At the 1924 USWV National Encampment, Chairman White reported “the work to be undertaken, by said committee, was of such greater import and required much more time and labor than was afforded.”   As such, the committee’s work was extended until the next encampment in 1925 and new members were added.
     In 1925, the committee submitted by-laws and rules & regulations for the government of the Sons of Spanish American War Veterans.   The report listed ten articles, many of which mirrored the rules & regulations of the parent organization.  One potential problem was that 20 departments of at least 10 camps would be needed to form a national organization.  Another point had the initiation fee be $5 for a camp charter member and $7.50 for members mustering after the camp charter period.  These fees would be considered steep for the period.  The committee’s report was adopted unanimously without discussion.
     No mention of the Sons’ organization is mentioned in the 1926 USWV National Encampment proceedings.  The Commander-in-Chief, Carmi A. Thompson, was selected by the President Coolidge to make a fact-finding tour of the Philippines as his personal representative.  He left in June and was still on tour during the 1926 encampment. 
     Finally, in 1927, a camp of the Sons of Spanish American War Veterans was formed.  On June 16, 1927, Rice W. Means Camp No. 1 of New York City was formerly installed.  Unfortunately, this would be the last camp installed until September of 1929.  In 1923 the USWV had announced a number of applications with fees were received for Sons’ camps charters.  Why had only one camp been chartered between 1927 and the fall of 1929.  Was the 1923 statement a ruse?  During the 1928 National Encampment in Cuba, a telegram wishing success was received from the “Sergeant Joseph Reuttger Camp of the Sons of Spanish War Veterans,” which ended with the haunting “Remember us to convention.”  No such camp was ever chartered and no mention of its location was ever given.  Cash Receipts for that year showed $10 for Charter Fees for Sons of Veterans.  A second mystery Sons’ camp appears in resolution no. 24.  The by-laws of the USWV only permitted one Sons’ camp to a city.  This resolution proposed that five such camps be allowed for New York City.    The resolution specifically names the General Nelson A. Miles Sons of Spanish War Veterans Camp in the Bronx.  The camp is mentioned twice in the resolution and both times is followed by “(Inc)”.   The camp was never chartered although an unnamed Bronx camp (67) was chartered a few years later.  Had it incorporated itself as an independent body?
     In the fall of 1929, two more camps were chartered in New Bedford, Mass. and Los Angeles, California.  Unfortunately between the births of these two camps, the US stock market crashed, initiating a worldwide depression.  The 1929 USWV National Encampment “Proceedings” made no mention of the Sons, except for charter receipts. 
     By the 1930 encampment, two more New York camps had formed.  The parent organization expressed optimism, but it was probably not happy with the progress of the junior order.  The USWV did create and had copyrighted a Sons’ membership badge and lapel button.  The copyright was in the name of the United Spanish War Veterans, but this was done to protect these designs until the Sons could form a national organization.  At that point, the copyrights would be assigned to the Sons.  An enactment was presented by the Department of Ohio in behalf of the Cleveland Camp of Sons of Spanish War Veterans.  The enactment proposed that all fees be dropped to a minimum.  The enactment would reduce Sons’ charter fees from $20 to $10; initiation fees from $5 and $7.50 to $1.50; and department charter fees from $50 to $25.  The camp complained that the “fees were placed so high as to make it prohibitive to many.”  The committee disagreed stating “that not sufficient time has elapsed to warrant any change in the charter fees selected at that time.”  The committee further stated “our sons should have money enough when they start an order that they will be able to pay their bills and go along without becoming dependent on us.”
     Six more camps were chartered in 1931 bringing the total to twelve including the aforementioned Cleveland camp.  There was yet another enactment proposed, this time by the Department of Florida, which would reduce not only the fees, but dues as well.  The committee again denied the enactment with the following reply:  “Most of the boys of Spanish War Veterans are not now children, but grown men.  If such organizations are desired, they should not be cheapened by reducing the fees as now fixed.”  It’s interesting that the committee addressed the Sons as “boys” but judged them “grown men.”
     By the Milwaukee encampment of 1932, the report of the Quartermaster General showed that the number of Sons’ camps had swelled to sixteen in ten states.  He suggested that USWV camps should be motivated to help create new Sons’ camps.  He was disappointed that no Sons’ departments had been organized, but he hoped for “developments along this line in the near future.”  He also suggested that the incoming administration create a committee to draft rituals and a book of ceremonies for the junior organization.  During the opening speeches, a member of the newest Sons’ camp from Minneapolis addressed the encampment.  Wallace Schubert pleaded with the veterans for their support by “causing your sons to enroll and form … camps.”   He predicted that the Sons would reach 100 camps by Christmas.  He was off by 5 years.