The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-07-03

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McCluth. Muskegon; treasurer. Mrs.
Carrie M. Barrett, Muskegon: execu.
tive committee, w. e. Tallmadge,
Grand Rapids; J. c. Richardson. Jack
son; Ira w. Jayne, Detroit; w. B.
Mershon. Saginaw: Frank Drummond.
Muskegon: w. A. Peck, Traverse City;
Mrs. Carrie c. Barre, Saginaw; Mrs.
Edith Munger Hart; Mrs. John v.
Hamilton. Benton Harbor; Capt.
Lloyd Clark. st. Joseph.
The convention will be held in Jack
son next year.
Michigan @. A. r. Elects.
Lansing.-With the election of ON
GERS the annual encampment of the
Michigan G.. A. r. and Of the Span
ish-American war veterans came to
CLOSE in Kalamazoo.
Henry c. Rankin. a well-known
Ypsilanti educator. was elected de-
partment commander over Lester B.
Place of Three Rivers. by II votes.
Other officers elected are: Senior
vice-commander. Ell Strong. Kala-
mazoo; junior vice-commander
Thomas Davey. Post II. Detroit; chap
lain, Rev. Samuel Heininger. Adrian:
medical director. DR.. Robert L. K. Bar
ron. Pontiac, the only man reelected.
Reappointed as assistant adju-
tant-general. Henry Spaulding. Hart
ford. head quarters at Lansing; reap
pointed patriotic instru ,tor. M. c. Bar
ney, Flint.
Board of administration, E. F. Lamb,
Letroit: George Rabb. Flint; H. A.
Chaplin. Paw Paw: w. A. Morgans.
Pontiac; w. o. Lee. Port Huron.
Bay City was voted the next en-
campment. There was no cantest.
1t was Mr.. Rankin's war record
which brought him the victory. Col.
Lucius H. Ives of Monroe and M. c.
Barney Of Flint, made eloquent ap-
peals to the veterans to honor Rankin
for his service. not only to his coun-
try, but to the G. A. r. as well. There
were 80 soldiers present who fought
In many battles with Rankin and their
last-minute campaign turned the tide
against Place.
The following delegates were elect
ed to the national encampment. which
will be held In Washington in Sep
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First District, Alvah II. Sawyer. De-
troit; John Devlin, Detroit; alternates.
d. 8. Kimball. Detroit; Samuel Bailey.
Detroit
Second district, d. C. Spears. Wyan-
dotte; J. Cregue. jackson; alternates.
J. e. Johnson, Midland: H. w. Stew
ems. Tecumseh.
Third district. H. B. Olmstead. Eaton
Rapids: Truman Hall. Kalamazoo; al.
ternates, George w. Norton. Eaton
Rapids; Eli Strong, Kalamazoo.
Fourth district. Robert Payne. South
Haven; George A. b. Cook. Three Riv-
ers; alternates, John s. Head. Hart
ford: Wallace A. Preston, st. Joseph.
Sixth district-Lucius II. Ives, Men,
don; Davis s. Harvard. Pontiac; alter
mates, Samuel II. Giles, Pontiac; Al
len s. Shattuck, Post AZ, Howell.
Seventh district-A. l.. Bryant, May
Vile; William O. Lee. Port Huron; al
ternates, William J. Marks, Post PA,
residence, Chicago; George J. Dart
Akron.
Eighth district-Fred Gill, Saginaw !:
Elijah Howard. Millington; alternates.
e. J. Wilcox. Saginaw; John B. Ballen-
tine, Saginaw
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Cadillac; Porter P. Misner. Muskegon:
alternates, William McNitt, Boon; L.
F. Ruggles. Whitehall.
Tenth district-Hiram Russell. Bay
City; Francis Bons, Clare; alternates
Griff Lewis. Bay City: B. A. Mosher.
Stanwood.
Eleventh district-C. M. Guild, Vesta
burg; Charles A. Button. Alma; alter
mates. George Saunders. st. Louis;
William Parks. Elmhall.
Twelfth district--John Dooley. Mar
quette; Ira Carley. Menominee; alter
mates. William J. Jillison. Post 800
Flint: John H. Nelson. Ishpeming.
j Thirteenth district-R. A. Parker
Detroit. delegate-at-large; Allen H
Cady Detroit; alternates. Robert Nor
ris. Detroit; 8. A. Widrig. Detroit.
II was decided to engage q specia
train to carry Michisan's delegation I,
the national encampment.
George A. Dick Of Detroit was elect
cd department commander of thu
Spanish War Veterans Of Michigan. HI
succeeds Oscar 4. Kilstrom Of Crane
: Rapids. the organisations nominee 70
! . position on the board of manager
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