The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-24
MAJOR [. A. APPEL
 CHOSEN COMMANDER Close Election at Business Session of Fortieth
 Encampment. NO POLITICS USED. Major Appel a Most Ehthu- siastic and Loyal Worker in G. A. R.
NO POLITICS USED.

The final session of the fortieth en- campment of the state c. A.. R. was brought to a close yesterday morning when the annual election of officers and delegates to the national encampment w&s held. Representative Griswold of Guilford lost by only seven votes. The results:
 Commander-Charles A. Appel of 1 Middletown.
 Senior vice commander-George Rob- bins of Waterbury.
 Junior vice commander-Horace B, Fox of Hartford.
 Medical director-Levi Jewett of Co., bait
 Chaplain--W. F. Hilton,
 Council of administration-The Boudren of Bridgeport, H. L. Beach of Hartford. D. w. Sharpe of New Lon- don, G. L. Smith of Mantle, and w. H Loomis of Rockville.
 Delegate at large-P. Marr, and the following delegates, J. A. White ot Norwich, Christian Queen of Danbury e. A. GIeeman of Norwich. G. M. St Clair. R. L. Baldwin. William Milton F. A. Cummings. G. B. Lawton and w L. Bartholomew.
 Alternate delegates, J. Nelson Brown alternate at large; Frank E, Hastings D, w. c, Graves, George B. Lawton s L. Scoheld, E. N. Crocker, Charles w Grosvenor and Chauncey Seeley, dele gates,
 Immediately after the election the off, ficers were installed by Chief Muster ing Officer L. A. Northrop of Walling- ford, and the veterans left for theii homes.
 The charges that politics had beer resorted to in the election was called emphatically untrue last night. It was stated by large number of the veter' ans that only the most open and fail means had been used in carving or the election.
 J Major Appel enlisted in the Nintf regiment, Pennsylvania cavalry, 1T 1861, at Allentown, Pa, and was mus tered in as lieutenant. He was en. gagged in every battle and skirmish 1T which his regiment participated during the war, except Bentonville, N. C., a which time he was a prisoner of war a Libby prison, near Fayetteville, N. c. Major Appel commanded an independ ent brigade of 800 or 600 men, whicl withstood the repeated assaults of But ler's division of Wade Hampton's cav airy numbering 5000 men. This littl' band of men, fired every cartridge the, had, and their determined stand savet the Union cavalry, which later haC time to get together and whip Butler General Fitzpatrick, the famous Uniol oayalryman, escaped capture at thi battle by riding off on Major Appel
 black horse. The major and his mel were finally captured and taken t Libby prison. Major Appel was mus tered out of service May 10, 1885,
 Before the war Major Appel was edi tor of the Lehigh Register, and at tn close was made the head of one of tn seven divisions in the bureau of inter nal revenue in the treasury departmer at Washington. He later went into tn contracting business in the firm of A. McGowan & Co.,, at Washington, an . personally supervised the building { : nine postoffices and other public build ings, most of which are in the south. Fol the last fourteen years Maic ; Appel has been connected with the Der : verue Granite company, few mile {, below Middletown He was treasure : of the company for thirteen years, br resigned a few months ago, and is no
 devoting practically his entire time Grand Army matters.
 There is no more loyal Grand Arm mai than the major and he has di heart He has reached down in his ow Ipocket many a time and, without aC vertising it. helped veteran out { difficulty. Benvenue residents speak ( his public spiritedness with pride, an
 it is not generally known that for tN years he paid minister out of h : own pocket to come to Benvenue ar preach on Sundays He is a zoe
 speaker and stumped the country f President Mckinley in 1896 and 19O ' He is known all over the state as U good story teller, and has numerol j. invitations to speak at G. A. R. T,
 unions. camp fires, etc. He is prom ' Inent in the fraternities, being a 32d d, gree Mason. a Mystic Shriner and g , odd Fellow.