored James McGee for Pension Commissioner and urged Roosevelt to help contact maimed veterans nationwide to join the league. The nineteenth annual encampment of the Union Veterans' Union opened in Chelsea as Congressman Ernest W. spoke.
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Albany
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Philadelphia
Ware
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Ernest W
National encampment opens with welcome addresses and music
The Sons of Veterans opened their national encampment with welcome talks by Roberts Mayor Edward Willard and Lieut. Gov. Guild. The afternoon featured routine business and a 7:30 PM program by the Fifteenth Cavalry Band at Judiciary Park, followed by a Marine Band concert at the Marine Barracks. A separate report describes a boy, John Feterson, accused of robbing Lorenz Thompson after Thompson had befriended him, with detectives seeking the youth who may have fled to Richmond.
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Negro women battle over old grudge in shared home
At 4 Orial court Lizzie Lincoln and Eva Franey fought through a crowded scene with flying missiles and improvised weapons. Police arrested both, taking them to Casualty Hospital for treatment before lockup.
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