The Indianapolis journal., 1892-04-08
THE INDIANA GRAND ARMY
Election of the Officers and Delegates to
the Next National Encampment.
Joseph B. Cheadle. Department Commander,
WillBeaPower at Washington for Getting
the Next Encampment for Indiana.
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work OF the morning was the election of
delegates and alternates to the National
Encampment which meets in Washington.
There was but one delegate to be selected
by the State at large and two for each
Congressional district save the Third.
With unanimity that was certainly
complimentary to Ex-RepresentativeJa James
I. Johnston, of Rockville. the sentiment of
the encampment centered upon him for the
honorable position of delegate at large
His name was presented by Major Arm
strong. of Indianapolis, and district after
district seconded the nomination. No other
name was mentioned. Several names were
presented for alternate at large. among
which was that of Major Armstrong who.
however, declined. The selection of Mayor
Zollinger. of Fort Wayne. was a foregone
conclusion. The district delegates and
alternates chosen were as follows:
First Observation-Disclosures, S. NJ. Holcomb, of
Fort Branch. and A. J; McCutchen, of Evansville;
aternates William Slaughter, OF Warrtck, and
i ". III. Anderson, of Evansville.
Second-Delegates. K. B. Scott of Bedford, and
]. White, of AlfOrdsville. and Peter Resler. of
Newark.
Third-Deegate. c. P. Richardson. of Madison;
alternate, j. II. McCinnis. OF Seymour.
Fourth-Delegates. George 8. Dickey, OF
Greensburg. and Rev. Daniel Ryan. OF Milroy:
alternates, e.. L. Raymond, of shelhyville, and
Fifth-Delegates, David Wilson, of Martins
vile. and David Storey, of Franklin; alternates.
W. ii. Ragan, of Greencastle, and ID. n. Elrod,
| OF Columbus.
sixth-DoIegates, W. s. Bedford. of New Castle,
and ". 5. Richie, of Muncie; alternates, j. W.
| Hannah, OF Connersville. and j. Ii. Yaryan, Of
| Liberty.
seventh-Delegates, Rev. P. J. Albright. of
Alexandria, and II: b; synder; of indianapolis:
nItn or NJ N
indianapolis.
Eighth-Delegates. ]. NJ; Whitney. of Attica and
b. +. Havens, of Terre Haute; alternates, j. p.
| stratton, of sullivan, and j. II. Kinsley, Of
| Charlottesville.
NiIthwDsIsgates, J. B; Shay, of Lastayestte,
mates. Abner Boggs Of KOkom0, and John
Reice OF Kempton.
Tenth-Deegates, r. Strain, Of Logansport
and l.. Coster, of Delphi; alternates, Z. r. Brown
| of Monticello. and A. Young, of Mt. Ayr.
Eleventh-Delegates, ID. I. Krisher, Of Man.
chester, and Ransom Allen. OF Ossian; aternates,
b. NJ. Cobb, of Huntington, and w. Ell. II.
Spaulding, OF Peru.
Twelfth-Delegates. W. H. Brown. OF Monroe
| vile, and J. +. Lawrence, of Columbia City; al
ternates, W. b. Bingham, OF Lagrange, and j. G.
Reddle, of Kendallvile.
Observation-Disclosures. W. H. Mershon, of
| Warsaw, and l. Ii. Houghtop. OF Plymouth; al
| ternates, Henry A. Root. OF Michigan City, and
c. A Broderlck, of Elkhart.
The encampment next proceeded to the
| election of officers. Naturally, most of the
| ment commander. Two comrades were
| canvassed for. Representative Joseph
| Is. Cheadle, of Frankfort, and II. NJ. Cay
| lor, of Noblesville When the call Of dis
| trIcts for nominations was made 1T became
| very apparent that Private Joe" Cheadle
| vas the favorte, and ballot showing 459
votes for Cheadle to 107 for Caylor solved
the doubt. Mr.. Caylor's friends moved
| to make the choice unanimous. Cries for
| Cheedle brought the commander-e elect to
| thanked the encampment for the high
| honor, the highest" he said, that the
| veterans of Indiana can confer upon q
man." Mr.. Cheadle's acquaintance in
| speaker to large audiences tit him for COM
mander the year that the Grand Army
| meets at the national capital.
PRIVATE JOE" CHEADLE.
The new commander Is not q stranger to
Indiana people. He IS a native of the
| State. being born in Perryville, in 1912.
| He enlisted in Company ID. Seventy first
| Indiana Volunteers. and served unril July
| 5, 1866, and saw full service with Sherman.
| After the war he studied law. and gradu-
| ated from the Indiana Law School. After
| practicing his profession for time. in 1873
| he bought the Rockville Republican. In
| 1876 he purchased the Frankfort Banner,
which he sold in May. 1889. He was elected
| to Congress in 1856. and served two terms
| with credit.
| For senior vice-commander, Phil Dickin-
son, of Fort Wayne. was easily the nom-
| nee. His efforts to take care of the COM
rades made HIM popular. He saw service
In the Eighty-fourth Indiana as an en-
| listed man, and as first lieutenant of the
One-hundred-and-for He is con-
nected with the ID. H. Baldwin music
house in Fort Wayne, and is known in In
| dianapolis.
There was a stubborn contest for the
| junior vice-oommandershp. for which
| there was q number OF ndidates. the sue
cessful one being George II. Koch. OF New
| Albany, who saw service in the Thirteenth
| Indiana Cavalry.
| The committee on the matter of soldiers
| home. created yesterday, was announced
| by Commander Walker. as follows: Chair
man, James r. Carnahan, of Indianapolis;
J; c; Murphy. Of Evansville: ID. f; speers.
of Vincennes, Andrew Fite. of New AL
bany; Henry e. Martin. of Greencastle;
A: O: Marsh. of Winchester: w. H. Tucker,
of Indianapolis: c: NJ. Travis, of Craw-
fordsville; w. S. Hsggard. of Lafayette;
d. B. Mcconnell. of Logansport; j. j. Todd,
of Bluffton; ID. A. Foster. of Fort Wayne;
j. c. Lewis of South Bend. The commit
| tee Is an able one and will proceed TO busl-
ness at once w. Ii. Tucker who has led
in the movement. will be it's secretary.
In the midst of business the committee of
| the WOman's Relief Corps was announced,
| and was escorted to the platform. After
being welcomed by Commander Walker,
| Mrs. G. II. Myerholt. past department. pres
ident. of Evansville. made a graceful re-
sponse. in which she referred to the fact
that the next encampment would be held
in Evansville. saying that Fort Wayne
had given the keys to the veterans. but
| Evansville would just take of the doors
| during the meeting. Mrs. DR.. 8. G.
| Jackson, of Jeffersonvile. made q stirring
| address. in which he set forth the statistics
| and work of the Indiana w. K. G. The num-
| Der of members is ), ,29S; 126 corps attended
memorial services. and the order saw to
| the decoration of l4,422 soldiers graves.
| Under their direction 10.S6l children took
| part in the exercises on Decoration day,
| while the expenses for the day betrayed by
| the corps were S505.S4 A similar COMMITTEES
| of the encampment headed by Governor
| Chase, bore the congratulations of the en-
campment to the corps.
| The report of the committee on resolutions,
| TO which was referred all the resolutions
presented by delegates in behalf of posts,
made through Post Commander Stormont
an extended report. Among the more i'm
| pOrtant were those recommending to favor
able consideration the proposition of Hon.
| w. II. English, of indianapolis, to have
bronze characters for the monument 70
| represent the four war periods in which
| Indiana has participated: requesting the
Secretary of the Interior to change
the rule requiring the Testimony
of Cne ex-othcer or TWO enlisted
men in pension cases so that the ex-offcer
| and the private shall be equal as witnesses;
| requesting change in clvil-service rules so
| that places in the railway mail service
shall he open on the same terms as to Others
| to soldier who are over thirty five years of
| age; commondlnE the erection of monu-