Dept. of Illinois Encampments (1904)


	Department of Illinois Encampments Organized April 19, 1904

No	Year & Date	Where Held	Commander Elected	Home Residence
--	1904 6/27 - 9/12	Bloomington	David Davis	Litchfield
01	1904 September 12	Chicago	John P. Cairns	Chicago
02	1905 August 19	Rock Island	Ritchings J. Shand	Rockford
03	1906 July 19 - 21	Galesburg	James H. Stansfield	Chicago
04	1907 June 7 - 8	Aurora	John R. Powers	Elgin
05	1908 June 18 - 20	Joliet	Thomas J. McConologue	Chicago
06	1909 July 23 - 24	Elgin	William H. McIntosh	Rockford
07	1910 June 18 - 19	Danville	A.F.W. Seibel	Chicago
08	1911 June 23 - 24	Rockford	Ben R. Hall	Streator
09	1912 June 14 - 15	Pontiac	Frank S. Dickson	Springfield
10	1913 June 26 - 28	Springfield	Carl McKee	Joliet
11	1914 June 18 - 20	East. St. Louis	Charles L. Daniels	Chicago
12	1915 June 10 - 12	Rock Island	Michael J. Donahue	Streator
13	1916 June 15 - 17	Woodlawn	George F. Lee	Chicago
14	1917 June 15 - 17	Streator	Benjamin F. Bliss	Springfield
15	1918 June 17 - 19	Sterling	Elmer M. Lawson	Chicago
16	1919 June 19 - 21	Kewanee	Oscar E. Carlstrom	Aledo
17	1920 June 10 - 12	Galesburg	Fred E. Brown	Sterling
18	1921 June 16 - 18	Dixon	John J. Garrity	Chicago
19	1922 June 15 - 17	Aurora	John J. Holslag	Aurora
20	1923 June 14 - 16	Jacksonville	Oscar C. Smith	Jacksonville
21	1924 June 12 - 14	Bloomington	Philo A. Hoyt	Joliet
22	1925 June 11 - 13	Decatur	Leslie J. Snyder	Bloomington
23	1926 June 24 - 26	Jacksonville	Charles G. Essig	Chicago
24	1927 June 23 - 25	Kankakee	William S. Orthman	Chicago
25	1928 July 5 - 7	Mt. Vernon	Samuel M. Wright	Benton
26	1929 June 27 - 29	Pontiac	Michael F. Kelly	Chicago
27	1930 June 26 - 28	Moline	John A. Sutherland	Pontiac
28	1931 June 25 - 27	Champaign	John R. Myeskie	Chicago
29	1932 June 27 - 29	Belleville	Martin L. Duffy	Salem
30	1933 June 22 - 24	Streator	Arthur Hufton	Chicago
31	1934 June 21 - 23	Oak Park	Charles N. Neal	Springfield
32	1935 June 20 - 22	Rockford	Francis J. Thomas	Chicago
33	1936 June 18 - 20	Lincoln	Charles W. Nunan	Champaign
34	1937 June 17 - 19	Danville	Charles E. Gilbert	Chicago
35	1938 June 16 - 18	Peoria	Walter F. Coolidge	Granite City
36	1939 June 22 - 24	Quincy	Patrick J. Ratigan	Chicago
37	1940 June 20 - 22	Bloomington	John H. Dean	Norma
38	1941 June 19 - 21	Galesburg	LeRoy B. Boylan	Chicago
39	1942 June 18 - 20	Danville	Charles E. Leverenz, Sr.	Danville
40	1943 June 17 - 19	Peoria	Harry Bierma	Chicago
41	1944 June 22 - 24	Peoria	Jacob E. Burgard	Peoria
42	1945 June 20 - 21	Peoria	David A. McVey	Chicago
43	1946 June 20 - 22	Springfield	Ira F. Jones	Aurora
44	1947 June 19 - 21	Peoria	Frank H. Gunsolus	Chicago
45	1948 June 16 - 19	Springfield	Orrin G. Rawson	East. St. Louis
46	1949 June 17 - 19	Bloomington	Warren H. Neureither	Chicago
47	1950 June 12 -14	Chicago	Ira C. Schwartz	Peoria
48	1951 June 14 - 16	Peoria	Victor L. Chinlund	Chicago
49	1952 June 19 -21	Rockford	Martin J. Weiland	Chicago
50	1953 June 24 - 27	Rock Island	Jesse B. DeLawter	Cairo
51	1954 June 10 - 12	Peoria	William G. Ackerson	McHenry
52	1955 June 9 - 11	Joliet	Henry F. Ferguson	Joliet
53	1956 June 7 - 9	Springfield	Maurice J. Archbold	Chicago
54	1957 June 6 - 8	Joliet	Archie C. Ward	Joliet
55	1958 June 12 -14	Springfield	Fred E. Butcher	Danville
56	1959 June 4 - 6	Joliet	Gustave Wuerst	Chicago
57	1960 June 16 - 18	Peoria	U. E. Abrahams	Peoria
58	1961 June 8 - 10	Joliet	Al Cornell	Chicago
59	1962 June 7- 9	Joliet	Sam Mendel	Galva
60	1963 June 6 - 8	Joliet	R. W. Ekmann	Moline
61	1964 June 4 - 6	Peoria	F.S. Emburgh	Rock Island
--	1965	(No Encampment)	John Tattersall	Chicago
--	1966	(No Encampment)	Louis Boyens	Chicago
--	1967	(No Encampment)	Orrin G. Rawson	East St. Louis

Captain David Davis, 1st Commander United Spanish War Veterans Dept. Of Illinois

Orrin G. Rawson, Last Commander United Spanish War Veterans Dept. Of Illinois

Headquarters
Department of Illinois
United Spanish War Veterans
767 Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago. 60622
Phone. 666 - 5114

Good Will Letter

Quite a bit late

Our Department Encampment is a thing of the past; Nothing of any consequence occurred and attendance was down to 19.

F.S. VanEmburgh was elected Dept. Commander—John Tattersall, Senior Vice and Vlad Jedlieka Junior Vice.

The purpose of Dept. Encampments is not only the Election of Officers and the transaction of what little business we may have, but it is also the reassembling of old Friends of many years and who knows who will not be present next year.

We try and take care of our health—try to lay up a little money, to make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but– He provides wisely who provides he shall not be wanting in his old age for the best of all Assets– FRIENDS.

The National Encampment at Louisville was well attended when we consider age–248 Comrades were registered and over 400 Auxiliary Sisters, plus daughters of ‘98 and Sons of Spanish American War Veterans–Illinois had 15 Comrades present.

Sam Black was elected Commander-in-Chief–Wm. Sanzenberger, Senior Vice and Harry Howard, Junior Vice. James McElroy was appointed as Adjutant General, Gustave Wuerst as Chief of Staff–

Wm. Rodriguez as Judge Advocate General and Al Cornell Inspector General.

H.R. 8009 is now Public Law 88 - 450 and perhaps it will be best if we try to give you the real MEAT of the Bill as you will know where you stand.

The Administrator may transfer any Veteran who may have received maximum Medical Care in a V.A. Hospital, but who will require a protracted period of Nursing Home Care, to any private or public Institution which furnishes such Home Nursing Care, for Care at the expense of the United States, providing that the cost of such care shall not exceed one third of the cost at a V.A. Hospital. This Care not to exceed a period of six months in the aggregate except, when in the judgement of the Administrator a longer period is warranted.

No Veteran may be transferred to any Institution for Nursing Home Care unless such Institution is determined by the Medical Director to meet such standards as he may prescribe.

This Bill, my Comrades is in my mind the greatest bill for Veterans that has been passed in many a year for it takes care of you in your time of greatest need, when you are flat on your back and do not have the money to pay for this care in a private institution AND it is a bil written and fought thru almost entirely by our own Legislative Committee.

	Sincerely in F. P. & H. F. S. VanEmburgh Dept. Commander Sam Black Dept. Adjutant

Note: Letter was composed following the Department Encampment at Peoria in June 1964.

Reply to F.S. VanEmburgh's Letter

1964 Encampment reply to VanEmbaugh

The American Order of Nobility

The "United Spanish War Veterans" is a unique organization. No child can be born onto it; no proclamation of President, edict of King or Czar can command admission; no university or institution of learning can issue a diploma authorizing its holder to enter; no act of Congress or Parliament secures recognition; the wealth of a Rockefeller or a Ford cannot purchase a position; its doors swing open only upon presentation of a bit of paper, torn, worn, begrimed though it may be, which certifies to an honorable discharge from the armies or navies of the nation during the Spanish - American War, the Philippine Insurrection, or the China Relief Expedition. And, unlike other associations, no "new blood" can come in; there are no growing ranks from which recruits can be drawn into the United Spanish War Veterans. With the consummation of peace through victory, its rolls were closed forever. Its lines are steadily growing thinner, and the tramp of its column is with ever-lessening tread; the gaps of the picket line grow wider; day by day details are made from the reserve, summoned into shadowy regions to return touch elbows no more, until, by and by, only a solitary sentinel shall stand guard, waiting until the bugle call from beyond shall muster out the last comrade of the United Spanish War Veterans.

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