Salt Lake Times | 1890-04-10 | Page 4 | The next Commander of the G. A. R.

THE NEXT COMMANDEKOFTHKU. A.K. California, in connection wilh the comrades of the entire Pacilie dope, will feel that after twenty' years of active ac-tive interest and service in behalf of the r. A. K., that the commander-in-chief should eoue from the country west of the Rocky mountains. At the next meeting of tho National department at Boston, it is hoped that the eastern, middle and southern states will recognize recog-nize the claim of comrades ou the Pacilie Pa-cilie coast and gracefully accord with it. That claim will designate us a candidate can-didate for 'the ofllco a gallant soldier and a gentleman without fear and without with-out reproach, whose continuous services date from April 15, 18(11, as a volunteer to December, 1870, when lie was placed on the retired list of the army through disability, having left his right leg in the "Wilderness."