The National tribune., 1910-07-28
FOR COMMANDER

Encampment and Other Fer
sonal Endorsements Continue
to Come in BattaIiOnS.
'T am an-'old hayseed,' but / got to
the front in wartime, and 1 try to get
there now in farming. Now, 1 want
you to understand that l mean just
what l say. L grew up in the woods OF
Wisconsin. and had to work for nv
ing. / just want to say good WORD
for you and the dear old boys, and
ask for little space in your Vaiuaple
paper TO free my mind.
Il was not aware until some weeks
ago that there would be any candidate
against you for Commander-in-Chie OF
the G.. A. R., not but what there were
plenty of capable comrades for the po-
sition, but 1 think you are entitled to
the office for your untiring effoftS In
behalf of our comrades. One of my
friends told me that one of our com.
rades who was badly wounded went
into the hospitals and sang every day
and cheered up the sick, and therefore
he was entitled to the office, but he did
not say a word about the long years
that you had worked so faithfully to
help get the pension laws passed, SO
that the old boys and the widows could
have few comforts in our old age.
have also read your history in The Ma
tionaI Tribune of the great rebellion
and will say that in the department in
which 1 served l never read any his
tory as correct as yours. / carried a
muSket over three years and brought
home Lieutenant's commission in my
as our ranks were too thin
for any more shoulder straps in the
regiment. 1t fell to my lot to march at
the head of my regiment longer than
any man that carried a musket, and
have diary of every day / was in the
service. i am a farmer, and my home
has been on the same farm So wears,
and Al of my company have been to
visit me and see mother as they call
me, since the war, and some of them
many times.
Il think The National Tribune IS the
best friend the soldiers and widows
have in the world."-Lauren Barker,
First Sergeant, Co. A, 28th Wis, Brooh]
field, Wis.
Comrade I. L. Smith, of Evansville,
Ind, writes in a very complimentary
way of "Si Klegg," saying that he Sc
cured sets of the book for one of his
grandsons, and is desirous of securing
sets for each of his other grandsons.
He adds: II was with Buell. during the
time of his raid into Kentucky by
Bragg, and helped chase him back
South, so read these books with great
pleasure. as they reminded me of the
service during the time written about.
1 am for McElroy for Commander-in-
Chief, and am satisfied of his success
"Our next Commander-in-C Chief of
the G.. A. r. will be John McElroy.
Newton Stanton Post, sos, Warsaw, o.,
indorses him with heart and soul, and
we also indorse The National Tribune
pension bill, and we advise all old SOL
diers and their friends to vote against
their enemies in Congress. We advise
the G. A. r. to indorse The National
Tribune pension bill and stay with it to
a man. 1t must and will pass. We are
opposed to honoring any rebel by plac-
ing his statue in the Hall of Fame
George Wilson, Past Commander; J. NJ.
Corcoran, Adjutant.
ct am for John McElroy for Com
mander-in-Chief of the G. A. r. in
1910. Put that wn."-William III. II.
Baker, Scioto Mills, Ill.
IT lost my right arm at Stone River.
Was in Crittenden's Corps. Best wishes
for your success at Atlantic City for
John Blanchard,
Co. B. Ohio V. L. A, Elyria. o.
From C. w. Watts, Fayette, Mo,
comes the following: Hope you will be
elected. We are ali for John McElroy
out here"
"Why, of course, we want and must
have as Commander-in-Chi Comrade
John McElroy. against whom there
should be no opposition. A soldier tried
and true and comrade well worthy of
being honored."-E. c. Allard, Mounted
Orderly for Gen. Lew Wallace, Cris-
field, Md.
'T vote for John McElroy for Com
in Chief Of the G. A. r. at the
next National Encampment at Atlantic
McGee. Past Commander,
Phil Sheridan Post, Department of Min
neSota.
II hope to meet you at Atlantic City,
and see you elected Commander-in-
Chief."-T. s. Harris. Turbotville, Pa.
"We are in favor of John McElroy
for Commander-in-Chie of the G. A.
R."-d. NJ. Randall, Algona, Iowa.
sincerely hope that you will be
elected National Commander of the G..
A. RS. d. Evans, Geo. Fl. Thomas
Post, Cincinnati, o.
Trust your election as Commander
in-Chief will be overwhelming in your
favor."-L. H. Whitson, SawtelIe, Cal.
Success to John McElroy at Atlantic
City, for l know of no comrade whom
would rather see at the head of our
Grand Army than this friend of the vet
Grams of 81 to '65."-J. Fred LoebIe,
Co. e, 9Sth Pa, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hoping you may win out as Com
mand Chief Greetings from a
comrade of that grand Army of the Po-
tomac and later one of Little PhiPs rid
ers In the Shenandoah Signal Corps
U. S. Army, Shenandoah Valley."-Ja-
cob Sacklin, Wilson, Kan.
From f. o. C. Ord Post, 100, of the
City of Mexico, comes the patriotic in
formation that all the way from that
old city of the Aztecs will come a Dele
gate to the National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and the
personal letter is cinched by the fol-
lowing: Our choice Is McElroy" The
letter is signed by VIM. T. Allen, Quar-
termaster.
81 am in favor of Comrade John Nc
Elroy for Commander-in-C Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and am
very much opposed to letting the statue
Of Robert e. Lee remain in Statuary
Hall in Washington. L would much
rather see put in its place the statue ot
Thomas Jefferson. L would also like 10
hear from any comrade of the 18th