The National tribune., 1910-01-13

: Tor COmmaHder-ln-Chlet are coming s.
numerously and so rapidly that it is I'm
f possible to publish them all and in full
in each issue. Fully 100 Posts are nov
! awaiting recognition of their generous
: support. In time and in turn thei
l resolutions of Endorsement will appear
OF personal Endorsements hundred
, have been received.
: Wanted-A Leader.
(By A. NJ. Reed, Co. d, Tooth Pa
Greenyilie, Pa.) @.~-.
A Standard Bearer, tried and true,
Is sought to lead the boys of blue.
He that will fill all hearts with joy
!, Is the veterans friend, John McElroy.
!; Brave comrades, rally to the call,
And sound the stirring word to all,
That loyalty must know no cloy,.
But steadfast cleave to NEcElroy.
He stands for you. and with his pen
He pleads the cause of loyal men;
There's none more worthy to employ
THAN tried and true John McElroy.
What he has been thruout the past
Assures us that his love will last;
So we need let no fears annoy -
If we stand pat for John NIcElroy.
Whereas Col. John McEIroy, editor
of The National Tribune, Washington,
d. c., and Past Senior Vice Command
Ier-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, a former Illinois boy and an
inmate of Andersonville, has for the
past % years, thru his paper and every
other laudable means, advocated and
lchampioned the rights of his comrades
| in who stood for riDht and
| fought to save the Union in time of the
great Southern rebellion, and has pre-
pared a bill known as The National
| Tribune pension bill, and who now is
being presented and indorsed from all
parts of the country as a candidate for
| Commander-in-Chie of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to be elected at
Atlantic City in 1910; therefore,
Resolved, That Coleman Post of Mt
| Vernon, Ill, first, indorse The National
Tribune bill now pending.
Second. That we do most heartily in
dorse John McElroy for election to the
office of Commander-in-C Chief, G. A. r.
Signed: Samuel T. Maxey, Captain,
10th III.
AS the boys of '61 rallied to the call
| of Abraham Lincoln and were victorious,
SO are the boys of 1910 rallying to the
call of the Grand Army of the Republic
to elect our honored and revered COM
rade. John McElroy, to the highest office
within the gift of the G.. A. r. There
was a general uprising of the boys in
blue when it became known that Com
E2de McElroy would accept; then the
hre began to blaze, and it will consume
everything before it. Never in the his
tory of the Grand Army of the Republic
has name aroused the, old soldier as
Comrade McElroy's has. AT very en-
thusiastic meeting of Gen. Thomas A.
Smyth Post. 1. Wilmington. Department
of Delaware, g. A. r., held this evening,
Comrade McElroy, of The National
Tribune, was indorsed for Commander
Iin-Chief, to be voted for at the National
Encampment, to be held at Atlantic
City, n. ]. All the delegates from Gen.
Thomas A. Smyth Post, l, G.. A. r., to
the Department Encampment were in
structed to vote and use their best ef-
forts to have him indorsed by the De-
partment of Delaware. There is no ne
cessity for the National Encampment to
meet for the purpose of electing our
eomrade,- Nc Eiroy, to that honordd posi-
.tion; 'he is already elected" All the
Encampment can do is to ratify the
+choice of the (people) Grand Army of
the Republic.-Wm. G.. Baugh, Sr. ..
Resolved. That we, the comrades of
Custer Post, "A. Rochester, Department
of Minnesota, indorse the old-age pen
sion bill as now published in The Ma
tional Tribune. Washington, D. c., and
the efforts of Comrade John McElroy
of Kit Carson Post, 2. Department of
the Potomac, G. A. r., in advocating
that bill. S. A. Miller, c. E. Thurber
Committee.
Whereas the time is approaching
when we will have to choose one from
among our comrades whose duty it will
1afa III
look over and out for the welfare and
interests Of our Grand Army as Its
Commanderin-Chief for another year;
therefore, be it further ~
Resolved, That this Post pledges its
influence and thru its delegates to use
all honorable means to insure the cleo
ton of Comrade John McElroy as Com
mander-in-Chief Of the Grand Army of
the Republic at the Annual Encamp-
ment, to meet at Atlantic City, n. j., in
September, 1910.
That a copy OF these resolutions att
once be forwarded 10 The National
Tribune, Washington, d. c. S. a. Mil
Ter, c. f. Thurber, Committee. Attest
n. F. Gilman, Post Commander; II. NJ |
Richardson, Post Adjutant.
At the last regular meeting of John
A. Andrew Post, 234 New York City, |
Department of New York, the mem |
berS. unanimously indorsed John Nc |
Elroy for Commandcr-in-Chi Chas. |
A. r. Synix. Commander; r L. Queen, |
Adjutant
At its regular meeting. Dec. 90, 1909, |
Robert Anderson Post, GS, Waterloo, |
Iowa, adopted unanimously: Resolved, !
That Robert Anderson Post, 6s, De-
partment Of Iowa, c. A. r., heartily in |
dOrse the nomination of Col. John Nc /
Elroy editor OF The National Tribune, |
for the Office Of Communicated Chief of |
the Grand Army OF the Republic, be- |
lieying that his honest and faithful ef-
forts for the benefit Of his comrades |
entities him to the honor" Attest: J. !
Sid. Anderson, Adjutant. /
At n regular meeting of J. v Carpen- |
ter Post, 104, of Fredericksburg, Iowa, |
Comrade Milo l.. Sherman. Past De-
partment Senior Vice Commander, was
instructed to- convey to you the holiday |
greetings Of the Post. with the inferma- |
tion that the comrades here are a unit |
in favor of The National Tribune pen
sion bill and-of the candidacy of Com l.
rade John McElroy for Commander-in-
Chief of the Srandest fraternal organ |
ization on earth, the G. A. II.
At a regular meeting of n. + ivy
man Post, SO, Grcensburg. KY. by |
vote the Post indorsed Com
rade John McElroy, of Washington. ID.
c., for Commander-in-C Chief of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, to be
voted for at Atlantic City. n. j. in
1910; also. indorsed The National-Trib-
une bill, and instructed their Adiutant.
]. Il. Russell, to appeal 10 our Repre-