Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-27
WANT RECRUITS
FOR GRAND ARMY
ALL UNION SOLDIERS OF REBEL
LION WILL BE URGED TO
JOIN THE G. A. r.
Only About Hall Hold Membership In
This organlzation--Wll Have Re-
cruiting stations-Post Command
ers are Requested to Meet Men.

III q recent general OFu6F lSSueu
from the headquarters of the Grand
Army Of the Republic at GAINESVILLE,
o., the comrades are urging to activ-
ity in securing members for the organ
i2ation-in fact, the g. A. r. Is to have
q recruiting service of its own, like
the active war and navy departments.
1t is suggested that complete list be
made Of all honorably discharged sol
diers, sailors and marines in the vicin-
ity who are not members Of the post,
and that the list be read In the open
post meeting at least three times at
successive meetings for the benefit of
the active members; that the post
commander visit all the persons nam
ed and urge them to join the post, and
that committee be appointed to Co
operate with the post commander in
recruiting. 1t is recommended that
camptires and reunions be held each
year for the purpose Of recruiting
these men. The order states that it Is
a lamentable fact that not one-half Of
the surviving soldiers and sailors Of
the rebellion are members of the G..
A. r.
For the benefit of the aged and In
Arm members Of posts the adjutant
general recommends that "outposts''
be established as meeting places for
the men who are unable to attend the
regular post meetings. These outposts
will be authorized by the department
commanders, and may be held in the
home of some veteran. The parent
post will fix the lint within which the
members of such an outpost may re.
side, pass upon the fitness of the APP
plicant and fix the amount to be paid
in dues.
New Ruling Made.
The same order o the adjutant gen.
eral contains the news that past de
partment commanders and past post
commanders may, by late ruling, be
entitled to the slime rank and privileges
in different departm to which
they may remove. This is ruling
that has been earnestly worked for by
many Of the veterans of Iowa.
| The order also contains the news
from the newly elected commander II
| chief, r, H. Brown, Of his new stat
appointments and OF the fact thai
headquarters have been established al
his home in GAINESVILLE, o. The fol
lowing are the staff appointees:
Joseph w. O'Neal, department o.
Ohio, adjutant general Charles Bur
rows, department of New Jersey, quar-
termaster general; J. II. Holcomb, de
partment Of Pennsylvania, assistant
uuartermaster general and custodian
of records; j. Cory Winans, depart
ment Of Ohio, chief of staff.
Shafts for Iowa Soldiers.
4 Members of posts of the G. A. r. al
i over the state have received Will
great interest the announcement from
department headquarters of the dedi
cation Of six monuments to Iowa sol
diers on southern battlefields, whic!
will take place during the month O
November
These monuments have been erect
ed through appropriations from tn
!. state legislature, and the commission
appointed by the governor have re
ported that the six monuments ar
now ready for dedication. They hay
been placed at Vicksburg, Miss, All
Jacksonville, Ca, Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge, Rossville Gap an
Shiloh.
The monument at Vicksburg will b
dedicated at 1880 o'clock on the after
noon of Thursday, November Is; tn
! one at Andersonville in the morning O
!, Friday, November 16; the one at Loci
! out Mountain at 10 o'clock the follow
Ing Monday: the Missionary Ridg
staff at q o'clock the same afternoon
the Rossville Gap monument the TO
lowing Tuesday afternoon, and the on
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