The National tribune., 1910-05-05

Editor National tribune. L nope you
viii be elected commandments of
the Grand Army of the Republic.-Ja-
cob Ruthgeber, Brooklyn, n. Y.
G.. W. Marsh. Hunter. Mo. who has
been engaged in general merchandise
in that little town, has gone to st
Cloud to take up his home in the St
Cloud Colony of veterans. and writes
to have his Tribune changed from
Hunter. Mo-, to the town of perpetual
lSummer. In closing his letter he says:
Here goes for the St Cloud Colony
and John McElroy for COMMANDMENT
Chief" g.
Everett Cummings 10 Evelyn Place.
Maiden, Mass: John .dcElroy's cleo
ton as Commander-in-Chief of the G.
IA. r. for 1910 seems sure. He will GER
tainly get my vote, and / believe will get
a unanimous election. and he certainly
will merit it. l judge the G.. A r.
Posts are very favorably impressed with
1 your pension bill, noting the responses
/ see in The National Tribune. If it is
made law it will certainly be a god
send for the old veterans. and may God
bless you in your noble work"
Moses A. Cleveland. Willoughby, o.:
"As to Comrade McElroy' for the next
Commandments / think it would
be fitting reward for his long and
faithful service and i hope it will be
seen in that way by all the comrades"
Editor National Tribune: Allow me
to congratulate you on the booming
YOU are getting H. the West and Middle
States for Commander-in- Chief, and
trust the Eastern States will take up
the same interest, as you deserve the
position.-Edward o. Pierson, Chaplain
Post 81, and Aid on the National STAFF,
Braintree, Mass.
| Editor National Tribune: Your bill is
a good one, and | hope it will change
| the low tide that is running among the
! most of the comrades along the line of
march. and / think if the tide was high
er we would not run aground SO soon,
and we would have a shot in the locker
most Of the time. and your pension bill
will do it. / think the editor of The
National Tribune is the Commander"
all the time, and don't know of any
other Commander. If we didn't have
him. what would we dol Ewing, of
Frank Lloyd Post, 10, SpOtswood. n. ].
F. V Wolfe, 9th n. j., Dover, n. J.:
'No comrade better fitted for Com
mander-in-Chi or more entitled to it
than Comrade McElroy, who for many
years has given his most efficient SER
vices for the promotion of the best in
! terest of his comrades in the Grand
Army. This. ] believe. is the unanimous
sentiment of the Department of New
Jersey"
Mcpherson. Kan, Nov. 10. 1909.-My
Dear Friend and Comrade: Permit me
to say that if / am at the next National
Encampment John McElroy can depend
upon one vote from the Department of
! Ohio for Commander-in-Ch Chief of the
G. A. r. With best wishes for your
success, your friend and AndersonviIle
! comrade-A. W. Smith, Past Depart
ment Commander.
Robert S. Bennett. Wilmette, ILL.,: 1--WE
are hoping to ser our good friend Nc
Elroy at the head of the table next
year. We win do all we can out here
along that line
Editor National Tribune: Ever since
! Comrade John McElroy was elected Sc
niOr Vice Commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic / have been wait
/ ing to receive the glad news of his cleo
ton to the highest office in the gift of
! the G.. a. Il. j read in my National
/ Trinne that some of the G.. A. r. Posts
/ in the Department of the Potomac had
/ brought forward the name of Comrade
/ McElroy for our next Commander-in-
| Chief, and I feel like singing the long
meter doXology Praise God From
| Whom All Blessings Flow" / am glad
70 see other Posts singing the song of
McElroy. and l nope and pray that /
may live to see our dear old comrade
| John McElroy, our next National COM
lmander.-George F. Brown. Charleston,
W. Va.
Editor National Tribune: I indorse
| the National Tribune pcnison bill and
Comrade John McElrOy for Command
er-in-Chicf of the Grand Army of the
tsepublic.-R. f. Scott Kinsman, O.
Editor National Tribune: Here's
hoping you may be our honored Com
mander-in-C -Chief.-Wm. A. Jackson,
Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Ed tor National Tribune: I wish YOU
success in your election for Comman-
dcr-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic-Albert Matteson, Moosup.
Conn.
Editor National Tribune: I can an
SWer as one that / am heart and soul
for you for Commander-in-C Chief of the
q. A. II. or to any other office in the
gift of the American people. You have
rightly earned that honor by your
vigilance. zeal and true devotion to
your comrades and the American peo-
pie in general. If every comrade feels
as / do in this matter your election
would be unanimous, as it should be
Ezekiel Johnson, Wellsville, N Y,
Nov. so.
Editor NationaI Tribune: I heartily
indorse you for our next Commander
in-Chief, first, because you have done
so much to keep green the memory of
our soldier life; second, you have so
nobly defended the soldiers pension
claims. l also indorse your pension
bill.-Corp'l PA. Snyder, Co. b, 21st
Pa. Cav, Middletown, Pa.
Frank n. ireland, Secretary. 77th Ill.
John McElroy for Commander-in-
Chief"
Editor National Tribune: I re-echo |
the sentiment that has been expressed |
with regard to who shall be the Com
mander-in-Chief of the G.. A. r. in
1910. That he shall be that staunch |
and ever true friend of the veterans,
the Editor of The National Tribune, |
John McElroy.-O. C. Limbocker, Cha
mute, Kan
Editor National Tribune: I hearth
ly indorse Comrade John McElroy for
Commander-in-C -Chief.-L. f. Clifford,
Harmony, Me.
Editor National Tribune: 1 was a
prisoner of war and am interested in
the pension bill and hope it will be
passed this Congress. I would like to
see John McElroy Commander in Chief
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